speech, particularly protection against -- protection for whistleblowers and the patriot act and that kind of stuff, yeah. >> i think the biggest thing that i am looking for is just a return to a sense of normalcy. i feel like so much of our government and our institutions have been dismantled. they have kind of been really taken apart and broken the last few years. >> i would like to see the candidates focus on climate yeah, and antitrust laws, getting money out of the government, anti-lobbying, though sort of issues. >> this is -- voices from the road on c-span. ♪ ♪ c-span's "washington journal," live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. we willp this morning,

discuss the latest on the senate impeachment trial of president trump with fontana democratic senator jon tester and tennessee republican senator marsha blackburn. be sure to watch c-span's washington journal live at 7:00 eastern this morning. join the discussion. ♪ >> next, democratic presidential holds ae pete buttigieg townhome meeting at the ymca in iowa. the states caucuses are monday. this runs in our -- an hour.

>> >> good morning. >> good morning. >> thank you very much. it's an honor to be here today to introduce mayor pete, but i have a confession to make. i have not been a very good a

democrat in the past and i will be a first time caucus-goers this time around. [applause] i excited about that. i knew that i needed to do something after the last election and as we neared this next election. i knew that i needed to do something but i thought getting out to caucus would be what i could do. and then mayor pete made his announcement. i thought, well, this guy seems kind of interesting. i like the way he sounds. that was in january. in march, i was able to meet with one of his first organizers here and had a great conversation, and she listened. as i saw the campaign develop and organize, i became increasingly impressed, and the reason being is that it is a campaign based on values. those are values that i share. i thought at one time all decent humans share those values, but i see daily those values are set

aside for clinical expediency. i want to see those -- political expediency. i want to see those times change and i believe mayor pete can bring that dignity and bring those values back to our government and to our administration into the white house.- and to the white [applause] i was surprised when i was offered the chance to have a microphone in my hand. she might not know that i could talk for another hour. [laughter] i have lots of things to say, but i will not. but i would like to welcome mayor pete back for the third ottumwa. this is the third time. i am excited. can we please give mayor pete the biggest ottumwa welcome yet.

welcome, mayor pete. [applause and cheers] ♪ mayor beauty judge: thank you -- you for stepping up to be one of our strongest volunteers and to everybody i see wearing those precinct leader and captain buttons. if you could one more time stick your hand up and identify yourself so everybody else knows who to approach, our precinct leaders. thanks so much for doing that. thank you to sam and our phenomenal organizers. she is known around the campaign reason, andam for a a lot of that is because you have welcomed her and made

-- welcome turn, so thank you. thank you for blessing us on this tuesday morning. it will be a historic caucus night here in iowa. it is with a view to that night that i am here one more time to ask you to caucus from. and if it -- for me. if you are already a supporter, i urge you to continue spreading the word to everybody you know all the way up until the bell rings. i will be as sure as i can in my opening remarks so we can have a conversation about whatever is on your mind. i do want to share a little bit about the motivations behind this campaign. the biggest motivation, the controlling image of this entire effort is something i ask folks to picture in their mind everywhere i go. i am inviting you to visualize it in as much detail as you can. it is the way it is going to feel the first time that it comes up -- that the sun comes

up and donald trump no longer the president of the united states. [applause] let that image so can and little bit -- soak in a little bit. it's something to look forward to, right? i am meeting so many democrats urgently waiting to bring that day about. i am also seeing people ready to see that chaos and corruption in the rearview mirror, ready to put the suites behind us -- tweets behind us. we are welcoming into this effort a lot of future former republicans that are eager to turn the current page. that is so important, not only in order to win in order to lea. one of the reasons i am asking folks to picture that day is to think about when it comes our problems won't be done with.

any ways, that's the day our work begins. we will be exhausted and worn out from politics and as a country we will probably be even more divided than we are today. towill need a president focus on uniting and healing the american people. at the same time, it will also be true that on that day, the issues that brought us to this point will only be more serious. up on thell come client getting closer to the point of no return, it will come up over communities experiencing once in the century floods on an annual basis. homesn will come up over in which people are sitting at the kitchen table wondering when the economy the president keep telling us is so great is actually going to work its way into our communities and neighborhoods and lives. the sun is going to be coming up over schools where kids are getting active shooter drills

before they are old enough to learn how to read. that's what we will be faced with as a country that debuted we will need -- that day. we will need a lot from our president. yes, to unify and heal the country, but to do it in a way that moves us forward quickly and boldly on big issues crying out for action. i am here because these issues cannot wait in the healing cannot wait. it cannot wait for years, 10 years, we have to do something right now. i am finding is across iowa and across the country that folks already get it. caucus goers, voters, some people i meet not even old enough to vote, already understand what we have to do and have what it takes to heal this country. to we need to get washington look a little more like our best communities and towns before the reverse starts to happen, and that's what we have a chance to do in this election. i know when you're watching the

news right now, it can be exhausting. i live and breathe politics and i am exhausted by it. the process in washington where the senate gop is telling us ,his is a foregone conclusion almost designed to make us feel so beaten down that you want to pick up the cartoons because it is punching you in the face all the time. but if we give into that, that's how cynicism wins. and the great thing about being alive and eligible to vote in the year 2020 is that this is our opportunity to send a different message. no matter what happens on the floor of the senate, the verdict is in our hands, and in particular, your hands here in iowa. finalwe come to these seven days of this effort in iowa, and i am reflecting back on the last year we have been traveling, i am struck by how seriously islands take that responsibility, that influence

that comes with being here in this state i am seeing the same folks who were saying things over the summer like you seem good, you are in my top seven, let's see where this goes. [laughter] mr. buttigieg: they are now getting into decision mode and ready to make that critical decision. i'm also meeting people who illustrate for us what this is about, this is not about who got the best zinger, who is looking good on cable today, this is about our lives. i see everyday a new reminder of how every political issue is not just local, it is personal. even the grandest issues of war and peace metal because they are personal for somebody. -- peace matter because they are personal for somebody. was reunited with someone i served with in the airport last week, had not seen her since we were both in afghanistan and had not spoken to her since she was

injured while we were deployed. i saw her walking down the concourse in los angeles with her teenage son. she was wearing a t-shirt from the wounded warrior project. it says "some assembly required." [laughter] mr. buttigieg: when i asked how she was doing, she lifted up a knee and cheerfully knocks on her prosthetic leg and said the navy fichter of -- navy fixture up just fine. uniformle who serve in will do whatever is required of them by the american people, which is why they and their families deserve a commander-in-chief who will never ask them to go into harms way there is an alternative and understands that taking care of those who serve does not end when you're done with active-duty, it is a lifelong commitment. [applause] mr. buttigieg: thinking about

folks like the guy i met who was a lifelong republican and came to one of my events and mentioned that while he works inl-time, he also is driving the gig economy for door --, because as he put it, everybody has to have a side job these days beauty -- these days. that makes it seem like we are living in a season of national hardship, not plenty, and shows why we have to fix our country's economy, and our tax system, so that a company that makes billions of dollars in profits are playing -- paying more than you and i are in federal income tax. [applause] mr. buttigieg: and if i am seeing people who remind me of the problems right and left, i'm also seeing folks who remind me of the solutions. some of them are not even voters yet. i'm thinking about someone i met ago,mitsburg about a week

she came to an event like this one, a high school student, and she stood up to ask about the border. she explained why he was on her mind. earlier, herears father had walked out on their whaty and she knew exactly family separation means to her and was able to relate, had the moral imagination to see how that pain her family had gone through connects her to the five-year-olda salva dorian boy on the board and -- border of texas that she has never met. she understood how it is so important, that when it comes to the board anything else we do, we have to do it in a way that is consistent with our values and laws. people here already get now we

have to make sure washington gets the message, and that's what my campaign is about. thate freely acknowledge if your main criterion for voting or caucusing if you are -- is you are looking for someone with the most washington establishment experience under your belt, the candidate will not be me. risk believe the biggest we can take at a moment like this, going up against a president the likes of which we have not seen in our time, preparing for a presidency where we will face issues the likes we have not seen before, the biggest risk we can take is try to recycle the same washington playbook and mindset that got us to this point and expect a different result. this is the time for something different. it is a time to take a last look at the trump reality show, whatever kind of show you want to call it, and change the channel to something better. that is our opportunity and why i ask for your support. i am running for this office

because i believe the presidency has a purpose, and the purpose of the presidency is not the glorification of the president, it is the power and unification of the american people. that is why i need your help. [applause] so, i promised not to have too long of a monologue and i am eager for conversation. we have a microphone coming around to you. i will do my best to be concise so we can take as many questions that time allows. i am excited to vote for you and i look forward to you being our president. my mother passed away at the age of 95 on sunday and she was in a nursing home about two years. ,he did not have a lot of money and the nursing home was primarily paid for by medicaid. is, we haveto you

an ever-expanding debt and there is thoughts that this president will start tinkering with medicaid and medicare in order to pay for this debt, and i am wondering what your plans are for medicaid, social security, etc. thank you. first of all, i am so sorry to hear about your loss. a year ago yesterday we lost my father and i've been thinking a lot about that. losing a parent at any age, no matter how much time to prepare, is something that stays with you. in the end, dad's illness did not last that long but there was a time when we were asking tough questions in our family about long-term care. i had that conversation with the ,ocial maker who said to my mom you might be able to qualify for medicaid viewed -- medicaid.

that is a strange way to handle long-term care but so many families have had that conversation. amt is part of why i proposing long-term america, a cash benefit available to anybody. whether they need to be in a specialized facility, or to help people age in place because we know that is good for you whenever possible. we have a vision on long-term care, but to get to the heart of your question, this president would have us believe we have no inice but to stop investing education infrastructure, health care. and even to cut medicaid, medicare, social security, never mind the promise he would not cut it. how did we get into this debt? it is not a mysterious cosmic force no one could prevent, it was a giant tax cut on the wealthy. time for us to get on top

of owning the debt. up thesety is, shoring funds is as simple as ensuring that everybody pays their fair share. otherzon and chevron and companies can make billions of dollars and paid zero in federal income taxes, we shouldn't be surprised we are having trouble financing what is important for us in this country. but that is a choice. we could do it differently. rolling back the trump tax cuts for corporations is part of that. folks need to do their fair share. i am proposing to shore up social security, and raise the cap so that income over $250,000 is taxed viewed -- taxed. that makes it possible for the social security trust fund in good shape at least into the 20 50's when i am expecting to draw social security. we have to get out of the language -- they call them

entitlements. we paid for this. it is not a gift, it is a promise, and it is supposed to last a lifetime. we keep that promise by raising the revenue where we need to, without going to an unreasonable level of taxes, just the common sense to do what we need to do and keep the promises the country made to its people, and if we do that, our budget will be in better shape in our lives will go better because we will be able to count on these programs we paid into. thank you so much. [applause] -- >> kind of a follow-up. you and other candidates have talked about having people that are billionaires and big corporations pay taxes. how would you keep them from sheltering money and places i don't even know about, and of the corporations from moving to

other countries where they don't have to pay taxes or wages are cheaper? how will you keep them in the u.s. when we pay -- we charge them more taxes? mr. buttigieg: the u.s. is the best place to do business even when paying their fair share of taxes. there are tons of loopholes that allow companies to park profits in a different part of their books or a different part of the world to not pay taxes. this puts local businesses at a disadvantage. if you are running a mom-and-pop operation, you don't have an army of accountants and legions of lawyers to figure out how to do it. but this is a matter of choices and tax policy. it's a matter of policy and enforcement. if we better enforce just the mostalready on the books, of the estimates suggest we could raise hundreds of billion dollars over the next decade. but like you are saying, we have to make sure there is not a reward for off shoring profits.

we could do that, we could set taxes up so that it closes the gap on what you make on income that you book abroad and income you book here. it takes away the incentive to fictionally or fully offshore your business operations. but we've got to have the courage to do it. that will mean a political struggle. this is one of many examples where there is a powerful american majority insisting we do the right thing. a majority among the american people these days doesn't seem to translate into a majority in the senate, which is why presidential leadership will be needed to hold feet to the fire of any senator who is getting in the way of a commonsense measure, whether it is fair taxes for corporations, or universal background checks on things thatguns, are popular not just among democrats but republican states because they are the right thing

to do. there has to be a penalty for these members of congress who iny their own voters refusing to allow these kinds of changes to happen. for my dime, the best use of that big blue-and-white airplane that comes with the oval office is to flight directly to the home state or home district of someone standing in the way of things that people understand we need to do, and hold them to account for facing down their own voters. it's like calling the cable company, if you're not getting there with somebody, ask to speak to their supervisor, and in congress, that is the voters who sent them there. [applause] >> before i ask my question, i shouldn't give a background of who i am. i am not old enough to vote yet, i am 15 and a half, so tuna half years left.

think about last summer, i saw the massive support bernie sanders was getting from young people and i thought, i should get on board too. later last year i really started to realize just how mean-spirited and how similar it aboutthe trump campaign formerh they slander vice president biden, senator warren, and even you, comparing you very unreasonably to ted cruz. [laughter] with kind of, leading up to the caucus, i am not from iowa, i am from indiana.

we live in carmel. areshould people who leaning toward bernie's medicare you,ll message listen to especially with how much misinformation his campaign puts out about moderate democrats? mr. buttigieg: first of all, you sound pretty dialed in someone not yet old enough to vote. [applause] mr. buttigieg: here is my message to progressives. i would be the most progressive president we have had in half a century. it's just that i don't measure the boldness of an idea by how many people it puts off and how much controversy it generates. ist i am trying to do medicare for all who wanted, the biggest thing since medicare itself. we are creating version of medicare, a public plan that everybody can get in on.

the difference is the way i am doing it, it trusts you to decide whether you want to. i think there needs to be humility in the policy, and rather than assuming we can throw a switch and everybody wants to be on my plan, or even assuming we can set a number of years and have a countdown and everyone will want the plan, let people figure it out for themselves. it is an important difference in the design of our policies, for sure. if what we are focusing on is how it affects our everyday lives, it solves the problem. with less money and i think les heart break. with all of these issues, i think our values and goals are lined up. about no talking uninsured american, just a different way to get there. in the heat of competition, stones are being thrown and it will probably get sharper as we go. you should know that among the candidates, we get along pretty well, even if we get hot under the collar sometimes onstage.

>> [indiscernible] [laughter] but also often our respective supporters get fired up, and for good reason. shame on us if we are not passionate. but also shame on us if we forget we are part of the same team. i refer to the others not as opponents but competitors, because one day we will be coming together, we have got come together around our actual opponent, the president of the united states. when we do, we have to remember, we know what we are up against, and it isn't each other. that's why on the rules of the road we put out for our campaign, a statement of values of what this campaign believes, it is on your t-shirt right there. the top one is respect. not just respect for voters in caucus-goers and other americans we meet, it means respect for

competitors. my hope is that even in the heat of competition, as we are laying out contrasts -- and we are, our job is to do that, but we are all trying to pull into the same general place. my hope is that folks fired up about the issues take a look at what i will actually do to make their lives better and the importance of doing it in a way to unify the country. let's not choose between boldness and unity. let's not choose between the right way to govern and the best way to win. we have to get all of those things right. campaignng that this is the full package. thank you for your attraction to this campaign and i hope you will share the word. [applause] >> [indiscernible] peopleou be appointing that actually agreed with the cabinet? like secretary of education. she is really against public

education. [laughter] mr. buttigieg: this should go without saying but this days you have to say it. my appointees will be accountable to the mission of the agencies they run. the head of the environmental protection agency has to believe in climate science. [applause] mr. buttigieg: the attorney general is going to understand that she or he is the attorney of the american people, not of the president. [applause] mr. buttigieg: and yes, our teachers and students and communities and educators deserve a secretary of education who believes in public education and lifting up and teaching professions. thinking about the leadership team we will build, making sure everyone is committed to the mission of the department, making sure it is a diverse group, diverse racially in terms of background and in terms of style. i want different voices at the

table. we should share the same values but i think it's important that we sometimes have different ideas about how to get there. i am committed might cabinet will be at least 50% women, i think we will make better decisions. [applause] and i am looking for people who are smarter than me. i never want to be the smartest person in the room on any topics we are dealing with as a federal government. most important, i am looking for truth tellers. in the administration i built back home, the biggest difference my appointees made was when they were telling me things i did not want to hear, maybe we were having a tough conversation about a challenging issue and there's no easy choice. we had to have that truth telling at the table. elected, i think as an executive, you earn your paycheck when different people you trust who you know what they are doing -- who know what they are doing tell you something

different and you have to decide which way to go. that process can only go well if you have a body of leaders who have those qualities we are talking about. you can count on that as part of my cabinet. [applause] >> this will be our last question. mr. buttigieg: last one? ok. >> a year from now after you are inaugurated, you sit down and have a beer with mitch? [laughter] >> i think somebody needs to. i will tryeg: anything once. [laughter] mr. buttigieg: it might have to be a manhattan or something to have a kind of conversation we need. but look, yeah, i will talk with anybody who is prepared to have a conversation in good faith. as a democrat mayor in indiana, i would not have gotten anywhere if i were not working with people across the aisle. i had three republican governors

during my time as mayor and i prided myself in finding ways, even though we disagreed on a lot of things, we found ways to work together, with each of them. we have to be ready to do that. i think it is an instinct that is natural and local government, because when you're mayor, you don't get to shutdown the government because you have a partisan disagreement. you are in charge of delivering water and you can't stop doing that. your own city of south bend currency if you can't figure out the budget, you just get it done. that instinct i think is one we need to bring to washington. i will sit down with anybody before taking other steps like going over their head to their voters if they are not willing to engage. having said that, my hope is that when i have that beer with mitch, i will be having a beer with a former united states center in majority leader. [applause] we can do that if we have the right coattails and

the right nominee. [applause] on the topic: so of coattails, maybe that's a good topic to end on pure -- and on. -- end on. i think it's a good idea to have a nominee from the middle of the country, who can speak to the industrial midwest, the folks this present pretenses -- pretends to speak to. whatalk to farmers about it will take to live up to our obligation to support agricultural economies in rural communities. [applause] mr. buttigieg: somebody who is to insist believer that this country and constitution leave to people of every religion and no religion and also to assert that god does not belong to a political party. someone who can have a different

conversation about service and love of country. i think we have an opportunity win thatsuch a big it sends a shockwave enough to reunite some congressional republicans with their conscience. but that means having the right kind of nominee. again, i don't think we should have to choose between bold ideas for governing that we are excited about and what will take to win. and i will a remarkable track record when it comes to expanding american's imagination about what is possible in politics. the first time i was in this area was 12 years ago as a campaign volunteer knocking on doors for a senator with a funny name. i was here in iowa when you all change what americans was possible by delivering that historic victory. i was not here in person in iowa but i was watching the news when you all gave me permission to

believe that one day i would have the opportunity to wear this wedding ring. iowa has a way of making history. [applause] so that is what i am nothing of you now and offering. not just a president you can look at and feel your blood pressure go down a little bit instead of through the roof, although that is a public health benefit i am throwing imputed but someone who will never forget that politics is personal, and every election is about one question, the voter question, how will my life be different? that's why it's not all about him. i'm ready to take him on that i will never let him change the subject, because the less we are talking about him, the more we are talking about you, and the more we talk about us, the more we will win. so help that possible monday night in the iowa caucuses.

are you ready to make history with us one more time? i can't wait for us to have a lot to celebrate on monday. i thank you for your attention and interest and i will see you on the trail. thank you so much. [applause] [indistinct conversations]

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mr. buttigieg: i would like to review more, and see if there is serious engagement. at the end of the day, it needs to work with the dutch work for the israelis and palestinians. i would certainly hope that conversation could happen. [indiscernible] given the homogenous population here. how do you attract voters of color? mr. buttigieg: is the first time

to organize and turn people out to win. but in order to win the presidency and earn the presidency, you need to reach voters of all backgrounds. it's one of the reasons why the role of other states, including nevada and south carolina, are so important on the road to super tuesday. do you think you compromised -- [indiscernible] soon as iteg: as came to my attention, or yeah -- we reacted neatly viewed when this took place, we took responsibility to review what happened, fix the problems, and make sure that going forward, problems like that would not happen again. way fromwe learn hard a mistake, we own it and move forward. >> it seems like some of the concerns within your staff have

to do with how they are personally affected by your inability to not make movement with voters of color, and some of the controversies that have popped up. how have you addressed those concerns with your own staff, who have to answer to their friends and families? mr. buttigieg: i just want to say that i am so thankful to staff of color who bring so much to this campaign. surrogates, staff, and supportive who put a lot on the line. i think we are part of it because we share the same values and the same goal of what we want to do in this campaign and for the presidency. i want everyone on our team to know that i am proud of them, i am thankful for them, and i support them. it's one of the reasons we have taken steps that might not be something that is typical or happened a lot before in presidential campaigns, to try and empower staffers at all levels to speak to their experiences, and raise concerns

and have tough conversations. and they are tough. much harder to do a better job when it comes to making sure that inclusion is reality, especially in the trump era. this is an opportunity to live those values, and if there are challenges along the way, that's just a reminder of why it is important. >> [indiscernible] why are some of them not feeling that and what is that say about your campaign? mr. buttigieg: there are not easy answers and we have to continually work on this and our does.zation i think by listening to those voices, we've been able to live out the values i set out and model the white house we want. longing -- you

communicated the longing today butte county personally communicate that? mr. buttigieg: one of the ways is to say how important the contributions of staff members are, that something i work to do i tie whatever i am in the room with the people who bring so much to this campaign. you have been having this conversation and released your douglas plan last year. you haven't seen your numbers among communities of color shift that much. white voters are bringing this up, and the question is are you frustrated? mr. buttigieg: i am humbled by the challenge of making sure we support voters who have every reason to be skeptical. but we need to recognize that we need to do the work to extend

this to the south alongside the mistreating we have what it in.es to organize and w >> you think people don't understand you? mr. buttigieg: i don't think we need to worry about if it is frustrating for me, i think americans and especially workers of color across the country and people of color in this campaign. black staff on my campaign that have had to deal with the complications of being a workplace, as any american workplace does, remind you of race indifference all the time on top of doing a job that is so hard. my heart is with anyone who seeks to step up and form part of this multiracial, multigenerational campaign. my job is to make sure we work through all of the challenges and frustrations that come with the big changes we are trying to make viewed -- make. >> [indiscernible] out mostly from needier

reports what has happened. [indiscernible] what kind of assurance can you give australians that our lives will be valued? mr. buttigieg: i serve side-by-side with australians in afghanistan. corporation makes america safer and we share so many common values and goals with australia come on everything from security issues to future coalitions. strong,perative we have diplomatic as well as security relationships, and that will be an important priority for me as president. >> [indiscernible] multiple competitors making the same argument. why are you right? mr. buttigieg: each of us is arguing we would be the best nominee. if you look at how my party

captures the white house, it's been with a candidate who could turn the page, and i don't think we are most likely to succeed if mindset that same dominates washington but frustrates voters across the country. if we want to win and if we want to govern, we have to be ready to do something different. the biggest risk we can take is to recycle the same old. >> so is somebody else a risk? mr. buttigieg: i am saying it would be wisest to follow the approach i am putting forward and yes, there are risks associated with the approach that many of my competitors are offering. it's one of the reasons i think mine is the best. ofyou have a history employing and managing a number of employees as mayor. [indiscernible] undercut that plan? mr. buttigieg: i think they reflect what is at stake, and

being somebody who is responsible not just for saying the right thing or voting the large,ay, that leading complex, diverse teams, and every employer in america, the diversity is lifted up not just in their makeup but in practices. i am proud of the steps we are taking, it may be unusual, but the right thing to do. we need conversations that are tough. it may be a risk but it needs to happen. we need to have this conversation nationally and we need to be practicing in our own organization [indiscernible] >> thank you. to anyoneu apologized in your campaign, do you feel that would be warranted? [indistinct conversations]

mr. buttigieg: i know what you do for community health. thanks very much. how are you doing? >> good. how are you? [indiscernible] >> ready? three, two, one. >> one more photo with volunteers here.

mr. buttigieg: congratulations. thanks for being here. spread the word. [indiscernible] >> thank you so much, sir. >> thank you so much. [indiscernible]

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