[Chants "Dennis, Dennis"]  Thank you.  This campaign began more than a year ago when I saw that leaders in Washington, many in my own party, were intent on continuing a war, a war that has cost the lives of more than 4,000 of our brave young men and women and one million innocent Iraqis.  A war that will cost our nation two trillion dollars and a war that has already cost our Cleveland community over a billion dollars.

At the same time, I saw the American economy has been headed for serious trouble.  People losing their jobs, losing their health care, their homes, their retirement security.  Not just here in Cleveland, but all across the country.  And the solution to those problems don’t reside here in Cleveland.  They were created and facilitated by people and policies in Washington D.C. – in the White House, in the U.S. Congress – and on Wall Street.

That’s why I ran for President in the first place: to give those issues the national attention they deserved and to do my best to win the nomination and to bring a totally new perspective and a totally new direction to the Office of President of the United States of America.

I deeply and sincerely believe that we fought the good fight – in large part because of the support from all of you here and from hundreds of thousands of people just like you all across this country.  I stood strong because you gave me strength.  I spoke out because your voices needed and deserved to be heard.  And I told the truth, I told the truth, no matter how unpopular or inconvenient, because, no matter how long it takes, the truth really will set us free.

I won't be President, but I can continue to fight for these important issues as a United States Congressman, representing the community that is first in my heart, Cleveland, Ohio: issues like the economic rights of people, jobs for all, health care for all, retirement security for all, and social justice for all.

I have put proposals before the Congress to create jobs.  I have put proposals before the Congress to create health care for all.  I have put proposals before the Congress to create universal pre-kindergarten -- all things which my district, and many districts like it across this country, need so desperately.

Instead, when we asked for jobs, we got war.  When we asked for health care, we got war.  When we asked for funds for education, we get war.  We ask for a clean environment, we got war.  Well it's time to end this war.  And it's also time to end war as an instrument of policy and have the government start taking care of things here at home.  In Cleveland.  And in places everywhere just like Cleveland.

The physical health of our nation is declining.  Here in Cleveland you can see people suffering everywhere because they have no health care.  Across Ohio there are one million people who have no health insurance.  Either because they can’t afford it or because they lost their job, or because they have a pre-existing condition.  It's time to have a single payer, not for profit health care system.  I'm the co-author of the bill, HR 676, and this single idea of a single-payer system would be the key economic stimulus that could both save and create millions of jobs while restoring the health of our nation.

We are losing our nation to a war based on lies, to destruction of civil liberties and to massive debt.  I tried to get these themes into the debates.  But I was locked out of six debates.  In each and every early primary state, in Iowa, in New Hampshire,  Nevada, South Carolina and California, the American people were denied an opportunity to know that there is a way out of Iraq, there are plans to restore our economy, there is a practical health care plan which means the end of premiums, co-pays and deductibles.  But there was no way to get that message out.  Workers here know about lockouts.  They stop you from being heard.

But workers also know that the fight for economic rights is not about a single day, a single year, or a single campaign, or a single candidate.  It's a lifelong endeavor.

So today, we are  re-committing our energies to a government that works for all of us and is open to all of us.  A government that stands for economic strength through peace.  A government that stands for jobs, for health care, for education.  A government that stands for truth, for civil liberties, and for our Constitution.  And it starts again today in Cleveland, Ohio, in the heart of America.

For our efforts in Cleveland and around this great country, we're creating a new force to be reckoned with, a force that will be made up of people, ideas, new technologies and the kind of patriotic verve that has no place for cowardice or compromise.  I've been called the Conscience of the Democratic Party.  Our efforts will involve a call to conscience.  A call to integrity.

And so I want everyone to know who supported this campaign nationally that all the energies that have come into this campaign are going to be transitioned into a new national organization called Integrity Now.  And Integrity Now, there is a place for people to sign up, IntegrityNow.org, where people have the opportunity to be able to organize first on essential economic issues that we're so concerned about here in our community and also in issues relating to our Constitution and to our civil liberties.

There are so many things that America is waiting for, but I'm directing my energies to being re-elected to the Congress of the United States.

To those who supported this campaign with their energies and with their hearts, I want you to know that we are transitioning the Presidential campaign to a movement based on integrity and based on practical ways in which we can affect policies at a local and national level.  I am no longer running for President, but I am intent on saving our nation from the destruction of our economic hopes and from the destruction of our Constitution.

And so when you go to integritynow.org you will find the beginning, it's just a beginning of an effort to try to channel those energies of people like us all over the country who in their communities are hoping to restore a sense of not just belonging, but a sense of a capacity to be able to regain control of our Democratic institutions.

This is a moment when we realize that our government has gotten so far away from us.  Our government seems inaccessible.  Our government has taken a position in advocating a war based on lies.  It is destroying our Constitution.  It is destroying our way of life.  It is destroying our capacity to be able to meet our needs here at home.  We need jobs here at home.  We need health care here at home.  [applause]  We need education here at home.  We need a government we can call our own.

It's about integrity.  It's about standing for the truth.  It's about standing up for what's right.

You sent me to Congress to tell the truth.  And I told the truth.  That the nation was being taken into a war based on lies.  I was the one person in the United States Congress, because of you, who had the ability to take that stand.  And because I know the truth, and because I've told the truth I know that the people, not only of this country but more particularly the people of the 10th District of the United States want to have somebody in that Congress who recognizes the truth, who tells the truth, who stands for the truth.  [applause]  Integrity Now.

Make no mistake about it.  The same corporate interests that I challenge on a national level are working right now to try to take this congressional seat.  They think that they can buy it.  They think that they can just come in and put their money down on the counter, and they think a congressional seat is like an auction, and that it's going to be sold to the highest bidder.

Is it?  [No!]

Are we ready to win?  [Yes!]

Are we ready to organize and take this fight for the American people here in the 10th District?  [Yes!]

Are we ready to save our country?  [Yes!]

Are we ready to restore our Constitution?  [Yes!]

Are we ready to reclaim our democracy?  [Yes!]

Are we ready to lift up the cause of the people in Cleveland, Ohio?  [Yes!]

Are we ready to stand for workers' rights?  [Yes!]

Are we ready to include them in our trade agreements?  [Yes!]

Are we ready for health care for all?    [Yes!]

And jobs for all?  [Yes!]

And education for all?  [Yes!]

Are we ready to win?  [Yes!]

Then I'm ready too.  Let's go forward.  Integrity Now.org.  Thank you very much.  Thank you.

This campaign began more than a year ago when I saw that leaders in Washington, many in my own party, were intent on continuing a war, a war that has cost the lives of more than 4,000 of our brave young men and women and 1 million innocent Iraqis. A war that will cost this nation 2 trillion dollars and a war that has already cost our Cleveland community over a billion dollars.

At the same time, I saw that the American economy was headed for serious trouble. People were losing their jobs, their health care, their homes, their retirement security. Not just here in Cleveland, but all across the country. And the solutions to those problems don’t reside here in Cleveland. They were created and facilitated by people and policies in Washington D.C. – in the White House, in the U.S. Congress – and on Wall Street.

That’s why I ran for President in the first place: to give those issues the national attention they deserved and to do my best to win the nomination and bring a totally new perspective and a totally new direction to the Office of President of the United States of America.

I deeply and sincerely believe that we fought the good fight – in large part because of the support from all of you here and from hundreds of thousands of people just like you all across this country. I stood strong because you gave me strength. I spoke out because your voices needed and deserved to be heard. And I told the truth, no matter how unpopular or inconvenient, because, no matter how long it takes, the truth really will set us free.

I won't be President, but I can continue to fight for these important issues as a Congressman, representing the community that is first in my heart, Cleveland, Ohio: issues like the economic rights of people, jobs for all, health care for all, retirement security for all, and social justice for all.

I have put proposals before the Congress to create jobs.  I have put proposals before the Congress to create health care for all.  I have put proposals before the Congress to create universal pre-kindergarten -- all things which my district, and many districts like it across this country, need so desperately.

Instead, we asked for jobs, we get war.  We asked for health care, we get war. We asked for funds for education, we get war.  We ask for a clean environment, we get war.  It is time to end this war.  It is time to end war as an instrument of policy and have the government start taking care of things here at home.  In Cleveland.  And in places everywhere just like Cleveland.

The physical health of our nation is declining. Here in Cleveland you can see people suffering everywhere because they have no health care.  Across Ohio there are 1 million people who have no health insurance.  Either because they can’t afford it or because they lost their job, or because they have a pre-existing condition.  It is time to have a single payer, not for profit health care system.  I am the co-author of the bill, HR 676, and this single idea of a single-payer system would be the key economic stimulus that could both save and create millions of jobs while restoring the health of our nation.

We are losing our nation to a war based on lies, to destruction of our civil liberties and to massive debt.  I tried to get these themes into the debates.  But I was locked out of six debates.  In each and every early primary state, in Iowa, in New Hampshire,  Nevada, South Carolina and California, the American people were denied an opportunity to know that there is a way our of Iraq, there are plans to restore our economy, there is a practical health care plan which means the end of premiums, co-pays and deductibles.  But there was no way to get the message out.  Workers here know about lockouts.  They stop you from being heard.

But workers also know that the fight for economic rights is not about a single day, or a single year, or a single campaign, or a single candidate. It is a lifelong endeavor.

So today, we are  re-committing our energies to a government that works for all of us and is open to all of us. A government that stands for economic strength through peace. A government that stands for jobs, for health care, for education.  A government that stands for truth, for civil liberties, and for our Constitution. And it starts again today in Cleveland, Ohio in the heart of America.

From our efforts in Cleveland and around this great country, we're creating a new force to be reckoned with, a force that will be made up of people, ideas, new technologies and the kind of patriotic verve that has no place for cowardice or compromise. I have been called the Conscience of the Democratic Party.  Our efforts will involve a call to conscience.  A call to integrity.

To those who supported this campaign with their energies and with their hearts, I want you to know that we are transitioning the Presidential campaign into a national movement based on integrity and based on practical ways in which we can affect policies at local and national levels.  I am no longer running for President, but I am intent on saving our nation from the destruction of our economic hopes and from the destruction of our Constitution.

And all of the energies of all of the people who have been involved in this campaign will be transitioned into a new, national effort to regain control of our government, which seems more and more inaccessible. We are calling that effort “Integrity Now”, and there is a website – www.integritynow.org -- where we can begin to channel all of that enthusiasm and that commitment from people just like you, and just like me, so we can take positive steps to do what we know is right and in the best interests of this nation.

So let us begin again, here, today, in Cleveland, Ohio, with a renewed effort to be of service to our community and to our nation. Let us re-focus on what we can do and what we must do, here at home, in Washington, and all across this country to end the war, rebuild this nation, restore truth and justice and integrity to our government. Let’s make the American dream more than a dream. Let’s make it a reality.

Thank you.