congresswoman shea- porter, congo's mine custer, speaker of the house, speaker terry novelli, chairman ray buckley. happy birthday, ray. [applause] first vice chair clark, second vice chair solomon -- it is a great honor to be with all of you here in the granite state, a place that is very special to me, and also special to the people of our country. really the bed rock state in more ways than one. it is a special honor to be here tonight with democratic governor maggie hassan. [applause] last year, i had the honor and the privilege to be able to serve as chair of the democratic governors association, and the dga had a terrific year. we won five out of six competitive governors races, but no wind was so sweet as helping you and governor hassan when here in new hampshire. well done, maggie. [applause] of course, i knew she would be a fantastic governor. but i am even more impressed with how quickly she and her team have gotten to work, how much she has gotten done in a short time. in less than one year, bringing people together -- what a great idea -- to create good jobs, doubling the r&d tax credi

and a belated happy birthday to our chairman, the one and only ray buckley. pplause] that all you wanted ray, for your birthday, was a packed house for the jj's. mission accomplished. and congratulations to you and to the tireless staff of the new hampshire democratic party. for putting together another fantastic event and for your work day in and day out. thank you. ray, you and your staff have continued to make our victories possible. with democratic wins across the state just as much. including a huge win for our newest state representative from nashua. [applause] thank you as well to my friends speaker tearing a rally and senate democratic leader sylvia larsen. [applause] and to all of the hard-working democratic senators and representatives with us tonight. thank you for standing up for the priorities that matter to granite stators. and taking a constructive, open- minded approach to addressing our challenges. also want to acknowledge our amazing women leaders who represent our state in washington. genie, it is no surprise that you got to standing ovation

porter, congo's mine custer, speaker of the house, speaker telly -- speaker terry novelli, chairman ray buckley. happy birthday, ray. [applause] clark, secondir vice chair solomon -- it is a great honor to be with all of you here in the granite state, a place that is very special to me, and also special to the people of our country. really the bed rock state in more ways than one. here a special honor to be tonight with democratic governor maggie hassan. [applause] last year, i had the honor and the privilege to be able to serve as chair of the democratic governors association, and the year.d a terrific we won five out of six competitive governors races, but no wind was so sweet as helping you and governor hassan when here in new hampshire. well done, maggie. [applause] she would be aew fantastic governor. but i am even more impressed with how quickly she and her team have gotten to work, how much she has gotten done in a short time. bringinghan one year, people together -- what a great idea -- to create good jobs, tax credit, r&d strengthening public safety, increasing funding for mental healt

congresswoman shea- porter, congo's mine custer, speaker of the house, speaker terry novelli, chairman ray buckleyhappy birthday, ray. [applause] first vice chair clark, second vice chair solomon -- it is a great honor to be with all of you here in the granite state, a place that is very special to me, and also special to the people of our country. really the bed rock state in more ways than one. it is a special honor to be here tonight with democratic governor maggie hassan. [applause] last year, i had the honor and the privilege to be able to serve as chair of the democratic governors association, and the dga had a terrific year. we won five out of six competitive governors races, but no wind was so sweet as helping you and governor hassan when here in new hampshire. well done, maggie. [applause] of course, i knew she would be a fantastic governor. but i am even more impressed with how quickly she and her team have gotten to work, how much she has gotten done in a short time. in less than one year, bringing people together -- what a great idea -- to create good jobs, doubling the r&d tax credit,

haslam, shaheen -- thetor shaheen, speaker of house, senator minority leader sylvia larsen, chairman ray buckleybirthday, ray. [applause] chair fuller clark, second vice chair solomon, it is an honor to be with you here in the granite state. a place that is very special to me and very special to the people of our country. it is a bedrock staying in more in moren one -- state ways than one. it is a special honor to be here tonight. [applause] last year, i had the honor to serve as the chair of the democratic governor's association. the dgi had atrophic year -- the no win a terrific year, was as sweet as helping you i'm governor hassan w -- and governor hassan win in new hampshire. [applause] a fantasticould be governor. i am more impressed with how much she has gone done in such a short period of time. less than one year. you mean people together, a great idea, to create good jobs. doubling the r&d tax credit, strengthening public safety, increasing funding for mental health. passing a bipartisan, fiscally responsible budget. making college education more affordable for more families by freezing