i'm very pleased that rhonda is able to join us today. [applause] as we look to make programs and services more affordable we need only to look at these achievements, particularly in health care as a beacon to the kind of positive change that's possible when we work together toward a common goal. in that spirit, we must partner again. our successes are threatened by massive budget shortfalls, some funded by abilities and the broken system of education funding. working families have been battered by recession and employers weakened by state policies that are barriers to job creation. the trajectory of the vermont economy for the next decade will be shaped by our decisions this year. if we are content to live out of this recession, hobbled by flat job growth, we can choose to recycle old ideas and hope for a different outcome. but if we want to spring out of this recession, strong and nimble, we must have the heart to reform, the wisdom to act on the kurds to stand against those who will say it cannot be done. mere recovery is not enough fo

that they would be tried in civilian court, they would be given a miranda and was in effect after rhondawas given that would have the right to a lawyer, they stopped talking, the individual stop talking. >> he did. >> that is not unusual. that is the normal case, so this was a bad mistake in my view. and so, who in the department justice can you tell us, what person at least that you know of, was at least involved in this discussion? >> i know you don't want to talk about that but i think i have the right to ask. i am asking you, what knowledge you have about anybody in the lines of department of justice to have input into this decision, not the details. >> i would be happy to discuss the but the but i do believe i have to go to the department of justice to get approval to do that. >> and attorney general holder has already made clear his presumption that these cases would be tried in civilian court, which i think is a big error. it baffles me, and i am concerned about it, so sooner or later we are going to need to know how this happened because one of the things we do an oversight is to

that they would be tried in civilian court, they would be given a miranda and was in effect after rhonda was given that would have the right to a lawyer, they stopped talking, the individual stop talking. >> he did. >> that is not unusual. that is the normal case, so this was a bad mistake in my view. and so, who in the department justice can you tell us, what person at least that you know of, was at least involved in this discussion? >> i know you don't want to talk about that but i think i have the right to ask. i am asking you, what knowledge you have about anybody in the lines of department of justice to have input into this decision, not the details. >> i would be happy to discuss the but the but i do believe i have to go to the department of justice to get approval to do that. >> and attorney general holder has already made clear his presumption that these cases would be tried in civilian court, which i think is a big error. it baffles me, and i am concerned about it, so sooner or later we are going to need to know how this happened because one of the things we do an oversight is t

you walk out of here disagreeing with me about one subject or two subjects, or you might say it rhonda's of annabel and frank, we have just been practicing grass-roots democracy. commissioners have been --xd the commissioner has been pulling stuff out of his old. commissioner dixon is an honest man. we had gentleman there in the second row bring up another very important points with respect to the federal reserve and spending. we have been doing democracy the way it ought to be done. oregon always makes me proud when we showcase our approach to dealing with issues and dealing with these questions as you have today. i want you to know as you walk out of here, i do not have all the answers, and lord knows, i make plenty of mistakes. i can count the votes and get a call from -- i can cast a vote and get a call from nancy saying, you sure blew that one. on my watch, this is the way we are going to do it, at the grass-roots level. you have my special pledge as we deal with health care and taxes and energy, i am going to make a hallmark of serving you in the united states senate, bringing demo

you walk out of here disagreeing with me about one subject or two subjects, or you might say it rhonda'sminutes, because of annabel and frank, we have just been practicing grass-roots democracy. commissioners have been --xd the commissioner has been pulling stuff out of his old. commissioner dixon is an honest man. we had gentleman there in the second row bring up another very important points with respect to the federal reserve and spending. we have been doing democracy the way it ought to be done. oregon always makes me proud when we showcase our approach to dealing with issues and dealing with these questions as you have today. i want you to know as you walk out of here, i do not have all the answers, and lord knows, i make plenty of mistakes. make plenty of mistakes. i can count the votes and get a i don't have all the answers. on my watch, this is the way we are born to do it -- we are going to do it at the grass- roots level. you have my special pledge. i am going to make a hallmark of serving you in the united states senate, bringing democrats and republicans together and staying

one quick correction before we turn to rhonda.ob introduced them as a key player in the 1996 welfare debate. he was the key player in the 1996 welfare debate. >> this is jason's attempt to get in deep do do with this audience. besides that the most thing i did was hold clay shaw's pen. i've had to thought since i walked in this room which is really quite remarkable. some of you may remember that he pointed out that conservatives had no thoughts. there's something that he called in her murmurs. so i have to enter murmurs. the first one is that demetra and marty and jason are fortunate that we did not know the guy from florida that had the idea of a 30 day time limit. we got in a lot of trouble for five years. if we bought a 30 days we might not have done that. so that might've been even worse. a second inning is that demetra you need a new editor. no sane person would walk into his room under room and admit to having three quarters of a century of experience. you are old, demetra. glass mac will never be on twitter at this rate. th