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From YouTube: U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich and City Councilor Carmichael Dominguez: Quality of Life Initiative
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U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich and City Councilor Carmichael Dominguez speak at the Quality of Life Initiative Conference.
A
What
brings
us
here
today
and
I
think
about
challenges
that
people
like
John
Adams
and
our
forefathers
had
and
I
mean
they
were
creating
a
whole
new
country
and
they
weren't
just
creating
a
whole
new
country.
But
you
were
actually
going
against
the
country
that
they
were,
that
they
were
a
part
of,
and
so
the
work
that
in
the
challenges
that
we
have
are
not
challenges
that
that
are
insurmountable
and
I.
A
Think
about
the
civil
rights
move
into
the
50s,
60s
and
70s,
and
even
some
of
the
civil
rights
movements
that
we're
having
today
in
those
discussions,
they're
not
easy
discussions
to
have,
but
their
discussions
that
need
to
happen
and
they're
essential
if
we're
going
to
bring
about
a
better
life
and
a
higher
quality
of
life
for
everyone,
not
just
those
who
have
the
means,
but
everyone
in
our
country,
and
especially
in
our
community
of
Santa
Fe.
So
we're
here
today
to
celebrate
the
past
achievements
that
we've
had.
A
But
we're
also
here
today,
T
today
to
kick
off
some
of
the
challenges
and
efforts
that
we're
going
to
make
for
the
next
year
we'll
be
talking
about.
That
is
the
afternoon
goes
so
the
first
quality
of
life
symposium.
We
had
over
a
hundred
and
seventy-five
people
that
attended.
So
that
was
a
huge
and
great
success.
A
The
sum
of
the
results
and
we'll
go
over
a
lot
of
this
in
detail,
but
some
of
the
results
are
opening
the
Southside
library
on
Sundays,
something
as
simple
as
that.
Making
sure
that
people
have
access
to
the
library
on
Sundays
also
means
that
they
have
access
to
education,
access
to
health
care,
access
to
resources
that
aren't
available
in
other
parts
of
our
community
or
in
other
locations.
A
We
had
a
whole
series
of
listening
sessions
and
we'll
get
to
that
as
well
the
details
and
what
happened
there,
but
essentially
we
had
an
average
of
about
35
people
that
went
to
each
listening
session.
Sometimes
there
was
only
five
people.
Sometimes
there
was
30
people,
it
just
kind
of
depends,
but
on
averages
it
was
about
35
people
who
attended
our
listening
sessions,
and
so
what
is
the
quality
of
life
initiative?
A
It's
not
just
an
initiative
or
a
program.
It's
really
capturing
the
spirit
of
people,
it's
capturing
the
spirit
of
people
for
the
people
and
by
the
people.
It's
it's
making
sure
that
people
begin
to
drive
and
become
engaged
and
involved
in
their
community
and
so
that
they
can
educate
leaders
like
myself
and
others
about
what
it
is
that
they
need
in
order
to
improve
their
quality
of
life
and
so
on.
Today
and.
B
I
think
that
the
quality
of
life
initiative
has
been
a
very
positive
force
in
moving
this
community
in
the
continual
direction
of
prosperity
and
success
through
community
engagement
and
through
civic
engagement
at
the
at
the
local
level
and
each
time
I
come
back
to
Santa.
Fe
I
get
a
glimpse
that
the
positive
things
that
are
happening
as
a
result.
B
I
joined
members
of
the
quality
of
life
initiative
for
the
grand
opening
of
that
community-based
VA
clinic,
and
I
can
tell
you
that
there's
not
a
day
that
I've
been
US
senator
where
I
did
something
more
where
I
was
more
proud
than
that
to
see
this
place
made
real.
That
is
giving
the
kind
of
services
that
our
veterans
earned
access
to
that
in
their
own
community.
B
B
They
didn't
call
us,
let's
key
kids,
we
just
were
you
know
our
parents
worked
and
they
worked
overtime
and
they
worked
late
and
I
couldn't
tally
the
hours
that
I
spent
after
school
in
the
library
during
the
summer
in
the
library
in
the
weekends.
But
it
was
open
in
the
library
and
it's
such
an
important
part,
an
opportunity
for
our
kids
to
be
able
to
access
that
on
the
weekends
I.
B
Don't
think
we
can
underestimate
how
important
it
is
so
there
one
of
the
other
things
I
was
very
invested
in
this
year
that
didn't
get
a
lot
of
press
coverage,
probably
because
we
were
successful
in
because
we
built
such
a
bipartisan
coalition
was
the
workforce,
innovation
and
opportunity
act.
You
know
something
that
was
deeply
bipartisan.
B
It
was
signed
by
the
president
in
July
and
it
really
helped
bring
many
of
the
federal
workforce
development
programs
from
the
past
into
the
future,
ensuring
that
our
students
are
really
receiving
a
world-class,
affordable
education
that
at
every
age,
it's
no
secret
to
that.
I
think
it's
time
to
get
very
serious
about
using
our
state's
permanent
fund
to
invest
in
our
kids
doing
it
in
a
sustainable
way.
B
The
having
been
exposed
to
people
all
across
this
country
who
want
or
seeking
places
to
grow
their
businesses
and
to
invest
in
manufacturing
and
to
do
new
things,
the
rest
of
the
country,
the
rest
of
the
world
is
not
going
to
invest
in
us
until
we're
investing
in
ourselves,
and
no
one
deserves
that.
More
than
our
own
kids,
and
particularly
in
early
childhood
education.