The Irish Refugee Council got 1,300 calls from members of the Irish Afghan community wishing to bring relatives to Ireland within two weeks after the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan t .
my point is one of the first persons to come to me were the humphreys, not just the senator. a guy who became a great friend and mentor was fritz mondale as well. so i have been from the iron range all the way down to your southern and southeastern border. it s an incredible state and you elected incredible people including people that you heard from earlier today, which i ll speak to a little bit in a minute. i see a lot of mayors are here. you know, i told you that s the toughest job in america. they know where you live. [laughter] really is. you affect people s lives more than anybody else directly. you re right there. so thank you for what you do. from my administration also, the secretary of education, miguel cardona who is with us today. [applause]