On the recordDecember 7, 2021
Madam President, 234 years ago today, the State of Delaware became the first State to ratify the Constitution. For 1 whole week, Delaware was the entire United States of America. And we opened it up, and 49 other States have joined us since then. For the most part, I think it has turned out well. But the preamble to the Constitution didn't say that we are going to form a perfect union when they adopted it all those years ago. They said, ``in Order to form a more perfect Union . . . ''--acknowledging that we are not perfect, haven't gotten it right, and we may never get it right. But today, we take a big step--or perhaps we can take a big step towards making our Union a bit closer to perfection. The Constitution lays out a balance of powers that certain responsibilities fall on the executive branch--the President--and certain responsibilities fall on us; and, of course, the courts have responsibilities of their own.
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