My dad is from dover, my mom is from manchester, from the west side specifically. My grandfather taught at unh. My mom is a teacher in farmington. I loved growing up here. I couldnt have picked a better place for myself to grow up. I kind of want to talk about growing up a little bit with you guys today. Growing up can mean a lot of things to a lot of different people. For myself and my generation, it included learning things like our planet is dying. I was in middle school when i first learned about Climate Change. I learned all about pollution and i learned all about Greenhouse Gases and recycling and everything. I was 12 specifically when i learned we were hurdling towards a turning point after which our planet was permanently damaged. In high school, i learned all about history. I learned about the way history shaped society, the way it continues to shape society. I learned that people born into different circumstances than myself, whether its race or class, ability or anything els
Is a small city north of albany in upstate new york. My parents are they are both deceased now, but were part of a very cohesive jewish community, up there, of fairly devout people, conservative and modern Orthodox Jews in that area, the tricity area. My father worked in the garment industry. He eventually bought a small business, a factory, up there and worked very hard his whole life to support his family, my two sisters and me. My mother was a teacher for a while and an administrator in the government, in albany. So i kind of come from the middle bourgeoisie, people who are not very well connected or in anyway, i think, privileged, so i regard myself, almost, as kind of a working class girl, certainly as a yeoman class girl. I attended the Public Schools in troy, new york. I went to college at yale college, in the early 1970s, which was when yale was just beginning to accept women. I majored in biophysics and biochemistry. I then went to oxford on a marshall scholarship to study phi
Sometimes it seems nothing is happening on the senate floor. The action is going on elsewhere. Order in committee rooms, and senators offices and the offices of the Senate Leaders. But thats all preliminary. Sooner or later, everything has to come here. Here is where the final say, the final act takes place. Here is where the law is made. The United States senate has been legislating and carrying out its unique constitutional duties since 1789. The framers believed the senate should and could be the venue in which statesmen would lift america up to meet its unique challenges. We are still a work in progress in the United States senate. It is time for the United States senate started acting like a senate instead of kindergarten. If you think were emotional, wait until you see what happens if this bill fails. Reflecting the nations politics and made up of 100 members, two from each state, serving sixyear terms, this is how many have come to know the senate today. Democrats have been putt
Amy wax i was raised, born and raised in troy, new york, which is a small city north of albany in upstate new york. My parents are they are both deceased now, but were part of a very cohesive jewish community, up there, of fairly devout people, conservative and modern Orthodox Jews in that area, the tricity area. My father worked in the garment industry. He eventually bought a small business, a factory, up there and worked very hard his whole life to support his family, my two sisters and me. My mother was a teacher for a while and an administrator in the government, in albany. So i kind of come from the middle bourgeoisie, people who are not very well connected or in anyway, i think, privileged, so i regard myself, almost, as kind of a working class girl, certainly as a yeoman class girl. I attended the Public Schools in troy, new york. I went to college at yale college, in the early 1970s, which was when yale was just beginning to accept women. I majored in biophysics and biochemistr
Sanders from vermont holds a town hall meeting in raymond, New Hampshire. This is about one hour and 90 minutes. Hello. Hi. Woo [a hello. Hi. Hello, raymond. Woo [applause] i have a question for you. Are you feeling the burn . [crowd cheering] it is so nice having an actual applause to that, i practiced in my room. Hi, everyone. Im erin. I am the field organizer for the Sanders Campaign here. Im from durham. Durham, New Hampshire. Not too far from here. I have really deep roots in New Hampshire. My dad is from dover, my mom is from manchester, from the west side. My grandfather taught at unh. My mom is a teacher in farmington. I loved growing up here. I couldnt have picked a better place to grow up. I kind of want to talk about growing up a little bit with you guys today. Growing up can mean a lot of things to a lot of different people. For myself and my generation, it included learning things like our planet is dying. I was in middle school when i learned about Climate Change. I learn