| 00:00:02 | THANK YOU VERY MUCH. |
| 00:00:08 | FIRST, I WANT TO SAY TO SENATOR JOE BIDEN, WELCOME HOME. |
| 00:00:20 | [APPLAUSE] THIS IS A MOMENT OF RARE PERSONAL PRIVILEGE TO BE ABLE TO INTRODUCE TO BIDEN -- TO BE ABLE TO INTRODUCE JOE BIDEN. |
| 00:00:33 | WE ARE ALSO THINKING ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED LAST NIGHT. |
| 00:00:35 | TO SEE THAT FAMILY ON THE STAGE, LED BY JILL BIDEN. |
| 00:00:41 | WE'RE SO GRATEFUL FOR THIS FAMILY. |
| 00:00:45 | [APPLAUSE] A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM HAVE KNOWN JOE BIDEN FOR A LONG TIME. |
| 00:00:48 | IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO REMEMBER SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF HIS LIFE AND WHO HE IS. |
| 00:00:54 | HE IS A SON OF THE COLD COUNTRY -- CAOL COUNTRY WHO NEVER FORGOT WHERE HE CAME FROM. |
| 00:01:04 | [APPLAUSE] I KNOW WE HEAR THAT ABOUT PEOPLE. |
| 00:01:07 | WHEN I SAY THAT, I DID NOT SAY THAT IN A GEOGRAPHIC SENSE. |
| 00:01:12 | HE HAS NEVER FORGOTTEN THAT HE IS FROM SCRANTON, PENNSYLVANIA. |
| 00:01:15 | EVEN BEYOND THAT, HE HAS ALWAYS HAD A SENSE OF GRATITUDE ABOUT THE VALUES THAT WERE INSTILLED IN HIM BY THAT COMMUNITY, OUR COMMUNITY IN SCRANTON AND OUR COMMUNITY IN PENNSYLVANIA, AND HIS OWN FAMILY. |
| 00:01:30 | HE IS A SON OF THE COAL COUNTRY. |
| 00:01:33 | HE ALSO HAS AN UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION FOR ART HISTORY -- OUR HISTORY AND OUR HERITAGE OF HARD WORK AND SACRIFICE. |
| 00:01:46 | [APPLAUSE] HE IS THAT SON, BUT HE IS ALSO A FATHER WITH AN ABIDING COMMITMENT TO HIS FAMILY. |
| 00:01:53 | WE ALL KNOW THAT. |
| 00:01:54 | WE WERE REMINDED OF THAT LAST NIGHT. |
| 00:01:56 | HE IS A SENATOR AND A STATESMAN WHO LEADS WITH INTELLECT AND INTEGRITY. |
| 00:02:05 | AND HIS UNDERSTANDING OF THOSE WHO HAVE TO STRUGGLE EVERY DAY. |
| 00:02:11 | VERY FEW PUBLIC OFFICIALS UNDERSTAND IN THEIR GUT AND IN THEIR HEART WHAT PEOPLE IN OUR SOCIETY ARE UP AGAINST TODAY. |
| 00:02:21 | BECAUSE OF THE POLICIES OF THIS ADMINISTRATION, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE STRUGGLING. |
| 00:02:26 | THIS GUY UNDERSTANDS WHAT THEY'RE UP AGAINST. |
| 00:02:29 | HE WILL LEAD AS VICE PRESIDENT IN THAT WAY TO UNDERSTAND THEM. |
| 00:02:33 | FINALLY, LET ME SAY THIS. |
| 00:02:36 | WHEN THE BARACK OBAMA IS PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES -- [APPLAUSE] |
| 00:02:48 | AND THESE WILL NOT BE EASY YEARS. |
| 00:02:50 | THEY WILL BE DIFFICULT YEARS BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF PROBLEMS TO CONFRONT. |
| 00:02:56 | I HAVE EVERY CONFIDENCE IN THE WORLD THAT NO MATTER HOW TOUGH IT GETS, NO MATTER HOW ROCKY THE ROAD GETS, JOE BIDEN WILL STAY WITH HIM AND WILL BE AS LOYAL TO HIM AND HIS LOYAL TO THE PEOPLE THAT HE IS FIGHTING FOR AS HE HAS BEEN TO HIS OWN FAMILY. |
| 00:03:14 | IN WASHINGTON, THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WITH YOU WHEN THINGS ARE GOING WELL. |
| 00:03:19 | WHEN THINGS ARE GETTING TOUGH, SOME PEOPLE WOULD JUMP OFF THE SIDE OF THE BOAT. |
| 00:03:25 | WITH JOE BIDEN, YOU'LL NEVER HEAR THAT SPLASH ON THE SIDE OF THE BOAT. |
| 00:03:31 | HE WILL STAY WITH YOU ALL THE WAY. |
| 00:03:34 | THE NEXT VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, JOE BIDEN. |
| 00:03:46 | [APPLAUSE] >> HEY, FOLKS. |
| 00:03:50 | [APPLAUSE] LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MR. |
| 00:03:53 | MAYOR, I WANT TO TO KNOW HOW MUCH OF THIS IS PHILADELPHIA. |
| 00:03:57 | MY WIFE WAS RAISED IN WILLOW GROVE. |
| 00:04:00 | WHEN THEY ASK HER WHERE SHE IS FROM, SHE SAYS SHE IS FROM PHILADELPHIA. |
| 00:04:08 | [APPLAUSE] JILL AND I ARE VERY HAPPY TO BE HERE. |
| 00:04:11 | I DO NOT WANT TO MAKE YOU STAND. |
| 00:04:13 | DO YOU WANT TO MAKE A SPEECH? |
| 00:04:17 | >> I DO LOVE PENNSYLVANIA. |
| 00:04:23 | [APPLAUSE] >> FIRST |
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