Sen. Warren discusses federal investment in Pittsfield

We Begin tonight with Senator Elizabeth Warren paying a visit to Western Massachusetts today making three separate stops in Pittsfield and 22 news reporter Heath calb is live in studio with what the senator was looking to address this afternoon and what she had to say when she spoke to when you spoke to her Heath yeah it's a long drive out to the Burk sheers from the eastern part of the state senator Warren told me earlier today the three Roundtable events that she held this afternoon are very important to both her and the community of Pittsfield Senator Elizabeth waren made her way out to the burk's Thursday afternoon to highlight the impact of federal investments in Western Massachusetts the Democrat began her time in Pittsfield hosting a Roundtable discussion at the volunteers and medicines facility to highlight the nearly half a billion in federal funding that she helped to secure to support efforts to expand healthc care services to people in the birk sheers as a nation we want to invest locally because locally is how we build the strong communities Senator Warren came to Pittsfield for three different events to address three different investments into the community and she says it's always a good thing when the federal government can provide the resources necessary to both people and organizations doing good later in the afternoon Warren also hosted a round table discussion with the birkshire black Economic Council on providing services and resources to blackowned small businesses and another discussion with local elected officials on supporting small businesses and economic development our job is to say when you are doing the good things when you're trying to support the small businesses when you're trying to help our veterans when you're trying to get health care for people the federal government should be a good partner and being a good partner means let's get the resources down here to help you so I'm celebrating today giving money away Warren's visit out to Western Massachusetts is coming just about 6 weeks before she is on the ballot once again in the Democratic Primary in September 3rd as she is running for re-election to the US Senate to represent Massachusetts once again working for you I'm Heath cowb 22 News