that you are valued here whether you choose to be a lawyer or a laborer we want you to know you belong here in Pennsylvania and all people here in Pennsylvania need to know no matter what you look like where you come from who you love or who you pray to you belong and I got your back that's right now we gotten a whole lot done together and I want you to know that we don't accomplish the I'm losing my voice that's how much I I love talking to you we don't get these things done unless we have Partners in progress this community has been a partner to me in making progress for Pennsylvania and I'll tell you who else has been a partner to me Senator Bob Casey has been a partner to me that's right when we need something here in Pennsylvania Bob Casey is there for us are you with me to return Bob Casey to the US Senate we need Bob [Applause] casy and I'll tell you another another partner in progress someone who's helped us fix our roads and bridges someone who's made sure that our children are drinking water at a lines that don't have lead in it anymore someone who's making sure that people in rural communities get access to broadband and high-speed internet that partner is Vice President kamla Harris together [Laughter] together you know together with her partner from just up the road in Scranton and I know that's a different place but we can shout out Scranton together they have made made meaningful investments in Pennsylvania and I want you to know they give a damn about our Commonwealth and about all of you and I'll tell you something I'll tell you something I have known kamla Harris for nearly 20 years she is tough as nails and she's got a big heart and she is someone who doesn't play we saw that the other night in the debate [Applause] right she and I she and I have both been prosecutors and KLA Harris has always been for the people she has always had your back she stood up for you she has stood up for our Union sisters and brothers time and time again [Applause] whether as a prosecutor a US senator or the vice president she is Battle tested and ready to go and ready to lead this nation forward now she has always been for us compare that to the other guy there's a hell of a contrast in this race oh you've heard of him I guess kamla Harris kamla Harris brings strength and stability Donald Trump brings a whole lot of chaos I want you to think about this when Donald Trump was in charge before and by the way we are not going back to that we're not we are not we're not going by we're not and here's why cuz when you go back and look at his record it was more chaos Less jobs and a whole lot less Freedom When Donald Trump was in charge think about this when Donald Trump was in charge last time millions of women across this country lost the basic freedom to just simply make decisions over their own bodies we are not going [Applause] back a country a country with more chaos and less Freedom well that's not who we are we're a nation that loves Freedom We're a nation that cherishes democracy and we are a nation that has always always come together when things get tough and we have always Advanced the cause of Freedom think about it in every chapter of our American story we have made progress we've made progress here in Pennsylvania and we have made progress all across this nation and yet it is true that there are times where it feels like we've taken a couple steps forward and then maybe I love you back back and then maybe and then maybe maybe just maybe we get knocked back a little bit but the strength the kind of strength I see here in northeastern Pennsylvania that strength that determination has always helped us move forward and the question is why where where's that Spirit come from but I'll tell you what that Spirit of moving forward that Spirit of progress it comes from right here in Pennsylvania let me explain let me explain 248 years ago just down the road at Independence Hall in Philadelphia we declared our independence from a king and by the way we are not going back to a [Applause] King you see we declared our independence from a king and we set ourselves out on a path of self-determination we set ourselves forward when our Founders signed the Constitution at Independence Hall one of those Founders was my predecessor as Governor Ben Franklin Franklin Franklin signed the Constitution and then he walked out onto the cobbled Stone Street Streets of Philadelphia a fellow Philadelphian walked over to him and said Mr Franklin do we have a monarchy or a Republic Franklin looked at the woman in the eyes and he says to her we have a republic you keep if you can keep it so Franklin Franklin made clear I'm giving you a little history lesson here at College here sorry to all the actual professors out there but what Franklin said was that that are those some professors over there there you go we love our professors and teachers don't we but what Franklin was saying was that it falls to us the job is ours the responsibility is uniquely ours here in America and especially here in Pennsylvania and so we've been doing this work for 248 years we've been doing this hard work of moving this nation forward and so in 50 some odd days when you go vote you're going to see the names of KLA Harris and Tim Walls on on that ballot but but even though their names are on the ballot the truth is it's our rights and it's our freedom that's on the line and we've got to do what our ancestors did before us and do this hard work necessary to protect this nation to defend our freedom to not just win an election but keep moving this nation forward are you with me are we ready to do the hard work and are we ready to look the next president in the eye and say hello Madame President thank you for serving our nation if so let us get to work thank you Pennsylvania let's do it