We’ve been fighters for democracy this whole campaign, we’re going to continue to fight for democracy from the White House.

I respect Joe Manchin`s right to cast his votes. He is an independent-minded senator.

She`s a great candidate for the job. And certainly we`re fighting our guts out to get her confirmed.

The president believes we should have a $15 minimum wage. If it is ruled in order, then obviously that would allow it to move in this package. If it’s ruled out of order, we’re going to have to find other ways to get it done.

We know that there are people in our country who are trying to suppress the right to vote. We know that we need to fight that at the federal level, at the state and local level. And so obviously standing up for democracy is what the Biden campaign was about.

Let me be clear, we're going to get Neera Tanden confirmed that's what we're working for. And she will be -- she will prove her critics wrong as an outstanding budget director that works with people on both sides of the aisle.

Joe Biden intends to sign about a dozen executive orders on day one of his inauguration.

We saw from the president of the United States today was his willingness to take responsibility, take ownership of the response.

With regard to getting people vaccinated, the Trump administration had the vaccine for 40 days and got about 11 million people vaccinated.

President Biden ran on addressing four great crises, COVID, the economy, systemic racism and the climate crisis.

We like Congress to act as quickly as possible. We understand Congress is going to hold hearings. They’re going to look at this. They’re going to make up their own minds. That’s the way the process should work. But we certainly want Congress to move urgently on the American rescue package the then president-elect announced last week, that he talked about today from the White House. We’re pressing Congress to move forward.

We think some of the things President Trump did to get tougher on China were overdue in terms of the mindset.

President Biden is not going to allow Iran to acquire nuclear capabilities, but we’re going to be consulting widely before we move forward on that.

Senator Schumer has made it clear he’s going to make sure the Senate does all of its business. That’s its constitutional obligations under impeachment, constitutional obligations to consent and national obligation to respond to the COVID crisis.

It’s just a very, very exciting time. I’m just so honored and thrilled to be part of what Joe Biden has led us to and be part of this effort going forward.

Those who are responsible are going to face consequences for it. And he's going to take steps as president to degrade the capacity of foreign actors to launch these kinds of attacks on our country. I want to be very clear. It's not just sanctions.

the man who will serve as President Biden's White House chief of staff, Ron Klain, is going to join us live in just a moment to talk about that speech from president-elect Biden.

I think tonight, we're not just celebrating the victory of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, we're celebrating a victory for democracy.