South Lawn
2:20 P.M. EDT
THE PRESIDENT: My name is Joe Biden. I’m Jill Biden’s husband. (Laughter.)
And what I told — what I told this beautiful lady when we met inside: She’s doing so much to change people’s lives. All of you are.
I look out there and I see one of the guys that got it started: Tom Harkin. Tom, stand up. Stand — stand up for people to see you. (Applause.) Good to see you, Tom.
Elizabeth Dole. Bob Dole was a major, major player in all of this. He really was. (Applause.)
I remember getting in trouble because someone was criticizing Bob Dole on the floor for — why do we need curb cuts, why do we need all those kinds of things? And I got myself in trouble. Anyway — (laughter) — but he’s a great —
And there’s so, so, so many really important people here that made all this possible. Tammy Duckworth is — she’s too young. (Applause.) Steny Hoyer — Steny. (Applause.) Madeleine Dean and Jared Huffman — I think they were supposed to be here. (Applause.) Mark Pocan — and, Mark, you’re here? Well, I guess what —
Mary Kay Sanlon — Scanlon. (Applause.) I keep telling her: I think we’re related. I found out — when I went to Ireland, they did my genealogy, and they said I — I’ve got a “Scanlon” in the background. So, you may be my — I may be your 19th cousin. (Laughter.)
Jan — Jan Schakowsky. Jan, good to see you. (Applause.)
And Dina Titus.
Look — and by the way, is Tim Shriver here? (Applause.) Tim, thank you, pal. You’ve been there the whole time with the Special...
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