To me the first dozen times i said them. Signs have to be what . Down. During . No. Cheering . Sure everyone get along. Now we have senator Michael Bennet. [applause] sen. Bennet thank you. Hey, everybody. I Michael Bennet from colorado. My family is with me. Today, susie, caroline, helena, and ann. This is where we are spending our vacation. Thank you for having us. I want to say a few words by way of introduction. Im happy to open it up for any comments or questions or criticisms anyone has awes has on any topic before i was in the senate, i had not really been in politics. I was the School Superintendent. They Large Urban School District in america where most of the kids live in poverty. What i learned about the kids there was that may have exactly the same dreams that i had as a kid. Their parents have exactly the same dreams for them that my parents had for me. And that susan and i have for our three daughters. They face enormous challenges like school kids all over this country w
It is great to be here at the wing ding. I get to go first, and i got to tell you, the first time i was around the white house, bill clinton was president , i was a young prosecutor, i had done a lot of work on hate crimes, and he invited me to introduce him when he introduced that very important bil matthew shepherdsville as ice the Matthew Shepard bill. I had janet reno on one side, and the military been starts playing hail to the chief. I start working in and all of a sudden i feel a hand on my shoulder, and this voice says i know you are going to do great out there but when they play that song, i usually go first. [laughter] sen. Klobuchar world, that was my first time in the white house, iowa democrats, but it will not be my last. I have spent the last few days or, and after to the tragedies this weekend, it reinvigorated me. As i stood in front of the barn with a flag and i thought to myself you know what come this flag is flying over out asset today and over dayton today it is f
Guillermo, do you know what day today is . Thursday. Jimmy no, the date. Oh, first. Jimmy yes, august first. Today is that magical day of the year when our nations news people take to the air waves to ask this very important question. Can you believe its already august 1st . Can you believe it . Can you believes august already . I kamt beliecant believe it right . I know. I cant believe its already august 1st. I cant believe its august. I cant believe its already august. Hard to believe it is already august. Hard to believe it already is august. I cant believe but its already august 1st. Can you believe it is august already . We are in the month of august. Can you believe that . I cant believe its already august already. I cant believe its august already. I was just saying the same thing to another colleague. Can you believe its already august . Do you believe its already august already . I said it. Yes. Jimmy kimmels going to be all over you right now. I hope so. Jimmy mission accompl
Career in 2006, she became the first woman elected to the United States senate from minnesota. Now in her third term, senator klobuchar has earned a reputation as a prolific lawmaker and has one of the senates best track records when it comes to getting her bills enacted into law. Shes introduced more legislation than any other senate democrat. This morning, well hear from senator klobuchar about how she would shape the policy landscape as president , including her views on issues ranging from Climate Change to infrastructure to health care. Recently, senator klobuchar outlined more than 100 things she would do during her first 100 days as president. We probably wont get into all 100 today, but lets get started. Please welcome senator klobuchar and the Washington Post robert costa. [applause] robert please, take a seat. Good morning. Im bob costa, National Political reporter here at the Washington Post. Thanks so much for joining us this morning for another post live 2020 conversation.
202 7488001. That enthuse those of you without Employer Health care plans. We would also like to hear from you on social media. But first, how many people get health care from their employers, the average annual 7,000, 6896nearly single coverage, 19,660 contribute workers 18 of the premium for coverage, 29 for family coverage, and 89 of workers have an annual , the average is about 1500 to 1600. Thats from the Kaiser Family foundation. The issue of employersponsored plans really came into focus in the most recent debates. The Los Angeles Times writes about that with this headline, news analysis, Democrats Ask americans, are you ready to give up jobbased Health Care Coverage . They writes that sharp disagreements among president ial hopefuls have crystallized a critical and explosive political question. I democrats willing to upend Health Care Coverage for their fellow americans . The party is closer than they have been to embracing a Health Care Platform that would move all americans o