>> what i hope, and i really that like myself, and i suspect all of us up here, think that the affordable care act is a step forward on balance that should be built on an improved. we will work just as hard to talk about the success stories that are going to unfold in the advances that are made him of the subsidies that are claimed, the people who are insured, the continuation of a slowdown of i hope in the rate of growth of health care costs, a reduction in insurance overhead from the kind of competition that josh described. if we do our job well enough, it will be an extended and very rough voyage, but it is one that can get us where we want to go. >> there was another question over here. somebody else raised their hand. upfront.

.k i'm not talking behalf on the asian-american pacific islanders, but since i am one, i want to bring it to focus that we don't have -- for that population. it appears that population has been increasing in the amount quickly. many of us are not employed. many of us are not in the habit of having health insurance until we are very sick. many of us rely on family , andrt, extended family many stay and die at home. we may not be a burden to the system. now that there is a mandate coming, i feel like the cost of healthcare can be reduced significantly with prevention, education, and treatment, and also in the exchange.

understanding of the public can play a significant role. is there anything we can do to educate that population, and i also want to bring in the latino american friends because we are all the same and away, so is there any plan for that? >> i would be happy to jump in and explain how we thought about this. depending onogram, who your source is, and we have the flexibility to structure that. we could've done it with one company, one approach the whole state. we are a diverse state in maryland. we could've come up with 1000 different grants of tiny amounts of money. we did this through public comment. we had a whole advisory committee come together. what we wound up doing was dividing the state up into six areas. we asked comro

together under a lead agency with multiple groups including grassroots organizations that work specifically with different parts of the population, to come together and put in proposals. we had a competition in each of the areas. lead agencies in more than 50 individual groups that all -- that are all part of one of those organizations, including groups that really target and have tremendous trust in those communities. part of it is, you could say, i will give you something in a language you can read, that if you do not know the person you're talking to, you may not relate at all. what we've got is a really terrific set of partners around the state. they are now in the process of getting trained. this will cover the sister and navigator programs. we have asked people to come together. in montgomery county, which is nearby the montgomery county health department, they are the lead organization and broaden

their best partners to serve the community. being successful is not a one-size-fits-all message. we have to reach into a very diverse array of groups. ini would agree completely that i think we can also look at experiences of other health benefit programs, but the children's health insurance program. it now covers 86% of individuals who qualify. one of the reasons for that success is that states became very focused on the appropriate means of communicating that last to the trusted populations they are trying to start. when you consider 50% of the 50 million americans who are themured, they have a low -- below average health literacy, that is a huge point. there are a number of

organizations that can be used to reach those individuals. it is incumbent on partners in that process, such as ourselves, to work as we have starkly in new york city -- as we have historically. thoughtful, a very engaging, and pragmatic process. it cannot be something you think about in the 11th hour. a forumweek, we had with more than 100 30 state leaders, all about the affordable care act. >> tom, last question. washe expansion of medicaid of course to be a huge part of aca and moving towards universal coverage. the court put a bit of a crank into those plans. could you give us your assessment of where that stands now with the states and what we can expect over time?

will it become more attractive by more states? what happens to individuals in states that reject the expansion? i think, as with the answer on a number of these questions, we do not know. it is in fact a state-by-state discussion. some legislatures have made a decision, and some have not. there are some that come up as we speak, our meeting. ideas. considering what happens to those individuals will depend on the state. one of the odd quirks of the legislation -- i will look to josh to correct me -- one of the odd quirks is that there is an element of the population who would be eligible under the expansion who would not be

eligible for subsidies. others will be eligible for subsidies, and can go through the exchange, and if it is a federal exchange or partnership exchange or a state run exchange, but there is a small group of individuals who will not qualified for subsidies. they will be exempt from the penalties because they will be low income. essentially, they will remain uninsured. again, it will depend on the state what the size of the group looks like. the history with medicaid suggests that it came in overtime. whether that will be the case this time around or not remains unclear. the federal funding, the short- term 100%, will inspire. it is available during that time. it goes away, drops to 90%. there will be states that look at what the economic implications are for the state over the long term. whether or not it will be taking on a greater burden or not. other changes were included in the medicaid program that was

part of the aca in terms of primary care physician payments and a variety of other things, a reduction in dish payments, so tension attention -- a there for states that may not be covering all population's. there is a lot of complexity. my guess is it will play through the legislative sessions in those states. >> did you want to add anything? that obviously in washington, there was a lot of politics with the affordable care act, and this carried into a lot of state legislatures. over time, there was a question, is this really benefiting people, and are people going to experience that, and what are the politics about? when i go to maryland, i hear about people who need coverage. whoe are a lot of people benefit an awful lot from medicaid. as it expands in some states and not others, i think there will be some politics of that. i think you've got some of the

posturing or narrow politics of medicaid, but then you got politics of actually delivering healthcare. certainly in maryland, the politics of delivering healthcare overwhelmed any other consideration. the finances of the offer are pretty good. i think that there is something to be said for actually having a good policy that i think over time could change the politics. >> to josh's point, i think among those who are most active in those states that have to date not expanded our the provider groups. -- are the provider groups. it is hospitals and physicians and others who are actively engaged in talking with their legislatures in trying to make the point that josh is making, which is, over the long term, the value of the coverage will accrue to the benefit of the state. i think it will be state-by- state.

>> this is pretty straightforward. every taxpayer in maryland or any other state is paying taxes to support the extension of medicaid in all the states that have adopted it. they are, if they do not come into the system, turning down a 100% payment, and then 90% for coverage within their states. this is about as close to the ofld of vito corleone h making an offer that you cannot refuse as you can get. my concluding comment will be that senior official in the national governors association, when asked the very question you , how manyof 2018 states will not be in medicaid, he said, if governor perry is still governor of texas, one. [laughter] i'm going tote, have to cut this off. i want to thank sheila burke,

sharpstein,ting, -- and bruce maxwell for being with us today. [applause] >> last night in new hampshire, kentucky senator rand paul called on the republican party to broaden its base. that is next on c-span. on this morning's "washington journal," we will talk with freshman congressman john delaney and virginia congressman frank wolf.

congress will hold more hearings this week on the ongoing investigation into the irs targeting of conservative groups. this morning, former irs commissioner douglas schulman will testify before the senate finance committee. commissionerng irs stephen miller will also be at the hearing. live coverage starts at 10:00 eastern on c-span 3. on wednesday, douglas schulman will take part in a house oversight committee. we will also hear testimony from the treasury department inspector general for tax and ministration. that is live at 9:30 eastern also on c-span 3. senator rand paul spoke at an event last night hosted by the new hampshire republican state committee. senator paul is mentioned as a possible presidential candidate. we will also hear from republican national committee chairman rights previous -- reince priebus.

from concord, new hampshire, this is 45 minutes. >> if i could have your attention please, we are going to get the program started now. folks, i need to ask for your attention please. we are going to get started with the program now. don't make me start identifying the talkers by name. i hate to have to do it. ok, folks, we are going to get started. very much. i hope you are all enjoying your meal. we want to say thank you and if you could join me in a round of applause for the dinner committee, the extraordinary job they did today. [applause] thank you all. we are going to get started. i want to start this introduction by sharing a quick

story with you. wgirsummer, i was on the political roundtable. i know a lot of folks in this room listen to it every wednesday morning. the other guest on the other side of the politica met her or read some of her columns and updates. eds.p- we were talking about the supreme court case for obamacare. we were waiting for the answer to come down. we were discussing back and forth. we're both pretty passionate about our positions on this issue. i repeatedly made my point about where i felt the constitution sell on this issue, and where i t democrats were falling on the constitution. we went to a commercial break, and the good of them are -- former chairwoman turned around, very agitated with me, started to shake her finger and my face and said, jennifer, i am sick

and tired of republicans saying democrats do not care about the constitution. i am tired of it. i do not want to hear it again. expression of her frustration, throughout the break, and the last thing i remember her saying before we got back to the show was, i'm tired of it. i do not ever want to hear you say it again the democrats do not care about the constitution. we went back on air. the host asked another question about the case. hisurned to me and said to listeners, former congressional candidate jennifer horn is still with us. what do you think about that? i looked at kathy and said, well, i think the problem is that the democrats do not seem to care about the constitution. [applause] that is a fight we continue to face today. our next speaker is someone who understands that fight. in fact, what i am particularly fascinated by when you read our chairman's biography on the back

inthis program, the one part particular that caught my attention was, as chairman in wisconsin -- he is a former chairman of the state of wisconsin -- under his reign, republicans not only defeated the democratic senator and elected ron johnson, they gained two house seats, one of the governor's office, took back the state assembly, the state senate, and defeated the leaders of both of those chambers. what do we have before us right here in new hampshire coming into 2014? exactly the same fight. we have got to unseat maggie hassan. we cannot allow somebody who would build a budget on funding that does not exist to stay in that office. jeanneot to defeat shaheen who thinks it is ok to use the irs as a political tool. [applause] ingot to grow our majority the senate, and by god, we will win back the majority in the house next year no matter what.

every single one of us are going to stand together in that effort. it is my great privilege to introduce to you the chairman of the republican national committee, a gentleman who i want you to know was one of the first people i called when i took this job and started asking him for help, and his immediate answer was, whatever we can do. whatever i can do. he has always answered the phone for us. he is the high new hampshire 100%. please welcome chairman reince priebus. [applause] >> well, thank you. thank you, jennifer. all a speciale place, a special place in our history, a special place in our party. , one of wisconsin those places that likes to brag

about the birth place, but tonight, new hampshire will be the birthplace of the republican party. that is coming from a cheese head, ok? [applause] mentioned annifer couple of people. it reminds me how important candidates, how important our leaders are to the movement that we believe in. you've got great people here in ,ew hampshire like steve depree juliana bergeron, phyllis woods. you got a chairman and mark smiley, susan hudson from vermont is here. you've got great people who care about this party. i want to talk about something say all the time before i started a speech. i think it is fitting that rand paul is here tonight, a great

leader in our party that stands for freedom come of the constitution -- freedom, the constitution, republican party as well. how about your senator, kelly i ayotte, who is standing up for this party, for the constitution, for liberty and freedom? , andd to ask this question it is pretty simple. what does this party need? the answer to this is found tonight. toos found from where i am with scott walker, paul ryan, and ron johnson. [applause] our party needs a couple simple , people of their word to run for office, to win, and then go govern like you campaign.

it is a pretty simple formula. tonight, you exemplify that with kelly and rand and the direction of this party that your great chairman is taking you. we've got a lot of fight for in this party. we are in a battle for freedom. it is the same battle that founded this party. it is the same battle that shape that -- that james madison reaffirmed in the bill of rights. it is the same battle that founded our country. here we are today. we are in obama's brave new world. [laughter] you know what? he is delivering everything he promised. he is not doing what he didn't say he would do. he is doing exactly what he said he would do. now, we have government gone wild. some people wonder why we are for limited, accountable

government. i think recent events should remove any doubt why these principles are so important to the republican party. thatnot think for a second these latest scandals are a one- time thing. it is the irs that is going to , the sameamacare now people that targeted conservative groups, and it wasn't just conservative groups -- it was any person or any group that had something critical to say of the current administration, a president that is in love with the sound of his own voice, but not in love with leading, a president that puts ego, power, and a hatred for dissent above everything else. that is barack obama. that is the leader of this country. i do not think this administration realizes that the first amendment was not a

suggestion. [laughter] [applause] the bill of rights is not a wish list. it is a set of nonnegotiable limits on the federal government. that is why this week and last week i called for the resignation of eric holder. [applause] if the president of the united states doesn't fire him, the --sage will be unmistakable the president of the united states leaves his administration is above the constitution and does not respect the role of the free press. and it is more than that. it was ericget that holder reading the miranda rights to the christmas day bomber. sowas eric holder that was in love with these rights that

he would read the legal rights to the dead body of osama bin laden. he said it would be his living legacy -- of all the things to make your living legacy -- it would be his living legacy to try the 9/11 terrorists in civilian courts. , contempt ofous congress, including 17 he comes back and says, well, i had a conflict with this associated press .nvestigation one thing that people are not talking about is this -- eric holder got in front of tv, and if you -- i don't know remember this -- he said this was the biggest leak that he is ever seen, the biggest leak in his career. in fact, he said it put americans at risk. yet the president doesn't know anything about it. [laughter] the biggest risk of his attorney

general's career that put americans at risk, and the president doesn't know anything about the investigation. that's the new defense. i didn't know about the irs investigation into conservative groups. i didn't know anything about it, even though senior senators, including one senator from your state, has been begging the irs to attack the tea party and conservative groups, but he didn't know anything about it. ,idn't know anything about it except as white house chief counsel got a report three weeks ago. didn't know anything about it, even though his chief of staff knew about it before the report was issued. didn't know anything about it. this is leadership? this is the president of the united states? yourgot to tell you, chairman did a tribute to people in the audience that served in the military and sacrificed for the things that

our party believes in, and all ,mericans -- not even our party but everybody -- freedom, opportunity, liberty. those are the heroes of this country. we owe them a responsibility to uphold those principles. one thing that is true, i do have a very weird name. [laughter] i am happy to be with a rand tonight. reince and rand. [applause] i remember a few tweets, somebody said, what is going on with the party? we've got mitt, reince, rand. what is going on here? we named our kids normal names. jack and grace. we went the other direction from my parents. [laughter] my little guy is eight. , curious,n little guy a good reader. how many people have been to the world war ii memorial? i think you would agree with me,

it is one of those places that you get out of it what you are willing to put into it, right? i went with little jack because i want him to know what our country is all about emma to about, to -- appreciate all the freedoms that people gave us. we walked around, and he is a good reader, reading the quotes from eisenhower and taking our time -- some of you who have been there know what it is like -- and then we walked up to that wall, that black wall with 4000 golden stars. each one of those stars represents 100 little guys -- obviously a little bit older -- but just like jack did not come home to mom and dad. , ever, everan never put yourselves in the shoes of a parent who goes through that, but as a young parent, in that split-second you look at your little guy, and you just wonder about the sacrifice.

it hits you. in front of that wall and gold on the black rennet, it says, here we mark the price of freedom. , it says, hereg we mark the price of freedom. that is what this is about. it is about freedom. that is what we are fighting for every day. i know we've got to do better in these presidential elections. we've got a tale of two worlds going on. you've experienced a taste of it like i did in wisconsin. you win about everything imaginable in the off year, but then you get to the presidential election. i want to talk to you for a few minutes about what we are doing. i want to tell you what growth and opportunity is all about. i want you to know that we thatt be a party anymore is a five months party before

presidential election. it is a world of permanent politics. we are trying to build out a party that understands we need to be coast-to-coast, granular, every community, clipboard in hand, asian, african-american, hispanic. new england, all over the place, nonstop, big party, politics all-time, registering voters, going to community events, going to swearing in ceremonies, and working nonstop. we cannot be a five-month parachute organization getting ,uge and raising a lot of money dropping in, and expecting to succeed. you know what? we are not running against al gore and john kerry anymore. this is a new world. two years ago, when i walked into the rnc, some of you may not know this, but we were $26 million in debt. something i haven't shared a lot. you would agree that the rnc and dnc are probably the two

biggest political organizations in the world. when i walked in, both credit cards were suspended for nonpayment's. 80 employees in 2011. do you know how many barack obama had in florida? hundreds. ,f we are going to compete we've got to win on the ground. if we are going to compete, it means we need to be huge, right now. that is what this project is all about. we need to speak to people from the community, in the community, working in that community, hiring the people from the community to speak to the people in that community. that is how you win elections. secondly, branding and marketing. we do not tell people who we are anymore. we are the party of freedom and opportunity, and equality, but it.wouldn't know we are not out there saying it. .ut we are going to be

we are goi to be educating people about what we believe in and what we are about, but the principles are of the republican party on a year-round basis, not four months ahead of time. when is the last time we have seen flyers that say, i am a republican because? we've got to protect our brand. it doesn't matter whether you are for rand paul, paul ryan, arco rubio, telling -- kelly ayotte, susana martinez -- every one of these folks, they are going to have a big fat r next to their name, and it stands for republican. we've got to get that straight. and dataal capabilities have to improve. i will not bore you with the campaign-finance speech, but i can assure you that the rnc has to be in the middle of it and it has to improve. it will take a lot of time and a lot of money and a lot of people to get on the same page sharing data, big data. it's an endeavor for this party that we have to work at.

now we have the opportunity to do it. the last thing i want to talk to you about. our primarythink system, not the early states -- i was a general counsel that helped make sure that new hampshire was an early state carveout, so i'm not talking about that -- [applause] i'm going to tell you what i am talking about. i think the slicing and dicing has got to stop. we've got to grow. we've got to let people in that door. i want to tell you two things that i am bent on fixing. number one, we cannot anymore allow moderators who are in the business of creating news make that news at the expense of our party and our candidates read it is over. we are done. at the expense of our party and our candidates. it is over. we are done. [applause] we are done having anderson

cooper and george stephanopoulos depose our candidates in front of national tv. [applause] , some, the second thing might say, wait a second, isn't this something pretty big? mitt romney never defended himself. it went all summer, got defined. tell you what is going on. this will be in the weeds for a second. number one, you know there is primary money and general money. back a few cycles ago, these convention started moving to the end of august. they did that because the candidates wanted to shorten the time they would have to rely on public financing. later ands got moved later. in this case, mitt romney goes through a bruising primary, he's out of primary money, he sitting on millions of dollars in the general election bucket in june, but he cannot get it

because the convention is in august. so he is the proverbial duck in the pond that cannot get to the money that is sitting in his campaign. that is why we are talking about moving the convention to the end of june. that is why we are talking about making sure that we have a say over who the moderators are and who the media partners are. it's not an establishment takeover. we are trying to protect the candidates, the nominees, and the things we believe in, the things we are celebrating tonight. look, you are all leaders in the party. you would not be here. you all have your own networks. we want to do you proud. we want to build a big party. we want to build a party that works with people, that shares data. we want to be a party that wins together. that is what we need to do. i want to tell you a little story as i close out.

it gives you an idea of where my head and heart is that. who hadth a person been very helpful to our party. i will not share any names, but i will tell you he is a very outspoken -- we've all been through this, one month after the election, obviously very frustrated, like we still are today -- we were talking about, what do we need to do to get this party straight presidential elections? -- for presidential elections? it wastough guy, i knew going to be intimidating. i got two minutes into it, and he said, hang on a second. timeout. here's the deal. you are young. you're smart. that's debatable, though he did say that. you're young, you're smart, and if you want a job here, i would love to have you. i will give you a job down the hallway. here's the thing.

if you are not going to be big, and you are not going to be bold, and do not waste my time. don't waste your kids time. don't waste your wife's time. don't waste your life. to be big andled bold. whoever did the prayer tonight, i thank you for that. i am thankful for a party that prays before we sit down. [applause] we are all called to be big and bold. that is my pledge to you. you are all in it like me. it is not glory. it is the grind. it is a grind we have all taken up because we want to have a country that returns itself to the principles that we are celebrating tonight. i am honored to be here. i'm honored to be your chairman. i'm honored that you're chairman of a couple of months ago and said, we are going to

have a dinner in new hampshire, and i would love nothing more if you could help me to senator rand paul to come and kick off his new hampshire gop. we all did our best. we are fortunate and blessed to have you here, senator paul. it is a blessing. we are grateful for you and everything you have done for our party. [applause] is last thing i would say that i am also grateful that i am going first it does with a 13 hour filibuster, i'm not going to be here in the morning. inc. you, god bless you. you.ank you, god bless [applause] >> thank you, mr. chairman. inc. you so much. -- thank you so much.

there any of you arrived, were what felt like hundreds of media outlets setting up in the room. i was like, what is the media here for? what could it possibly be, senator? thatreally very pleased senator paul could join us here today. i actually met him, and i bet you do not remember this -- i would not expect you to -- in 2007 when i was still hosting a radio show down in nashua. the senator was in town. he was campaigning for his father. we talked about his dad an awful lot, but one of the questions i asked him was, what about you, do you think you'll ever run for office? i do not even think of president. i said, we'll never run for office? he said, no, my dad is a politician in this family. with all due respect, i think you might have been wearing the same jeans that day as well. [laughter] pleased that senator policy with us today. i am i am a big believer that we cannot win if we do not broaden

our party and embrace all of the voices. i say all the time, whatever it is that draws you to the republican party, whatever part of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness inspires you, i want to stand with you. i want to fight with you for those values and principles. we must together. i think senator paul has been a great voice for the message. he has been a strong voice for limited government, balancing the budget, and in the last couple of weeks, he has been a leader in the fight against this administration on the irs, and ghazi -- benghazi -- [applause] and he is the first person to go -- was the first person to go to the press and look into the camera and say straight out that hillary clinton is not qualified to be president of the united states of america. [applause] thank you so much for joining us. please welcome senator rand paul. [applause]

>> thank you. thank you. that thereays tell is a sign that it might be an easy crowd if the prayer is interrupted by applause. you got a great chance with that crowd. [laughter] then if we applied again with the prayer. it is good to be part of a group that does believe in prayer. -- applaud again with the prayer. it is good to be part of a group that does believe in prayer. i need to get one thing straight before i get going. i believe we have to have border control. i believe there is absolutely no reason we cannot have a fence is we've got to keep those people from massachusetts out of new hampshire. offense because we've got

to to keep those people from massachusetts out of new hampshire. -- a fence because we've got to keep those people from massachusetts out of new hampshire. [laughter] you think i'm joking. i got in the ago car to work, and i thought i wanted to say something about drones. i have been asking the question for a while, so i got up and spoke for 13 hours. [laughter] cpac the next week, and i talked to one kid, and he summarizes my speech in three words -- he says, don't draw me -- drone me, bro. [laughter] i wanted toa point make. i think it is a point that is incredibly important. it is a point that sometimes we do not always agree on, but i

think we should agree on it. the question i was asking was, to the president, do you think you have the authority to kill american on-- an american soil who was not involved in combat. , i do notse was intend to. i haven't done it yet. i might. [laughter] it is sort of like him saying that he doesn't intend to break the bill of rights, or he intends to honor the second amendment. the oath of office says, i will defend the constitution. i will preserve and protect -- and attacked the constitution. it doesn't say i'm up i might if it is convenient. -- it doesn't say, i might, if it is convenient. we went back and forth. we could get no answer. finally we got an answer. , that is absurd, he would never kill an american. , ruin my wife said

their café experience. the thing is, we passed the year before legislation that gives her government the ability to indefinitely detain anyone of you. athout a trial, without lawyer, and actually send one of you to guantánamo bay. that sounds absurd also. the president said he doesn't intend to use the power. it is not about intention to use power. the reason we keep power from our government, while we have always jealously govern -- guarded our power, and we've wanted to limit the power of the monarch from the beginning, we are afraid about the chelation of power. madison said, when somebody has power, you need to have a certain degree of distrust. madison also said, if government were comprised of angels, we wouldn't need to have rules. patrick henry said, the reason we wrote the constitution was not to restrain you, it was to restrain your government. the first amendment is not

about restricting your religious freedom. it is about restricting what government can do to your religion, how they get involved in your religion. things, whether your officials say they will use them or not. they are important. you can imagine a situation where an arab-american in our country is communicating by e- mail with a cousin who lives in lebanon, and somebody says the cousin is a terrorist, and now you are associated with terrorism. do you think you would at least get a lawyer to defend yourself? when i brought this question up, another republican said, well, -- i said, could you send un- american to guantánamo bay without a trial, without a neck is asian -- without an accusation? he said, if they are dangerous. i said, that begs the question, what makes them dangerous? when i see in the young soldiers who come back -- my wife and i just helped build a house for a

soldier who lost both legs and one arm -- when they come home, i asked them what they are fighting for, and they say, the bill of rights. that is the freedom. we talk about fighting for freedom, we have to define what we are fighting for. it has to be at the constitution, the bill of rights. some may not agree with this. think about it. we had the boston bomber recently, and i was at a charity event about a week later, and a boston policeman was there giving a speech -- one of the best speeches i've heard in a long time -- he ran to the scene, he helped apply tourniquets, he helped people at the same, he had the same thought every one of us would have, anger, wanting to punish these people. he still has that. i still have that. it is human and normal. he said what separates us from them is that when we did finally capture them and guns were gone and removed, once it was all removed and he was captured, we sent our suspect to a hospital.

he is going to be tried in a hes going to have an attorney. in their country, he would've been dragged through the withts and beaten to death a tire iron. we are different than they are. it is our bill of rights, our laws, going through the process that makes us different than them. -- anybody in here a big fan of obamacare? [laughter] i figured there wasn't. the president just wants to take care of you, he doesn't think you're able to do it for yourself, and so does anybody feel comforted that the new irs agent in charge of your medical records will be the same agent who was in charge of targeting the tea party? i think really there is great to be such a level of distrust, such a level of feeling, how will they ever cross that barrier again, i think there is going to have to be some sort of independent commission.

i do not see any way the president can gain back trust. [applause] for goodness sakes, somebody's got to be fired. if not go to prison. [applause] [cheering] thinkesident doesn't you're are smart enough to take care of yourself. is that obama care. i want to tell how he will take care of you. 18,000 medicalve codes. i am a physician. when you come in to see me, i marked on a. that is how it gets billed. there were 18,000. obama is going to make you healthier. there'll be 140,000 codes. among these close will be 312 new codes for injuries sustained by animals. among these codes will be 72 new codes for injuries sustained by , including nine new codes for injuries sustained by the macaw.

[laughter] i've been in practice 20 years, and i have never seen that injury. i'm waiting to see that. [laughter] there will be two new codes -- this is to keep you safe and healthy -- two new codes for injuries sustained by turtles. [laughter] you say, why would there have to be to? the government needs to know whether you are bitten or struck by a turtle. [laughter] just try to take care of you because you cannot do it for yourself. kids get their news through youtube and videos. do not watch the news much. i 16-year-old son sent me a clip of jimmy kimmel on the street, and it was pretty hilarious. he was out on the street and he says to the first person who walks up, you understand that the president has pardoned the sequester and he sent it to portugal? [laughter] that was not the response. the response was, i appreciate

the president. he is such a good man. he wouldn't send it to portugal unless they deserved it. the same way.nded then he goes, you for that north korea israel and the saber and launching missiles, but the president has sent the sequester to north korea? right,y are like, damn they deserve it. [laughter] i think the president is losing the optics of this. the president is losing the public relations battle. he says, whoa is me. i've got to close down the self- guided white house tours. when he does that and in the same week he announces that he has found an extra $250 million to send egypt, in addition to the $2 billion we have already sent -- they've got money going to be sent overseas, but not enough for the self-guided tours at the white house. he says, i've got to fire the air traffic controllers. i've got to fire the meat inspectors.

we've got a $3.8 trillion government, and he cannot find anyplace to cut? if you've seen the chart of what is going on with spending over the next 10 years, it goes like this. if we had the sequester, it goes like this. overill increase spending the next 10 years. you cannot even see the white space between the lines. he says, we do not have enough money. i have come up with a few suggestions. number one, if you just do not rehire the people who leave for retirement, that is $6 billion a year. he waited a year and a half before he even got started. that would've been $9 billion. he didn't do anything. you can save $10 billion a year by having competitive contracts. meaning you do not have davis bacon, your schools will cost 20 were dirty percent less. -- 20%-30% less. you do not have to pay new york union scale. there are smaller items that run

throughout government. for example, last year he spent $325,000 on a robotic squirrel. you might ask yourself, why would you need a robotic squirrel? that's an important question. the scientists wanted to know whether a rattlesnake would strike a squirrel that was not wagging its tail, but they could not get a squirrel to volunteer. [laughter] they built one. guess what? the rattlesnake will bite the you know what out of a squirrel -- out of a squirrel that is not wagging its tail. $500,000 on a menu for mars. if any of you've got a 26-year- old living in your basement and you'd like to find him a job, this is a great job. it was intipend, hawaii, all expenses paid. there were some prerequisites. your youngster had to like food. they went there for a couple of weeks and they studied this and came up with the many for mars,

and guess what a bunch of college students came up with? pizza. [laughter] i got on the foreign affairs committee this year, and so i got to ask hillary clinton a few questions. --id happen to tell her [applause] on important question -- we asked her, did you read the cables asking for more security? she said no. i said, i cannot imagine if i had been president, i would have relieved you of office without question. that is a dereliction of duty. [applause] they will say, they did a review board, the ambassador said, those decisions did not rise up to her level. that is precisely her culpability. how many countries are there in the world or dangerous than libya?

they should have risen to her level. i am a physician. if you come into the emergency room, there are people triaging you. but if you come in with the stiffnecked and temperature of 100 five degrees, it is my job to make sure that the people out there know that you have to get back to see me. it is her job. we're talking about one of the most dangerous countries in the world, and they repeatedly asked for more security, and she does not get involved and asks like, i know nothing. it is inexcusable. here is the thing. i come back and say, republicans do not provide us with enough money. in may, four months before this happened, there was a request for a dc-3. request.ed the four days later, they did approve $100,000 for an electrical charging station because they were greening the embassy in vienna. they've got money to show off for the european socialist

friends about how we are greening up the planet with this electrical charging station for pretend cars that cost on average -- you pay for these also, you subsidize these -- $250,000 per car. that is what we are doing with the money, but we do not have enough. i said, why didn't you have more marines? the marines are there to guard the paper. insultingat's a bit to any marine i've ever met. i think they are capable of guarding more than the paper. she said, that's what they always do. point, benghazi is not paris. this is what they missed on the review board. the review board went through and had 64 good suggestions of things we should've done better. they missed one whole point. benghazi is not paris. and ozzy should've been treated and should still be treated like baghdad. it should be under military control, not state department control. that implicates the president and hillary clinton. [applause]

when i think of all these scandals, i sort of think of old macdonald had a farm, old mcdonald's farm of scandal. here is scandal, there is scandal, everywhere a scandal. [laughter] it's hard to know which one we want to talk about, but i think all stem from one problem, that that the government has a cumulative too much problem him of the president has accumulated too much power. not just this president, but maybe the last 10, because we have allowed that power to go from congress to the presidency. we have allowed the presidency to become too strong. lincoln had an egg knowledge meant good he said really any man can withstand adversity -- adversity, but if you want to challenge a man, you empowered. i think the president is failing that test of power. any person who would oversee -- he said he didn't know anything about it, but the word gets out that a lot more people knew about it than they are letting on -- any person who would use the power or abuse the power of

government to go after their political opponents, i do not care if you are a republican or democrat or independent, to that brute force, that a lien force of government and use it against your opponents, there is something distantly and profoundly un-american about that. [applause] distinctly and profoundly un-american about that. [applause] i have been talking with the rnc about how to make the party bigger. we have to do something different. we have run good candidates. i do not blame anything on governor romney. i think he was a good candidate, frankly. [applause] the moste was one of generous, honorable people we've had to run for office and a longtime. i do not think you will find as upstanding a person. [applause] but the party, we need to grow bigger. to be the party of

what people, we are winning all the white vote. romney got a higher percentage than mccain got. he got a higher percentage than bush. but we are a diverse nation. we will win when we look like america we need to be white, tony, lack, -- black, with tales, with beards. we need to look like the rest of america. we need to be able to appeal to the working class did a message is, the government is not just helping those who have. the government is hurting the have-nots as well. [applause] one of the things we suffer from big government, from the debt, from the printing of money, is rising prices, and any routing standard of living. many people in this room, you can handle gasoline at $4.50. if you make $30,000 a year, when your gas goes to four dollars a gallon, you do not go on vacation. you have trouble getting around.

you have trouble getting your kids to sporting events outside of town. that is big government. we need to be the party of opportunity. we need to the -- we need to be the party that can express it in a way that shows we care about people. we need to care about people even if they are on government insistence. people on on implement are not bad people. we need to be able to express that we are the party that is going to give them the opportunity to join the rest of us in the middle class. [applause] there is a painter by the name -- there is an american painter who writes, when you paint, you need to paint like a man who is coming over the hill singing. i love the image of that. we need to be the party that proclaims our message like a man coming over the hill singing. that haso be the party passion, that believes in things. we do not have to dilute our message. the constitution, individual freedom, all of those things,

liberty, those are things young people can come to. they want someone who is genuine in how we present them. we do not have to dilute that message. when i think -- i think somehow we have to combine the passion of patrick henry, give me liberty or give me death, with the passion of the proclaimers who said, i will walk 500 miles and i will walk 500 more just to fall down at your door. we need to have that order, that passion that young people have. we need to combine that with patrick henry. when we do, when we combine that passion again, when we become like a manho is coming over a hill singing, then we will be a great national party again. thank you very much. [applause]

[captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] >> the house is in this morning at 10:00 a.m. eastern. on c-span 2, the senate will continue work on the farm bill. last week the house and senate agriculture committees passed separate versions of the farm legislation. you can see live coverage this morning at 10:00 eastern. on c-span 3, former internal revenue service commissioner douglas shulman will testify as part of the ongoing irs investigation. live coverage from the senate finance committee starts at 10:00 a.m. eastern. coming up in 45 minutes, we will talk with freshman maryland congressman john delaney about his bill that would establish a public-private tool for financing infrastructure projects. then virginia congressman frank wolf on his proposal to form a select committee to investigate the attack on the u.s. consulate in and ghazi. later, former u.s. foreign service officer even sure and

will talk about the benghazi attack. he is the author of "exit the kernel hole in the secret history of the libyan revolution -- "exit the host: a busy day with lawmakers dealing with many high profile issues but the house of representatives will see a moment of silence for oklahoma, where a tornado killed at least four. aesident obama has signed disaster declaration and he will address the nation at 10:00 a.m.. the national weather service classified yesterday's tornado as an ef4, the second