Maura Healey
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That's where we are right now.
But I think it's important that we all stay resolute in who we are.
And I'm gonna continue to abide by Massachusetts law and the United States constitution and do what I need to do as a leader here in the state.
Yeah, I mean, once again, Donald Trump is doing things that make life
more expensive and difficult for Americans and certainly people here in Massachusetts.
I mean, in the early days, it was the tariffs, which continue to this day to have serious consequences.
And now we've got the situation that he's created now in the Middle East, where we've got, you know, supply chain blocked.
We've got disruption in the Strait of Hormuz.
I mean, this is a big deal.
And as you just pointed out, already we're seeing the consequence at the pump.
What I'm doing in Massachusetts is...
And I'm going to continue to focus on this.
From day one, I've been about building more homes as quickly as possible.
We've got 100,000 housing starts underway in Massachusetts in just the last three years.
We need to continue to do that to drive housing costs down.
On energy, I've embraced all of the above.
And we're going full out and deploying as much solar as we can.
continuing with our offshore wind industry, which right now is powering 400,000 homes and businesses in Massachusetts.
We had to take Donald Trump to court when he tried to shut that down.
I've got hydro coming in from Quebec now that'll actually supply about 20% of electricity needs here in Massachusetts.