.. >> we talked about ned call -- medical malpractice addition to we discussed immigration. and we wanted it make sure the immigrants are not getting the benefits here. we're continuing to work together toward a mutual goal in forming the health care system,

reduce cost, i think that's been in the all of the discussions. rule the rate of growth of health care spending in america, and help tens of millions of american families at least this week and to mark up next week. we are working to bring this process to closer over the next weeks or so as we approach and get ever closer to moving legislation and ensure americans have quality affordable health care. that process has been activated by the court of working with my colleagues to achieve that goal. >> can you tell us what it is if >> we're budget neutral as over the 10-year period for the new goal. >> do you have a total? >> i don't have a total for you. but it's close to what you mentioned. >> why does the cost come down?

>> well, yeah. that's an estimate. you know, some of the internal interaction is obvious. that's how cost was previously. and other than that, i can't answer your questions. all i know is in the ballpark. >> what are you hearing in terms of how it might show up? >> i think it's working up quite well. the medicaid costs to an expansion are not going to cost the states near as much. and that states because of programs too would be, you know, from the rebate. and it should be more expansive, but it's very generous to

states. and i think the action that changes is the chip program also on a net basis, states are, i think, going to be pleasantly surprised at some additional cost that's much less than we previous thought. we're all somewhat -- last one guys. >> you are scheduled for tomorrow? >> we're on schedule. there's a higher possibility that it will be a couple of weeks. >> we're working towards the closing. it's not just fire on to the next page in several days. we have to keep working. i think basically it's senators are on the committee and the

public needs to know more about the comfort level is starting to come up a bit. and it is -- i believe that strongly. and i do believe it is a backlash. >> thank you. at this time -- >> we're all talking. we're all meeting. we're all trying to figure it out. what? >> a little later we talked to a congressional reporter about the senate negotiations regarding health care legislation. this is what he had to say. >> do the congressional quarterly, the so-called change of six continue their work on a compromise health care bill, how are talks going? >> the group of six, three republican and three democrats on the senate financial committee led by baucus. they've been meeting just about

every day since coming back from a obvious recess to hammer out some compromises. the goal there is to try to get a bill. over the last few days they've been trying to make a few key compromises to a public, focusing on some areas like medical malpractice, illegal immigration, and abortion. the idea is to try to down play some of the potential upset by senator republicans and senator moderates into the bill and try to get as broad support as possible. >> you mention illegal immigration. one the concerns there also with medicaid. how might they be in the addressed in the bill? >> the baucus proposals overall would make several expansions of federal health programs like medicaid. now the concern by a lot of republicans is that when they do this, illegal immigrants will

get into the program and receive federal assistance either for medicaid coverage or another one the bills program to help them by insurance coverage on the private market. the baucus group is trying very hard to make sure that the protections against illegal immigrants getting into the program are locked down tight enough for republicans to be satisfied with at least that portion of the bill and not object it to it on the floor or on the committee. >> what are the republicans saying and also the bill that's emerging? >> to be honest, a lot of republicans who have been participating have been keeping pretty mum. we just spoke to senator charles grassley. he's the ranking member. he seems like he's happy with some of the concessions that are being made, but he hasn't gone so far if he will support the bill. he wants to see what in there

before he will decide one way or another. over the august recess it seems like me and senator mike enzi right not be supporting this. we won't know until we see the bill out or mark up next week. >> the gang of six has been negotiating for a month. why do they want bipartisan support? >> senator said late last week that it was about political will at this point. he wanted it try to bush this group to finish their work and finally put out a product that he thinks can get as many votes as possible. the idea is that it they can get 60 votes, they can get it through the senate, they can get a lot done. and they don't divide the senate or having go through some hurdles. he viewed this as a moderate product that cannot only get support in congress, but is more

likely to get the support to the american people. and have fewer political consequences if it's not what they want. i think there's kind of a potential for long ugly political fight. and he's trying to minimize a little bit of this. >> drew armstrong, thank you. >> how's it going? >> tuesday on "washington journal" a look at trade with

the u.s. and china for international economics. then a discussion on the performance of the obama administration. which john fund and "the wall street journal." and later on edward kennedy autobioinggraphy. that's live here on c-span. >> next month a unique look at our nation's highest court. it's role, traditions, and history. >> i don't think it's an understatement to say this building would not be here if it hadn't been the persistence of chief justice taft. >> taft had in mind the court needed to have a molding of its own. it became almost an obsession. >> supreme court week starting october 4th on c-span. and go online now for a virtual tour of the court, historic

photos and more, and c-span c-span.org/supremecourt. >> president obama pushed for not repeating the instability the market has experienced. he's speaking on the anniversary of the lehman brothers. this is 30 minutes. >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states. [applause] >> thank you. thank you very much. thank you. please thank you. thank you very much. thank you very much. thank you. thank you.

thank you so much, everybody. thank you. please have a seat. thank you very much. it is wonderful to be back in new york after having just been here last week. it is a beautiful day. and we have some extraordinary guests here in the hall today. i just want to mention a few. first of all from my economic team, somebody who i think has done extraordinary work on behalf of all americans and has helped to strengthen our financial system and measure, secretary tim geithner. please give him a round of applause. [applause] >> somebody who is guiding me and keeping me straight on the numbers, the chair of the council of the economic advisors

christina romeers is here. we have an extraordinary economic recovery board, and as chairman somebody who knows more about the financial markets and the economy generally than just about anybody in this country. paul, thank you. the outstanding mayor of the city of new york, mr. michael bloomberg. [applause] asemispeaker is here as well. thank you. -- assembly speaker is here as well. thank you. we have a host of members of congress. there's one i have to single out

because he is going to be helping to shape the agenda going forward to make sure that we have one of the responsest most dynamic, and most innovative financial markets in the world for many years to come. and that's my good friend barney frank. i also want to thank our host from the national park service here at federal hall, and all of the other outstanding public officials who are here. thanks for being here. thank you for your warm welcome. it's a privilege to be in this historic federal hall. it was here more than two centuries ago, but our first congress served, and our first president was inaugurated. and i just had a chance to glance at the bible, a part of which george washington took his oath. it was here in the early days of the republic that hamilton and

jefferson debated how best to administer a young economy and make sure our nation rewarded the talents and drives of its people. two centuries later we still grapple with these questions, questions made more acute in moments of crisis. it was one year ago that we experienced such a crisis, as investors and pension holders watched with dread and dismay. after a serious of emergency meetings, several of the world largest and oldest financial institution had fallen, either bankrupt, bought, or bailed out. lehman brothers, merrill lynch, washington mutual, wachovia. a week for this began, fannie mae and freddie mac.

other large terms teetered. credit markets froze. banks refused to lend not only to family and businesses, but to one another. $5 trillion evaporated in the span of just three months. i was just one year ago. from the previous administration, it took difficult but necessary action in the days and months that followed. nonetheless, when this administration walked through the door in january, the situation remained urgent. the markets had fallen sharply. credit was not flowing. there was fear that was largest banks, those that remained standing had two enroll capitol in far too much exposure to risk. and the continues -- consequences that spread far beyondman hat tan. this is no longer a financial crisis, a but full-blown economic prices.

anteeconomy shedding an of average of 700,000 jobs every single month. we could not separate what was happening in the corridors of our financial institutions from what was happening on the factory floors and around the kitchen tables. home foreclosure, those who took out and those who repackaged those loans for the security. a lack of access to affordable print to health of the large firms and small businesses, as well as all those who's jobs depended on me. and weakened financial system which in return further weakened the system. the only way to address these challenges was to address them together. and this administration under the outstanding leadership of tim geithner and christina, and larry summers, and others moved quickly on all fronts.

initializing the financial stability plan to rescue the system from the crisis and restart lending for all of those effected by the crisis. by opening an examining the books of large financial firms we help restore the availability of two things:capitol and confidence. by taking aggressive and innovative steps, we spurred lending not just to banks but to folks looking to buy homes or cars, take out student loans or finance small businesses. our home ownership plan helped responsible homeowners refinance to spin the tide of lost homes and lost home values. recovery plan is providing help to the working families, all the while spurring consumer spending. it's prevented layoffs of tens of thousands of teachers and

police officers and other public servants and thousands of recovery projects are underway all across america, including new york city, renovating cools and hospitals, repairing the nation's roads and bridges. eight months later the work of recovery continues. and though i will never be satisfied while people are out of work and our financial system is weakened, we can be confident that the storms of the past two years are beginning to break. in fact, while there continues to be a need for government involvement to stabilize the financial system then the subsidy is linked after months in which public dollars were flowing into our financial system were finally beginning to see money going back to taxpayers. it doesn't mean taxpayers will

have the worst financial in the decades, but they have repaid more than $70 billion and in those cases where the government steaks have been sold, they have earned a 17% return on their investment. just a few months ago, many experts from across the spectrum fear that ensuring financial stability will require more. instead we've been able to eliminate $250 million including in our budget because that fear has not been realized. while full recovery of financial system will take a great deal of time and work, the growing stability results from those means we're beginning to return to normalcy. but here's what i want to emphasis today. normalcy cannot lead to complacency. there are some who are misreading this moment.

instead of the learning the lessons from the crisis, they are choosing to ignore. i'm convinced they do so not at their own peril, but our nations. so i want everybody here to hear my words. we will not go back to days of reckless behavior and unchecked excess that was at the heart of this crisis. too many were motivated only by the appetite for quick kills and bonuses. wall street cannot resume taking risk without regard for consequences and expect that next time american taxpayers will be there to break their home. and that's why we need strong rules of the road to guard against the kind of systemic risk that we've seen. and we have a responsibility to write and enforce these rules to protect consumers of financial products to product taxpayers, and to protect our economic as a

whole. yes, there must be -- these rules must be developed in a way that doesn't stifle innovation and enterprise. i want to say, we want to work with the financial industry to achieve that goal. but the old ways that led to this crisis, cannot stand. to the extent that some have returned to them, under scores the need for change and change now. history cannot be allowed to repeat itself. so what we're calling for is for the financial industry to join us in a constructive effort to update the rules and regulatory structure, to meet the challenges of this new century. this is what my administration seeks to do. we sought ideas and input from industry leaders and policy experts, economics, consumers advocates, and the prodder public. and we've worked closely with leaders in the senate antehouse,

including not only barney, but also chris dodd, bridget shelby. and we intend to pass regulatory reference through congress. taken together, we're proposing the most ambitious overhaul of the financial regulatory system since the great depression. but i want to emphasis that these reforms are rooted in a simple principal:we aught to set clear rules of the road that promote transparency and accountability. that's how we'll make certain that markets foster responsibility not recklessness. that's how we take certain that markets reward those who compete honestly and vigorously within the system, instead of those who are trying to game the system. so let me outline specifically what we're talking about. first, we're proposing new rules to protect consumers in a new consumer financial protection

agency to enforce those rules. [applause] >> this crisis was not just a result of decisions made by the mightiest of financial firms, it was also decisions made by ordinary americans to open credit cards and take on mortgages. while there were many who took out loans they knew they couldn't afford, many of americans signed contract they didn't understand, offered by lenders who didn't always tell the truth. this is in part because there's no single agency charged with making sure that doesn't happen. and that's what we intend to change. the consumers financial protection agency will have the power to make certain the consumers get information that is clear on concise and to prevent the worst kind of abuse. consumers shouldn't have to worry about loan contracts designed to be unintellectable,

and hidden fees that appear without warning on their statement. and responsible lenders, include community banks, doing the right thing, shouldn't have to worry about competition from unregulated competitors. now there are those that are suggesting this will restrict the choices available. nothing could be further from the truth. the lack of clear rules from the past meant we had the wrong kind of innovation. the firm that could make it look the best by doing the best job of hiding the real costs ended up giving the business. we had teaser rates that lured people in and then surprised them with big rate increases. but setting ground rules, we'll increase the kind of competition that provides people better and greater choices. if companies compete to offer

the best, not the one who are the most complex or confusing. second, we got to close the loopholes that were at the heart of the crisis. where there were gaps in the rules, regulators lack the authority to take action. where there were overlaps, regulators often lacked accountability for inaction. these weaknesses in oversight and gender systemic and systematic abuse. they can shop for the regulator of their choice, and others can operate outside the regulatory system altogether. we've seen the development of financial institutions by credit default swaps. without anyone examing the risk or regulating all of the players. we've seen lenders by the borrowers who they knew would never repay. because the lenders had the loan

and the continues sequences to somebody else. those who refused to game the system are at a disadvantage. one the main reasons this could take place that many agencies were responsible for oversight of the financial firms, but no one was responsible for protections the system involved as a whole. in other words, regulators were charged with the fees but not the force. and even then some firms had a systemic risk that were not regulated as stockily as others, exploiting loopholes to take greater risk. as a result the failure of one firm threatened all of the others. we were facing one the largest financial crisis in history and those responsible for caught offguard and without the authority to act. that's why we are create responsibility from regulating to pose a systemic risk.

while holding the federal reserve fully accountable for regulation of the largest most interconnected firms, we will create an oversight council to bring regulators, to share information, to identify the regulation, and tackle issues that don't fit needly into an organizational chart. we will also liar these firms to meet stronger capitol, and observe greater con restaurants on the behavior. that's one of the lessons of past year. the only way to avoid the crisis is to ensure the large firms can't take risk, that threaten our entire financial system. and to make sure they have the resources to weather even the worst of economic storms. even if we propose safeguards to make the failure of firms less likely, we've also coo yeted -- proposed resolution authority. in the event that such a failure happens and poses a threat to

the stability of the financial system. this is intended to put an end to the idea that some firms are too big to fail. for market to function, those who invest and lend, must believe that their money is actually at risk. and the system as a whole isn't safe until it's safe from the failure of any individual institution. in a bank approaches it, we have a process through the fdic that protects the depositories. this was created during the great depression. that system works. but we don't have any kind of process of place to obtain the failure of lehman brothers already aig or any of the largest financial firms in our country. that's when why when the crisis began, crucial decisions about

what would happen so some of the world's biggest company took place and hurried discussions in the middle of the night. that's why we've had to rely on taxpayers dollars. the only revolution authority that we had that would prevent a financial meltdown involved tapping the federal reserve or federal treasury. with so many at steak, we should not be forced to choose between allowing a company to fail into a chaotic dissolution or alternative ask taxpayers to foot the big. our plan would put the coast on those who own its stock and loaned it money. and the taxpayers who have to step in again, the financial industry will have to pay the taxpayer back every cent. we need to close not just within

this country, but among countries. the united states is leading a coordinated response to promote recovery and restore prosperity among the worldest largest economies and a worlds fastest growing anies. and the summit in london in april, leaders agreed to work together in unprecedented way to spur global demand. but also to address the underlying problems that cause such a deep and lasting global recession. :

a around the world to discuss. a healthy economy in the 21st century depends on the ability to buy and sell goods in markets across the globe and make no mistake this administration is committed to pursuing expanded trade and new trade agreements. it is absolutely essential to the economic future. and each time we have met the g20 and the g8 we have reaffirmed the need to fight against protectionism. but no trading system will work

if we fail to enforce our trade agreements. those that have already been signed. so we invoke the provisions of existing agreements. we do so not to be provocative or promote self-defeating protectionism. we do so because enforcing trade agreement is part and parcel of maintaining open and free trading system. just as we have to live up to work responsibilities of trade we have to live up to responsibilities of financial reform as well. i have urged leaders in congress to pass regulatory reform this year in both congressman frank and senator dodd were leaning to separate and made it clear that is what they intend to do. there will be those who defend

the status quo. they're always are. there will be those who argue we should do less or nothing at all. there will be those who engage in revisionist history or have selective

financial sector is what created the need for that extraordinary intervention. not just with our administration with the previous administration. the lack of sensible rules of the world so often opposed by those who claim to speak for the free-market ironic the lead to a rescue far more intrusive than anything any of us democratic or republican, progressive or conservative would have ever proposed or predicted. at the same time, we have to recognize that what is needed now goes beyond just the reforms i have mentioned.

what took place one year ago wasn't merely a fairy tale regulation, it wasn't just a failure of oversight or foresight. it was also a failure of responsibility. fundamentally failure of responsibility. that wants washington to become a place for problems including structural problems in the financial system which ignored rather than solved. it was a failure of responsibility to let home buyers and traders alike to take reckless risks they couldn't afford to take. it was a collective failure responsibility in washington on wall street and across america that led to the near collapse of the financial system one year ago. restoring willingness to take responsibility even when it is hard to do is a part of we must do. here on wall street, you have any response ability.

the reforms i have laid out will pass and these changes will become wall but one of the most important ways to rebuild the system strong growth in before is rebuilt trust stronger than before. and you don't have to wait for a new law to do that. you don't have to wait to use plain language in his dealing with consumers. you don't have to wait for legislation to put the 2009 bonuses of your senior executives. you don't have to wait for a law to overhaul the pay system so folks are rewarded for long-term performance instead of short-term gains. the fact is many of the firms now returning to prosperity o a debt to the american people. they were not the cause of this crisis and yet american taxpayers through their government have to take

extraordinary action to stabilize the financial industry. they shouldered the burden of the bailout and they are still bearing the burden of the fallout in lost jobs and lost homes and lost opportunities. it is neither right nor an irresponsible after you recover with the health of your government to short or obligation to the goal of a wide recovery. a more stable system and a more broadly shared prosperity. so i want to urge you to demonstrate that you take this obligation to heart. to put greater effort into helping families who need their mortgages modified under my administration's home ownership program, to help small business owners who desperate need loans. to help communities that would benefit from the financing you

could provide or the community development institutions you could support. to come up with creative approaches to improve financial education and bring him banking to those who live and work entirely outside of the banking system. and of course, to embrace serious financial reform. not we are asking the private sector to think all long-term i recognize that washington has to do so as well. when my administration came through the door we not only face the financial crisis and recession we also found waiting a trillion dollar deficit. so yes, we had to take extraordinary action in the week of an extraordinary crisis, but i am absolutely committed to putting this nation on a sound and secure fiscal footing and that is why we are pushing to restore pay as you go rules in congress because i will not go

along with the old washington ways that said it was okay to pass tax cuts without a plan to pay for it. that is why we are cutting programs that don't work or are out of date and why i have insisted health insurance reform is as important as it is not eckert 89 to the deficit now or in the future. there are those who suggest we must choose between markets unfettered by even the most modest of regulations and markets weighed down by regulations to suppress the spirit of enterprise and innovation. if there is one lesson we can learn from last year it is this is a false choice. common sense rules of the road don't hinder the market. they make the market stronger. indeed they are essential to ensure markets function. fair and free. bourn year ago we saw stark relief of the markets can spin

out of control. how lack of common sense rules can lead to excess and abuse, paul close we can come to the brink. one year later it is incumbent upon us to put in place the reforms the will prevent this crisis from happening again. reflecting and it will help us move from a perk of reckless irresponsibility, period of crisis to one of responsibility and prosperity. that is what we must do, and i am confident that is what we will do. thank you very much, everybody. [applause] thank you. [applause] [applause]

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nation a new generation of patriots are standing ready for her defense. >> we need to speak out and start taking action and start letting the people of the congress know we are serious about what we are talking about. >> the troubled asset relief program. >> october 3rd, 2008, t.a.r.p. i open pandora's box to stabilize the banking industry. may, 2,090 eckert fails. government crows as many banks are taken over by force. tiberi, president of, is one of the largest spending bills in history, stimulus coming generations on board to a staggering debt obligation. by july, unemployment reaches new highs, consumer confidence is low and the country's economy stance on the knife's edge. >> taxpayer funded hostile takeovers.

>> june, taxpayer money bails out automotive and factors like gm. the numbers are in. baled out manufacturers are still struggling to turn a profit. >> an army of stars. >> as of september 1st, more unconstitutional stars are appointed in the first seven months of the new administration and in over 300 years. >> i think this line says it all. >> cash for clunkers. par deal goes into effect. waiting two weeks it stalls. >> they will get their money but we have to process it properly. >> it costs taxpayers an additional $3 billion. >> it has been successful beyond imagination. >> august recess. >> we have got to go to every town hall meeting. we have got to go to every elected representatives and remind them they are our dollars.

>> stop spending or money! >> they come home to angry constituents, downhauls with disapproval of the health care build on too far. >> you don't trust me? >> are they going to be willing to be on the same play and they are offering? >> it will be a cold day in hell before you -- [inaudible] >> let the free market system work everybody could have insurance! [cheering] ♪ >> the calculations are adding up. $60 trillion in unfunded liabilities soaring national debt. >> government health care. -- constitution under assault. liberty, it knows no political party.

it is the gift of divine providence to all mankind. on this day, september 12, american gabus response as the government of the people, by the people, and for the people. from sea to shining sea. millions are standing as one to say we will not be built. we will not be sold a bill of goods, and we will not disown this declaration of independence eight years to the day, america looked up from the rubble. she saw with clarity her destiny. a destiny to defend liberty and today she stands again with a clear eye and a thorough result. welcome, patriots come to your story, our story, the story of 9/12 march on washington. [cheering]

>> organizer for the negative/12 march on washington, jennie def martin. [cheering] >> welcome, welcome, welcome! this is the official start of the march on washington, d.c.. [cheering] thank you for being here today. we had over 450 buses come here today, 450. we have people who are here from alaska and hawaii and every single state in this country. [cheering] in addition to what we are doing right here we have to wars going on in the country those 200

events are in 45 states. 45 states today joining with us as we are here making our voices heard on the washington, d.c.. how many of you -- how many of you who were here were part of the 30,000 people that attended tea parties on february 27? [cheers and applause] helm many of you who are here attended tea parties on april 15th? [cheers and applause] helm many of you who are here today made some sort of personal sacrifice to be here? [cheers and applause] how many of you gave money to be

here? [cheers and applause] this week, when president obama addressed the joint session of congress he said it was time for the games to stop. how many of you were playing a game in february? how many of you who were playing a game april 15th? how many of you who were playing a game when you wait paid over two hours to get into a town hall to talk to your congressmen or senators? were you playing games? how many of you are playing a game today? is this a game to you? con chris, president obama, this is not a game. we mean what we say this country

-- it is time for this country to restore fiscal responsibility. we must be responsible with our money for future generations. we must have limited government constitutionally limited government. the government out for founding fathers intended. and we must let free markets work without government interference [applause] those are the core values of tea party patriots. those are the values you have heard this morning and will continue to hear today. while i am one of the national coordinators of tea party patriots and one of the

coordinators for this event, all i am just an organizer of get all that i do is make it so that you have the platform to make your of waste heard. we were not now be met in february. we were not loud enough in april. we brought loud enough in july. we were not loud enough in august so we are turning up the volume. [cheers and applause] president obama, can you hear us now! [cheers and applause] can you hear us now! [cheers and applause] we are going to continue to make our voices heard until you've listened. thank you all for being here

today. each and every one of you are great americans, and i'm so proud to stand shoulder to shoulder with you as we worked to save freedom in our country. thank you, thank you. [cheers and applause] one more thing, so sorry. the way we were looking for earlier, he is now with the police. so drew's mom, you need to either answer the phone when elisa calls or see a policeman yourself. your son is with the police. thank you very much. [cheers and applause] put your hands together for the organizer for the march on

washington, brendan steinhauser. >> i don't know if nancy pelosi is watching but if she is, if you noticed we've replaced the grass of the west lawn with astroturf. [cheers and applause] and the director for the organization that believes in her lower taxes, less government and more freedom, and now apparently we are on this enemy list that president obama has created. [booing] i will talk more about that in a minute. but one thing i want to mention today we have a ton of people, hundreds of thousands of people. we need to stay in touch and i am going to give you one simple way to do that. everyone please get out your cellphone just like they did in the presidential campaign and

text "freedom" 274700. "freedom" to 74700. we have got to keep this momentum going. this whole movement started with a handful of people who decided to take to the streets and they said that while conservatives don't really protest it isn't really what they do, but something has changed and again last year when the republicans were bailing out wall street and they continue granting the stimulus down our throats he pushed people far enough, you keep pushing and they are going to push back. and that is what we have done. this movement is amazing. this view of all these patriotic americans who have paid their a one way to be here. isn't an seiu for raleigh. this isn't a.c.o.r.n..

these are americans that came here on their own. so god bless each and every one of you. freedomworks will continue to work with all of you. support your efforts at the local level. and let's consider coming back here in about a year. [cheers and applause] one more thing. this message is for president obama. flag this. >> now put your hands together and welcome the chairman of freedomworks and house majority leader dick armey. ♪ [applause] >> give me a smile, i want to take your picture. in case i run into nancy pelosi i want to be able to prove to

hurt you were really here. my wife, you know how much i love my beebee. we wanted to be here together because we have a beautiful nephew grandma and grandpa's fight for their freedom together. [cheers and applause] so we would like to start by asking how many of you are here because you love your grandchildren? [cheers and applause] help many of you are here because you think america made them a great promise when they promised the blessings of liberty for ourselves and our prosperity and expect your government to make good on it? [cheers and applause] you know, when the federal government decided to go from over a year ago and try to bail out wall street we tried to tell them it won't work, and it didn't work. when the first stimulus didn't work, what did they do, the

government always does with a bad idea. if it doesn't work, do more and we told them that wouldn't work. then we had the election, and president obama came and said we are going to give change you can believe in, and what did he give? more of the same that didn't work. and we tried to tell them it wouldn't work. so in april we said we've got to get organized. let's do tea parties. we agree in the tea parties all over the nation. how many of you were at a tea party last april 15th? [cheers and applause] and what did they say? we were all real. we didn't know what we were talking about. don't listen to those boats. so we said we have to keep going. we have to keep trying. we showed in august at telhami things. what did they say? the war are real. they are astroturf, the dog what they are talking about. they will go away. well, did you go away or are you back?

you are back. mr. and mrs. america. and we are so proud to be here with you. on behalf of our grandchildren. now, look, i want to just make one clear idea. not too long ago president barack obama stood right there on that stage and he said the one cingular pledge of commitment we asked of every elected official in america, at every level. he pledged a commitment of fidelity to the united states constitution. [cheers and applause] [booing]

[inaudible] winston churchill said about the american constitutional convention that it was the greatest entrepreneurial act of courage for liberty in the history of the world and it deserves to be respected. [cheers and applause] and these were learned people. there was no word, no free is, no sentence that got in the constitution by accident. the new with the meaning of the word ase, was and wrote exactly what they meant. [cheers and applause] and it doesn't take a genius to read it and understand it and know what it says. and if you can't do that, we will buy you a dictionary. now we are here today to fulfill a commitment.

when benjamin franklin walked out of that constitutional convention he was asked by a leedy on the street, she said dr. franklin, what kind of government did you give? and he said i gave you a republican -- a republika if you can hold it, and we are here today to hold it. [cheers and applause] [inaudible] -- to hold it. and the one thing that they knew about all other things when they wrote that constitution was that liberty was a gift given to mankind, and mankind alone by the lord god almighty and it is the duty of the government to protect it. [cheers and applause] protect and cherished freedom because it is precious and its own right, but because it works.

so let's give them a message. freedom works. freedom work! thank you for letting me be here. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

america ♪ ♪ americas ♪ to all success ♪ the globalist ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

♪ ♪ i'm talking about american ♪ ♪ suite america ♪ god shed his grace on me ♪ yes he did ♪ from sea to shining sea ♪ i wish i had somebody to help me sing this ♪ ♪ america, america

♪ god shed his grace on me ♪ he told me he would ♪ from sea to shining sea ♪ from sea to shining sea ♪ [cheers and applause] >> james is an entrepreneur with successful years in the restaurant and auto dealer industry. this year james lost his dealership to ring the automotive bailout. you have seen him on fox news.

now please welcome to the stage james anderer. [cheers and applause] >> my name is james anderer, and i am an american patriot. [cheers and applause] i believe in the constitution. i believe in the bill of rights. i believe in the government of the people, by the people, and for the people. [cheers and applause] i believe in the first amendment. i believe in the right of free speech. i believe in the second amendment is. [cheers and applause] let me say that again. the right of the individual to bear arms. [cheers and applause]

very important. i believe in the fifth amendment that we, the people, will not be deprived of life, liberty or property without due process. [cheers and applause] well, my friends, what happens when due process becomes corrupted? that is exactly what happened to me. i stand before you an angry man. i am an angry american citizen. i am living proof of a government out of control. [cheers and applause] my business was seized, stolen from me under the watchful eye and complete approval of president barack obama. [booing] this means the administration

set with a series of government appointees, czars and bankruptcy judges, all with no congressional oversight or approval misuse and total disregard for our secret constitution -- sacred constitution. this obama administration has successfully achieved their goal of total control over all three branches of government rendering the system of checks and balances, meaning less. the radical right wing of the democratic party out of control. the executive branch, the house and the senate. i believe they also have control more undeniable influence over

the judiciary. proof of this is the way the chrysler bankruptcy was handled. the judge who presided over the bankruptcy hearing interpreted the current bankruptcy laws mog as they were written or in tended to be used, but to conform to the obama administration's agenda. [booing] this meant the unions survive. but some dealers like me and people including children who were personal injury claims and pension years will be financially destroyed. bankruptcy experts, legal scholars have said this ruling will have devastating consequences in future cases.

ruth bader ginsburg chose not to hear the appeal before the supreme court. [booing] big surprise. and the judge who heard the bankruptcy case was appointed another term. another big surprise. this is real, folks. it has happened. >> tennessee says thank you. >> it happened to profitable viable car dealers across the nation. this has resulted in over 150,000 workers being forced onto the unemployment lines for no reason. my business was stolen from me lowercase again lindenhurst new york i was a top performing dealer in the upper 2% of a

nationwide sales. it was seized from me with no compensation whatsoever and it will be given to another individual for free. [booing] all because of corporate politics and complying government. now you see why i am an angry american. [applause] i am not happy about this fight, but by god i am going to win it. [cheers and applause] make no mistake about this, i speak the truth. this has happened to me and thousands of other americans, and it can happen and will

happen to you if we, the people, don't stop this and say and marched toward socialism and tyranny. [cheers and applause] you may say this could never happen in america. well, my friends, it has. just like in many countries throughout history where symbol circumstances put in power an individual or a regime that in braced totalitarianism. unfortunately, president obama believes in this notion that government should control virtually all aspects of an individual's life. [booing] and thinking government can solve all problems. [booing] nationalism by its very nature exploits the worker. [booing]

president obama believes he has a mandate to change america. [booing] well, i say the change he wants for america is made. [booing] the change he wants is not what our founding fathers had conceived for this great nation. [cheers and applause] i believe that is the reason president obama wants all of these changes completed as fast as possible. he wants these changes completed before congress or the american people realize exactly what he has done. i believe he thinks that his way is the best way for america. well, folks, i say he is wrong!

[cheers and applause] he took that advice from his advisers. the, the people, are in revolt even by the people who voted for him are in revolt. week, the people, are revolted against his socialist policies. we the people are in revolt because of his tactics. we the people are in a revolt because of his enemies list, and union thugs and gulags set out to tell hall meetings to push around and beat up old people. [cheers and applause] we the people are in default because of his unconstitutional appointments of these stars that they don't have to go before congress and get that vetted. we are in revolt because of the president obama and the congress spends tax payer money.

our money on a earmarks and political patronage and they have the nerve to call it a stimulus package. we the people are in a revolt because our taxes are so far heidi are destroying a way of life and they keep going up and up and up. we the people are in revolt because our elective officials cannot represent us anymore. they represent special-interest groups that find their campaigns and give them money. we are in revolt because all of us have been working hard and raising children and paying taxes and trying to make this world a better place but we have lost our way. we have let this country they do

not believe in individual rights. they do not believe in the concept of personal responsibility. they do not believe in the idea that if you work hard, succeed, and achieve your goals and when you have worked for you will keep. it will not be taken from you in a form of high taxes or in my case, property seized and given to somebody else who for for free. we the people can not allow list to grow like a malignant disease infecting this nation. we must and we will stop it. we will stop them up and organizing and attending peaceful town hall meetings and engaging of three elected officials. but my friends, when all is said and done and in a final

analysis, the only way to get the country back is to vote them out. [cheers and applause] never give up. never, ever give up. god bless you. [cheers and applause] [chanting "vote them out"] [inaudible] -- "new york times," wall street journal and usa today and washington post. you have seen him on fox

o'reilly factor and cnn. please welcome robert levy. >> i want to talk to you about t.a.r.p., the troubled debt relief program now and the bailout. originally, t.a.r.p. authorized former secretary henry paulson to by toxic assets from troubled banks. within a few weeks, that more often to a program to inject capital directly into the same banks, and then just a couple of weeks after that it morphed back and to purchasing troubled assets. and along the way the administration expropriated the automobile industry, and after that to bailout insurance giant

aig. and after that fiasco the new treasury secretary, timothy geithner promoted the idea -- [booing] -- promoted the idea of a public-private partnership, using, you guessed it, public taxpayer money for a total cost of over a trillion dollars. now how did all of this come to pass? first, the federal government enacted double taxation of dividends, tax deductibility of interest. that meant corporations would use too little equity and too much debt. how your leverage, or risc, and then alan greenspan's federal reserve system fueled the credit crisis with artificially low interest rates, and that was compounded by political pressure for affordable housing. and implicit taxpayer guarantees to fannie mae and freddie mac.

all of which meant more than two much supply and lending, high risk securitized mortgages, complex derivatives. it was perverse government policies that caused this mess. privatized profits and socialized losses, the banks and car companies winds, tales, the taxpayers lose. now, naturally, you might say if we don't like these policies we can vote to these legislators out of office. well, perhaps not. suppose the policies were not enacted by congress, but by unelected bureaucrats. unaccountable to the voters alphabet agencies and the cabinet departments here in d.c.. that's what actually happened. the bailout was wasted on the public by the treasury

secretary, called the congress. if you look at the very first sentence in the constitution after the preamble, article 1, section 1, all legislative powers shall be vested. lawmaking is for the religious leader, not the treasury department, and no to the key terms, all legislative powers shall be vested. the vesting provision is not selective and it is not discretionary. delegations are okay, said the court, but only if the congress enacts and intelligible principles that the executive department knows how to flesh out the details. what is the intelligent principal secretary and geithner must follow? no one knows least all the taxpayers have to pay the cost. make things better is what and intelligible principle. wind federalist 45, james madison warned about excess of government power, and here is

what he wrote: the powers delegated by the constitution to the federal government are few and defined. that might have been the intent, but it is not what has transpired, and as i rattle off this list, see if you can identify a single power that is authorized by the u.s. constitution. today the federal government has immersed itself and everything ranging from public schools to hurricane relief, drug enforcement, welfare, a retirement systems, medical care, family planning, housing, even aid to can be found among congress enumerated powers. too much power, too little freedom. it is time to restore constitutional government. thank you very much. [applause] [cheers and applause]

♪ [inaudible] -- patronis sponsored health care plan we realize how damaging it was [inaudible] with any conscience at all you couldn't allow this to happen. we came here to be sure congress heard our concerns as if read a practicing doctors. congressman after senator has said the problem with you doctors is you have been a political for too long. and we said sure, we take care of patients, we are not thinking politics and they said but the decisions are made here. if you don't get involved in the

process, your voice is never heard. people said this is all about money, isn't it? i see if it was all about money i would be in favor. it's not about that. its ability to take care of my patients without bureaucrats interfering. 99.9% of patients say we do not want government on health care. ♪ it was amazing. we stumbled into this hearing is really what it was from congressman conyers and it was a health and information hearing, and it was all about single-payer and several members got up and explained why single-payer was a bad idea and next thing you know all of our doctors were speaking and none of his work, and he was listening. >> we don't feel like we have been involved in the process. people who have been involved in the process supposedly representing us are not taking care of patients every day. ♪ despite this from being a long way from over we have a chance of winning and of the people in

congress are actually listening to us. ♪ [cheers and applause] >> now, rise to your feet and welcome a man fresh from the front lines, tireless lobbyist from the forgotten special-interest, the american taxpayer. here is the director of government affairs for the 362,000 strong, national taxpayers union. andrew moilin. >> good afternoon, tax payers. good afternoon, americans. people to my right. people to lie of their right. alladi see you as well. if you are excited to be here today and help turn the government around, let me hear and amen. president obama is in minnesota today. let me hear amen!

>> amen! >> that is proof that hell hath no fury of a taxpayer ignored. [cheers and applause] i am the director of government affairs for the national taxpayers union. we are the oldest grassroots taxpayer organization and the country and you can find out more about what we do to protect your wallet everyday at ntu.org. now, hell hath no fury like a tax payer ignored, but you are being ignored today by the media and by some politicians. some of them will insist that you are not here today. that it's just a few thousand troops with signs. well, we can help make sure each and every one of you is counted in the final analysis. you can pull out your cellphone right now and text "912" to 67292. we will comply all those numbers and send them to every one of the media outlets and publicize

them for everybody to see. you can pull out your phone and text "912" to 67292. now, congress and the president have been busy ignoring things themselves. like our federal budget deficit, which at $1.6 trillion is bigger than the entire federal budget 1997. by doing that, they have ignored their way to a nearly 12 trillion-dollar deficit. debt, excuse i have a five month old daughter sitting at home watching this on tv and she has authority thousand dollars bounty on her head before she has ever walked a step or said a word on this earth as though she crossed the mob or something. if you think that is a bad idea, let me hear amen! they have ignored your policies. nobody making over to eckert $50,000 would see any kind of tax increase.

well, they are ignoring that. on health care. [booing] they want to raise taxes to pay for a $1 trillion plan, notice the common theme, trillion, with fines of up to $3,800 if you don't comply and higher taxes on thousands of individuals and small businesses. they are ignoring it on energy, but true to million-dollar cap and treat national energy tax. they have already ignored on cigarettes. they've raised the cigarette tax 62 cents a pack this year and there is only one person who makes more than $250,000 smokes, and his name is barack obama. [cheers and applause] now we have a message today that we will be ignored no more. so here is what you can do today. you can make your politician feel the heat because when they feel the heat they see the

light. you can call your representative right now. call them up and let them know how you feel. you can text "912" 267292. we will help turncoats. people often forget the original wall street bailout almost field, did feel, excuse me, on the house floor and is it because of your calls that helped that. i want to see a personal thank you to the politicians protecting our rights that are working for us. people like tom price and others you are going to hear from today. give them a round of applause. [applause] ..

we started at 10:30 this morning. e people were lining up here at 8:00 a.m. and people are still coming in. [cheers and applause] >> still dropping people off. i've been told that the expressways are blocked roads are closed. you guys are making a difference today. [cheers and applause] >> together we will continue to make a difference. so what do you think? congress, president obama, can you hear us now? [cheers and applause] >> can you hear us now?

[cheers and applause] >> we're just going get louder. can you hear us now! [cheers and applause] >> our next speaker is kellen guida 2000 graduate miami school of architecture and former new york city architect. he is founder and ceo of park bench media and is co-director of tea party 365 inc. i'm sorry the new york city tea party. welcome kellen. [applause] >>. >> hello america! [applause] >> so i'm from new york city the land of underground clubs, 4:00 a.m. pizza and high as hell taxes. so in new york city we've been getting 10,000-12,000 people for our rallys and going to our community board meetings and what do we hear

there from new york city councilmen? hey, we've cut the application down for this program tell all your friends to sign up and we'll get a billion dollars more next year. that's not very cool and it's not going to happen in new york city anymore. we've been in front of city hall. we've been getting down in the clubs. rock bands, punk rock they're all talk about the tea parties and our voice is growing. it's not just fox news because i tell you what these punk bands in brooklyn aren't watching fox news but they're rebelled against the government, that's for sure. now park bench.com what we're doing is taking on pop culture. because right now you have perez hilton that dirt bag from california and you have rock the vote telling everyone from 10 years old to 25 years old to write

their congressman and support healthcare. because for the past 30 years modern pop culture has been left leaning, antiestablishty pro -- antiliberty pro taxs and pro social program. that's what us college kids and my high school sister, that's what they hear and that's what they know. so we have to start taking on this establishment in pop culture. it all started 30 years ago with "rolling stone" magazine. and the hippie counter culture. well, we have our own counterculture now. u [applause] >> hundreds of thousands of people out here today and we are all protesting against the government and that's what we need. but more importantly we need to start taking on the pop culture. the proponents of liberty and freedom. we have our policy base. we have our intellectuals based. now we need our pop culture base and it's people like stephen baldwin who is up here earlier today who is

going get that going. so next time you're walking down the street, take a look at a news magazine, take a look at the newsstands and see what's going on. flip through the pages because when you go to e! online and perez hilton.com. they're talking trash about you. so that's what wee doing at park ben. -- ben. we have 30 all under 30 years old and we're taking it on and we want everyone to get involved. join a tea party. join the pop culture counter revolution and keep doing what you're doing because it starts in new york city under ground clubs the everywhere you are your bands and bars and going out and getting the pem's opinion. -- people's opinion. so keep rallying and great job america. [applause] >> one real quick announcement. be quiet for this one

because it is an important one. the parents of sean holland need to go to the bottom of maryland avenue walkway at garfield circle. again, the parents of sean holland go to the bottom maryland avenue walkway at garfield circle. sean is there with the police. thank you. >> and now, here to take out the trash on everything you thought you knew about conservatives direct from the streets of dirty year -- jersey the nation's one and only conservative hip-hop artist gefr it up for high cal ger. >> -- hi-caliber. >> want you to make some noise d.c.. >> if you're proud to be an american today make some noise. [cheers and applause] >> mr. conservative this is my partner vance venom. you can hear me every week on the monica crowley show.

i've got a question for you all are there any right wing extremists in the house tonight -- today? >> okay. break this down. this is a little acapella before we get into the music. right wing extremists what's the kef in addition -- definition to this administration i guess a gun-toting christian or someone who's against illegal immigration. flishgs a real threat to the safety of our nation and you haven't even seen nothing yet. how the heck you going to call our troops a potential threat. respect to the vets who keep the enemies in check and peace to the navy s.e.a.l.s who sent those pirates to their death. yeah, i support the military and i also support the efforts of rick perry. it is getting scary. our government is getting reckless you know how the saying goes. don't mess with texas or the 10th amendment. we fought for independence now this marks this administration wants to end it and send it into a never ending plunge why the heck you think they want to take away our guns a revolution has begun not the kind that

needs armies, i'm talking about the patriotic people at tea parties. [cheers and applause] >> democrats, republicans it's all good. check it out. ♪ march d.c. hi-caliber emcee. patriotic people make some noise please if you've had it up to here with the president's policies welcome everyone to the march in d.c. hi-caliber emcees. patriotic people make some noise please if you've had it up to here with the president's policies. the people over there kroefer -- overcrowding the streets the american people freedom of speech. united rock and roll. republican democrat. what is separating us from the truth. said better than the country protecting you. we're losing troops a lot of people losing hope all these young ins using dope.

time is only getting harder. white-collar. economy, it's time to stand up. those who try to man up. so pay the tax, money in the banks wall street for that. i'm sorry we -- d.c. you are at where you're at. welcome everyone to the march of d.c. hi-caliber artist emcee. patriotic people make some noise please if you've had it up to here with the president's policies. welcome everyone to the march of d.c. hi-caliber venom aramis -- artist emcee. make some people if you've had it up to here with the president's policies. >> i want a warranty that's bumper-to-bumper not some scam like "cash for clunkers"s not hybrid cars honest politicians not communist czars. >> not is ussr. we need more ann poulter and less bill maher. more schools and churches less clubs and bars more

conservative talk shows less hollywood stars. more education less hesitation before america becomes a communist nation. i'm sick of all the liars on the tv station. we need a real conservative leader. ♪ forget world war just look at the weather. i don't need another -- socialist hypocrite. birthday but where's your birth certificate? [cheers and applause] >> welcome everyone to the washington, d.c. high cal vince vie no, ma'am artist emcee. patriotic people make some noise please if you've had it up to here with the president's policies. welcome everyone to the march of d.c. hi cal. artist emcee. patriotic people make some noise please if you've had it up to here with the president's policies. [cheers and applause] >> make some noise.

two songs. can't neglect the troops. we can't neglect the troops. drop that music. just drop it. if you love the military i need to see your hands up. >> usa. >> we can't forget those guys and women. >> usa. >> usa. ♪ usa ♪. >> for the air force ♪ usa usa for the marines hi-caliber ♪ ♪ this is for the soldiers with 80,000 years on his shoulders ♪ a. >> ♪ flame-throwers. hey bin laden game over troops are coming for you ♪. >> get a sniper to scope you from a mile away ♪ ♪ or soldiers dying every day ♪. >> to hell with the enemies of the usa ♪

♪ i don't listen to the media forget what they say. ♪. >> grab a bible and pray. another soldier does a job ak. or rpg. this ain't no role-playing game what you "seen on tv". i support the troops because they're the reason we are free ask and the reason why we live in the land of liberty. army, navy air force marines. ships planes and m-16s. army, navy air force marines infantry ships. m-16. it's time that we take out these fascist regimes navy s.e.a.l.s and air force rangers ♪. >> in the face of danger ♪. >> paratroopers real life rambos blazing the heavy ammo ♪. >> ♪ is for military messengers. we all unite to destroy the cowards who targeted the towers ♪. >> ♪ every soldier defending

our rights. homeys in iraq right now wish i could see them. bet they're kicking doors down right now. all the soldiers iraqi freedom. ♪ describes me. free. blood and soldiers spilled for this country ♪ ♪ that type of bravery is real. ♪ yeah, moms and dads, sons and daughters, sisters and brothers but they're all warriors fighting for all of us. the government's the brain and the soldiers are the muscles so army, navy, air force, marines planes and m-16s grenades. extra magazines it's time we take owl -- out these fascist regimes navy s.e.a.l.s air force rangers. facing danger. paratroopers. commandos. real life rambos placing that heavy ammo. usa. >> usa.

come on usa. >> usa. usa. >> let me see your flags up. flags up right now. >> usa for the soldiers. >> usa. for the army. >> usa ♪ ♪ for the navy usa. >> we love you. thank you. ♪ get the hell out of our country right now -- [inaudible]. >> freedomworks everybody. have a great time. peace. [cheers and applause] >> project 21 a network of black conservatives promotes liberty, limited government and personal responsibility.

>> america! [cheers and applause] >> yeah. let's set the record straight right now. we're here today because we the people have had enough. [cheers and applause] >> we will not sit silently while our liberties and our freedoms are being looted by elected officials serving their interests and not the interest of their constituents. [cheers and applause] >> we will not sit sigh lnltly and let the massive growth of government smother our right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. we will not sit sigh lnltly -- silently and let the massive growth of government debt smother our future and the futures of our children. our rally today people is

about liberty. personallyly not sit sigh elemently and let those who criticize our cause call it about race and call us rednecks. jeanine, my neck is not red. [cheers and applause] >> speaking of race, i am outraged that there are some prominent black politicians who use the race card any chance they get to cover their failures and their failed policies. [cheers and applause] >> i'm also outrageed that black politicians have an affinity for socialism. a few examples, charles wran gel -- rangel.

chairman of the house ways and means committee. mr. rangel says that bias and prejudice against president obama are the reasons why people are opposing the healthcare bill. mr. rangel, it's opposed because of the principle. not race. a message america to mr. rangel. pay your taxes. pay your taxes. pay your taxes. >> pay your taxes. >> pay your taxes. pay your taxes. >> there's more. john conyers, michigan. he questions the need for lawmakers to read the bill. to read it.

mr. congers that's your job. a message from america mr. conyers read the bill! read the bill! read the bill! there's more. congresswoman diane watson admires fidel castro. congresswoman maxine waters has no problem with governments taking over oil companies. -- congresswomen that is socialism and it's evil. america look at the urban communities these political representatives are supposed to be representing. are they any better since they've been in office. harlem, detroit, los angeles.

as the board member with the opportunity charter school in harlem, new york i can tell you our government is failing our kids. not only have these liberal policies failed, they are trying to make matters worse with cap-and-trade. and let's get the terminology straight, in washington, d.c. they call the cap-and-trade, i call it cap and tax. it's a tax on energy. the goal of cap-and-trade is to force americans to use less energy by making it more expensive. it will reduce dispossible income and our standard of living. it will lead to job losss and manufacturing where they'll move overseas. it will reduce economic growth. that's why cap and tax is a ball and chain for all americans.

it's an energy policy that will enslave everybody. for the sake of liberty and limited government. we cannot allow cap and tax to move in the senate. america, emancipation from the race card social us em and cap and tax -- socialism and cap and tax is the change all americans can appreciate. thank you. and now here's lifetime democrat voter and recent blogger who is fed up with congress and this administration on the national economy. bruce webster. >> hello.

zev ra weeks -- several weeks ago my sweet wife sandra turned to me and said there's a march in d.c. we're going to go to it. i didn't quite expect to be up here. it is true that i was a democrat for 37 years but then again when i grew up, democrats believed in lower taxes. free enterprise, capital us em. a strong defense. a firm stand against totalitarianism and equal opportunity before the law. come to think of it, i may be too conservative for the republicans. now why i am here? i can sum it up in two quotes. about 250 years ago a wise scotsman by the name of david hume gave always warning for our day. he said it is seldom that liberty of any kind is lost all at once.

i am here because i am concerned about the liberties we are losing. the second quote comes from abraham lincoln in talking about the emancipation proclamation he said, america is the last best hope of earth. now, let me ask you, how many of you are veterans or have family members who have served or are serving in the armed forces? let me hear you. [cheers and applause] >> my father lieutenant john. a webster was at pearl harbor was at the naval battle of canal and went ashore with the marines at guam before he was 20 years old. he then stayed in the navy long enough to do two terms of duty in vietnam. his namesake my son john. a web corporate -- corporal

in the u.s. marine corps has done one tour in iraq. and is fighting with the corps to go overseas again. my nephew darren green is a corporal in the u.s. marine corps. he followed john into the corps he is currently in the helmand province of afghanistan right where the fighting is the worst. we owe the men and women throughout the history of this country who have served a great debt and 165 years ago abraham lincoln told us -- excuse me, 146 years ago abraham lynn told us what that debt -- lincoln told us what that debt was. he said it is for us the living to be dedicated to the unfinished work which they have so nobly advanced. he said it is for us to be dedicated to the great task remaining before us. that from these honored dead and from the honored living

we take increased devotion to that course for which they gave the last full measure of devotion. that we here are highly resolved that these dead and our veterans will not have served and died in vain. that this nation under god shall have a new birth of freedom. and that know what president lincoln did not say. he did not say government of the white house by the white house, for the white house. he did not say government of the courts by the courts and for the courts. and he most certainly did not say government of the congress by the congress and for the congress. what did he say? government of the people, by the people and for the people shall not perish from the earth.

that is our task. god bless us and god bless america. [cheers and applause] >> and now, here's national public policy analyst president and ceo of freedomworks matt kibbe. how are you guys doing? abc news is reporting that 1.5 million people are here. [cheers and applause] >> give yourselves a a round of applause. [applause] >> usa, usa, usa, usa, usa,

usa, usa, usa. >> with the president of freedomworks i want to thank you for being here. you're making all the people that worked to put this together look pretty good today. [applause] >> we believe in two simple principles. one, freedomworks. two, equally important government goes to those who show up. guess what, you guys showed up. [cheers and applause] >> now, no offense to my

friends in the media, but i suggest that we get our own head call -- head count today. reports are coming in that the highways are closed down. and our folks are streaming all the way back to the washington monument. [cheers and applause] >> so i know brandan asked you to do this, i'm going to ask you to do it again. pull out your cell phones and text freedom to my usa. if you don't have the right kind of phone text freedom to 69872.

trust and verify with the media. if freedom can work here we believe that freedom can work anywhere. i want to introduce quickly to you guys freedomworks oregon director where freedom can work in oregon, we're going to win. russ walker. >> i want to give a shout out to everybody from the left coast to the great united states of america. let's hear you. they came 3,000 miles to hear their voices today. i believe capitalism works and i'm proud to be a capitalist. all of you that are proud let's hear you. [applause] >> eight months ago our president told us capitalism no longer works. he gave up on it. i believe it works. when my ancestors arrived in oregon 150 years ago, they

didn't have a waiting for them to provide them housing, healthcare, clean water or anything for that matter. they showed up in a wagon with a rifle and with their own hands and feet and got to work. and they built one of the greatest states the united states of america. just like the ancestor to those who live in texas and utah and idaho and california and indiana and ohio and you can go right through the list. this country's been built by risk takeners. -- takers not by government bureaucrats. it's built by those who put their own capital at risk and take chances and they either get the rewards of the risk or they get the failures of their risk and that's what makes america great. you can be more than you were born to. one last thing. our governor gave us this last session in the state of oregon the second highest marginal tax rate in the

entire world second only to belgium. only to@@@ >> the most popular guy in town. he is the author of a book that everyone of you needs to read

called "saving freedom." it is a textbook that tells you how to take your country back. senator demint. [applauding] >> the "new york times" just reported that 500 people showed up here today on the hall. well, i think you all know that the president has warned us that if we disagree with him he is going to call us out. [cheering] okay, mr. president. we are out! [cheering] >> ladies and gentleman, welcome to waterloo.

this a day that i have dreamed up for a long time. we stand together today at a critical battle for the heart and soul of america. it is not a personal battle against president obama or a partisan battle. it is a battle between big government collectivism and freedom loving americans. [cheering] the stakes are high. we will or will we continue to hold tightly to the principles of freedom that made america of the most exceptional, prosperous, and compassionate nation in history, or will we fall with a false hope and empty promises of more government solutions. [cheering] will we continue to climb the mountain of personal responsibility, free markets, and judeo-christian values, and

constitutional limited government. [cheering] or will we sink into the pit of high taxes, suffocating debt, and socialism. [cheering] my friends, i join you today not as a u.s. senator, but as a fellow freedom-loving american. [cheering] i am not here to speak to you, but to stand with you. [cheering] and to join my voice with yours. it is time that the president and the congress stop lecturing us and start listening to us at. [cheering] too many americans have fought and died for our freedom for us to give it away with apathy and

silence. the majority of the politicians here in washington seem to think that americans are either asleep or stupid. but you have proven today that americans are awake. they are informed, and they are outraged. [cheering] we need new leaders who will tell us the truth. we don't need more "alice in wonderland" politicians promising more government solutions and having the audacity to tell us that these government programs will not increase our debt. our response must be clear, no more bailouts. no more trillion-dollar government stimulus plans.

[cheering] no more trillion-dollars spending bills packed with your marks. [cheering] no more government takeovers of health care. and no cap and tax energy taxes [cheering] washington politicians in both parties have taken our country to the edge of economic and financial disaster, and the sad truth is that the president and congress still don't get it. they continue to pass bloated spending bills and create new government programs like there is no tomorrow. now they are telling us they want to control the most personal part of our lives, our health care. [cheering]

we must stop this government takeover of health care. and we must force the president and congress to fix what is broken instead of replacing what is working. [cheering] we cannot allow the government to control one-sixth of our economy, and we cannot put bureaucrats between americans and their doctors. [cheering] friends, this is a critical battle for the heart and soul of america and for freedom itself. freedom fighters are outnumbering congress, but not across america. we are winning this fight, and if you continue to stand up and speak out we will save freedom in america. [cheering] thank you for standing with me.

[cheering] >> u.s.a. u.s.a. u.s.a. u.s.a. u.s.a. u.s.a. >> i am very proud to introduce a man to our president wants out of work through cap and trade. a veteran of the u.s. navy and has been an electrician for over four years at the american energy corporation located near ohio where he lives with his wife and four children. please join me in welcoming greg harrell. [cheering] >> hello, washington! first i would like to say what a privilege it is to be here and represent all of the american

men and women that put on a hard hat and go to work every day. [cheering] at one time or another we will work hard for you america. but there is no one working harder for america that than the men and women of the united states. [cheering] we go to work every day to produce the fuel that powers america. now we are being threatened, threatened by the tax deal. the bill. but it is no more than a tax bill that will be paid by every one of you hard-working americans. does anybody here want to pay more taxes?

>> no. >> president obama, he has said, and i quote, under my plan electricity rates will necessarily skyrocket. well, it's the one time he didn't lie. manufacturers depend on reliable and affordable energy to produce their goods and be able to compete. we take call away from our energy and we will export the rest of our major factory jobs to china. the soviets put our lights on.

it is our family. it is our community. it is the small businesses that provide us with our goods and materials we need to do our job. they will all be forced out of business under this cap and tax plan. i'll let you know right now that i am not a speaker. i'm michael miner. of italian, call myers love america. they love to get up every day and provide energy for america.

and congress, we know who you are and how you voted. america will fire you. [cheering] and one last thing i'm going to say, senators, if you want your final legacy to be the destruction of america how we not vote for this cap and tax bill and america will remember you, and we will remind you that we employ you. and we will fire you! [cheering] >> thank you. up next focuses on stopping death from hospitals through

education. she has written extensively on the health care debate, and her work has been published in the "wall street journal," the new york times, forbes magazine, and others. here is the ball and he started it all by reading the bills. isn't that of first? betsy mccoy. >> i'm so glad to be here with you today. when president of, spoke spoke before the nation on wednesday he repeated his promise that if you like your health plan you can keep it. but this proves on true. take a look at pages 16 and 17. if you get your health plan through your employer your employer has said series courtesy of the government and will be legally required to move

you into a plan the government wants you to have. if you get your insurance yourself you won't even have that. you will have to change to what the government wants you to have as an as anything in your current insurance plan changes. that's right. and when you go to file your taxes if you can't prove your in that plan the government wants you enrolled and you could be fined thousands of dollars. and get this. eighteen months after this bill would be passed the health tauruses commissioner appointed by the president and a panel of advisers appointed by the president would decide what your health plan covers and what your can do, how much leeway your doctor will have, and how much you are legally required to pay

for this plan. that is what the bank is saying, here for this loan and in 18 months will fill in the interest rate and the terms of repayment no deal. >> no deal. >> no deal. >> no deal. >> no deal. >> no deal. >> this is a medical assault on seniors. this bill is paid for partly with tax hikes. that's bad enough. but also with a $500 billion reduction in future medicare spending that is 10 percent down at a time when 30 percent more people will be enrolled in medicare as the baby boomers age. those numbers don't add up, mr. president. that means no more hip

replacements, no more knee replacements, no more bypass surgery. it will undo 40 years of medical progress for our seniors. there is a better way. mr. president, get rid of this thousand-page bill and give us a 20 page bill in plain english, 20 pages. [cheering] 20 pages. you know, the framework of the u.s. constitution gave us an entire federal government in 18 pages.q [cheering] we want a 20 page bill that will do one thing, provide coverage for americans who truly can't afford health insurance. there are about 12-15 million of them.

we need to cover them so they don't lose their homes or savings. and we can do that with $500 billion in unspent stimulus money. it is sitting in a pot. we are the ones ready to cover the uninsured right now. no cuts in medicare are needed, no additions to the deficit needed, and now pushed you out of the health plans you already like. most importantly no need to dismantle the best medical system in the world. [cheering] you know, on wednesday night when the president spoke he did not say one positive thing about american medicine, nothing about the great doctors and nurses to rescue patients from the brink of death every day. he only spoke about the victims

if you're seriously ill the best place to be is in the united states. god bless america, and god bless american doctors and nurses! [cheering] >> put your hands together for california radio talk-show host nathan weaver. >> hello, free people. [cheering] >> i know you want to hear a black man speak to you without a teleprompter. [cheering] mr. president, behold your only public option. you thought it was growth and change. he was saying rope and change.

they have us / our differences. they have white folks, black coast, east coast, west coast. let's unite. no more affirmations. we are americans. we are free. we are free. we don't need hope. we have freedom. we can have freedom. from freedom to what? we are not asleep. we are awoken. we are here to say no more. we have had enough. no more. [cheering] we don't need you. we are successful. we are proud of our country. we are proud of our culture. we are proud to be americans.

[cheering] today free or slave. decide today if you are going to be the slave to your master for the master of your own destiny. decide today. and then rest tomorrow. we have enough of being taxed to death. we have enough of surrendering. we have enough of a paying you for a tax break. are you kidding me? we have had enough of trying to get the government to recognize that we are free. we are gathered. i am telling you. change this. where do we show up? the elected people of congress to represent your own ideas.

represent your freedom. do not hesitate. we win when we show up. this is not about health care. it is not about taxes. this is about socialism. we have woken up. we have delivered. we have had enough. we want our freedom back. god bless it. [cheering] >> we are going to take a moment. fighting the good fight against obamacare. please give these men a big round of applause for all their hard work. [applauding] [applauding]

>> we take a moment to honor these men. now it is still my great honor to introduce congressman mike pence. mike pence is a republican member in united states house of representatives for indiana's sixth congressional district. he currently serves as chairman of the house republican conference. >> i am mike pence. i am from indiana, and it is an honor to about and the largest gathering of conservatives in american history. [cheering] thanking you people. i have to be honest with you. after nine years of fighting runaway federal spending here on

this hill you people look like the cavalry to me. [cheering] we stand together at a historic moment in the life of the conservative movement and the life of this nation. the coming weeks and months way it will well set the course fors nation for a generation. how we as conservatives respond to these challenges could determine whether america retains her place in the world as a beacon of freedom or whether we slip into the abyss that has swallowed much of europe in an avalanche of socialism. while some are prepared to write the obituary on capitalism and the conservative movement i believe we are on the verge of a great american awakening, and it will begin here and now and with

you. getting a much-needed history lesson. starting by what our founders meant by consent of the government. it is now revoked. we do not consent to a runaway federal spending. we do not consent to the notion that we could fail our way back to our growing america. and we do not consent to a government-run insurance that will cost millions of americans to lose the insurance they have and lead us to a government takeover of health care. this week the president gave one more speech about the same bad plan. mr. president, america doesn't

want another speech. we want another health care plan that is built on freedom. we the people do not consent to members of congress passing thousand page bills without anybody ever reading them. members of congress should be required to read every major bill that congress adopts. [cheering] [cheering] the constitution of the united states of america. [cheering] there's a lot of stuff in there. it reminds us that we are a nation led by the people and not the elite and bureaucrats.

it reminds us that the power is not delegated to the federal government by the constitution. nowhere in our constitution can you find the word star. [cheering] [cheering] it is not just about dollars and cents. it is about who we are as a nation. as president reagan said in 1964 it is about whether we abandon the american revolution and profess that the intellectual elite in a far distant capitol can plan our lives better than last then we can plan them for

ourselves. my money is on the american people. my money is on freedom. my money is on the future. this great national capitol is filled with memorials to freedom cirrose. americans whose names adorn the monuments. and just across that river lies the remains of americans who paid freedoms price so that we could gather here today. in their time they did freedoms' work as citizens and patriots. now it is our turn. but as to what those great american's we remember have done before. let us stand and fight for freedom. and if we hold the banner of freedom by i believe with all my heart the good and great people of this country will rally.

we will take this back in 2010, and we will to make this country back in 2012. so help me. [cheering] >> please meet your wife cindy at lost and found. >> please give a warm welcome to the president of campaign for liberty, john tate. >> i see some patriots to today, all for one reason, to take back our freedom. to fight back against an out-of-control federal government, to restore our constitutional liberties, to reclaim our republic. [cheering] and that is the reason i and hundreds of thousands of other americans have joined the campaign for liberty to promote

and defend the great american principles of individual liberty, constitutional government, sound money and free market. taxes, bloated spending to restrain government power to stop paragraphs like real i.d., obama's health care scheme, bailout after bailout, and of course, the out-of-control federal reserve. you can't speak for freedom if you are for more power for the government. government power is the enemy of freedom. it is as simple as that. we have all heard over $3.6 trillion of your money spent by the federal beast. but it is nothing compared to what is going on in secret behind closed doors at the federal reserve. the past year has been the worst plundering of wealth in the history of the world.

all done by the out of control of federal reserve and their minions at the treasury we are now committed to $13 trillion in bailouts and federal reserve loans. more than we spent on every war in our history. where will it all and? where is your money? that is why campaign for liberty is vital to our fight for freedom. our direction, or 75% of the american people believe it is now time for a full-scale audit of the fed. [cheering] schedule for hearings on september 25th. it is our time to fight. together we can win. thank you. [cheering]