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I am an ordinary person who has been blessed with extraordinary opportunities and experiences.

I am an ordinary person who has been blessed with extraordinary opportunities and experiences. Today is one of those experiences.

Serving in the United States Senate has been the greatest privilege of my life.

I feel that I am best positioned to fight for America's future here in the trenches of the United States Senate.

Many may look at me and see mostly what I have lost. I struggle to speak, my eyesight's not great, my right arm and leg are paralyzed, and I left a job I loved representing southern Arizona in Congress.

I don't know how the other senators see me. I hope they see me as a farmer. That's really what I am. But I don't think they see me on a tractor or fixing equipment. I hope they see me grounded, as somebody who has common sense.

My fervent expectation is that sooner rather than later, the United States Senate will more closely reflect the rich diversity of this great country.

I can honestly say that being a United States Senator has been the honor of my life.

I expect if you are going to come out of the shadows, then you're going to want to have some type of hope in the future that you're going to improve your life and, yes, accomplish that American Dream.

I pinch myself because of the understanding that I've been blessed with a real rare opportunity that few Americans ever get - to serve their government and their people at this level.