Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the Vice President of the United States, joe biden and Hillary Clinton. Cheers and applause] wow. Hello, everyone. Thank you. Thank you all so much. It is so great to be back in scranton, in pennsylvania. I cant tell you how important this is to me and to Vice President biden. We both have a lot of memories and lake winola, thats right. And it is such a nostalgic trip for me because my brothers are here. Every to this lake summer of my life and loved every minute of it. Life, and we loved every minute of it. There are a lot of people in havecrowd who are family known, or joes family have known over the years. We are grateful to each and every one of you. It is wonderful to be here in scranton with senator bob casey. [applause] and youron congressman, matt cartwright. Your amazing recorder of mcnulty. An we sure miss that has been of yours. About you, and we are sending you our best wishes. Of course, as i said, i am here with the one and only Vice President joe biden. [cheering] [applause] [cheering] joe grewon you know, up on North Washington avenue. Traveled,how far he he never forgets where he is from. I had seen him in a lot of settings, in the spotlight as Vice President and senator, in a quiet movements moments with constituents in constituents, and in the situation room helping to make decisions that affect our lives and security. Wherever he goes, he is always the same guy. He is a fighter for anyone that needs a champion. He is a fighter for the town of scranton. And he is a fighter for families. [applause] [cheering] you know, i think he would be the first to say that he cares about your family because of his family. Joe senior Anne Catherine todd and catherine taught joe that all people deserve to be treated with dignity. You see someone fall, you help them up. We are all in this together. That is the biden way. We have seen how he fights for working families, because he passionately believes in the a sick bargains that make our america great. That our economy should work for everyone and not just those at the top. Against injustice. He has led the fight to end violence against women and girls. Stares stands up for Peoples Health including the project he is now leading on behalf of president obama. Help save moonshot to lives. As many of you know, his , a great father and great public servant, a great human being, passed away last year. This is personal to joe biden. He knows it is personal to a lot of families. That is why he is fighting so hard to make a difference. If i am elected this fall i will ask him to continue the important work he has done to help us fight and defeat cancer. [applause] [cheering] ms. Clinton as someone who has worked with joe for years, first in the senate and then as a abiden, i canobam say that that drive to make life better is what pushes him to make life better every second of every day for all of us. Wife,d his wonderful jill, have raised their children and grandchildren with those same values. Joe, i hope you know how much not just scranton also america loves you and your family. [applause] [cheering] ms. Clinton it means a great deal to have him by my side. When joe and i were deciding where to have our First Campaign rally, there was really only one answer. Scranton is not just joes hometown, it is also my dads hometown. While the bidens were on North Washington avenue, my family was a few blocks away on died in diamond avenue. My grandfather went to work at the scranton lake mill starting as a teenager. It was not easy work. I learned that that business treated its workers right. Believe it or not, the Scranton Lace Company, all those years ago, actually offered a Profit Sharing plan and Health Benefits at the beginning of the 20th century. They understood something that a lot of people have forgotten. [applause] they understood that their workers were responsible for much of the success, and that their families benefited to. Because of that job, my grandfather could give my father a better life. My father was able to go to college. He went to penn state, where he played football. [applause] then, after he got out of penn state, it was 1935. Right in the depths of the depression. He was looking for a job, and he heard that a friend of his new knew someone that heard someone say that heard someone say there was a job. He became a salesman. He went into the navy for world war ii. Started at out, he Small Business in chicago, where i grew up. Dad before him, my dad was determined to give us better opportunities that even he had. That is the American Dream. Wherever life takes me, i remember i am the granddaughter of a factory worker and a daughter of a Small Business owner. I am so proud of it. [applause] ms. Clinton the story of the s and the Rodham Bidens is not completely unique. No matter what donald trump says, america is great. The American Dream is taken off for everyone to share in its promise. That does not mean we can take it for granted and just wait for it to happen to us. We have a lot of work to do. Here in scranton, you know that. President obama and vice have worked to put our economy back on a stronger footing after the recession. I personally do not think they get enough credit for that. Under their leadership, we have 15 million new private sector jobs. 20 Million People now have health care. The Auto Industry just had its best year ever. [applause] so, i believe the job of the next president is to build on that, and to take on the deeper challenges that emerged long before the crisis and have persisted during our recovery. Wages are too low. It is still too hard for too many to get ahead. Is creating an economy that works for everyone. Not just for those at the top. I have set five and dishes goals to get us there. First, we are going to make the biggest investment in jobs since world war ii. Second, we are going to make college debtfree for all. We are going to help millions of people struggling with their debt payments. Third, we are going to crack down on companies that shift jobs and profits overseas. Companiesng to reward that share profits with their employees, like the Scranton Lace Company did most a century ago. Rth [cheering] Hillary Hillary hillary ms. Clinton thank you. Fourth, we are going to make sure that wall street in the superrich pay their fair share of taxes. Fifth, we are going to respond to the way that American Families lived and worked to date by making childcare affordable. In todays economy, there is often no parent or grandparent that can stay home with the child. We are going to fight for paid family leave. Sometimes, you need to take care of your child or spouse or sick parent. You should not lose your job for taking care of them. [applause] whenever i mention these issues, donald trump always says that i am playing the woman card. You know what i say, if i am playing the woman card then delian deal me in. Togetherbelieve that this plan will go a far way in building a stronger, more fair economy. Everyone can share and its rewards. By contrast, what is Donald Trumps plan . He laid it out last week. Even before he did, i did not think it would be good for working americans. It turned out to be worse than i ever imagined. I know some of you may have friends in northeastern pennsylvania that are working inking about voting for donald about votingking for donald trump. I know, friends should not let friends vote for donald trump. [applause] [cheering] case, ifon just in you have a conversation, you should explain that donald trump would give trillions of tax cuts to Major Companies and wall street money managers. Cutswould lead to massive in things like education and health care. He is also called for a new tax loophole. Lets call it the trump loophole. It would allow him to play pay less than half of the current income tax rate on his companies. It is assuming he pays any taxes at all, because we do not know. We have not seen his tax returns. [applause] ms. Clinton we do know by looking at the data that the 400 richest taxpayers in america would get an average tax cut of more than 15 million a year from the donald trump loophole. Tax, there is the estate that donald trump wants to eliminate altogether. If you believe he is as wealthy as he claims, that would save the trump family 4 billion. Ofwould do nothing for 99. 8 all the other americans in our country. So yes, 4 billion in tax cuts for donald trump and 99. 8 of americans get nothing. Think of what we could do with those 4 billion. We could pay for more than 47,000 that are ins to get a ans to get a veter Fouryear College degree. We could provide a years worth of health care to nearly 3 million kids. Ofcould find a years worth federal assistance to state and local law enforcements enforcement. There is a lot of way to spend that money. There is one other part of his plan. He now says he wants people to help a for childcare by excluding those payments from taxation. Again, guess who will that will help the most . It will help rich people. Thatworking families cannot afford childcare in the first place will get little to no real help. That is why his childcare plan has been had by experts across the political spectrum. Right now, Childcare Costs as much as instate College Tuition in most of the country. We need Real Solutions that are going to work for working people. Not just for the well off. About thehat he cares issue, he made a point of talking about how his businesses offer onsite childcare for workers. That kind of perk me up. That, it wouldd be a big deal. I wish more companies provided onsite childcare. It would be a huge benefit for employees. Like so much of what he says, it is not true. Resorts out, some of his hotels and clubs offer childcare guests not not not for employees. Just saying. If you stay at a donald trump hotel, you can enroll your child in something called trump kids. Get special childrens room service and spa services. The even get a nanny for a fee. If you work for his business, if you clean the rooms, water the lines, you get nothing. [booing] ms. Clinton i am not even sure that donald trump knows that providing a trump kids program is not the same thing as providing real childcare for your workers. Just like how his tax breaks for millionaires are not the same thing as a plan to help the american working families. Vice President Biden has a saying i love. Values, telle your me your budget. Then, i will tell you what you value. [cheering] ms. Clinton it is pretty clear that donald trump wants to give aliens of tax breaks to his best friends. Not to anyone that really provide services. We face some serious challenges in america. We need serious leadership. This is not a reality tv show. This is as real as it gets. Look at what is happening in milwaukee right now. To do torgent work rebuild trust between police and the communities. Everyone should have respect for the law, and everyone should be respected by the law. [applause] so when all these important challenges, you have to ask if donald trump is up for the job . He is giving a speech about isis today. I have laid out my strategy for defeating isis over many months. Sanctuarieske their from the air, and we will support local forces taking them out on the ground. Under president obama and Vice President biden, we are making progress. We will disrupt their efforts online to reach and radicalized young people in our country. It will not eat easy or quick. Make no mistake. We will prevail. There is no doubt in my mind. [applause] [cheering] usa usa ms. Clinton once again, donald trump has been all over the place on isis. He spoke about syria becoming a free zone for isis. A Major Company in the middle east that could launch attacks against us and others. He is talking about sending american ground troops, well that is off the table as far as i am concerned. [applause] we will wait and see what he says today. Sometimes he says he will not tell anyone what he will do, because he was to keep his plan secret. It turns out, the secret is that he has no plan. That was very clear when he said, i know more about isis than the generals. No, donald, you dont. He also said more people should have weapons, including the middle east. He spoke about walking away from our european allies. He even said that United States military was a disaster. Had spent as much time meeting the have brave men and women of the military, meeting their families, meeting with gold star familys. Those are not the words of someone that respects our military and the sacrifice that are young men and women make every single day. [applause] ms. Clinton i said in that a man you can bake with a tweet is not a man you can trust with nuclear weapons. It is also not a man you can trust to run our economy, health heal our cities, or be a role model for our children. There is no doubt that donald unfitis temperamentally to be president of United States and commander in chief commanderinchief. America deserves someone that bring ushe job done, together and not terrorists apart, and give jobs to hardworking americans. Im asking you to join and not tear us apart. Give jobs to working class americans. Im asking you to join right now. Go to Hillary Clinton. Com. We are hiring organizers right here in pennsylvania and across the country. We are going to run a bidders Campaign Across pennsylvania a rigorous Campaign Across pennsylvania. We are going to build a future that you and your family deserves. , am sure we can do this especially with this man of fighting alongside us like he always has. Scranton, please, let us give it up for the vice resident of the United States, joe biden. [applause] [cheering] Vice President biden hello folks. It is good to be home. Folks, let me tell you what scranton deserves. We love you, joe. Vice President Biden well, thank you. Scranton deserves what it has always deserved, because it is made up of so many people with ceat and courage grit and ourage. I mean it with all of my heart good they are filled with grit, courage, and determination. They need someone that can understand them and is with them. They deserve someone who is made of the same stuff. That is Hillary Clinton. [applause] [cheering] Vice President biden it is good to be home with so many friends. As i look around, i see several people and the reception line, one person told me that there ought owns my house their aunt owns my house. Tell her, i am coming home. Wall still written there here andiden slept lived here. I am glad that added the lived here part. Im often asked why we moved a suburb ofidge to wilmington, delaware. It is because of bob casey. Casthe caseys lived five blocs around the corner from the st. Clairs. I am midway between bobbys dad bobby. Are goingy one of us to make it out of greenwich, and it was not going to be me. There was too much casey talent in the neighborhood. , you are a great friend and great united state senator. Thank you. [applause] as they say in southern delaware, they talk at you like this, that boy married up. Up. Arried right always seeking influence. You got it, man. You are doing a wonderful job as well. Thank you. [applause] since this home time, but i stood here eight years ago kicking off our campaign. Hillary and bill clinton at my side. I want to make it sheer clear that as scranton has always had , we and fact, all of us, will have your back, hillary. [applause] scranton has been met some of folks in our administration were there on Election Night when the results were coming in. Igive you my word as a biden ,sked one and only one question what did we do in the northeast . Margin thanlarger we had before. The rest did not matter. Full credit for it. Nothing to do with it. You know, if you listen to , you would think i was a kid that just climbed out of a with a lunchbox. I am from scranton and i was a kid at one time. So often my people in delaware have represented them for 46 years as a u. S. Senator. 44 years and high public office. I swear to god there is a parade started on the fourth of july just as i was Getting Started in 1972. It is right on the pennsylvania border. From the time my boys were then old, fourfour years and five years old three and four years old, they were in the parade with me. Beau iw would tag along with him, for real, and the parade. One thing i am trying to do, have been sople generous to me after all these ,ears and the attorney general i am trying to go back and do as to show my affection and appreciation. I was in the fourth of july parade recently surprising the press and everyone because i was there. There were thousands of people there. Many same people waited five hours and line to pay respects at my sons viewing. Think them for the overwhelming support they gave me for all those years. As i continued along the parade route, two guys came running up to me. Secret service was about to have a heart attack. They said, what in the hell is all this stuff about scranton, you are from clay mount. So you all have to write a note ,nd tell them i love scranton it is my home, but home is where is stamped. Er where it is stamped into your soul. Where your values are set. Where your view of the world and your place in the world began. Me, 2446 North Washington avenue around my grandfather