00:00 - Senator costa

00:02 - to tell us of the significance about

00:05 - this

00:06 - event today it's

00:07 - not often that the Pennsylvania senate leaves

00:09 - it's own chamber talk about today's significance

00:12 - i think it's only the third time in the last fifty

00:13 - years that we've left the senate for a chamber event

00:16 - and today's

00:17 - sets of significant

00:18 - events that were taking place were recognized two

00:20 - hundred and fifty years of history and his common law

00:23 - and the role that our commonwealth and senator the Pennsylvania general assembly

00:26 - what role we play with respect to developing our history from this commonwealth

00:30 - for this country

00:31 - we're here in Philadelphia obviously the birthplace of democracy.

00:34 - Innovation

00:35 - all those type of things that are important to

00:37 - the people across this country and is commonwealth

00:39 - and we're just excited to be here today for this event.

00:42 - Talk about

00:43 - your role as someone in leadership when it comes to

00:48 - democracy and our role and

00:51 - the the last two hundred and fifty and the

00:53 - next two hundred and fifty

00:54 - going forward as a leader in the senate Pennsylvania we have an obligation on our

00:58 - past and recognize what our past stands for

01:00 - particularly as it relates to our democracy to

01:02 - ensure sure that we are taking steps to protect it

01:04 - and doing things that continue to build upon what

01:07 - our founding fathers wanted us to be able to do

01:09 - taking steps with regard to innovation and taking steps with respect

01:12 - to liberties that people have and things of that nature in our rights

01:15 - those are the things that we have to garner protect

01:17 - as we go forward the next two hundred fifty years

01:19 - that's our obligation as a leader

01:21 - in the senate today.

01:23 - Talk about your district to tell us where you're from and what

01:26 - what you're doing

01:28 - back home when it comes to america to fifty

01:31 - so i represent

01:32 - about half the city of Pittsburgh and a lot eastern suburbs in allegheny county

01:35 - and we may play a major role in some of the history

01:37 - of the two hundred and fifty years we're talking about

01:39 - our point in Pittsburgh was a big part of the conversation that took place back then

01:43 - terms of developing our country

01:45 - and we're continuing to work in that space there

01:46 - are a number of events that will be taking place

01:48 - through our history center in Pittsburgh we're

01:50 - going to showcase a number of things there next week

01:52 - so we have a four week plan at the end of

01:54 - the end of June

01:55 - that we're going to do as well.

01:57 - Er et cetera the casa thank you very much.