00:08 - U.S. SENATOR

00:08 - BOB CASEY. TELL US ABOUT YOUR

00:11 - PERSONAL CONNECTION TO THE CITY

00:12 - OF SCRANTON.

00:14 - LARRY GOOD TO BE WITH YOU.

00:16 - MY CONNECTION TO THE CITY

00:18 - STARTS AT MY BIRTH I WANT TO GO

00:20 - BACK EVEN FURTHER.

00:22 - MY PARENTS ARE BOTH NATIVES

00:25 - THE COUNTY BY MY MOTHER GROWTH

00:27 - AND DONE RIGHT, IT'S SPREAD.

00:30 - OUR SUBURBS AND THE STORE.

00:32 - MY FATHER

00:33 - GREW UP TRENDS AND EVENTUALLY

00:35 - BORN IN A QUEENS NEW YORK CITY.

00:39 - BUT CAME BACK TO SCHOOL FAMILY

00:40 - CAME BACK TO SCRANTON MAYBE 2,

00:44 - 3 YEARS OLD. BUT WE ARE RICH GO

00:47 - BACK PRETTY FAR TO BOTH

00:48 - TRANSIT AS WELL AS CARBONDALE,

00:50 - WHICH IS ALSO WITH THEM.

00:51 - I WANT TO COUNTY. MY MY

00:56 - MY GRANDFATHER ON MY

00:57 - FATHER'S SIDE. FUNDS THIS CASE

01:00 - AND HIS FAMILY FROM THERE.

01:02 - WE HAVE SOME.

01:04 - SUMMERTIME AND JUST AS WELL IN

01:07 - MY GRANDMOTHER'S SIDE. I KNOW

01:09 - MY MOTHER'S

01:12 - A HEARTY IN BUTLER SIDE

01:16 - REALLY ABOUT THE PARTY, BUT IT

01:18 - STANDS FOR.

01:21 - MOST OF BOTH HANDS AND MY

01:22 - FAMILY.

01:24 - COINCIDENTALLY PRESIDENT

01:25 - BIDEN IS A SCRAM TONY IN AS

01:27 - WELL AND YOU 2 ARE IN THE

01:28 - SENATE TOGETHER AT ONE POINT

01:30 - THE JUDGE EVER COMPARE

01:31 - EXPERIENCES.

01:33 - WE DID A LOT OF THE PLACES

01:34 - WHERE THAT HE TRAVEL

01:37 - WAS A A YOUNG KID OR A TEENAGER

01:40 - WHOSE. HE LEFT. SPREAD THE

01:43 - MONEY WAS ABOUT

01:43 - 10 YEARS OLD. BUT HE CAME BACK

01:46 - A LOT DURING THE SUMMER AS A

01:47 - TEENAGER AND AND THEN WHEN YOU

01:50 - ALL OF YOU CAME UP A PUBLIC

01:51 - OFFICIAL HIM BACK A LOT TO SEE

01:54 - OR FRIENDS IN IRAQ WITH OR.

01:56 - AND SOMETIMES TO GAIN SUPPORT

01:58 - GRANT YOU A RUN FOR THE U.S.

02:00 - AND YOU DON'T JUST RAISE MONEY

02:01 - IN ONE STATE OR

02:02 - ONE PLACE. I RAISE MONEY AND A

02:04 - LOT OF PLACES I KNOW OF

02:05 - SCRANTON FOR SUPPORTERS OF HIS

02:08 - WHEN HE WAS RUNNING

02:09 - AND U.S. SENATE ELECTIONS AND

02:11 - NOT ONLY IS VICE PRESIDENT

02:13 - AND PRESIDENT. BUT THERE ARE A

02:15 - LOT OF PLACES

02:17 - HE WOULD I SPENT SOME TIME ON

02:19 - THE LOWLY THE STREETS FOR

02:20 - THE SAME. PARTS OF THE

02:23 - NEIGHBORHOOD THAT I GREW UP AND

02:24 - HE AND I HE WAS BORN, I WAS

02:27 - BORN. JUST

02:31 - MAYBE THERE'S ONLY 2 BLOCKS

02:33 - FROM WHERE HE GREW UP. BUT I

02:37 - I'M MY FAMILY MOVED OUT OF THE

02:39 - HOUSE WHEN I WAS 2 YEARS OLD.

02:42 - STREET ANOTHER BLOCK AND A HALF

02:43 - OR 2 MOST OF MY

02:45 - CHILDHOOD BEING RAISED IN A

02:47 - HOUSE ABOUT 4 BLOCKS OR JOE

02:50 - BIDEN SPENT HIS FIRST 10 YEARS.

02:53 - WHAT KIND OF CHANGED AS

02:54 - PRESIDENT BIDEN REPRESENT FOR

02:56 - SCRANTON AND THE REST OF THE

02:57 - COUNTRY.

02:59 - I THINK BROADLY CAME INTO

03:02 - OFFICE WITH THE REAL A STRONG

03:04 - MANDATE AND THAT'S TO PUT THE

03:07 - THE VIRUS. IT'S TERRIBLE

03:09 - COVID-19 AND IT'S TOUGH TO PUT

03:12 - ALL THAT BEHIND US. SO THAT'S

03:14 - HIS NUMBER ONE FOCUS AND ALL

03:17 - THE MORE REASON WHY WE HAD TO

03:18 - PASS THE RECENT LEGISLATION TO

03:21 - DEAL WITH AND

03:24 - IF WE'RE GOING WITH THIS VIRUS.

03:26 - I GUESS YOU GOT A GOOD HEART I

03:28 - GOT A COUNTRY.

03:29 - THE USE EXPRESSION BECAUSE IF

03:33 - WE DON'T WITH THE VIRUS.

03:34 - NOTHING ELSE MATTERS AND HAVE

03:36 - SCHOOLS OPEN. YOU KNOW DO WITH

03:37 - THE VIRUS. YOU CAN HAVE THE

03:39 - ECONOMY ROARED.

03:41 - SO IS IS 3 I THINK ITS 3 MAIN

03:44 - POINTS

03:45 - OF THE THE BILL WHICH I THINK

03:47 - IS EMBLEMATIC OF HIS APPROACH

03:48 - TO LOSE. PRESIDENCY.

03:51 - IS THE FOCUS ON VACCINATIONS

03:54 - SCHOOLS

03:54 - IN PEOPLE AND OBVIOUSLY 3 WORDS

03:57 - DON'T ADEQUATELY DESCRIBE THE

03:58 - WHOLE BILL THAT'S WHAT HE WAS

04:00 - TRYING TO DO. IN ADDITION TO

04:02 - THAT. I THINK PRESIDENT BIDEN

04:05 - ALSO WANTS TO MAKE SURE THAT

04:06 - WHEN WE COME BACK WHEN THE

04:08 - ECONOMY COME BACK WE'LL

04:09 - BUILD IT. BACK NEW ECONOMY.

04:13 - WE DO IT IN A BETTER WAY FOR

04:15 - EXAMPLE, WE DON'T JUST GO BACK

04:16 - TO THE OLD WAYS. FOR EXAMPLE

04:19 - PEOPLE WHO TOOK CARE

04:21 - WHO CONTINUE TO TAKE CARE OF

04:23 - THAT PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES

04:25 - SENIORS AND CHILDREN. THOSE

04:27 - WORKERS. GET A BAY RAYS.

04:30 - YOU CAN ASK.

04:32 - FOR ANOTHER GENERATION OF

04:33 - WORKERS TO TAKE CARE OF ALL OF

04:35 - AMERICA.

04:38 - YOU KNOW 12 BUCKS AN HOUR.

04:40 - WE NEED TO BUILD BACK BETTER

04:42 - AND THAT MEANS LIFTING OUR CARE

04:44 - DEMAND

04:45 - OR FORCE REALLY MOST OF

04:47 - INFRASTRUCTURE PEOPLE I'VE EVER

04:48 - STRUCTURES, ROADS AND BRIDGES

04:50 - INFRASTRUCTURES

04:51 - PEOPLE TOO. I THINK JOE BIDEN

04:54 - BELIEVES THAT SO THAT JUST KIND

04:56 - OF AN OVERVIEW OF THE IT A

04:58 - SHORT TERM I THINK WHAT HE

05:00 - BRINGS TO THIS JOB A LOT

05:03 - OF INTEGRITY. A LOT OF THESE

05:05 - UNSAFE. AND A LOT OF

05:07 - COMPASSION IS HE'S HAD A LOT OF

05:09 - SUFFERING IN HIS LIFE AND I

05:11 - THINK HE HAS A UNIQUE SENSE OF.

05:14 - UNUSUAL

05:16 - THE SUFFERING OF THE

05:17 - AMERICAN PEOPLE. MORE SO THAN

05:19 - MOST PRESIDENTS.

05:21 - AS FAR

05:22 - SCRANTON'S ECONOMIC OUTLOOK.

05:24 - WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE

05:25 - IMMEDIATE CHALLENGES THERE.

05:29 - SOME OF THE CHALLENGES

05:30 - SCRANTON FACES ARE SIMILAR TO A

05:32 - LOT OF OTHER COMMUNITIES.

05:34 - ITS CORE. THE WORK

05:36 - COURSE THAT WE HAVE TO BUILD

05:38 - FOR THE FUTURE SPREAD

05:39 - TO THEM. AT LEAST IN

05:42 - PENNSYLVANIA, BUT EVEN BEYOND

05:44 - WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO MAKE SURE

05:45 - THAT WE HAVE A VERY HIGH SKILL

05:48 - OR FORCE. ONE

05:49 - OF THE ADVANTAGES THAT IT

05:50 - OUTLINES PLAN FOR A

05:52 - GENERATION WAS WE HAD AND STILL

05:55 - HAVE STRONG WORK ETHIC. PEOPLE

05:59 - WORK HARD WORKING

06:01 - HARD AND AND MY

06:02 - PARENTS GENERATION AND GREAT

06:05 - GRANDPARENTS AS WELL.

06:08 - WAS NETWORKING COAL MINES

06:11 - WORKING IN FACTORIES. THAT

06:13 - HAS NOT BEEN THE CASE FOR MOST

06:15 - OF MY LIFE, I WAS A MUCH A

06:17 - COAL MINE. I WAS BORN IN 1860

06:20 - IN THE WEATHER MUCH

06:20 - COAL MINING AND THOSE DAYS VERY

06:22 - LIMITED LESS SO AS WE GO

06:24 - FORWARD. AND IF YOU ARE.

06:28 - MANUFACTURING JOBS, THAT'S TRUE

06:30 - ABOUT THE NATION OVERALL.

06:32 - SO IN A IN A COMMUNITY LIKE

06:34 - SCRANTON YOU HAVE A LOT MORE

06:37 - JOBS AND HEALTH CARE

06:38 - FOR EXAMPLE. THE GOOD NEWS,

06:40 - THERE IS THOSE THOSE JOBS AND A

06:43 - PRETTY WELL AND THEY ARE NOT

06:45 - OUTSOURCED DOUBLE CHINA CAN

06:46 - STILL ARE. OUR HEALTH

06:49 - CARE JOBS. BUT WE HAVE TO ADD

06:51 - TO THOSE KINDS OF.

06:55 - THE JOBS OF THE FUTURE AND

06:56 - THEY'RE ACTUALLY I BALL AGAIN

06:58 - MANUFACTURING JOBS, NOT THE.

07:01 - THE TRADITIONAL WORK IN A

07:03 - FACTORY KIND OF

07:04 - MANUFACTURING JOBS. BUT IN THE

07:06 - MANUFACTURING FOR THE

07:08 - NEW ECONOMY. I THINK IT'S GOING

07:11 - TO BE A CHALLENGE FOR US TO

07:12 - MAKE SURE THAT WE

07:14 - CONTINUE TO MAKE THE

07:15 - INVESTMENTS AND THE WORKFORCE

07:18 - AND THAT DOESN'T MEAN JOB

07:19 - TRAINING WITH SOME OF THAT

07:20 - WORK. WORKFORCE, IT MEANS

07:23 - INVESTMENT IN

07:24 - EARLY LEARNING. EARLY CARE AND

07:26 - THAT MEANS QUALITY CHILD CARE

07:28 - THAT MEANS PRE KINDERGARTEN

07:29 - EDUCATION, THAT MEANS QUALITY

07:32 - OF EDUCATION, A PRIMARY AND

07:35 - THERE ARE ELEMENTARY AND

07:36 - SECONDARY SCHOOLS. ALL THROUGH

07:38 - HIGH SCHOOL AND THEM MAKING

07:39 - SURE THAT PEOPLE GET

07:40 - HIGHER EDUCATION. THIS PROPOSAL

07:43 - AND WHAT DOES THE JOB

07:44 - I MADE WHEN YOU ARE THE OBAMA

07:46 - ADMINISTRATION SAYS CONTINUE TO

07:48 - ARGUE FOR THIS IS

07:50 - LET'S MAKE HIGH SCHOOL IN

07:51 - ESSENCE 6 YEARS MAN.

07:55 - COMMUNITY COLLEGE SHOULD

07:57 - BE FREE AND WHEN I SAY FRAME 0.

08:01 - NO 0 INVESTMENT BY

08:02 - THE STUDENT. JUST LIKE WE ARE

08:04 - FREE PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL.

08:06 - WE SHOULD HAVE FREE.

08:09 - A COMMUNITY COLLEGE EDUCATION.

08:11 - SO THAT EVERYONE NO MATTER WHO

08:12 - THEY ARE.

08:13 - GETS THROUGH NOT JUST 4 YEARS

08:15 - OF HIGH SCHOOL BUT IT IS GIVEN

08:16 - THE OPPORTUNITY TO 2 MORE YEARS

08:18 - OF HIGHER EDUCATION

08:21 - THAT WOULD I THINK BEING ONE OF

08:22 - THE BEST INVESTMENT YOU CAN

08:24 - MAKE

08:24 - AN HOUR. AND THE PRESIDENT SAYS

08:26 - WILL HAVE ENOUGH VACCINE FOR

08:28 - ALL AMERICANS BY THE END OF

08:29 - MAY.

08:30 - WHAT CAN BE DONE TO

08:31 - DISTRIBUTE THE VACCINE MORE

08:33 - EFFICIENTLY.

08:35 - I THINK EVERY DOLLAR'S

08:36 - THE BILL.

08:38 - TO YOU CAN'T WE CAN'T JUST

08:40 - SAY IT WAS STATE OR LOCAL

08:41 - GOVERNMENT.

08:42 - I GET THE VACCINES OUT FAST

08:44 - ENOUGH AND SCHOOLS NOW. IT'S

08:46 - EASY FOR POLITICIANS IN

08:47 - WASHINGTON. PREACH AND WE'VE

08:49 - GOT NOW WE HAVE SOME SOME

08:51 - POLITICIANS A REAL BLOW HARD

08:53 - THEY JUST. YOU KNOW SPEW A LOT

08:55 - OF HOT AIR YOU KNOW ON A BOAT

08:57 - ON. TO OPEN

08:59 - A SCHOOL. IT'S EXPENSIVE.

09:01 - THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S GOT TO

09:02 - HELP SCHOOLS DO THAT STATE

09:03 - GOVERNMENT AND OTHER RESEARCH

09:05 - FOR THIS LOCAL AND COUNTY

09:06 - GOVERNMENT DONE THE RESEARCH

09:08 - FOR THIS SAME IS TRUE VACCINES

09:10 - EARLY ACTION NATIONS. IF WE

09:12 - WANT TO I WANT A MORE

09:14 - ROBUST VACCINATION SYSTEM I

09:17 - THINK WE

09:17 - DO PROGRAM AND THE FEDERAL

09:19 - GOVERNMENT TO COME UP WITH THE

09:20 - MONEY WE DID IN THIS BILL.

09:22 - 10'S 10'S OF BILLIONS OF

09:24 - DOLLARS. FOR OR VACCINATIONS

09:29 - BY 130 BILLION. TO

09:31 - HELP SCHOOLS.

09:33 - REOPEN BUT WE WANT TO

09:34 - ACCELERATE CALLED AN OBVIOUS

09:36 - YOU CAN'T OPEN A SCHOOL.

09:38 - UNLESS YOU HAVE ONLY RESOURCES

09:42 - MORE VACCINATIONS.

09:43 - AND THE BILL YOU'RE TALKING

09:44 - ABOUT INCLUDES DIRECT PAYMENTS

09:46 - FOR AMERICANS RIGHT.

09:48 - IT DOES $1400 BUT HIS FRIENDS

09:51 - ABOUT

09:51 - 4 PEOPLE. I CAN HEAR ABOUT BUT

09:53 - THE REASON IS 1400 BECAUSE

09:56 - WE'VE GOT PART OF THE JOB DONE

09:57 - IN THE

10:00 - A $600 WHICH IN DECEMBER

10:02 - OF YOU. WE HAD A PROVISION

10:04 - WHERE WE COULDN'T VOTE FOR

10:06 - $2000. WHAT ABOUT A LIKELY NEAR

10:08 - CLEAR

10:08 - TO PEOPLE. BUT 1400 IT'S THE

10:11 - BELL IS

10:11 - THE ADDITIONAL AND THEN ON TOP

10:14 - OF 600 TOGETHER FOR THE 2000

10:16 - AND PEOPLE NEED THIS HELP THEY

10:17 - NEEDED NOW THEY DON'T THEY'VE

10:20 - BEEN WAITING ON FOR THIS.

10:22 - AND ONE OF THE ONE OF THINGS

10:24 - IT'S IT'S MOST KNOW WORTHY AND

10:26 - I A COMMENDABLE ABOUT

10:28 - THIS BILL IS IT HELPS FAMILIES

10:31 - THAT NEED HELP AND SO IS

10:32 - RUM POINT AND PROVIDES

10:34 - FOOD ASSISTANCE. WE WE'VE GOT

10:37 - 50 MILLION PEOPLE IN AMERICA,

10:39 - 50 MILLION. I E ONE OUT OF

10:42 - EVERY 4 CHILDREN. THE GREATEST

10:44 - COUNTRY IN THE WORLD. WE GOT

10:46 - ONE I HAVE MORE CHILDREN.

10:48 - YOU DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TO EAT

10:50 - AND OBAMA NATION AND SAW SHOULD

10:53 - BE AN INSULT TO BOTH PARTIES.

10:55 - SO. THIS

10:57 - HELPS PEOPLE THAT ARE. MOST IN

11:00 - NEED

11:00 - THAT'S WHY I'M VERY VERY PROUD

11:03 - TO VOTE FOR I'D VOTE FOR THIS

11:04 - BILL. A 1000 TIMES BY THE

11:07 - CHANCE AND IT'S NO GOOD.

11:09 - AND BY THE WAY THE BILL UNLIKE

11:11 - ANY BILL OF 50 YEARS

11:13 - WILL CUT CHILD POVERTY IN HALF.

11:16 - YOU CAN SERVE IN THE UNITED

11:17 - STATES SENATE FOR 50 YEARS AND

11:19 - NOT VOTE.

11:20 - WE HAVE THAT KIND OF A POSITIVE

11:22 - IMPACT ON THE LIVES OF

11:23 - CHILDREN.

11:25 - ASCENDER WE ONLY HAVE ABOUT

11:26 - 2 MINUTES LEFT. THE PROSPECT OF

11:28 - RAISING MINIMUM RAISING THE

11:30 - MINIMUM WAGE SEEMS TO GO BACK

11:32 - AND FORTH BETWEEN STATE AND

11:34 - FEDERAL LAWMAKERS

11:35 - IS THERE MORE DEBATE ON TAP AT

11:37 - THE FEDERAL LEVEL ON THIS

11:39 - ISSUE.

11:40 - I THINK THERE'S A LOT MORE

11:41 - DEBATE AHEAD OF US SHOULD

11:43 - BECAUSE THERE'S NO REASON WHY

11:45 - WORKERS SHOULD BE THEY'RE

11:46 - WORKING EVERY DAY. ALL

11:48 - THE TIME AND HAVE A WAGE THAT

11:50 - DOESN'T GET THEM ABOVE THE

11:52 - POVERTY LEVEL THAT IS ON

11:53 - TERROR.

11:55 - IT'S USE THAT WORD

11:57 - AGAIN ABOMINATION. I THINK A

11:59 - LOT OF SUPPORT THROUGHOUT THE

12:00 - STATE THROUGHOUT THANK YOU FOR

12:02 - $15. WAGE AND WHICH

12:04 - I SUPPORT AND I GET TO

12:07 - $15 AND OVER THE COURSE OF 5

12:10 - YEARS THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN.

12:11 - A MATTER OF A YEAR OR 2.

12:15 - IS THE RIGHT THING

12:16 - TO DO. IT AGAIN WOULD ALSO HAVE

12:18 - A POSITIVE AND MARK OF 5

12:20 - CHILDREN. IF YOU WANT TO HELP A

12:21 - CHILD IN AMERICA RAISE THE

12:23 - MINIMUM WAGE. BUT THE PROSPECT

12:25 - FOR

12:26 - THE FAMILY. SUPPORTING INCREASE

12:28 - THE MINIMUM WAGE AND IT'S

12:29 - BETTER. MORE THAN A DECADE.

12:31 - AND SOME MINIMUM WAGE AND RAISE

12:33 - THE FEDERAL LEVEL AND IN

12:35 - PENNSYLVANIA WERE LAW

12:36 - LONG OVERDUE WE WANT AMERICA

12:38 - AND THAT'S WHEN SHE GOT PEOPLE

12:40 - IN 77.25 AN HOUR

12:42 - THAT'S JUST FOR TOO LITTLE.

12:45 - U.S. SENATOR BOB CASEY, THANK

12:47 - YOU VERY MUCH.

12:48 - I'M GOING TO BE WITH YOU.