See Cory Booker’s emotional meeting with constituent (after reading her letter in historic speech)
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We'}, {'start': '39.840', 'end': '44.559', 'text': 'are losing services and the people who'}, {'start': '42.879', 'end': '46.719', 'text': 'are billionaires and millionaires right'}, {'start': '44.559', 'end': '50.640', 'text': 'now or people like Elon Musk are getting'}, {'start': '46.719', 'end': '54.079', 'text': 'the tax break and by eviscerating people'}, {'start': '50.640', 'end': '56.079', 'text': 'like inspector generals we are losing'}, {'start': '54.079', 'end': '57.440', 'text': 'the most important thing in government'}, {'start': '56.079', 'end': '59.520', 'text': "which is accountability. We're talking"}, {'start': '57.440', 'end': '61.199', 'text': 'to an inspector general next quickly to'}, {'start': '59.520', 'end': '63.520', 'text': 'our audience. When the president won the'}, {'start': '61.199', 'end': '67.879', 'text': 'election, show of hands. Did you think'}, {'start': '63.520', 'end': '67.879', 'text': 'you would lose your job? Yes.'}, {'start': '68.159', 'end': '73.840', 'text': "But a lot of folks didn't. I I want to"}, {'start': '70.640', 'end': '75.840', 'text': 'actually play a bit of that 25 hour and'}, {'start': '73.840', 'end': '79.280', 'text': '20 and five minute speech you gave on'}, {'start': '75.840', 'end': '82.799', 'text': 'the Senate floor. Take a look at this.'}, {'start': '79.280', 'end': '85.119', 'text': 'This has ruined me. My mortgage payment'}, {'start': '82.799', 'end': '87.759', 'text': "isn't what makes me cry, though. It's"}, {'start': '85.119', 'end': '90.479', 'text': 'our local staff and partners that come'}, {'start': '87.759', 'end': '93.360', 'text': 'to mind every night as I say my prayers.'}, {'start': '90.479', 'end': '95.920', 'text': 'When I close my eyes, the spectre of'}, {'start': '93.360', 'end': '98.720', 'text': 'very real people from my travels and'}, {'start': '95.920', 'end': '101.280', 'text': 'projects appear. And I hear the echoes'}, {'start': '98.720', 'end': '103.840', 'text': 'of suffering they shared with me.'}, {'start': '101.280', 'end': '105.680', 'text': 'Suffering they were able, they were sure'}, {'start': '103.840', 'end': '107.680', 'text': 'to know was alleviated, however'}, {'start': '105.680', 'end': '110.079', 'text': 'temporary, by the United States of'}, {'start': '107.680', 'end': '113.759', 'text': 'America'}, {'start': '110.079', 'end': '115.920', 'text': 'through USA ID.'}, {'start': '113.759', 'end': '117.840', 'text': 'That was a letter you received. Is that'}, {'start': '115.920', 'end': '120.159', 'text': 'from Katherine Baker from Neptune, New'}, {'start': '117.840', 'end': '123.280', 'text': 'Jersey? Senator Booker. Katherine Baker.'}, {'start': '120.159', 'end': '126.399', 'text': 'Oh my god.'}, {'start': '123.280', 'end': '129.920', 'text': 'Your letter um blew me away. Blew me'}, {'start': '126.399', 'end': '131.920', 'text': 'away. Um your heart and your compassion'}, {'start': '129.920', 'end': '133.920', 'text': 'while you were going through so much uh'}, {'start': '131.920', 'end': '134.879', 'text': 'for you to show your care for the work'}, {'start': '133.920', 'end': '136.239', 'text': "you were all doing. You're an"}, {'start': '134.879', 'end': '138.239', 'text': 'extraordinary American. Thank you so'}, {'start': '136.239', 'end': '140.080', 'text': "much. Means the world. Don't go"}, {'start': '138.239', 'end': '141.440', 'text': 'anywhere. Senator Katherine, this is the'}, {'start': '140.080', 'end': '144.959', 'text': 'first time that the two of you blown'}, {'start': '141.440', 'end': '146.480', 'text': 'away have met. Um uh so am I. What is it'}, {'start': '144.959', 'end': '148.560', 'text': 'like for you to meet Senator Booker,'}, {'start': '146.480', 'end': '150.319', 'text': 'know that he read your letter into the'}, {'start': '148.560', 'end': '152.480', 'text': 'record there on the floor of the Senate?'}, {'start': '150.319', 'end': '155.360', 'text': 'I I was shocked when it was happening. I'}, {'start': '152.480', 'end': '157.200', 'text': 'I never thought um and this is just key'}, {'start': '155.360', 'end': '159.680', 'text': 'for everyone to know. Do write your'}, {'start': '157.200', 'end': '161.360', 'text': "representatives because maybe they don't"}, {'start': '159.680', 'end': '164.080', 'text': 'read it themselves right away, but their'}, {'start': '161.360', 'end': '165.599', 'text': 'amazing staff does. Um, so for me it it'}, {'start': '164.080', 'end': '167.920', 'text': 'means the world to have my voice'}, {'start': '165.599', 'end': '169.599', 'text': 'elevated, but also you have no idea the'}, {'start': '167.920', 'end': '170.800', 'text': 'amount of people that have contacted me,'}, {'start': '169.599', 'end': '172.959', 'text': 'some of my colleagues here in the'}, {'start': '170.800', 'end': '175.040', 'text': 'audience, my dear friend Julia Hurley,'}, {'start': '172.959', 'end': '176.560', 'text': 'whose letter you read right before mine.'}, {'start': '175.040', 'end': '178.640', 'text': 'Um, these people reached out to me and'}, {'start': '176.560', 'end': '180.640', 'text': 'they said, for the first time, I was'}, {'start': '178.640', 'end': '183.519', 'text': 'able to show my friends, my family what'}, {'start': '180.640', 'end': '185.680', 'text': 'this work meant. My 20-year-old daughter'}, {'start': '183.519', 'end': '188.560', 'text': 'looked at me and said, "Dad, I get it. I'}, {'start': '185.680', 'end': '191.200', 'text': 'get why you\'re going to miss this job."'}, {'start': '188.560', 'end': '193.599', 'text': 'And so, thank you for helping us'}, {'start': '191.200', 'end': '195.760', 'text': 'articulate that, which us in the US A'}, {'start': '193.599', 'end': '198.480', 'text': 'community have have been screaming about'}, {'start': '195.760', 'end': '200.720', 'text': 'since January. Broke me as I read your'}, {'start': '198.480', 'end': '202.560', 'text': 'letter, my voice broke because here you'}, {'start': '200.720', 'end': '204.640', 'text': 'were not sure how you get your mortgage'}, {'start': '202.560', 'end': '206.560', 'text': 'payment. Um, uh, you said you applied'}, {'start': '204.640', 'end': '208.159', 'text': 'for something like 60 jobs, only got two'}, {'start': '206.560', 'end': '209.280', 'text': 'interviews. You were clear living, but'}, {'start': '208.159', 'end': '210.959', 'text': 'the thing you said you were most'}, {'start': '209.280', 'end': '212.879', 'text': 'concerned with, and this is the truth'}, {'start': '210.959', 'end': '214.319', 'text': 'about our workers, the people that are'}, {'start': '212.879', 'end': '216.799', 'text': "here, our federal workers, they're so"}, {'start': '214.319', 'end': '218.720', 'text': 'vilified, demeaned, and degraded by this'}, {'start': '216.799', 'end': '220.640', 'text': 'president. But so many of them I meet'}, {'start': '218.720', 'end': '222.640', 'text': 'around the country. Their biggest'}, {'start': '220.640', 'end': '224.080', 'text': "conviction is not themselves. It's the"}, {'start': '222.640', 'end': '225.519', 'text': 'American people they serve. And you'}, {'start': '224.080', 'end': '226.959', 'text': 'clearly are are that kind of person. The'}, {'start': '225.519', 'end': '228.400', 'text': 'word suffering, Katherine, came up in'}, {'start': '226.959', 'end': '230.080', 'text': 'your letter. The suffering of other'}, {'start': '228.400', 'end': '231.519', 'text': "people. It wasn't about you. And I think"}, {'start': '230.080', 'end': '232.879', 'text': "that that's such a common thread with So"}, {'start': '231.519', 'end': '234.000', 'text': "what is it about all of you that that's"}, {'start': '232.879', 'end': '236.400', 'text': "the common thread? You're thinking about"}, {'start': '234.000', 'end': '240.080', 'text': "the suffering of others. I I think it's"}, {'start': '236.400', 'end': '241.280', 'text': 'because we are proud Americans and we'}, {'start': '240.080', 'end': '243.920', 'text': 'know that even though this is a'}, {'start': '241.280', 'end': '245.840', 'text': 'difficult time, we are blessed to live'}, {'start': '243.920', 'end': '248.000', 'text': 'in the country in which we live and we'}, {'start': '245.840', 'end': '250.159', 'text': 'know that so many of our colleagues, so'}, {'start': '248.000', 'end': '253.159', 'text': 'many of our local partners, our foreign'}, {'start': '250.159', 'end': '255.760', 'text': 'service nationals who serve this country'}, {'start': '253.159', 'end': '257.199', 'text': 'diligently have been treated terribly.'}, {'start': '255.760', 'end': '259.440', 'text': 'We know that they are going to go'}, {'start': '257.199', 'end': '261.359', 'text': 'without access to food, to medicine.'}, {'start': '259.440', 'end': '264.800', 'text': 'they are going to suffer from from'}, {'start': '261.359', 'end': '267.199', 'text': 'conflict, violence, and so we feel'}, {'start': '264.800', 'end': '269.040', 'text': 'compelled to speak up for them. And I'}, {'start': '267.199', 'end': '270.720', 'text': 'want to recognize all of those foreign'}, {'start': '269.040', 'end': '272.880', 'text': 'service officers and foreign service'}, {'start': '270.720', 'end': '275.280', 'text': 'nationals who serve this country. For'}, {'start': '272.880', 'end': '277.759', 'text': '1%, every dollar you send to the federal'}, {'start': '275.280', 'end': '279.840', 'text': 'government, less than 1% would go to the'}, {'start': '277.759', 'end': '281.680', 'text': "work you're doing. And that void now"}, {'start': '279.840', 'end': '282.880', 'text': 'around the world is being filled by the'}, {'start': '281.680', 'end': '284.320', 'text': 'Chinese. And I just want to say'}, {'start': '282.880', 'end': '285.360', 'text': 'something, this kid, and forgive me for'}, {'start': '284.320', 'end': '288.000', 'text': "calling you a kid. You're so much"}, {'start': '285.360', 'end': '289.360', 'text': 'younger than me. But but what is he'}, {'start': '288.000', 'end': '291.199', 'text': 'doing choosing with his life? like the'}, {'start': '289.360', 'end': '292.479', 'text': 'veterans that are here. He chose to do a'}, {'start': '291.199', 'end': '294.080', 'text': "teacher. You didn't choose to teach kids"}, {'start': '292.479', 'end': '295.680', 'text': "because of the money. Uh you didn't"}, {'start': '294.080', 'end': '297.840', 'text': 'choose to be a park service ranger as'}, {'start': '295.680', 'end': '300.160', 'text': 'many federal government not senator to'}, {'start': '297.840', 'end': '302.880', 'text': 'the event tonight. Yes. Yes. Yes. You'}, {'start': '300.160', 'end': '304.320', 'text': 'chose it because you love to serve so'}, {'start': '302.880', 'end': '306.080', 'text': 'many of the people that I meet that are'}, {'start': '304.320', 'end': '307.919', 'text': 'serving our veterans uh that are serving'}, {'start': '306.080', 'end': '309.759', 'text': 'our elderly that are serving young'}, {'start': '307.919', 'end': '311.360', 'text': 'people. They want to do it for the love'}, {'start': '309.759', 'end': '313.199', 'text': 'of service, not for their money. And for'}, {'start': '311.360', 'end': '314.960', 'text': 'them to be characterized as somehow'}, {'start': '313.199', 'end': '318.000', 'text': 'getting over the American people is so'}, {'start': '314.960', 'end': '319.199', 'text': 'offensive to me. Uh, and this to me is a'}, {'start': '318.000', 'end': '320.639', 'text': 'great way of showing what the tragedy'}, {'start': '319.199', 'end': '323.960', 'text': 'is. Ladies and gentlemen, Kathern Baker,'}, {'start': '320.639', 'end': '323.960', 'text': 'guys. Yes.'}]