And you know what else we're gonna do, Cecile?
What's that?
We're going to significantly increase funding for Planned Parenthood.
Today, we're here in Reno, Nevada with Senator Bernie Sanders.
There is one question we really wanted to ask every single candidate.
If there were three things that you've accomplished for women in your career that you want our
viewers to know, what would those be?
Three?
Just three.
Alright.
In a long career in the House and the Senate--
that's like, god, 30 years--
I think I have a 100 percent pro-choice voting record.
And as a candidate, what I've said is I will never nominate anybody to the Supreme Court
or the federal bench who is not 100 percent pro Roe v. Wade.
I was elected mayor of the city of Burlington in 1981.
One of the very first things that we did is start a City of Burlington Council on Women.
And that means really for the first time, women came in, had input in policy,
not to mention that we appointed a whole lot of women.
I will also tell you, having worked with you on Planned Parenthood, we were organizing
rallies all over America to say, no, you're not going to cut Planned Parenthood.
Alright.
Those are three good things.
Okay, how does your identity shape your presidential campaign?
I'm Jewish.
My father's family was wiped out by Hitler in the Holocaust.
And that made me aware at a very young age what Nazism, or white nationalism,
and racism is about.
Also, I was born into a family
that did not have a lot of money.
Living paycheck to paycheck kind of shaped my political views and led me to understand
that there are tens of millions of people who are struggling economically.
What is your top priority for furthering women's reproductive rights once you're president?
Everybody knows that women's reproductive rights are under massive assault
all across this country.
Right-wing Republicans who have this mantra is they believe in small government.
We're going to deregulate corporations.
They can pollute all they want because we don't believe in regulation.
Oh, by the way, you're a woman?
Well, we're going to tell every woman in America what she can do with her own body.
That is profound hypocrisy.
It disgusts me very much.
We will do everything we can in every way to make sure that that personal choice
remains with women and not the government.
If you could have dinner with one living woman who inspires you, who would it be and why?
Cecile, what are you doing for dinner tonight?
How's my wife?
My wife is a remarkable woman who has impacted my life very significantly.
And you know what?
We haven't had dinner too much lately because she's running all over the country
and all that stuff.
So women overall make 82 cents on the dollar compared to white men doing the exact same work.
And of course, that is much worse for Black women, Native American women, and Latina women.
So what steps will you take as president to make sure that we finally address equal pay?
It is an outrage.
We will be as aggressive as we can.
And I think one of the things that we do is make sure
that if you and I are doing the same job, you know what?
You're going to know how much money I make.
And legal protection to say that in this country, women will receive equal pay for equal work.
Okay.
What's your backstage mood song?
Or maybe even your walkout song?
What do they play when you're going onstage?
"Power to the people."
And I like-- forgive my singing.
That is our song and I like that song.
Yeah.
Okay, Senator.
Here's a question that comes up all across the country and that is what would you do
about the lack of affordable childcare in America?
We're going to end tax breaks for billionaires.
In fact, they're going to start paying their fair share of taxes.
And we're going to do what countries around the world are doing,
high quality, universal, affordable childcare.
Because at the end of the day, if you provide good quality childcare, kids are more likely
to do better in school, do better in life.
There are millions of women potentially viewing this who have not made up their mind in this race.
They may not even have decided whether or not to go vote.
So what's your very best case to make why they should pick you to be
President of the United States of America?
I would ask viewers to take a look at my record.
And what my record is about is over 30 years standing up for the rights of working people,
standing up for the rights of our minority communities, standing up for the rights of women,
and basically demanding that we have an economy that doesn't have the outrageous
level of income and wealth inequality that we have.
We should guarantee health care to every man, woman, and child through a Medicare for all,
single payer program.
I get impressed by the younger generation today, probably the most progressive generation
in modern American history.
We have done rallies where we've had young people who are Black, and white, and Latino,
and Native American, Asian American, and they're looking to change this country.
And they're looking to end racism and sexism and homophobia and xenophobia.
Their eyes are on the future.
It is an incredibly beautiful and inspiring sight to me.
I love that.
Now, what has historically not been the good news is that
young people don't vote in very high numbers.
So young people who are concerned about climate change, they're concerned about student debt,
they're concerned about all kinds of discrimination that exists in this country,
you must get involved in the political process.
Drag your friends kicking and screaming into the polling booth.
If you do, in large numbers.
Not only will we defeat Trump, we're going to transform this country.
Senator Bernie Sanders, thank you so much for joining us.
So most importantly, of course, women are the majority of this country,
we're a majority of the voters, and we can determine the future.
So go vote.