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Presided over this chamber with such force and grace. Tip oneill liked to call himself a man of the house. And he surely was that. But even more, he was a man of the people, a bricklayers son who helped to build the Great American middle class. Tip oneill never forgot who he was, where he came from, or who sent him here. Tonight hes smiling down on us for the first time from the lords gallery. But in his honor, may we, too, always remember who we are, where we come from, and who sent us here. [applause] if we do that we will return over and over again to the principle that if we simply give or...

My fellow americans, im not at all sure what speech is in the teleprompter tonight, but i hope we can talk about the state of the union. I ask you to begin by recalling the memory of the giant who presided over this chamber with such force and grace. Tip oneill liked to call himself a man of the house. And he surely was that. But even more, he was a man of the people, a bricklayers son who helped to build the Great American middle class. Tip oneill never forgot who he was, where he came from, or who sent him here. Tonight hes smiling down on us for the first time from the lords gallery. But in...