there, my mother headed the local p.t.a. and school board directed a volunteer service agency all the while instilling , in my sisters and me the understanding that service to the community is a responsibility above all others. even now, my sisters honor that example by serving the children of their communities. i know that my mother is watching this on television and crying her eyes out. [laughter] so are my sisters who have supported me in every step i have ever taken, i only wish that my father were here to see this today. i also wish that we hadn't talked my older daughter to be so adventurous that she would be hiking in the mountains out of cell service range when the president called. [laughter] it was a sense of responsibility to serve the community instilled by my parents that led me to leave my law firm to become a line prosecutor in 1989. there, one of my first assignments was to assist in the

and schools and small businesses, p.t.a. at the little league. at the rotary. the meaning of america ca is not in washington, d.c.,, it is all in communities and the platoons that you come from. and so fundamentally, the american founders upped that throughout all of human history, almost had been wrong about the nature of government because people have said we need government, therefore we must make right. the king has the monopoly on violence. he can do whatever he wants because he's got the biggest army. the king is free and the people, they weren't citizens, they were dependent subjects. if you wanted to do something, your passive assumption was prohibition. unless you were allowed to do it, you were prohibited. it's not the established church, you need the government to give you a paper to say you're a tolerated religion. you want to start a small business. and you see if they will give you a charter and start that small business. but the passive assumption was prohibition. the american founders looked at this, throughout almost of human history, throughou

there my mother headed the local p.t.a. and school board and director of volunteer service agency, all the while instilling in my sisters and me the understanding that service to the community is a responsibility above all others. even now my sisters honor that example by serving the children of their communities. i know that my mother is watching this on television and crying her eyes out, so are my sisters who have supported me in every step i have ever taken, i only wish that my father were here to see this today. i also wish that we hadn't taught my daughter to be so adventurous she would be hiking in the mountains out of cell service range when the president called. [laughter] it was a sense of responsibility to serve the community instilled by my parents that led me to leave my law firm to become a line prosecutor in 1989. there, one of my first assignments was to assist in the prosecution of a violent gang that had come down to the district from new york, took over a public housing project, and terrorized the residen

and schools and small businesses, p.t.a.f america ca is not in washington, d.c.,, it is all in communities and the platoons that you come from. the american founders understood that throughout all of human history, almost had been wrong about the nature of government because people have said we need government, therefore we must make right. e king has the monopoly on violence. the king is free and the people, they weren't citizens, they were dependent subjects. if you wanted to do something, your passive assumption was prohibition. unless you were allowed to do it, you were prohibited. it's not the established church, you need the government to give you. you want to start a small business. and you see if they will give you a charter and start that small business. but the passive assumption was prohibition. the american founders looked at this, throughout almost of human history, throughout almost of human history, people have been wrong about the nature of government and nature of freedom. and we the people in america believ

there my mother headed the local p.t.a. and school board and directed a volunteer services agency, all the while instilling in my sisters and me the understanding that service to the community is a responsibility above all others. even now my sisters honor that example by serving the children of their communities. i know that my mother is watching this on television and crying her eyes out. so are my sisters who have supported me in every step i've ever taken. i only wish that my father were here to see this today. i also wish that we hadn't told my older daughter to be so adventurous that she would be hiking in the mountains out of cell service range. [laughter] when the president called. it was the sense of responsibility to serve the community instilled by my parents that led me to leave my law firm to become a line prosecutor in 1989. there one of my first assignments was to assist in the prosecution of a violent gang that had come down to the district from new york, took over a public housing project, and terrorized th

there my mother headed the local p.t.a. and school board and director of volunteer service agency, all the while instilling in my sisters and me the understanding that service to the community is a responsibility above all others. even now my sisters honor that example by serving the children of their communities. i know that my mother is watching this on television and are my r eyes out, so sisters who have supported me in every step i have ever taken, i only wish that my father were here to see this today. also wish that we hadn't told my daughter daughter to be so adventurous she would be hiking in the mountains out of cell service range when the president called. it was a sense of responsibility to serve the community instilled by my parents that led me to leave my law firm to become a line prosecutor in 1989. there, one of my first assignments was to assist in the prosecution of a violent gang that had come down to the district from new york, took over a public housing project, and terrorized the residents. the hardest

there my mother headed the local p.t.a. and school board and directed a volunteer services agency all the while instilling in my sisters and me the understanding of responsibility above all else. even now my sisters honor that example, and i know my mother is watching this on television and crying her eyes out. so are my cysters who support me in every step i have ever taken. i only wish my father were here to see this today. i also wish that we hadn't taught my older daughter to be so adventurous that she would be hiking in the mountains out of cell service range when the president called. it was a sense of responsibility to serve the community instilled by my parents that led me to leave my law firm to become a line prosecutor in 1989. there, one of my first assignments was to assist in the prosecution of a violent gang that had come down to the district from new york, took over a public housing project and terrorized the residents. the hardest job we faced was persuading mothers and grandmothers that if they testified, w

p.t.a. moms and dads who were pillars of their communities have succombed to addiction. we know it because we've seen it in our inner cities, our suburbs and tight-knit rural areas. two weeks ago i picked up a hometown newspaper, the charlotte observer. on the front page was a report that highlighted the rising prescription overdose epidemic. it started off with a terrifying story from a north carolina mother that encapsulates the kind of crisis we're dealing in. the story began the charlotte woman didn't know her daughter was a drug addict until she heard a thud upstairs. her daughter a bright high school graduate, returned from college for the weekend with a sack of dirty laundry. her mother was folding clothes in the den when she heard the fall of her daughter's uncon science body. she's unon chens on -- unconscis on the floor, not breathe, blue, no heartbeat. fortunately in this case the young woman survived the painkiller overdose. with the support of a loving family, she has an opportunity to get her life back and on track and seize the chance to reach her full pot