mr. schmitt: thank you. this race here is getting some national attention -- you may have noticed a camera here covering this. it is an incredibly important senate race. the fate of the united states supreme court for the next 40 years hangs in the balance, along with other issues. i have been campaigning across the state. i have never campaigned or worked with somebody who works as hard as roy blunt. he has a strong voice in the united states senate, and we need to send him back. [applause] mr. schmitt: roy mentioned something that is important, the idea of american exceptionalism. we talk a lot about the constitution and it is important, but before there was a constitution, there was the declaration of independence. really what that document represents is a mission statement for the country, who we are supposed to be. and we are guaranteed not by government but by god the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. those three words -- pursuit of happiness -- were really never used before in the