Things you could be doing with her time, but if she picked up this mantle we would be with her, we would be behind her, we would do everything we could to make sure Hillary Clinton is the first woman president of the United States of america. [cheers and applause] and am going to make my comments very brief because i have just one thing to say. It is without a doubt that the single most qualified, by far, of any person in this race for president is secretary of state Hillary Rodham clinton. [cheers and applause] and so we just need to always remember that. Because theres a lot of people who will be talking about how women are just supporting women because are women. What a bunch of bull, right . We are supporting Hillary Clinton because she is going to be one of the greatest president s of the United States of america that we have ever seen. [cheers and applause] so with that im going to deduce a great friend of mine. We used to do this on the circuit when we were both running and it w
United states . We have some great champions of Small Business on this stage. I want to work with them and with others to clear out the brush, to get the credit flowing again to get more people with those good ideas a chance to be able to start and grow a business. My dad was a Small Businessman, and i deeply respect that entrepreneurial spirit. Were also going to have to tackle the tax code with all of its inefficiencies and all of it unfairness. I know what a big undertake can that is, but right now, its really stacked in favor of the wealthy. All of the loopholes, the deductions, whatever it is that enables somebody to escape paying their fair share, the wealthy pay too little and the middle class pays too much and i have said, i think the middle class deserves a raise, not a tax increase, and i will not raise taxes on middle class families because they have to get back to where they were before they fell into that ditch of the great recession. [cheering] but you know, if youre thin
The former secretary of state in washington, d. C. This is one hour and a half. Almost two years ago, we all signed a letter, and the letter said, run, hillary, run. We promised hillary that when she took up this challenge, we would be with her, behind her, and do everything we could to make sure that Hillary Clinton is the first woman president of the United States of america. [applause] so, im going to make my comments very brief. I have just one thing to say. Doubt, theout a by far,ost qualified, by any person in this race for president , is secretary of state Hillary Rodham clinton. [applause] so, we just need to always remember that. A whole lot of people will be talking about how women are just supporting women because they are women. Ull a bunch of b right . We are supporting Hillary Clinton because she will be one president stest re of the United States of america that we have ever seen. With that, i will introduce a good friend of mine. We used to do this on the circuit when w
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He has been on the floor for 5. 5 hours. We will show you some of his speech over the next couple of hours. You can continue to watch it on cspan two. We have put up a poll. Speech ond cruzs defunding obamacare. Here is the poll. Do you support ted cruz as he speaks in the u. S. Senate to defund Health Care Law . 1225 are in support voting against 394. We will also give you a choice chance to weigh in on twitter. Were also looking at some of the congressional reporters. This could be a late night up at capitol hill. It was a tweet a short while ago ed okeefe. The way you join that conversation is the cspan tage page. The senate takes its first procedural vote on the stopgap bill. Wednesday will vote and likely overwhelmingly to limit the spending bill. We will get to the u. N. Speeches just a it later on. Back to the senate, ted cruz cruzs speech. One thing we learned from henry that it willts is be short. Comments. Nator reeds we will hear from the republican leader after that. The se