The quality and integrity of our National Parks, National Forests, and other public lands and waters depend on the public servants who steward them for the benefit of current and future generations.

This is the kind of family that built this country.

To know Joe Biden is to know that love without pretense, service without self-regard, and to live life fully.

Joe's heart has radiated around this room.

He suited up for our Cancer Moonshot, giving hope to millions of Americans touched by this disease.

There has not been a single moment since that time that I've doubted the wisdom of that decision.

Today's actions will help ensure that more of our country's history will be preserved and celebrated.

America succeeds when our workers and businesses have a fair shot to compete in the global economy.

Today the United States is taking important steps forward to normalize relations with Cuba and to bring greater consistency to our immigration policy.

By taking this step, we are treating Cuban migrants the same way we treat migrants from other countries.

To see them together is to see what real love looks like.

Folks don't just feel like they know Joe, the politician. They feel like they know the person.

I will try to be relatively brief.

Effective immediately, Cuban nationals who attempt to enter the United States illegally and do not qualify for humanitarian relief will be subject to removal, consistent with U.S. law and enforcement priorities.

The United States, a land of immigrants, has been enriched by the contributions of Cuban Americans for more than a century.

The long sweep of America has been defined by forward motion, a constant widening of our founding creed to embrace all and not just some.

Hearts must change. It won't change overnight. Social attitudes oftentimes take generations to change.

Our economy doesn't work as well or grow as fast when a few prosper at the expense of a growing middle class.

America is a better, stronger place than it was when we started.

It's up to all of us to make sure our government can help us meet the many challenges we still face.

The strength of our democracy has always rested on our ability to hear each other out.

If you're tired of arguing with strangers on the Internet, try talking with one of them in real life.

Only if our politics better reflects the decency of our people.

Let me tell you, this generation coming up, unselfish, altruistic, creative, patriotic, I've seen you in every corner of the country.

Change only happens when ordinary people get involved and they get engaged and they come together to demand it.