November 15, 2021 • Speeches and Remarks
Via Teleconference | South Court Auditorium | 11:50 A.M. EST
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you, Madam Secretary.
And I say to the press, “Excuse my back.” (The President turns to the
video call screen behind him.) Next time in Washington, okay? I see
you all up on the board behind me, and I hope we do this in person. I
hope, I hope, I hope. That’s my — that’s my hope. Thank you.
Good
morning. I want to thank you for joining us. This is a big day. I
think, as my mother would say, former Senator Dan Inouye is looking down
going, “Finally. Finally.” I was raised by Dan Inouye in the United
States Senate.
And to President Fawn Sharp and Chairman Hill of
the Oneida Nation, and our President Holsey: I thank you all for what
you’re doing, and I want to recognize you.
And, Chairman Hill, I
thought going — being from Upstate New York, in college, and my
deceased wife is from Skaneateles Lake, not far from Oneida, New York — I
thought that the Oneida Nation was all in Central New York, but
obviously you’re up in Wisconsin. Come down and see us in Oneida.
(Laughs.)
Anyway, I want to thank you, Madam Secretary, for your
remarks. But I also want to thank you, Deb, for being willing to join
when I asked you to come along and to serve. And as I said, I was
confident, at the time, you would be incredibly important.
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