senators, maggie hassan. maggie. but then she writes to me but i'm partial to the senior senator.upposed to say that. [ laughter ] and she wanted me to welcome -- give a warm welcome to the three -- the could congressmen and the congresswoman that have come to join us here in new hampshire. congresswoman meng, and congressman delaney. did i get them all right? jesus christ. i never get a chance to speak. i have to sit and listen all the time. i grabbed a quote from john adams when he was writing to his son john equipsy adams why he should run for office he was thinking about not running and: and he sent this letter to his son. he said, "public business my son always has to be done. it will be done by somebody. if it's not done by good people, it will be done by bad people. if it's not done by honest people, it will be done by dishonest people. if it's not done by the wise, it will be done by the unwise. that's why we all have to continue this fight. if jeanne was here tonight, she would say, don't hate. there is no room for hate, even though you could clearly justify it. no. you n

to maggie hassan, who literally has her finger in the dike.er by 1000 votes out of 700,000 votes cast. and without her, tens of millions of people, including 110,000 people right here in new hampshire, would have lost their health insurance, so get maggie a big cheer, and thank you for electing her. [applause] representative kuster: and while you are standing, give yourselves a big cheer. if you knocked on doors, if you wrote a check, if you made a difference, you turned this country around last tuesday. thank you. joyce craig, and every candidates, thank you. thank you. people keep asking me how i am am holding up, and i am much better since last tuesday. i can see the light at the end of the tunnel. because of you, i am hopeful tonight. it is your voice, it is your calls, it is your letters that have made the difference and helped maggie and jeannie and everybody else hold the line on health care for the united states of america. it is your voice that is making the difference, and we will need you again on this -- goddamn tax bill. [laughter

[applause] >> new hampshire democrats, please welcome to the stage senator maggie hassan. ♪ sen. a seat. good evening, new hampshire democrats. and thank you to chairman ray staffy and the great nhcp for this wonderful event, this full room. thank you all. [applause] sen. hassan: it is truly great to be here with congresswoman carol shea-porter and congresswoman any custer -- congresswoman annie kuster. carol, it has been an honor to serve alongside you. i want to thank you for your tireless efforts on behalf of the people of the first district and our wonderful state. thank you so much. [applause] sen. hassan: and to the incomparable billy shaheen. [laughter] sen. hassan: you told a fib or two. you said you did not know how to make a bed, but you were a captain in the united states army, so i know that is not true. [laughter] sen. hassan: and i will tell jeannie. but what a pleasure it is to serve with the incomparable jeanne shaheen. and to be able to be meant toward by her and to learn from her. service extraordinary for this state and this country, and we should all be so incr

buckley: and our extraordinary senator, maggie hassan. [applause] mr.uckley: tonight's dinner is a chance to pause and reflect on the year we have had. while we have plenty of work to do, new hampshire democrats have a lot to celebrate. this year we celebrated and have sworn in the first ever all democratic, all-female congressional delegation in american history. [cheers] [no audio] mr. buckley: -- congresswoman kuster, fight for us in washington every day, and they are winning incredibly important battles to protect all the progress we have made. this year we sent donald trump a message on his very first day in office by showing up in concord, across the state, around the country, and throughout the world at the women's march. [applause] mr. buckley: this year we have won eight out of 10 special elections. [applause] mr. buckley: five in republican districts. and our first state senate special election victory since 1984. [applause] mr. buckley: we have won house special elections across the state. in carroll county, merrimack county, sullivan county,

i do believe, i do believe that the next elizabeth warren, the next kamala harris, maggie hassan and maxine waters are in this pool of candidates. we have to make sure they went. when they do, together we are going to elect a historic number of women into our legislature, our city council and we will take back the united states house of representatives with this outrageous republican party. donald trump, we are coming for you next. thank you so much. thank you so much. [applause] >> let's hear it for women blowing up walls. walls in her own office. 20,000 -- i got goosebumps with those numbers. my moment.o back to you for beinged brave. nd woke andit a unafraid. tos is personal, i am going do more later. from day one -- i'm going to look right at you. there was one person out there swinging for us every single day. you are not being talked about on the news. you are not being talked about on the panel when everyone was like where are the people> i said there she is. a whole bunch of women specifically sisters lifted you instagram, sheon is our hero. she is a rock star. dnc don't see

[applause] >> let's give it up for senator maggie hassan. >> you go over the list, you go over the list, spend hours, everyone here just so you don't miss anybody and get a text from the former senate president who is in the house. [applause] perfection still eludes me, billy. i want to thank our sponsors, first nations sponsors, doctor jeffrey clark and senator clark. the district council number 35 [applause] >> bridge communications. these guys pay the big bucks to make a profit so we can have a lower price. professional firefighters of new hampshire. american federation of teachers, uaw. congressman john and april delaney, congressman tim ryan, congress is a woman grace man, the human rights campaign, larry drake and joan jacobs, granite champions, shaking and gordon association, paul mantra, representative chandler, national air traffic controllers association, congresswoman custer, our primary victory sponsor, senator jeanne shaheen, senator maggie hassan, congresswoman porter. 481-195, the afl-cio, the honorable catherine wells wheeler, i vw 90, doctor elliott lasky, representativ