campaign of her husband and the compass relationship with her mother in law abigail adams. we will include your comments and questions monday night at 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span and c-span3, who also on c-span radio in c-span.org. next, defense secretary chuck hagel announces the deployment of intercepted missiles -- interceptor missiles on the west coast. next, new hampshire senator then at 8:0040nd 5:00 p.m., a former florida governor jeb bush. the pentagon will spend $1 billion to add 14 interceptor missiles, along the west coast to the u.s.-based missile defense system.

secretary chuck hagel made this announcement, saying he was determined to ensure the protection of the u.s. homeland and state ahead of the north korea missile program. this is 25 minutes. >> good afternoon. a statement, and then i will take a couple of questions and ask the under secretary, the vice chief to address the specific questions you have about the topic that we will talk about. announcing a series of steps the united states will take to stay ahead of the

challenge posed by iran and north korea development of long- range missile capabilities. the u.s. has missile defense systems in place to protect us from icbm tax, but north korea, in particular, has recently made advances in its capabilities and has engaged in a series of irresponsible and reckless situations. specifically, north korea announced last month it has conducted its third nuclear roadthis appears to be a mobile icbm. also, it is using the taepodong- 2 missile, demonstrating progress in their development of long-range missile technology. in order to bolster the protection of our homeland and state ahead of this threat, we are taking four steps. first, we will strengthen the homeland missile defense by deploying 14 additional ground-

fort interceptors at greeley, alaska. that will increase the number of ground-based interceptors from 30 to 44, including the base in's at vandenberg california. this is nearly a fifth to% increase in air missile capability. second, with the support of the japanese government, we are planning to deploy additional radar in japan. will providedar improved tracking of any missile launched in north korea at the united states or japan. third, as directed by congress, we are conducting an bar mental impact studies for an additional situation in the u.s. was the administration is not made a decision on whether to proceed, conducting the impact

studies will shorten the time line, should that decision be made. and fourth, we are restructuring the sm3-2b program. as many of you know, we plan to deploy the sm2. deploying thisr was affected by recent cuts. for're also looking advanced kill technology that will improve the performance of being gbi and other versions of the sm3 interceptor. we will be able to add protection for missiles from

iran soon and provide additional oftection from missiles north korea. the nato missile defense. that remains on plan. the missile deployments the united states is making in three phases will be adapted with sites in poland and romania. we will also do as planned by 2018. ? the collective result of these of for your decisions will be for the to improve our ability to counter missile threats from iran and north korea while maximizing scarce taxpayer resources. the american people expect us to take every necessary step to protect their security at home and u.s. security strategic issues abroad, but they expect us to do so in the most efficient manner possible. by taking the steps i outlined today, we will strengthen our

defense, maintain our commitments to our allies and partners, and make clear to the world that the united states stands firm. thank you. bob? >> mr. secretary, can you say with confidence that the ground- based interceptors in alaska will shoot down a north korean missile aimed at the u.s., given their test performance? there wasas you know, an issue regarding our gyro system. as you probably know, we are going to further test this year. we have confidence in our system, and we certainly will not go forward with the additional 14 interceptors until we are sure we have the complete confidence we will need, but the american people should be assured that our interceptors are affected.

-- effective. when it? and do you believe this could be a deterrent against a country like north korea? >> well, we are looking at having all 14 interceptors in place by fiscal year 2017. the reason that we are doing what we are doing, and the reason we are advancing our program here for homeland security is do not take any chances, is to stay ahead of the anyat, and to ensure contingent's. that is why we made this decision that we have. >> secretary, in hindsight, was it a mistake to take the missile off-line and now having to spend the money to reactivate it? >> well, i'm going to ask either

the vice chief or another to answer that question, because they have been through the process. i will take one more, and then we will get back. korea will have a true, intercontinental ballistic missile. >> well, one of the reasons, again, we are doing what we are doing based on the intelligence we have is to assure that whenever there timelines are, we are not reacting to those timelines, that we are ahead of any timelines of any potential threat. we feel confident that to have the 30 in place now and the additional ones before the end of 2017 and that gives our country the security it needs, and people need to be assured that that security is there. let me ask the undersecretary and the vice chief to take your

specific questions. thank you. >> can you be clear on one thing? deploying the additional 40 interceptors by 2017 is contingent on the defense agency approving that the warhead is verified and can hit a target. is that it? >> that is exactly right. we will continue to stick with our approach. as was noted before, the ce2 interceptor had a couple of test failures. we had a successful test flight on january 26. we are looking to go forward from that successfully, the interceptor test, in the coming months. the schedule is not yet set. we will be looking within this calendar year, and then going forward, we would be looking to

make changes to those that are currently in place and then the new interceptors would also be ce2's. i think you talked to jim. he had very high confidence that we would be able to do this in a reasonable time frame. if i could also just take this opportunity to say whether the earlier decision to put a pause on this was a mistake. at the time, based on the intelligence assessment we had, it was a good bet. we received resources at the time, but at that time, the threat was uncertain. we did not know that we would see today what we are now, so it is a full concept of having a hedge and being prepared to go from 30 to 44 ground-based interceptors, recognizing the threat was uncertain and to implement the hetch from 34 to 44. that is where we are today.

the reaction from china and russia? prove >>pan and india let me just say that, first, we have talked to the republic of korea and to the japanese, and they understand the rationale for this going forward, and the japanese and the secretary of indicated that they have agreed to move forward to improve our coverage for both the united states and japan. we have informed the chinese, and this point, we cannot characterize their reaction. >> did you consult with them or just inform them? >> we informed. missiles thatbout would defend the united states? i am curious about the american

possessions in the western pacific, mom, those areas. those areas. will this affect those areas, to? >> not just the continental united states but all of the united states. japan, is thisn the one that secretary leon panetta mentioned? >> that is correct. >> and endorse substantive question, also talking about an adversary. there is capability and intense. the secretary talked about this new capability we see the north korean testing, but how much of it is an assessment of the intentions of the new leader based on the incredibly hostile statements? >> the policy that we have four missile defense, particularly listed in the 2010 missile defense review, is to stay ahead

of the threat in regards to north korea and iran. that means staying above where we think their capability is and is not contingent on any assessment. >> time, there was a question about going about deterrence, and the fact of the matter is that the deterrence exists based on their objectives, and the other is the cost if deterrence fails, and i think the national security advisor made very clear in his speech that we not only intend to put mechanics and place for any potential north korean attempts to launch a missile to the united states, and we believe this ought to be deterred by that, -- >> on the second intercept test, how soon will you know whether or not you'll be able to conducted by the end of the calendar year? >> the intent is essentially wanted to make sure we had a successful test this january before we proceeded.

in fact, that test was extremely successful. we have a kill vehicle out there. it passed with flying colors. so now, the real deciding factor that will take us to conduct the next test against a target, testing another interceptor, both another kill vehicle, with the modifications that the national defense agency has made to fix the problem, so it is really just a question of doing that. componentsiring the and assembling it. that is a very technical piece of equipment to put together. about the talk estimated cost for this entire project and how this fits in with the sequester? also, this may be obvious, but i do not know, where the third gbs is. >> the cost of this step will include, first of all, additional funding for the to completed one,

that, and then for the additional interceptors, or, in fact, we will do is take test assets and bring them up to the standard and then replace them with additional gbi's, so there is another 14 ground-based interceptors because of this. very real numbers. overall, that is our best current estimate. they have delivered 53, and there are 70. >> as you know, the last test failed. there were a number of these in various stages of production, and that was halted. when we have a successful test, that will resume. those existing missiles on the production line would continue. i do not have the exact numbers

on how many. we need to get the specifics on that. >> are you going to stop work anywhere else to fund this billions in the project? >> the funds that we will be requesting start in fiscal year 2014. it is part of the budget bill that we will be submitted to congress in the coming weeks. mandated three locations for a potential additional site in the united states, and they mandated that two be on the east coast, so the agency is currently assessing what locations on the east coast, and we will most likely havethe third be where we interceptors. >> you cannot be more specific? >> not yet. it is a question

of regional interest. will this program announced today have an effect for plans for a site in poland's? >> it will have no impact on that. we will go forward as planned with the first three phases of the european phased approach, employing about 23 interceptors, same time on,ors, same footprint, with u.s. forces to support that, and as the secretary said, the same coverage. to that same point, did not the secretary say that you were saving some money on that? >> that is correct. the prior plan had four phases. about interceptors in poland, and we will continue with the phases one at route 3.

additional, other types of interceptors would have been added. we no longer intend to add them to the mix, but we plan to have the same number of deployed interceptors with the coverage for all of nato europe. the upshot is that the europeans will see no difference in their ballistic missile defense. the phase four was about continuing defense of europe but also being able to extend that defense to part of the united states. it turns out that by doing what we are announcing today, and remember, phase four was not going to appear until 2020 to or beyond, but the threats are growing faster. we are going to get better defense of the united states and get it a lot sooner, so it makes complete sense to do this. >> sir, you said this threat is going faster. can you expand on what we are

talking about here? >> particularly with north korea, but we are also keeping a close eye on the iranians. we saw a parade in p'yongyang that had mixed accounts of whether they were and we fake missiles, have also seen a third nuclear test recently. obviously, without getting into intelligence aspects, we watch this very, very closely. as you know, at the beginning of this missile defense attorney, we knew that we would have to be potentially adaptive, so we have continuously build this hedge that we could select if the threat either goes faster or slower than we thought, so the korean threat went a little bit faster than we expected, so we pulled the tools off of the shelf. >> let me just add to what the admiral said.

>> do you know that that's kno8, whether it has the range to reach the united states? >> we probably want to avoid the intelligence aspects of that, but we believe and probably does have the range to reach the united states, and where it exists is something else, too. the nuclear test. u.s. been able to confirm that that was, in fact, wasuclear test, and if so, it an iranian device or a plutonium devise? a uranium device or a plutonium devise? >> i would not want to get into that. to japan, wendy you expect to

deploy it? >> we continue to build and sm3 y additional interceptors. we are moving from deployment. the number of those interceptors will continue to grow, and that will be true, including our continued efforts for the pacific. you will see a growing number of sm3 interceptors. with respect to the timeline, we are in conversations with the japanese government about precisely when that can be accomplished, and at this point, i would say it is a matter of the least some months. >> with what we have over there,

do we expect more? >> the exact number of bmd capable, on my fingertips, it is about five. the doctor really hit the point on that. filling the tubes rather than the number of ships. this scale back to europe, does that in any way affect japan's ability is? >> no, not at all. the deterrance issue, can you tell the public why they should have any confidence in the system, given that it has not had successes since 2008? >> yes, we have two types. there is being ce1 and the ce2. we have successfully tested them. we have confidence in that missile, and we are going to test it again, and as congress

said we should continue to keep testing these missiles. in the meantime, we wanted to improve it, so we developed what and there are ce2, upgrades to it. what we discovered is that it was vulnerable -- it was something we could not test on the ground. it was something we can only test in space, and missile defense has done a great job of thoroughly looking at that problem and has tested that missile, and it has performed beautifully, and we have a lot of confidence. if it isce2, successful this fall, we will have to test it. and americans should have faith in that mosul and that we can defend ourselves against a potential north korean threat as it exists today. that threat as it evolves, and also against iranian threats. itare going to flight test

and hopefully do it after we build it this fall. >> do you have any initiative in your mind to bolster this? strongave had very bilateral discussions, as you know, with both japan and south korea, and we have begun to initiate some discussions, as well. we will see where this will go. there is value pursuing that. >> and clarification of coverage. how much of the united states will be covered by these interceptors? >> the entire united states. >> as far as iran and north with theirconcerned, missile system, these two countries -- >> bet is a good question.

it is an intelligent question, and we are not going to answer it today. >> what will be the chinese reaction? >> i will not predict that. i hope they understand that we need to take the steps necessary to defend ourselves against potentially emerging threats from iran and north korea. it is important for us to stay ahead of that, and we are taking prudent steps. >> thank you. >> thank you. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> next, from the conservative political action conference, andents from kelly ayotte, then former government jeb bush. after that, wayne lapierre, from the national rifle association.

on the next "washington journal," and talk about the future and the challenges of the conservative movement. the president and ceo of common cause talks about how advocacy groups are shifting from winning campaigns to advocating policy and legislation, and from the national parks composition association, the impact of spending cuts on national parks across the country. atshington journal" is live 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. paying aslic is not much attention as i am and you are and those of us that are part of this political community. the reason i call it a political community is that there are probably about 10 million people. they are the people who watch c- span and meet the press and fox news and msnbc, to a lesser extent cnn, but they really care about politics a lot. or so, 123 million,

voters. most of them get a lot of what is going on in politics and washington as background noise. much from the mainstream media. people forming an opinion on mitt romney and obama and so on. fox news it does not reach most of those people. fox gets great ratings and has a loyal audience. looking at the bill o'reilly show. it is the most popular show on cable news. it gets, what, two to 3 million people every night. that is not the electorate. ofy only reach a tiny chunk it. >> more with fred barnes sunday night at 8:00 p.m. on c-span's "q&a."

the speakers at the annual cpac conference, senator kelly ayotte. she discusses the iranian nuclear program and other topics. this is about 20 minutes. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] ♪ [applause] good morning. how are you doing today? excellent. i want to thank representative and for that introduction, i am so happy to be here today. i also want to thank mitch mcconnell for his service in

advancing republican values. [applause] we gather here today at a watershed moment for america. our country is facing great challenges, and many americans wonder will america continued to be, as ronald reagan so eloquently described it, a shining city on a hill. much thatthere is so keeps me up at night. let me tell you about some of the things that keep me up at night. too many americans are out of work. federal regulations are strangling businesses. obamacare is increasing health- care costs and stopping so many of those businesses from hiring, and i come from a small-business

family. i know what that is why, how hard our small businesses work. we have a broken tax code. [applause] and the president and senate democrats, they just want to keep increasing taxes, making it harder and harder for our small businesses to hire and grow and put people to work in this country. our nation is drowning in debt. straight yearsr of $1 trillion deficit. we are in hock to china. and i will tell you why i ran for office. i am blessed to be the mother of two wonderful children.

is 8, and jacob, who is age 5 -- kate, who is 8. we are essentially robbing our children of the american dream. [applause] now, i know you have heard at this important conference about the fiscal challenges, and you have heard it from great leaders who have spoken before me, and you will hear it from great leaders who will speak after me. and i agree with them that we need to fix the fiscal mess that we are in. and if we do not get this right,

america' is greatness is truly in danger. -- america'sn's greatness is truly in danger. and one item that truly keeps me up at night is the security of our nation. [applause] simple question for all of you. how many of you believe that radical islam is a threat to our way of life? [cheers and applause] raise your hands if you believe that. well, i agree. and i am deeply concerned with

what is happening around the world. fails to lead, we will create a vacuum that will empower extremists and make america less safe. [applause] ayatollahs with the in iran. iran is the largest state sponsor of terrorism. supported extremists in iraq, afghanistan, who have killed our troops. the regime funds violent terrorist organizations, such as hezbollah and hamas. iran provides weapons and -- ning to passarella shot bashar al assad so that he can

murder his own people. our is a regime that calls country the great satan. look at their recent activities. they just announced they are building thousands of new centrifuges and an underground uranium facility. of you believe that they are in reaching all of this uranium for peaceful, nuclear power or for medical isotopes? i do not believe it either. tell you what happens if iran gets a nuclear weapon. be anwill most certainly arms race in the middle east, because the sunni arab countries will not allow the

shia persians as you have a weapon unless they have the very same capability, and a nuclear arms race in the world's most volatile region would be like lighting a match in a tinderbox. it is not that they will put a nuclear weapon on the end of a missile. my biggest fear is that they will give this technology to a terrorist organization. [applause] and what have we seen from the obama administration? --t the obama administration

the obama in administration is sending a signal at the worst possible time. we talk, and they and rich. they do not take us seriously, and is leading from behind strategy, it is not working. think about the message that we are sending. president ignored the advice of his commanders, his own commanders, and rushed to the exits. and what was the result? al qaeda is making a comeback in anq, and iran has become important player in iraq. --

wax we are going to leave it here. but, i know a little bit about the business and nothing about politics. i won't wander into areas where i am on competent. jazzknow something about that i thought i would share with you. i thought i would share with you. hisyou hear about is granddaughter. she is two years old. an important

statement. governor bush was the most successful governor of his era. [applause] we have become friends because we have this passion for technology. spent -- he is connected to the tech world. he has their rotation for e- mailing his staff at 2:00 in the morning to complete assignments first thing. i share that passion. i use instant message so much that they call it sam time. you might not know that the governor's portrait in florida has a picture of himself with a blackberry.

he is now an iphone user. i wasn't just that the technology now is the galaxy 3d s. jeb isy do think that known for getting results. getting results with conservative principles. , andcularly in education reforming those areas. i am sure you remember some of this brady he created more top opportunities with learning when he was in office. he did not raise taxes. every single month, as governor the created more jobs than country on average. to me, it is like beating quarterly experts -- earnings. he did it every day. throughout his tenure, his top

priority was providing the best education to all students. every child regardless of economic background or race. he produced phenomenal results. florida hadrs and the second-highest rating in the world. in. in the world, ladies and ladies andrea did -- gentlemen. [applause] having lived in asia, that statistic blows me away. that he was able to do that. if you really look at the education reform across the --ntry, oven or bushe governor bush's finger prints are everywhere. place a strong emphasis on local decision-making.

within 12dren -- months. more adoptions were finalized. why? he cares about people. he knows -- he knew as governor, and he knows today that conservative principles work because they lived all people. .eb made that case in florida he created jobs. he provided better education. his results were on -- undeniable. ,aybe some of you are like me and when you hear politicians it one thing and do another, makes you wonder about how they can be that way. that is not jeb bush. he is a man of -- he is a conservative, a reformer who delivers. why? because he is smart, and he cares.

it is my pleasure and honor to introduce to you governor jeb bush. [applause] >> thank you guys. thank you very much. thank you all. thank you for that kind introduction. if everyone in the back of stop chattering. that is the best introduction i've gotten in a long while. myant to particularly thank old friend, by longevity, al for to thefless dedication conservative cause. it is a pleasure to be here tonight honoring one of america's best presidents, ronald reagan.

i would like to begin by expressing my deep thanks for the thoughts about my dad. put awayaptly said, the hearts. he is back at home. he is doing on. that is the good news. that is the good news. the bad news is, he is no longer pampered by the nurses at memorial hospital in houston. he has a new caregiver. her name is barbara bush. she is really tough. is true that no matter what your age, even if you were the leader of the free world, life has a way of keeping us humble. sometimes, we even get to cross the thin line between humbling and downright humiliating. a couple of weeks ago, peter handy tweeted a picture of me , with what appeared

to be a catcher's mitt on my head. i still have that sportcoat by the way. he felt compelled to comment on my hairstyle and said that i was wearing a mullet. i responded of course that it was not a mullet. just an unruly set of hair in 1970. we all had that. his response was even better. there is a party in the front, and a party in the back. strangelys comment relevant to us tonight because as you think about it, the same could be said about the republican party. we used to be the party in the front. after the last election, we are the party in the back. the question is, how do we get to be the party in the front again? i would like to talk about tonight. how do we start to elect republican presidents in the mold of the great man we honor tonight? ,efore we answer that question

i would like to share some things that i have observed recently. -- it wasou may know, a joy. in 2007, i have been involved in education reform. they've taken me around the globe. i travel a lot. i have seen firsthand the expose of economic growth in places like china, singapore, and brazil. on any of their cities given day, you can see dozens of skyscrapers. , the mood is home different. different, and worse. americans have the sense that our car -- recovery is fragile. the greatest for us -- prosperity in a century will be enjoyed by other people in other lands, and not by our own children. tonight, i am here to tell you

that this conclusion is 100% wrong. we potentially find ourselves at the threshold of our nations greatest century. we can, as reagan did, restore the great confidence of american progress and growth and optimism. tonight, as surely as you sit here, the fundamental are learning anyway. -- are aligning in a way. it is there for the taking if we have the courage to grab it. and push the only problem that divide us today. .onsider the facts take energy, with our new drilling technology, america will soon have managing surplus. .- energy surplus this is trillions of dollars in new wealth for americans. trillions of dollars. a foreign-policy not overly influenced by oil. how about food? america will be the saudi arabia of grain in a century when the

world is clamoring for more food. just as crude oil determines the wealth and power of nations in the latter part of the last century, we will do so in the -- this century. wireless can -- rapid advances are transformed at a breathtaking pace. wereacturing jobs that shipped to china a decade ago are now returning to america. this time, the work is being performed by our robots. the good news is, there are robots built in america by american workers. by low energy cost, they create a new wave of energy manufacturing in this country. classes of diseases are on the verge of being eradicated by manipulating individual molecules on the surfaces of living sales. -- living cells.

never getting lost, never having accidents, already a prototype car has driven more than 3000 miles in the maze of california without a single accident. 3-d printing machines are being developed and down skill for home use that will allow you to instantly create thousands of objects at the touch of a button. already, cars are being designed and built that are being printed by a computer. how about our youthful potential? as a nation, is we -- if we get immigration right, we are going to stay young. by 2050, china will have more old people that america has people. america remains younger than all industrialized nations. these are but a few of our vintages, and collectively, they point to a century of prosperity and world leadership that is unparalleled in the world's history. there is a very dark cloud on the horizon. all of these advantages are at risk if the federal government

continues on its art of irresponsibility. our spending addiction and the lackluster public education are the two greatest impediments to achieving our potential in this century. conservatives have those solutions to these problem's. liberals have the proposals that will only make them worse. i balance our budget for eight years. while cutting taxes every year. i have dedicated much of my adult life to revolutionize our schools so that a school -- serve children and parents. you must know this, all of our successes at the state level, and all of the work being done in the private sector can be undone if we can't -- if we continue to lose presidential elections. we will forfeit our ability to chart a better future for our republic. as a beach i jerk in every sense -- this would be tragic in

every sense of the world. as you know, sam is the former ceo of ibm. probably the best ceo in america in the last decade. human also a fantastic being. he's easy to talk to, but he is also a visionary and a true leader. he told me an amazing story. he was deeply involved with assembling the team that created watson, a supercomputer that can understand natural language with all the ambiguities associated with human speech. watson can breathe -- breach through more than 200 pages of text to find an answer in less than three seconds. what you do when you have this kind of amazing capability at your fingertips question mark naturally, -- at your fingertips? do you know what watson is doing today? it is saving lives.

it is being used in research hospitals like sloan care to diagnose and suggest treatment options for cancer patients. they are able to look at available information, listen closely, and make critical medical recommendations without the personal biases that afflict mere mortals. the thing that astounds me is that watson can learn from his past mistakes. thevery decision, it helps next decision to be more accurate. the first round of jeopardy ended with watson tied for first place with $5,000 $5,000 in winnings. by the time the second match ended, watson had one over $77,000 and ken jennings at only 124 grand. a little scary, right? i wonder what watson would say if it brought that computing power to bring to bear on the political future of the republican party. first, watson would probably

know that republicans lost the popular vote in five of the last six presidential elections. in those elections, it would be good to point out the democrat candidates received 26 million -- 26 million more votes than our publican candidates. there's a staggering number. how how could it be? if watson was to read the blogs, tweets, facebook posts that mention the republican party, it would find that all too often, we are associated with being anti-everything. way too many people believe republicans are anti-immigrant, anti-woman, anti-science, anti- gay, anti-worker, and the list goes on and on. many voters are simply unwilling to choose our candidate, even though they share our core beliefs, because those voters feel unloved, unwanted, and unwelcome in our party. tonight, my thought is this. if watson can learn from its past mistakes, so can we. this means that we must move

beyond the devices and issues that currently define the public debate. never again, never again can the republican party simply write off entire segment of our society because we assume our principles have limited appeal. they have broad appeal. [applause] broad appeal. we need to be larger than that. we are exactly the same reason that millions of immigrants were drawn from our shores from every nation, we need to draw into our party people from every corner of society, because conservative principles and not liberal dogma best reflect the ideals that made this nation great. we must be united in the principle that everyone should be given the opportunity to rise to the top, to raise a family, and to be free read our core principles, greater risk on civility, more personal freedom , smaller and more effective government are the only pretzels

that can offer our children the measure of their potential in american centuries. i meant to tell you there is no us or them. the face of the republican party needs to be the face of every american. we need to be the party of inclusion and acceptance. [applause] , and our heritage future, and we need to cancel our efforts in those terms. as republicans, we need to be re-acquainted with the idea that relationships that really matter are not made through twitter, or social media, real relationships take time to grow. they begin with a genuine interest in the stories, the hopes, the dreams, any challenges harvard within each of us. -- harbored within each of us. a complete stranger to me, stood up a town hall meeting and

challenge me to help children like hers. i'm sure i said something pleasant in response. it wasn't good enough for murphy. she would not let me up for air. over the next month, that -- i traveled and talk to parents who fear nothing more than having their disabled child outlive them and become a ward of an uncaring state. imagine what it would be like to be a mom or a dad of a child him and your biggest worry would be that you would die before they did and no one would take care of them. when i became governor, we had a renewed focus on helping the developing disabled. elevating their lives, i found out that we would help all for radiant. we used to be the party who understood small connections. we need to be that party again. we speak to people and make the , the happynservative

exception does not always approve the rule. it is a high validation if we can only point to the increasingly rare individual who overcomes adversity and succeeds in. here is a reality. if you are fortunate enough to count yourself among the privileged, much of the rest of the nation is drowning. in our country, if you are born poor, if your parents to go to college, if you do not know your father, if your english is not spoken to her home, the outs are stacked against you. stay poore likely to today than any time since world war ii. the great tragedy of the last decade is that liberals have challenged -- channel the anger and frustration that comes from this dynamic and use it as an opportunity to tax the very ideas of success at cell. in their view, anyone who is climbing to the top one percent,

or top 20% for that matter has created some form of social breach. they deserve our swarm. -- swarm. -- they deserve our scorn. without innovation, we will no longer move forward as a nation. so our central mission as conservatives is to reignite social and economic mobility in this country. it is called the right to rise. very facets to our mission. let me briefly mention for. first, we need to reestablish america the idea that success is a good thing. rather than being viewed with this taste and discussed -- suspicion. success desperately needs to be cool again. we need to offer the citizens of our nation role models who demonstrate that success isn't about taking, it is about creating something where nothing before existed. it is about the way wealth

ripples. second, we need to equip every child with the best tools to rise. every child in america deserves the best education on the planet. why not? we are already paying for it. yet, our kids frequently frank in the bottom in bottom -- math and science scores. we need to have the leader and the authority to put that in place. -- it may save the lives of millions. the tragedy is that for every child that reaches their full abilities of the builds that

watson, there are hundreds who could've done the same thing i'm about are stuck in failing and in different schools. we are squandering america's greatest resource. only reform minded conservatives have the -- the single greatest waste of human potential in my mind in the history of the world. [applause] -- and rewards improvement and excellence. a culture based on empowering parents with a abundance of choices for education. a deep understanding of the transformative power of digital learning. government should create a level playing field. -- back,

finally and finally, we need to realize that each of us in the conservative movement has a greater role to play as a private citizen. -- then a part of a government or as its critics. there is a political realm and a social realm. we confuse btw. -- confuse the two. government should build potholes. it is our individual duty to fill the hole in the human heart. we need to recognize the limits of government in the much more powerful influences of parents, churches, charities, and role models. [applause] we can do so much more by setting an example, and by living our principles and by merely taking.

we need to be out in our communities, helping our neighbors, mentoring our children and demonstrating that generosity, compassion, and human potential are immensely more powerful than 1000 government programs. i see our path forward as conservatives, and i believe the future is extraordinarily bright. i will end where i started. as to rumors of the demise of the conservative movement, as my dad said, put away the heart. we have within our grasp, the means by which our country will reclaim momentum, leave its remarkablethis century, and secure a better future for all. god bless you all, thanks for coming. [applause]

>> jeb bush had been mentioned as a possible 2016 presidential candidate, requested that his name not be included in the presidential straw poll. immigration, "the wars, forming a new solution was ."ot here live coverage continues tomorrow, live at 10:00 a.m. eastern, right here on c-span. the ceo, when lapierre was among the speakers at today's conference. he emphasized the need to protect second amendment rights and criticize universal background checks and then

registration. this is about 25 minutes. [applause] >> thank you. thank you. thank you so much. thank you. it's great to be here today. iong so many friends and really appreciate that warm welcome. i don't getmagine, invited to many parties in this town. [applause] -- [laughter] that's ok. i can to washington when i was about your age am a right back there. beid not come here to

popular. i figure to stand for what i believe is true. elite may not like it. the liberal media can keep hating on me. but i am still standing, unapologetic and unflinching in defense of our on -- individual freedom. [applause] they can call me crazy or anything else they want. nearly 5 million members, and american's nearly 100 million gun owners will not notdown -- not back down, ever. i promise you that. [applause] the second amendment, our second amendment, it is not just words on parchment. it is not some frivolous suggestion from our founding fathers to be interpreted by

wins -- whims. it lies at the heart of what this country was founded upon. our founding fathers knew that without the second amendment and that freedom, all of our freedoms could be in jeopardy. our individual liberty is a very essence of america. it is what makes america unique. if you aren't free to protect yourself when government puts it, on that freedom, then you are not free at all. they insult, they denigrate, they call us crazy for holding fast to that belief. in their distorted view of the world, they are smarter than we are. they are special. they are more worthy than we are. they know better than we do. , they we dared disagree

will scorn us, demonize us, and try to shut us up. we will not be demonized and we will not be silenced. [applause] and there are americans all over this country that feel like you do in this room today. it is time for us to take a look at the insanity that has consumed all too much of the media and the political class in this town. a finger,ged condemning the nra, you call us crazy. but no other organization in the world have spent more millions over more decades to keep americans safe. our firearms safety training programs, law enforcement training, women's training, hunter education, they are

second to none. gun ownership is at an all-time high in this country right now -- [applause] here is the thing. while that has happened, we have brought accident in this country with firearms down to an all- time low. [applause] year we teach millions of law-abiding people had to use, store, and defend themselves with firearms. we have been training america's military and law enforcement officers since nra's founding in 1871. and they call us crazy? i advanced nothing more than surrounding our schoolchildren with the same level of protection as our

jewelry stores and sports idioms. armed protection. .- sports stadium armed protection. [applause] the vast majority of americans agree. , a recent survey, a survey, of all 50 states, nearly 90% of teachers and administrators said an armed officer would make their school safer. and you know this. there is not a mom or a dad anywhere who would not feel seeing a police car in a parking lot when they drop their kids off at school. [applause] but the powerful elite, who will always have their own security, called our proposal absurd. you know it's really absurd emm?

not protecting our children act. -- at school. [applause] thousands of our schools today remain vulnerable as ever to the evil intentions of a madman. while janet napolitano's department of homeland security offers this from its website -- listen to this -- if you were caught out in the open and cannot consider yourself or take cover, you might consider trying to overpower the shooter with whatever means are available. the narrator says this while the video shows an office worker pulling out a pair of scissors out of a drawer. scissors? that is their answer? let's get this straight. to protect our children at school, we recommend a trained professional with a gun. they recommend scissors.

?nd they say we're crazy [applause] it is sheer madness. here is what the political elite offer instead. a placebo called universal background checks. that is their big idea. a background check. a check that will always be far from universal, will never make our schools or our street safer, and will only serve as universal registration of lawful american gun owners. the real goal, and you know it right and your heart -- right in your heart, criminals won't participate. any records of the mentally ill

will never be part of that check. with all the patient privacy tucson,the monsters at aurora, and newtown, those names will never be in the system. those killers really are crazy. [applause] the very advocates and politicians behind this new universals team have fought behind the in for two decade to prevent until health records from being added to the check system. i have been in a bunch of the back rooms when i walked in, we can do this, we can do this. includes good,y law-abiding people. people like you and me. that is to their check will be. that is what they are after. the man's of good, decent people. -- the names of good, decent people.

database foreral universal registration of every lawful gun owner in america -- that is their answer to criminal violence? criminalize 100 million law- abiding gun owners in a private transfer? build a list of all the good people? as if that would somehow make a statement from violent criminals and homicidal maniacs -- that is their answer? are they insane? what is the point of renters during lawful gun owners anyway -- registering lawful gun owners anyway? for gangs and criminals to access? you know that has happened before. by foreignbe hacked enemies like the chinese, who recently hacked pentagon computers, so a list can be handed over to the mexican

, oh, by the way, they have already requested that list from our government. twohe end, there are only that reasons for government to create that federal registry of gun owners. to tax them or to take them. [applause] no gun owner, no rational thinking american belief that will have any effect on violent criminals, and they are right. it will not make anybody safer anywhere. and it isbling saddening how quickly this whole debate has deteriorated from what would truly help make isple safer into what proving to be a decades-old agenda of those vents on destroying the second amendment.

they have offered nothing new. nothing helpful in making our schools, streets, or one child in this country safer. senator dianne feinstein admitted that she had her gun ban bill ready to go a year ago. tucked away in a drawer, waiting for the right opportunity. really. waiting for an unspeakable tragedy to push their political agenda? is it any wonder why most americans don't trust congress? they are simply not serious about making our kids or our country safer. if they were serious, they would arrest, they would prosecute, and they would imprisoned felons with guns, gangs with guns, and drug dealers with guns, as many as they could find. [applause] that's what they do. -- they would do.

and that's with the public wants. but they do not do that. what they do instead, if they let them go read. -- go free. let's talk for a minute about this thing called sequestration. . run the nra not an economic think tank. but i watch the news. of rationalnstead belt-tightening, the first thing the government thinks to do, according to law-enforcement thousands ofd let criminal illegals out of jail. you know what? normal people allover the country think that's crazy. [applause] hass as if sanity itself been sequestered in washington. we have all these federal gun laws with stiffer present time. -- stiff prison time.

the federal justice and -- system says, we are not going to do that. federal prosecutors say, just kidding, normal homologue biting people all over this country think that is crazy. , nowhere in this country does that apply anymore then chicago. federal firearms prosecutions from012. by almost 30% their peak in 2000 four. federal firearms prosecutions in 2010-o dropped 45% from 2012. president obama's hometown ranked dead last in firearms prosecutions, 90 out of 90 federal jurisdictions. out of 76,000 prohibited persons flagged by the instant check

werem, only 13 successfully prosecuted nationwide. vice president biden, you heard him say it, he said, they don't have time to prosecute. excuse me? don't have time to prosecute prohibited people trying to illegally get a gun? but, the vice president does have time to offer advice to women threatened by an intruder. [laughter] i am going to quote him directly -- just walk out, walk out and said that double- barreled shotgun and fired to blast outside the house. -- fire two blasts outside the house. theare smiling, but, gosh, vice president of the united states actually told women facing an attack to just empty their shotguns into the air.

been lost their minds over at the white house? [applause] it does not make any sense. no doubts the violent predators would love to visit woman, armed with a shotgun, that is empty. , and mr. vice president you feel the same way, but i'm going to say it. for four decades you have enjoyed the armed protection of capital police and secret service officers. all while trying to destroy the second amendment rights of the rest of us. comes to that's right, sir, you seek your you keep your ad vice, we'll keep our guns. [applause]

and that's what i'm getting in rooms all over america from the american public. i see a lot of young women here today. here is a more political advice from the elites who seem to think they know what is best for you young women. some members of the colorado legislature think women are too emotional to deal with violent attacks. listen to this -- senator jesse better thanaid using a firearm, you would be better off using ballpoint pens to stab an attacker when he stopped to reload. a ballpoint pen?

university of colorado at colorado springs, officials recommend that women defend themselves against a rapist with passive resistance. passive resistance? the one thing a violent rapist deserves to face is a good woman with a gun. [applause] and they call me crazy? and yet the people doing the finger-pointing are saying is that are absolutely bizarre. i can't help but think that as americans, we all want the same thing. we know our mental health

system is in shambles. we all want it fixed. we want criminals with guns prosecuted and incarcerated. we want the federal government on the books right now in force against-- enforced felons and gangs with guns. if they would just do that, those violent criminals would not be on their way to their next crime. they would be in prison. [applause] we want our children to be safe and protected. that is why the proposed train police and security officers in every school in the country. there is not a mom or dad in america who wants to leave their children unprotected. if the washington elite, if they really wanted the same thing, they would stop trying to demonize law-abiding gun owners all over this country. they would stop trying to

convince the american people that all gun owners are potential criminals in waiting. actuallywould implement programs that addressed our problems in a real and meaningful way. and trained armed security in every school. enforced the federal government 's right now that are on the books. incarcerate violent criminals before they get to the next crime scene. rebuild our broken mental- health system. . help the mentally ill by giving them -- getting them off the streets and into treatment. and, for god sakes, leave the rest of us alone. [applause]

the political class in the media just don't get it. in a lot of ways, they have lost track of what this great nation is supposed to be about. it is supposed to be about us, and people like us. all over this great country. it has always been about we, the people. not the political class. all the way back to our founding and our country. here is what i am talking about. >> in a recent closed-door speech to donors, politicians, and media, bill clinton spoke about american gun owners. a lot of these people, although that is their hunting and fishing. and we all remember obamas they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion. the arrogance of their superiority requires this reminder.

us rights.give we grant them power. they don't make -- we pay to protect them. they don't make us free, we are free already. as long as we have the second amendment, we always will be. , and ourerica politicians are only as our full as we, the people, allow them to be. [applause] >> says it all, doesn't it? we are the people, this is our country. ,his is a fight for our freedom the freedom that separates us, each one of us, from every other nation in the world areas that freedom makes us stronger than other countries. that freedom makes us better than other countries.

, that freedom is now on the line. now, and in 2014, in 2016, and in every political fight in your lifetime. that is extending and fighting and defending freedom is all about. when i first came to washington's many years ago, i wanted to make a difference. i wanted to stand for something. this is not an easy place to remain true to your principles. , this town,y place to want to be liked and want to be praised. in theasy to be swept up warped reality that all too often is this town. you, each one of you here today , you are here because you want to make your own different. take your own stands.

plant your feet firmly in the foundation of freedom. don't be swayed by the winds of political insanity. no matter what the elitist who's s who to say, -- elitist scorn you say, let them be damned. fill your heart with pride, fill your eyes with conviction. this is your time to stand and fight, now in this election, the next election, and the election after that. always stands and always fight for our great american freedom. thank you very much. it is great to be with you today. thank you. thank you. [applause] >> rick santorum addressed the

conservative political action conference one day after the death of his nephew, billy. this is about 20 minutes. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] >> thank you all so much. i am political editor of townhall.com. it is such an honor to be sharing this roster with the money committed conservatives am a brilliant thought leaders, influential politicians, and of celebrity apprentice all-stars. when i first heard that donald trump had been invited back to this year, i honestly thought it was a hoax. i demanded to see the original, longform virgin of his invitation.

which he has suspiciously refused to produce. i can't help but wonder what he is hiding. i think the american people deserve answers. to that end, i dispatched a team of investigators to new york to look into the matter. so far, all they managed to find was a series of equity filings. filings.uptcy with trump, we know that the conservative outrage movement to minorities will begin with theing up -- in 2016, nominee will be able to count on the support of trump, john boehner, and a sizable of the google link the demographic. we have a great pogrom this afternoon. thank you for being here. the honorable rick santorum is a former senator from pennsylvania, and these time forces. and the founder

.e has penned bestsellers please join me in welcoming senator rick santorum. [applause] ♪ >> thank you. thank you very much for that very warm and kind welcome. ,esterday i was in pittsburgh where karen and i spent some precious and painful moment with aaron's brother and his

family. at the bedside of their oldest son. billy was a terrific, vibrant young man, who, for the past few months has been struggling against a horribly painful began ravaging his body almost overnight. yesterday, he was not the one in vain. medicines were effectively blocking all his physical pain. we were the ones in pain. our family and his girlfriend were in incredible agony as he slowly and peacefully took his last breath. i could not help but have my experience yesterday impact my message to you today. 's firstt of buddha noble truth -- to live is to suffer.

our society has done an amazing job in reducing physical pain with medicines, by dulling our senses. but that has come within epidemic of addiction and dysfunction. and it is not just opt her's receipt to eliminate pain. who100 years, -- doctors seek to eliminate pain. their allies in education deny truth, so there is no wrong, and therefore nothing to worry about. their allies in hollywood and the media promotes a culture of titillation and violence that numbs our senses in an attempt to please us. all of this has resulted in an epic of psychological moral, and

spiritual pain and suffering. as a philosopher says, america has conquered the world of pain. , oure have lost our soul meaning, our hope and our purpose. to my take you back nephew's bedside. because there was more going on yesterday than just suffering. through the tears were words of encouragement and comfort. our tears were full of hope, that all of this suffering was not in vain. that this was not the end. i must admit that experiencing the death of my young nephew was a surreal experience. as i looked over at my suffering wife and held her hands, i begin to think about her and i being on another floor of that same half full, 22 years ago. i was at her bedside, holding

her hand, and she was experiencing excruciating pain. she was in labor with our daughter, elizabeth. , she endureothers that pain because the pain had reason and purpose. that made it bearable. . -- new life. just like our pain yesterday, as we ushered billy into a with our lord and savior. [applause] here is another truth, this time from victor frankel, a man who survived auschwitz. he who has a wide to live for can bear almost any -- a why to live for can bear almost any

how. americans are suffering today, particularly lower income americans. but how are they suffering? are lower income americans injuring more physical hardship in the same americans 200 years ago? are americans worse off today from the stand point of health? no we are not. we are living longer than ever, with drugs and devices like it is going in spite of ourselves, sometimes. how about material health? objectively aging, thanks to technology, and the dynamics of our economy, and low income person today would have richard comfort that would exceed the -- creature comforts that would exceed the wealthiest americans years ago. our culture and political

leadership have robbed them of the why of america. our purpose. [applause] they have transformed the thatcan tree -- dream give us purpose and hope inmates suffering much less bearable -- and made suffering much less bearable. what is the american dream? we all know that america is not like any other country in the world. we are not an ethnicity. we are all hyphenated americans. no, america is a why. it is an ideal, a set of principles and values. that is what makes us together. that is what has given us

purpose throughout the centuries. and where does that come from? it comes from our founding declaration of independence. before that, if you had gone to georgia, or massachusetts, or virginia, and asked them what they were fighting ofor, they would have given you different answers. but our declaration brought us together and reach into america it old. -- its soul. course you know these words, we hold these truths to be self- evident that all men are created equal and endowed by their creator with certain unalienable ,ights, among them, life liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. [applause] god is mentioned four times in the declaration of independence. we are the only country in the history of the world -- [applause]

we are the only country in the history of the world that has based its premise upon rights given to each and every one of not from ad, sovereign, aching, it alleges -- a king, a legislature. we are different, and as a result of that, we have strived and accomplished great things. we have suffered through that. but because of this great purpose, we have been able to endure and proctor and -- pro sper and hand america off a little better than what we were. of america.why in its essence, it is a moral enterprise.

a moral enterprise focused on the dignity of every human person. if all we do this weekend is offer americans a better way to get more stuff, in hopes that they, that this will dull their pain, we and america will lose. the left can always promise more stuff. and make atomic they care more. foruse they make it easier americans by providing the stuff for them. paid for byrograms, somebody else's money. for those in our movement to want to abandon our country is a moral underpinning so we can win, permit me to paraphrase a great teacher and asked, what

does it profit a movement to gain the country and lose his own soul? [applause] the left in america and around the world has made that so bargain. austian the sake of our country and our move and, we must not. president obama says he wants to transform america. leave it to president obama to see himself in such a grandiose role in the world. but let's be honest, america has been in the process of transforming for 100 years. he just wants to close the deal. he has successfully offered a new deal to the american public

. he and his friends in washington will reduce the pain -- ine suffering, exchange, we have to abandon the why of america. ofwants to exchange the why the american revolution for that of the french revolution. [applause] ,he marquee day lafayette after the american revolution, the french revolution was underway. let's this country with a picture frame. the picture frame had two places in it. each for a document. side of the picture frame housed the declaration of independence. the second was empty. he hoped to go back to france and place in that picture frame

a document similar to america's. that also established a great moral enterprise. wouldt why, that encourage people to bear much. to fight for those high-minded and symbols. and leave something great for the future. that place was still empty. why? because the french revolution, although it sounded like ours, the french revolution was raised on equality and liberty, it sounds like us, but the final word of the french revolution was fraternity. rights did not come from the father, they came from each other. they read latest the sovereign who with a sovereign mob

could lord power over the people. it led to the guillotine and to bonaparte. what we see in modern-day europe is simply a descendent of that organ. -- bargain. a godless -- [applause] a society that is godless, without faith, specifically anti-clerical, anti-god, where the government is the center and they are the ones who care for us. this is president obama's new deal. give them more power. give them more authority. they will take care of you. how do we turn this around? how do we make a difference in america today?

. have tried to do my part [applause] karen and i started a organization called patriot voices, to speak for those principles, not just in washington, but across this country. we have a movie showing this afternoon called "my sacred honor" which explains the work of citizens united, explains this tension that exists in america today. and understand our role in it. how do we win? how did we when the american revolution? was it because red bigger guns, nicer uniforms, better generals, more discipline and order? no. it was because we wanted it more. because we had the passion on our side.

we had a set of conviction, because we were fighting for something good and noble. , the passion in america has been on the other side. they lived their lives everyday to transform us. and we, think everything is going to be just fine, america is not going to change much, we just go about our lives areas not that we don't live good lives. most americans live very good lives. but we do not have the passion that they do. in every aspect of our lives, to rise up and fight against what our founders said was the greatest threat to freedom. time. time. the erosion, the erosion of our values over time.

we will lose that revolutionary fervor, that passion for truth. and so it is happening. i am not here today, as i have been across this country, because karen and i are committed that we are not going to let that happen on our watch. [applause] i would say to all of you, don't look to washington d.c. to solve this problem. i served 16 years in the congress. i can tell you, there are very few leaders in congress, there are a lot of followers. they say very -- they stay very close to where the american public is. donruss and the president are a reflection of what america is today. solve look to them to your problems, let me assure you, you will be disappointed. the answer is here.

at the turn of the last century it was written, he was asked to publish an article entitled "what's wrong with the world?" chesterton agreed to read the article. he submitted it to the tabloid. they published this, "what's wrong with the world?" "i am. " , because innswer part, we are the problem. , has tohave so much rededicate ourselves in our churches, in our families, in our communities and our school boards. and our local, nonprofit organizations. in every aspect of our lives. we have to fight for the principles that make this

country great. we have to fight for those who are suffering and being left behind. they don't want government money. they want your money. not because they want your cash, they want what comes with it. karen, your mentorship, your love. all things government cannot give. [applause] we called the generation that survived world war ii the greatest generation -- why? more virtuousere than you, more courageous than you? no. no, they weren't. try to avoid the

war, tried to avoid suffering. only after we had a f on pearl harbor, we washed friends fault. he watched ringgit bond and leveled. -- britianed written get bombed and leveled. we watched, in hopes that somehow things would just work out. that is what the generation -- greatest generation did. here is a different. -- here is the difference. they became great, because when there country needed them, they met the challenge of their age. today, i ask you, join me at patriot voices. join me in preserving the american dream. and fighting for your dream. text me. text the word dream, plus your

dreams, and how you want and plan to make that dream happen. to preserve america. at 67463 you do that, you commit yourself to being the next great generation. we, will be the ones who not only saves america, but preserves that last great for the world. thank you and god bless you. [applause] >> the annual seatback conference heard from donald trump. conference heard from donald trump. he emphasized the importance of u.s. manufacturing and energy production. this is 15 minutes. thank you very much.

he did very well on the apprentice, i have to tell you. our country is in very serious trouble. and have morelion than a $1 trillion yearly deficit. that means we are losing numbers that nobody has ever heard of before. anywhere. any country. nobody has ever heard of numbers like this. likewise, the republican party is in serious trouble. the good news is, that the country has tremendous untapped potential. absolutely tremendous. the republican party, i can almost say, is going to be a

little bit tougher. especially as you get more and more conservative. they get nasty, they don't like to hear what we have to say. it is not easy. we have to get the momentum back. ,e have to get it back weekly -- quickly, before it is too late. before we waste that incredible potential that we still have. we have to get it back. the president is given .nprecedented media protection it is incredible, when you see what is going on, it is absolutely incredible. with the republicans, especially as you get more and more conservative in your thinking and your thought -- is really just the opposite. thinkublicans, if you you're going to change very substantially for the worst,

medicare, medicaid, and social security, in any substantial way, and at the same time, you think you're going to win elections, it just is not going to happen. ,he way we solve our problems because polls have come out, even the tea party, which i love so dearly, 78% of the people said, leave my medicare, my medicaid, my social security alone. that tea party. , and the wayto do we solve our problems, is to build a great economy. we don't have a great economy right now. china has, other people have, other countries have. we do not have a great -- we do not make things any more. we were great manufacturers. we don't make things anymore more, we buy things from other countries area do not only china, all over the world. we buy. we have to rebuild our economy.

we have to do it again. we have to make america strong again, and make america great again. [applause] thank you. when it comes to immigration, you know that the 11 million illegals, even if given the right to vote -- you will have to do what's right, but the fact is, 11 million people will be voting democratic. you can be up front, you can be the spearhead, you can do whatever you want to do, but every one of those 11 million people will be voting democratic. it is just the way it works. you have to be very careful. because you could say that to a certain extent, the odds aren't looking so great right now for republicans, that you are on a

suicide mission. you are just not going to get those votes. i say to myself, why aren't we letting people in from europe? i have many friends, many many from europe who want to come in. people i know. tremendous people. hard people. they cannot come in. i know people whose sons went to harvard, top in their class. went to the wharton school of finance. great events. -- great students. and to be a citizen of a foreign country. they learn, to take all of our knowledge, and throw them out. we educate them, we make them really good, they go home, they can't stay here, so they work worktheir country and

very effectively against us. how stupid is that? top of your class at harvard, and you get thrown out of the country. something has to happen. you have been reading about the white house tour. i suggested that -- actually knew gingrich -- newt gingrich suggested it for me, it was nice. he volunteered for me that i would pay for the entire year. i said, that's ok. somebody told me, it was very nice of you. -- of newt. i love newt. anybody who's a member of my club, i love. maybe president obama should join one of my clubs. thing. a sad i understand it will be reinstated, i would certainly be willing to do it. i will give you something, a small but emblematic. couple of years ago, i was at a major state dinner. it was in a tent in the white

house lawn. probablyant -- tent, the guy who owns it made a fortune. , said to myself, here is china in a tent. i called the white house, at someone i know very well, very high position, i said, i will offer, free of charge, to build the most youthful ballroom there is in the country, anywhere. i will do it, it will cost anywhere from $50 million-$100 million. you get the greatest architects, to get perfectly sympathetic with the white house architecture. it will be fabulous. they said thank you very much. what an offer. we never heard back. that is the problem with the country. that is what happens. you don't hear from people. now, when you get right down to it, from the standpoint of

conservatives and republicans, you have got to win elections. when you have people that are well-meaning, but governors saying it is the stupid party, and i heard that statement, i said, what a horrible statement to make. what a horrible statement. that is a statement that will come back and haunt you and the democrats start using it. you have to change that. you have to change that thinking. when i watch somebody who spends $400 million on campaigns, with perhaps the worst at the have ever seen. they did ask on obama that i thought was being paid for by the obama campaign. they were so incredible. you remember the famous superhero at? -- ad? people wanting superhero. it was done by the republicans.

when you spend $400 million, and it is a failure, and you do not have one victory, you know there is something seriously wrong. over $8 billion. when i was thinking of running, i actually filed by financial statement. a lot of people were actually surprised. more than that, i have employed tens of thousands of people. and yet, i am continually criticized by total all over the place. it is unbelievable. [applause] these guysse guys, on television, they can't buy a clean shirt, and they're saying donald trump, he is nothing. thousands of people. i am very proud of what i've done. , andtt made one mistake unlike mitt romney a lot, but if you made one mistake him a it is that he not talk enough about

his success. honestly, people really want success. they want a leader who is successful. .itt has done a great job i feel that the republicans, and mitt, and i told him this, did not speak enough about the things he did. the great things. they were on the defensive instead of taking that offenses. -- offensive. i recently bought a country club, a improperly run for years and years. tiger woods just won the tournament there this weekend. i am going to fix it area that i am going to make an incredible. i am going to make that place in credible. that is we have to do it this country. we have got to fix it. we have got to make it incredible. right now we are a laughingstock. you see what is going on with afghanistan and karzai, he has

no respect for us. in all fairness, we are leaving. you probably said, wow, i will be stuck here alone. still, this guy, when i watch, i say, how can leadership $1.5 aq, we spent trillion and we lose lives, great, great, young wonderful people. we lose so much. we have nothing. when i heard we were going into iraq, some smart people told me we're going for the oil. i said all right, i get that. there's nothing else. i get it. we didn't take the oil. then when i said we spent $1.5 trillion we should take -- i don't know if you know they have the second largest oil reserves after saudi arabia. so $1.5 trillion is nothing.

we should take it and pay ourselves back. [applause] what are we doing? what are we doing? what are we thinking? this is whether it is obama or bush or who ever, what are we thinking? for those soldiers that were killed, i said we should pay those families money. [applause] we should give them money. they lost their sons and their daughters and $1 million to a family is nothing compared to the kind of wealth you're talking about over there. you have someone running iraq and we don't know who it is. i guarantee he is building his palace and everything over there and it is a very sad thing. look at what is happening with syria and south korea. i buy all my televisions from south korea, i'm sorry to say. i just ordered 3,000 televisions

from south korea. we don't make televisions in this country. so north korea as it does gets frisky then we pay them off and they get less frisky. north korea gets frisky, what do we do -- get out of it? we send them down and stop whatever is going to happen, what do we get out of it? we get nothing. he fact is we're run by either very foolish or very stupid people. what is going on in this country is unbelievable. our country is a total mess. a total and complete mess. what we need is leadership. now, by fixing the economy we're able to solve the problems that

we really do need to solve immediately as a nation, medicare, medicaid, social security, they become affordable when we become a wealthy country again. you know part of the reason that the republicans and even the democrats they're talking we have to cut, we have to talk because our country isn't doing it. new technology has shown that we have tremendous wealth under our fete in the form of energy. right under our feet. north dakota is a great example. [applause] we're not allowed to go and get it. so we go to opec nations that think we happen to be, they are all friends of mine. they think we're the stupidest people on earth. they can't believe what they are getting away with. we could become so easily the energy capital of the world.

so what i say is this, we have to start building things. we have to start manufacturing, not just taking care of people, not just taking care in terms of health care. that is not manufacturing that is money going out. we have to bring money in. this country has to start building things again. we have to build take back our jobs from china. we have to take back our jobs from other places. [applause] when apple talks about apple building all of this stuff and we're proud of apple they build almost 100% of their stuff in china so china should be more proud than we are. we have to start manufacturing and building again. we have to make america great again. our problems will be solved. thank you very much. it is a great honor. thank you. thank you. thank you very much.

[applause] thank you. >> 2012 republican presidential candidate mitt romney addressed the conference. mr. romney thanked the crowd for his support and received a standing ovation when he promised to work with them in the future. he is introduced by south carolina republican governor. his is 20 minutes.

>> thank you very much. it is great to be here in washington, d.c. not really. this place is the hardest part about my job and i will tell you the president and washington, d.c. are the hardest part about being the governor of south carolina. i will tell you they have thrown it at us pretty good. when you look at the fact that him and his union thugs through it at a 1,000 non-union workers in south carolina. do you know what we said? not in south carolina. [applause] those workers are now 6,000 workers. his department of justice threw it at us and said we can't have voter i.d., we're not going to let it pass. do you know what we said?

not in south carolina. [applause] every election in our state now requires photo i.d. before you vote. [applause] and now they are trying to throw obamacare and says that we have to bust our budgets and expand medicaid. do you know what i'm saying, not in south carolina. [applause] as long as i'm the governor of south carolina, we will not expand medicaid on president obama's watch. we will not expand medicaid ever. we're going to make sure we take care of the people that we know best to take care of and we don't need washington's help to do it. [applause] i have the good fortune today to

tell you there is something very special when you see a leader, and a leader fights for what they believe in, a leader fights to prove and make a difference in the country. a leader fights and goes threw what is a challenging race and it doesn't go our way, what makes a true leader is when they come back to talk about it. [applause] michael and i have gotten to know mitt and anne and i will tell you the part i wish everybody could know. these people are such strong people of faith. they have a love for their family that everybody should cherish. they have a love for this country that a race doesn't take away, that love only grows stronger. he is a path -- patriot.

he knows how to create jobs and doesn't expect jobs to do it. thank you. he understands the fact that you can go and fix an olympics that is broken and be better for it. this is a leader who is a servant because he loves this country. he this is a leader who is back to tell you thank you. this is a leader that we need to stand up and give the loudest applause ever and say we appreciable your love and -- appreciable your love and support for this country. please welcome governor mitt romney. cheers and applause]

> thank you. thank you so much. thank you so much. you have touched my heart again. thank you so very much. what a -- what a sight you are. what a privilege to be here with you again. how much i appreciate your support and your help. thank you to the governor for

her wonderful introduction. she's a woman of uncommon courage and conviction and her principles guide her and we need more governors like her. [applause] and thank you for your support from the very beginning, you were there from the very start. you made a difference for me, your campaign gave me an early boost. you worked on the front lines and you made calls and i oeach owe for your r -- support for the campaign. with your help i was given the nominee of the united states. i was given the great privilege of experiencing america in a way that anne and i never anticipated in a way that we thought we would get to do.

of course, i left the race disappointed that i didn't win. but i also left honored and humbled to have respected the values we believe in and speak for so many good and decent people. we lost races before in the past, but those setbacks prepared us for larger victories. it is up to us to learn from our mistakes and my mistakes and take advantage of the learning and we take back the white house, get back the senate, and put in place conservative principles. now it is fashional in some ircles to be pest mistic about america, about conservative solutions, about the republican party. i utterly reject pessimism. [applause] we may not have carried on

november 7, but we have not lost the country we love and we have not lost our way. our nation is full of a pier ration. we're a nation of invention and reinventing. my optimism about america was not diminished by my campaign, in fact, it grew. it grew as i staw people of america and heard their stories, i saw people's determinations. ebbie summers in las vegas she runs a furniture rental. when the recession hit that tanked her convention business. but she did not give up. she did not close down the business, she did not lay off the people. she taught her people how to make furniture. i see the perseverance. harold drove a truck for 10 years so he could afford to go to college. was studying geological

surveys and concluded that there ight be oil in north dakota. e drilled a dry hole, he drilled 16 holes, they called it harold's followly up there until the -- folly's up there until the 17th. they are estimated to have hundreds of barrels of oil up there. i've seen risk taking. the mounting business. the mill needed to shut down and the plant manager they borrowed and invested everything they could find to buy the business. they saved the jobs and of their

colleagues and they grew sale from $5 million a year to $50 million a year. people of the great faith, i'ved that honor of being in the home of these men of god. i met heros in our armed forces. men and women who resigned with the national guard after multiple tours in afghanistan. they knew they would likely be in another tour. i met heros of the homes in the nation. single moms working two jobs so their kids can have the same thing other kids have. dads don't know what a weekend is because they have taken on so many jobs so they can keep the house. the heart of america is good. our land is blessed by the hand of god. may we as the people, always be worthy of his grace and his

protection. [applause] like you, i believe that a conservative vision can attract a majority of americans and form a governing coalition of renewable and reform. now, as someone who just last the election i'm probably not the best person to chart the course for the next one. with that being said, let me offer this advice. perhaps because i'm a former governor, i would urge us all to learn lessons that come from the greatest success stories and this is 30 republican goffers across the country. [applause] they are winning elections but more importantly they are solving big, important problems.

the governor in georgia secured a constitutional amendment to make sure they can have charter schools. governor rick snyder got a right to work in michigan. [applause] a number of these republican governors were able to secure tort reform and a hoard of republican governors inherited budgets that were badly out of balance and replaced deficits with surpluses. [applause] these governors have shown they are able to reach across the aisle, offer innovative solutions and they are willing to take the heat that you have to do to do important things. we need the leadership. the ideas and the vision of these governors. we particularly, by the way, to hear from the governors in the blue and purple states because

those are the states we need to .in to get back the white house these are the people we need to listen to and make sure their message is heard loud and clear across the country. [applause] now, we can also learn from the examples of principle and passion that we've seen in the last few weeks in washington, d.c. by republican leaders. i might be bias but i applaud the clear and convincing voice of my friend paul ryan. [applause] now, if i were to offer advice to any person who was or became the president of the united states it would be this, do whatever you can to keep america strong, to keep america prosperous and free, and the

most powerful nation on earth. it is no secret that the last century was an american century. it is no secret that over the span of the coming century that is not written in the stars. america's position is not guaranteed. the consequence, if america were to be surpassed by another nation would be devastating. why do i say that? the other leading contenders for world leadership, china, russia, not one of them excepts freedom as we understand it. only america and american strength can preserve freedom for us, the rest of the world, and the people we love. [applause] freedom depends on america and american leadership depends on a military so strong, so superior that no one would think to

engage it. our military strength depends on an economy so strong that it can support that kind of military. our economy depends on a people that are so strong, so educated, so resolute, so hard working, so focused on ve, so the creating a great future for their children. that is the america we grew up in. that is the america that our children deserve. [applause] just think about america. what nation but ours would have enjoyed military power for 25 years and never used it to seek revenge against it's foes or to seize natural resources from the weak? what nation is the first to bind

up the wounds of the injured from hurricanes and tsunamis and war? what nation is the largest contributor to the fight in africa against aids? what nation came to the rescue of others in the face of tyranny in korea, street nan, bosnia, afghanistan, kuwait, iraq. when you think of this -- whatever you think of these interventions, the impulse behind every one of them is little bit per ration not conquest. in all of human history, there has never been a great pow their power ten used that -- so use that power to liberate others. we must teach our children and we must, ourselves, never forget. [applause]

i'm inspired by a nation for people who live for something bigger than themselves, their schools, their community, their faith, their country. i marvel at the brilliance and the sacrifices made by the founders. i'm proud of our immigrant heritage. proud that so many of us came here because we wanted to be here. because they wanted to raise their families here and have a better future and because they wanted to worship their god here . i was at a campaign stop in san antonio, texas. i met a guy who came here in 1976 to escape the killing fields in cambodia.

his first job was picking fruit. n 1976 -- later than that he joined a campaign of george herbert walker bush as a volunteer. he was given a job to work in the white house then the state department. then he was appointed as the united states ambassador to the united nations. he said that when he stood to speak in behalf of this great country he would ask himself, in what other country in the world cambodian verished refugee become an ambassador to the united nations? [applause] this nation began with an idea, a nobble one. the idea was that every person is endowed by their creator with

unailable rights. freedom flows in american vains. it invigorates our enterprises and inspires us to live beyond ourselves. it calls for us to care for the suffering. nation.ade us a great the country is in per real by mounting debt, failing institutions, by families stressed beyond the limits, by schools failing to make the grade and public servants are ore focused on scoring political points than scoring national victories. each of us in our own way has to step up in and meet our responsible. i'm sorry i won't be your president but i will be your co-worker and work shoulder to

shoulder alongside you. [applause] because you see in the end, in tend we'll win. we'll win for the same reason we won before because our cause is just and it is right. look i -- i want to thank you again for your support and your help along the journey. anne and i are going to treasure the memories we've had throughout our life. god bless you. god bless this great nation. we love you. thank you so very much. thank you. [cheers and applause] >> our live coverage from the conservative political action conference continues tomorrow.

peakers include sarah palin, david keene, ann coulter and texas senator ted cruz. that is live beginning at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. next president obama talks about alternative energy. then defense secretary chuck agel announces the launch of interceptor missiles on the west coast. > a more private first lady, elizabeth monroe did not want to make social calls. she spoke french inside the white house. we'll explore the relationship th her husband and the close relationship with her successor. we'll see the important role she

played in the election of her husband john quincy adams. went include your questions and comments by phone, facebook, and at er live monday night :00 on c-span. >> now president obama talks about energy strategies and calls for congress to set aside $2 billion over the next decade o support advanced vehicle research. one of the energy department's largest national laboratories for science and research. his is 25 minutes. ♪

[applause] >> hello, everybody. hello, illinois. hello. it is good to be home. let me begin by saying thank you for that great introduction and the leadership she is showing with her team on so many different and amazing breakthroughs. thank you to dr. isaac for giving me a great tour of your facilities. it is not every day i get to walk into a thermal test chamber. [laughter] i told my girls that i would go into a thermal test chamber and they were pretty excited. i told them i would come out looking like the hulk. [laughter] they did not believe that.

i want to say thank you to my friend and your friend, senator dick durbin. [applause] an outstanding member of congress who can explain some of the things going on is here. [applause] ongressman bobby rush. glad he is here. we have a number of state and local officials with us, including your mayor. [applause] nd i could not come to argonne without someone who has served our country so well for these