despite what people may think, even people within our own movement, conservatism has never been a vision of loners. ours is a vision of husbands and -- bosses ands employees, and businesses, customers, teams, groups, associations, and friends. we do not simply want smaller government. that is necessary, but it is not enough. wantnt bigger citizens, we stronger neighborhoods and more aerobic communities. liberals dod what not, that freedom does not mean you are all on your own. rita means we are all in this together. the value that we place on community is based on the value we place on the first and most important human community of

them all -- the family. [applause] conservatives have argued for years, decades, in fact, that families must be at the core of our worldview. on issues like school prayer or the right to life or traditional marriage, homeschooling, conservatives have said protect and the family is the single most important part of our agenda. and it is. today, some critics say times have changed. some of them say we have to change with them, that we have to reach out to people beyond our conservative base, that we have to change the way we think and the way we talk about families. it may surprise you to hear me say this, but i think they make great point. times have changed.

we need to broaden our appeal, and we need to change the way we talk about the family. but ultimately, the critics have it exactly backwards. the problem is not that conservatives have focused too much on the family, but far too little. [applause] for the rapid changes we have seen in recent years in america, they have made only the family more important, not less. the family is the foundation not only of our society, but also of our economy, our culture, and our republican form of government as well. is indivisible from any other facet of america's history or destiny. crises like divorce, fatherlessness, and social isolation, while moral in nature, have an arrest social and economic consequences. in the same way economic

consequences like on equal opportunity and the spiraling costs of housing, health care and education represent threats to the stability and to our national success. working families today are airing the brunt of all of these things. and as a result, far too many are falling behind. abraham lincoln explained the role of government should be for every citizen, at every stage of life, something encompassed by the following statement. he said the purpose of it is to lift artificial weights from all shoulders, to clear the paths of laudable pursuit for all, to afford all an unfettered start and a fair chance in the race of life. lincoln's insights offer an almost perfect this collation of what america and what the republican party is at its best and what they stand for.

equal opportunity for all to pursue happiness. today this foundational american ideal is hanging as it were by the thread. up and down american society, which used to be defined and tocquevilleat de called our yearning to rise, we find a new and unnatural stagnancy. we find the underprivileged trapped in poverty. sometimes for generations. we find a middle class caught on -- trip mill running harder treadmill running harder every year to maintain social cohesion, that were once tak en for granted. at the top of our society we find an elite that has pulled up the ladder behind itself, denying others the chance even to climb. street tostreet to k

pennsylvania avenue, we find special interests increasingly exempted and insulated. by law, no less, from the rigors of competition and the consequences of their own mistakes. all of this points to what really is an inequality crisis in america today. a crisis not of unequal wealth income, but of unequal opportunity. progressives from the president on down say inequality in america today is the failure of the free market, resulting somehow from insufficient government interventions. we know better, because if you look closely you start to notice the opposite is true. today many of lincoln's artificial weights and obstacles blocking these paths of laudable pursuit are themselves this functional government policy --

ctional government policies. [applause] aftergovernment policy all that traps poor children in rotten schools, that traps poor families in berlin neighborhoods, that penalize single parents for getting raises and getting jobs or getting married. it is government policies that inflate costs and limit access to quality schools and health care, that hams dreams -- and strings innovation in education, and parent -- and penalizes parents investments. this opportunity crisis is absolutely real. sadly, it is just as real as the seductive am a, big government proposals to create their version of opportunity. it is not enough for us to simply oppose the liberals' ideas. you have to propose conservative

ones. true victory for values voters may be found a little ways down that road less traveled, but it is long past time for conservatives to take it. our movement is at its very best when we take on big am a big challenges. and the great challenge of our time is the challenge of the forgotten family, the honest noble parents across the country, just trying to make ends meet in a society, in an economy, and in a democracy that seems increasingly rate i washington against them -- rigge d against them. it is time for a new agenda that levels the playing field, and finally meets the challenges facing working families. to give underprivileged families a fair chance to work their way into the middle class, to give families struggling to stay in the middle class their fair chance to make a good living and build a good life, to make it easier for couples to start families among for entrepreneurs to start businesses, and

andnteers to start civic charitable organizations, to help all americans at every step along the path of success to overcome the obstacles that the government, even the big government facing this town, a better chance for opportunity. it is time for a new approach to taxes, to not only lower rates to spur economic growth and opportunity. [applause] eliminate tax discriminations against parents and against families. [applause] i am working on a bill designed to do just that. it is time for a new approach to education, to break up the special interest cartels that hold back our young children and our young adult. -- adults. [applause] ,ducation is itself opportunity and government has no business

telling students where they can and cannot go to get it. [applause] it is time for a new, more bold approach to transportation. new roads mean new never hurts, new jobs, -- new roads mean new roads, jobs, new opportunities. today infrastructure money that states should be spending on those opportunities washington takes and spends on bureaucratic waste and on special interest giveaways. it is time to rethink our dysfunctional welfare system, that holds poor families down. [applause] and it is time to reform a corrupt corporate welfare system that props the this is up. -- that props big businesses up. [applause] find new ways,

conservative ways that rely on free enterprise and institutions of civil society to help young couples to get married, afford a home, rate and danish -- raise and educate their children, and retirement security themselves. our movement has always identified with those americans climbed that ladder of success. and we always should. but our ideals demand we identify even more with those americans still on the bottom isgs, where the climbing harder, more dangerous, and far more lonely. we need to stand up for those will,ans that no one else for the unborn child in the world. [applause]

for the poor student caught in the failing school, for the reformed father languishing in prison and the fatherless sons of thealone the dangers street, for the single mom who is working two jobs, but still and stared in big government poverty traps, for the elderly and the disabled, the humanized c governmentgton d

bureaucracy, and for the splintering neighborhoods that desperately need all of these people. these families, these moms and dads, these grandparents and kids, they are waiting for us. they know more government is not the answer. they know government only divides them. they also know too often our them.is -- has ignored that has to change and it has to change today, it has to change right now, because every hour to my every day, the government leaves more and more american families behind. it is time for conservatives to remember those forgotten deed,es, in word and in in our hearts, and in our political and -- agenda. it is time to remember the most are nots entrepreneurs high-tech people in silicon valley or nor york, they are a young couple in church saying i do.

it is time to run for most important investments in our nation cost future are not issued on wall street, but they are sleeping in their mother's arms at the maternity unit of the your local hospital very to be truly rogue growth and productivity, our agenda must be truly pro family. [applause] that means we have to be profamily not just on some of the issues, but on all of them. i believe if conservatives look a new to the challenges facing the american family, we will quickly discover opportunities to meet, united and undaunted, the challenges facing our movement, our economy, and our nation, building a new conservative show agenda of reform around these moms and dads and kids about remembering

america's values and especially america's forgotten families. it is the path for restoring the greatness of our nation. and if at long last conservatives finally take that road less traveled, it will make all the difference. [applause] thank you for all you do. may almighty god, the god of abraham and isaac and jpeg, but andnd jacob, bless you all, god bless the united states of america. ["the stars and stripes forever" plays] you. speaker has

recovered from his 21-our filibuster. but i had is tell him we could only give you 20 minutes. is theto introduce him founder and president of the media research center, one of us monsters of the summit, and for exposing liberal bias by watching countless hours of mainstream media coverage so we do not have to, would you not only welcome, but would you bozell.ent >> good morning. how are we doing today. all right, ladies and gentlemen am a there is a whole lot of talk in washington today, and there is a lot of things being said, a lot of things are not being said, and there are a few

things that need to be said. i for one and sick of the -- that is going on in the republican hardy and from some in the conservative movement. the other day i read from one faux conservative is the strategy to defund the affordable care act needed a theyb, and they thought if had one, they did not sure what it was. ien came another whiner, think it was possible for us to delay the implementation of obamacare for a year until ted cruz came along and crashed and burned. not tellhat they did you. until ted cruz come along with b,e lee, they had no plan they had no plan a. [applause] and nobody to my thinking,

nobody has been more blatant in his intellectual dishonesty than senator john mccain. [applause] is what he told you on september 9. he wanted the whole world to know this. he said i can tell you in the u.s. senate we will not repeal or defund obamacare, we will not, and to think that we can is not rational. this is what he does not want you to know. in 2010, when he was campaigning for his life and needed conservatives, it will be repealed and replaced, it will not stand. that is what he said. october 9, this is what he wanted america to hear, to think we are going to repeal obamacare was a false premise, and i think it does a great disservice to the american people to think that somehow we could. this is what he did not want to share -- john mccain is our last

line of defense, leading the charge against the ridiculously unaffordable ideas like government-run health care. this is what he said on tuesday on cnn, what if the whole world to hear. the funding obamacare -- defunding obamacare is a fools errand. convincing tea partiers that there was some way to defund obamacare -- we cannot. this is what he said the night he won his primary. we will regain the senate and house, and when we do we will replace an repeal obamacare. this is a game, a game republicans and some conservatives have been playing lots of09, give speeches, make lots of promises, use lots of money, it yourself elected, even reelected, and do nothing. cynicism,height of

and then the unthinkable happened. ed crews called them out -- ted cruz called them out. he said quite clearly enough of that game. america is threatened. this is where we make our stand. i am so hard proud of that man. strength, strength, courage, principle -- he has these things and it is because he has these things and they do not have these things they have turned on him. here is a memo to the ruling class that i have got in washington, d.c. -- we will not allow that to happen. me now, willtell you stand with ted cruz? [applause] now.me does he deserve our gratitude for his magnificent devotion to liberty?

does he deserve our prayers for continuing -- tommy now, we you stand with him in his crusade to save america? do not tell me. tell senator ted cruz. ♪ >> thank you. thank you so very, very much. >> [indiscernible] thank you, i receive that blessing. and let me say to each and every

one of you, i am inspired by you. >> we are inspired by you. by yourinvigorated passion for this great country. now, as inspired as i am, i will do my very best to speak for less than 21 hours. [laughter] >> [indiscernible] >> but you will know i am there wrapping up when i begin to read t in the hat." i'm here with words of encouragement and exultation. i want to say two things. number one, these are extraordinary times. these are not typical times. the challenges facing this country are unlike any we have ever seen. you look at our constitution, you look at our bill of rights,

this is an administration that seems bound and determined to violate every one of our bill of rights. know if they have yet violated the third amendment, but i expect them to be torturing soldiers in people's homes soon. [laughter] if you look at the bill of rights, if you look at the first amendment, this is an administration that has told servicemen and women that they riskt share their -- or discipline. this is an administration that has reverend i'm -- that has alaska.ded a person in remind -- mind you, he was quoting dwight d eisenhower, who i might note has some passing familiarity with the military. this is an administration that is telling christian companies

like hobby lobby that the little sisters of the poor, that they oft -- or provide millions dollars in government fines. the little sisters of the poor is an order of nuns that provides health care to the elderly poor. the federal government is coming after them saying they have to abortions as well. we have the second amendment, which no administration in the history of the country has ever come after guns like this administration. biden -- president joe [laughter] you know the nice thing? you do not need a punchline. [laughter] you just say his name, people laugh.

but vice president joe biden had some invites -- advice. he said if anyone is to attacking your home, go outside botha shotgun and shoot barrels in the air, which is very good advice, if it happens you're being attacked by a flock of geese. [laughter] we have seen the fourth and fifth amendment, administration whose policy and wiretap policies and your e-mails and phone calls, their view is the policy of the american people does not matter to them. and then there is the 10th amendment, an amendment i am sure they have gone and cut out of every copy of the constitution in the library of congress. we have seen an explosion of federal government power none more important or significant or dangerous than obamacare. we look at the state of our economy and the last four years are coming has grown on average

0.9% a year. there's one other time since world war ii of four consecutive years of this kind of growth, and that was 1979 until 1982. coming out of the jimmy carter administration, it was the same policies, out-of-control spending, and taxes and regulation and it produced the exact same results. and we have seen a hapless, feckless foreign policy leading from behind, said by a president who does not appreciate the --cept of an oxymoron [laughter] [applause] these are extraordinary times. every one of you is here he caused you love this country,

because you love freedom, and you know we cannot keep going down this road much longer. we are nearing the edge of a cliff, and our window to turn things around, my friends, i do not think it is long, i do not think it is 10 years. have a couple of years to turn this country around, or we go off the cliff to oblivion. throughout the history of the world we have seen great nations rise and fall, and everyone here today is here today because we are not content to allow the united states of america to do anything but continue to rise and remain the greatest country on the face of this earth. [applause] won't you cruz, why

consider a pathway to citizenship for immigrant families? >> i appreciate that. it is a great thing that people can trust their first amendment right, and i only wished obama administration selected first amendment rights that much. [applause] but how do we turn things around? the second point i want to say is only the american people can turn this great nation around. only the american people. the book of ecclesiastes tells us there is nothing new under the sun. as dire as things are, i want each to remember back to 1978, 1979. those were dark times, with 22% interest rates, double-digit goingoyment, gas lines round the block, our hostages languishing in iran.

the president of the united states said we have to accept malaise. the soviet union cannot be stopped. our foreign policy is détente, and i am pretty sure it is french for "surrender." and what were we all told over and over again? there is nothing you can do about it. it cannot be done. the top marginal rate is 70% and it will stay 70% no matter what. government will always continue to grow come and freedom in america will always recede. what we have seen across this country -- >> [indiscernible] >> thank you for being here. i wish you would participate in the democratic process to respectfully. it seems that president obama's paid political operatives are

out in force today. [applause] and you know why? and you know why? because the men and women in this care scare the living daylights out of them. [applause] in 1980, in a situation every bit as dire as the one we face today, a revolution began across this country. the reagan revolution and i am looking at an awful lot of foot soldiers and generals from the a lot of thetion,

men and women in this room bear the scars and understand the power that when the people rise up, ultimately sovereignty resides in one place and one place only in our constitution, and it is with we the people. [applause] and i will suggest a model for how we turn this country around in the next couple of years, and it is the model that we have been following together for the last couple of months to stop that train wreck, that disaster, that nightmare that is obamacare. [applause] i do not know how many of you remember that movie "the usual

suspects," where they describe the greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he did not exist. cruz, why -- >> [indiscernible] >> you know what, i'm curious, at theody left organizing for america headquarters? [applause] i'm actually glad the president told political staff is here instead of actually doing district in the country. mischief in the country. [applause] in the movie "the usual suspects," base of the greatest trick the devil ever played was convinced the world he did not exist. the greatest tricked the left has ever played is to convince conservatives we cannot win.

[applause] the media will tell us that believing in free market values, believing in the constitution, believing in freedom, that those are extreme views. it is a lie. if it were not a lie, why do so many democrats, and they are running, for 10 to be conservatives -- pretend to be conservatives? why do so many republicans do the same? [applause] the values each and every one of us are defending our values that every small town, every family, every small business has understood in this country for centuries. that is what we are defending. that is what we are defending.

you know, at this point -- you know what is striking, actually? in the course of this brief speech, we have heard more questions than president obama has allowed in the past year. [applause] in fact, since we have the men and women of the media here, let me make an offer to our president. i would welcome the president, if he wants to get 100 of his most rabid political operatives in a room, i will answer their questions on television as long as he likes. [cheers]

and in exchange, all i would ask, mr. president, is you take not hundred, but 10 of the men spentmen in this room and 30 minutes answering their questions for the american people. 30 minutesd answering their questions for the american people. [applause] the fight for obamacare started, senator mike leigh and i began by pitching it in washington. and it was abundantly clear that this was not a strategy that washington was going to embrace. it was far too risky, and if there is one overarching urge in washington, it is risk aversion. do nothing that has any risk,

that it might actually doing anything. and so this summer mike lee and i took a very different treasury. we said, ok, we are going to go -- >> [indiscernible] >> ma'am, i look forward to you at the town hall. we tried a different strategy. we said, ok, we will go over their heads. a lot of folks in washington said he will talk to the republican leadership? we went over their heads to the american people. [applause] month of august and september, mike and i traveled this country speaking to town halls over the country and saying, saying -- president?is the

what a statement of fear, what a statement of fear. [applause] they do not want the truth to be heard. they definitely do not want the truth to be heard. as we traveled the country, speaking to the american people, making the case, what we said, i said you know what? i cannot stop obamacare. mike lee cannot stop obamacare. we have two more, three more, gentlemen, ladies, take you for your passion, but you should respect the rights of the men and women who are here. [chanting] -- it isortunate unfortunate that the

administration -- [chanting] >> usa! usa! usa! usa! > >> the nice thing is the left will always, always, always tell you who they fear. and they fear you. .hey fear the american people the fundamental problem in washington is washington is not listening to america. we wentht on obamacare

to make the case to the american a matter of a few weeks, over 2 million american sign that petition on don tfundit.com. [applause] you that the of house of representatives has been standing strong, because the house has been listening to the people. [applause] it is because of you that for months the country has engaged in a national debate about the enormous harms obamacare is causing, all the millions of americans who are losing their jobs being pushed into part-time work, losing their health insurance. it is because of you that the american people are energized.

and we see the obama administration defending positions that are utterly and completely unreasonable. repeatedly, the house has acted to compromise them to fund vital priorities, and repeatedly obama and the press have refused to negotiate. i will note this afternoon, the democrats are feeling the heat. [applause] afternoon president obama has invited the senate republicans to the white house. so after leaving here, i am going to be going to the white house -- [cheers] request.ke a if i've never seen again, please send a search and rescue team. i hope tomorrow morning i do not wake up amidst the syrian

rebels. [laughter] listen, they will talk to us, unlike this administration. you are exactly right. listen, none of us know what is going to happen on this obamacare fight right now. in my view the house of representatives needs to keep doing what it has been doing, which is standing strong. [applause] and that is the model for every other fight. we need no more washington solutions. we need to go back to the american people.

[applause] the media tells us we cannot win. times"in "the new york that hillary has already started her second term. [laughter] the media wants america to get up and allow this country to keep sliding off the edge of the cliff, but b tell you, your art to things i have an abiding faith is. one is a benevolent god who loves each and every one of us. [applause] and number two is the american people who love liberty and opportunity, unlike any nation, any people in the history of this world. [applause] many of you know my father, rafael cruz.

[applause] time i can in encourage him not to be such a wallflower. [laughter] when he fled cuba 55 years ago, after being in prison, after being beaten, when he came here seeking freedom he did it because no nation on earth has allowed so many people to come with nothing and achieve the american dream. [applause] what does it take to win this fight? it takes the men and women in this room. each of you is called to be here. you were esther, called for a time such as this. [applause]

for 400 years, every generation of americans has given to their kids and grandkids them a opportunity, greater prosperity, a greater future. if we keep going down this road, who will become the first generation -- if we keep going down this road, we will become the first generation not to do that, and every man and woman in this room believes that is utterly and completely unacceptable! [applause] as ronald reagan famously observed, freedom is not passed down in a bloodstream from one generation to the next. every generation has to rise up and defend it, or one day we will find ourselves answering questions from our children and our children's children, what

was it like when america was free? none of us will ever have to answer that question, because weether the american people, are going to restore that shining city on the hilt that is the united states of america. thank you, and god bless you. ♪ >> thank you, senator cruz. a couple of things i want to mention. if you would like to stand firm in our call to stop obamacare,

we will post a phone number on the screen that you can write down and make those calls. yourlso have all of congressional phone numbers in your packets. we encourage you to take advantage of that. i must say a couple of quick items before we introduce our next speaker. for those of you who paid full price only to be evicted, we would like to thank you for your donation to the values voter summit. and i do urge you to please restrain from interfering with any of the protesters. we do have security for that. so please, don't you get involved with any of that. protestersedures -- who are left, we urge you to exercise the koran. this is a place for freedom of speech. i have never understand that those who stand for freedom and tolerance, we will mercifully flee past you.

our next speaker is in his first term as senator from the great state of kentucky. so graciously carved out time, because he is rushing from here to a meeting with the president, so we are grateful that he could come ensure with you now. he has proven to be an outspoken champion for constitutional liberties and fiscal responsibility. he serves on the foreign relations, health, education, labor and pensions, small business, and government affairs committees. did you please welcome a senator who represents your values in washington, d.c., rand paul. ♪

>> thank you. does anybody have a message that i can carry to the president? >> [indiscernible] prius.i am in a toyota if you need a ride back to the white house, we will take you along. today i want to talk about something that is serious. i want to talk about a war that the mainstream media is ignoring, from boston to zanzibar. there is a worldwide war on christianity. christians are being attacked around the world, but you will not hear much about it on the evening news, because the answer is not convenient. it does not fit the narrative we have heard about it radical islam. the media describes the killings

as sectarian. worldwide waris a on christians is being waged by fanatical elements of islam. ever since 9/11 commentators have tried to avoid pointing fingers at islam, which is somewhat fair. it is fair to point out most muslims are not committed to violence against christians, but it is not the whole truth. the whole truth -- and we should not let live ago correct the stand in the way -- the whole truth is a minority of muslims condone the killing of christians, but unfortunately, that minority numbers in the tens of millions. pew research did a poll that 15%cated 21% of egyptians, of jordanians, and many jordanians are friends, 15% of pakistani muslims find terrorism

acceptable, if not laudable. the minority to be sure, but if you add up the numbers in three countries, it is over 40 million muslims sympathizing with violence against christians. you should not be understated. a survey indicated there were 100,000 muslims in britain who fully supported the london sub way bombings. 400,000 said they had some sympathy for these bombings. this is not a little problem and will not go away quickly. in syria, there is an ancient christian city called -- where they still speak aramaic, the language that jesus spoke. they have been christians since the time of christ. they are a small outpost in the middle east for christians. the town was recently overrun by islamic rebels. they swarmed into the count and demanded everyone convert to islam or die.

a person stood up and answered them, and he said, i am a christian, and if you want to kill me because i am, do so. these were his last words. damascus saida of of him, his death is true theyrdom, a death in hatred of faith. make no mistake, this is about your religion. elsewhere in syria, islamic rebels have filmed beheadings of their captives. they have filmed themselves eating the heart of their enemy. have beenian bishops kidnapped, and one priest was recently killed. these rebels are allies of the islamic rebels that president obama is now arming. we are now arming islamic rebels who are allied with al qaeda that attacked us on 9/11. does that make any sense at all?

>> no! >> american tax dollars should never be spent to prop up a war on christianity, but that is what is happening now across the globe. as christians we should fight against any tax dollars funding any persecution of christians. [applause] in sins of art, a tiny little island off the coast of africa, a priest was recently shot in the head on his way to church by two muslim youths. a message by the muslim renewal said we thank our young men, trained in somalia, for killing the infidel. any more will die. we will earn homes and churches. we will not finish. at easter, be prepared for disaster. in kenya, muslims broke the legs

of a pastor. in indonesia, the world's most populous muslim nation, three girls were beheaded on the way to their christian school. take no mistake, there is an element of radical jihad in this. guinea christians were killed. in egypt, 82 churches were attacked, leaving hundreds dead and wounded. earlier this year, i forced the senate to vote to defund the muslim brotherhood, and every democrat -- [applause] every democrat voted to continue sending your money to the muslim brotherhood.

thing,ell you one though, as long as i am in the senate, i will fight against sending any money to the muslim brotherhood. [applause] in cameroon recently, two christians were murdered. isiran, american pastor detained indefinitely, facing physical and psychological torture. they asked him to renounce his faith. the same thing they asked the person before he was killed. i have interest and resolution introduced ai have resolution that says we should do everything within our power, and our voice, from the white house, from the state department, from our government to release this man. [applause] until the not rest

pastor is free. globe christians are under attack. almost as if we lived in the middle ages or we lived under early pagan roman rule. it is almost as if that is happening again throughout the middle east. this administration does nothing to stop it, and it can be argued they are giving aid and comfort to those who tolerate these crimes. in libya, the country we freed from oppression, the militias that were guarding our ambassador have raided a christian church, rounding up hundreds of christians, accusing them of being missionaries, accusing them of having the crime of having a cross or a bible. manyere to richard, -- were tortured. in pakistan last week, 75 christians were killed them a

several hundred were killed in a bombing of a church. a pakistani christian sits on death row for blasphemy. she says it began when she drew water from a muslim well. as she was filling her bowl of water, a crowd formed and chanted, death, death to the christian. she pleaded for her life. she was pelted with stones, hunched in the face, and drugs through the streets. interceded say you must convert to islam. the crowd dissented on her, beating her with sticks. finally, to please stop the attackers only to arrest her. rowhas now been on death for the crime of blasphemy. what i say is until this person is freed, not one dollar of u.s. aid should go to pakistan. [applause]

many of you have heard of the precocious 14-year-old who was shot in the head by the taliban for the crime of wishing that girls could go to school. she is not a christian, but even so, the radical islamists are not tolerated here this girl who seeks nothing more than an education, nothing more than a right to go to school. if you have not listened to her, pull up one of her youtubes and listen to her. she is amazing. what a bizarre distortion of religion, someone who would shoot a little girl and had to make a religious point? where is the rest of islam? why don't they stand up and condemn this? [applause]

poet shakir wrote they insist on examining the firefly in the daylight, the children of our age have grown clever. only whenlam will end islam begins to police itself. only when islam allows her children to examine the firefly in the daylight, only then will knowledge and enlightenment and grow and religious violence will recede. we should all pray for that day to come sooner rather than later. [applause] we send billions of dollars to egypt, to pakistan. with help of new islamic regimes in afghanistan and iraq. obama now since arms to rebels

in syria -- obama now sends arms to rebels in syria. i do not know about you, but i have had enough. [applause] more to anye penny country that would burn the american flag. [applause] we must work to ensure that our country, our policies, our tax dollars are on the side of ending this violence rather than encouraging those who retreat it. this war on christianity is not just abroad. it came to boston this year just in time for the marathon. blew upmic radicals

dozens of civilians. i guess they thought somehow killing women and children would make a religious or political point. they wereargue, maybe not targeting christians, but they certainly did not target a mosque. you cantive, if perceive one, was not against our government, but against us as a people, a christian people. could believe that killing innocent people could further one's cause is beyond me. shortly after the attack, i met one of the boston policemen who were there, one of the first responders. he described his feelings, his ror, his sadness as he raced to apply tourniquets, and the death and carnage in what he saw as he showed up. he described his anger as he pursued these two islamic radicals through the streets. he felt it was justified, the shootout where

one of them was killed, but he also said that after week after the last one, after which captured and disarmed the last bomber, he said he also described a special appreciation for american justice. bomber was apprehended, he said we did not drag into the street and beat him to death with tire irons. he will get a lawyer, he will get a tire on -- a trial. it is what makes us different from them. [applause] when i talk to our young soldiers, wife -- my wife and i helped build a house for one of our young soldiers -- i asked him what he was fighting for and what did it mean to fight for your country? wesaid the essence of what fought for was our freedom, our bill of rights, our constitution.

preserveo believe and those, that's what we are here for. that's what we are here to fight for and that's what arm young men and women have put their lives on the line for. some politicians say this war on christianity means that we must fight a large conventional war against all of radical islam. part of my pointers to tell you is 100 million, this will not be fought with a conventional war. it will require islam to police islam. will be times and we will have to defend ourselves. we were right to go to war after 9/11. there are times when military action is justified and necessary. i believe we must be willing and able to defend ourselves against but we must also re-examine our policies because military action can and able and in power radical islam. going into syria could possibly enable al qaeda. it could make things worse.

we have to be very clear about that. in egypt, libya, and syria, it is not clear whether the changes of the new regimes will be more friendly or less friendly to america. does not make any sense to send american arms, american planes, or american troops to aid syrian rebels or the muslim brotherhood, for goodness sakes. we should stop it. [applause] in the future, i see less and less conventional wars. i don't see the possibility of how 100 million radical jihadist art defeated and the have to be contained and we have to defend ourselves. make no mistake, we should actively defend ourselves. the ultimate answer i think is that the rest of islam that is not radical has to police radical islam. [applause]

the islamic republics see us as invaders and infidels. they will never accept us through force of arms. somehow, they must be made to that they must root out and destroy the sadists and killers amongst them, the ones who distort and contort religion to justify killing of civilians and children. islam needs to remember and re- create the good in their history. eastenturies, the middle was home to cultural and intellectual centers of ancient world. math and science flourished in the middle ages. tolerance and sophistication were the norm at one time in the middle east. the great media will position andis identified smallpox measles. the great politician made advances in algebra. there was a enlightenment at one point in the world.

islam carried the light of learning and pave the way for our enlightenment. broughttory needs to be back to life again. innovation and muslim communities developed a magnetic compass, pens and printing. it was said at one time that ,ooks were printed in cairo passed out in baghdad. time in the in middle east, the world was really something that was very amazing. it needs to come back but they need to figure this out. the policing has to come from them. 1960s, books were printed in cairo and read in baghdad. there was a time in our history when islam was policing itself. most muslims described islam as a peaceful and tolerant religion. at one time, they prized inquiry over the heads of infidels.

the scientific method over fanaticism. i believe islam still contains some of the roots of this classical tradition and can return to them. in the meantime, we must defend ourselves. make no mistake, we need to understand the war on christianity is not being waged by a rare anomaly but by a significant majority that numbers in the millions. christians should be prepared for were but actively seek peace. reagan said we should strive for peace through strength and i agree. i urge us not to lose sight of either. too often, we have lost sight of these as the goal. the message of the gospels is not war. hopefully, the message of christianity, if listened to can be part of a peace process. in the meantime take action, pray for solution and older politicians accountable for standing up and protecting life and standing up against the war

on christianity. thank you and may god bless you. [applause] ♪ >> thank you senator paul. let's keep it going. speaker's faith and america's promise was shaped early on by his parents who left communist cuba under the castro regime. in miami and learned the value of diligence and hard work through his godly parents. that early training paid off big time as he came from a huge toerdog in his 2009 campaign win the senate seat for his home

state of florida. mission, among other things, as a senator is to build a strong america that our children can inherit to reach their dreams just as he has reached his dreams. he has become a leading voice for values voters all over america, ladies and gentlemen, would you please welcome, senator marco rubio? [applause] >> thank you. thank you. let me start off by saying -- i was listening to the news -- i hope all the protesters that came to scream you're left with ted because he did a good job with them. i appreciate it. i am honored to appear before you at this uncertain time in our countries history. with all the fighting going on in washington these days, my

biggest fear is that we are losing focus on the biggest issues facing our country. that's the growing sense by so many people across the country, that we are losing control. that we are losing control of our nation and that we are losing what we've come to know as the american dream. why do people feel this way? because millions of them have been out of a job for months and maybe years at a time, because millions more are trapped in jobs that don't pay enough to live off of. when these people here on the news that the economy is recovering, when they hear that unemployment is down .1% somewhere, it makes them angry. because maybe wall street has recovered but for millions of americans, they are still stuck with jobs that do not pay enough to make ends meet. making all this worse is that while their paychecks are stable or going down, it their bills keep going up. ask single parents and working

families how much they are paying every month for child care. upon thousandsds of students who are saddled with student loan debt. over 100aduated, i had thousand dollars in student loans which i paid off last year with the proceeds of my book which is available in paperback. [laughter] how do people make it through when they face the stuff? i faced a rough patch like that a few years after jennette and i got married and we faced difficult moments i got rid of the car and moved in with her mom for six months. sound familiar? from time to time, we have had to do that but we did that temporarily. now you have millions and millions of people who feel like they may have to do that as a new way of life. they asked their cells that this is the new normal. is this the way things will be in this country from now on? that's what people are wondering these days that maybe the

american dream a member be what it used to be. >we ask ourselves why this is happening and there are many reasons. globalization has changed the nature of our economy. you have all these jobs that have gone overseas because of cheaper labor costs. millions of jobs have been replaced by machines. go to your local grocery store and there are less cashiers and more self checkout counters. too many people never got the education or the skills they needed for the jobs that the new economy has created. government is keeping our economy from creating the new middle class jobs that people desperately need to live the kind of life they want. all these things are contributing to our challenges. it if the major causes of think does not get enough attention and that is the that youal truth cannot have a strong economy if it is not built on strong values. no one is born with these values.

these values have to be taught. the government cannot teach them. these values have to be taught by strong families and they have to be reinforced by institutions like churches and synagogues, coaches and mentors, by civil society. we have countless children in this country today who are not eating taught these values. because our society is breaking down. our families are falling apart. as a result of our country is paying a terrible price. the liberal answer to all of this is just a happy government spent more money. there is a role for government. no matter how much money the government spends, it will never be able to take the place of parents and strong families. [applause] children born into broken families with no access to positive roles models and

bombarded by popular culture the glamorizes violence and irresponsibility, these children will struggle to succeed no matter how much government spends. this is a serious problem. millions of our people are going to be left behind if we do not fix this. what can those of us in public service do about all of this? the first thing is we have to empower parents and we have two amp hours civil society and that's what i believe, as most of you do, that every single parent in america has the right and should have the opportunity to send their children to the school of their choice. [applause] second, we need to make sure our government for rims encourage work and not dependence. [applause] we support a safety net to serve those who cannot help themselves

, to serve those who have fallen so they can stand up on their own feet again and try again. people want jobs, they don't want a safety net as a way of life. it's why these programs need to be reformed. so that these programs encourage work and encourage education and they need to be reformed to make sure they do not punish parents if they decide to get married. [applause] hopeds point, i would've someone could heckle me so i could sip some water. [laughter] that will get me through. the third thing i think we have to do and this is perhaps most important -- our leaders have to stop ignoring the impact that culture is having on our nation. [applause] let me tell you the reaction i get to that from some.

some say that this is nothing more than an effort to impose religious values on others. not about imposing values. these values don't work unless you really believe them. i have also been lectured about how we need to stop talking about social issues if we want to win elections. if we are serious about saving the american dream, we cannot stop talking about these issues. we cannot stop talking about the importance of our values and our culture. [applause] stop talking about them because the moral well- being of our people is directly linked to their economic well- being. [applause] today, we see a rising tide of intolerance in america. intolerance toward those who cherish these values. haveis country, we still millions of people who try to live by these values.

the traditional values they cherish, hard work, responsibility, self control -- they believe that life does not revolve around us. who is harmed by these values? how does promoting these values hurt anyone? the millions of americans who share these values are tired of eating constantly told that they need to keep their opinions to themselves. [applause] on issue after issue, they are expected to be tolerant of others but increasingly our culture is intolerant of them. this is not about imposing our religion on anyone. in america, you have the right to worship any way you choose. that's why virtually every faith in every denomination on earth has a presence in our land. you have a right to not believe in god at all. i believe that jesus christ is god. [applause]

i believe he loved every single human being that has ever lived on matter what they have done, even if they don't believe in him. that's why he suffered a brutal death and he resurrected from the dead, to erase the sins that separate us from him. i respect the rights of those who do not share my beliefs but to teach my faith to my children and to share it with anyone who will listen, that is my right, too. [applause]

in this country of ours, we have the right to our own beliefs and the responsibility to respect the differing views of others. country,t to save our we must all realize the breakdown of our culture is trapping millions of people in a cycle of poverty and dependentce and we have to do something about it. saying that the dream of a better life that we all share, it's really the universal hope for people everywhere. for much of human history, most people were trapped in the circumstances of their birth. whatever your parents did for a living, that's what you were allowed to do or it it should that for a moment -- living in a society where what you will be in life was determined for you before you were even born the matter how hard you were willing to work them and no matter how

much talent you had come it did not matter. in that society, you're only allowed to go as far as your family family before you. picture for a moment living in a place like that. as americans, it's on a manageable but that has been the human condition for almost all of human history. america is special. here, this nation was founded on a powerful and eternal truth, that every one of tohas the god-given right life, liberty, and to pursue happiness. [applause] here. why my parents came that's why my parents came here. because it was the only place on where people like them born poor and disconnected from power could achieve a better life.

to be rewarded for your work and be able to leave your children better off than yourself is what we call the american dream. is our identity as a people and at what makes this country exceptional. this to you because i know so many of you are discouraged. i know so many people around this country are discouraged. by the direction our nation is headed. i know so many of you are deeply disappointed at the way the last election turned out. [applause] you areow that many of increasingly scared that maybe we have lost or are losing our country. but you cannot give up on america. you cannot it up on the american dream. our fears andw disappointments to lead us into silence and into inaction because this country that god has blessed us with is worth fighting for. [applause]

this special place they call home is worth saving. know something that despite everything going wrong in our country today, i believe with all my heart that god is not done with america, yet. [applause] i believe with all my heart that died still destine's for us and even better future and the opportunity continue to serve as an inspiration to the world. i would just close by saying we need to continue to pray that god will give us the wisdom and the strength we will need to restore this nation and to save the american dream. thank you very much, thank you. [applause]

>> a very active day for our friday on capitol hill. the u.s. house is in recess subject to the call of the chair and when they come back, we expect them to return to debate measures intended for the resolution of the farm bill i'm going to conference with the senate on the farm measure. we will have live house coverage when they return. right now, the rules committee is meeting and hearing from the agriculture chairman, frank lucas him and they are setting up the rule for debate on that measure for later today. we have been covering that on the c-span networks. the senate is also in and discussion continues on the government shutdown. at the white house, we are standing by to take you live to the briefing with jake kearny that will come up that one 30 p.m. eastern. we are pretty much sure we'll hear about about the meeting with the president and republican senators which just wrapped up a few and it's a go. we will have that live when he

gets underway. house democrats left this morning and chairman javier be cerra said they hope they can soon reopen the government they stunned discussions between the president and republicans last night. >> we have a vote so we are going to start up. i am chairman of the democratic caucus and i'm pleased to be joined from our vice chairman of new york, joe crowley. we concluded another caucus meeting. in the democratic caucus, there is a sense that maybe now we will see some movement. we will be given a chance to do our job and given a chance to vote to put americans back to work by letting our government reopen.

we hope as well that we will avoid damaging severely our economy by not paying our past obligations, that democrats and republicans alike voted for in previous budget votes. perhapsthis is a sign from yesterday's meeting were house republicans met with the president that house republicans are prepared now to try to get and ouromy moving government doors open so that americans, more than 800,000, can go back to work. we are interested in listening to americans from all walks of life, clearly the wall street was speaking yesterday and i suspect a lot of our republican callers were listening to wall street with its growing fear that republicans might actually let the government default on

its past debts. we are also hoping that each and every member of congress will listen to main street because there are a lot of folks on main street who are speaking very loudly as well. small business fund may street that no longer has the business -- the business and had because workers cannot work. i heard from a constituent during a telephone town hall who works for the housing department in los angeles who said he has been on able to return to work since october 1. i heard from someone who is a friend from los angeles. she just recently discovered she is a victim of identity that's. is a woman who is middle- class, going about her life, and all of a sudden, she found out that someone has ripped off her identity and is taking full advantage of it financially. she did what anyone else would do tummy tuck. she tried to

contact the different government agencies to start the reporting process to get this cured so just -- so she doesn't have to worry about her credit rating. guess what? she cannot get through the government agencies because of the government shutdown. right now, there are folks taking advantage of identity theft in america because of this republican shutdown of our government. thise hoping we can get country moving again, get the house back to work. we are hoping we don't have to watch the stories about veterans wondering if they will get their services and whether children will no longer be able to attend the head start programs and whether our seniors will have to worry about having access to programs like meals on wheels. maybe government will work. maybe congress will show up. housethis time, our republicans will say it is time to put america back to work and for congress to be given a chance to vote to reopen the doors of government and make sure we don't default on our

nation's past --. we are hopeful and we are waiting to see how the conversations between the president and senate republicans goes area we are hopeful that this is finally a day when we has some progress for the where can people to report. with that, let me you were vice chairman, joe crowley. ando, joined xaviwer appreciating the maybe there are some republicans who understand how catastrophic it would be for us to default on our nations that. thatroblem is still here the extension they are talking up out is a short-term extension. the only sixibly weeks but we need a much longer extensions over debt ceiling for the health of our economy and for certainty. for economic certainty and the overall economy and our

constituents, to provide more certainty in this uncertain world we live in. one thing that remains to be constituentsat my in woodside, queens wake up every day and they have to continue to pay tax to their government and continue to get less service. it's about reopening this government. for thed to work american people. that's what our republican not met ashave still still don't seem to be able to recognize how is damage they are doing every day. the government continues to be shut down. we need to shutdown the shutdown . we need to pass a long-term -- we need to pass a long-term debt ceiling. about the medical tax repeal? what's the sense of the caucus on the? as i've said before, the

affordable care act was legislated, was litigated, and there was a national election that took lace in which president of oma was reelected. the american people have spoken. they want to have the opportunity for this law to have a chance. we believe very strongly that once this law is given that opportunity, it will provide for the first time insurance for millions of americans. is that what my republican colleagues are afraid of? they want to deny coverage to individuals who have not had the opportunity? .s democrats, we say no we recognize the importance of this bill and we will see it through. >> what about give and take? >> is this what it has been about? is shutting down the united states government and threatening default on our national debt, has come down to one small particular aspect of the affordable care act?really?

is that what we shut the government down for? americans would have to scratch their heads up that was the what this was all about. >> what is it about? >> you have to ask republicans at this point. the republican caucus shut down the government. that is clear. there in transit to shift in the government and they are think -- they are looking to default on the national that. that is all clear. as i said before, it was legislated, litigated, and there a law passed. let's reopen government and ensure that we do not default in our national debt and we will have opportunity to amend and fix the affordable care act if that's what's needed. what could be given in an eel? any concerns?

any informing leadership that there are deal rakers? focus has continued beyond reopening the doors of government so that americans can go back to work and make sure that we don't take this catastrophic fall for the first time for political reasons and stop paying our previous obligations and cause a lot of problems moving forward for the economy and the american people who rely on student loans or mortgages or auto loans to be able to live their lives. our main concern. let's not tinker with the american economy. let's not toys with american let's get outhood of the way it we can sit sit and talk about anything and everything. enraged toocrats of

talk about and everything because we have proven we are fiscalo move in responsible ways. we have seen substantial decreases in spending over last 2-3 years. we continue to see a precipitous drop in the size of the deficit as a result of some of the actions of the president. we hope that we can continue to heat up progress. the 7.5 million americans who have regained employment in three years, we want to have that number increase faster. or mattd to increased could because we know there are many americans were things. on tellingre focused our republican colleagues to stop tinkering with the, and stop playing with that or can workers lives we open the government and get as taxes, sit down and talk seriously about these other

matters, fiscal or otherwise. >> what makes you hopeful this might end soon? republicans are insisting that something be attached to the cr. how well does break? >> why am i hopeful? because the lives of millions and millions of americans will ifsubstantially improved government begins to operate again. they will not face further if the american people's government were to default on a government debt. we have to get this done. we have to reopen the government and pay our initial debt. that's just a fact.

the consequences of not allowing that to happen particularly the latter, would be catastrophic. think the american people have been patient but i think it's been get -- it's beginning to wane/ . buting at one indicator wall street itself has become very very leery of this tactic. a democrat hasy done this in the past. we we would be lambasted by the far right and by folks on wall because there seems to be a double standard. we need to get this accomplished regardless of that. it's in the edges of the american people that we open government and not allow our government to default on its debts. >> is this chess or poker?

is it actually tactical? >> we will answer that question later because we have to vote. we know there are enough republicans and democrats in the house of representatives today to reopen the doors of government and put 800,000 americans back to work. we know there are enough votes right now on the floor of the house of representatives, democrats and republicans alike, to make sure we don't go over the cliff and allow our government for the first time in history to default on paying back old debts it promises. what are optimistic of this because if it is not through sheer force of republicans who want a vote then perhaps the sheer force of the american people talking to , we will get there and we feel confident that alternately the public will send a clear message to all of us in washington dc, get back to work,

get back to voting, and let us continue to see the economy improved. with that, we will close and thank you for being here. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] >> we are alive at the white house waiting to hear from jay carney. republicans finished meeting with the president half an hour ago and we will take you live once the briefing gets underway. the house will, to session again this afternoon to take up a conference on the farm bill with the senate. the rules committee wrapped up their meeting and so it is likely we will get notification of the house gaveling back in. dean while, at news indicate house republicans have offered a new plan to lift the debt ceiling and reopen the government after meeting with president obama last night. that offer made late thursday night would allow a house -- the house to vote as early as today on a six week extension of the debt ceiling.

he wrote it would set up immediately negotiations to end the 11 day government shut down would continue through the weekend. we will find out more from jay carney and we will take you to the briefing live once it starts. from this morning's "washington journal turcotte l." where are you on a possible six week extension of the debt ceiling? >> i would vote for that i hope the white house is open to that and i had to end a paper white house might agree to that last night at the meeting that occurred between our leadership, speaker boehner, and the president and the vice president and i understand that the

discussions are still ongoing. we heard from congressman paul ryan that he did not say yes but he did not say no. does the government remain closed during this six week extension? i hope not and i hope there can be discussions to keep the government open as long as possible. i would like to think that the government might be up and running sometime next week. is optimistic but that is certainly my point of view. regarding the debt ceiling yesterdayarney said at midday that he thought the president would agree to it. i hope that proves to be the case. host: if the presidential and senate democrats say we will agree to a six week extension if, at the same time, you go to reopen the government, would you vote for that? a so-called clean cr tied to a debts owing

extension? wouldwould hope the cr contain a medical device tax repeal. that is bipartisan in nature and the proposal is sponsored by congressman ron kind, democrat from november and a close friend of mine who is republican from pennsylvania. this is attracting bipartisan support not only in the house also the united states senate. i know susan collins is working on as well. include aoes not medical device package, explain why that is important to you and second, it does not include that, is it worth keeping the government shut down? >> i don't want to keep the government shutdown in if there was some sort of provision weated to making sure that move forward on the suggestion that paul ryan has made, i would certainly look at that. a medical device tax is onerous

to the people of the united states. and not a netax profit. it is harmful to the medical device industry. the medical device industry is essential to this country for innovation. i don't think we should be taxing pacemakers and other matters like that. this has wide bipartisan support , 79 united states senators have indicated they do not favor the medical device tech on. it is in excellent negotiating point and it could bring us all together. test the washington post says susan collins is working with senate democrats on a plan that would open the government and extend the debt ceiling for six weeks and would do those things simultaneously. senate democrats were intrigued by her per those all and happy with this demand for it democratic concessions and they would include the repeal of a tax on medical devices that

and newnd obamacare income verification procedures for people who receive tax subsidies to fight health insurance exchanges on the laws new exchanges. be a nexonght compromise and i would support senator collins in her efforts. that is the direction with which we are moving, those of us associated with the proposal as im. do you think your house colleagues support this proposal? know yet.t we have not had a discussion in our conference on that. certainly, i would advocate as forcefully as i could for it. i think it moves the ball forward and it does modify obamacare. obamacare i think was modified 19 times since it was originally enacted and this is a modification that i think is supported overwhelmingly by

congress. when understood, we had the opportunity and the obligation to explain to the american people. >> any word from leadership that you will begat during today to go over the latest and come up with some sort of plan? guest: not yet, but i'm assume we would be having a conference as to what occurred at the white house last night. cap there are ongoing instructions for the leadership might return to the white house but i don't know that yet. it would not that be inappropriate for the president to come to capitol hill. i'm currently reading a new biography of woodrow wilson there is a wonderful biography of john milton cooper of the university of wisconsin. woodrow used -- woodrow wilson used to come to capitol hill to negotiate with congress and i don't think has been at it was a one-way street. i would the president to do that and i encourage the president to engage.

>> house democrats are meeting this morning and senate republicans are headed to the white house to talk with the president and "the washington post: more on susan collins proposal. are you ok with keeping sequestration in place until march? >> i am. i know that's a challenge but i think we need to do levels of federal spending. i am a fiscal conservative and i think that is appropriate. first phone call from morris town, tennessee. caller: good morning and thank you for taking my call. -- thate obama care

it is a shame -- because they have worked and paid into social security. as far as our spending, our operatedt needs to be by a small businessman. if i don't got it, i don't ended. -- i don't spend it. they have to reconsider spending and if i understand correctly what i've read, this president has put his deeper in debt than anybody in the past. does not matter he is democrat or republican. mad that he thought this is empowering. for your callyou and it's a pleasure to speak with somebody from tennessee. my wife and i met at vanderbilt law school in nashville. i think we spend too much money at the federal level. aboutficit this year is $700 billion. it had been as high over the course of last four years of

$1.4 trillion. that was the last year of president bush and the first nine months or so president obama. -- $1 been over one till trillion in the other use of the first term of president obama. that is why i support paul ryan's budget proposal. i think he is doing a nexon job at the moment in this area. we need a glide path back to a balanced budget. i am committed with working with others in congress to achieve that result. seattle, washington, democratic caller. electionou lost the and you are on the way to destroying this country. you cannot doubled debt with the president. you are against immigration and bush ran up all the debt with the wars, medicare part d, and

gave tax rates on and clinton gave it all away. to the democrats, you have to stand strong if you want us to come out and push for you. this budget and what you have pass,d with the senate to could cut gp in aggression -- in congressional spending. guess what, grover norquist is warned and now the government is in the bathroom and water is dripping. a point thate several democrats have made is that the government funding level is already a compromise the democrats. the government is way below what they wanted and what the president wanted. >> i think that's a good point and thank you for your question.

regarding the fact that there was a surplus at the end of resident clinton's tenure, he should be given credit for that. i agree with you on that. i think also the house of representatives should be given credit for that. it was led by newt gingrich and then led by denny hastert. i think there should be bipartisan credit. i also agree that we should move in the direction of balancing the budget and i hope we are able to do that. made ong the points you women's issues, i have voted for proposalvoted and i believe we can move forward. i've voted to make sure that women are paid and people amounts -- in equal amounts in the workforce. i think we have to work in a bipartisan capacity. you indicated that the president won the election, absolutely true.

unionized states senate, there is a democratic majority in the house of representatives, there is a republican majority and the republicans want the majority in the house and based upon the we have tour system, work together to achieve what is in the best interest for the american people. from twitter i don't think so because i think it would lead to less economic activity. although the economy is stronger than it was, it's certainly not as strong as any of us would like. i voted for the compromises at the beginning of the year. that extends the bush tax cuts for 98% of filers. it did not extend the limited bush tax cut, limited in duration for the top two percent. that was not a tax increase. it was just an extension for 98%

of the tax filers. that has brought in more revenue this year and their deficit , ise it is still too high better than was four years ago. caller, go ahead. >> good morning. i'm a libertarian and my view of the republicans is that they have failed to visually declare a really innovative -- effective context for the budget debate. i would suggest what percent does the government take -- one tax what is taxation, federal, state, and local taxes complying with regulations. it amounts to 54% of national income. my request for you is to ask your democratic colleagues what percent is acceptable?

when you experiment with entitlement programs is that higherill will be amounts and 54% that they will be uncomfortable answering that question. context is decisive area you can just write in the debate as to what percent the government should take of every american citizen, i think that's a political whim or -- a political winner. that's an excellent point and that's one way we should address this race on the context. i also think we should they sit on the context of having to make sure that we reformed the cost drivers in the federal budget and paul ryan is attempting to do that. he had a wonderful op-ed piece in the wall street journal two mornings ago. maybe not in the next couple of days but certainly in the next nextd of time over the

six weeks, we should begin to consider what congressman ryan is saying. we have to reform these programs that are the cost drivers in our economy. i am committed to doing that. have we heard about congressman paul ryan's role in these negotiations? guest: he was at the white house yesterday and i have not spoken with him this morning but i hope to have the opportunity to do so today. make sure moving forward that social security and medicare are preserved for the next generation. 1980s, reforms are made and they work for an entire generation and now we have to reform those programs further that think we can do that in a bipartisan way. budgetsman ryan as their chairman is taking the lead on that. richard is next, from minneapolis, republican caller.

caller: i have been promoting -- i have been voting republican maybe 40 years and i think the .equester is good on a local level, our governments are spending way too much especially the city of minneapolis. as a strategy, i think the republicans should get away from paul ryan who lost an election because he attacked social security. you cannot win elections by the it.did yo he scared the hell out of people and republicans as a strategy, you are scaring the hell out of the financial markets and the rest of the world thinks we are nuts. you consider the leader of the republican party right now? like to seeuld donald trump run. i like his approach to handling china.

the republicans forced bill clinton to give china a free trade agreement that took a lot of our jobs. jobs andhave a lot of you would have more people paying into the government and you would have a little bit more to pay some things. i think the spending, especially at the local levels, are way out of control. guest: thank you for your question. regarding the financial markets, i agree -- we should not engage in scare tactics with the financial markets here or across the globe and that's why i favor never defaulting on our debts and never defaulting on any other of our financial obligations, not only not paying the interest on our treasury bills but also paying those with whom the federal government contracts. hasthe white house briefing been pushed out about one hour to two 40 5 p.m. eastern.

if the house is not returned, we will show it to you live here on c-span. you can see it online at www.c- span.org. in the meantime, we will take you back to our conversation. you mentioned your possible support of donald trump and i would like to see chris christie from new jersey as a candidate for president in 2016. governor christie is up for reelection in 3.5 weeks. i think he will win a strong victory in new jersey. he has not decided yet, i would urge him to seek the republican nomination for president. he has worked on it by partisan capacity with the democratically controlled legislature in new jersey and i think he would ring to washington the type of negotiating skills that would move the country forward. like governors christie is your guy for 2016. . guest: absolutely, positively and i think we should have a new jersey and every century.

host: you may be biased. guest: i think he would be an excellent president. host: here is an e-mail -- included because it taxes medical devices. its a gross tax, not on net profits and i think that's one of the reasons it is so onerous. i would would point out to the person who commented on this that 79 members of the senate indicated they are in opposition to it. re: obamacare, i think our proposal to make sure those of us on capitol hill and at the

white house complied with going into the exchanges is something the american people overwhelmingly believe we should do. i don't think that is inappropriate at all. on the individual mandate, we have merely suggested that it not go into effect for one year. the white house has given the business an exemption for a year. legislation ,th aca has already been modified or suspended. in at least 19 cases. i think the medical device repeal is an excellent way forward. host: another e-mail -- guest: i agree with that and i would like to see an extension longer than six months. i would like to see it regarding

the debt ceiling and perhaps until the end of 2014 and regarding a continuing resolution, six months or one year would be fine with me. i think some of the democrats may be objecting to that. i agree with the sentiment that we need greater stability. host: arnold in tennessee, democratic caller. caller: good morning. tennesseemyrna, and i was born in nashville and i would like you to read a book that i have online that is free. the website is godislo ve.org. it's a true story. i think the only hope the united states have is a simple word. it is love. love is the answer, it's the

only thing that is going to help us out of this situation. it's the only thing that will get us out of this situation. i would like to invite you to go and read my book. there is a god and god is love. guest: thank you and let me say that certainly, i agree with you that god should be an important part of our lives. , try always in washington although i am a fiscal conservative, to be moderate in how i speak about other members of congress and how i speak about the administration. i think we should all aim toward working together. tot doesn't mean we have violate our fundamental principles regarding our positions on public policy but i respect the congress as an institution, not only republican colleagues but democratic colleagues as i respect the presidency as an institution and

i think we have to do a better job of working together and lower the temperature, the heated rhetoric i think is inappropriate and we should all fact that weof the represent the american people. the starbucks company has been weighing in on policy debates in washington. ad sayinga full-page that washington needs to come together. the employees are writing come together on your cup. here is what it looks like. woodbridge, virginia, independent caller, you are on the line. good morning. i have a question, every senator or congressman i have ever seen on c-span has said that social

security is solvent. in fact, bernie sanders yesterday said there are many millions in the trust fund and we can pay the recipients for the next few years. congresswoman edwards said if we debt ceiling, the social security will not be paid out. can you explain how that works? guest: thank you for the question. i am confident that social security will be paid and that is why we are working to make sure that compromise occurs. regarding the solvency of social security, i think we have to reform it long-term. i want to assure senior citizens that you will be receiving your social security checks as the years go on. i want to make sure that not only cedar -- senior citizen generation but those who come afterwards and indeed young

people will receive their social security. it was reformed by president reagan and speaker of the house tip o'neill. of agriculture through fiscal year 2018, and for other purposes. providing for consideration of the house resolution, house resolution 378, expressing the sense of the house of representatives regarding certain provisions of the senate amendment to h.r. 2642, relating to the secretary of agriculture 's administration of tariff quotas for raw and refined sugar and providing for consideration of the resolution, house resolution 379, expressing the sens