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I am not here as my party's nominee. I am unique among the 100 senators in that regard.

I didn't run for office to make friends.

I don't want to be a senator.

I'm still a reservist. We have three drilling reservists in the Senate. Senator Graham serves in the Air Force, Senator Brown serves in the Army, and I serve in the Navy.

I do not take my obligations as a senator lightly.

I'm running for senator because it's time for a change.

I have never left another senator out to dry. Never.

I never thought I would end up being the Senator from New York.

If the notion on this is we're going to elect somebody to the United States Senate so they can be the 100th least senior person in there and be polite, and somewhere in their fourth or fifth year do some bipartisan bill that nobody cares about, don't vote for me.

I want to do my part in fighting for America's future. That's why I have decided to run for the United States Senate.