![]() ![]() As our former ambassador - who you see on television a lot, thank God - will tell you I’ve spent literally hours and hours and hours and hours keeping the Alliance together - the EU, NATO, and all of our allies, including our Asian allies.Īs a result, we’ve been able to ramp up our economic pressure on Putin and further isolate Russia on the global stage. He failed.įor months, the United States has worked tirelessly to keep our Allies and partners together. He thought he could divide Democrats and Republicans at home. I know a former ambassador knows that out there. He thought he could literally divide this country, the West - the United States - in terms of the parties. When Putin unleashed his assault, he thought he could divide NATO. Second, I want to thank you for showing a unified front to the world. But the security assistance that you’ve provided has been absolutely critical - critical in their defense. The people of Ukraine have demonstrated a remarkable source of bravery and courage. I was on the phone today for a better part of an hour with - with Zelenskyy, who I speak to almost daily. And, Paul, thank you as well.Īnd I want to thank - the extraordinary job you’ve done delivering the omnibus, just like you delivered so many critical pieces of legislation last year.Īnd Hakeem and Steny and Jim and Emanuel Cleaver and Pete, Congresswoman Katherine Clark and all of you out there: Let me first say that - I want to say thank you - thank you for the support you’ve provided Ukraine. The only thing I’ll have then is a veto pen.Īnd so, folks, I want to thank Nancy for the introduction, for your friendship all these years, Nance. Because we know what happens: We know the fundamental change that shifts if we lose the House and the Senate. ![]() This off-year election, in my view, may be the most important off-year election in modern history. That’s why we have to continue to maintain our majority. We’ve not been able to do that for a lot of the important things. In a consensus, you got to get a majority. And there needs to be - for it to work, there has to be consensus. ![]() They do just fine.Īnd third thing, which a lot of you didn’t like - I know - I thought we had to unify the country, because, ultimately, we are a democracy. When the middle class does well, the poor have a way up and the wealthy do just fine. And the backbone of the country is the working class and middle class. The second thing I wanted to do that has been the essence of my whole career, from the time I ran 20 miles from here - a 29-year-old kid for the Senate - was that I wanted to rebuild the backbone of the country. And among some of our Republicans, what they’re saying is still not who we are. The first was that I thought it was essential to literally restore the soul of this country - a sense of decency and honor, a sense of - a sense that you could trust one another - just restore the soul of the country, because what we were seeing was not who we are. The point is this: I had a message, which I didn’t consult with anybody about generating, to begin with, which was not viewed as being very saleable. But when I saw those folks come out of those fields down in Charlottesville, carrying torches and singing Nazi slogans and carrying swastikas, and white supremacists, I decided to get engaged. Look, folks, let me begin by saying that when I ran - and a lot of you helped me a lot of good people ran - I made it clear I was running for three reasons, and - because I had no intention of running for office again when I left the vice presidency. I’ve been to enough Senate caucuses and Democratic retreats to know that when the last speaker is up, you want to get the hell out of here - (laughter) - no matter who it is. Get Involved Show submenu for “Get Involved””.The White House Show submenu for “The White House””.Office of the United States Trade Representative.Office of Science and Technology Policy.Executive Offices Show submenu for “Executive Offices””.Administration Show submenu for “Administration””. ![]()
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