who better than jared hoffman and his values and understanding. effective from the start. one of the leaders in congress already only there a matter of months, not years yet, recognized leader in preserving our planet, protecting our environment, and doing it all for our children's future. thank you. [applause] >> jared went through a long list of pieces of legislation that if we were in session we could pass. they have bipartisan support, immigration, gun violence, reducing gun violence, voting rights. he named a long list. i won't repeat it except to say to association myself with the concern that these are bipartisan pieces of legislation that have the votes to pat but are not passing. we have to take this out to americans to get the job done. president lincoln said public sentiment is everything and to the extent you get this message across about education and jump starting the middle class rather than stalling the middle class really helps. that's why today for me is so important for us, jared and i, something we will report back to our colleagues on. as he said, it's

california has led the way, thank you, jared huffman. -- hoffman. president clinton signed the bill. of four tens of millions families, they have no paid -- they just cannot afford it. california has led the way. it is the 10-year anniversary of that initiative in california leading the way. all of these things that are pieces of something that we know , the economic stability of the family, whether it is relating to health, wages, childcare, lift these is, to families up, in this case, a woman so she can unleash her power in the workplace. its is not just a title -- is a good title. it tests favorably. but it is an absolute fact. when women exceed, america succeeds. so, this is about that woman, her family, and the greatness of our country so we're not a country that has to hold our head down and say, put the sick child on the bus. that is the trickle-down we have in mind for you. thank you. [applause] >> just briefly, as a there are a variety of programs. two programs in particular i can the gop sould be at program or single stop. i encourage the