>> the idea that putting the kind of crisis point in the middle of december was going to impact the holiday shopping season and the awareness that for many businesses large and , that 70% of business revenue can -- i was struck the fact that one day we were doing significant outreach one day and the president was talking to a bipartisan group of governors. the phone after to

take questions and answers. other than issues on parks, the number one issue for most democrat and republican governors was, these don't do this thing where you're going to make the date in the middle of december. downstairs and the president and i met with a group of small businesses and literally the first words out of their -- the first person who went to us was a person who sells gift candles who said she was dead if this happened. it was very interesting. it seemed like in a very short. of time, the republican proposal that was going to extend into the middle of december suddenly went to january. i think that perhaps the reason that broke through was that it was a commonsense message that people were hearing from the

largest businesses, but also the smallest businesses in their district. i think it says a lot about what has impact, which is -- a lot of people do care what the ceo of the 15th largest company in the world thinks. a lot of times they care a lot more about what they're going to hear the town hall meeting. with a in their home small business they may not be hearing as much about what is happening to money market funds or interest rates, but they are hearing somebody say you're going to kill me. i usually hire more people at ie holiday shopping season, meant to lay off more people. that's pretty powerful, tangible message. i think that broke through. secondly, i think the shutdown i think the negative impact of the shutdown was felt quite broadly, for a couple of reasons.

one, with the sequester, the sequester is going to be -- is obviously harmful to growth, harmful to investment, harm to a lot of families in our country but when it first go into place, people are able to, you know, do -- goes into place people are able to, you know, do one-time , things, find that money under the cushion or whatever and so it doesn't necessarily hit as quickly. i think in the shutdown, people might have expected it was going to be like that as well. or they might have remembered the 1995-1996 shutdown where maybe only half the government was shut down. i think this ended up being very harmful. i think people felt it in their economy. i think people started to realize that's not just about federal workers. they saw the small business contractors. i think what a lot of members of congress started to hear was the

small businesses say, hey, when you open this government, federal workers will get paid, not me. you know, i missed a payment. my credit is hurt now. you know. i already had to -- i already took the hit. i think there was a broader sense of the economic harm there. i think the reason why, unfortunately, while all those things are extremely harmful, the thing that would be the most, you know, the most scary and threatening would be a default and yet that might be harder for some people to digest. clearly some members of congress tried to pretend that, you know, it would be -- the united states could somehow get through it or the united states for the first time in its history massively not meeting its obligations, breaking its bond, would not have this terrible, harsh effect. fortunately, i do feel that the

leadership on all sides did not buy that. i think there are members of congress, house and senate, who take that position. but i think those in the leadership of the democrat and republican parties were not confused that a default would be financially devastating, but it's not the kind of thing you want to prove. >> we found that business leaders might be unwilling to talk about sequester cuts because they're not experts, but we talk to them about what with happens if they don't pay their credit cards, they're -- they know about that. you talked about the farm bill. what do we have a chance of getting done before you leave at the end of december? >> well, let me say something on immigration. i do believe that immigration, comprehensive immigration reform will eventually become the law of the land.

i think there is just an overwhelming logic, humanitarian logic and political logic for both sides. i think there should be as much pressure on the system as possible to get this done. a couple of things. obviously it would be a great thing for the economy. we know that immigration would be good for growth. we know it would help more companies continue to locate in the united states and employee more people. -- and employee more people. for gdp,ould be good but it's also interesting, were sitting here talking about, you're seeing comments from ,ongressional leaders saying

maybe we can get something done. maybe it's not going to be a large deal. maybe we can get something done. when you look at what the, you know, what people are talking about, it makes you realize that the c.b.o. has scored the immigration bill as reducing the deficit by almost $900 billion over the next 20 years. so if you're asking yourself right now, what is one of the most promising, bipartisan things we can do to reduce the long-term deficit, you should be supporting and actively fighting for passage of the comprehensive immigration reform that passed the united states senate. but obviously it's just also the right thing to do from a moral point of view. the president's mentioned the farm bill, where there's been bipartisan movement. you know, one of the other things that we talked about with the president quite a bit is understanding the ability of the president to get things done and have change even beyond legislation.

now, legislatively, a couple of other things i mentioned, i think there's some bipartisan progress on patent reform, and trying to reduce the degree of abusive litigation that gets in the way of innovation. i think chairman goodlatte has shown leadership in getting -- in moving forward a bill that will probably still need some adjustments from his democratic colleagues but nonetheless is consistent with the president's, you know, goals. i think that there has been surprising but promising opportunity on g.s.e. reform in the senate. myself and shawn donovan and jack lue, the three of us have been working very closely, often behind the scenes but to work with those who are trying to forge bipartisan progress on g.s.e. reform.

i think there are areas along with immigration reform where, you know, if we could -- if washington could get itself in a better state, we could make progress but there's also areas where we're working with members of the business community or other stake holders to make progress where you might not need, where legislation would be most helpful but you could still make progress. we've done an enormous amount, the president and first lady have, and mrs. biden, on veterans. in a very serious way. reforming the way the military deals with people coming out, reforming credentialing. very serious things that will affect hundreds of thousands of people. the overall majority has been done without new legislation. we proposed the manufacture and innovation institutes we've been able to do -- to pilot our first

one in youngstown and we'll be announcing before the end of the year the next three. this is being looked on in the united states, at universities around the world, as one of the top innovations in manufacturing and encouraging jobs here. we've done it with federal resources but we've been able to find ways to do it without new legislation. now that people have seen the success, there is, you know, senator blunt and senator brown have a bipartisan bill in the senate. there's a bipartisan bill in the house. a couple of areas we have been working with the business community on is long-term unemployment. just making sure that we're talking to companies about making sure they don't have screens that unintentionally don't give people who may be -- who maybe have been unemployed for six or seven months or a year, don't give them a chance to at least interview to prevent that negative cycle. if you could get a real change from companies large and small, those things could help. we're talking to colleges about, you know, college cost and value and

what they can do to help more low-income students. so you know, one thing to be very clear is legislation is the path to many of the very big things we need to do but it's not the only way to make progress. we spend a lot of time on the national economic council on legislative proposals but we show how we can move the ball forward on some of these issues about advanced manufacturing, long-term unemployment, with or without new legislation. >> so you'll be busy through the end. >> i'll be going full speed. another thing is detroit. we can't do anything about detroit's bankruptcy or their larger financial system but we met with the business community, the philanthropic community, the community leaders, the african- american faith-based leaders there. what are the -- what were the top priorities? and we went through our budget and looked for something that was stuck in pipelines that we could work or do in partnership and went there, myself, shawn donovan, secretary fox, all four of us, and announced over $300 million.

again, that was a major effort and a major show of support for detroit's comeback. it did not include new dollars or new legislation but it's going to make a -- it's going to make a big impact. this president, you know, makes very clear, no excuses from his policy team that we didn't make progress in something because we couldn't pass legislation. i will be going full blast to the very last day to try to get as much of these things done like that particularly, before i turn over the reins to jeff sykes. >> that's great. we'll be in detroit on november 7, i believe, i believe there's an invitation in your inbox. are there questions from the group? >> a health care question.

not necessarily on the exchanges but -- >> can we get him a mike tone -- microphone, please? >> thank you. health care question, not necessarily on the exchanges but the a.c.a. overall. lots of good components in it, lots of things that have already taken effect. it's sort of being clouded by the exchanges but there are also some other rules that are going to come out before the end of the year that might have an adverse impact. i'm just wondering, with the government shutdown and some of the delays that came from that, whether or not some thought is going into how those sort of proceed and whether any of those are on your radar screen. >> obviously, one of the things that, you know, one of the things we did as soon as the shutdown was over is to try to look immediately at what's been held up and you know, if the shutdown is going to impact rules of any kind to try to quickly let people know.

if there are dates that are changed. have always -- people will not agree with every decision we make, but we have jim woulde i think say this, we have always listened. we have made adjustments like on , thatployer reporting were due to us hearing the practical considerations of businesses employers. we are always going to do your best to strike the right balance between getting things in place as quickly as possible and that's our goal. on, ifm happy to check you have a particular thing, i'm

happy to go back to our health ask.d i would say right now one of the things the president asked a cabinet secretary to do is immediately look throughout the government at where this government shutdown might have taken a certain date that was expected in anything beyond healthcare and moved it and tried to give people clarity on that as soon as possible. that is going on as we speak. >> we ran a little late, i willgize for that rate we have the staff available to take your information. have all your specific questions written out and we will try to get you answers. if you questions that you didn't a chance, i apologize. we have is missed forward staff to take those questions and we'll get back to you. jeanne, thank you so much for joining us. [applause]

>> nexon c-span, texas senator ted cruise speaking at the annual i will republican party reagan dinner. followed by your calls and today's headlines live on "washington journal." care childrend who become involved in sex trafficking. the former director of the office of management and budget, zeintz to conference calls. took on france calls. >> i'm not going to get too specific here. first category are performance problems. these are what many consumers seconden frustrated with

category are functional problems. prevent thegs that software from working the way it is supposed to work. working to take a lot of and some time but there is a clear path forward. there's a punch list of fixes and we are going to punch them out one by one. in order to work through the punch list as quickly and as efficiently as possible, or making a management change. you canppointing what think of as a general contractor to manage the overall effort. general contractor will prioritize the needed fixes and they get done.eric

senior representatives from each vendor and each contractor. there will be a rimless focus -- a relentless focus on speed to work through the punch list for it each week the site will get better as you make the necessary fixes. by the end of november, health care.gov will work smoothly for the vast majority of users. >> on the next washington journal, our cofounder president matthew siegal will talk about enrollment in the and employment -- if oral care act and unemployment. then, inside higher ed doug lederman will look at trends including tuition costs and financial aid. "washington journal" live at 7 a.m. eastern on c-span.

>> author and astrophysicist neil degrasse tyson on america's call for science and engineers. >> as nasa's future goes, so too does that of america. >> you need a program to convince people that science is good to do. to go see it written large on the papers. there will be calls for engineers to help us go ice onng on -- ice facing europa. look at the nasa portfolio today. it has got biology, chemistry, physics, geology, planetary geology, aerospace engineers, mechanical engineers, electrical engineers. all the stem fields. science technology engineering math represented in the nasa portfolio. a healthy nasa pumps that. a healthy nasa is a flywheel

that society taps for innovations. >> over the past 15 years, book tv has aired over 40,000 programs about nonfiction books and authors. book tv, every weekend on c-span two. >> texas senator ted cruz was a keynote speaker tonight at the annual iowa republican party reagan dinner. this is his third visit to the state in three months. i would traditionally holds the first presidential caucuses. other speakers tonight included senator chuck grassley peered from des moines, this runs about an hour and 40 minutes. >> you know how long i was ? tomorrowyou ta morning, if any of your going to be in the race for the cure and

you don't run any faster than an 11 minute mile, i would like to have you run with me if you would. 9:00 on capitol hill. come up afterwards and tell me where we will meet their. because there'll be about 25,000 people in a run. all, gopal, somebody says he needs the introduction. thank you very much for your kind words. you forks to all of giving me an opportunity to serve you in the united states senate. it is quite a privilege not only to be the senate, comorbid privilege to represent the people like you. coming from the trenches in washington, it is good to be here among friends and iowans. it is good to be among iowans even if they aren't your friends. [applause]

[laughter] saying thator washington is an island surrounded by reality. that is a very true statement. things to your energy and your support, we are going to give washington a republican reality check. with your support, we can spread .he good word together we can rebuild the opportunities unique, very unique to our great country. like our american founders, we, uni and i and other iowans believe in limited government less spending lower taxes, life, liberty and fiscal discipline. where as those in the other thatical party believe

being big spenders they are, believe that government has all the answers. we, meaning us of our political party and even people that aren't of our political party, .e believe in we the people all power comes from the people. government is very much limited. we believe the solutions to washington's overspending, overpromising and overreaching is to overcome the government. the big spenders can't help themselves from being deeper into debt. a bigger hole yet. president is what the said when he said he had shovel ready programs. unfortunately, the 16 day shutdown of our government did

not reduce the debt. not by one dime. squandered ase very good opportunity to dow back the debt clock. refusedident flat-out an opportunity to do that to negotiate in good faith. the president said and i think you heard him say this -- we heard it many times in washington -- i will not negotiate with the gun at my head. gods, he's been president of the united states for five years. so, i'm going to use his words. show me a time, mr. president, that you initiated a budget discussion, unless there was a gun at your head. [applause] the president worked to

discredit our message of long- term fiscal sanity by invoking the full faith and credit of the united states as a scapegoat to avoid coming to the bargaining table. the deal to reopen government did not guarantee one debts, -- one cent of debt reduction. what did the shutdown accomplish? well, you all ought to feel some pain, but you all ought to be sorry and the president ought to be ashamed that some of that pain would go to the world war ii veterans who were not able to visit their memorial. [applause] i don't know why you have to be a sadist to do the things you want done. but going that far falls into that category of inflicting pain needlessly.

the shutdown did, however show that this administration refuses to answer the wake-up call. and that wake-up call is taking is taking ticking every minute, every day, the $17 trillion debt clock is ticking. all of the people in this room and those who are not in this room, we have our work cut out for us. thankfully, we have the right message to end the cloud of uncertainty that keeps business people, particularly small business people, from hiring. that message, like the same message that ronald reagan told us about and what he understood. we believe in america's possibilities. whereas the democrats want to transfer wealth, we want and expect you to create wealth.

as america observes this 50th anniversary of jfk's assassination, i am reminded of some of his words that you and i would agree with. a rising tide lifts all boats. but with 21st century democrats and unlike the president of their party, jfk, the only thing rising today are taxes, spending, and borrowing, alongside the rising costs of health care and college tuition. such an agenda, then, will not float america's boat. so, my fellow republicans, it is up to us to save our ship.

whereas they want to centralize health care, spending, big government, we will pursue limited government, personal responsibility, and free markets. [applause] they want to divide america into several different parts. whereas they see a nation of haves and have-nots, we see a nation of risktakers working hard, following in the footsteps of our predecessors to lay a claim to their share and our share of the american dream. that pioneering entrepreneurial spirit is the brilliance of america's resilience. now and most importantly, we will need all hands on deck to turn the tide in washington, to reform spending practices, to simplify the tax code -- and i suppose i could go on with a long list.

let me end with the most important problem facing america, getting the national debt down and getting the fiscal situation under control. today, together, we can pay it forward for generations yet to come if we work hard. we are on the process -- in the process of helping some. more needs to be done. because we know as the tide rises, everybody benefits. and unified, we can save our republic. if not us, who? and if not now, when?

[applause] with just 12 months to go until the midterm elections, we do not have a minute to lose. let's dedicate ourselves to working hard. let's dedicate ourselves to making sure that this american dream is alive and the people that have not gotten it the last five years can reclaim it. let's prove to the world what we know about america, that we are an exceptional nation and we are not going to let the president of the united states destroy our concept of america. [applause] we are a country not because of a monarch, or not because of some ethnic relationship, or some nationality.

we are a country of all kinds of people. but we are not a country for some other reason. america is an idea, and you and i have to keep that idea alive. thank you. [applause] >> thank you, senator. kim reynolds is a rising star in iowa politics. during her foreign trade missions, she worked hard to market our state, attract investment, and create jobs for iowans. she gained national recognition

for her performance as the secretary of the 2012 republican national convention. kim reynolds was elected as clark county treasurer in 1994 and was reelected three times. she served as the president of the iowa state county treasurers association. she received our standing county treasurer united states award in 2004. kim reynolds was elected to the iowa senate in 2008. her work as county treasurer and as iowa senator earned her respect, selection, and nomination as the running mate of terry branstad. after the 2010 elections, she proved that she is a quick learner and became a good political partner for our governor. please welcome our lieutenant

governor, kim reynolds. [applause] >> thank you, gopal, for that introduction and thank you, senator grassley, for being a dedicated server and for the citizens of iowa and a voice of reason and washington, d.c. we appreciate your service. senator ted cruz, thank you for so, thank you. being here tonight. governor branstad, chairman, and iowa republicans, good evening. thank you for being here. this is a great turnout and it is a great pleasure to be here with you this evening. [applause] it is an absolute honor, pleasure, and distinction for me to have the opportunity to serve as your lieutenant governor and to work with my partner, governor gray -- covered -- governor terry branstad. everyone understands here

tonight that iowa families are better off when they can provide for themselves and not be dependent on government. governments job is not to create more red tape. we need to eliminate barriers and get out of the way and that starts with ensuring that iowans who want to find a job are able to do that, by creating an environment where business and entrepreneurs can do what they do best. and that is create and innovate. and i want you to know that governor branstad and i and the legislature are focusing every day on creating an environment that is conducive to job creation. this year in fact, i'm proud to say that we set a record of more people working in iowa than any other time in our state's history. completely erasing the job losses of the culver administration and the democrat- controlled house and iowa senate.

yes, we need to acknowledge that. we have work to do but we are at a great place [applause] the most encouraging part of the economic growth that we are seeing in iowa is that it is not just happening in one part of the state. rather, it is happening in all corners of iowa. over $8 billion of private capital investment has come to iowa since governor branstad and i took office. we have cf industries in sioux city. cj in fort dodge. google continues to expand in council bluffs. the iowa fertilizer plant in lee county. valent biosciences in osage. and that is just a small sampling of what is taking place across this great state. facebook just down the road in altoona are of -- are investing

and growing in iowa because of her disability within state government -- because of the predict ability within state government. our goal has been to grow by -- has been to increase family incomes by 25%. by that means these are not just jobs, but good paying jobs that lead to long-term careers. and many of those jobs are in stem, science, technology, engineering, and math careers. and we know that stem-related careers are projected to grow four times faster than non-stem related careers. and just last week, it was announced that they were bringing 700 jobs to ames, tripling their workforce. and these jobs again with an -- these jobs have a beginning annual salary of $50,000 to $75,000 a year. [applause] that will make a difference. governor branstad and i are proud of the success that we've had, but we will not step back and look at the past. we will continue to lay the groundwork and we are focused on the future of iowa.

iowa is a bright spot in this nation and we have a great story to tell. and with a leader like governor branstad, iowa's future continues to look bright. i want to say thank you for being here. thank you for being a part of the process and continuing to be engaged. have a wonderful evening. god bless you and thank you for being here. [applause] >> thank you. governor branstad was born, raised, and educated in iowa. he dedicated his life to make iowa a better place for all of us. he is an exceptional leader. he works with the leaders of both parties to accomplish his goals of cutting expenses, reducing taxes, balancing the budget, and increasing the rainy

day funds. he is a champion of economic development. he created many jobs and reduced the unemployment rate. he supported the growth of renewable fuel industries and renewable energy. he believes in education and has made educational reform one of his priorities. he is passionate about making iowa the healthiest state. governor branstad is iowa's longest-serving governor. he has been everywhere in this state. let's work together to reelect him, so that he can become the longest-serving governor in the history of our nation. please welcome governor branstad [applause] >> thank you. thank you. gopal, thank you for that nice

introduction. [applause] i still have a long ways to go to catch up with senator grassley. but i'm proud to be here with him, with chairman spyker and and co-chairman fisher, and i want to thank you for inviting the lieutenant governor and i to be part of the program tonight. i want to thank the party and your staff for succeeding in putting together this excellent event. and i'm really proud to welcome senator ted cruz to iowa. he is a bright, up-and-coming senator and we are proud to have you in the hawkeye state. [applause] we are proud of senator grassley, congressman latham, and congressman king. we thank them for being voices of common sense in washington,

d.c., where there isn't much of it. it is great to be here with all of you wonderful iowa republicans. we as conservatives know that it will take all of us working together and fighting for control of the nation's capital and the d.c. media that is attempting to divide us. [applause] i want to do all i can to help bring all republicans together. i want you to know that this is the ronald reagan dinner. i was one of the early supporters of ronald reagan for president way back in 1976. we need to get that spirit that reagan brought to republicans. he taught us the 11th commandment, speak no ill of other republicans.

we need to be united as a party and we need to get our message across to the people of this great country. [applause] we know that president obama and his friends in the media are going to do all they can to try to divide us and demonize us. we have seen this strategy before. but i want you to know that as we prepare for 2014, we will be the champions of limited government and we are going to bring that message of growth and progress and opportunity by reducing the size and cost of government and government regulations and withdrawing the economy. it is so much different than what they do, which is attacking others and dividing others instead of providing leadership like the republican governors

are providing in state after state. [applause] we saw the spectacle of the president of the united states refusing to engage in discussions with republicans and democrats to solve a huge, massive deficit problems of our nation. we saw the chief executive of our country be more interested in scoring political points than solving america's financial woes. that is not leadership. americans deserve better. [applause] americans deserve leadership like we have with republican governors of states all across this country. and what of the great ones is in the state of texas where senator cruz is from will stop his governor, rick perry -- is from. his governor, rick perry, has led the way, 274,000 created in

month. 12% of all jobs in the whole nation in the state of texas. [applause] even "time" magazine has a front-page picture of texas saying how texas with its low taxes and low regulations is what america needs to be and how texas is gaining jobs, while california, new york, and illinois are losing jobs by droves. [applause] between 2002 and 2011, texas claims one third of the nation's high-paying jobs. think of that. and then look at what is happening in other states, like the state of wisconsin where governor scott walker had the courage to take on the unions and do what is right to restore his state economy and turn a $3.6 billion deficit into a $500 million in the badger state.

wisconsin's unemployment has dropped from 9.2% down to 6.7%. ohio's governor john kasich inherited an economic mess. under the previous democratic administration, this eights unemployment had reached 10% the , highest it had been in 10 years. 10.6%. today, governor kasich has brought it down to 7.3%. the results of conservative governance are making a difference, in michigan of all places. they now have a republican governor and a right to work law. he has taken the unemployment rate down from 13% to below double digits. the result of conservative leadership in the executive departments makes a difference. compare those results in state after state. and then all you have to do is look to the east of our state in

illinois where obama's buddies from chicago run everything, and run it into the ground. look at where they are. unemployment it is at 9.2%. rate in illinois is going up instead of down they are $7 billion behind them their bills. -- on their bills. they have the least funded public employee pension system of all the states in the nation and the most local and state debt per capita of any state. and besides that, most of their former governors are in prison. i'm back in office. [applause] democrat-run california has a debt per capita of $4000 and an unemployment rate that is the fifth worst in the nation.

in california, when problems present themselves, republican governors roll up their sleeves and go to work and reduce the size of government and unleash the private sector to invest and create jobs. we republican governors do not spend our time calling press conferences to make political demands and issue ultimatums. we provide leadership that makes a difference. that is what our nation needs, just like we have in the states. [applause] we don't look at ways to sidestep the difficult problems. we take them head on. we take on the tough issues, like reducing property taxes and education issues.

we are proud that we are able to do something in iowa, and just like we led in welfare reform in the 1990s, we will lead in becoming the healthiest state in the nation in this state as well. [applause] we've got our fiscal house in order and we have just again to we have just begun to build the kind of dynamic, growing economy that we have seen can be done in texas and other states. i am so honored and so proud to have the unique opportunity to serve as your governor. i want you to know that kim reynolds and i have the energy and enthusiasm to lead this state. we just need your help to give us a few more republicans in the senate and reelect the republicans in the house. and you have not seen anything yet as to what you can see in the future of this state. [applause]

ronald reagan once said, we don't have a trillion dollar debt because we have not taxed enough. we have a trillion dollar debt because we spend too much. can you imagine what president reagan would say today with his country having a $17 trillion debt? we have proven it can be done state after state. we just need your help and we all need to be united to turn this country around and get us back on the right track. thank you and god bless you all. [applause]

>> thank you, governor. now all of you know why nobody can beat him in any election. cruz graduated with honors from princeton. he practiced law in houston. he ordered more than 80 u.s. soup -- he authored more than 80 briefs. he was the nation's youngest and first hispanic solicitor general of texas. elected asd cruz was a senator from texas. with his recent efforts to cut increasest resist tax

and mitigate the harmful effects of obamacare, he became a hero for all the constitutional conservative republicans. however, his critics describe as tail wagging the dog. since i'm not born in this country, i have no idea how that is physically possible. all that i can say is that we are happy that the tail is here and the dogs are in washington. [laughter] [applause] his critics also said that he is

a wacko bird and lives on a different planet. attendance and , showsmedia coverage that he is a soaring eagle in the iowa caucus planet. our firstcome hispanic keynote speaker, senator ted cruz. they gave him a place where they could stand. -- godwant to see heaven bless texas. .>> thank you so very much

well, it is great to be with somebody friends in iowa. thank you, go paul for that very for that very kind introduction. thank you my friend chuck grassley for welcoming me into your home state with so many different of yours. and thank you to each of you for coming out tonight. i promise you i will do everything humanly possible to try to speak for less than 21 hours. but you will know i am nearing the end when i bring out and begin to read "the cat in the

hat." i have to tell you, 21 hours is a long time. that is almost as long as it takes to sign off on the obamacare website. every one of us is grounded. to er bear families and i'm particularly proud to have the opportunity to introduce to each of you my wife, heidi cruz. heidi is beautiful, she's brilliant she is an incredible mother to her two baby girls pitches my best friend in the world and she is a love of my life. i love you, sweetheart, thank you for being here.

talking about family keeping one grounded, we have a tendency when you're in the midst of heated battle to think that that battle is of great importance. somehow, our kids don't always see it quite the same. last sunday heidi and i were up in the sea with the two girls. we were driving to mount vernon that afternoon to spend a little bit of time with the girls and caroline, the five-year-old, asked her little sister, she said katherine, what you want to do when you grow up? catherine said i want to work in the u.s. senate. i want to work with daddy. and caroline goes, that is boring. we're going to be in a rock band. and then she threw in the zinger , she said, besides, daddy will be dead by then. [laughter]

that's a true story. i was just driving the car while she said that. if caroline had been talking with republican leadership. if she knew something i didn't. i am here tonight, more than anything else, with words of encouragement, with the words of hope and optimism. what i want to talk to you about tonight is that we are facing extraordinary times. the answer to what we are facing is growth. only the people can turn us around. and the fight is worth it. let's start with the extraordinary times. this is not a typical moment in the political process. we are facing extraordinary threats to our nation could we

are seeing an administration that seems bent on violating every constitutional protection that we have in the bill of rights. [applause] chuck, i don't know that they have yet violated the third amendment, but soon they may start quartering soldiers in people's houses. if you look at the first amendment and the complete disregard this administration has treated religious liberty, telling servicemen and servicewoman they cannot share their faith with others or risk discipline, the idea that the men and women who risked everything to defend our liberty check their constitutional rights at the door -- this is anathema to who we are as a people. [applause] we saw just a few months ago and

air force chaplain in alaska reprimanded because he posted on his blog a simple statement -- there are no atheists in fox holes. he was ordered to take it down. apparently, chaplains are not supposed to be talking about that. stuff. -- to be talking about that -- that god stuff. the phrase he was quoting, was president dwight d. eisenhower. who had some passing familiarity with the military. we have seen the assault on the second amendment. no administration in history has tried to come after the second amendment like this administration. vice president joe biden, the nice thing, you don't need to -- you don't need a punch line. [laughter] [applause]

you just say his name and people laugh. but vice president joe biden shared the following counsel, he said, if anyone is attacking your home, just go outside and fire both barrels of a double barreled shotgun into the air. which is very good and advise if -- is very good advice if it so happens you're being attacked by a flock of geese. we have seen the assault on the fourth and fifth amendment, as this administration has invaded -- has been invading our privacy with the nsa seizing phone records and e-mail, of law- abiding citizens as the target of their efforts. by the way, for anyone who has your cell phones here, please leave them on. i want to make sure president obama hears everything that we say tonight.

[applause] we have seen the assault on the 10th amendment has the power has extended beyond the limits and no extension is more of -- is more egregious than that power grab that is obamacare. if you look at our fiscal and economic state we are facing crisis. for the last four years our has grown on average year.a only one other four-year period since world war ii of four consecutive years of than 1% growth? that was 1979 to 1982. that was coming out of the jimmy

carter administration, the same economic policy of out of control spending, taxes and produced the it economic stagnation. we are at the edge of a fiscal cliff.nomic i talked about the national debt and talked about our two little girls. that night heidi and i went back room about 1:30 in the morning and i pulled out my and e looking at twitter the comedienne that watched the i guess she didn't have anything better to do, and tweet.d a ted cruz just said when his daughter was born the national was $10 trillion.

now it is $16 trillion. did she do?k five and in her short life our national debt has 60%.n over what we are doing now is fundamentally immoral. path,keep going down this our kids and grandkids will spend their we will lives not meet the challenges of the future, working to meet heir operators, but working to pay off the debts their parents and grandparents racked up. didn't do that to us and their parents didn't do that to them. because we tonight

are not willing to do that to the next generation. that leads to my second point. is the answer. every e is one word republican should have tattooed on his hand, it is growth. the bible tells us there is sun.ng new under the i'm going tkpwg tgoing to sugge we are facing now are very similar to the late 1970's. of sayingdent is fond he inherited the worst economy in the history of the universe. doesn't have a lot of memory. how many of you remember the late 1970's? do you remember double digit unemployment, 22% interest rates, goes lanes going around the block, stagflation?

do you remember our hostages 444 days ng in iran his the president wrung hands, unsure of what to do? in 1980 was a aw grassroots revolution. it was the reagan revolution. many of the men and women in this room who stood up, got said we are going to get back to the principles that made this nation great. president ronald reagan came 1981 elected the clu chuck grassley was elected to the u.s. senate. policies the exact opposite of those implemented.ma instead of jacking up taxes by $1.7 trillion he cut taxes and simplified the tax code feel of exploding spending he

restrained the growth of federal spending. instead of unleashing regulators to destroy small usinesses, reagan restrained federal regulation and turned it become. the result feels some of the -- was some of the most incredible growth this nation has ever seen. year of his presidency, anyone know the rate growth?. 7.2%. mean in practical terms? president obama coming into office inheriting the same lousy ronald reagan inherited had implemented the ame policies and if those policies had produced the same economic growth by today we additional seven million new jobs in this country. of takinge equivalent

every single person who is unemployed in 46 of the 50 and having a new job for each and everyone of them. and growth is foundational to everything else. hether it is unemployment, national debt, maintaining the strongest military in the world, we can do allwth, of it. if we don't have growth we can't achieve any of it. here is an interesting statistic. do you know that an additional produces overowth $2.8 ade an additional trillion in tax revenue and $3.1 deficit in debt and reduction? one stinking percent. technical term, a stinking percent. that is what the republican

party needs to be about. about economic growth all the time, every day. how we turn the country around. get it done? that is my third point. paoeeople can turn us around. we are facing a new paradigm in politics. t is a paradigm that is the rise of the grass roots. t has official washington absolutely terrified. the paradigm has been beta obama care e the website.

with beta tested in 1980 the reagan revolution, and we pulled this country back from the brink. if you look at this past the we have been seeing power of the grassroots. one of the first things was in the participate in u.s. senate this spring was side by side with rand filibuster epic against drugs. hen that started, most of his colleagues in the u.s. senate didn't understand what rand was doing. thought it was curious, theic, didn't make any sense. something incredible happened. line, people going on faculty, twitter, speaking out. liberty, g defend our defend our constitutional

rights. as a result of y'all's leadership, as a result of the grassroots rising up, the next was forced t obama to do what he had refused to do weeks which cutive was to admit in writing the onstitution limits his authority to target u.s. drugs.ns with a seconde new paradigm time on the battle over guns shooting ine tragic newtown, connecticut. president obama didn't come out have and targeting violent criminals -- and i think coment criminals we should down on them like a ton of bricks. ut instead, he chose to target the second amendment rights of law abiding citizens. i have to tell you, conventional wisdom in

washington was this was unstoppable. in those first few chuck and i sat in those lunches and if that vote had have ed early it wouldn't been pretty. once again, the same thing happened. of americans began speaking up, showing up at town their senators kim .ome -- came home, speaking out lead alternative to president obama's second amendment infringing bills, the alternative, t feels a bill that was entitled grassley-cruz bill that i side oud to write side by with your senator chuck grassley in his office. t received 52 votes, the most

bipartisan votes. ine democrats voted for grassley-cruz but reid and the democrats filibustered and from passing in law. even throw washington was onvinced after newtown nothing could stop the president's antigun agenda, when it came for a vote every proposal of the president's that would second ermined the amendment was voted down on the second floor. that was the power of the grassroots. concerned e we saw immigration where the president, long with senate democrats, made a push to grant amnesty to illegally and not secure the borders. and they pushed it through the senate. push it the votes to

through the senate. but the american people rose up overwhelming numbers and said no we don't support granting securing the t borders and solving the problem. as a result, that bill went to the house of representatives and has stopped because of the grassroots, because of you your elected o representatives. was syria.ample the president announced to the intended to launch unilateral military attacks leaders from and both houses of congress within spri me out publicly supporting him. in washington this was a done happening, there was no stopping him.

then what happened is the same thing. people began speaking up over and over again louder and louder. the calls were one.ng literally 100 to and the answer that the grassroots said is we don't want america in the middle of a sectarian war between sunni u.s. aoeut where the national security interest is present and real. as a result of y'all's leadersh a fait ip, what was accompli was stopped dead in its tracks. then the fifth and final example the battle we just went through over obama care. if you read "new york -- well, that is your

first problem. "new york times" they will tell you this battle accomplished nothing. tell you, i think collectively we accomplished a great deal. one of the things we accomplished in the fight over elevated the we national debate over what a disaster, what a train wreck, care is hurting millions of americans all across this country. this bill is called the protection protection and ffordable care act but it doesn't provide protection, it is not affordable, and it is care to millions. the title that

is straou patient because if you log on to the website you have be very patient. but collectively, millions of americans have made the case boll ca obama care isn't worki that it is the number one job this country and is causing millions of americans to lose their jobs. coming out of school are not finding jobs because of obama care. moms are being forced to ork part-time trying to feed their kids on 29 hours a week because of obama care. strugglingg families it provide for their children are getting skyrocketing health because of emiums obama care. and people all over this country ight now are getting notifications in the mail that their health insurance is being obama care.ause of we measure of just how far collectively have elevated those

saw ents, how many of you the season premiere of "saturday night live" there year? skit year? the opening skit year? i year?ning skit the opening skits year? thr ening skit was a three-minute skit on what a disaster obama care is. kathleen assemble billous went stewart's comedy show. he ripped her apart. asked her the griffiven an exemption to big business for a year. a liberal comedian on television making that argument. it to a wholeking bunch of viewers who would to ty much never listen

republican politicians talking to them. that is a sign of what we elevating the debate. secondly, what else did we do? the grass roots. the course of just a few weeks 2.1 million americans petition at tional don't fund it.com. make d.c. e hash tag listen. over one n tweeted million times in the last 30 days. everyone who talks about wanting to win elections in 2014 2014, a non-presidential year, more than an s energized and active and vocal grassroots america. how you win elections.

but third, we made democrats of stupid votes. in me highlight one particular. every single democratic in the .s. senate voted against eliminating the congressional exemption from obama care. now, i have to tell you the polling on that over 90% of disapproved of that exemption, over 70% of democrats vote against a senator who voted to keep a for themselveson that wasn't given to the american people. yet, when the house of representatives passed a continuing resolution funding and repealing that exemption, harry reid all 54 democrats off

that cliff. y the way, the language in obama care that subjects members same rules on the the exchanges as the people who facing, itith it are with surprise anyone in this is known as guage the grassley amendment. i promise you come october and we are going 14, to see tv commercials all over this country of democrats who give themselves a special exemption from obama care their constituents don't are going to be some democratic members of congress and the senate who will be experience being the joys of the private healthcare system.

benefit is we demonstrated the power of what what the grassroots, could do. of a few months ago all thatial washington scoffed he grassroots with rise up but they scoffed at they would vote to fund the federal government exercising a profile in courage stood strong and the american people and led the fight. now, we didn't accomplish our goal in this y battle, and we didn't because a significant number of senate republicans unite and stand

side by side with house republicans. away stood together, i'm of this the outcome fight would be very different. ut listen, none of us thought taking on the washington establishment was going to be easy. was of us thought this going to be a simple pattern. would be anstood it ongoing effort and right now i'm .orin couraged than ever if you look at the five instances i talked about with of the grassroots, four of the five have been victories. that is ll terms batting .800. ty cobb.ouble and the fifth one we saw the we saw people rise up, the house of representatives

listen, and i'm confident in the u.s. senate will listen as well to the american people. so, going forward how do we keep fighting? i'm trying you what to do is two things. number one, tell the stories. tell the stories of the people who are hurting. we've launched a national d.c. listen.org. encourage each of you to o home, go to make d.c. listen.org and upload your stories. upload your stories. somehow obama care impacting you, your family, your jobs. one of the things we can o in the senate is help tell a story, help making it real how people are hurting. the second thing i'm trying to

do is working to continue to mobilize the grassroots to help all of us. the only way we win this is to it together. how many of you have your cell phones with you? i'm going to ask each of you to ake out your cell phone and 33733.e word "growth" to again. say that "growth."733 the word we are working, trying to build army across this country because the way to stop get back to d economic growth, it won't come from washington. t is not going to come from elected officials in washington. it will come from the american people. what i'm trying to do more than anything else is help the mobilized, ple be

energized and carry that message neighbors.nds and that is how it worked in 1980. it will work w now. my fourth and final point. this fight is worth it. his fight is worth it because for one thing, it is the path to victory. the media loves a false talking about civil war.sill w -- you have well meaning folks like "new york times" giving advice the republican party should save itself. that is a little bit like taking advice from

dr. kevorkian. desiring the same desiring.hat you are we need to unify and come together. tell you, growth and freedom are principles and entire hat unify the republican party. they are principles and ideals unify the evangelical community with the liberty movement, with the business communi community. and freedom are principles that bring together and the tea party. if we get back to our core that is how you reassemble and keep strong reagan's three-legged stool. and if you look at the last four elections, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, three of the were disastrous for

republicans. 006, 2008, 2012, we got clobbered. in all three the prevailing -- and i washington have to say if you took every strategist and dumped them in the ocean, you know what you would call it? a good start. 2008 and 2012 the washington strategists said republicans keep your head down, don't rock the boat, the economy is not going great for president your head down and the least as being best alternative to whatever the other guys are. and, shock about shocks, we got our clock cleaned in 2006, 2008 2012. there is one election that was different, 2010. it was different in the

which we campaigned. optimistic efore campaign, a grassroots campaign across the country saying we and freedom.wth unambiguously against obama care because it is hurting millions of americans. and what happened in 2010? wave icans won a tidal victory taking control of the ouse, picking unseats in the senate. and what did all the washington s say?gyist let's go back to the model of 2006, 2008, 2012. you guys pushing for a stand on that is risky. just keep your head down and we will win races. not how you win races. by the way, it is driven by the nixonian adage that in the primary you run to the right and you run to the

left. what complete poppy cock. that is based on the clever idea that if your opponent is here on the spectrum that you want to be infinitessimally to the right so hat you can capture every marginal voter up to where they are. the problem is if you do that every reason anyone has to show up and vote. the model i turn to over and ronald the model of reagan. does anyone remember in 1980 i am almostn saying ?xactly like jimmy carter it is just bit more conservative.

ronald reagan stood up with a smile and he drew a line in the and he said president arter and i have fundamentallyy different visions of this country and our future. and if you believe in freedom on your ve in standing own feet, if you believe that government is not the solution, problem, then he stand with me and that is how we an epic trorpblation. -- transformation. >> the second reason why this worth it is that growth opportunity.al to for years i have advocated what conservatism,nity which is that every single policy we think about, we talk about, should focus like a laser on opportunity. easing the means of ascent up

ladder.omic the biggest lie in all of is that republicans are the party of the rich. know the top 1%, those evil millionaires and billionaires president democrat -- emocrat goings against all the time. the top 1% are earning a higher hare of our national economic than any time since 1928. that shouldn't which are us because nothing bad happened 1928. who has been hurt by the obama economy? losers under the the obama economy that are the most vulnerable among us? people, young arfrican-americans, they are the ones pushed in part-time work and losing their .ealth care

and as republicans we should be championing opportunity for who are struggling. what is the fight over obama care about? me share with you a couple make d.c. from listen.org. wroten from toledo, ohio, my name is shannon. my husband and i are machinists. since obama care has been enacted our workplace stopped giving raises or bonuses. our insurance premiums have doubled already. up are due to go dramatically for 2014. on top of that our hours have reduced. my 19-year-old son who is has ding college part-time a part-time job at bob evans as a server. the past he was able to work

up to 35 hours a week. he t a manage he was told can only work up to 25 hours a week. direct result of became care. in our family 100% of the seeing a ople are negative outcome on our living to obama and his fancy laws. please continue the fight. here is one from rigo from humboldt, texas. my name is rigo. i'm a single father. i have healthcare coverage through my employer and urrently pay $320 a month for myself and my daughter. i'm extremely worried and is erned that my premium going to go up if obama care goes into effect. paycheck and k to i cannot afford my premium to rise. please help. ne more story from sherry from

fairmo fairmont, west virginia. part-time forced to employment because of obama care and i know may lose my home longer be will no able to afford to make our mortgage. i have major medical issues. i'm losing my insurance and will be for purposed to obtain .ther insurance i was happy with my insurance job.y but because of obama care my shambles. i was happy as a worker who was self-sufficient self-sufficient. obama and his policies have shame me to a state of and embarrassment, replacing the satisfaction i once felt as a result of my own self-reliance. god is not happy.

these are real people feeling because the obama economic agenda does not work. we need to make the case to every young person in the hispanic community and community, ican single parents struggling to kids that the ir greatest engine of prosperity and opportunity the world has market n is the free system of the united states. the final point i want to make you, freedom of for me is not some abstract concept you read about in a book. it is real in our lives. you talked about coming as an immigrant. is real because you have seen the freedom this country gives. me, my dad fled cuba 55

years ago. as a teenager he fought in the cuban revolution. thrown in prison and rtured by batiste it's regime. today he is a pastor in dallas his front teeth are not his own because they were kicked out teenager in a cuban jail. when he came to texas in 1957 he 18 and couldn't speak english. $100 sewed in his underwear. are he young people who here today, imagine being 18 in don't ge land where you know anybody, you don't speak english and you have nothing. a job washing dishes making 50 cents an hour. week, paid ven disa his -- seven disa week, paid his the university of texas and graduated, got a job

and went on to build a business work toward the american dream. when i was a kid my dad used to and over, when we --ed in aggression prosecute in cubafaced depression i had a place to flee to. our freedom here where do we go? -- that isy ownership hy everyone of us is here and as ronald reagan observed freedom is not passed down from next in ation to the the bloodstream. every generation has to stand up one efend freedom so that day we don't find ourselves answering our children and our children what was it free.when america was that is a question that not a roome man or woman in this

wants to answer. that is why we are fighting, together i'm convinced together, standing together, we back to our free market principles and constitutional that ples and restore shining city on a hill that is the united states of america. god bless you. ♪

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a lot of people that support the cause. your nk you for leadership. >> you are a bless being. >> thank you. from?are you >> cedar rapids national guard. injury service. >> thanks a lot, everybody. good night. heads d i get that together, especially when they are republicans right here? good., this is >> i agree with everything you said and i will vote for you. i hope you run for president, i do.ly i don't know anybody else that people.or the i was waiting for somebody to stand up and scream and holler. of reason.voice >> thank you.

he first thing that happened families it isry in our on's income and case it is both of us. we said listen, you can't make rent. but the thing that is tearing my our out about that is senators and congressmen get paid. that scares me. >> look, i agree. i was very glad that the one thing that the democrats gave in was that. they threatened but at least was the in and that right thing to do. i was glad of that. down ey should have shut the virginia -- v.a.

games and thatng was wrong. >> but it takes people that are willing to speak. >> thank you for that and for your service. >> would you mind autographing this, please. enjoyed your talk. y the way, we are from oklahoma. >> i saw you at freedom works dallas. >> thank you for being a glutton punishment. >> i am. >> thank you very much. keep on. >> you have my word. for coming.

>> thanks for being here. >> can i get a picture? >> sure. do you want to jump in? where with we looking? there we go.

>> thank you so much. your speech. >> thank you. >> senator cruz, thank you. when you come back we will get about the second amendment. >> excellent. >> thanks for coming. a good night.

>> we really appreciate what you are doing. >> wonderful. plan on moving to texas. >> you are always welcome. hospitality.r the >> we appreciate you and your father. wish you would consider runni running. > thank you for the encouragement. >> we will keep watching. we are watching you. exactly how it should be. >> nice job, sir. done.ell >> thank you. >> we hope you do well. >> i appreciate the prayers. no notes and from the heart.

you.hank >> i worked on your primary last year. we are so excited. >> i want to thank you for all your efforts. being here. for if inator, i was wondering could have your signature on the back of this. thank you. >> thank you. > you have to get used to this when you run for president. eyiowa.ks for coming to >> don't stop. because that is what counts.

>> can i get a picture? sure. >> would you take my picture? >> sure, absolutely. >> thanks for sticking up for america. >> we are doing it together. well, you are doing it. thanks. >> thank you very much. >> one more time. >> where? here.ight believer in ng protecting intellectual property, at the same time i abuses of the system so you have to have a

ystem that encourages innovati innovation. so at this point i haven't yet studied the position. ok, appreciate it. thanks for coming. me.thank you for having >> god bless you. >> thank you. thank you. we will keep you in our prayers. >> i'm grateful. >> thank you very much for your hospitality.d >> thank you. >> thank you. you have a good night. thank you. for your hard work.

>> do you have a camera? a picture? >> yes. >> thank you. >> thanks a lot. >> thank you. you have no idea. don't know what your neck size is but i appreciate your sticking your income out. it is a privilege to be part of the fight. >> thank you very much. senator.you, >> thank you for all you do. keep it up. thank you, sir.

>> thank you very much. sir.ery good speech, >> thank you very much for your hard work. encouragement.e >> thank you. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] "washington journal" live with calls, tweets and e-mails. ollowed by a hearing on foster care children who become involved in sex trafficking then donna edwards, nancy pelosi and barbara with a discussion on women and the economy.

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