it was in massachusetts that you had to battle a bunker hill. it was a massachusetts that you saw the blood of americans spilled. it was in massachusetts that people from the bay colony had rallied to the fight, joined by other new englanders. in this continental congress, it was going to be truly continental, we need to bring on board people from other colonies. it was important to bring on board the delegates from the southern colonies and what better way to do that than to make thomas jefferson the person who was responsible for the declaration? that was reason number one. reason number two, he said john adams was obnoxious, suspected and unpopular. you are very much otherwise. he said that because in some ways he wasn't noxious. -- he was obnoxious. in some ways, he was suspected because as a delegate from massachusetts his colonies had much to gain. if the other colonies should declare them independent states and declare with massachusetts. he was unpopular because he was

that is to represent massachusetts to washington and not washington to massachusetts. [ applause ] we can and we do zbreerks but we listen, we learn, and we make the best decisions we can. on energy, public records, pay equity, addition, economic development, and a host of other issues, you have compromised with one another and with us. now, like other states, we have enormous challenges here in the commonwealth. issues that are destined to create difficult discussions and opportunities for conflict. and we live in a time where what you oppose seems much more interesting than what you support, where compromising is often viewed as an act of weakness, when, in fact, it is a sign of strength. [ applause ] now, our founders worried a lot about the tyranny of the majority. they designed our form of government to provide a loud voice for minority points of view. they hated the idea of unilateral power and wanted to force advocates and policy makers through structure and process to compromise. i'm with them. as my mom used to say, you have two ears and one mouth for a reason. it's one thing

that is to represent massachusetts to washington to not washington to massachusetts. [applause] >> we can and we do disagree on emergency, public records, addiction, economic development and a host of other issues we compromise with one another. we have enormous challenges in the commonwealth. we live in a time where what you oppose seems more interesting than what you support, where compromise is viewed as an act of weakness when in fact it is a sign of strength. [applause] >> our founders worried about the tyranny of the majority and desi designed our government for a loud place for minority view and hated the idea of unilateral power and wanted to force lawmakers through structure to compromi compromise. as my mom used to say, you have two ears and a mouth for a reason. i believe is this conversation that makes us strong. our economy is strong because we listen and we learn from the workers and employers who make it go. our communities are strong. listen and learn from the people they serve. our commonwealth is strong because we listen and learn from one another kn

the gentleman from massachusetts. mr. mcgovern: i yield 1 1/2 minutes to the gentlelady from new york. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized. mrs. maloney: i thank my good friend for his extraordinary leadership on this issue and so many others for standing up for women and i thank him for the time. the right to speak is a very special one and mr. speaker, the right to choose is meaningless without the access to choose. and that is what this bill is about. it is cutting off access to choice. and that is why the anti-choice movement is so strongly behind this bill. h.r. 7 is a cynical attempt to use the federal government's power of the purse to restrict a woman's access to her constitutionally protected right to an abortion. i oppose the hyde amendment and believe we should be increasing access to comprehensive health care, not reducing it. but this bill makes hyde permanent and it goes further. it prohibits the affordable care act's tax credit for individuals and employers who choose plans that cover abor

i thank the gentleman from massachusetts for yielding. i urge my colleagues to vote no and defeat the previous question so that we can bring up my amendment which would block the pouse g.o.p. majority from -- the house g.o.p. majority from cutting medicare, medicaid and social security. president-elect donald trump has promised many times throughout his campaign that he would not cut social security benefits for seniors, nor would he support cuts to medicare or medicaid benefits. in fact, he at least 15 times said he would not make cuts to medicare or social security. he even tweeted it so we know he really, really meant it. so if it's important to the democrats and it's important to the president-elect, it's important to the american people, let's make sure it's absolutely certain that no one has to worry about a cut in their social security and medicare benefits, not a single cut to anyone. if we could do that that would be the single biggest success of the 115th congress. if you support the idea that you will not cut social security an

no habrÁ personas construyendo en massachusetts. es una idiotez.on este serÍa? reportera: serÍa un proyecto de servicio comunitario, dijo. el alguacil dijo que serÍa un sÍmbolo poderoso que los presos construyan un muro para prevenir la delincuencia en el paÍs y para cuidar las oportunidades de empleo para todos los estadounidenses. >> esta idea es una farsa por varias razones. primero econÓmicamente esto es absurdo. reportera: nos explicÓ como se transportarÍa, -- no se expliÓo cÓmo se transportarÍa y vigilarÍa a los reos. seria inconstitucional, declarÓ la uniÓn estadounidense para las libertades civiles de massachusetts. estarÍan listos para detener el plan incluso con litigaciÓn. jorge: en una nota adicional el equipo de transiciÓn del presidente electo, se estudia si se puede construir el muro sin necesidad de una nueva legislaciÓn. como lo harÍan? se basarÍa en una ley de 2006 que autoriza la construcciÓn o sustituciÓn de cercas y vallas y la utilizaciÓn de tecnologÍa en la frontera sur. al congreso sÓlo le pedirÍan dinero para realizar la ex

trump's executive order worries massachusetts family awaiting loved one. with the stroke of a pen, president donald trump fulfilled a campaign promise that temporarily bans more thank 130 million people from entering the united states. several people were prevented from entering boston due to trump's executive order. quote -- we are very worried. we are very concerned, omar salem of canton said. quks i'm hoping for the best. aim hoping that i can get a text from him saying 'i'm here'." salel is awaiting his brother's arrival. he was an vacation when the president signinged the executive order, suspending visa +spwreu from seven -- entry from seven countries. we dints know it was going to be that bad and that shameful, salem said. salem's brother thought his green card woul would be enougho secure his return but the business owner is now facing unsent. "it always starts somewhere and we see it evolving and becoming much bigger and much more sophisticated," salem said. while he is thoapg see his brother soon, his heart is heavy for the millions of refugees a

we will go to gordon on our democrats line in arlington, massachusetts. >> yes, massachusetts. definitely that one. i was interested by the comment about the sanctuary cities and states. obviously, massachusetts and california are large recipients. what happens if california and massachusetts say, ok, you are going to cut us off, we are going to leave the country? >> what potential conflict do you see happening? >> we get medicaid money. those massachusetts and california provide us a huge amount of tax dollars to the federal government. so, the federal government is now threatening to remove the return of some of those tax dollars and grants and federal and nih funding, etc. what happens if we say, ok, you don't want to play the game, we are going to leave, takes our -- take our tax revenues and run? >> the governor of california certainly spoke about the potential conflict with the federal government. the state of the state happened last night in california. we will show that to you later in our program schedule on the c-span networks. matthew is in essex, maryland. what are

that's -- >> it's like the grumpy cousin of massachusetts. >> seth: yeah. to red sox games and people would say, "oh, that's cool, you grew up here?" and i'd say, "well -- new hampshire." and it's like people in boston would be like, "no." [ laughter ] >> they'd be like, "no." except when they want to buy beer on sundays. it's like, "boom, new hampshire, we gotta get there," yeah. >> seth: exactly, then we're everybody's best friend. come on down to new hampshire. >> that's a law not many people know about. >> seth: but, yeah -- >> you can't buy beer on sunday in massachusetts. >> seth: so it's real classy. us people in new hampshire, we put our liquor stores right on the border. [ laughter ] it's true, like we try to make it as easy as possible for you to come and buy your liquor from us. >> nah, i've seen you there -- >> seth: yeah, exactly. [ laughter ] i work a shift, one -- one shift a year just to stay close to my roots. [ laughter ] and then but i see what you mean because you obviously are from the area. a boston accent must not be intimidating for

trump's executive order worries massachusetts family awaiting loved one. with the stroke of a pen, president donald trump fulfilled a campaign promise that temporarily bans more thank 130 million people from entering the united states. several people were prevented from entering boston due to trump's executive order. quote -- we are very worried. we are very concerned, omar salem of canton said. quks i'm hoping for the best. aim hoping that i can get a text from him saying 'i'm here'." salel is awaiting his brother's arrival. he was an vacation when the president signinged the executive order, suspending visa +spwreu from seven -- entry from seven countries. we dints know it was going to be that bad and that shameful, salem said. salem's brother thought his green card woul would be enougho secure his return but the business owner is now facing unsent. "it always starts somewhere and we see it evolving and becoming much bigger and much more sophisticated," salem said. while he is thoapg see his brother soon, his heart is heavy for the millions of refugees a

the gentleman from massachusetts is recognized. mr. mcgovern: thank you, mr. speaker. the distinguished chairman of the rules committee said that the american people don't want business as usual and yet here we're on this opening week and what we see is business as usual. more putin-like closed rules coming to the floor. 113th and 114th congress were the two most closed congresses in the history of the united states. and here we're beginning the new session with, again, this closed process. so the speaker on opening day made a promise to uphold the rights of the minority. well, you know what, that means that the minority ought to be able to be heard on the house floor. that we ought to be able to bring amendments and substitutes to the floor. yet we get rejected time and time again. this is not the way the most deliberative body in the world should be run. this is not the way congress should be run. by closing down this process the way the majority does is a great disservice to the american people. with that, mr. speaker, i yield two m

and even then critics said it is not working that well in massachusetts. debate that about whether it was the right plant and worked on a state level, there were defenders that said it worked well but there were people like you who really have complaints about it then and warned that a nationwide level it will not work. host: let's look at what paul ryan said about president-elect donald trump's plan to repeal the affordable care act. trump, i haveald spoken to him twice in the last three days and mike pence was in my office to discuss this and we are in complete sync, we agreed that we want to make sure that we move these things concurrently at the same time, repeal and replace, we need to show there is a better way forward and show that even though this law is collapsing, we can bridge ourselves to a much better system. the pillars we stand upon with replacing obamacare, more choices, more options, lower prices, and more control over your own health care, those are the things we all believe in and we are completely in sync planning on a daily basis would

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slavery was legal in massachusetts until 1783, so although we have not yet discovered a moment that's as dramatic as with one you have described, we are increasingly aware of how slavery was as part of the every day life of massachusetts in the colonial area and harvard in the colonial era. we are also aware of how the economic engine that slavery represented for the nation as a whole up to the civil war cotton was the number one export of the united states up to the civil war. was an economic engine for massachusetts for many people connected with harvard and therefore, supported harvard in a variety of ways. we are exploring that and trying to understand what was the place of slavery in building the institution we have today. what were the contributions made by slaves to harvard's past? and trying to dig that out. we were able to find in some research done by students, actually, the names of four individuals who worked in the households of harvard presidents. this was in the 18th century. last spring, we put a plaque on a building, memorializing those individuals and their contribut

massachusetts,d, good morning. caller: thanks for c-span. , am calling about meryl streep i watched it last night and i fell in love with meryl streep in one of the first movies i saw . she gave hernight best performance last night. she should have gotten an academy award for that. ,ust listening and watching her , somebody mustke average and that for her. herself. for me it was watching her do that was amazing. host: did you agree? caller: absolutely not. i do not agree with her. i thought she looked ridiculous but she sounded great. a great actress and she did a great job last night. she should get an academy award for that. massachusetts come our last color. we will be right back here tomorrow morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern, for clock a.m. pacific. have a great monday. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2014] >> a live picture from the lobby of trump tower on monday morning . a story from politico today reporting president-elect trump lens to give his cabinet secretaries and top aides significant l

a representative flies to massachusetts to bring the card in for authentication.ows up at your house. >> within 24 hours. >> but while the auction house gets to work, flo's mother is admitted to the hospital with pneumonia. >> may 13th. she was 100 and sound of mind right till thend. and every night, she would just say, "thank you for taking care of me," and then a big smile, and she'd say, "did we get the money yet?" >> later that day, mildred sasso passes on. and what may be the world's oldest baseball card is now florence's strange inheritance. it doesn't take long to confirm the card is real. >> given the fact that it was in florence's family for nearly 160 years, that's great provenance. and provenance is always key. >> the 1928 obituary of archibald's brother, john, provides a crucial piece of evidence of the card's authenticity. >> that newspaper obituary noted that john was an ardent fan of baseball and he had an original photo of the brooklyn atlantics. so that obituary was referring to this very card. >> remember the 1865 brooklyn atlantics card that sol

. >> call from ware, massachusetts, next, on the line for independents and others. paul is waiting. paul, you have the floor. >> caller: thank you for taking my call. i am watching the broadcast on c-span3. my first comment is i feel that based on what i've seen mr. sessions is a very -- seems to be very honorable person. and in many respects. i do feel, though, based on the testimony he's given so far, he seems like he's actually overqualified for the job. not sure he will be able to separate his experiences in the senate with what the requirements are for being attorney general. i have a second point i'd like to raise. i'd like for someone to ask him about his opinion on states' rights and i'm going to focus on one particular issue and that is the legalization of marijuana. he has come out against this. i would hike like to know if he able to accept the will of people, voters in eight states that fully legalized marijuana, and over 25 states of medical marijuana, the tide is changing, i think he needs to reconsider his position. and those are the things i wanted to get out today.

elizabeth warren of the commonwealth of massachusetts has received two. maria cantwell of the state of washington has received one. susan collins of the state of maine has received one. carley fiorina of the commonwealth of virginia has received one. the sergeant at arms will remove the protesters from the gallery. the chamber will be in order. he chamber will be in order. duke has received one vote. in announcement of the state of the vote by the president of the senate shall be deemed a sufficient declaration of the persons elected president and vice president of the united states. each for the term beginning on the 20th day of january, 2017, and shall be entered together with a list of votes in the journal of the senate and the ouse of representatives. the purpose of the joint session having been concluded, pursuant to the senate concurrent resolution 2 of the 115th congress, the chair declares the joint session dissolved.

he is on a slope down from massachusetts avenue, beautifully landscaped area with beautiful trees. his life there, what they're used to by now, and i'm not sure they ever liked it much but no president ever does, they are under the constant surveillance of secret service, and secret service by its very character is intrusive. you're not joe brown who gets to go down to the 7-eleven by yourself. it doesn't happen. they have got that to face the rest of their lives. and of course, their children won't, but they will have this, it will all be fixed up for secret service protection by the time the inauguration day of the next president, and the secret service is as unobtrusive as they can be but they are always there. and i know mrs. obama has expressed a sort of feeling of being in a prison sometimes. she made a very amusing remark once about -- in the north hall, someone asked her at the white house, i believe a reporter, what would you have if you could have anything on earth. i'm paraphrasing. but she said walk out that door and not look back. and i think it reflected probably what

the presiding officer: the senator from massachusetts. mr. markey: thank you, mr. president, very much. mr. president, i rise to speak about this impending attack upon the affordable care act upon the impact that it can have, upon the hospitals of our country in terms of draining revenue from them on the issue on the impact on community health centers across our country and the impact that it can have upon them. upon the impacts that the repeal of the affordable care act would have upon the access of those who are addicted to opioids, who need help for opioids, who are in a situation where they are going to need the affordable care act. the access to coverage so that their problems can be taken care of. so this is no small threat. this in fact goes right to the core of what started in massachusetts back ten years ago when we as a commonwealth decided that care for people who needed health care was going to be made available to them. now, we have proven in massachusetts that we are able to provide health care for 98% of our population while at the same time having a

>> yes-- new york, new jersey, massachusetts, connecticut, delaware, california. (blows raspberry) >> when she was asked in an interview with katie couric what she reads everyday... >> what newspapers and magazines did you regularly read before you were tapped for this? >> she was embarrassed, and sort of squirmed a bit on camera. >> um, all of them, any of them that have been, been in front of me over all these years. i have a vast, i have a vast variety of sources where we get our news, too. >> she didn't just not have an answer, she was contemptuous of the question. >> it's kind of suggested, it seems like, "wow, how could you keep in touch with what the rest of washington, dc, may be thinking and doing, when you live up there in alaska?" believe me, alaska is, like, a microcosm of america. >> to some people, they thought, "well, okay, that signals the end of her candidacy in some sense." but for another segment of americans, this was validating. this was vindicating. there was somebody now who had a similar suspicion and sense of alienation from these east coa

. >>> a monster roaming the streets of massachusetts. day and night, it doesn't matter!t's going to get you. >> just a moment. >> oh! look at that bridge. >> no, it's not. the one you're thinking of is called the 11-foot eight bridge. in westwood, massachusetts, watch these trucks just go through and essentially detonate when they hit it. >> boom! >> wow! >> the whole box just disintegrates. so many of the box trucks that go through appear to be rental moving trucks. >> oh! >> the rental truck had an inch. >> they are all like, yeah, i got this. >> but it's not just big box trucks that get caught out. >> bing! >> the bridge gets a little narrow underneath the curb and squeezes in. some people don't see it. that time it collected somebody else. look at this, even a fire truck gets caught out. >> oh! >> that's expensive. >> sure is. >> now they have sign that is say narrow -- they just need a big sign that says "i wouldn't." >> there's a big seafood industry in massachusetts. some of the seafood is imported by refrigerated trucks. that's what this is, but now that refriger

my country ams said he meant massachusetts. the sense of being a united not yet clear. it the united states -- and was legally created with the declaration -- was still a verb, took a plural verb and that was true up to the civil war. are.ed states after the civil war the is the is.ted states but thing united states. most people don't think about of , the technical meaning that. it is separate states. not, , of course, but until the civil war not really united. states eventually came together in a loose union that called the articles of confederate raugs. keep in -- confederate ration. that is not an early version of the constitution. a y are a league, a treaty, treaty of these states coming together like the e.u. parallel in losest modern times for what they were doing. what the fies i think articles much been thinking about them as an early version the constitution. they were not ratified for various reasons. bringing, not happy with there treaty and they were of ratified until march 1781, which is only six months before the battle of yorktown in october of 1781, of c

john adams of massachusetts. >> mr.lemen, thousands of loosely affiliated volunteers have surrounded the british army at boston. i hereby propose that this congress adopt this army before boston and appoint as its commander colonel george washington of virginia. >> hear, hear! [ rapping on table ] >> when john adams announces that george washington is the best man to lead, it's widely agreed by the other delegates, except perhaps for john hancock. >> with washington's appointment, the colonial militias become the continental army. but before washington arrives to take command, his army faces annihilation. looking to hold the british within boston, continental troops take the high ground around the harbor, setting up fortifications not on the more famous bunker hill, but on breed's hill, where most of the action in the misnamed battle takes place. >> among the people fighting in this particular engagement are joseph warren as head of the massachusetts committee of safety. >> sure you wanna be up here, sir? sure you don't

--is a branch off of messing massachusetts avenue. it is such a big house, but the president is renting or leasing so that when his daughter finishes school, and it is a perfectly beautiful neighborhood. he is on a slope down from massachusetts avenue, and it is a beautifully landscaped area with beautiful trees. his life there, where they are used to buy now, i'm not sure they like it, but they are under the constant surveillance of secret service. secret service, by its very character, is intrusive. i mean, you're not joe brown who gets to go down to the 7-eleven by yourself. it does not happen. so they have got that's a face the rest of their lives. of course, their children will not. but this will all be fixed up for secret service protection by the time of the inauguration day of the next president. and the secret service is as unobtrusive as they can be, but they are always there. i know mrs. obama has expressed a feeling of sort of being in a prison sometimes. she made an amusing remark about being in the north hall, and someon

>> being in western massachusetts we love to support the western massachusetts' fisheries. that it tastes great. >> reporter: university of massachusetts chef bob bankert is grilling dog fish fillets, he's lathered them in a spicy seasoning to make tacos. at another food station, dogfish becomes an asian flash fry. it's drizzled with wasabi mayo on top. the students are curious. a display tells them where the dogfish comes from and who caught it. selina fournier is manager of this dining hall. >> there's students that may have never heard of such a fish, so when they saw the fish here today and then got to taste it, the whole association really creates that story and bringing it to life. and hopefully creating something exciting that they'll want to order even when they're not at umass. >> reporter: is that your hope that you're setting a new generation of eating habits here? >> definitely. we are setting the standard for the way these students hopefully continue their health and wellness once they graduate umass. >> thank you. >> reporter: ruth crawford and ana yrazusta we

senator edward brooke of massachusetts, atlanta mayor maynard jackson, pennsylvania secretary of state delores tucker, future congressman john lewis, and representative barbara jordan, the 1976 democratic convention keynote speaker. the 30 minute film was originally created for overseas audiences and was recently restored by the national archives. >> political participation is a new cutting edge of the civil rights movement and what black leadership is trying to do today is to get black americans who are 10% of the total electorate in this country as zealous and as fired up and as committed in as active and as aggressive and as sophisticated in politics as they were during the protest movement of the 1960's. >> we also serve notice here and now that if we have anything to do with it, the days of taking black and poor votes for granted is over. let it be understood that we say this not in the spirit of self arrogance, but as a natural consequence of our firm belief that the legislative and executive branches of government must be more accountable to the more neglected of our citizens th

biden: for what purpose does the gentleman from massachusetts rise? >> mr. president i object to the certificate of the state of alabama on the grounds that electoral votes were not under known circumstances regularly given and that the electors were not lawfully certified, especially given the confirmed and illegal activities given by the country of russia and the widespread violations of the voting rights act that unlawfully suppressed thousands of votes in the state of alabama. vp. biden: read it aloud. objection be presented in writing, signed by both members of the house of representatives and both members of the house of representatives and the senator. is the objection in writing and signed not only by the member of the house of representatives but also by a senator? mr. mcgovern: the objection is in writing signed by a member of the house of representatives but not yet by a member of the united states senate. vp. biden: in that case, the objection cannot be entertained. [applause] >> mr. president the certificate , of electoral vote of the state of a

the knew that i had wonderful massachusetts historical society. this. that i had and i in you that they would have a lot on abigail adams. but then my question was, what about mary? what about elizabeth? are there letters from them? what did abigail seiji them? what did they say to abigail. what did they say to each other? heard that there was a nice collection of elizabeth shop peabody correspondence at the library of congress. and i went to the library of congress and it was delighted. because there are i found letters from the times when she was a teenager and she was writing her cousin, isaac. he would give her suggestions shet books to read and would write him back opinions of the books. and she was very contrary. no matter what he said, she said the opposite. i said, this is great. i have this feisty character that i can deal with. and also, it was funny because you can see how isaac was beating her. so one point he writes to her about madame to 78, oh, you must really love this collection because you are just like her. she didn't think much of ma

and then eight years later i ran for secretary of state in massachusetts and again i was defeated. so i was defeated three times before i won an election. and after that i ran for attorney general and won that election and served two terms as attorney general. and when some retired, i then had the trongest political organization in the state. i had gained some public awareness afor my work and i jut decided i would run for the united states senate. i felt that that was a place that i could do the most good. and being the only black in the senate, my constituency not only includes massachusetts but includes blacks all over this country who look to me for leadership in the united states senate. >> i would be for it if it applied to low and moderate income people. but now does this apply to all renters, no matter what they pay for rent? suppose you're paying based on some people. some people pay as much as $5,000 a month and more for rent. now would that person be entitled to a tax relief under those circumstances and under this particular piece of legislation? >> the argument that se

state constitutional backdrop, and antecedent of the federal bill of rights but he studies in massachusetts and other folks but if you are a natural rights theorist and think the bill of rights come from the creator and the declaration of independence is a statement that we hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, one, maybe not property, property is created by man. there are debates about that.

well, john hancock was the heir to an import-export business and was one of the richest men in massachusetts and probably the most famous smuggler. [ indistinct conversations ] >> hancock, you are under arrest. >> outrageous. >> gentlemen, please. i think it best if we did not interfere with the sheriff's business. >> john hancock's ship, the liberty, is seized by the british because he was supposedly smuggling wine.

the jlt from massachusetts. mr. keating: i rise today in support of h.r. 665, the airport perimeter and access control security act, and yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. keating: thank you, mr. speaker. i'm proud to be joined by my colleague from new york, mr. katko, as well as my colleagues, ranking member thompson and rice, richmond and swalwell. since i first was elected to congress in 2010, i've worked to secure our nation's airports from porous perimeters and unsecured access control points. last year at my request, the government accountability office released an independent report of all airports within the transportation security administration's presence. while t.s.a. has made some progress in assessing risk at airport perimeter, the g.a.o. report revealed that the agency had not taken emerging threats or the unique makeup and design of individual airports into consideration. more and more we've seen that terrorists are targeting the soft are