WEBVTT INTO A WASHINGTON CAMPAIGN. LET’S LISTEN IN TO HEAR WHAT HE HAS TO SAY. >> THANK YOU NEW HAMPSHIRE. THANK YOU TO THE PEOPLE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. I ALWAYS TRUST GRANITE STATE VOTERS TO GET IT RIGHT. TONIGHT, THEY DID NOT DISAPPOINT. THEY VOTED IN RECORD NUMBERS, AND I AM PROUD TO STAND BEFORE YOU AS YOU ARE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE FOR CONGRESS. [APPLAUSE] I WANT TO SALUTE THE 10 OTHER DEMOCRATS WHO RAN OUTSTANDING CAMPAIGNS. AT THE END OF THE DAY, OUR PARTY, OUR STATE, OUR COUNTRY IS STRONGER FOR THEIR EFFORTS AND I AM A BETTER CANDIDATE BECAUSE OF THEIR WORK. LET’S SALUTE THEM TONIGHT. YOU KNOW, NEW HAMPSHIRE’S FIRST DISTRICT SENT A CRYSTAL-CLEAR MESSAGE TONIGHT. YOU’RE READY FOR A CANDIDATE WHO SHARES THEIR VALUES AND IS PREPARED TO GET TO WORK. THEY ARE READY FOR A CHECK AND BALANCE ON PRESIDENT TRUMP AND THE REPUBLICANS IN CONGRESS. THEY ARE READY TO SAY ENOUGH IS ENOUGH WITH THE DYSFUNCTION IN WASHINGTON, WE CAN DO BETTER. AT THE RISK OF STATING THE OBVIOUS, WASHINGTON IS BROKEN. THE SYSTEM CONTINUES TO FAVOR BIG CORPORATIONS AND THE WEALTHIEST AMERICANS AT THE EXPENSE OF THE REST OF US. THE CULTURE OF CORRUPTION IS ALIVE AND WELL. POLITICS IS A ZERO SUM GAME WHERE THERE IS LITTLE FOCUS ON RESULTS. THROUGH IT ALL, WORKING PEOPLE IN THE MIDDLE CLASS ARE LOSING OUT. WE HAVE GOT TO MAKE WASHINGTON WORK FOR US. AS SOMEONE WHO RUNS A 101-YEAR-OLD FAMILY RESTAURANT IS THIS, I AM THE BENEFICIARY OF THE JOURNEY, STRUGGLE, HARD WORK OF MY ANCESTORS AND THOSE WHO CAME BEFORE ME. I WANT TO LIVE IN A COUNTRY WHERE YOUR JOURNEY, YOUR STRUGGLE, YOUR HARD WORK CAN TAKE YOU ARE YOU WANT TO GO. AT THE END OF THE DAY, AT THE END OF THE DATE THIS ELECTION IS ABOUT WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE CAN ACCOMPLISH TOGETHER. WE NEED TO SAY LOUDLY AND CLEARLY THIS FALL THAT WE DO NOT LIVE IN DONALD TRUMPS AMERICA, THIS COUNTRY BELONGS TO ALL OF US. THE TIME FOR DECEPTION, DIVISION AND PETTY POLITICS IS OVER. IN TIME FOR DECENCY, UNITY AND PROGRESS IS NEARLY UPON US. HIS FAMILY IS SEPARATED RIGHT HERE IN THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE HE CAN BE REUNITED IN THE DOOR OF AMERICA DOES NOT SLAM SHUT BEHIND HIM. WE NEED TO LOOK OUT FOR SUSAN WHO WORRIES THAT HER BREAST CANCER TREATMENT IS GOING TO BREAK THE BANK THE COUSIN REPUBLICANS IN CONGRESS WANT TO REPEAL DACA AND WANT TO DISCONTINUE PROTECTIONS FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS. WE HAVE TO FIGHT THAT. WE NEED TO LOOK OUT FOR A FATHER AND THAT RECENTLY WHO SHOWED ME THE AMBULANCE WHERE HIS SON OVERDOSED AND HE IS WORRIED TO DEATH WHAT IT MEANS WAS -- WHEN HIS SON COMES OUT OF TREATMENT. WE HAVE LEFT TO MANY PARENTS WORRYING THEY DO NOT HAVE THE RESOURCES TO KEEP THEIR KIDS ON THE RIGHT PATH AND WE NEED TO WORK TO EXPAND ADDICTION TREATMENT, RECOVERY AND PREVENTED EFFORTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. WE NEED TO LOOK OUT FOR LGBTQ STUDENT I MET IN MANCHESTER WHO IS UNSURE OF HER PLACE IN HER COMMUNITY. SHE NEEDS A ROLE MODEL AND A CHAMPION AS WELL. I HOPE THIS HISTORIC OF IT TO TONIGHT HAS SOME SMALL IMPACT IN MAKING HER UNDERSTAND THIS FACT THAT YOU TWO ARE WELCOME HERE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND YOU CAN ACHIEVE YOUR GREEN -- ACHIEVE YOUR DREAMS AND SKIES THE LIMIT. BECAUSE, BECAUSE EVERYONE IS WELCOME IN NEW HAMPSHIRE REGARDLESS OF WHO YOU ARE OR WHO YOU LOVE. YOU KNOW, THIS ELECTION IS NOT ABOUT ME. IT IS ABOUT ALL OF YOU. IT IS ABOUT NEW HAMPSHIRE. THE STATE WE LOVE THAT NEEDS A CHAMPION IN WASHINGTON. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE DESERVE SOMEONE WHO WILL FIGHT FOR THEM EACH AND EVERY DAY. AS A MEMBER OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL I WAS PROUD TO FIGHT HARD TO IMPLEMENT MEDICAID EXPANSION THAT COVERS 53,000 PEOPLE IN OUR STATE. IT PROTECTS FUNDING AT PLANNED PARENTHOOD HEALTH CENTERS ACROSS NEW HAMPSHIRE. AND TO INVEST IN RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECTS AND INFRASTRUCTURE TO GET OUR ECONOMY WORKING. AS A MEMBER OF CONGRESS I WILL CONTINUE THOSE FIGHTS. I WILL TO MAKE SURE WE EXPEND EXPAND MIDDLE-CLASS OPPORTUNITY, LOWER HEALTH CARE COSTS AND PRESCRIPTION DRUG CARE COSTS, STRENGTHEN OUR SCHOOLS AND PROTECT OUR NATURAL ENVIRONMENT. THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE TO THINK HERE TONIGHT. LET ME START BY THINKING EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU WHO POURED YOUR HEARTS AND SOULS INTO THIS CAMPAIGN. WHO KNOCKED ON DOORS, WHO MADE PHONE CALLS, WHO TALK TO YOUR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS ABOUT WHAT IS AT STAKE THIS FALL. I AM HUMBLED BY THE SUPPORT YOU HAVE GIVEN. TO OUR AMAZING VOLUNTEERS AND TO OUR CAMPAIGN STAFF, THANK YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATED WORK THESE PAST 10 MONTHS. [APPLAUSE] I WANT TO SALUTE OUR GREAT UNITED STATES SENATOR MAGGIE HASSAN LIVES HERE WITH US TONIGHT. ALONG WITH SENATOR SHAHEEN WHO STOOD WITH US. OUR UNITED STATES SENATORS, OUR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS ARE STANDING TALL AT DIFFICULT MOMENTS IN OUR NATION HISTORY. THANKS TO THE CONGRESSWOMAN ANDY CUSTER. TO MY GREAT TABLE MATE. TO OUR GREAT MANCHESTER CHOICE. TO OUR STATE SENATORS. THANKS TO OUR FRIENDS IN ORGANIZED LABOR WHO HELPED US GET OUT THE VOTE. WHEN WORKERS ARE STRONG AND UNIONS ARE STRONG, AMERICA IS STRONG. THERE IS ONE OTHER PERSON THAT WE NEED TO THINK TONIGHT AND THAT IS CONGRESSWOMAN CAROL SHEA-PORTER. SHE HAS DEDICATED HER SERVICE TO THE PEOPLE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE FOR SPEAKING UP TO THE 99% OF US DO NOT TYPICALLY HAVE A VOICE AND WASHINGTON, D.C. SHE IS THE SAME PERSON TODAY AS WHEN SHE WENT DOWN TO CONGRESS IN 2006. IT WOULD BE AN HONOR TO FOLLOW IN HER FOOTSTEPS AND PICK UP THE TORCH AND MAKE SURE WE WORK HARD TO EXPAND MIDDLE-CLASS OPPORTUNITY IN THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. THANK YOU CONGRESSWOMAN. I HAVE NEVER SEEN A CAMPAIGN TEAM WITH SUCH HEART. OUR CAMPAIGN BUT BY CAMPAIGN MANAGER CARRIE THURMAN DID AN AMAZING JOB. [APPLAUSE] [CROWD CHANTING MARY] SHE HAD A GREAT TEAM THAT SHE BUILT. SO MANY PEOPLE AND OUR FIELD TEAM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATED WORK THESE LAST FEW MONTHS. YOU HAVE PUT US OVER THE FINISH LINE. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US HERE TONIGHT TO CELEBRATE THIS GREAT VICTORY. WE HAVE TO START EARLY TOMORROW TO MAKE SURE THAT OVER THE NEXT EIGHT WEEKS WE GET THE MESSAGE OUT. I HOPE YOU WILL BE STANDING WITH US THESE NEXT EIGHT WEEKS BECAUSE I LOOK FORWARD TO STANDING WITH YOU AND THE PEOPLE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE FOR THE NEXT FEW YEARS TO MAKE PROGRESS FOR THE PEOPLE OF THIS GREAT STATE.