>> exeter. >> and second of all, you know, gosh, i've been to new hampshire and we've been organizing a new hampshire at next gen since the beginning of 2014 so i've been coming here to go on to college campuses, to talk to activists, to register people and go door-to-door in new hampshire what is that, six years, and so if you do that, you meet a lot of democrats. it was an absolute treat to run into the son of one of my father's absolute best friends who's dad and his uncle were incredibly nice, nice, nice guys. the guy who i've referred to who was running a summer camp in new hampshire. which is what i would expect. doing a valuable fun thing to do to help other people, ben broderick. around the country i'm not kidding, you meet so many nice people and fun to see them

again. that's really all that's going on. >> and many taxes -- what makes you think that would work in the united states? >> i think that the-- >> we'll return to tom stiers remarks in a moment. and first going to the u.s. senate for a brief pro forma session. the presiding officer: the senate will come to order. the clerk will read a communication to the senate. the clerk: washington,d.c., december 23, 2019. to the senate. under the provisions of rule 1 paragraph 3 of the standing rules of the senate, i appoint the honorable roy blunt, a senator from the state of missouri, to perform the duties of the chair. signed chuck grassley, president pro tempore. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the senate stands adjourned until 3:15 p.m. on thursday, december 26, on thursday, december 26,

>> pro forma sessions are scheduled every three business days innocent until they the oe new session january 3. we return out to the discussion with tom steyer. >> this should be an incredibly fun and choice season for all of us so let's try to do that if we can. >> thank you, mr. steyer. >> happy holidays. >> here's a a look at some of r future programming this holiday week.

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