working yet? this is a query you could potentially do at facebook that you cannot do anywhere else. and at some point, we will do it. >> the majority of consumers on the internet really have no idea what they're doing. i have a 14-year-old and he doesn't understand the way in which is date is being used and perhaps in some ways exploited. one of the challenges we have in silicon valley -- you introduce me as a kind of outsider, but i am more of an insider one of the challenges we had was being more transparent and accountable in which the data is being used on the internet. silicon valley is very good at preaching the orthodox as of this transparency to everyone except themselves. of course, the companies that most noisily articulate th cule

cult orthodoxy of the two once were the most responsible for misusing data and playing this endless cat and mouse game with consumers. it is very troubling to dismiss a few teenagers on the internet. >> there is more tonight on c- span, along with the rest of remarks from facebook founder, mark zuckerberg. that begins at 8:00 p.m. eastern. how much do you trust these companies with their personal data? log on to c-span's facebook page and tell us what you think. >> the annual family research council's values voter summit

was held in washington on friday. the speakers rand paul and director kirk cameron. this portion of the event is about 90 minutes. ♪ [cheers and applause] >> good morning. thank you very much. thank you very much. it is great to see each and every one of you this morning. it is certainly a privilege to be here at this values voter summit, this convention of conservative delegates from across the country. on behalf of the sponsors, the american family association, family research council, a

liberty counsel, at liberty university, a heritage foundation, the timothy plan, the media research center, i am privileged to welcome you to this 2012 values voter summit. the theme -- limit spending, protect traditional values, and protect america. [applause] i want to say thank you for investing your time and resources in giving voice to the values of millions that americans care about. we will have one of our largest gatherings today. that comes the sides of the fact that families across america continued to experience a decline in their spending power. unemployment continues at record

highs. the national debt has now topped 16 trillion dollars. the current monetary policy encouraged by this administration devalues every dollar that is in your pocket. but you are here because you know the future of the nation does not rest solely on the american dollar, but rather our future depends on the stability of the american home. that core unit that we know is called the family. thank you for being here and giving voice to those values. the republican delegates met in tampa for their convention. the delegates for that democrats met in charlotte. values voters are meeting in washington, d.c. this is our convention. [applause]

and the first order of business is to double the 2012 values voter summit officially into session. [applause] the first order of business is theme.d th te a motion has been made to godde "no apologies inin we trust." [cheers and applause] all those delegates in favor will say aye. >> aye. >> those opposed?

[silence] >> all those delegates in favor say aye. >> aye. >> all those opposed will say no. [silence] >> do it again. [laughter] >> the values of voters say it is time to stop apologizing for america. it is time that we put our trust in god. [applause]

i would say that was unanimous. it is my privilege to introduce to you our first speaker now that we have that business out of the way. heat is a man with a distinguished career in medicine. -- he is a man with a distinguished career in medicine. he has a desire to diagnose problems and provide practical solutions. he has devoted his career to helping people to see more clearly. i cannot think of a better place to be the right here in washington, d.c. to do that. since joining the u.s. senate in january of 2011, he has established himself as a constitutional conservative, pledging to work every day to reform the government and business in our capital. i am proud to say that he has received 100% score on the frc

scorecard for congress. he veoted obamacare and -- vetoed obamacare and planned parenthood. he is a devoted husband and father. he and his wife had the joy of raising three boys. in the middle of a busy schedule, he helped coach their soccer and basketball teams. please help meet will come from the great state of kentucky -- please help me welcome from the great state of kentucky, senator rand paul. [cheers and applause]

♪ >> thank you. can you believe we have trouble -- democrats had trouble getting got onto the platform? you may have heard that there was a little girl. she won $100. she wanted to do good things of that. she wrote, dear god, i won $100. the postmaster got it and send it to the president. the president but it was cute. he told the secretary to sen the middle grow $5. -- to send the little girl the $5.

a little girl wrote to god, next time do not send it to the government because they took $95 and i only got $5. [laughter] [applause] we need to explain who we are before we can take charge of the country. today we will talk about what we believe those values should be. i am a christian, a husband, and father. i am faithful to my wife and my family. of course we all fall short of perfection in our lives. i take seriously my oath to defend the constitution. d the truth the th

matter how controversial the issues might be. mike faith has never been easy for me. -- my faith has never been easy for me. i am a christian, but not always a good one. i am not completely free of doubt. i struggled to understand the horrible tragedies that war inflicts on our young men and women. i have always had trouble grappling with the tragedy's i have encountered in medicine. as a medical student and as if the physician, i struggle with internal disease and tumors in children and when good things happened to -- bad things happen

to good people i do not always know what to say or what to think. you could see it in her eyes. she knows what the diagnosis ultimately means. how do you explain something inexplicably unfair? she did not die during my time caring for her, but i knew enough to know that her time was limited. how could tragedy occurred in a world that has purpose and design? like most doctors, well, like most people really, a struggle with carrying too much and sometimes carrying too little. i cannot understand how sometimes evil people can repress rewards. i recoiled at the horror of war.

the utter carnage, whose grand design is this? silent night" thatnite enemiesestruck that came out of their trenches and to exchange small gifts. i was amazed that men were transformed by the moment that they were left on able to fight and had to be transferred away from the front lines. this was in world war i. christmas was an anomaly. millions died in world war i. if any of the soldiers knew i amgh about their vofoe --

dismissive of those who championed war as sport and shown a reluctance to engage in the war. any leader who shows eagerness for war should not be leading any nation. i believe great leaders are reluctant to go to work. they try to avoid war. i detest violence, i could kill someone who threatened or injured my family. i hate war, but i could, a nation to war, but only after the termination. a just war is a war of self- defense. at the same time, i am conflicted. i do not believe that jesus

condoned killing anyone, even in self-defense. i am conflicted. the course of our culture toward violent death has more consequences than work. i do not think is civilization does not indoendure that have respect for all human life, born and not born yet. [applause] we have a great many problems in this country to solve, but there'll be a time when we are all judged on whether or not we took a stand in defense of all life on the moment of conception until our last, natural breath. [applause]

as a teenager, i gave my first public speech in my church. i was not very good. i hope i in getting better. [laughter] i was awful. my hands shook. i do not think i am a natural at this. i thought, i cannot do this. somehow i did. i wanted to talk about things that were important. i persisted. i chided my church cannot seem to care about the not yet born and for looking the other way and not taking a stand on life. one thing i promise you, and i promised my constituents in kentucky, i will always take a stand for life. [applause] though i believe in limited powers for the federal government, i believe as our founders did that primary among these powers and duties is the

protection of life. the government cannot protect liberty if it does not first protect life. [applause] ultimately, as christians, our message should be a message of hope. we need leadership that can find hope and optimism in the middle of this fiscal crisis that we face. we need leaders who can transform the coldness of austerity into the warm embrace of prosperity. we need leaders who can restore the american dream, who are proud of america, and convince us to believe in ourselves again. you must embrace the values of life that will lead this country back to greatness. we should do so proudly as christians. i agree with ralph reed who says we need to keep government

out of religion but not keep religious people out of government. [cheers and applause] our success in this battle will be measured in many ways. do we stand for principles in our battle? whowe stand with leaders an stand for our values? do we keep our humanity in tact as we fight this fight? ultimately our success in life is measured in man's humanity to man. i am saying that what is important is to love your neighbor. , you shouldntly i love the people close to you. success is not in the abstract. it is sitting right next to you.

loving a man or woman in particular might find happiness, for me, my serendipity did not happen in politics or medicine or in a lab. i did not discover a cure for some horrible disease. once upon a time, i did come upon a girl. no matter where you are, do not lose track of what the important things are. the important things are the people that you love. all that matters is that you chart your course as we all have

to chart our course in life, is how you treat the people in your life. each of us must examine what is important in our lives. for me, it can be summed up in a dedication for my wife. what are the important things? silent enough to hear my watch tick. i sit still in a hurry. beyond between and above all else, my wife, my love, for me you are the important thing. we need to decide what the important things are. they are not all in politics.

they're not all here in the present that we can fully understand. there is a crisis in our country and not just a fiscal one. it is a spiritual crisis. it is a moral crisis. [applause] i do not think the answer is in any politician. i do not think it is in any particular law. the answer is that we need to somehow find our way back to god. find our way back. [applause] i think we find that by taking the time from our busy lives and from everything around us, taking the time to reflect what is the important things are. i hope we will find that out. i hope we will reflect and find spiritual renewal as a country and as a people. thank you very much.

[cheers and applause] ♪ >> thank you, senator. we are very excited that this year's values voter summit coincides with the film "monumental" featuring kirk cameron. tonight in this ballroom, we will get a special screening for everyone. we would like you to take a moment to look at the monitors for a preview of this movie tonight. [video clip] ♪ >> it is a set of ideas that is

being implemented and advanced in this capital at this time. it is terribly frightening to students of history. >> when you look at the roman empire, it parallels to what is going on in america. absolutely frightening. >> and the question is, will be go on to the right path ourselves? or will be continued on the wrong path that many nations have fallen into? [guitar riff]

>> and that will be tonight at 9:30 p.m. right here in the ballroom. ladies and gentlemen, please welcome actor and director, kirk cameron. [applause] >> well, good morning. it is very inspiring and exciting to be here this morning and be part of the values voters summit. i am deeply excited to be part of this historic event and is great movement that is sweeping our nation right now. we are excited and hopeful.

i was asked to come and be a part of this this morning. i think in part of a brand new film that i recently produced called "monumental: in search of america's national treasure." [applause] it was a unique project for me to be involved in. i did not approach this bill as an actor. i did not approach eight as a politician. i approached it as a father. i am a father of six children together with my wife. i am deeply concerned about the world that they are walking into. i did not grow up in a family of faith. i did not grow up in a political activist home. today as an adult, i refer to

myself as a recovering atheist. i lost my faith in it deism a long time ago -- atheism a long time ago. i am now thankful to god and allh he has done in my life. [applause] i now understand as a father that someone will be steering the ship. their leaders that are critically important to the future and the blessings of the land that we live in. not just for me, but as a father i am looking at the fruit that is hanging on the branches of our life, that is our children. if they are healthy, they will

produce seeds. we want them to be in a land that is blessed as well. that is what is rocketing me what to do something and be involved in this arena. particularly in this election year and at this time in history for our country and for the world. as a father, i am looking around and seeing that the writing is on the wall. all signs are saying "panic. " and economically, our nation is 16 trillion dollars in debt. morley, the very fabric of the nation appears to be crumbling with families -- morally is the very fabric of the nation and it appears to be crumbling with families and drugs and alcoholism and many unwanted

pregnancies, so many things going on. spiritually, it is frightening what is going on. what can i do about this? what can we do about this? i turn on the news. [laughter] i find that most people are playing the blame game. most people are getting rather vocal about all the wrong things other people are doing. i find the left blmes anblames e right and vice versa and their rich blames the poor and the poor blames the rich and the media blaming religion. with all this planning going on, i am finding it difficult to hear a clear voice that will take us out of this mess. who will read this out of the wilderness and to the

place a blessing? maybe it is simpler than all of this. could it be that we forgot what made us a great nation in the first place? [applause] if only i could go back in time and simply talk to the brave men and women who were there at the founding. they were there with the forefathers. if only my name was marty mcfly and i had a delorean. [laughter] i would ask them, how do we return to the most free and prosperous nation the world has ever known? they could tell us. my name is not marty mcfly.

i do not have a time machine. i did the best next thing. i went on a plane and went to england. i studied the pilgrims. to understand who they were, what was driving them to risk everything and against all odds and lay down their lives for the sake of their children? how did they build this? i followed them out of england and into the dungeons and castles that they've been thrown into. the underground secret worship meeting places. there is a strategic retreat out of england and to holland. they stayed there first for 12 years under the care of there looking pastor, john robinson. -- loving pastor, john

robinson. he taught them all of the nation-building principles that the pilgrims brought with them on to the mayflower and across the ocean to the new world. they began running those plays. they began implementing the very things that america has become famous for -- electing your own officials and leaders in government. in limited government, and free enterprise system. these are the kinds of values and essential principles that inspired later generations with our founding fathers and beyond. it put so much power in the churches and in the communities. they built a nation from the ground up and from the inside

out. it started in the heart. i wondered why i was never taught these things in school. i was taught that our founders were a bunch of atheists and agnostics. when i began examining the original source documents, the very sources where we learn about these amazing people, i found then that they turn these things from a very different source. the very heart of the treasure that made us unique with a very eternal principles that had not been tested and tried from the ground up for 3000 years since the ancient hebrew republic under moses.

they're doing something utterly unique in the history of the world. we are the beneficiaries today of their labors and sacrifices. i am extremely grateful. i know that you are as well. [applause] my hope was that 2012 that we would be able to look back and maybe, just maybe they had and the foresight to know that we would get off track as a nation. but when they left england where tripled theirtheir king had debt and the darkness was closing in on them, they did

not tuck their heads between their knees. they said, let's get off the defense and get onto the offense. let's go build a new nation. [applause] knowing that the human heart is alternately bent toward serving itself and prone to things like greed and pride, perhaps they would have the foresight to put some guardrails in place. perhaps they might have left us a reset button so that if we ever got off track, we could return to original factory settings. that was my hope. i look for it. i found it. they left it for us. they left it in the form of the

largest solid granite monument in the united states of america. most people have never heard of it. i have never heard of it before i made this movie. it is sitting on top of a hill in massachusetts. it is 180 tons of granite. it is the largest solid granite monument in that united states. it laid out our forefather strategy for how to build and sustain a free and just society. it is called the monuments of our forefathers. it is hidden behind a forest of trees in a residential area. you would not even know it is there are less you stumbled into it or you're going there specifically to see it. it stands there today. i must explain it to you. it is utterly fascinating. she is 81 feet tall. her name is faith.

she stands tall with her finger pointed to heaven, the god of heaven. the storm on her forehead represents was done. in her left hand she holds the word of god. it is the geneva bible. this is the bible that predates the king james bible. they brought that with them. our forefathers believe that we must have faith in the true god of heaven and in his word. his word would give you wisdom on how to live and govern your society in a way that would be a blessing to all. her foot is set on top of a that is plymouth rock. there are four smaller statues. our forefathers believe that faith was at the top.

it would be expressed if it was genuine faith in these four ways. first, it would be expressed through an internal transformation of the heart, represented by morality. morality is there, etched in granite and sitting on a chair. in her right hand she is holding the 10 commandments. and her left, the scroll of revelation. to her right is inscribed int he granite, prophet. to her left, evangelist. in our forefathers

understanding, faith expresses itself not as an extra not standard of morality imposed on the people, but rather an internal change of heart that is produced by the power of the gospel. then you have the standard of the commandments, the internal rules of right that form your morality. that we you know what is good and what is evil and you do not confuse the two. if morality is put in place, they would believe it would naturally flow to a right understanding of which laws to pass. law is on the second platform. these laws are just and merciful loss. -- laws. to his right is justice. lady justice is there.

she has a sword in one hand and a skilled in the other hand. there be fairness and justice in the law. the punishment would fit the crime. to his left is mercy. under law and the books he is holding is faith who is holding the book of books. that way the law books would never be in violation of right. you would never pass a law that would mean murdering someone else. but to be in violation of the laws. -- that would be in violation of the laws. then you could educate your children.

it was imperative that you did. it had to educate your children and your children's children to pass your values on to future generations or else it would be gone. --e is holding books of mot down theid is copying things he is learning from his mother. he is holding a bible in one hand and the globe in the other. representing the belief that if you train your child in the way that you should go, when he is old he will be a wise and not depart from it. the combination, the result, the reward of following this matrix of liberty was liberty.

liberty man is seated in his chair. you have the armor on his body. the sword is tucked back into his sheath. the chains on his wrists and hands have been broken. there is a lion of's head that is draped on his children. the tyranny of the lion has been slung onto his back. he has been defeated. do is right is a picture of him with his foot on the chest of tyranny. -- to his right is a picture of him with his foot on the chest of tyranny. this is the it strategy for producing liberty in our country as given to us by our

forefathers. that is how they lived. i find it interesting that today one of our political parties is wondering whether to keep the name "god" in his platform. according to our forefathers, god is the platform. [cheers and applause] i said earlier that i made this film "monumental" which will be available for you are interested .m.see it tonight at 930 p m

i did it for my children and your children and your children 's children and for their children. [applause] my children and your children are the fuel that drives me to be passionate about another issue, and that is the sanctity of life. [applause] some people are able to look at this issue of the sacredness of the heart beat in a wound as perhaps a political issue or a philosophical issue, for me it is a family thing. i have six children. four of my children are adopted. my wife is also an adopted child. [applause] if it were not for the young lady that chose to give my wife and the gift of life, my two natural children would not be

here either. my whole family is here today because of the gift of life and adoption. i believe that adoption is the answer to the abortion crisis. [applause] we change only two letters in the word "abortion" and it gives you the word "adoption." i want to thank all of you for your efforts and hard work of loving and caring for young ladies who find themselves in a difficult and desperate situation, with a pregnancy they do not know quite how to handle. you have taken the time to tell them about the truth about the heart beat that is in her womb. there is a young child waiting for its first breath, first

birthday, first step, a first day of school, his orher marriage -- or her marriage, his or her first child. you're giving them hope. you provide millions of blessings for millions of people as a result. i am a recipient of that hard work. i am grateful for that. thank you. please pledge with me to continue to pray for our nation and the election coming up in november. make sure that you are prepared by registering to vote and helping your friends and families to make sure that they are prepared and registered to vote. go out on election day and a vote your conscience and your values.

they are critical. thank you. god bless you. >> search is interesting. we do about 1 billion research queries a day and we are not even trying. the vast majority of search is people trying to find people. there is also a meaningful portion of queries were people try to find business pages. a bunch of it links to commercial behavior. i think there is a big opportunity there. i think we need to do that. certification is interesting. you get the search -- search is interesting. you type in the keyword. the search engine tells you what it thinks the answer is that matches your keyboard. search is evolving in terms of giving you a set of answers.

i have a specific question. answer this question for me. when you think about it, facebook is pretty uniquely positioned to answer a lot of questions that people have. what sushi restaurant has my friends gone to in new york? what do they like? which of my friends work at a company that are interested in working at? i want to talk to them about what it would be like to work there. these are potential things we to do at facebook that you cannot do anywhere else. >> i think the majority of consumers on the internet have no idea what they're doing in terms of sharing. i have a teenager. he does not understand in the ways his dad is being used. one of the challenges -- his data is being used. i have a show on tech crunch and

i live in northern california. one of the challenges we have is being more transparent and accountable so that that data being used -- silicon valley is a very good at preaching transparency to everyone except themselves. of course, the companies that most noisily articulate the orthodoxy of transparency, particularly facebook and google, are the two company's most responsible for misusing data. the play this atmosphere cat and mouse game with consumers -- endless cat and mouse game with consumers. it is troubling to dismiss them and assume that teenagers on the internet are aware of the way the data is being used.

>> more tonight on c-span, along with remarks from facebook founder mark zuckerberg. that start at 8:00 p.m. eastern. how much do you trust companies with their personal data? log on to c-span's facebook page and tell us what you think. we will read some of your comments on the air. >> earlier this week, the senate judiciary committee held a hearing on the supreme court's decision in citizens united. it dealt with campaign financing. we will show you a portion come up with remarks from senator leahy and senator grassley. here is a look.

>> the person involved -- let me ask you this coming from a small state. in your experience of montana, including a small state like vermont, deeply that limitation in direct spending provides protection against corruption? do you agree with that? >> mr. chairman leahy, id for

the judgment of the montana people who call this restriction on corporate spending a correct practice. in the record that we developed, the record that the supreme court never look back to in our case, we had hoped them talking about the problem in montana enlarged out of state corporations. that was the problem a century ago and. that is a problem today. overwhelmingly, there are campaign issues. the montana people saw it correct. we will have to see what happens this year or we do not have the protection of the law. i believe we are seeing the effects of outside corporate spending in our state.

>> there is this double standard. do you see this as a double standard? >> its greatest moments have been when it stand up for people who do not have a voice in the political process. these decisions and get those completely backwards. that is the double standard that is such a departure from what we understand the court to do. it is supposed to give a voice to those who do not have one. i do not think anyone is denying that corporate has a large voice.

>> what i find interesting is that there are an awful lot of hearings on these matters. we have had hundreds of hours of hearings, both republican and democratic chairs in the house and in the senate. to strike down montana's 100- year law without a hearing and without any consideration of what these legislatures and the congress -- does that strike you as odd? >> mr. chairman, it is an extraordinary exercise of the judicial power. some commentators have said that you need to go back to 1968 to find a time where the court struck down a state law on such

thin reasoning. just a paragraph. i believe strongly in the states. i believe the state reserve equal respect for the court. i am afraid that that states that pleaded for a hearing did not get that respect in that case. >> interesting. a very conservative by public and comments to me was, that was very arrogant. -- a very conservative republican comments to me was, that was very arrogant. in our state, we do not require driver's license. as long as they had a photo id. in your view, let me ask you a

philosophical question. you can answer it as you see fit. to these kinds of things affect the confidence of americans in the democratic process? >> anything that affects or impacts participation undermines the confidence of voters in the systems. these laws run the risk and demonstrating that they can very sees the impact of participation, particularly of voters like mr. carol in ohio who have been voting for years without incident. now we are being required to go to quite extraordinary lengths to prove who they are in order to get an id to go and vote.

we do not see that there is any justification for these laws. whole historyaying has been an expansion of the participation, particularly over the past 50 years. these law run the risk and stand in the way up will order participation. our problem is not that too many people are registered. our problem is that too few people are participating. >> thank you. >> i did hear him say that corporations have been spending money on this canada or that candidate. i cannot speak on what they spent in citizens united. i have been following it unions and could they give their money

to in packs for a long time. unions did about 95% of the money to democrats and about 5% to republicans. i see corporations as political prostitutes. the give about 55% of the money to republicans and 45% to democrats. when they see someone who is a sure winner, but they gave a lot more money to obama in 2008 than they are doing right now. i do not worry so much about it. i wished they had a little more political backbone in what they seem to demonstrate. >> mr. carter, we heard earlier from a professor that he thinks

there is a double standard with differing standaroutcomes in thr i.d. we all know it was a challenge under the first amendment. what is your response that these two cases represent the supreme court's application of a new and unjustified double standard? >> with all respect to the professor, i think his analogy and allegation of the double standard is fundamentally flawed. first, the cases are not comparable. in citizens united, there was a ban on speech. in the crawford, no one was being banned from voting. all they're asking is to prove to say who you are. all they need to do is prove that they are a corporation. on one hand, you're talking about a ban and when there is no

ban. the burden is not remotely, parable in either case. second, the government of's role -- a government run elections. they tell you where to register and where to vote. they cannot tell you you cannot speak about a canada unless you register. the states role -- about a candidate unless you register. the states role is to say, show us who you are. third, the evil that these two laws are addressing are entirely different. everyone agrees that someone from voting improperly under false idenca