america remains the same beeken of hope for the world that it was when my grand mother reached ellis island, the place where her story is renewed with each new generation of immigrants, reward for hard work, innovation, free enterprise, fairness, self-relions, community, and faith. these are the values that have sustained us for over 200 years. may we never forget these values as we work together to build a better tomorrow for our children. thank you all very much for having me. [applause] >> thank you. thank you very much. you know, i've been in elective office for 31 years. that's a long time. and among the thing that is i'm proudest of is the relationship that i've had with the hispanic community both in philadelphia and throughout the commonwealth. the latino coalition was extraordinarily helpful in getting me elected governor, our former councilman is here. we've made so much political progress. councilman ortiz ran at large, and very often would come in number one of all the candidates in the ballot. we just elected in the munenuss pal election in philadelphia a wonderful counc