Apr. 5, 2010: Jeff Perry runs for Congress

>> JEFF PERRY WANTS TO

SUCCEED BILL DELL A HUNT AS

THE NEXT CONGRESSMAN FROM

THE TENTH CONGRESSIONAL

DISTRICT.

REPUBLICAN SAY FOUR-TERM

STATE REPRESENT FRIV

SANDWICH, PERRY IS A MEMBER

OF THE NATIONAL GUARD AND HE

HAS BEEN ENDORSED BY SENATOR

SCOTT BROWN.

HE IS AGAINST THE CAPE WIND

PROJECT AND TODAY DELIVERED

A LETTER TO ATTORNEY GENERAL

MARTHA COAKLEY ASKING HER TO

CHALLENGE THE

CONSTITUTIONALITY OF FEDERAL

HEALTH-CARE REFORM AND JEFF

PERRY IS HERE, WELCOME.

>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME ON.

>> THIS IS WINNING UP TO BE

A REAL RACE, YOUR REPUBLICAN

OPPONENT IS JOE MALONE, A

COST OF THOUSANDS ON THE

DEMOCRATIC SIDE.

>> IT'S A VERY DYNAMIC

POLITICAL TIME.

YOU KNOW, SCOTT BROWN

CHANGED THE PSYCHOLOGY OF

THIS DISTRICT.

PE GOT 60% OF THE VOTE FROM

QUINCEY DOWN THE SOUTH SHORE

AND CAPE COD.

AND HE PROVED SOMETHING I

FEW BEFORE THAT A REPUBLICAN

CAN WIN IN THIS DISTRICT.

WE HAVE FIVE MEMBERS OF THE

LEGISLATURE IN THIS DISTRICT,

TWO COUNTY SHERIFFS, 2-D AS.

ELECTED OFFICIALS SO,

REPUBLICANS HAVE BEEN

WINNING AND SCOTT BROWN SAID

WE CAN WIN IN THIS

CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT WITH

MR. DELAHUNT RETIRING.

>>> THERE NO GIVE THEN ANY

OF THE DISTRICTS ANY MORE.

>> ON THIS LETTER THAT YOU

SENT TO ATTORNEY GENERAL

MARTHA COAKLEY, I THINK

THERE ARE 14 OTHER AGs IN

THE UNITED STATES.

HAVE SIGNED ON TO THIS ALSO.

BASICALLY CHALLENGING THE

CONSTITUTIONALITY.

THE ISSUE ESSENTIALLY BEING

FORCING PEOPLE TO BUY

SOMETHING THEY DON'T

NECESSARILY WANT.

>> CERTAINLY THE STATE HAS

THE RIGHT TO DO THE HEALTH

AND SAFETY PUBLIC POLICE

POWER TYPE THING.

THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT UNDER

ARTICLE 1, SECTION 8 OF OUR

CONSTITUTION DOES NOT HAVE

THE ABILITY TO MANDATE THAT

INDIVIDUALS ACROSS THE

COUNTRY AND HERE IN

MASSACHUSETTS BUY A

SECRETARY OF INSURANCE

PRODUCT.

AND SO THIS IS BASICALLY AN

ARTICLE ONE SECTION 8 TENTH

AMENDMENT ARGUMENT.

IN MY LETTER TO THE ATTORNEY

GENERAL BASICALLY SAYS THAT

SHE, I'M ASKING HER TO

CONSIDER IT.

>> Rooney: LOOK AT THAT

TIME.

>> LOOK AT IT, CONSIDER IT,

PROTECT THE STATE'S RIGHTS

AND OUR SOVEREIGNTY.

IF WE WANT TO REFORM OR

AMEND OUR STATE'S OWN LAWS

REGARDING HEALTH INSURANCE

MANDATES OUR HANDS WILL BE

TIED IN THIS FEDERAL MANDATE

REMAINS.

SO I AM ASKING HER TO LOOK

AT IT AND HOPEFULLY SHE

WILL.

>> IT IS THE ONE THING IN

THERE THAT I THINK SOME OF

THE PEOPLE WHO VOTED FOR

THIS MAY HAVE SOME CONCERN

ABOUT BECAUSE IT'S NOT

FRIVOLOUS THERE MAY BE SOME

REAL UNDERPINNINGS TO THE

CONSTITUTION TIED TO THAT.

>> THERE IS A REAL

CONSTITUTIONAL ARGUMENT

HERE.

WE ASK HAVE A DEBATE ABOUT

HEALTH CARE AND WHERE IT

SHOULD FALL BUT WE CAN'T

GIVE AWARE OUR STATE

SOVEREIGN TOW TO THE FEDERAL

GOVERNMENT.

ONE OF THE THINGS I WAS MOST

AMAZED ABOUT IS WHY ANY

CONGRESSMAN FROM

MASSACHUSETTS WOULD VOTE FOR

THIS.

BECAUSE BASICALLY WHAT WE

GOING TO BE DOING AS A STATE

IS SUBSIDIZING THROUGH THE

SUBSIDY PROCESS.

WE ARE ALREADY DOING IN

MASSACHUSETTS SO WHY WOON WE

GO ALONG WITH A FEDERAL

MANDATE.

I HOPE SHE CONSIDERING

JOINING WITH THE OTHER

ATTORNEY GENERAL AND PROTECT

OUR OWN ABILITY TO DICTATE

TO OUR OWN COMMUNITY HERE IN

MASSACHUSETTS WHAT WE WANT

TO DO.

>> I WANT PEOPLE TO GET TO

KNOW YOU BETTER IN YOUR

SOCIALLY PRETTY

CONSERVATIVE.

YOU EVERYBODYED PRETTY OF

ALL AROUND.

I'M CURIOUS ON YOUR POLICY

OF RENEWABLE ENERGY BECAUSE

YOU ARE A PROPONENT OF THAT.

AT THE SAME TIME, YOU ARE

NOT AN PROPONENT OF CAPE

WIN.

>> SURE.

>> Rooney: HOW DO YOU FEEL

ABOUT MORE NUCLEAR PLANTS

COMING ON-LINE.

DO YOU SUPPORT THE OBAMA

PROPOSAL.

>> I DO.

I APPLAUD THE PRESIDENT FOR

INITIATING THE DISCUSSION IN

A COUPLE AREAS, ONE IS

CERTAINLY LOOKING AT NUCLEAR

POWER PLANTS SWRECHLT

NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS ALL

OVER THE COUNTRY WELL.

SHOULD BE LOOKING AT THOSE

SITES TO SEE IF WE CAN

GENERATE MORE POWER.

AND A PLAUD THE PRESIDENT

FOR OPENING UP DRILLING

AREAS.

AS DE LAST WEEK.

SO THOSE ARE GOOD THINGS IT.

BUT WE HAVE TO LOOK TO OUR

OWN SOURCES AND CERTAINLY

RENEWABLES ARE ONE OF THEM.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE CAPE

WIND PROJECT IT IS AN

ECONOMIC ARGUMENT, QUITE

FRANKLY.

IT'S NOT A NOT IN MY

BACKYARD ARGUMENT.

IT'S NOT AN ANTI-WIND ENERGY

T IS AN ECONOMIC ARGUMENT.

THE DEAL THAT CAPE WIND HAS

PROPOSED TO MAKE WITH NSTAR

IS 22 CENTS PER KILOWATT

HOUR THAT IS DOUBLE WHAT THE

RATE PAYERS ARE PAYING NOW.

SO THE PEOPLE THAT I TALKED

TO, QUINCEY DOWN IN SOUTH

SHORE, THE CAPE AND ISLAND,

THEY CAN'T AFFORD TO PAY

MONEY.

WE HAVE SOME OF THE HIGHEST

ELECTRICAL RATES IN THE

COUNTRY IN THE CAPE AND

SOUTH SHORE.

THEY CAN'T AFFORD TO DOUBLE

THAT PAT OF THEIR ELECTRIC

BILL.

>> IT IS NOT AN AS THREATIC

THING.

>> IT A FINANCIAL THING.

ALL THE CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE

WHO REPRESENT THE CAPE COD

AND ISLANDS ARE AGAINST IT.

ALL THE FISHING GROUPS AND

MANY OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL

GROUPS ARE AGAINST IT FOR

THEIR OWN REASONS.

SO WHEN I HAVE THE EXPERTS

IN THE BUSINESS TRI, THE

CHAMBER, WHEN I HAVE THE

FISHING FOLKS WHO ARE

ALREADY UNDER A TREMENDOUS

BURDEN TO KEEP THEIR BOATS

OPERATING, TELLING ME IT

WILL NEGATIVELY IMPACT AND

YOU LOOK AT THE DEAL BEING

STRUCK BETWEEN CAPE WIND AND

NSTAR TO DOUBLE THE RATE FOR

THAT POWER GENERATED, THIS

DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO MENESS

WHERE DO YOU STAND ON THE

VERY ONEROUS SEVERAL

RESTRICTIONS ON FISHING

CERTAIN AREAS.

ARE YOU FOR RELAXING SOME OF

THE RESTRICTIONS.

>> NOT PER SE FOR RELAXING

THEM.

ONE OF THE THINGS I'M MOST

CONCERNED ABOUT IS THE

AGGREGATION OF THE FISHING

QUOTEAS, IF YOU WILL.

RIGHT NOW THERE IS THE

CHANGE IN THE POLICY TO SAY

RATHER THAN LOOKING AT A

SPECIFIC BOAT OR A SPECIFIC

SECTOR OF THE FISHING

INDUSTRY, AND SETING THEIR

QUOTAS, MAKING IT REASONABLE

THERE IS THIS AGGREGATION

THAT THEY ARE GOING TOWARD

MEANING JUST GENERAL AGREE

GAFFE-- GEOGRAPHICAL AREA

WOULD HAVE LIMITS THAT

DOESN'T BODE WELL FOR THE

FISHERMAN TRYING TO GET AS

MANY FISHING DAYS AS THEY

COULD.

THERE IS A BALANCE THERE.

WE CAN'T OVERFISH THERE A

HISTORY OF OVERFISHING AND

WE HAVE TO BE SENSITIVE TO

THAT BUT WE CAN'T JUST LOOK

AT IT REGIONALLY AND SAY

WHAT IS THIS ENTIRE AREA

BECAUSE THAT HA WHAT THAT IS

GOING TO DO IS PUT THE SMALL

FISH ENERGY, THE GUYS WHO

HAVE ONE OR TWO BOATS T WILL

PUT THEM OUT OF BUSINESS.

>> IT ALREADY HAS.

>> IN MANY CASES IT HAS,

ABSOLUTELY.

>> YOU PRETTY MUCH THINK THE

STATE SHOULD HAVE RIGHTS TO

BASICALLY CONTROL THEIR OWN

DESTINYS ON ISSUES LIKE GAY

MARRIAGE.

ARE YOU NOT IN FAVOR OF GAY

MARRIAGE BUT YOU ARE AT

PEACE WITH THE FACT THAT

THIS STATE HAS ALLOWED IT.

>> THAT'S CORRECT.

YOU HAVE MENTIONED I'M A

CONSERVATIVE AND A

FEDERALIST SO IF YOU LOOK AT

THOSE THINGS, AND THEN YOU

THINK ABOUT ME BEING IN

CONGRESS YOU MIGHT SAY WHAT

WOULD HE DO IF HE HAD THE

PRIVILEGE OF SERVING IN

CONGRESS.

ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.

THE MARRIAGE ISN'T MENTIONED

IN THE FEDERAL INSTITUTION.

AND WE STARTED OFF THE

CONVERSATION TALKING ABOUT

HEALTH CARE IN ARTICLE ONE,

SECTION 8.

ONE OF THE THINGS I THINK

MOST WRONG WITH CONGRESS IN

WASHINGTON IS THAT IT'S TOO

BIG.

TOO POWERFUL, TOO INTRUSIVE

INTO INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS AND

FREEDOMS AND TOO MUCH IN THE

BUSINESS OF RUNNING STATES

AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT.

SO MARRIAGE IS A DEFINITION

THAT SHOULD BE LEFT

STATE-BY-STATE.

AS LONG AS THE PROCESS IS

HONEST.

AS LONG AS THE PEOPLE GET TO

SPEAK, IF THAT IS THE

APPROPRIATE IN THEIR STATES

FOR THEIR STATE CONSTITUTION

THAT IS UP TO THEM.

THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS

NO ROLL AT ALL IN THIS.

>> HAVE YOU MET JOE ALONE

YET.

>> I HAVE.

>> A COUPLE OF DEBATES

ALREADY.

>> WE HAVEN'T HAD DEBATES

BUT WE HAVE BEEN IN THE SAME

PLACE.

I'M NOT GOING TO SAY

ANYTHING BAD ABOUT JOE.

I THINK HE IS A GOOD

CANDIDATE AND I LOOK FORWARD,

JOE AND RI GO STOCK VERY

DIFFERENT.

>> WELL, WE LOOK FORWARD TO

HAVING YOU TOGETHER HERE, A

COUPLE TIMES.

>> I WOULD ENJOY THAT.

ONE OF THE BIGGEST BOOSTS

WE'VE HAD TO THE CAMPAIGN IS

THE ENDORSEMENT OF STAR

BROWN.

SCOTT AND I ARE FRIENDS AND

I THINK WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE

RACE FOR THE PRIMARY RACE

YOU ARE GOING TO SEE A REAL

DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE

FUTURE, VERSUS PERHAPS THE

PAST.

>> JEFF PERRY, ALWAYS A

PLEASURE TO HAVE YOUNESS

THAT IS IT FOR GREATERS

ABOUT TON.

TONIGHT THE BATTLE WHETHER

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