![]() And that’s because I have - you guys are only missing one thing. And I won by a whopping 3,100-vote majority - a plurality. Anyway, a good man.Īnd Nixon won my state by 65 percent of the vote. And he was - he was very much involved in the environmental movement and a lot. This is when there were other Republicans. He was a - this ain’t your father’s Republican Party. Matter of fact, he - he endorsed me the second time I ran. That kind of thing.Īnd - and the interesting thing was that - well, for my dad, it was always about -Īt any rate, I ended up running for office against a man in 1972 - when I was 29 years old - who was a decent man. It was when we were developing suburban areas and they’re building 60 homes alike. We lived in a three-bedroom home, a split-level home with a - with four kids and a grandpop. My dad never had a chance to go to college. And I came from a - not a poor background, but a modest background. I was 29 years old when I got elected to the United States Senate. I mean this sincerely: You only have - when you’re - when you’re in public life, you only have one thing for certain that you can offer, and that is: Are you a person of your word? Can people count on what you say? And will they stand there? This man has integrity from the tip of his shoes to the top of his brow. And you can make distinctions among the people you serve with.Īnd the highest compliment I can give any member of the - that stands for public office is they have absolute integrity. I served in the United States Senate for longer than I’d like to admit. You know, I’ve served with an awful lot of members of Congress. (Laughter.)Īnd - and I also want to thank Scott Peters for being here. And I find myself asking - for real, Mom - I find myself asking myself, in important decisions I have to make, “What would Beau do? What would Beau do?”Īnd so, thank you for acknowledging you read the book.Īnd I want to thank - you know, and I’m not sure I rescued you from - from Sacramento, but thank you for being here, Senator. And - and there’s nothing like - you lose someone to cancer, it’s like losing a piece of your soul, losing a part of you.Īnd - but I hope you found - anyone who’s had a loss - the thing that I found, which is that, you know, they never - it never goes away. He went one of the fittest men in his unit, came back with stage four glioblastoma.Īnd I know a lot of you have - as you came through the line - talked to me about cancer and how important it was to deal with it. And an awful lot - just like those firefighters, you know, on 9/11. I was in and out of Iraq over 26 times, and those - you know the burn pits I’m talking about? Those - they’re 8 to 10 feet deep and the size of football fields that burn everything in it from combustible - anyway. He was the attorney general in the state of Delaware.Īnd he volunteered to go with his unit to Iraq for a year. And my son - my number-one son who should be the one standing here as President, not me. The book is “Promise Me, Dad.” It’s about my son. Your time is more valuable than anything else. (Laughter.)Īnd I want to thank all of you for not just the help, but for taking the time. Everybody says, “No problem.” You have to work like the devil to get it done. And tell your wife I said, “Thank you for all the preparation.” It’s never easy. Thank you for the comment about the book, Allan. 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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