things for your children and grandchildren that would renew the american growth and excitement and vibran vibrancy, every time they tell me yes. just so you have a picture of what it means if we don't, i want you to think about every 8-year-old and below in this country, shackled both at the ankles and at the wrists for their entire life. because what we're about to do in this country under this president's leadership or lack thereof is to create an environment where their opportunity, their standard of living and their liberty will be so constrained that they will never taste what we have known in terms of what is known as america. so i've dedicated my life in washington for the next four years to make sure that doesn't happen to your grandchildren and does not happen to mine. [ applause ] we have no problems in front of us that are insolvable. what we have is a problem with a career status quo that thinks about them the next election and places its priority in their own political career ahead of what is in the best interest of this count country. our founders understood that. one of the things t