PHILADELPHIA — Former Vice President Joe Biden sold his decades of public service as an asset during a campaign rally in Philadelphia on Saturday afternoon.

"I know to make government work," Biden told the crowd of roughly 2,000 people in a rally his 2020 campaign labeled as a "kickoff" event. "Not because I've talked or tweeted about it, but because I've done it. I've worked across the aisle to reach consensus to help make government work in the past. I can do that again, with your help."

Biden also elaborated in his speech on his role in helping pass the Affordable Care Act and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, also known as the stimulus package.

"What I did as vice president and worked with Barack Obama on [was compromise] and it's what I'll do as president," Biden said. "If I'm elected in this country, I'll do whatever it takes to make progress ... I know there are times when only a bare-knuckle fight will do. I know we have to take on Republicans to do what's right without any help from them. That's what it took to pass the Affordable Care Act."