[U.S. Vice President-elect Joe Biden gives a farewell speech to the Senate as he steps down from his Delaware Senate seat].

Vice President-elect Joe Biden gives a farewell speech to the Senate as he steps down from his Delaware Senate seat. Biden talks about the first time he came to the Senate chamber as a 21 year-old tourist and his memories with mentor Senator John Stennis. Biden pulls his Senate desk drawer out to...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: C-SPAN (Television network)
Other Authors: Biden, Joseph R., Jr (Speaker)
Language:English
Published: [2009]
Subjects:
United States. > Congress. > Senate.
Legislators > United States.
Occasional speeches.
Speeches.
Special events television coverage.
Nonfiction television programs.
Genre:
Occasional speeches.
Speeches.
Special events television coverage.
Nonfiction television programs.
Physical Description:1 electronic audio file (40 min., 20 sec.) : digital, WAV file.
Format: Software Audio
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Summary:
Vice President-elect Joe Biden gives a farewell speech to the Senate as he steps down from his Delaware Senate seat. Biden talks about the first time he came to the Senate chamber as a 21 year-old tourist and his memories with mentor Senator John Stennis. Biden pulls his Senate desk drawer out to show all the names carved into the wood by past senators, like John F. Kennedy. He asks the Senate, "Forty years from now, when someone opens your desk and looks at your name, will they think of you the way I think of these men? To me that is the test we each are going to have to meet." Biden thanks the Senate for making his position possible and his future service hopeful.
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Electronic resource.
Call Number:Voice 15408
Playing Time:00:40:20
Event Details:
Broadcast on C-SPAN2, Jan. 15, 2009.