'This Is An Amazing Part Of Our Country': JD Vance Heaps Praise On Rural Central New York

Ladies and gentlemen, this is an amazing part of the United States of America. This is an amazing part of our country. You've got the Adirondacks, you've got Lake Placid, you have some of the most beautiful farmland that our nation has to offer. But most importantly, But most importantly, you got great people, proud men and women who have spent generations building this community, building this country, and we show no signs of stopping. Now, up in Messina, workers at Alcoa have been smelting aluminum since 1902. And right here in Rome, Revere Copper traces its roots 225 years back to Paul Revere himself. That's amazing. Now that's... That's before you count the dairy farmers, the paper makers, and the soldiers serving our nation at Fort Drum. Give a round of applause to them. So when I look out at a crowd like this, I see a place that is not all that different from the place that I grew up in. Even though it's far away in terms of geography, it's very close in the kinds of people that made this place. Now, I came from Middletown, Ohio, a place where my grandfather spent 40 years as a union welder, and he never finished any kind of higher education, but that mill gave him the chance to earn a good living that supported three generations in my family. I remember, ladies and gentlemen, how proud he was of the work he did, how he could point out On the road to a car that was made with American steel, knowing it was something that he and his friends had helped build. But as I grew up, I watched that world disappear. I watched factories close down. I watched businesses boarded up. I watched families who'd lived in Middletown for generations began to leave in search of opportunities elsewhere. And I remember how it was that the leaders of a country that owed so much to communities like mine, how they had forgotten and left behind the very people who made America run in the first place. And I remember asking myself how it was that our leaders left behind the people who built our factories, The people who made our steel and our aluminum, the people who helped make America the richest nation on earth, how could our leaders have forgotten about them? But the story of places like Rome or Middletown, ladies and gentlemen, it's not just a story of what America has lost. It's also a story about what America still has the power to rebuild. New York Republicans stood with Donald Trump. And help pave the way for an America-first revolution. Thanks to people like your Congresswoman, Elise Stefanik. Give it up for Elise. Thanks to the man who should have been your governor, Lee Zeldin. Give it up for Lee. Thanks to so many New York Republicans. We made sure in 2022 that there was a voice of common sense representing the people of New York and Washington. And as you all know, there's a lot of common sense in New York politics, but there's also a lot of crazy. There's Chuck Schumer and Katie Hochul, but by re-electing Donald J. Trump two years later, the men and women of this district stood tall for common sense, they stood strong for patriotism, and they sent a message that Rome was sick of being left behind by its leaders. They sent a message that America still belongs to those who love it, not to those who hate it. They sent a message that America belongs not to illegal aliens, not to corporations that ship our jobs overseas, but to the men and women who built this country. Because more than anything else, ladies and gentlemen, our movement is about sovereignty. It's about returning control of the United States to the people in this building. It's about returning control to you, ladies and gentlemen. And with the help of a few very smart, very capable New York leaders like Elise, we've got to remember everything we've been able to accomplish in just the past 18 months. With their help, we ended taxes on overtime. With their help, we ended taxes on tips. And with their help, we ended taxes on Social Security. We took money. We took money away from the fraudsters and the bureaucrats, and we put it back in your hands, which is exactly where it belongs. We brought trillions of dollars in new investment to American shores right here in Rome. Chobani is putting $1.2 billion into a brand new dairy plant for the people of this district.