we are interested in africa because we know if africa thrives and succeeds, and if you have got a bunch of entrepreneurs, they are going to need supplies from us may be. they may supply us with outstanding products. they are going to have a growing middle class that wants to buy iphones or applications from us. they may provide us with new services and we can be the distributor for something invented in africa, and all of us grow at the same time. that is our goal, and i'm confident we can make that happen. this summit is a great start. i want to thank you for doing a great job moderating. i want to thank the leaders of government and business for participating. there's been great energy and enthusiasm. i know a lot of business has gotten done. if any of you are interested in

investing in this young man, let him know. thank you, guys. [applause] >> while congress is on break, this week a debate on america's greatness, veterans health care, and disease prevention. we visit the atlanta press club for the future of news and take a history to her looking at the tour war -- history looking at the civil war. let us know what you think of the programs you are watching. call us or e-mail us. join the c-span conversation. like us on facebook. follow us on twitter. >> one of the cofounders of the tea party was one of the speakers at this years

western conservative summit in denver. she talked about the situation with him again children along the u.s. border including the deferred action program for childhood arrivals peered she was introduced by a colorado christian university student. she spoke for about 15 minutes. >> thank you, senator andrews. how is everyone doing? isn't this an amazing event? yesterday, after all of the events, i was reflecting on the tea party. when i think of the original tea party, i am reminded of renegades, frustrated by government interference who dumped tea into the harbor. they could not have known their demonstration would become the inspiration for a similar movement hundreds of years later. i also imagine they would never guess that a savvy businesswoman and mother of two would be leading the charge. jenny beth martin is a political strategist who, in 2009,

responded to the call for a new kind of party. frustrated by the unprecedented expansion of government, she is fully committed to the grassroots movement and today is the tea party cofounder. she is the national coordinator for the crusade, and is tirelessly working toward a return to conservatism. named one of time magazine's most influential leaders, she oversees nearly 2000 affiliates and more than 15 million members, in addition to chairing the tea party patriots citizens fund. she is also a frequent guest on every major television, print, and online news outlet in the country. when jenny beth was not busy shaping the movement, she from menut everything plans to the irs. i do not know how she does it. we are tremendously blessed to have this revolutionary with us today. please help me welcome the

national tea party cofounder, jenny beth martin. [applause] >> thank you. i bring news from the rio grande valley, the breach point for the largest invasion of american territory since the british occupied and burned our capital city in the war of 1812. just yesterday morning, i awoke in mcallen, texas, having spent the better part of the last week seeing for myself and for you exactly what is happening on our southern border. i spent that time talking with local sheriffs and residents, hearing directly from the frontlines, and hearing firsthand about all of the problems on the border. we hear calls from the people on the left, and even some in the republican party, saying we must

launch what they call a humanitarian effort. they tell us we must care for the unaccompanied minors coming into our entry. -- into our country. they tell us we must not, we cannot send these young people home. they tell us we must borrow even more money from china to house, feed, inoculate, and treat the se strangers who broke into our home. well, i am a mother. i am a woman. i am a christian. and i am proud to say i am an american. i have listened to these arguments, and i check them against my heart and my head, my experience and my values. and to these arguments, i need but one word to respond.

no. [applause] disagree? go to the border and speak with the american citizens with whom i have spoken. learn about the crime. local residents will tell you they have seen a flood of illegal immigrants pouring into their cities in the last two years. they will tell you how crime against persons and property has increased. sheriff joe frank martinez in dell rio told as a resident along the river had their homes robbed. everything from televisions and washing machines to copper wiring, stolen from homes, put on floats -- put on rafts and floated across the river into mexico. i saw photos of a home where a mother and her children had to hide under their bed for safety, while a gang of illegal immigrants started shooting

outside their home. these are american citizens who have called this part of our country home for the last decade. many for generations. they do not want to cede their land or give up their property. and they should not be forced to do so. we -- [applause] we saw a 2.8 mile stretch in del rio texas. 2.8 miles of fence. to keep that in perspective, the border -- along the border of -- between texas and mexico is 1200 miles. unless you are a member of the new york times editorial board, you have no trouble seeing the

problem here. local residents mocked the fence because they realize how easy it is to go around and still get into the country. we saw footpaths worn in the soil where people had literally walked around the fence about 20 feet to the east of where it began. if it were not so serious, this would be fodder for jon stewart. then there are the coyotes. evil people who smuggle human beings across the border for profit. the coyotes get their money up front. consequently, in the words of bureaucrats everywhere, they are dis-incentivized to care whether the people they are struggling into america may get alive. -- make it alive. retired sheriff ziggy gonzales, who started the border sheriff coalition, told us there are times when coyotes, cornered by authorities when approaching their border, will abandon their car, with people in the trunk.

which might not be so bad, except sometimes they do it while driving across the rio grande. and then they just watch as their car sinks in the river, and they escape the border patrol. and the evil does not stop there. sheriffs confirm that the drug cartels are running the show on the southern side of the border. all too often, on the u.s. side as well. the drug cartels are sophisticated and cunning. yet it is not rocket science for them to climb up on top of the buildings in mexico, use binoculars, and see when and where the border patrol are, and send their network through an area that is not being covered. sheriffs confirm that as soon as one area beefs up security and patrols, the illegal immigration catch rate in that area increases, while, not surprisingly, it decreases in

other areas on the border. people do not realize how this administration has tempted people to enter the united states illegally, subjecting them to this evil in the process. president obama's deferred action for childhood arrivals program, another one of his executive dictates that allows -- flouts the written laws of this nation, is sending the signal to people in central and south america that if they just get into our country, they are going to be able to stay. images of fine rides, flat screen tv's, soccer balls, and teddy bears send messages that children will be cared for and showered with material gifts. but the media are blocked from the detention centers, where many of the children's are sick. where the young children cry themselves to sleep, wanting their parents. where courts ignore how dangerous a trip to central

america to the united states can be. the articles, for some reason, do not mention that the overwhelming majority of these so-called children are made teen -- are actually made teen -- boys, 16, 17, 18 years old. it is the perfect age for gangs. the young people are at the mercy of the drug cartels and the brutal desert heat. they risk injury and death, if they are not pulled into the drug cartels and used for other purposes. friends, what we are seeing is neither moral nor compassionate. it is neither moral nor compassionate to encourage parents to send their children off to embark on a life or death trek with an uncertain outcome. it is neither moral nor

compassionate to put children at risk of bodily injury, disease, and death, or possibly even worse, life as a gang slave. it is neither moral nor compassionate to put our hard-working american families who live on the border at such great risk. it is neither moral nor compassionate to force the american public to borrow another $3.7 billion from china to pay for a border bailout. [applause] unfortunately, those in washington are responding to the border crisis in the way they always do. grow the bureaucracy. concentrate more power in washington, d.c. commission studies rather than taking action. and throw more of our hard-earned tax dollars at the

problem. just like the bank bailouts were used by politicians to pay out special interests, the border bailout rewards the president's allies, builds a centralized bureaucracy, and concentrates more power in the hands of the government. this border bailout is so bad, we would be opposed to it even if it were free. we don't need it. we don't want it. and we oppose it. no border bailout. [applause] let me have a show of hands. how many of you have flown anywhere in this country or around the world in the last year? at the beginning of every airline flight, we are reminded that, should the cabin was -- lose pressure and oxygen masks deploy, we need to put them on ourselves first before we reach over and help others. why? because if we don't take care of

ourselves first, we are no damn good to anybody. [applause] let's call it the delta rule. tea party patriots are headquartered in atlanta, i fly delta airlines a lot. i suggest that to be truly compassionate, to be truly moral, we apply the delta rule to the border. first, take care of our own. then, take care of others. [applause] instead of a border bailout, simply respect the rule of law and secure the border. [applause] millions of immigrants come to america legally to pursue the american dream. we admire them for playing by the rules, respecting american law, and contributing to our country and our community.

we are for illegal immigration. -- we are for legal immigration. and we are against illegal immigration. [applause] there already is a path to citizenship for those wishing to come to america. a legal path to citizenship. our government should not reward those who choose to get off that have, cut in line, and break the law. to do so would be immoral. in fact, it would unfairly punish those who obey the law and follow the rules. by simply respecting the rule of law and securing the border, we will send a message to the rest of the world that we welcome immigrants who come here legally, and reject those who do not. [applause] one of the things that makes