But until november 1, i am changing my middle name. Be chloe vote early kony. Chloe vote early kony. I am grown up from tampa. Ive lived here all my life. I helped integrate the School System here. You heard the congresswoman talk about that. Courts as thee very first black probation and parole officer with judge edgecomb. Life toedicated my listening to this community to lifting up this community. I am the mother of three wonderful children and i have my son out of here, ernest kony junior. I am the grandmother to three beautiful grandkids. I am known as the woman that wears many hats. You know if you know me in tampa, i love my hats. It is because i have worked to serve tampa however i can. I am really proud of the decades i have spent working in this community. Castoren congresswoman was assistant director. I was at the Neighborhood Service center. Running the Neighborhood Service center. I have worked hard to revitalize our neighborhoods, bringing jobs and Affordable Housing to east tampa as the founder of the cdc. We want to make sure we insure opportunities for all of our families. I know this community. And i will say this real slow. I know we need to joe biden. Anybody with me . We need joe biden. Right now, the president s to us has left us in a Public Health crisis and severe economic crisis. I lost a very dear cousin to this pandemic. I cant see my grandchildren when i want to. I have to be extremely careful with my 94yearold mother. But we know more than 220 americans have lost their lives. And it did not have to be that way. After the election, it does not have to be any longer. Joe biden has the plan to beat coronavirus. And build our economy back better. Lifting up all communities. Joe is the guy. Are you with me . Joe is the guy that got the Affordable Care act passed. Aca,embered before the there were constituents that could not get insurance because they had preexisting conditions. Joe changed that. He delivered. If he gets to the white house, he will strengthen the Affordable Care act to lower cost and expand coverage. Need . What we everybody agree with me . Thats what we need. Come on, tampa, thats what we need. That is exactly what we need. Has that humans touch. It is a blessing. He knows what we are going through. Feeln feel, you can empathy because he has character. So vote early, tampa. Dont wait. We can change the direction of this country on every issue that matters to us. But only if we vote. Make a plan, bring a family, bring your friends. On our line. All tampa, florida, it is an honor. And i am just so excited to man who will to a bring the country together. Soul. Store the i will say that again. Nation. The soul of our the next president of the United States of america, joe biden. Lets give him a tampa welcome. Mr. Biden holy mackerel. Hello, tampa. Much. You so so guys look like you are far away, you might be in delaware. Great to see you all. Thanks for so many of you being here. As my mother would say, god love yall. Chloe, thanks for sharing your story. And for all that you do. A person contributes to their community, but how many people can you name that have done more for the city and its people then chloe . Turning abandoned buildings and dangerous lots and replacing them with life and hope. Making sure to bring the Community Together to build homes for local families, helping young people around tampa. Instill pride, purpose, and neighborhoods. Groundwork, that is the work that changes the world. And i want to thank all the other speakers here tonight including a remarkable mayor. Thanks for the passport into town. I appreciate it. And my friends, congressman charlie crist. Thank you, pal. Thank you, thank you. And kathy castor. Her district. I sought permission to come and she said ok. Now cohen who we have to send to congress. I just spent time with one of my best buddies, a guy i served with for a long time in the u. S. Senate, bill nelson. Havent served with anyone with more character,. , and decency than bill character, courage, and decency than bill. His wife is something else, isnt she . Five days left. Five days. But whos counting, right . Whos counting . Scranton . I have a scranton sign here. Im getting confused here. Millions of americans have voted. 75 million. And millions more will vote when this is over. I believe when you use your power, the power of the vote, we literally are going to change the course of this country for generations to come. And for folks at home and abroad. You are the ones that built this country. Ceos and wall street did not build this country. You did. Ive been saying this for years, middleclass people have been hardworking folks. And you just built the middle class, i might add. And you are the ones that are going to save this country. I set i got into the race for three reasons a year ago. Little over a year. I meant it. The first was to restore the soul of this country. This is not who we are. Decent, honorable, more respectful. We are better people. The second reason was to restore the backbone of this country. The middle class. To bring everybody along this time. And thirdly, to unite this country. We have to unite us. These final days. Keep that sense of empowerment with you and that sense of optimism. What we can do and what we can overcome. I have never been more optimistic about americas chances that i am today because i know the American People. I know who we are. We will never let the country down, given the chance. On november 3, we will unite the country and show the world who america really is. I mean it. I know its hard. Over these past few months, there have been so much pain and suffering. So much loss in america. Dead. 5,000 people 225,000. We had reactedf responsibly, there would be 160,000 fewer dead. Covid19, we are past the 9 million mark of people infected. 16,000 people in florida have been lost. And millions of people out of work and on the edge. Its a freight train. Thats what happens if he stays in office. Donald trump was giving up over the weekend. Im quoting. We are not going to control the pandemic. It is obvious hes not. Trump debate last week, said that we are rounding the corner. It is going away. We are going to live with it. Told him. Hat i hes asking us to die with it. Thats what is happening. Donald trump has waived the white flag, abandoned families, and surrendered to the virus. The American People never give up, never give in, and we dont cower. Donald trump just had a super spreader event again. Hes spreading more than just coronavirus. He is spreading division and discord. We need a president that will bring us together, not pull us apart. I will put a plan in place to deal with this pandemic responsibly, bringing the country together testing, tracing, masking. We need doctors in america including the president s own cdc director and dr. Fauci who said that if we just wore a mask between now and the end of the year, we would save 100,000 lives. Folks, that is not a political statement. It is a patriotic duty, for god sake for gods sake. But still, donald trump refuses to listen to science. And we shouldnt be politicizing the race for a vaccine. We should be planning for its safe use and free and equitable distribution, providing ppe for National Standards and businesses up and safety open safely. It has already been passed by the Democratic Council representatives. I have said it before. Im not going to shut down the economy. Im not going to shut down the country. Im going to shut down the virus. Donald trump inherited a Strong Economy from barack and me. Just like he inherited everything in his life. Its a fact. He squandered that a quant to me like he squandered Everything Else that economy like he squandered Everything Else. Folks, i promise you. I guarantee you. We can build back. An economy that rewards work, not wealth. And we can do it without raising taxes a single solitary penny for workingclass and middleclass families. I guarantee you that no one making less than 400,000 will pay a single penny more in taxes. Not one penny. But i will tell you what im going to do. I make no apologies for it. I will ask the wealthiest americans and biggest corporations, the fortune 500 Companies Making billions of dollars that did not pay a single penny and federal taxes. Im going to make sure that they pay their fair share. Why should a firefighter, and educator, a nurse pay a higher rate than the super wealthy Corporate America . Because you do. You do. Why should you pay more taxes than donald trump pays . You know, if we made this as a movie 10 years ago, people would think we are making it up. But its true. Deliver to actually for the working class. Help you pay health care premiums. For child care. For eliminating college debt. We will take care of this. And we can afford it. His Supreme Court justice. And he did it for one overwhelming reason. Something hes been trying to distance the day he got elected. To destroy the Affordable Care act. Hes going at it again. If they get their way, 100 million americans will lose protections for preexisting conditions. Diseases that are out there. Folks, look. 8. 4 million floridians have preexisting conditions. Obligations of covid19 will become the next preexisting condition. Complications of covid19 will become the next preexisting condition. A lot of you young people dont even realize it but before we passed the Affordable Care act, insurance charged women more for the same health care as men just because they are women. A fact. Donald trump thinks health care is a privilege. I think it is your right. We will not only restore obama care, we will strengthen and build on it. You can keep your private insurance if you like it. And you can choose a medicarelike often option if you dont. Deductibles, premiums, outofpocket spending, reducing unknown billing. Reducing Prescription Drug costs by up to 60 by allowing not making this stuff up allowing medicare to negotiate drug prices. We will keep protections for people with preexisting conditions. We will protect Social Security and medicare. Meanwhile, the Social Security actuary, the guy who runs it, willsay donald trump bankrupt Social Security by 2023. As my wife would say, google it. You will see what im telling you. You got that right, pal. He said trump is bankrupt. Owes 400m is, he billion to somebody. 400 million to somebody. We have to vote for military families. Of all the things donald trump has said it, nothing has bothered me worse than the way he has spoken to those that served in uniform. He called them losers and suckers. Biden. Ased son, beau he won the Service Medal and other awards, volunteered to go to iraq for a year. Gave up his attorney general job to go. He wasnt a sucker or loser. He was a patriot like all of you who serve. Like your sons, your daughters. Your parents and your grandparents. We have to vote for their dignity. The respect they are due. Donald trump fails to condemn white supremacy. Justiceeliver racial while he is trying to make it worse. Donald trump doesnt believe systemic racism is a problem. He wont say black lives matter. We know they matter. Protest has broken out across the nation. Nothe way, protesting is burning and looting. Violence must never be a tactic tolerated. And it wont. But these protesters have a cry for justice. The names Breonna Taylor and jacob blake will not soon be forgotten. Not by me, not by us, not by this country. When i met with a family, the little daughter looked at me. She is only seven years old. I knelt down to talk to her in the family. She looked at me and said, mr. Vice president , my daddy is changing the world. Guess what . Inspiration coming from her daddy would happen. Theres a new wave of justice in america. True justice is more than just dealing with abuse. Its about economic justice. , housing, schools access to capital. Good paying jobs. A minimum wage of 15 an hour. Givingal stability, families of color a real shot. Smallner who will start a business and send a child to College Debt Free so that they can pass on opportunities for generations like we did. Like so many middleclass families have in the past. But we have to vote to ensure the full promise of this country. We have to vote to meet the challenge of climate crisis. Because you know in florida, it is a crisis. We are seeing the impact more than most. Devastating hurricanes that lay waste to all communities. The economic toll is astounding and it grows every year. But the humans whole is worse. Lost homes, Small Business is shattered, First Responders put at risk. The west coast burning. The middle part of the country flooding. Donald trump when he thinks Climate Change, he says hoax. Speaking of hoaxes, remember what he said about the increasing violent hurricanes and the frequency . Should, maybe we detonate a nuclear bomb over the atlantic. Way, the same stable genius that said the biggest problem we had in the revolutionary war is we didnt have enough airports. Whoa. Man. Ill tell you what. Families into puerto rico struggling through hurricane maria, what did he do . Toss rolls of paper towels at them. He doesnt have any real answers. We know we can do something about it. Combating Climate Change means jobs. Build a stronger and more climate resistant nation, creating millions of highpaying jobs. We can change the path we are on. We have to act now. Time is running out in this country cant afford former years of trump who thinks he is only responsible to the people that voted for him. I dont see the presidency that way. I run as a proud democrat. It is starting to rain so i will shorten this for you. I dont see america that way. You place your trust in barack and me in 2012 and 2008. Each day in office, we work for you and the entire country. It was never about red states or blue states, only the United States of america. I was reminded that last month when i visited gettysburg. When i went to gettysburg to make that speech, abraham lee can set a house divided cannot stand. A nation divided cannot stand. I was reminded of that earlier this week. Ladies and gentlemen [no audio] senator Kamala Harris takes raising wages for american workers. Live coverage begins thursday at 8 00 p. M. On cspan. Five days until election day. On november 3 when Voters Decide who will control Congress Next year. Stay with cspan. Watch campaign 2020 coverage every day on cspan. Stream more on demand or listen on the cspan radio app. Your place for an unfiltered view of politics. With Amy Coney Barrett confirmed as the newest justice, the Supreme Court hears five oral arguments. Next week listen at cspan. Org. Arguments in the case of u. S. Fish and Wildlife Services versus the sierra club. Jones versus mississippi, and fulton versus city of philadelphia. Listen to the arguments live or ondemand at cspan. Org. Earlier today, nancy pelosi held a briefing with reporters at the capital. She talked about legislative priorities and the president ial election. This is about 20 minutes. Losey here we are, pelosi our focus has been on stopping and crushing the coronavirus. In terms of the election, we are confiden