[cheers and applause] and one of america's best mayors, and ganey. -- ed gainey. you are doing a helluva job. it's one of the most difficult jobs in the politics. everybody thinks you can solve problems. i used to be a county official, it always bothered me, the federal government would send money to the state to be distributed to the counties. but guess what? under my administration, it goes straight to the county. [cheers and applause] one of my best friends, my name is joe biden, i'm from scranton, pennsylvania. [cheers and applause] bobby has been a great friend, is that with a great friend as well. by the way, we grew up three blocks from one another, three blocks. they would still worry about me showing up. [laughter] guess what? they renamed northwestern avenue down where i lived "biden way." [cheers and applause] bobby! bob will make sure we get reelected again, and i want to thank his partner in the senate, john fetterman. [applause] if you are in a foxhole, john fetterman in there with you. he could not be here today, but guess what? he sent the best par

and i also want to thank mayor ganey for being here. may you greet me each time i come to pittsburgh? i thank you so very much for that and your leadership. thank you. so, hello, friends. um let's get started. so we gather at a moment of great consequence in this election. i believe we have an extraordinary opportunity to make our middle clthe engine of america's prosperity to build a stronger economy where everyone everywhere has a chance to pursue their dreams and aspirations and to ensure that the united states of america continues to out innovate and out compete the world. over the past 3.5 years, we have taken major steps forward to recover from the public health and economic crisis. we inherited inflation has dropped faster here than the rest of the developed world. unemployment is near record low levels. we have created almost 740,000 manufacturing jobs including 650 at the battery battery manufacturing plant over in turtle creek and we have supported another 15,000 jobs at montgomery locks. so these are local, great examples of