The colonists were sending ships ever where to get muskets and cant after the british had sent more troops to boston after the Boston Tea Party and the so called coercive acts and it is clear that the colonists were pulling together ammunition. Maybe they did not intend to use it but that was a big debate. The king prohibited british ships from taking ammunition and everything to the colonies are less it was officially sanctioned. They were very alert to this. As soon as the colonys found out about the order prohibiting ammunition and munitions from being sent to the colonies, in New Hampshire and then rhode island, colonist patriots over the monitions so everyone knew what was coming in the winter of 70741775. This brighter suggests that 1775 was a critical launching point of the revolutionary war and american independence. That is sunday night at 8 00 on cspans q7a. Next a discussion with the all women delegation to congress from New Hampshire. For the first time in u. S. History, the u. S. Delegation of a state will be entirely made up of women. From manchester, New Hampshire, this is about one hour, 15 minutes. Onto the program just a little bit on the way the questions were developed for todays event. This is a little bit of an atypical chamber event. Questions were developed with input from the chambers board of directors and the New Hampshire womens initiative. There is centered not around issues but around this moment of history. The mission is to celebrate the first in the nation status that New Hampshire has by holding this event today. Rabin will facilitate a conversation about what this moment in time means to these five women. This power will go so fast. I am sure, and i hope, that this conversation leaves you hungry for more. Please, share today with your friends, your children, your coworkers. We will have dvds available. Please share this event and moment in history with everyone you know. How this all came together the two most common questions i have received over the last week and a half are, number one, do you really have all five of them, and number 2, how did you pull this together so quickly . The answer to the first question is yes, they are all here, they are all backstage. It will be out here momentarily. How it came together this event sold out in 12 hours. That has never happened for us. But it all started about two days before election day. I had this realization that this was a possibility. This could actually happen. I went to the door of rabins office and said, what if all of these major offices were held by women . This would be historic. We should do any event if it happens. So, as my friends now, my family, i am a selfproclaimed news and political junkie. On Election Night and had the tv, my laptop, and my i found, i was watching as the results came in. And it was happening. It happened. So yes, there were phone calls, there were emails, logistics, food selection, printing, tables, chairs, all the logistics. How this event king together is a question what if . What if we could get them. And i am so happy that we have. I am sure all of them will agree that type of vision is what put all of these five women where they are today. That question what if . Todays event is bigger. It is bigger than political parties, bigger than politics. Bigger than the chamber of commerce. Today it is history in the making. It is not just a raised glass to these five women. It is a deep tribute to all five of them, all who have gone before them, and all who will follow in their footsteps. So with that said, lets get this program going. Lets get started. [applause] it is now my great pleasure and honor to introduce our moderator for this morning, the president and ceo of the greater New Hampshire chamber of commerce, ms. Robin comstock. [applause] thank you, everyone. And now, the only woman with in u. S. History to be elected as both a governor and the United States senator, please welcome New Hampshires senior senator, senator jeanne shaheen. [applause] thank you. And next, another woman who has a record for making history. She was the first woman to serve as the state attorney general. U. S. Senator kelly ayotte. [applause] she was the first New Hampshire woman elected to congress in 2006. Please join me in welcoming representative elect carol sheaporter. [applause] [applause] and our newly elected official representing New Hampshires second district, representative elect ann mclane kuster. [applause] [applause] finally this morning, the new governor for the state of New Hampshire please join me in welcoming governor elect maggie hassan. [applause] [applause] welcome. [no audio]so exciting. Thank you all so much for coming. Good morning. So great to see all of you this morning. Thank you so much. I really appreciate it. Good morning. We have a lot to talk about this morning. In my world, never enough time i am sure yours as well. Im just going to jump right in. I hope we can have a great, wellrounded conversation. The first question i want to ask you is something we talked about on the day after the election, people all over the United States seemed so profoundly excited. Viewing it as a historic moment. I have to ask you, what does it mean to you . Im really wondering isnt as significant to you as it looks to us from the outside . I would like to start with you, jean, being a senior representative. How does all this field, and how does it look to you . I think it is significant. It is important and so exciting that New Hampshire is leading the way. [applause] and i think it really speaks to all the women who went before us. Annies mother, who although we were on opposite parties, when i was elected to the state senate she helped mentor me. And people like liz hager, who ran for governor. All these women who really led the way. The fact we have had a legislature that has had so many women in it has really provided Training Ground for women. Hopefully well get to a point where it is no longer significant, where nobody takes note of the fact we have so many women. What about you . Carol . Does it feel significant . You are in a unique position he went away and are back. How did you view it . Just like the senator said, this has been quite a thrill for me. It is very encouraging, i think, for the younger women to know these opportunities are there now. I heard a child look to the screen and said, mom, all girls. [laughter] does it feel significant to you what is happening . I appreciate senator shaheen mentioning my mom, because she did work very hard to get more women into elected office. We both grew up with moms who were very active in the state house. More and more people are going to see that opportunity for their daughters. The sons will take note. Maggie, you are the new kid on the block. I had the pleasure of the majority leader for the first female majority legislative body, another New Hampshires first, from 2008 to 2010. I have had an opportunity to think about the role of women in New Hampshire. It does speak to what i think is our important characteristic as a state. We are an all hands on deck kind of place. On the one hand, it feels very significant. On the other hand, i have been doing this for a while. This is what we do. I would like to give a shout out to my mom, who is actually here. There she is. [applause] i grew up my First Political memory is helping my mom collate league of women voters materials on the table. It speaks to the importance of women leading the way and showing their daughters. How are you feeling about all of this . Does it feel significant to you . Your children are so young. Absolutely, this is very important. It is exciting. The good thing about having firsts is it will not be the last. I see that young women coming out now that anything is possible and anything they set their mind to they can do. That is always the exciting thing. I felt that when i first became attorney general we all want to be judged on what we bring and our qualifications. I think that is what is exciting about all of this. My daughter, growing up at 8 years old in a very different setting my parents are still so involved. My mom is there with our kids this morning, thankfully. One thing that happened with her that really struck me when i got into office she came home one day and said, i do not want you to run for president. Happen. No chance that is happening. I said, why are you asking me . She said, i want to be the first woman president. [applause] so i think anything is possible. That is what is so terrific about this. You all agree this is a significant moment. I wonder if you would, and from the outside it is so profound this event is a testimony to that. I wonder if it is as significant as we all think what kind of a weight on your shoulders . You feel a larger weight because of the symbolic moment . Do feel a responsibility to be a role model for New Hampshire citizens young and old . How does it feel up with your personal role and the weight on your shoulders . It does not feel like the weight at all. I grew up with a large family. It scenes during normal to me to have a situation like this. I just know each of us want the same thing, want to do the best we can for New Hampshire and the country. That is what men want to do, too, when they take office. I do not feel it is any different in terms of what we want to accomplice. How about you . Annie . Is the new power color in New Hampshire. Were all mothers, and if you can find peace with teenagers or toddlers, i think you can find common ground. [laughter] you have been able to do that . What i think is really terrific is the bipartisan spirit. Carol and i are going down to washington at a time with the hyper partisanship. People are really divided. What i really want to do is bring common sense, bring those Granite State values. Women have always worked in New Hampshire, since the mills. Look at New Hampshire history, women have worked for generations. If you want something done, you ask a busy woman. Look at the folks around this room. What i feel is we are not unique in this ability, but we do know how to bring people together to get things done. That is the most important quality that any of us could bring, certainly what governor elective hassan is going to face in the state. We all need to come to get there. Men and women. Our country needs our help. A great point. Fill. You are the second woman governor in the state you feel a weight on your shoulders as a role model . I think all leaders want to do a really good job. I feel an enormous responsibility to serve the people of New Hampshire as well as i can and leave the state a better place, even as good as it is, when i am done. I think men and women share that interest when they decide to serve. We all want to do what is best for the people. Kelly, how about you . I would agree. The weight that i feel is just the challenges our country faces. 16 trillion in debt it is a very difficult time in the course of our country. That is the way that i feel. A tremendous responsibility the people of New Hampshire have placed in all of us. The one to make sure we can do the best job for New Hampshire and the country in a very difficult time in our countrys history. Anything you can add . As women we have different experiences than men. We bring those experiences to these jobs. It is important to have womens voices at the table. Women make up over 50 of the country right now, and it is very important to bring our experiences to the jobs that we have. That is a great point. To politics . For your daughter, knowing you were going to run for president . Not even close. How did you get here, and im curious as a professional myself, what did you give up to get to where you are today . How is that balance at this point in time . For me my career is more about sequencing. I had tremendous opportunities that my own sisters did not even have. I knew susan did not come to the state until i was in high school. I had no role models. To be very honest, i did not even think about working when i was in college. I was very fortunate somebody said that the congressman i had worked for on his campaign when he ran for president here said, do you want to come work with in washington . I said, that would be a great idea. How thoughtful of you. [laughter] i went down and had this incredible experience for three years. The young people on capitol hill and the jobs they have i travelled everywhere. I thought that was what work would be so much fun. Then he ran for the u. S. Senate and told me to go off to law school. He said, you have been on enough losing campaigns in your life. Then i went to law school and came back to New Hampshire. I had had a big opening at a college that was all male for 200 years. I feel we have been forging our way, but luckily i had a governor shaheen, my mother, who mentored her, and i have been mentored by colleagues. I thing the opportunities are coming in abundance now. Doors are open, law schools are more than 50 women. Our class going into congress is the most diverse class ever, in all aspects. Fascinating. So anyone younger than me, there are wide open opportunities. We all have a debt of gratitude to governor shaheen and senator ayotte for serving as attorney general. When my mother ran for congress, up 15 of voters would not even consider a woman candidate. When i think of the courage for the rest of us, now women on the ballot are very much accepted. I have to tell a story. Susan used to tell the story about campaigning in that 1980 election. One time she was at a gas station annie was with her. The man said, why are you not home taking care of your kids . She said, my daughter is with me she is taking care of me. [laughter] the man said, then you should be home taking care of your babies. She said, that is my baby and she is taking care of me. [laughter] through the generations. Your mom must have been a powerful role model for you. She was and she is. I grew up in a family my mom taught high school history. My dad alternated between Teaching College and serving in Public Service. He was a political scientist. Certainly, politics was something we discussed and followed. One of the things i think we do not talk much about my dad hired a lot of women to be on his staff. I grew up seeing women very active professionally. When i went to law school i was at the Northeastern School of law 60 of my class was female. In 1985, that was a huge deal. That helped. But we all struggle with work family balance. We all still think about the impact that our service has on our families, not just as mothers but going into public life, being more visible, what that means for your kids. Im happy to say that my 19 yearold daughter not only worked on my campaign this summer but has been tor interned for senator shaheen. She clearly sees a way to be involved. Kelly, how about you . Did you aspire . We were laughing in the back i do not think you did. When did it hit you that you could serve . For me, it is finding that thing that you are passionate about, you care about. When i became a prosecutor, that sort of brought me into Public Service. Then i realize that Public Service is really what gets me up every day wanting to make a difference. That led to avenge the wanting to run for the senate. I cannot say that when i was younger this was the path that i thought i would take at all. I think it also teaches you that as you go through life there are things that come up. You find something you really care about and go up that path. You end up doing something that matters to you, whatever that is. My mother is a great role model for me, too. She still is my best friend. If you support. She always worked. For a period my parents got divorced when i was 6 and she has been remarried for a long time, but we spend time when it was just she and i. She is phenomenal. I feel so fortunate to have that kind of strength in my life. I should add my experience is somewhat similar to kellys. I grew up in a family that cared about politics. I never thought i would run for office. My son is here in the audience he has severe physical disabilities. It was the role of advocating for him jeanne appointed me to my first public role to advocate on an education commission. That is what got me familiar with the New Hampshire legislature and ultimately led to my first run for office. Carol, were you born aspiring for politics . I grew up in a large Irish Catholic family. My parents took in every child who needed it. We had three generations in the house. I was pressed into Political Service when i was 6 years old because my parents were active republicans. I carried the signs and whatever. I thought every family thought about religion and politics every night. What brought me to it is exactly what you hear the other women here talking about. I was an advocate. I started a nonprofit social service agency. I did teach politics and history, so i kept the interest going, but it was really katrina that put me down this path. I came back and said, we can do better than this. That is what started it. A passion for change and to be an advocate. Table share that. I hear you all talk about service when i was a girl, my mother was politically active, she went into the New Hampshire legislative when i was 12. She would pile everybody in the Station Wagon and take us to a neighborhood and drop the kids off. We would run down going door todoor with the leaflets. Then she would pick us up at the other end and take us to the next three. But at the end of the day we got an icecream cone, so it was all worth it. [laughter] all of us h