>> MR. PRESIDENT-ELECT, VICE
PRESIDENT-ELECT HARRIS, THANK
YOU, MR. PRESIDENT-ELECT, FOR
YOUR GENEROUS WORDS.
AND MOST OF ALL THANK YOU FOR
THE TRUST AND THE RESPONSIBILITY
OF THIS APPOINTMENT.
I WILL DO ALL IN MY POWER TO
LIVE UP TO YOUR EXPECTATIONS,
AND TO THIS MOMENT, FOR OUR
COUNTRY AND FOR THE WORLD.
AND I BEGIN BY THANKING MY
FAMILY FOR EMPOWERING ME AND
ENCOURAGING ME TO TAKE THIS TASK
ON.
SECRETARY DESIGNATE BLINKEN, WE
WORKED TOGETHER FOR MANY YEARS
ON THE FOREIGN RELATIONS
COMMITTEE AND FOGGY BOTTOM AND
IT WILL BE A HUGE PLEASURE TO
PARTNER WITH YOU AGAIN.
YOU WILL BE A TERRIFIC
SECRETARY.
MR. PRESIDENT-ELECT, YOU’VE PUT
FORWARD A BOLD TRANSFORMATIVE
CLIMATE PLAN, BUT YOU ALSO
UNDERSCORED THAT NO COUNTRY
ALONE CAN SOLVE THIS CHALLENGE.
EVEN THE UNITED STATES, FOR ALL
OF OUR INDUSTRIAL STRENGTH, IS
RESPONSIBLE FOR ONLY 13% OF
GLOBAL EMISSIONS.
TO END THIS CRISIS, THE WHOLE
WORLD MUST COME TOGETHER.
YOU’RE RIGHT TO REDRAW IN PARIS
ON DAY ONE, AND YOU’RE RIGHT TO
RECOGNIZE THAT PARIS ALONE IS
NOT ENOUGH, AT THE GLOBAL
MEETING IN GLASGOW ONE YEAR FROM
NOW, ALL NATIONS MUST RAISE
AMBITION TOGETHER, OR WE WILL
ALL FAIL TOGETHER.
AND FAILURE IS NOT AN OPTION.
SUCCEEDING TOGETHER MEANS
TAPPING INTO THE BEST OF
AMERICAN INGENUITY AND
CREATIVITY, FROM BRAIN POWER TO
ALTERNATIVE ENERGY POWER, USING
EVERY TOOL WE HAVE TO GET WHERE
WE HAVE TO GO.
NO ONE SHOULD DOUBT THE
DETERMINATION OF THIS PRESIDENT
AND VICE PRESIDENT, THEY
SHOULDN’T DOUBT THE
DETERMINATION OF THE COUNTRY
THAT WENT TO THE MOON, CURED
SUPPOSEDLY INCURABLE DISEASES
AND BEAT BACK GLOBAL TYRANNY TO
WIN WORLD WAR II.
THIS KIND OF CRISIS DEMANDS THAT
KIND OF LEADERSHIP AGAIN.
AND PRESIDENT BIDEN WILL PROVIDE
IT.
THE ROAD AHEAD IS EXCITING,
ACTUALLY.
IT MEANS CREATING MILLIONS OF
MIDDLE CLASS JOBS, IT MEANS LESS
POLLUTION IN OUR AIR, OCEAN, IT
MEANS MAKING LIFE HEALTHIER FOR
CITIZENS ACROSS THE WORLD, AND
IT MEANS WE WILL STRENGTHEN THE
SECURITY OF EVERY NATION IN THE
WORLD.
IN ADDRESSING THE CLIMATE
CRISIS, PRESIDENT-ELECT JOE
BIDEN IS DETERMINED TO SEIZE THE
FUTURE NOW.
AND LEAVE A HEALING PLANET TO
FUTURE GENERATIONS.
57 YEARS AGO, THIS WEEK, JOE
BIDEN AND I WERE COLLEGE KIDS
WHEN WE LOST THE PRESIDENT WHO
INSPIRED BOTH OF US TO TRY TO
MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
A PRESIDENT WHO REMINDED US THAT
HERE ON EARTH, GOD’S WORK MUST
TRULY BE OUR OWN.
PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN WILL TRUST
IN GOD, AND HE WILL ALSO TRUST
IN SCIENCE TO GUIDE OUR WORK ON
EARTH, TO PROTECT GOD’S
CREATION.
MR. PRESIDENT-ELECT, VICE