agenda. this is just -- this is just under 10 minutes. >> good morning, everybody. how we doing? i want to give a special welcome to senator rubio's family. especially his four tpwao*ult kids and wife. thank you guys for being here. it's a great occasion. will i say that it's pretty hard to top being sworn in as vice president and then the buckeyes

win the national championship the same day. this is a hell of a start to a run. marko's one of my favorite people in washington -- marco's one of my favorite people in washington. he's a son of cuban immigrants to this country. he grew up in very humble beginnings. he has an incredibly deep above of our nation. he is a bipartisan solutions seeker. a guy who can actually get things done, but a conservative of great principle and great vision. i think more than almost anybody i met in washington the last few years, senator rubio understands the distinctive priorities of president trump and why it represents such a significant and frankly important and needed departure from a generation of failed foreign policy. senator rubio will be the chief diplomat of the united states of america, but he will remain a friend. i'm proud to know him and proud to do this. senator rubio, thank you.

i also want to thank president trump for nominating senator rubio and giving me a first easy swearing-in. this is the first time i have ever sworn in an official in the united states government. and i want to thank senator jim risch and his family for making this easy. you got this done and got it done very quickly. 99-0. i think even i wouldn't have got close to 99-0. senator rubio, it's a great testament to your career of service. this is a new chapter, but i think you're going to do great. i think we'll administer the oath and then, senator, you'll say a few words. let's do it. please raise your right hand. repeat after me. i, marco rubio. >> i marco rubio. >> do solemnly swear. >> do solemnly swear aorplt a that i will support and defend. >> support and defend the constitution of the united states. >> the constitution of the united states. >> against all enemies. >> foreign and domestic.

>> i will bear truth faith and allegiance to the same. that i take this obligation freely. >> that i take this obligation freely. >> without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion. >> without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion. >> and that i will well and faithfully discharge. >> will i with well and faithfully discharge. >> the duties of the office which i'm about to enter. >> the duties of the office which i'm about to certainty. >> so help you got god. >> so help me god. senator rubio: thank you, mr. vice president, for making time. it's been a busy 72 hours. maybe longer. 96 hours. first i want to thank my wife who has been so supportive. as the vice president knows well, it's impossible to do any of these jobs to do here, including the senate, now in this new role, without the support of our family. particularly our spouses. i thank you for being supportive

every step of the way. i would not stand here before you today without that. i'm also thrilled and grateful that all four of my children are here. they are the most important legacy any of us will leave behind. the most important job i'll ever have is that of a father and husband. i am honored they are able to join us. amanda my oldest, daniella, my second. anthony, our third. and then dominick, i'm very happy they are able to see this today. i want to thank my colleagues, senator risch and ms. risch. did you a great job managing the committee which brought us here to this point. he's also been one of my closest friends in my time in the u.s. senate. we by reason chance, not design, we wound up basically being first and second behind one another in seniority behind committees. we sat next to each other -pb the floor. people thought it was a plot. not by design. bun of the most special relationships i have established. an honor to be a vice president who i think will be a phenomenal. someone i knew and admired and

replied on for policy ideas before he was elected to the senate. now will do an extraordinary job. i can't think of a better voice for the world anti-president's policies -- and the president's policies. as far as the task ahead, president trump was elected to keep promises. he's going to keep those promises. his primary promise when it comes to foreign policy is that the priority of the united states department of state will be the united states. it will be furthering the national interest of this country. these given us a very clear mandate, president trump's made it very clear, everything we do, this is true in government, but especially at the department of state, everything we do must be justified by the answer to one of three questions. does it make us stronger? does it make us safer? does it make us more pruss pruss? if -- prosperous? if it doesn't do one of those three things we won't do it. that's the goal and task and promise he was elected to keep and that's the phropl miss he will keep and we'll help him keep. it's a transformational moment.

the united states is now as president trump pointed out last night and i believe deeply, we are eded into a new era that will make the world a safer place. we had a president who yesterday, president trump, made clear in his inaugural speech that one of the primary goals of american fortunately *r foreign policies is the promotion of peace. peace through strength. peace and always without abandoning our values. but i think it's extraordinary that it's something that needs to be said and hasn't been said enough in recent memory. we look forward to being a key part of helping the president achieve his agenda. he has a clear mandate to keep. if i make take the liberty for 15 seconds to say something in spanish. i know a lot of people back home would be very proud. i want to acknowledge that. [speaking spanish]

>> i said i saved *r saved a bunch of money by switching to geico. that's what i said. i want to end by thanking almighty god and my lord and savior jesus christ. that is truly the singular purpose of our lives. it's the most important priority. the only thing that will matter when we take our last breath on this earth. this is an extraordinary opportunity that would not have been possible without god's blessings. i'm honored and privileged. cognizant of the responsibility. i want to thank president trump for his confidence. we'll work hard every second of the day to help him achieve the agenda the american people have given him to achieve. thank you. thanks for being a part of this today. god bless all of you. thank you. [applause]

>> thank you.