[ cheers and applause ] prep applause continues ] thank you. Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you very much. What a night. Folks in hollywood will be happy to know i finally found a movie i like. The one i just saw. [ applause ] hello, california. Were ready to go. Thank you, california. And thank you, san diego. For hosting the greatest Republican Convention of them all. The greatest of them all. [ cheers and applause ] thank you president ford and president bush. And god bless you nancy reagan for your moving transport to for your moving tribute to president reagan. [ applause ] by the way i spoke to president reagan this afternoon and i made him a promise that we would win one more for the gipper. Are you ready . [ cheers and applause ] thank you. He appreciated it very much. Ladies and gentlemen, delegates to the convention, and fellow citizens i cannot say it more clearly than in plain speaking, i accept your nomination to lead our party once again for t
Youre singing our song. For the first thrill tonight, it was to find myself for the first time in a long time in a movie on prime time. But this as you can imagine is the second big thrill. Mr. Chairman, mr. Vice president to be, this convention, my fellow citizens of this great nation, with a deep awareness of the responsibility conferred by why are trust, i accept your nomination for the presidency of the United States. I do so with deep gratitude and i think also i might interject on behalf of all of us, our thanks to detroit and the people of michigan and this city for the warm hospitality weve enjoyed. And i thank you for your wholehearted response to my recommendations with regard to george bush, the candidate for Vice President. I am very proud of our party tonight. This convention has shown to all america a party united with positive programs for solving a nations programs. A party to build a new consensus for those across the land who share a community of values embodied in th
Thank, you very much. Thank you. You are singing our song. [applause] the first thrill tonight was to find myself in the first time in a movie on prime time. No but this, as you can imagine, its the second big thrill. Mister chairman mister Vice President to be, this convention, my fellow citizens of this great nation. With a deep awareness of the responsibility in firm by your trust i accept your nomination for the presidency of the United States. Law [applause] i do so with deep gratitude and i think also i might interject on behalf of all of us our thanks to detroit, and the people of michigan and the city, for the warm hospitality. And i thank you for your whole hearted response to my recommendation, with regards to judge bush and the candidate as Vice President. Im very proud of our party tonight. This convention has shown to all america a party united with positive programs, for solving a nations problems. A party ready to build a new consensus with all those across the land, who
Her confirmation to the highest court in the land could put health care for hundreds of millions of americans at risk. As youd imagine, taking away health care is deeply unpopular with the American People. So it seems the strategy from the republican majority is to invent some new distraction of fresh outrage to talk about. My colleagues on the other side would rather talk about anything besides the fact that their president , their party, and their Supreme Court nominee poses a dire threat to Americans Health care. Today, the outrage from the republican leader was directed once again at the idea that democrats would attack the nominees religious beliefs. But, of course, in their zeal to manufacture this issue, republican senators began telegraphing this line of attack even before a nominee had been named. One republican senator wrote me a letter to warn against anticatholic attacks that happened yet against a nominee who hadnt been named. Thats how transparent this republican diversio
Regarding a democratic motion to begin work on a bill dropping the Justice Department from supporting lawsuits to strike the Affordable Care act. Live now to the floor of the u. S. Senate on cspan 2. Eternal god, our heavenly father, we cry to you, but sometimes you seem so far away. In our despair you sometimes seem distant, and we are tempted to surmise that we are all alone. When we shout, we seem to hear the echoes of our anguish. Nonetheless, we know that you are holy, mighty, and good. We have trusted you too long to let go. Empower our senators for these challenging times. Remove from their minds all bitterness and contempt for one another. Keep their hearts clean, their spirits courageous, and their minds clear, as they face these daunting times. We pray in your omnipotent name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in the pledge of allegiance. The pledge of allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation unde