Mr. Beranek he was elected the 47th u. S. Vice president , serving two full terms. [cheers and applause] mr. Beranek come on up, joe. Serving two full terms with president barack obama. [cheers and applause] in 2008. Ek in 2017, at the close of the administration, obama presented Vice President biden with the president ial medal of freedom. When he was first elected to the u. S. Senate in 1972, Vice President biden became the fifth youngest u. S. Senator in history, as well as delawares longest serving senator, serving from 1973 until 2009. It is with great honor that the Public Education teachers and support personnel that iowa welcomes you to our forum and thank you for being here. [cheers and applause] thank you, thank you, thank you. This is more like the iowa whether i am used to. [laughter] mr. Biden i am jill bidens husband, joe. Her flight is canceled in pennsylvania. She is not here. I know that many of you, particularly tammy, is upset. She is not here. Please, bear with me.
Gaining the right to vote. He ri. Despite the century thats apsed, our constitution still does not recognize the guarantee protection of the law for women and gender minorities but h. J. Res. 79 would bring us step closer. It removes the previous deadline congress set for ratifying the and ensure recent ratifications by nevada, givenis, and virginia are full effect. Basic and offers a fundamental guarantee, equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the or by any state on the account of sex. Thats it. Very simple. Years since it was passed by overwhelming bipartisan majorities in the house and enate, we have made Great Strides to secure that equality, including through existing case aw decided under the 14th amendment. The e. R. A. Would enshrine those rinciples and take the final critical step of ensuring that laws disadvantaging women and are subject toes the most rigorous form of constitutional scrutiny. We have seen a series of breakthroughs for womens righ
So honored to have your support and thank you for your leadership in the state. I am thrilled to be with you. It has been a great day back on the trail. We took a beat. Had a lot of not quite so healthy food over the last few days. Buddy got a christmas present. Our rescue puggle. My fatherinlaw made a step ladder for him to get on to the bed, because he does not have the vertical leap to make it on his own. If we dont put him on the bed, he will cry all night. Anyway, we had a great christmas holiday. I am so thrilled in the middle of the holidays and some interesting Football Games on television, youre all spending that is all i will say about football this evening, i promise. So glad to be here with you. Really coming together to discuss the future of our country. And the role that iowa is going to play in 37 short days in deciding the trajectory of the nomination, and therefore, the republic and, therefore, the world. No pressure. I can tell how seriously iowans take this responsib
Mayor buttigieg thank you. Thank you. Thank you so much. What a wonderful welcome. You always make me feel right at home here in iowa. Thank you coming out in joining us tonight. And lets hear it one more time for representative barry. So honored to have your support and thank you for your leadership in the state. I am thrilled to be with you. It has been a great day back on the trail. We took a beat. Had a lot of not quite so healthy food over the last few days. Buddy got a christmas present. Our rescue puggle. My fatherinlaw made a step ladder for him to get on to the bed, because he does not have the vertical leap to make it on his own. If we dont put him on the bed, he will cry all night. Anyway, we had a great christmas holiday. So thrilled in the middle of the holidays and some interesting Football Games on television. Youre all spending that is all i will say about football this evening, i promise. So glad to be here with you. Really coming together to discuss the future of our
[cheering] mayor buttigieg thank you. Thank you. Thank you so much. What a wonderful welcome. You always make me feel right at home here in iowa. Thank you coming out in joining us tonight. And lets hear it one more time for representative barry. So honored to have your support and thank you for your leadership in the state. I am thrilled to be with you. It has been a great day back on the trail. We took a beat. Had a lot of not quite so healthy food over the last few days. Buddy got a christmas present. Our rescue puggle. My fatherinlaw made a step ladder for him to get on to the bed, because he does not have the vertical leap to make it on his own. If we dont put him on the bed, he will cry all night. Anyway, we had a great christmas holiday. I am so thrilled in the middle of the holidays and some interesting Football Games on television, youre all spending that is all i will say about football this evening, i promise. So glad to be here with you. Really coming together to discuss th