August 25, 2017 — More than 1,000 people packed into Marshfield’s Furnace Brook Middle School Thursday night for a town hall meeting hosted by U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren, D-MA.
Residents asked Warren about issues ranging from flood insurance and healthcare to fishing regulations and the national political climate.
Warren was joined on state by 9th District U.S. Rep. William Keating, D-Bourne.
“I really want to hear what she has to say about the current administration and hear what she is going to talk about as far as what we can do to make sure that we are back in the White House in 2020,” Jennifer Mills, of Marshfield, said before the event. Mills took her daughter Shelby, 15, who wanted to ask the senator what the youth of America can do to make a difference.
John Haviland, vice president of the Massachusetts Fisherman’s Partnership, of Marshfield, asked Warren for support on a number of fishing related issues, including controlling the amount of seafood that is imported to the United States and research into the health of the fishing stock.
“We know how important fishing is, not just to the economy or eastern Massachusetts, but it’s way of life,” Warren said. “It’s a part of Massachusetts and a part of Massachusetts heritage. I am deeply proud of our fishermen, because our fishermen try to work with scientists to get the best possible information so we can have sustainable oceans and sustainable fishing over time. ”