PITTSFIELD, Mass. — U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren traveled to Pittsfield on Thursday to delivery nearly $1 million federal funding and speak about health care and economic development. 

 

She sat down with Volunteers in Medicine, the Berkshire Black Economic Council, and Soldier On to hear issues that challenge Berkshire County's gateway city — and beyond — the most. 

 

"It is the honor of a lifetime to be the senator from the commonwealth of Massachusetts and I am grateful for the people who sent me down to Washington to fight and this is a part of what they have me fight for and that's money, resources, to be able to get back into our communities to make our communities stronger," Warren said. 

 

"So today, I'll be talking to you about funding that I was able to get for health care, funding for small businesses, and funding for our veterans, funding to be spent right here in Pittsfield and in the surrounding area." 

 

She said this is a way of saying as a nation "we want to invest local because local is helping build strong communities." 

 

"What I see every time I come out here to Pittsfield reminds me that at the federal level, I don't want to be the government that tries to tell you what to do. That's not our job," Warren said. 

 

"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."