budget that shows the current coalition [inaudible] -- in stark contrast of the labor government. >> my friend is right to say this is an important breakthrough and made possible by our reforms. the secretary presumably knew nothing about this and doesn't understand that eight labor authorities have been talking to us and working with us about how to make this a reality. what a contrast. people working together to improve the nhs and set of working to weaponize it. >> thank you mr. speaker. last year more than 3000 desperate migrants travel to the mediterranean. several hundred died this year already trying to reach a place of safety. many people in desperation turned to traffickers to try to escape the crisis in libya and other places. they are victims of war. the european union is closing

down mari nostrum and instituting instead something that will only protect europe's borders and not search and rescue people. will he go back and ensure that europe adopts a humanitarian approach of saving these desperate people and supporting these desperate migrants to help them survive -- that's all survive in libya. >> the gentleman makes an important point but i'm afraid the statistics don't back up the case he is making. marim nostrum was a genuine attempt by the italians but i think more people died during the policy then when it was brought to an and. we need to press ahead with the modern save -- slavery built which is doing the story legislation to deal with the problem of people trafficking.

that only underlies the important work our budget department does. >> order. >> there is always next week. there is always next week. >> you have been watching prime minister's questions at the british house of commons. question time is live every wednesday at 7:00 p.m. eastern on c-span2 and rea airs at 9:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span. you can also watch anytime at www.c-span.org. these center for strategic and international studies will hear from former british defense secretary liam fox tomorrow. he will be talking about u.s. relations with united kingdom as well as the u.k. alliance and

global security threats at 10 a clock a.m. eastern on c-span. later in the day, a hearing on the project safety commission's budget request. the commissions chair will be among the witnesses. that is on c-span3. >> keep track of the republican let congress on c-span, c-span2 c-span radio and www.c-span.org. >> marco rubio was in manchester, new hampshire to speak at a politics and express it host by saint ann's own college. this was his final stop on his tour in the state. before the event began senator rubio met with several attendees and posed for pictures.

this is just under an hour and a half. >> thank you. >> thanks so much. >> thank you. good luck. how are you? >> thank you for having me. >> hello, how are you? >> good to see you. thank you so much. >> senator, good to see you again. >> yet -- yep.

>> high, good morning. >> thank you for having me here. you work with bankers right? >> alexander is the banker. >> hello. >> how are you? good to see you. >> thank you. nice to meet you. >> hello, senator. >> good to see you. thank you for having me here. thank you so much. >> hello, how are you? >> glad to be here. [laughter]

>> i put my heater on in my room. thank you for having me here. thank you for having me, guys. >> thank you so much, senator. >> thank you for having me today. i hope you enjoy our presentation. thanks again for having me this morning. >> thank you, senator. >> hello, senator. >> thank you for having me. thank you. >> thank you. >> good to see you. thank you for having me.

>> happy to have you in new hampshire. >> thank you so much. thank you for having me. >> one more like that. thank you both. >> i'm looking forward to this. thank you for the invitation. >> thank you. >> thank you so much. >> we will get in touch. >> thank you. >> how are you? >> thank you.

>> [speaking spanish] >> [speaking spanish] >> how are you? >> thank you for having me. >> ok, that looks great. thank you. >> that is not true. >> senator, good to see you. >> this is jim, my boss. >> nice to be here. >> gentlemen, one more?

beautiful. >> thank you. >> thank you for being here. >> my pleasure. >> take me to the lion's den. >> how are you? good to see you. >> dhr? [inaudible] >> i do not know where you got this from. >> ebay. >> we did a bunch of these ideas. we passed a bunch of these and put them into law. >> thank you. >> thanks for having me.

absolutely. >> i do not like that phone cover. [laughter] >> when is he going to retire? >> i do not know. hopefully never. >> thank you. >> where do we go? >> thank you for coming. >> thank you for coming. >> high, how are you? >> are you going to throw the x? -- eggs? [laughter] >> practice hiding behind them. >> is that what they are for? [laughter] thank you for coming today. i am glad to be here.

thank you guys for having me. they do not throw these, do they? [laughter] i hear they will make you sign a few of them. >> they will. >> this will be part of my family heirloom or something. my kids are like, do they throw the eggs? i do not think so. >> [inaudible] >> how is your accuracy? i have a small strikes him. -- strikes on. we are having meetings throughout the week. how are you? >> [inaudible] >> we will see.

>> on neutrality, what is going on? >> the problem is a lot of companies will stop investing in some of the infrastructures. we are hoping to have a debate in congress fairly soon. on net neutrality, the fcc will push through whatever they're going to do, obviously. >> can you stop it? >> we can put in place something that supersedes it, in essence overcomes it. it is really going to paralyze innovation in technology. a lot of providers will stop innovating. that is going to hurt us in that regard. the internet is one of the few unregulated spaces that has grown rapidly, creating opportunity. >> [inaudible]

>> there is no senate bill. we are taking it up and house. our point is, let's have a debate. we will amend it if you want to amend it. they will not even let us get on the debate. i support tax reform, but if a republican president said i'm only colliding -- collecting 20% of your taxes, i would not support it. >> the executive order focuses on the immigrants that are already here. and defers deportation. >> executive orders are designed to improve the way you enforce the law, not rewrite the law. it is affecting people in numbers and the millions. either way, you are creating a

precedent where presidents can decide to rewrite legislation. i am against it because it will make an immigration reform bill in harder. we have already lost support. absolutely. we have a less votes today than we did two years ago. we have less votes today than we did two years ago. part of it is the executive order. the impact it had in 2012. this will make it even harder. the only way to solve the problem is to deal with the enforcement part first. if you do that, i think they will be reasonable about everything else. some of those people are turn backs at the border. there are still sections of the border that are completely insecure.

>> canada? >> 40 percent of our illegal immigrants arrived legally in the united states and overstay are what -- there welcome. >> [inaudible] >> the important thing is to talk to people about what we stand for. my goal is to be a bestseller, i would not mind. but it is to talk to people about the future of our country. thank you. >> thank you for having me. i appreciate it very much.

>> senator. >> i thought you are having these for dessert. i get it, you have to die of something. thank you for having me. i really appreciate it. thank you for having me. >> [inaudible] >> all i can tell you is that the heater at the comfort inn works. i woke up in about 90 degrees. not like florida in february. thank you for having me. guys, thank you for having me. >> did you bring this weather? >> is that what it is? is that the tradition?

i thought these were used to express disapproval. good to see you. thank you so much for having me. >> thank you for participating in our primary? >> we will see. i do not know yet. [laughter] >> he is trying to trick you. >> we will see. i have a lot going forward already. thank you for inviting me. thank you. all right, guys. >> i read all about the. -- that. >> [inaudible] >> the feeling has been that there would always be a coalition.

>> [inaudible] >> by and large, it is term limits. >> i was there nine years. it was a great job. are you the ceo? do control the operations? >> berry is my chief. >> he was chief about 10 years ago. >> you only have 60 days. the rest of the year was spent doing things like negotiating contracts. >> [inaudible] >> it was a great job.

>> we would love to have you in town, speaking before the house. >> your house has a little more history than ours. >> how many members? >> 400. oh my god. 239 to 161. >> how big is the senate? >> to 64 -- 264. >> are they in district? a single-member district? >> yeah. i wish you the best. >> so you are in session now? >> we are excited to have you

here. we are looking forward to seeing you. >> good to see you again. thank you. >> thank you for having me. >> senator, good to see you. >> "speaking spanish" >> senator, very nice to meet you. [laughter] >> thank you.

>> very good. >> small world. >> very small. thank you. >> good morning. >> big fan. >> thank you. >> which way? this went? >> thank you. thank you so much. >> read here? >> right here. >> good to see you again. >> the purpose of why we are here today, of course, is to hear from the junior senator in

that very warm state of florida marco rubio. we truly had hoped that the senator might bring some of that florida weather with him, but unfortunately, we are stuck with the new england cold and the snow. the senator is someone that you may know is a son of cuban immigrants. he was born and raised in miami. he started his career in public service in the late 1990's. not long after earning a law degree from the university of miami. the senator has served as a city commissioner with miami before being elected to the florida house of representatives and was elected speaker. as someone who learned in the legislature myself, do know that in just a few short years he was elected speaker of the house says an awful lot about how his colleagues viewed him and valued his input and counsel.

that is quite an a compliment. in may of 2000 nine, he announced to run for the united states senate and ran an impressive primary race, edging out an incumbent governor to win the nomination and eventually prevailing in the 2010 general election. during his first term in the united states senate, senator rubio established a reputation as an outspoken advocate of issues he truly believes are important to streamline our federal government, eliminating the federal debt, and promoting job creation. he has called for in humble of reforms he believes will restore the american dream including social security and medicare programs to secure them for future generations. making college affordable for young americans and spurning -- spurring economic growth

policies that encourage innovation. the senator has been an advocate for fixing the broken immigration system, an issue that has been a priority for the new england council as it relates to highly skilled stem workers -- science technology, engineering, and math. he was a supporter of immigration innovation. this bipartisan bill was also cosponsored by senator blumenthal and would increase the number of h1b visas available and would a lot a portion of the funding from those visas to the education initiative. it is a commonsense solution to address the shortage of stem workers. the council's grateful to senator rubio for his leadership on this important issue for it i hope and i know we are looking

forward to the senator on the future of our country. with all of that, i think you for joining us here today we heard that. please join me in welcoming and giving a very long, warm welcome to the honorable senator marco rubio. [applause] >> thank you. thank you for having me. from the outset, let me say that any time i see the word new england together it connotes all sorts of horrible memories for me like tom brady beating the dolphins. i know. when is he going to retire? [laughter] i hope soon. we hope to have a division championship once for my kids to see. i appreciate the opportunity to speak to you and for all of you having me here today.