In the Vice President and more military experience since president george w. Bush. He served as a lieutenant in the leave and took a [no audio] he lives with his husband in the same stop the neighborhood were eager up with there to rescue jobs rescue dogs. 2007, [indiscernible] doubt im honored to be introducing him. I still remember when i came out here knocking on doors with a couple of friends deciding we wanted to make a difference with the candidate we believe in and crisscrossed here in read gold ringgold and decatur counties. Remember spending caucus night in murray which i think is not too far from here and having a chance to see myself, this part of the democratic ross s, theres a basketball game going on that did not pause for a selection of the nominee for the president. Just seeing how these communities matched up with the sonorous process of a president ial election and being made to feel so welcome by the people that we met in communities like mao air mao air it is such a treat to be back. I also want to mention another theon another reason why trip was so important in my life and it was that it settled a question that i had been turning over my head for a long time. Over then turning question of whether i would join my familys of serving in the military and i had been waiting a lot things on whether it was my turn to serve in the thing was iut me over the top cannot believe how losses when i knocked on the door and someone came and people were getting ready to go serve in the armed forces. I knew i was left, out of excuses and knew it was time for me to play my role and signup for the reserve and it was a long road that led me to afghanistan and back and has received better person and has made me better aware of what is at stake in the american presidency. So i have learned so much in these communities around here. I want to share with you why i am motivated to run for president at a time like this, and why i am asking you to caucus for me. Let me ask you to form a picture in your mind as specifically as you can, and that is of what it is going to be like in our country that first day that the sun comes up over the United States and donald trump is no longer in the white house. [applause] just picture that with me. I think a lot of us are ready for that day, just to have the chaos in the rearview mirror, to have that fear of wondering what the tweet from the oval office will be today, when we turn on the news behind us. But the reason i am asking you to picture that day is not just something to look forward to, the real reason i think we need to visualize that day is to think about how challenging of a day that will be in this country. All of our problems are not going to go away on that day. The sun is going to come up over country that will be even more divided, more torn up over politics, even more polarized than we are right now. Crying out for unity, and for healing. And at the same time, Something Else will be true, which is that the issues that got us to this point, crises in our economy and our communities and our climate, those will be there waiting for the next president to deal with them. They are not taking a vacation for the impeachment process. They are net there they are not taking a break for the trump presidency. Think about what that means in terms of the work for the next american president. We are going to need a president who can lead the country with those big issues with meaningful, bold and swift action, and we have got to do it in a way that is going to unify, not divide the American People. That is why i am running for president. I am running to be the president to can pick up the pieces, guide the American People in the same direction, and do it toward the greater purpose of getting these big things done. [applause] lets think about what that is actually going to require. It sounds like a tall order, and it is. But the presidency is capable of big things. The big thing we need from our presidency today is to gather americans around the values we already share in common, but are being used right now to pit us against each other. I am thinking about values like love of country, patriotism, especially as these especially these last few weeks. But i am not talking about the cheap nationalism of hugging the flag, or thinking it is promilitary to cancel the judgment of military justice and pardon somebody who was turned in by his own soldiers for committing a crime. That is not the kind of patriotism i am talking about. [applause] i am talking about a love of country that starts with the recognition that our country is made of people, and you cant love a country if you hate half of the people that are ended. We are all in this together. That is what our patriotism is based on. [applause] it is an allegiance to the flag, that remembers that the flag stands for something. In fact, if somebody speaks up on wrongdoing at the highest levels, that is knocked of loyalty to the republic for which it stands, which is why we ought to protect them. [applause] i believe in a love of country that calls us to protect the country not just abroad, seeing to it that no one will ever question whether it is a good idea to put your life on the line, trusting your life to the word of the United States of america, but also right here at home. That is why we have got to act to make sure nobody ever confuses the Second Amendment with an excuse to do nothing whatsoever to keep our communities safe from gun violence and keep our kids safe from fear when they go to school. [applause] and yes, that means protecting our future, which is making sure all of america, including Rural America, is called to be part of the solution as we rise up and a National Mobilization to confront Climate Change as the security challenge of our time, and lead the rest of the world in doing something about it before it is too late. That is part of what it is to protect our country. [applause] thinking about values that could bring us together, but they are using them to pit us against each other. That is what i am worried about, because faith could be something that brings us together. This country was built on the idea that we have freedom when it comes to matters of faith, that this country belongs to people of every religion and of no religion equally. That is a core principle of the constitution. I am also offering those who are guided by faith the opportunity to have a white house that you wouldnt have to look at on the news and scratch your head and ask yourself, wait a minute, whatever happened to, i was hungry and you fed me . I was a stranger, and you welcomed me . Do this for the least of thee. That is our obligation. [applause] the value of democracy. I mean really believing in democracy, as a value, a belief that we are a better country when every vote is counted and every voter counts, and we have districts that are drawn fairly, instead of politicians picking out their voters ahead of an election. We do something about the role of money in politics, see to it that our democracy really is democratic. I have even gone so far as to suggest we might consider picking our president the way we do every other election, by giving it to the person who got the most votes. Just a thought. [applause] and im thinking a lot about what it would mean to have a president that guides us forward in the name of freedom, but not freedom the way some folks see it now, just cutting every regulation and tax. I am not talking about amazons freedom to not have to pay any federal income taxes on their billions of dollars in profits. Am talking about our freedom to live a life of our choosing, that that is why we need to make sure that sometimes, yes, the government gets out of the way. Whatever your personal views are, the time is now to get government out of the business of dictating to women what their Reproductive Health care choices ought to be. [applause] but sometimes it means the Public Sector has to step up. We already get that at the local level, when we are paving roads and setting up schools. Schools, by the way, deserve a secretary of education who believes in public education. [applause] it is also why we have got to do something about health care. Because you are not free if you dont have health care. That is why i am calling for all who wanted. We take a version of medicare and make it available for everybody who wants it, but i trust you to have the freedom to decide whether you wanted. So if you would rather be on your private plan, fine by me, as long as everybody is covered that is what it means to solve the problem and honor freedom. These are the values that could guide us through dealing with our toughest problems as a country, problems like Climate Change, problems like racial inequality that will drag down this entire country if we dont do something about it in our time, problems like our failure as a society to treat addiction and Mental Health and talk about them as openly as we do physical health. The time has come to rise and meet that problem. And today, we will be rolling out a vision to tackle problems that are created by our aging society, and fix those problems with solutions that will make us proud of how we handle this. I know not everybody is expecting the 37yearold candidate to be the retirement guy, but we have to shore up Social Security and make sure there is not one penny in benefit cuts to Social Security, even as we had over and above that to save for retirement. We will do that when i am president. [applause] and we will do something about affordability and quality of longterm care in this country. This isnt just about policy. This is about our relationship with those that we love and we all want to know that those we love will be well cared for. I will never forget the feeling when my dad was ale, and we sat down with a social worker who explained to my mother, as im sure he had done to countless families, that the best option might be to spend yourself into poverty so you qualify for medicaid to get help on longterm care. That is no way to run things in the greatest country on earth. And when i am president , we will have a National Insurance program for longterm care. [applause] i am offering a presidency where we can come together and do big things, and also a presidency, this is another Public Health benefit i am putting forward, where you could look at the news and see the white house and fill your Blood Pressure going down instead of up through the roof, feel about feel a little better about what is going on in this country. [applause] but more than anything else, it is building up a sense of belonging in this country. Folks are being told they dont belong. The message is going out to different people in different ways, because of how you look or because of who you love or because of a disability or the language you speak at home or how old you are, whatever it is, everybody is hearing it in a different way but everybodys getting this message that you dont belong, and i believe that is propelling so many of the problems in the life of this country, and we have to fix it. And we can. It is the message of this campaign that we are recruiting everybody to be a part of this. Progressives, yes. Moderates, for sure. I see an awful lot of what i like to call future former republicans out there, who need to know they are welcome in this movement we are building, more than welcome. [applause] because if we can build that in this campaign, imagine what we can do with the presidency. Imagine what we can do using the powers of the presidency to make sure this is a country where everybody belongs, and where everybody can thrive. I believe that is the purpose of of the presidency, that the presidency exists not for the glorification of the president , but for the empowerment and unification of the American People. That is why i am asking you to caucus for me in february. [applause] now, our numbers have grown as this campaign developed from four people in a small room in south bend at the beginning of this room, but it is never too large a room to have a conversation. We have folks with microphones, and if you stick your hand up, we will call on as many as we can so we can have a conversation about where our country and communities are headed. Yes maam . Ive got two questions. Sorry about the laryngitis. When will the United States force the minerals to build batteries for electric cars question for electric cars . And when will a question on Climate Change be in the Defense Department . Mayor buttigieg there are a lot of questions on electric vehicles but the job potential is enormous, including in my own community, where we have seen a transition in automotive. The u. S. Is still so good at gannett making automotive components, and especially at regional inventions related to automotive, but some of this is a Global Supply chains. We have to get components from around the world, that is ok as long as we have secure, stable relationships with places we are buying and selling to. The current president s idea of trade is to go up to another country, poke them in the eye, and see what will happen. They will poke back, and if you are anywhere near soybeans, you know how the consequences come down on american farmers, workers and consumers. We can do a much better job ensuring we have the supply chains we need to develop not just batterypowered vehicles, but all the Different Things we need to create in our manufacturing. You mentioned the security component of climate. This is important. We are already seeing evidence that conflicts and migration crises are increasing because of droughts and fires that are accelerated by the problems in our climate. There is evidence this contributed to the syrian civil war. We need to set up a Climate Watch floor, same as we have other kinds of watch floors i was part of in the military, that look at the way threats develop and what we can do to get ahead of them. We not only have to work to slow Climate Change, we have to deal with problems at our feet, because they are already happening. Whether it is natural disasters here at home or putting fuel on the fire of crises around the world, we cant have our heads in the sands. We have to rise to this and engage our allies around the world and helping us rise to this, because this is a global challenge. [applause] im a from on the family for is asian im a family physician. Besides problems with access to health care in Rural America, i have patients who get sick, working people who have a heart attack or get cancer or something happens to them, and they lose everything, health insurance, job, savings all disappear, and their access to care as well. How does your plan do something for that . How do we give them support that doesnt let them fall through the cracks and die because they lost their job . Mayor buttigieg we are all closer than we would like to admit to getting thrown completely off the rails. That is a policy failure. We cant stop people from getting sick sometimes, but we can stop getting sick from becoming a poverty sentence, if we have the right policy. This is what we need to make sure everybody has Quality Health insurance, whether on a public plan i want to create, or a private plan. What we cant have is a surprise when you go into the hospital. You think you are covered and then you get the sticker shock of surprise billing. We are going to do something about that. We are going to make sure everybody has got coverage to begin with. And for a lot of folks, my generation and those younger than me who are going to change careers a lot, we have got to have an option for health care that isnt so connected to your workplace. If you are certain you are going to have one employer the rest of your life, great, but not a lot of us have that certainty anymore. It is one more reason we need to innovate in our system. A second thing we need his paid family leave. A lot of times, folks are in a situation that because somebody they love gets sick, they are knocked out of the workforce, and they have to choose. This morning we heard about folks losing coverage because they had to leave their jobs to take care of somebody they love who got sick. It is why we need better coverage for longterm care, but also why it would make such a difference to have paid family leave. I delivered it for our employees in the city of south bend and we need to make sure we have an across the country. The third thing we have to do is make sure we have a safety net to support people going through transitions, especially if the economy is changing even if your if you are perfectly healthy. Your job is your understanding of who you are, and the social isolation that can come with losing a job, whether it is over a health issue are the economy is changing, we have to speak to that. If we dont, ugly things will rush in to fill the void, like substances and addiction. It is why we have to build up communitybased sources of belonging, some as oldfashioned as they come, like family and faith, some of which can be created through programming that the federal government can support, but communities have to decide what kind of programs you want to build up the civic life of the community, even as your life in the economy goes through changes. If we build these things at the same time we have a deeper, richer sense of health and that belonging i was talking about that helps us whether Different Things that come our way in life. [applause] my name is susie. You are doing a good job. Mayor buttigieg thank you. The balance of power seems to be skewed right now between the president , the Supreme Court and the congress. What can you do to get that back in balance . Mayor buttigieg first of all, a lot of it, as far as the white house, is what you dont do. It begins with having a president to respect the law and the constitution of the United States, and doesnt think he is above the law. [applause] the second thing is that we should look at ways to reform the Supreme Court so it is not so political. We cant go on like this, where every time there is a vacancy, there is this ideological firefight, because it has gotten to be so political. The court is supposed to be the institution that is beyond and above politics. Justice is used to just retire, like everybody else. Now you see folks timing their departure from the bench based on who the president is. You get the sense justices may feel the obligation to time their departure from the earth based on who the president is. This is no way to run the highest court in the land, and is is why and it is why we have to entertain serious reforms to make sure the court is working for us. And then you have congress, as you mentioned. So important that Congress Step up this isnt just the result of a president who thinks he is above the law. There are way too many areas where congress has fallen down on the job. I think we all feel that. [applause] i will give you one example, and it is around the use of force. When i left afghanistan years ago, i thought i was one of the last troops turning out the lights. And we are still there and still arguing about what to do next. When there is an authorization, a congressional law authorizing the president to go to war, lately they have been openended. You would be old enough to enlist right now and not even have been alive when they passed the authorization creating this war that has now led to troops being in east africa, nowhere near afghanistan, all because of 9 11. So when i am president i will insist there will be a three year sunset on any bill through president go to war, so that if the president really needs to keep troops somewhere, ok. But we have to go to congress and make that case, and congress has to be willing to take the case up. If folks from union county can sign up and summon the courage to go overseas and serve, people in congress ought to summon the courage to take an up or down vote on whether they ought to be there in the first place. [applause] back, redy in the shirt. Hi, pete. My name is susie. I have a question about your plans for the economy you had rolled out and introduced. Could you tell us about that, please, given we are in the midwest and there is a different economy here, and pressures here . Mayor buttigieg absolutely. This. Anks for raising i know the stock market is going up, and that is great, but i dont think all of us feel like the economys off the charts great for us right now. As a matter of fact, the way our incomes have gone is nowhere close to the cost of education and health care and saving for retirement. Something has got to give. So before we get into the complicated stuff, let me Say Something simple. In our economy, the number one problem is people arent getting paid enough. We need to do something to raise incomes and wages in this country. [applause] another thing we got to do is make sure workers are empowered. Right now there are more and more ways to get around Worker Protections in our economy, especially the gig economy, if you are driving for door dash or uber or renting out your place on airbnb, you dont get any protections, even though you are working. You are doing work. To me, that makes you a worker. So we have to take away the ability to sneak around the right to organize and the need for Labor Protections that a lot of these companies have figured out a way to do. We need to make sure we are investing in the growth of rural communities. It . Do we do there are a bunch of things we can do. We can invest in Regional Innovation hubs to support the work already going on in our communities that needs a leg up. We need to support farmers dealing with consolidation, where you have fewer places to buy from and fewer places to sell to, not to mention lifting this trade war that is hitting our agricultural communities so hard. But we also have to make sure it is just a better quality of life. That is why we have got to ensure that you dont see the departure of Maternity Units in hospitals, like we have been seeing. We have to fund Rural Health Care for everybody to be able to thrive. And we have to make sure broadband is available in every part of this country. And i have a plan to get it, whether through fiber or wireless, to every home in the United States, because our because as our economy is growing, it wont be possible for us to thrive much longer. We will have an economy that actually works for us, instead of numbers on a page, and we cant lose a moment and getting that done. [applause] my name is lori hayes. Comment. Estion and a we have 17 candidates in the field, did have. The top five of you, you being number one in iowa and New Hampshire [applause] the top five of you make up 90 the polls so i keep looking for some to drop out and its not happening. Dubal patrick and bloomberg got in and they are overlooking iowa, which really upsets me. It makes iowans look like we are nobodies, we dont matter and the election to them. Same with New Hampshire. They are overlooking New Hampshire also and going straight to super tuesday, which i am wondering, what you think of that. And then also, i heard on the news this morning they are predicting that if you win iowa, they think you will take it all the way to the end. [applause] mayor buttigieg well, that sounds pretty good. [applause] i will say this. It is not my place to tell any other campaign what to do. And i think some folks imagine there is some process that narrows the field, some committee somewhere decides, we are going to trim it down a little bit. But that committee actually is you, because there are only so many tickets out of iowa. I can see, as a candidate who has been at this for almost a year, how seriously you all take the responsibility that comes with being an early state. And we feel that in New Hampshire, South Carolina, we feel that in nevada, but as the very first in the nation, you get such a big say on who gets to move on. I feel like you are kicking the tires and poking us every which way, and it is a healthy thing. Because it is like a vetting committee before you are hiring somebody, before hiring one of us to entrust us with your money and your lives, you want to make sure you understand everything we have to offer. And i value that. Its part of why im here. I believe it is the right way to run a campaign. As for that last bit, we have a lot of work to do in a lot of states, but i believe that if iowa supports me, that that will put us on a trajectory straight to the nomination in the white house, and im very much hoping that prediction comes true. [applause] all the way in the back, red shirt. Names lee normandale. I have a question about something you said earlier. You said we need to get the working wage for the American People that are working jobs. How do you plan to do that, the big corporations, without having the government regulate all those corporations, which we were founded on, how do you do it without them increasing the price on all the stuff they are marketing . Mayor buttigieg great question. This is always been the argument whenever anybody tries to raise wages, the argument from corporate america. You cant do that, prices will down, andill go youll be worse off than before. How do we know that is not true . Because we tried it. If you factor in inflation, minimum wage today is dramatically lower than it was at other times in the last 50 years. And during those times our economy grew, prices, if they went up, did not go up as quickly as was threatened. So all we have got to do is look at what america can do at its best, in order to create economic opportunity. The truth is, there is a lot of room for folks to get paid better, especially now, that because of machinery and technology, an individual worker can generate so much more wealth. We have a place in south bend where they make steel balls you fire at auto parts to temper them. Its a 6 Million Company and they have six or seven people. Each of those people, their work generates about 1 million worth of product over the course of a year. And as Technology Makes workers more productive, much more money is being made, but not so much by the workers. It is going into profits and inequality, the likes of which we havent seen in about 100 years in this country. Same thing with taxes. Folks say, you cant have higher taxes on the wealthiest or they will stop creating jobs. We did have higher taxes on the wealthy, and they created jobs right and left. It is true that if you raise it too far, too fast, you will have a problem, whether we are talking about taxes, regulations, wages, for sure. And that is where balance comes in. In balance. What we know is that right now we are out of balance, and things are tilted away from workers and families and we have to tilt it back for we go down the cliff. Its a great question. Thank you. [applause] we have time for one more question. Mayor buttigieg you get the last word. Hi, pete. I just started ninth grade at winterset high school, and in february this year, my best friend, she killed herself. We were all taken surprised by it, it hurt us all and defected affected us mentally. And it took us a while for us to get over it. What are you going to do on Mental Health in schools, and how are you going to help us be more safe, and not want to take our lives this early . You know . Mayor buttigieg first of all, im so sorry to hear this happened to your school and that this affected you. I appreciate you are giving a voice to that, because sometimes we dont talk about Something Like that, and we have to. Someone dying of suicide, look, if you have a relative who does dies of cancer, we feel we talk about it. Its hard, but we talk about it. When a friend dies of suicide, sometimes we dont. It has become this invisible problem sometimes. But dont let anybody tell you that you are alone being worried about that. And if theres somebody you know you think their life is in danger, make sure you know that it. Ok to talk about there are all kinds of policy things i could talk about. I think we should have a threedigit Suicide Prevention hotline. Imagine the moment you were worried about somebody, you knew a threedigit number to call. Stuff like that, making sure we have more providers, making sure that whether it is winterset or anywhere else, that it was as normal to have a psychiatrist or somebody trained on Mental Health issues as it is to have a nurse. Sure, we have counselors, but half the time counselors are tied up doing Test Administration and other things. Theyre spread too thin to begin with. I could go through the policy stuff, but the biggest thing i want you to hear is that we as a country need to change our culture to where it is ok to talk about this, it is ok to be hurting because of that. Who wouldnt be . And when somebody else you know is hurting, that is a chance for us to have a conservation about making sure there is a sense of belonging in this country and that we wrap our arms around anybody who is in danger, the knew they were getting sick from anything physical. It is how you take care of each other, just like the Long Term Care and elder care i was talking about. Im sorry this has to be on your mind as a student, because there is enough to think about when you are in high school. It is not easy. The other thing i would say is that we grow through pain. And you and your friends, as you work through this, especially if you know there are supportive adults in your community and that you are there for one another, while nothing can take back that terrible tragedy, it is also something that you can do well by her memory in letting her friendship, as well as her loss, shape you into a stronger person. Thanks for giving her a voice. [applause] what a note to end on. As we think about what is at stake in an election, the way it is now you would think it is a Football Game sometimes. The ups and downs, theyre talked about like its just kind sport to entertain people, right . This is our lives. If we get things right, our lives go better. This is what politics is actually about. It is not about the politicians, not about the tweets, it is not about the polls. If we as a country come together and do a better job of taking care of each other, if we build up a sense of belonging, were lives, were saving futures, were saving communities. Thats why im in politics. That is why i believe it is running for office. You only do it out of some sense of hope. Did i see on the map theres a hopeville not far from there . There . From im curious about the existence of a place called hopeville. Because ive been thinking about this thing ive noticed in newsprint and stories they write and candidates where they took the word hopeful and they turned it a noun and they use it as another word for a candidate. Like im a president ial hopeful. Thats what they call us on a stage. And i think its fitting because running for office is an act of hope. You only do it if you believe that if we make better decisions and those big, white buildings in washington, d. C. , that our lives would be better. I think being involved in any way as a form of hope. To watch somebody like me speak is an act of hope. Going to caucus is an act of hope. Volunteering for a candidate you believe in is an act of hope. That is a kind of hope propelled me and a couple of buddies to rent a car out of and drive it to creston and have a whole new life experience. And when i ask you to caucus for me and to become involved in this campaign, if you believe in the message, to remember sams him. Number and text and really text him at any time, middle of the night, he wont mind. [laughter] mayor buttigieg that its propelled by a sense that we can better. I know that hope went out of style, because we are in such a tough time right now as a country, but i believe a few years from now we could look back at this upcoming year, 2020, with a sense of pride, that we could look back and say, things got pretty rough in our country, our communities, our neighborhoods and our schools, but look at what we did next, look at how we came together to make sure that thanksgiving dinner isnt a minefield anymore, that we know that we have to come more than the politics divides us. Look at what we did to create an economy that works for us. Look at what we did to make sure we didnt have to wonder whether the climate would support future generations. We could look back on 2020 and be so proud. I am asking you to help me build that future and start now because there is not a moment to lose. This cant wait four years. This cant wait 10 years. Weve got to act right now and with your help we can do it. Are you ready to share that sense of hope in your community . Among your friends . In your school . In the name of getting things better in this country . Are you ready to turn the page toward a different time in our country . Iowa, i believe that you will make me the nominee and the next president of the United States. That we will make history and i will work every day to make you proud. That you taking time to be here. Thank you for caring about our country so much. I will see you on the campaign trail. Thank you. Thank you so much. Are you peaking too early . Mayor buttigieg you never youre doing well. We know we have a lot of work to and across the country. To see wereed resonating. The team knows they have to keep their heads down. What are your thoughts on mayor bloomberg running for office . Mayor buttigieg always happy to see another mayor running for office. This has to be a moment of whodarity between anyone has experienced different forms whoselusion right now, interests overlap, ensuring that of america and the future of workers is one of prosperity, dignity, equality. We need different policy in order to advance and come to a more stable time we are experiencing today. Whether it is here in the u. S. Or around the world. Mentioned iowa can prove a candidate can have staying power. Iowa and kansas are overwhelmingly predominantly white. Does that reflect the diversity Democratic Party . The reason that the role of South Carolina and nevada is so important is because of the diversity of the states. They bring in a way of balance across the first four. Each state has their own unique role. We are going to make sure that we are continuing to connect with voters there. And looking ahead. If someone doesnt make it out of iowa or New Hampshire, do it to a more diverse population . Think a strong candidate will be competitive with every different kind of state and thats what the first four give us a chance to demonstrate. Asking about your retirement plan, including a longterm Healthcare Plan for seniors. Called for the expansion of benefits, 200 extra a month for Social Security payout. Why not make the same declaration . Mayor buttigieg we need to make sure we are adding over and above what we have today with Social Security. Part of that is why we set up a benefit to make sure that any worker whos worked for 30 years can count on 125 of thest federal Poverty Level but this has to go independent shoring up protecting Social Security. Thats why were making sure income whileore theyre working through measures like a higher wage and setting the possible option, fourthquarter, that allows twotooneh a strong up ways match, to set them. An help how do you differentiate bidenlf from joe specifically on economic matters. Public option fourthquarter, our policy option is unique. Goes further than what weve seen to date and well will have to go further used to toere change the trajectory of this country toward an economy that works for everybody. Why should americas farmers put their stock in you . Supportingous about americas farmers. We have a president that talks a good game but you look at what did with the standards and carelessness of the trade war real indifference to whats going on in american agriculture. That continuing and fewerion, fewer places to buy from and sell to are getting squeezed. I am looking to Rural America not only to support way of life that is so important for us but also one that is part of the solution to a lot of issues. I put supporting farmers at the heart of our agenda. America farming could be one of biggest sources of innovation and growth in our economy. It is a complicated story, i dont understand all of the ins and outs of it. I will say that it is one more example of the instability and leadership that does has an impact on our serviceman. Navy buddym a venting frustration about all of the chaos that seems to be it emanatesd all of from the white house and a commanderinchief who really evidence ofw any understanding what it means to serve or support those who do. Thank you. [captions performed by national captioning institute] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2019] here are featured programs on this holiday weekend. Thursday at 10 00 a. M. Eastern, former president bill clinton and former governor jeb bush share stories and memories from summit. Education at 6 30 eastern, former speaker of the house, john boehner, of his the unveiling portrait at the capitol. Court0 eastern, supreme Justice Elena kagan delivers the stevens lecture in boulder. Theriday, spend a day in life with three of the 2020 democratic hopefuls, senator bennett, mayor Pete Buttigieg and senator cory booker. 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