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boots on the ground. i will say it another way combat troops we cannot go down that path but i salute the president for choosing diplomacy also the vice president to make sure a new government was established that is more inclusive now that the sudanese had taken over we will make up for it could curb but this would be inclusive government respected of all interest. but with the diplomacy and the politics to build a coalition but to assist in what we do there is not just
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the united states but though for rolled and those nato countries in addition to those powers in the region to help is there a need with combat troops on the ground there should not be combat troops united states of america. the president is asking kiev they trade? that combat training a syrian opposition to fight isis is very discreet we have to know what we are doing and i believe congress will give the president that legislation for that authority. whether rigo to another phase or cross that threshold which over 300 members voted if the president goes to a certain
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place beyond where he is now we will have to have a vote of congress. the misrepresentation of the war in iraq and especially afghanistan we had the taliban on the run but they headed for the hills and they came back down. what strategic thinking is that? i know you have written about roosevelt and the justices of the court i would be interested in your perspective as lincoln said public sentiment is everything and how that was avoided if you read that authorization you think saddam hussein was right there for 9/11.
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it is the misrepresentation that is astounding. >> one more question that i will open up the floor. immigration reform. the president reportedly wants to postpone that until after the midterm election. do you agree with that? what are the chances of the immigration reform after the midterm elections? >> we have the votes on the floor for immigration reform. people don't understand the power of this speaker it is a job that i held to influence to get it done but the votes are there for immigration reform. for the background checks
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the votes are there for the voting rights act there is there on so many subjects and the discrimination but they just will not bring up the bow 11 million people and lead the legalization hundreds are being deported but there is one person standing in the way of that. but he said his caucus would not let him. i said i would rather pass immigration reform and lose the election that that was more important because that would be transformative to our country affecting people here on our soil what it
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means to who we are as a people so i and disappointed they would not give us the boat for years at the senate passed in june of last year they said we will bring it to the floor but they never did and that was unfortunate it would be better if we had a long rather than the executive order that is the best we will get. they can try to use discretion to minimize the deportation for a period of time but that will make much of a difference it was a downer. i do think the president did it for political reasons but
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in the way to successfully get it done. but i will just say this. as indicated earlier talking about the woman's right to choose the republicans are in their camp on the subject so they are like this for getting to the rest of the catholic agenda. republicans passed two bills before we left on immigration. wear their best friends in though world said it dishonored america it was so horrible with that legislation we see immigration as the constant reinvigoration of america hopes and dreams and aspirations the determination people wanting
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that? >> it is that question how you practice the speaker is the speaker of the house when we had the speakership we've never said to president bush from nothing is our agenda but when bush was president we worked with him we opposed the war in iraq and privatizing social security but everything else was open season for by wanted an energy bill he said i want nuclear we pass the biggest energy bills in the history of the country we did things over africa so the practice of it is more the issue we have never seen anything like this where they say anything you want
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we're not interested and never is the timetable so it is more the practice of it we did so many things we would never know that i know what changes you could make except public opinion the public sentiment is everything. for example, with violence against women act we had that 20th anniversary last week. it needed reauthorization when they had the majority. a couple years ago they had the majority. but if you don't reauthorize women don't have the protection so we told the speaker bring the bill to the floor.
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no, no, no. 600 days went by. 600 days. nearly two years went by before there would finally bring the bill up because we've made it too hot to handle in the public and thank you to so many of you for being part of that drumbeats. they finally brought it to the floor but guess how? they said you could have your vote on violence against women but we have our own bill they had the majority. their bill was violence against women unless a native american been in a grantor lgbt community than it does not apply to you.
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can you imagine that? and 135 voted against the bill but we had enough to join us that was all inclusive. so the biggest force for anything is public opinion. and if i may thank you to all of you in to the unions and the wisdom that you play to pass the affordable care act. that is the promise of life as a healthier life and liberty and the pursuit of happiness for your health but. when we would pass the bill. how could you pass it? and the war which was self-serving i said to the
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press at the time we will not let anything steven the the way we will put a show with the gate if it doesn't open we will climb the fence if that doesn't work we will use the helicopter but we will not allow anything to stand in the way for having quality affordable health care for all. [applause] so after it was over the press said which did you do? i said we pushed open the gate that was adjusted 200 members of congress it was everybody outside help the to solve the need and that was an important part not only instructing what
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consumers needed but trading advocates for the passage but how people could side up so we could not push open the gate for any of you that were witnesses to take personal satisfaction in the role that you. it in life liberty the pursuit of happiness but that public opinion really makes a tremendous difference and that has the biggest impact on some behavior's. now with endless special interest money representing what is happening in washington and that is the challenge as a deterrent to communication to voting as well.
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>> [inaudible] so much of what fuels the ability to cause trouble is the proliferation of money in that part of the world have the money comes from stuff coming out of the ground. people said if the price of oil were to go down substantially because of other ways to create power with that power putin has over gas and whale and their proliferation of money in all of those countries that causes such trouble that is
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something people don't talk about with the ability or the amount of money spent. so what you see in the future to curb that appetite? it is only 70 years since the end of world war ii when tens of millions of people died. now in a situation where innocent people are dying left and right. it seems to happen every 50 or 70 years but so much is due to the change in the middle east for what oil has brought to them. >> thank you. yes. let me just say the role of money in natural resources play in the dynamic is
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important. even water is a political issue because of a limitation on the commodity. the initiative that we have today al gore is starting at us 24 our climate reality project to show how dependence have fossil fuels. and then to pass that on two generations and to reduce the dependence it is clear in europe.
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for one like norway. for the timing and enthusiasm for recognition is something that is essential. some of these countries realize they don't want their face to be tied to their dependence on russian whale. because the numbers have gone up in the polls. but this week to thursday if you speak to the europeans
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that we cannot allow the innovation of crimea so we say the only option we have is syria that dependence is another scenario. water and energy all of that to minimize the impact on those decisions because that is a very uncivilized way to resolve conflict it should not exist. but yet there it is we cannot allow the aggression and to stand.
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secretary of the treasury with the bond market and the global markets on a regular basis. i had not heard for a couple weeks the we have even brothers and merrill lynch and that day aig. asking to speak to the denver pratique leadership so we could be helpful not to undermine a the confidence of the market's but secretary paulson i looked at his watch 3:00 king to be here tomorrow morning at 9:00? he says madam speaker tomorrow morning will be to
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to the chair read what you think what the secretary has told us? chairman bernanke said if you do not act immediately we will plan have an economy by monday. and economy, a commercial paper, and nothing. this is where the policies took us to the brink they kept us secret because of the election in six weeks away but then all hell broke loose. but to talk about bad economy and the policies. and we will not have the economies.
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i may have to write a book on this. i am not sure but obama takes office that january unemployment at 10 percent now 6.1% the national deficit was 1.$3 trillion now is 500 million as of 2014 it is still too high but 60 percent lower than when we took office we just enjoyed 54 straight months of private sector job creation, a 10 million jobs. it is also a tribute to the policy to take place.
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but 50 million have health insurance would not have had it in that takes down the cost that is part of the reduction of the deficit so now they want to overturn that with wall street reform to go back to the policy that goddess there is the first place and if our members had not made that a boat for tarp and one of the most important but the general public did not see that wall street over main street and did not see that connection with the issue as serious. but the president's party
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took a walk it never cave near the amount of votes. that we had to bailout. so what we talk about a are you better off? you did that have an economy. there would not be an economy unless the democrats bailed us out. we all have to be very attentive. we don't be bred to anyone their success. the whole disparity of become is under by a but we don't beebread to anyone there is excess but we do resent that exploitation of working people and consumers and the rest one that springs from something unfair in our economy so there are reasons.
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they want to prevent emigrants and native americans from the voting rights act to turn back the problem within recent memory, six years ago. can you of magic and? the economy has of meltdown like that? there is a lot of politics that goes on. we have to be optimistic and positive and do what we believe is right. that is why i am so proud to have the invitation to be here today. for what you do in the new york law school and the of values that you have a and respect for other opinions.
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i always say this and it gets on their nerves. they ran this time was -- a love one another. love thy a neighbor is easy because he is over there but of love one another? let other versions exist. respect other people's opinions even if you think they are wrong they represent people. how can we find our common ground? we have to have that optimism. they have an attitude toward this president they will never support anything he puts forth they celebrate when they shut down government they are anti-scions so that evidence
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is anti-governance and anti- barack obama so the agenda is nothing and a timetable is never. so i say take back your party. when carol lynn talked about 100 years sellout as a republican wanting to have health care? but e we away on the income-tax. the republican party has been a tremendous asset in is still hijacked by those who have a different value system but it represents the people and we have to find
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common ground. so thank you for the public interest and the people's interests that you are committed to. if you keep our eyes focused film remake the right decisions. there are so many challenges out there. the mp should be working together. that was a vision and the plan. thank you. [applause] [inaudible conversations]
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[applause] >> i've been asked to make a few closing remarks. when i went to this law school and graduated in the class of 1959, we were 85 students and i'm not so proud to say that in my class of 85 students there were 84 men and one woman. >> oh, my gosh. > this year 54% of our grad -- of our people coming to the law school were women. so the opportunities for women in this world are growing, are
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so important, and what you have done as a figure out there larger than life, i mean it should energize women all over the place to see that they can be at the very head of what's going on in this country. and as i listened to your speech, i was thinking to myself, law firms now have specialties, you do tax work, you do securities work, you do litigation, all the different things. you and the people in congress have a general practice firm and you have to deal with international law all over the place, as well as all the domestic stuff. the breath of what you do and how you can keep up with all of that stuff is absolutely remarkable. you talk about the economy and what's going on in this whole
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world. -- is just mind bog ling boggling and you have to be so talented to be able to deal with that and i think we are so lucky to have you. as i sit here i is say to myself, even though these problems exist, and we've always had problems in the world, i mean how long ago was it when in france the accepted way of killing people was the gill teen which was not a lot different than what's going on, but the oint is that you in terms of what's going on what a wonderful time to be in government and to be -- i mean even though these problems seem so insurmountable, the fact that you've got such importance to deal with, i think is absolutely a wonderful place. i think for any of our -- we
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don't have too much students here. but the idea that government is not a place to be, i think government is the place to be. and you are really lucky, and carolinain, you are lucky to be in the middle of that. my deer -- dear, you see on the back of the program, the people that have come and have been honored by you and it reads like a who's who in the united states and certainly honor us with your presence. again i want to thank you. [applause] >> [indiscernible] >> thank you again for coming. >> if i may? thank you, sib ill again for the invitation. you are an icon.
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who can say know to sybil. i'm honored to join you. let us thank jim for his patience listening to my long answers but for all of he has done for us all. >> thank you so much. [applause] >> c-span campaign 2014 debate coverage continues monday night at 7:30 with the pennsylvania governor's race. thursday night at 9:00, nebraska debate between lee terry and state senator brad ashford. next sunday the iowa sen knit debate. c-span 2014, more than 100 debates for the control of congress. >> for the third time this year, new jersey governor chris christie traveled to new hampshire this past week to
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>> we're certainly grad to have governor christie back in the great state of new hampshire, helping republicans and helping me get out of and spread the message of economic and job prosperity of our state, a critical aspect of the election. governor, good to see you. > i'm thrilled to be here. this is exactly where i thought this race would be come the middle of september. we're going to work as hard as we can. ll be up here and also the r.d.a. will be playing a large
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role in trying to get walt's message out there. i'm thrilled to be back here, but in the end, this is his campaign. he has done a great job through the primary. prime ary. he we are reaching out to independents and democrats. i'm happy to be here and we'll take a few questions. >> governor, this is your third visit, you were here in june, july and now you're back again. do you feel like since you spend so much time here that in some way you're on the line here and your future political aspirations are on the line? >> no. what i do is come here to help. no one is going to see my name in the ballot in new hampshire in 2014. everyone is going to be voting on him and good for them that they're going to be voting for
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him. he's the guy that's dedicated so much of his life here and what i dost come here to help. that's all i do. it's always about the candidate. everybody that comes to help is a little bit of help but in the end, it's about him and that's why i think he's going to be a winner because he's a winer. >> how much do you think he will spend on the race? >> i can't tell you. this is a guy who is worth envesting in. e see it as investing. i told all of you this was going to be a competitive race. i could sense it and now all of the objective indicators are there for it because we have a really good candidate. that's why i supported him in the primary and that's why i'm supporting him now. >> [indiscernible] >> we saw what the democrats did
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to the economy in new jersey. that's what i've been cleaning up for the last five years, the mess they created a decade before i got there. i'm not looking to take advice from democrats who screwed up my state and now are trying to blame me for it: no, i don't this i so. >> governor do you think looking past november -- >> i don't look past november. you got to rephrase your question. i got 48 days. those are the questions that i'll answer. i don't look behind beyond it. >> let me try a different route. what's your view on isis? >> i have not been brubbing up on foreign policy. the fact is what i spent my most of my time is first and foremost running my state, and secondly helping folks who are friends of ours like walt and others who are not in office. i'm not in nush to talk about
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isis. i'm i'm up here to talk about why walt would make a good governor. >> [indiscernible] dern >> no. i've invested money in pennsylvania. we are going to work hard to protect tom and to advocate for his reelection as governor of pennsylvania. i put my money where my mouth is in pennsylvania. we've now spent over $6 million and we are going to continue to fight hard in pennsylvania. >> are you going to come back? >> you bet. i'll be in coordination with walt and his campaign. whatever walt thinks is best in terms of me being help helpful, that's what i intend to do. when walt asks me to come up, i'll come up. >> what is it about --
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[indiscernible] >> i saw a candidate. the atmosphere plays somewhat of a role, and that's helpful to republicans, the national atmosphere. the fact is when i spoke to him and i was firsted introduced to him, when i first spoke to walt i could tell this is a guy who is extraordinary bright, very hard working and had a vision and a plan for the future of new hampshire. those are the elements you really need to be a credible candidate rblings especially in a place like new hampshire. so that's what i saw. i also saw the governor's record and it hasn't been a great one. when you combine an incumbent who is underperforming significantly with a guy who has the smarts, the honest and integrity and a vision for a better future of new hampshire, i say it's going to be a good race. they vote for the person, not
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for the party. that's why walt would be a great candidate. >> governor, anything about new hampshire -- >> people are really smart up here. they understand public -- politics. you asked a real le good question. i love being chalervingenchinged. when i get challenged. i love coming up here and campaigning in front of people who really understand politics nd believe it's an important i'm glad to be back here for walt as many times as he asks me to come back. we are going to win. this is a good man, a good candidate. he should be a great governor. i'm looking forward to working with him.
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election. . very critical part we have a long and strong relationship. i look forward to getting his spority to help make a difference. -- his support to help make a difference. i'm just going to continue to take my messages to people and businesses. we have 48 days. >> so you must be encouraged? >> things are moving in the right direction. we are going to continue that. that's why you're seeing the constant burr ath of negativity we're -- berauge -- talking about isis, we're talking about energy, we're
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talking about obamacare. she's voting with the president 99% of the time. >> last question -- [indiscernible] sure the people of new -- i can'tant to see find anybody i agree with 99% of the time. i don't agree with myself 99% of the time. this is just about partisanship. we need someone who is going to go down there and consider these issues on the merits and keeping in eople of new hampshire mind.
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