there's a song that means a lot to us that captures the best of who we are as a nation the song is called American Anthem there's one verse that stands out and I can't sing where the damn so I'm not going to try I'll just quote it the work and prayers of centuries have brought us to this day what shall our leg our Legacy be what will our children say let me know in my heart when my days are through America America I gave my best to you I've made I've made a lot of mistakes in my career but I gave my best to you for 50 years like many of you I've given my heart and soul to our nation and I've been blessed a million times in return to the support of the American people I really been the too young to to be in the Senate because I wasn't 30 yet and too old to stay as president but I hope you know how grateful I am to all of you I can honestly say and I mean this in the bottom give you my word as a Biden I can honestly say I'm more optimistic about the future than I was when I was elected as a 29-year-old United States Senator I mean it folks we just have to remember who we are we're the United States of America and there's nothing we cannot do when we do it together God bless you all and may God protect our troops thank [Applause] you bring me higher [Applause] bring me up higher where that Higher Love I keep [Music] [Applause] [Music] sing [Music] higher high [Music] bre [Applause] [Music] bre [Music] bre high high