is not going to save america by herself. it's going to take all of us working together. the radical islamists could care less if you are republican, democrat libertarian, vegetarian. they hate us because we're tolerant, because we're american and if i run -- run for president it will be not only as a good republican but as a good american. [applause] with that, add >> god bless the great state o new hampshire. i'm the only thing standing between you and happy hour. i am thrilled to be back with so many friends in new hampshire. it is lovely. last time i was here there was snow everywhere.

springtime is here. i have to say as i was coming up, i was startled because i could have sworn i saw hillary's scooby doo van outside. then i realized it couldn't possibly be that, because i'm pretty sure you all don't have any foreign nations paying speakers, right? what an incredible gathering this is. what a testament. has this not been an incredible array of strong conservative leaders for two solid days? [applause] what a testament to the desire for americans. we want something new, we want new leadership to change the page and turnaround. the democratic version of this i'm pretty sure is hillary clinton a conversation with a chipotle clerk. and that says something about where the passion and energy is here in new hampshire and all

across this country. everyone of us understands this is a time of crisis. our nation is in crisis, and yet we don't want to go back to the failed policies of the past. we want to go forward to the future. i want to talk about how collectively 20 months from now we are going to turn this country around. everyone of us is going to come together and reignite the promise of america. we are going to get back to the country that everyone of us was blessed to grow up in a country where all kids will have a better life than we did and their kids will have a better life than they did. three simple steps to reigniting the promise of america. number one, bringing back jobs and growth and opportunity. my number one priority in the u.s. senate from day one has been economic growth. we know how to do that.

we do that through tax reform and regulatory reform. on tax reform, we need a simple flat tax so that every american can fill out his or her taxes on a postcard. [applause] and then we need to abolish the irs. [applause] there are merely 90,000 employees at the irs. we need to padlock that building, take everyone of them, and put them on our southern border. [applause] to our friends in the media, i say that somewhat tongue-in-cheek. but think about that for a second. imagine you had traveled thousands of miles through the blazing sun, you swim across the

rio grande, the first thing you see is 90,000 irs agents. you would turn around and go home, too. and and regulatory reform -- i was out talking to farmers in west texas. i asked him, what is the difference between regulators and locusts? i said, the thing is, you can't use pesticide on the regulators. this old farmer leaned back and said, want to bet? the most important regulatory reform is we need to repeal every word of obamacare. [applause] the second key, to reigniting the promise of america's defending our constitutional liberties, all of them.

[applause] defending the first amendment, our free speech rights religious liberty rights. we are in a time where some in this country shy away from defending religious liberty, are afraid to defend the very first right protected in the first amendment of the bill of rights. i am proud to stand with men and women of faith across this country defending our religious liberties. we need to defend the second amendment, the right to keep and bear arms. i have to say today, the "new york times" is having a bit of apoplexy. that is such an unusual reaction for the "new york times." they are very dismayed because when i was asked about the second

amendment i said, the second amendment is not designed to protect hunting or sports shooting. the second amendment is about protecting our natural rights from god to protect our lives, families, and homes. [applause] and it is also fundamentally about a check on tyranny from government and protection of liberty of the people. [applause] i'm not shocked in the live free or die state that you all understand what i'm talking about. but "the new york times" today said that notion, live free or die, the second amendment is a check on tyranny, they said it was strange, silly, ridiculous

absurd. let me tell you some other strange, silly, ridiculous absurd people. thomas jefferson, george washington, james madison. joseph story, who said the second amendment is the palladium of our liberties. i'm proud to stand with our founding fathers for our liberties against the received wisdom of "the new york times." we need to defend the fourth and fifth amendments, our privacy, and we need to defend the 10th amendment, or as president obama called it, the what? [laughter] the fundamental protection that says those rights not given to the federal government are reserved to the state and to the people.

[applause] that means there are core areas given to our federal government to need to do and do well. protect this country, stand with the military, secure our borders. there are other areas where the federal government has no business sticking its nose. areas like education. and we need to repeal every word of common core. [applause] but the third and critical piece to reigniting the promise of america is restoring america's leadership in the world. and i want to take a few minutes areas like education. and we need to repeal every word of common core. focusing on this issue in particular. on the foreign policy and national security threats facing this country. on friday, i was honored to be down at fort hood, where finally

, finally, finally, after more than five years, purple hearts were awarded to the soldiers who were shot by nadal hassan. [applause] senator cruz: over five years ago, he committed that terrorist act. and yet for this entire time they have been denied the purple hearts they were owed because the obama administration characterized that attack as quote, workplace violence. i will tell you one of the things i'm most proud of is last year in the united states senate, i introduced legislation mandating that those soldiers finally received the purple heart to which they were due. [applause] senator cruz: we were able to win bipartisan support, bring together every republican and

every democrat on the senate armed services committee in support of my amendment. we passed it unanimously over the objections of the obama pentagon, and in december it became law, which is why on friday five years too late they were finally recognized for their heroism and bravery. [applause] senator cruz: at the ceremony over and over again as i looked at young soldiers, the sentiment i expressed to each of them was, i'm sorry. i'm sorry this took five years. i'm sorry the government -- and by the way, nadal hassan was in communications with a known radical islamic terrorist and cleric, asking about the permissibility of waging jihad on his fellow soldiers, when hassan walked through fort hood, murdering 14 innocent souls, including an unborn child, he yelled out [indiscernible] as he did.

and yet in the administration's eyes, they could not acknowledge this was radical islamic terrorism. if we want to turn things around, if we want to restore american leadership in the world, the first thing we have got to do is tell the truth. [applause] senator cruz: you cannot defeat radical islamic terrorism with a president and administration unwilling to enter -- utter the words radical islamic terrorism. you know, we all remember in paris just a few months ago the horrible terrorist attack that occurred there. that the president referred to as a quote, random act of violence. there is nothing random when radical islamists with butcher knives go into a kosher deli seeking to murder jews because

of their jewish faith. it is a naked act of anti-semitism. and it is inexplicable that the administration will not knowledge that. likewise, our hearts were broken when 21 coptic christians in egypt were beheaded by isis. once again, the white house put out a statement saying, those 21 lost their lives because of their egyptian citizenship. that was not why they were beheaded. they were beheaded because they were christians. as pope francis powerfully said, their blood confesses jesus christ. [applause] senator cruz: the next 20 months are going to be a dangerous time. the next 20 months are going to be a hobbsean state of nature,

going to be like "lord of the flies." january 2017 is coming. [applause] senator cruz: 20 months from now, imagine a commander in chief who stands up with utter clarity and says, we will destroy radical islamic terror. [applause] senator cruz: imagine a president who stands with our allies, whether it is the u.k. or france, and we all remember a few months ago seeing over 40 world leaders walking arm in arm in solidarity with france against radical islamic terrorism, and where oh where oh where was the united states of america? you know, if only the terrorists attacked a golf course.

[laughter] senator cruz: that might actually get the white house's attention. holy cow, this is serious! imagine a president in 2017 who says, we will stand with our friend and ally, the nation of canada, and we will finally build the keystone pipeline. [applause] senator cruz: instead of a president who boycotts prime minister netanyahu, imagine america standing unapologetically alongside the nation of israel. [applause] senator cruz: and the single greatest national security threat facing america today is the threat of a nuclear iran. this deal the president is pushing forward is a terrible deal. it is a historic mistake.

and any candidate for president who is fit to be commander in chief must be prepared in 2017 to repudiate any deal that undermines american national security. [applause] senator cruz: it is unacceptable and profoundly dangerous for a nation whose leaders lead the people in chants of "death of america." by the way, that is a holiday in iran. we have christmas and thanksgiving. there every year they celebrate death to america today. it is the anniversary of iran taking americans hostage.

the supreme leader does out to the masses and together they ch ant death to america. if history teaches any principle, it is that if somebody tells you they want to kill you, believe them. [laughter senator cruz: a few weeks ago i was proud to join with 46 other leaders signing a letter to the nation of iran. [applause] senator cruz: one of those senators was new hampshire's very own senator kelly ayotte. governor walker: -- [applause] senator cruz: i am amused the far left thinks it's a campaign issue to use against kelly. good gosh, kelly stood against iran getting nukes. i would encourage them, run with that idea. that is going to be a terrific campaign issue. shortly thereafter i want on msnbc.

morning joe. they were kind of slightly upset , apoplectic, much like the white house, why did you sign this letter? do you regret signing this letter? this is a letter that explained that under our constitution there are two ways that something becomes a law in the united states of america. either you have a treaty signed by the president ratified by two thirds of the senate, or you have a law that passes both houses of congress and is signed into law by the president. if you do neither of those, it ain't a law. [applause] senator cruz: now iran's foreign minister responded and said, you do not understand. under international law, a head of state has the authority to

find his nation forever and -- to bind his nation forever and in perpetuity on any issue he wishes. if someone in iran disagrees with the edicts of the supreme leader, they will take you and shoot you. but one of the great blessings of the united states of america is we don't have a supreme leader in this nation. [applause] senator cruz: when they asked if i regretted if i signed the letter, my response was that i said my only regret is that i did not make my signature bigger. so the ayatollah can read it without his reading glasses. i am so grateful to be back with

each and every one of you. it was 58 years ago that my father fled cuba. he had been imprisoned, he had been tortured. when he came to america, he could not speak english. he was a teenager, he was 18 years old. he was washing dishes making $.50 an hour. and he was filled with hopes and dreams. the same hopes and dreams that everyone of us, everyone of our parents, every one of our grandparents had and have. that is the miracle of america. that no nation in the history of the world is allowed so many millions of people to come with nothing and achieve anything. and it is why we will turn this country around. if you look at the fundamental dna of americans, we are all the children of those who risked everything for freedom. when i was a kid, my dad used to

ask me over and over again, when we faced oppression in cuba, i had a place to flee to. if we lose our freedom here, where do we go? that is why the men and women are gathered here today, because not a one of us is prepared to lose our freedom. we are standing in defense of liberty, the constitution, in defense of america. [applause] senator cruz: and with that i'm happy to answer any question you like. in the back. >> thank you very much, senator. as you know, there will be a

vote coming up shortly for a new attorney general. and i would like to know if you can tell us what your vote will be for or against loretta lynch. senator cruz: sir, thank you for that question. my vote on loretta lynch is going to be unambiguously no. [applause] senator cruz: and let me tell you why very briefly. i sit on the senate judiciary committee. i took a very active part in ms. lynch's confirmation. when she was nominated, to be honest, i very much wanted to support the nomination. eric holder has been the most partisan, attorney general in the history of our country.

and yet as ms. lynch sat through her confirmation hearings, i asked over and over again, number one, if she would support the president's illegal and unconstitutional executive amnesty. she said absolutely yes. i asked if there were any limits to this executive amnesty, could the president of united states grant amnesty not just to the 4 million people he has granted amnesty to, but to all 12 million people living illegally in this country. she refused to answer that question. she refused to acknowledge any limits on the president's authority. i posted little harder. -- i'd put a little harder -- i pushed a little harder. i said, could the president -- your theory facing all of this is prosecutorial discretion, the president could decline to prosecute laws. i said, could the next president instruct his or her treasury secretary under the theory of prosecutorial discretion, we will no longer collect any taxes in this country above 25%? she refused to answer this question.

now look, i think that is great policy, but the way to pass it is pass it through congress and make it a law. [applause] senator cruz: and i tried to go even further. i tried to come up with what was an absurd hypothetical. sitting next to me in the judiciary committee with my colleague john cornyn from texas. i said, imagine, ms. lynch, in 2017 president john cornyn. could that president using prosecutorial discretion announced that the announced that -- announce that the federal government will no longer enforced any federal environmental laws or any federal labor laws against any citizen of the state of texas?

she refused to answer that question. in my view, when you have an attorney general nominee who looks at the united states senate and says he or she will not enforce any constitutional limits whatsoever on the power of the president, there is no way in good conscience and consistent with your oath to confirm surgery nominated. >> last question, because a young couple is getting married at 5:00 in this room. senator cruz: wonderful. >> senator, if you were sitting in the white house right now what specifically would you do in order to deal with the islamic threat throughout the middle east, islamic state specifically? senator cruz: yes, a terrific question, what would i do in the white house right now to deal with isis. we need a clear eyed commander in chief who sets the objective is not to weaken, not to degrade isis. it is to utterly and completely destroy isis.

[applause] senator cruz: they are the face of evil. they are crucifying children beheading christians, lighting men and women on fire in cages. no when you set -- now when you set that clear objective militarily, what would be required? we should be using overwhelming airpower directed at taking out isis in every location. [applause] senator cruz: number two, we should be arming the kurds. [applause] senator cruz: the kurds have long been our allies. they are on the ground. the peshmerga, fighting forces for the kurds, are effective soldiers. they are right now fighting isis right now today, and they are hopelessly outclassed in their weapons.

because isis is using american military equipment they seized in iraq and the obama administration refused to fund the kurds and sends weaponry to baghdad that won't pass it onto the kurds. now there's a debate going on right now. about boots on the ground. now my view at the outset is any military conflict, particularly extended military conflict should begin with a congressional authorization or a declaration of war. [applause] senator cruz: on the question of boots on the ground, i don't think that should be decided by bunch of politicians in washington posturing one way or another for political effect. it should be driven by the military necessities of accomplishing the goal of destroying isis. so based on the advice i have received from senior military leaders, the peshmerga on the ground armed effectively with overwhelming military force and

perhaps some embedded u.s. special forces can at least begin to carry out that path. -- that task. what is missing -- but me -- let me describe an exchange i had with the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff last year. i said, if the objective were to destroy isis in 90 days, militarily what would be required? and he said, i'm sorry, that's impossible. that cannot be accomplished. i said, ok, general dempsey, but perhaps that timeframe is unrealistic. you tell me about. -- you tell me event. -- you told me event. -- you tell me then. in what time frame can we destroy isis and what would be required to do so? his answer was, there is no military solution to this problem. the answer is to change the underlying conditions on the ground so people are not susceptible to being radicalized

through poverty. with all respect, there is a word for that, and i will clean it up for c-span and say it is nonsense. [applause] senator cruz: the way to defeat isis is not expanded medicaid through iraq. you to defeat isis -- the way to defeat isis is a simple and clear military objective that the soldiers waging war on america, we will destroy them. [applause] senator cruz: and i will make one final point in terms of what we need to. last year i introduced legislation called the x patriot terrorist act. roughly 100 americans have traveled to the middle east and taken up arms and joined isis, the legislation introduced to that said that any american

citizen that does so and takes up arms and declares jihad on america forfeits his or her citizenship. [applause] senator cruz: just this week, we apprehended an ohio man who was traveling to isis. to train with isis. and came back to america to wage jihad and blow up u.s. military facilities and decide to god we caught him. -- and thank god we caught him. it is lunacy to allow terrorists waging jihad to come to this country with u.s. passports. and we should come together to prevent it. thank you and god bless you. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [applause] >> thank you. thank you.

thanks. thank you, governor sununu. for that great pep rally. i feel like we should go out and start charging the hill right now. we were pumped up and you made a great case there. thank you for the wonderful introduction. most of all, thank you for your leadership in the party and in this country. [applause] governor walker: it has been an honor, to be not only with governor sununu, but with nancy. we have two first lady's the back there. [applause] governor walker: and i also want to add my thanks for jennifer horn and the state party team. thank you for your leadership was his great couple of days here. -- with this great couple of days here. [applause] governor walker: before i get

into this, i want to begin off the bat. i'm going to talk and end up talking about freedom. but one of the interesting things about freedom, it is something that is endowed by our creator. it is defined by the constitution. but each and every day, it is defended by the women and men who proudly wear the uniform of these united states. we have folks who are active in the military. in the active duty or the guard and reserve. we have folks who are veterans. of the military service in the past. and we have families with loved ones in the service. you just stand for a moment so we can recognize that? [applause] governor walker: that kind of puts it all right back in true perspective. governor sununu, i know you know it is an important thing. one of the best parts of my job

is welcome homes. i am like a kid. i get up at 5:30 in the morning, anxious. because you see all of these families, you see the kids, you see the loved ones. on one of the bases in wisconsin, all of these families there and there was a dad with three kids. his wife was deployed and she was coming home. he was not just excited, he was exhausted. [laughter] governor walker: he had to look like, ok, she is taking the kids. i don't care, i'm going to collapse right here. to see the families, how pumped up the kids are, it is phenomenal. it is a great reminder, sometimes we forget about this because it does not get talked about enough in the press. we have men and women deployed. regardless of the president, we need to be mindful of this as we go forward. tonight i also want to begin by saying thanks. we are honored to be back. i wore a suit tonight, not the one dollar sweater like i did

last time from kohl's. i think the shirt is from kohl's. i saw a couple others out here the three of us together, took a picture. we made the price of one suit. that is pretty good. two shirts on sale on the weekend. i just want to thank you all not just for having us. but i talked to a number of folks. we had a sessions earlier today here and in a couple of spots around town. and so many of you have told us, as you have in past visits, you mentioned you help us out. some of you sent $20 or $30. and we appreciate that. some of you literally physically came to wisconsin in the recall. and others made calls for us. just about everybody said, you prayed for tonight. to all of you who did that for

us, particularly in the recall, thank you. because that meant the world to us. [applause] governor walker: it is interesting. sometimes it seems like that was an eternity ago. literally about four years ago at this point, "time" magazine or one of the publications had a headline that said, dead men walker. my polls were so low. i had come in trying to fix things. one of the critical mistakes i've acknowledged, i was so eager to fix things, i did not bother talking about it. i just went in and fixed it. usually in politics, they talk about it and don't fix. i learned you have to listen talk, and act. in that order but not leave out any of the three. as i looked at that process, it was interesting. we were so eager to fix things, we just did it. in reaction, the national big government unions, the special interests came in and took us

on. literally, they brought within the first week, there were a few thousand protesters the first couple of days. by the end of the first week they had bused in, chartered in, flown in people from across the country. at one point, march of 2011, we had over 100,000 protesters in and around our capital. and then we had threats. we had death threats against me, our family. against members of the state legislature, particularly the senate and assembly. and it was overwhelming. it was a great reminder to me as that was happening that back a few years earlier, 2009, we had set down and thought about talked about, ultimately prayed about getting into the race for governor. the reason i am telling you that is to put into perspective what we were doing and why we were doing it. the reason we decided, we have two sons.

he is doing stuff with college students. i met some great college students earlier today. we had done it back then, our kids were in high school. and we did it because we want to make sure our sons could grow up in a state that was at least as good as the state we grew up in, ideally better. we knew it would be a risk but we got into the race for governor even though the state had not gone republican since 1984. to put that in perspective, that was when i was still in high school and had a full head of hair. we wanted our sons to do better. we knew it would be difficult. we knew it would not be an easy task. but thankfully the voters in the state did not just elect me, new majorities in the assembly and state senate. a new state senator. two new members of the house of representatives. after the election i got together in the capital with all the republicans, those in office and the newly elected. i said, it is put up or shut up.

the reason i said that, i pointed out that democrats had controlled everything and state voters have flipped it all to republican. and if we just nibbled around the edges and were dressed a little bit less than the democrats, -- and were just a little bit less bad than the republic democrats, the voters would have every right to throw us out. i said, we need to go big and bold. we need to show we are different than the party we were placed. i don't think anybody would doubt we went big and bold. the reason it sustained us during the attacks and protests, we knew it was because of my sons. all the others of their generation. sons and daughters, grandsons and granddaughters, we knew it was not acceptable to have a state that was better than the one we inherited. and so we took on the big challenge. it was not just about taking on protests. we had to bring together republicans in both houses of the state legislature.

we talked about this in the dinner. one house more than another that was not that thrilled i the best to go to the path. -- thrilled to go down that path. sometimes there are people who like the status quo. even in our own party. they don't want to change things. we had to make the case for why reform was necessary. four years later, we are much better off. on multiple levels. from the economy. early in 2010, the unemployment rate was 9.2%. just this last thursday, it is down to 4.6%. [applause] governor walker: and to me equally as exciting, we have a labor participation rate, the people working in our state is over two thirds, above the national rate. unemployment is lower participation is higher. that is important because it means people are working and finding more jobs and opportunities. we took a $3.6 billion budget deficit and turned it into a surplus.

we have done it in each of the last four years. the budget ends with a half billion dollars surplus going forward. we have the largest rainy day fund we have ever had. 165 times bigger than when we took office. we have the only pension system fully funded in the country. a debt to pension ratio that is one of the lowest out there. [applause] governor walker: i mention that about the pension. some lawmakers were excited, they said that is not always the case around the country. we are proud of that. we did other things, too. we didn't just take on fiscal and economic issues. a lot of people don't know this. in our state we got rid of seniority and tenure. we can hire based on merit. put the best and brightest in our classes. and we can pay them to be there. it is a big deal. it makes schools better. our schools today, four years after the reforms, have higher

graduation rates, better third-grade reading scores, and now have the second-highest act scores in states where more than half of the people take the test. that shows you that despite all of the hype that you are from the left and the protesters four years ago, our reforms actually worked. sometimes people are surprised. it is not just about taking on unions. we also took on other big government special interests. we leveled off the regulatory environment. we reined in the lawsuit environment. we have pulled back on the ability to have frivolous and out of control lawsuits. we no longer fund planned parenthood in the state of wisconsin. we passed pro-life legislation as well. [applause] governor walker: we signed concealed carry, and of the

castle doctrine, so law abiding citizens can have access to firearms to protect their loved ones. [applause] governor walker: we passed, and just about a month ago the spring court took action to -- supreme court took action to allow us, but if you want to vote in the state of wisconsin you have to carry a photo id to prove who you are. [applause] governor walker: and earlier this year, i signed into law legislation that now makes it the case that wisconsin is the 20th state in the country to have right to work. you don't have to be a part of the labor union if you want to work in the state of wisconsin. [applause] governor walker: now i tell you all of that, remember the beginning, i said, when i thought about running for governor, that would not be easy. this is a state that has not gone republican for president since 1984. we did all of that early on because we decided to go big and go bold. we said, put up or shut up.

if we were going to show the voters of our state that we were going to get things done. we needed to do it early. that is something that needs to happen in this country as well. format and alex, -- four matt and alex for my nieces, and all , the other sons and daughters like them, i am optimistic about the future despite the challenges we face. i look at what is happening in wisconsin, michigan, ohio, other state. i see if you put commonsense republican conservative leadership in place in the executive and legislative branch, if that team works together, there is no end to the good things that can happen. if we do that in washington, with a republican house, a republican senate, and a new republican president, there is no end to how much better things can be in this country. [applause] and let me give you three examples of where i think the contrast is important. first off, i think we need to

start talking more about growth. no i am all for balanced budgets. i took a $3.6 billion budget deficits, one of the biggest in state history and the biggest per capita in the country, and turned it into a surplus. we did not do that just by cutting. we do not just do that through austerity. we did it through growth and reform. we empower the people that create jobs to do that. unfortunately, when i listen to this president, they have it backwards. somehow they think the way to grow the economy is to grow washington. i mean, look at it. in the last year alone, six of the top 10 wealthiest counties in america, where did it come from. in and around washington, d.c. they grow the economy in washington. i think the vast majority of us across america we believe you grow the economy in cities and villages across the nation.

that people create jobs and not the government. it is time to get the government out of the way. [applause] governor walker: that means we need to have a competitive tax code, not just reformed but lower. that is why we need to put in the hand of the american consumers. some of you heard me joking about the one dollars sweater but i love to tell that story about why i am focused on cutting taxes. in my state we cut taxes on income and property and employers and property taxes today in wisconsin are lower on a typical home than they were four years ago. and when our budget is completed in a few months, they will be lower at the end of 2016 them at the end of 2010. what governor in america can say that? [applause] governor walker: now people often say why are you so focused on reducing the tax burden?

said, simple. it is a simple story out there. and i explained it in terms of some of you have heard me say this before but we have been married 22 years. we are proud of that. [applause] governor walker: the applause is for her for putting up with me for 22 years. we were married on february 6, 1993 and not long after that i made a critical mistake. i went to kohl's department stores and i bought something for the price it was marked at. any of you who have shopped at kohl's know what i am talking about. so now if i am going to buy a new shirt like the one i am wearing here, i go to the rock that says it was $29.99 at it is marked down to $19.99 and i get the insert or the scratch off

that is 10% or 15% off or i take the 15% or 20% or if we are really lucky 30% up to the cast -- cash register and a market down further and then we take the kohl's cash out of our pocket of the next thing you know they are paying me to buy that shirt. [laughter] governor walker: right? not quite, but it is close. so how does kohl's make money? how do they make money? volume. they make money off of volume. they could sell a few of them or they could lower the price of that and broaden and the next thing you know they are making more money. that is what i think about your money, the taxpayers money. the government conjured you a -- could charge you a higher rate and a few of you could afford it or we can lower the rate and brought it be based and -- and broaden the base and has more people that broaden the

base and have more people brought into the economy. that is how we explain things. it does not hurt that i doubt the presumptive nominee for the other party has been to kohl's before. let alone shopped in the last 18 or 20 years [laughter] governor walker: but i think it explains it is not just about lowering the tax burden, it is about other things to promote growth. it is about reining in out-of-control government regulations, it is about repealing obamacare and allowing families and patients to make decisions. it is about and -- an all of the above energy policy that is about using the abundant supplies in america instead of relying on places that hate us and focus on things that promote growth. and when we do we not only grow the economy and put people into better jobs and raise wages, we put ourselves in a position where we lower the deficit problem by raising the amount of revenues not by higher rates but

by spreading the volume. first of all we need to focus more on growth. secondly we need to talk about reform. and again this is where there is a stark, stark contrast. think about it. we have a president right now in washington. i love to go to washington. i love flying in by the monuments. at i love it even more when we fly home. because to me washington is 68 square miles surrounded by reality. [laughter] governor walker: it is nice to be out with everybody in reality again but when i think about the president and people like hillary clinton and they seem to measure success in government by how many people are dependent on the government. by the number of people who are on medicaid and food stamps and unemployment. we should measure success on the opposite, by people who are no longer dependent on the government. no longer dependent on the government. because we understand that crew

-- true freedom and prosperity do not come from the mighty hand of the government. it comes from allowing people to live their own lives and control her own destiny through the dignity that is born of work. it is interesting, as a kid, i grew up in a small town. paul ryan was on one side of me and reince pribus was on the other. go figure. my first job was washing dishes at the countryside restaurant. i moved up to the big time in high school. i flipped hamburgers at mcdonald's. i kid paul about this, paul ryan was flipping burgers in janesville while i was flipping burgers but his manager told him he did not have the interpersonal skills to work the cash register. it is true. my manager might have thought that but she did not tell me that. i think about that, not just my early jobs but my parents. my dad was a preacher and my mom was a part-time secretary. i think about my grandparents on my mother's parents who were farmers that did not have indoor

plumbing until my mother went off to junior high. my dad' s dad, my grandpa walker was a machinist. i think about my family, my parents and grandparents. i realized my brother and i did not inherit fame or fortune but we inherited something better, the belief that if you work hard and play by the rules you can do and be anything you want in america. that is the american dream and we need to provide that again in this country. [applause] governor walker: and so we need to report that focused out there. i often laughed, when i grew up not a one of my classmates said, scott, when i grow up, i want to become dependent on my government. nobody wrote in my yearbook good luck in becoming dependent on the government. that is just not the american dream out there. and yet somehow you listen to people like the president and hillary clinton, they seem to think that is something we should aspire to.

it is not only for those of us honored to be born in this country. one of the things i am always amazed with is i meet people who come here from other places around the world. it does not matter what country they come from. literally almost to a person the people that i have been honored to meet, particularly small business owners who come here from elsewhere around the globe, this is the reason they came here was not to become dependent on the government. it is because america is one of the few places left in the world where it does not matter what class you were born into. it does not matter what your parents did for a living. in america, you can do or be anything that you want. the opportunity is equal to all but the outcome should be up to each and every one of us. that is the american dream. we need to be a party that stands up for anyone who wants to work hard and play by the rules and we will be the ones to champion the american dream here and the american dream is not being dependent on the government. [applause] governor walker: it is

appropriate to think about it this past week, if you remember nothing else tonight, remember this. there is a reason we take a day off to celebrate the fourth of july and not the 15th of april. because in america we celebrate independence from the government and not dependence on it. [applause] governor walker: the last thing, in addition to growth and reform, the last thing i want to tell you about for a moment is safety. i call it safety. some of you may call it national security, i call a safety because national security is something you read about on page six. safety is something that you feel right here. and i walked as i traveled this country. -- i watch as i travel this country. i see it in my own state and elsewhere in this great america that we live in. as i talk to people i see person after person who tells me that when we see those video images of a jordanian pilot being burned alive in a cage, we see christians from egypt being

beheaded and others like them, that is something you start to feel. that is safety. that is not just national security, that is safety. and it is so frustrating to me as i see that to think that we have a president that a couple of years ago drew a line in the sand and then allowed people to cross it. we have a president that called isis just a year ago the jv squad. who called yemen a success story , who called iran somewhere that we can do business with. that had a secretary of state that give russia a reset button. the governor sununu, -- now governor sununu, i am glad that you mentioned yemen because it is amazing to me. even after the houthis, the shiite-based iran backed houthis had gone into yemen, the president's current administration was proclaiming it was a success. how do you say that? what do you think about russia out there?

there is a reason why putin is going to act. he is a national list. think about it. he knows the old adage lenin that you probe with bayonets. in the world today, i was talking two weeks ago with allies in the arab world and the middle east -- and i am not talking just about israel but others in the gulf states. i asked him, what is the number one concern that you have? do not tell me about the details of the iran deal, what is the number one concern? you know what the response was? the disengagement of america. those are our allies in the middle east that are worried about the fact that america is not there. they are worried about our presence in the world. i have got to judge you, now -- i have got to tell you now more than ever, for the sake of my

children and your children and children yet to be born, we need a commander in chief that will once and for all identify that radical islamic terrorism is a threat to us all. [applause] governor walker: we need a leader in this country who will identify israel as an ally and start acting like it again. [applause] governor walker: and we need a president that is going to be honest with the american people and look them straight in the eye and say this is not going to happen with a couple of bombings. this is not going to happen with a couple issues here and there. this is a generational issue. and it is not a matter of if there is another attempt on american soil it is a matter of when. on behalf of our children and future generations we are not , going to wait until they bring the fight to us and we are going to fight on their soil and not ours. [applause]

governor walker: and so there are some sharp contrast out there, not just between this president but hillary clinton who as jennifer and others have said is an extension of the third term of barack obama. americans need to realize that. this is not the third term of bill clinton, this is the third term of barack obama. and we have got a real choice out there, a real choice and i for one and optimistic about the future because as the governor mentioned, we have a real opportunity not just to win the election as republicans but a better opportunity to chart out a course for how to make america great again. i see it in the states, not just in my state but other states across the country where good teams, not just executives, have come together, republican executives and legislatures to make america great again, part of remarkable comeback from one state to the next. we can do the same thing for america.

and i would just and was telling you this. -- i would just and was telling you this. -- i would just end with telling you this. it is not just about the next few years. what gives me optimism is something that i look at this great american history that we have. years ago i had a chance to go to the governor's conferrence in philadelphia at constitution hall. and it was a treat for me because when i was a kid my family never got a chance to go to philadelphia which is too bad because i love history. i love history. as a kid i was maybe a little geeky but i thought of the founders almost as superheroes bigger than life. and so back in the fall of 2011, we got a chance to go to a conference in philadelphia. we got up early in the morning and went by the liberty bell and then as the sun was coming up we went into independence hall and because of my fascination with our founders, i was ready to be blown away. and i looked in that hall which is not that different than the hall we are in now and i looked

at the desk and i looked at the chairs. and at that moment it dawned on me. these were ordinary people. these were ordinary people who had done something quite extraordinary. you see these were people that , did not just risk their political careers. these were folks that did not just risk of their business ventures. these were people who risk their lives. their lives for the freedoms that we hold dear today. ladies and gentlemen, nights i would tell you that -- night i would tell you that moments like that remind me what makes america great. what makes us exceptional. what makes us arguably the greatest country in the history of the world. it has been all throughout our nation's history. in moments of crisis, be it economic or physical or military or spiritual, what has made us great is the moments of crisis. there have been men and women of

courage willing to stand up and think more about the future of the children more than their own future. tonight i would tell you that looking ahead, this is one of those moments. this is one of those times in american history when we can look back and tell future generations we were there, we heeded the call, we did what was required to make america great again. i am convinced that working together, that is exactly what we can do. and we ask for your help on that path going forward. [applause] governor walker: and with that i will take a few questions before they give me the hook or throw a desert at me or something. right? so comfortable at dinner. sure. >> [indiscernible]

governor walker: debt and deficit, there is a series of things. first of all, put it in context. when we came in, in my state four years ago, we inherited a $3.6 billion deficit. in the states history, it was the second-largest, per capita, one of the biggest in the country. we not only balanced the books paid back the transportation fund, paid back a quarter million dollars rated from patient compensation, did all of that while cutting taxes through reform and growth. certainly the part we talked about with growth. growth has got to be a part of it. we have to do things to help the american economy grow as individuals and employers. the things i outlined earlier in the comments. then as a part of reform, i believe we should take major portions of the federal government and send it back to the states. certainly the congress and the house is talking about in the

ryan budget plan about medicaid. i would go farther than that with block grants. i would look at the medicaid, other social services, transportation, workforce development, things like that. the spectrum of things that the federal government does. send it in block grants to the state. more effective, more efficient more accountable to the public. it gives you the leeway and the flexibility to look at the big issues like entitlements and also to look at areas where we do need to spend more money like the department of success. governor sununu did a good job -- [applause] governor walker: governor sununu did a good job of summarizing that but you look at the navy as an example. we are at 275, 280 vessels right now, we are having horse 250 -- heading towards 250, less than half of where we were under reagan. there are real challenges to us

to protect ourselves and our interests here and around the world. i do think we need to adjust the defense budget. but when it comes to the deficit, part of that reform is sending it back to the states and part of it is the bigger issues. should we be a candidate we will be laying that out in greater detail. sure. >> not a specific question but i am blessed to run a manufacturing operation. we are being burdened by regulations. and opportunities that small businesses [indiscernible] governor walker: you did build it so for starters, that is a good thing. part of, even that mindset is different. the idea of that, i believe that people create jobs and not the government. starting with that premise that if people create jobs that the -- jobs, not the government, one of the best things we can do not just for small businesses but

for everyone, it is a stark contrast between for example someone like hillary clinton and those of us as republicans is that obama and clinton talking about this top-down government knows best when it comes to regulation but other areas where we will tell you what to do and how to do it. that has failed. it is not good at the state level or local level. and yet people like the president and like hillary clinton keep pushing it. in contrast, we need to send not -- we need to say not just to small business owners but young people, we offer the contrast. we do not believe in top-down, washington knows best. we believe in bottom-up. we believe that is new and exciting and dynamic and that is the best way to grow the economy. one of the best things we can do is say as long as you do not violate the public health and public safety of your neighbor do your thing. you want to start a business. start a career and go forward. i think it is a refreshing message not just to small

business owners. what they are looking for is some optimism that they can advance their career that someday they can start a business like yours and others out there. what frustrates me is that i hear from current small business owners that say that if i knew what i know today i would not start this business and that is frustrating because job growth is going to come from small businesses. we have to take away that mindset. to me a big part of it, we tried to do what the state level and it is true at the federal level unless you are a clear threat to public safety or health, most of the rest of it should be cleared out of the way. instead of having to go like this to get around taxes or regulatory clauses, why not allow capital go in a way that flows naturally and help greater investment" more people to work and raise wages and do more for the american public? way back, you get the last one. >> [indiscernible]

governor walker: thanks. one, if we chose to get in, we love being here. for us, a lot of new hampshire is similar to was contrary demographically and -- to wisconsin demographically and geographically and we want to spend a lot of time here as we pursue this and have some fun. some folks have invited me to bike week. little-known fact, i ride a 2003 harley-davidson road king. 20,000 miles on it. i would write my own or pick up one of the dealership. the state is of a nice enough size that you can get through a road trip around the state. i did that in my last

reelection. some of the most fun is going out on saturday and sunday on the weekends. instead of doing a whistle stop was a bus -- on a bus i like , doing it on a harley with 150 bikers and a few lawmakers have said they want to come with. if you ride a motorcycle -- we will let you in if you are not a harley rider. three times in the last four years i have run for governor. and so we can vouch for this. but we actually like to campaign. we enjoy meeting people. i've got to tell you, one of the greatest blessings for us -- she is nodding her head back there. it depends on the day. this is the bad thing about having your spouse sitting behind you. [laughter] governor walker: we actually have two sons, one of whom will be in the state next week to should we make this step, will take a semester off to campaign with us. we want to go on to college campuses and do some of that so we will be back with that if that goes forward we will be back not just on the road trip but on the townhall meetings.

we do a lot of that. i will going to factories, i love going to forms. i will go to your factory. i invite myself in everywhere. when i was first a lawmaker, i love knocking on doors because people are real when you are at their house. you probably gets this. in our state, they are pretty polite even if they do not agree with you in front of their house. maybe not elsewhere. but i like that kind of interaction. and the other part that for us that is nice, the state fits well with what we have done in each of the last three elections and that is we won almost universal support amongst republicans, 96% in the last election. that means, other than terry branstad, no one else's higher. we are about the same in iowa. he has 97% and i have 96%.

it is great because that means tea party to establishment, to social conservative, too libertarian, they don't want a fighter, they want someone who fights and wins. [applause] people want someone who fights and wins. the other interesting thing about new hampshire, not only did we win with support from republicans, we carry independence by 12 points. you don't win the center by

winning the center, you win it by leading. they want people to stand up and look you in the eye and tell you exactly what she will do. they do not have to agree with you on every issue, but they want someone they know every day will fight for them and their families. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> on newsmakers, debbie wasserman schultz talks about marco rubio and jeb bush. debbie: i served for six of the years of jeb bush was governor. i will tell you, in my 22 years there was not a more inflexible,

unreasonable governor or elected for official that i have had the chance to work with. i am not just talking about because i disagreed with him. i disagreed with plenty of people. i served a lot of years in the minority. i found ways to be effective. jeb bush had absolutely no interest in working with anyone who did not share his opinion. that is not a good harbinger of your abilities to be president. in addition, he really decimated our tax base and focused on making sure that we could cut taxes, almost exclusively for the wealthiest floridians. it was a difficult spot when the bottom dropped out of the economy, thanks to his brothers policies. marco rubio unfortunately he

was trying to market himself as this new type of republican. he has fully embraced all of the same public and policies. his tax cuts for the wealthy increase of taxes for the middle class, ending medicare as we know it. to add insult, he adds -- rights a competence of immigration reform plan, pushes it through the senate, as soon as the right-wing extremist tea party members got wind of it and were opposed, he ran away from it. the last time i checked, there is a little pressure on the president, if marco rubio could not hack the pressure from the his own party, how can he hack the presidency? >> debbie wasserman schultz on "newsmakers" on c-span.

announcer: challenging the new fcc internet rules organizations have filed lawsuits against the sec. monday night on the "communicators" we will speak to walter mccormick and christopher lewis. walter: what we are challenging is the reclassification of internet access being an information service, to a telecommunications service regulated as a common carrier pursuant to 19th-century railroad regulation. common carrier was originally applied to railroads and trucking companies airlines, but it has been appealed for all of those industries going on over 30 years ago. they impose new cost on consumers, delayed the product slowed and -- innovation, and chilled investment.

christopher: we both agree that net neutrality protections are important. we do disagree with the lawsuit. we have been supportive of the rules the fcc and active -- enacted. we think that after a decade of working towards a way to have net neutrality rules that could hold -- hold up in court, this is the strongest set of protections we have seen in the first three attempts in the agency to ensure the internet remains open. announcer: monday night at 8:00 eastern on "the communicators" on c-span2. announcer: on wednesday, samantha power testified on capitol hill regarding the president's 2016 budget cuts for the u.n. and operations.

she focused on addressing global threats. she discussed such challenges as iran's nuclear program, u.s. policy towards cuba, and combating terrorist organizations. this hearing is about an hour and 30 minutes. >> ambassador i would like to thank you for coming. each passing day conflicting reports emerge about the parameters of the deal.

i have concerns about policies that may have been made to lift sanctions on iran. international it atomic energy agency has an important role in any agreement, yet we all know iran's effort in complying is not good. i hope you can help the committee understand why we should have confidence that you ran -- iran will live up to its commitments. i am deeply disappointed by the palestinian authority actions to join international bodies of the last year. there steps of the international criminal court have been -- put u.s. relations with the palestinians in jeopardy. there are reports the u.s. may support a u.n. council laying out deadlines.

the administration must send a clear message to the palestinians that the only path to statehood is negotiating a settlement with israel. concerns remain with the u.n. human rights counsel. i fear the report of activities in gaza will unfairly criticize israel's right to defend itself. i welcome your comments. regarding budget issues, the request include a significant increase in accounts from the united nation's other international organizations approximately 25% higher than last year. like many requests this one is difficult for me to justify. the u.s. is by far the largest contributor to the u.n.. more work needs to be done to ensure the u.n. has its budget under control. for example, peacekeeping costs

have skyrocketed. administration should work with the u.n. to lower the rate the united states pays. you have committed to reform the u.n. and as you know, our bill contains strong transparency and accountability requirements. some progress has been made but many organizations fall short. after all of these years, there is no excuse. i look forward to your thoughts on all of these issues. in closing i want to thank you and the american delegation in new york and around the world for the work you to advance u.s. interests. now i will turn to ranking member lori for her remarks. ranking member: throughout my time in congress i have consistently supported robust

u.s. engagement at the u.n.. the u.n. is instrumental in advancing our national security interests around the world and confronting terrorism infectious disease extreme poverty, and environment are -- environmental degradation. u.s. peace keeping helps address ravished, war-torn parts of the world trained team maintain peace. organizations like unicef, you in with -- you in women, helper reduce poverty, protect children, remote women's political and economic empowerment, and improve standards for millions. while the benefits are not always obvious, the u.n. delivers real results for every

dollar we contribute. the united states cannot be the world's policeman. as i said before, no one nation can or should address today's global challenges alone. that is why we must continue to work together with the world community using every tool at our disposal. unilateral action should be the last option, not the first. those who view the u.n. negatively, or advocate for reducing resources undermine the u.n.'s effectiveness and limit our abilities to influence international decisions. you cannot accept -- expect the u.n. to perform, if we starve it of resources. like any organization, the u.n. is not perfect. i am particularly concerned

about factions with regard to the israeli palestinian conflict and come up by the obama administration suggesting a reevaluation of our long-standing policy of defending israel at the yuan. indeed it was your precedent -- predecessor, ambassador rice who said, when vetoing a resolution it is the israelis and the palestinians conflict, and even the best intention cannot resolve it. supporting or remaining agnostic on a u.n. resolution would violate the letter and spirit of the oswalt accord signed in 1983 which endorsed the seminal construct of lands of peace through direct negotiations, however prolonged, intense, or seemingly intractable they

maybe. such a stance of the u.n. would also reward palestinian intransigence and ignore history. madam ambassador, i hope you will unequivocally ensure the members that the administration will do everything in its power to stand firmly with our ally israel in opposing counterproductive and reckless u.n. proposals. turning to iran, in addition to ensuring the strictest inspections and monitoring, one of the most critical components of any deal will be the timing of any proposed sanction relief and our ability to immediately reimpose sanctions, should iran violate any part of the agreement. given iran's history, i would like to hear that the core of sanctions will remain in place until iran has taken major nuclear related steps that

demonstrate their sincerity. i would also like you to detail the mechanisms with which the u.n. could snap back u.n. sanction at any point during the deal and bought the -- beyond. last link, i hope you will update the subcommittee on the u.n.'s conflict resolution efforts, such as ending the devastating warfare in south sudan, countering violent extremism across the continent which is all the more critical given the barbaric massacre of a kenyan students earlier this month. with unprecedented levels of humanitarian need around the world, i thank you for your leadership commitment, and passion, and all you do to represent american values abroad. i look forward to your testimony.

announcer: -- >> we expect votes around 3:20. ambassador: thank you so much for the invitation to testify. thank you for the rigor you all bring in ensuring americans contributions are used for maximum effect in advancing our interests in the world. as this committee knows, and both of your statements testified, we are living in a time of seemingly perpetual global crisis. in the years i testified before this comment -- committee, a deadly epidemic exploded in west africa. a monstrous terrorist group sees large parts of syria and iraq, broadcasting headings and

executions on youtube. and russia trained and armed people to fight separatist and ukraine. these are the kinds of threats for which the united nations was created, yet they have exposed profound weaknesses and vulnerabilities in the international system. we have seen a global health system led by the who that despite multiple warnings, it was slow to respond to the -- ebola epidemic. we have seen russia and china through their veto of a icc resolution walk a step toward holding accountable a regime that has tortured its own people. representing our nation, i have to confront these vulnerabilities every day. the central point i want to make this committee is that even taking into account these weaknesses, america needs the

united nations to address today's global challenges. united states has the most powerful tools in history to advance our interests. we will always lead on the world stage. we are more effective when he ensure others have their share. let me quickly outline for ways we are doing that at the u.n.. first, we are rallying multilateral coalitions to address national threats. consider iran, in addition to addressing sanctions on the government in 2010, obama administrations galvanize the u.n. to organize the toughest regime. this combination of unilateral and multilateral pressure was crucial to bringing iran to the negotiating table and ultimately to help reach a framework that effectively cuts off every pathway for the regime to

develop a nuclear weapon. it is not only on iran that we used the u.n. on issues the international community has proven unable to respond. last december -- september as people were dying outside of hospitals in africa that had no beds to treat ebola patients, we had the first ever emergency meeting on a global health issue. we filled gaps that help bend the outbreaks curve. we lead by example employing more than 3500 u.s. civilians and military personnel to liberia where we helped bring the number of infections down to zero last month. second, we are reforming u.n. peacekeeping to address conflicts. there are more than 100,000 police deployed in the u.n.'s

peacekeeping missions. i higher. number than any time in history. they have more concert response abilities than anytime before. the united states has a biting strategic interests in resolving conflicts where peacekeepers serve which can attract extremists groups as we have seen in molly. while they served with bravery and professionalism in some of the most interest conflicts success in neutralizing the rebel groups, we have also seen chronic problems, too often including the failure to protect civilians or it we are working relentlessly to address the shortfalls. as an example, we are persuading advanced militaries to step up and contribute police to u.n. peacekeeping. that was the aim of a summit that biden commanded last summer.

it is the message i took directly to european leaders last month when i made the case in brussels that peacekeeping is a critical way for european militaries to do their fair share in protecting our common security interests. this coming september, president obama will convene another summit of world leaders to help catalyze a new wave of commitments. third, we are aiming to end bias in the u.n.. last year in keeping with the commitment i made in my confirmation hearing, i told this committee, the united states will stand with israel. we will defendant and challenge every interest -- instance of unfair treatment. we have lived up to that commitment, from mounting a group that would help included into all u.n. groups. we will continue to live up to that commitment. in december, when a deeply

unbalanced resolution was hastily put before the security council, the united states successfully rallied a coalition to join us in voting against it, ensuring the revolution ship -- failed to achieve the nine votes required for adoption. fourth, we are working to ensure that the u.n. lives up to its obligation to promote human rights and affirm human dignity. we worked with the security council to hold its first ever meeting on the human rights council. we use that session to shine a light on the regimes widespread abuses. we shed light on a man who is chained to a car and drag for 30 miles simple for trying to escape to china. in closing, let me stress, we take very seriously our duty to ensure taxpayer dollars are spent wisely. when we request. or for the accounts that fund

the u.n., it is with confidence that we are doing everything when it -- within our power to make the you and more fiscally responsible, and winnable. -- nimble. since the and we are constantly looking for ways to right size missions in response to conditions on the ground as we will do this year through john downes in haiti and liberia among other missions. when we mobilize the u.n. and member states to tackle global threats, we are doing more than just advancing our interests. we are enabling protection on u.n. basis for more than 112,000 displaced people in south sudan who fled after security forces went house to house killing people based on their ethnicity. we are rallying the general assembly to uphold the universal values that america holes deal

-- holds dear. we can clean the first meeting on anti-said and tourism in january where more than 50 countries condemned anti-semitism and pledged to take steps to stop it. we are not only helping to prevent generation of children in west africa from being wiped out by a deadly epidemic, but also making it safe for them to return to classrooms as happened just yesterday in sierra leone or schools just be for the first time in nine months. these are the stakes. these of the reasons that we will continue to work tirelessly to make the u.n. more efficient and more effective. this is why we're so grateful for the committee support as well as for its effort to hold the u.n. to the standards that american security and a great crises of our times demand. thank you and i look forward to your questions. rep. lowey: i'll have the first

question. what's troubling to me is the removal of all resolutions. rep. granger: the fact sheet states that all past u.n. concerning councils will be lifted simultaneous with completion by iran nuclear related actions addressing all key concerns. the listing of all un security council resolutions to nuclear program strikes quite a concession. ivan questions -- i've questions such as what is the rationale for immediately removing the sanctions. can you clarify the timing and what obligations must iran meet under the agreement? doesn't promise the un security council resolution and the coverage of sale and/or transfer of arms and ballistic missiles technology?

and so how can we credibly assure our allies in the region that the d concerns about iran's nuclear programs as well is iran's aggression in the region have not been dismissed? ambassador power: thank you. there is a lot there. when you try take a number of those issues in turn. -- let me try to take a number of those issues interpret let me just what i made it my opening statement. is reinforcing with the body and effective statement have done and putting pressure in iran to bring them to the negotiating table. i do want to distinguish that the sanctions are definitely responsible for the economic pressure the economic pressure that iran faces that causes them to make a very large number of concessions that many would not have expected. however, those sanctions did not succeed in dismantling iran's nuclear program indeed before the joint plan of action in the estimates on iran's breakout time were two to three months.

we looking at 19,000 centrifuges that will have to be down back as part of this agreement. the multilateral effects are very real and we are in a wide position to peacefully and verifiably insured that iran's nuclear program is for peaceful purposes only. with regard to your question, i think the most important point to stress is that iran has to take a whole series of nuclear related actions, actions at iraq and photo and actions to greatly reduce the number of centrifuges down from 19,000 to 6000. the kilograms i managed ukrainian, the quality of that uranium, all the steps have to be taken before anything is done in new york and before any additional sanctions relief is provided. those steps will need to amount to us having confidence that

iran's breakout time has gone from the two to three months where we are now two more than a year. that is again what those steps have been outlined in the printers document would bring about. that is going to take some time in the estimates range from six months to one year. but again, there will not be believe on the nuclear related sanctions until the steps have been tainted. -- taken. second and if i may just underscore that, this relationship -- this framework is not a framework pet indicator on trust. -- predicated on trust. that is why we had to wait the steps. what we would do in new york if this one for it is yes, list the prior resolutions, but we would need to put in place a mechanism for ensuring that many of the sanctions remain. the arms and weakening the ballistic

sanctions should remain for some time. they would need to be enshrinement in the security council of nuclear commitments iran is taking on and we will need to create some kind of procurement channel such that any acquisitions and purchases that iran is contemplating making what have to get approved do this procurement channel. by no means is that the case that willy-nilly, we look at and see a deal is signed and the security council sanctions that have been so critical to bring this to this place simply melt away. quite the contrary, we are looking at a faced approach. it is one that we think this is a much stronger one for iran's nuclear program. if i left out any part of your question -- rep. granger: i'll come back to it. mrs. lowe we.

-- mrs. lowey. rep. lowey: since 1948, the united states has been a steadfast supporter of israel. i've been troubled by reports from the administration that the united states would "do you valuate our approach." this could signal a shift in position at the united s nations. i believe it is in our national security interest that the united states unequivocally contends -- continues to stand by our democratic party in israel. is it in the administration to beat a one-sided anti-israel resolutions and the u.n.? ambassador power: i work tirelessly and predecessors in this job have worked tirelessly to defend israel's legitimacy

and security in the united nations and we will absolutely continue to do that. when there was discussion about reevaluation, i want to be very clear that there was no contemplation and will never be a contemplation of reevaluating our deep security and deep partnership and friendship relationship with the state of israel. as you know well the military and security intelligence ties are as deep as ever. we are just in the same period in them in comments made in the public that we have achieved things working with the state of israel and the united nations that many would not have thought possible, such as what i mention in my opening statement which is the first-ever general assembly in combating anti-semitism which occurred in january. just last fall, we opposed 18 u.n. general assembly biased and one-sided resolutions against israel and in december, not only

did i vote no on a hastily produced one-sided resolution, but also i and secretary kerry and the president where able to mobilize a coalition to jonas. best to join us. we will continue to work his family closely with israel in new york and as you know well, we have a record of standing when it matters for israel. i think the one thing that is important point out is that there are occasions and that have been occasions such as last summer during the gaza crisis where we work with the state of israel itself and our israeli colleagues in new york on a security council resolution. that never came to pass. and never came to a vote because we were not able to secure sufficient support for across the council. but again, we look to see what will advance israel security and

what will advance peace in the region and stand consistently for israel's legitimacy and security. rep. lowey: i appreciate your comments. the language that was repeated in several print quotes in reevaluating our approach. what does that mean? ambassador power: to distinguish a couple aspects of this, we and our predecessors and i think all of you have long supported the two state solution achieved through negotiation process. because of some of the comments that were made in election eo period it was not clear and i will note actions of the palestinians which were alluded to in your opening comments, and was not clear what the cross-section of those negotiations are. our projective as an

administration which i assume is a shared objective is what can diffuse tensions? what can get negotiations back on track? those of the questions that president obama is asking and as the new israeli government comes together, we have seen contact with our israeli friends to think through again what would lead us to the destination that we all agree is in the interest of both the israeli people in the palestinian people, which is achieving a two state solution through negotiation process. rep. lowey: i present the comments. certainly as long as i've been in congress, i've been helpful that there would be a two state solution negotiated through a negotiation process. and that is why it was so disturbing when the administration made that statement that they would reelect valuate -- reevaluate

that this is not the united nations. i'm hoping as i hear you that you are walking back that position in that position is not the decision of the administration. ambassador power: what i am saying is that we are looking at how we can support what we have long supported which is efforts to secure a two state solution. in order for a two state solution to come into existence the parties will have to reach agreements with one another. absolutely. rep. lowey: i wanted to make that absolutely clear because the histories is clear. if you go back to oslo and all the very serious negotiations, and and many of them, the polished indians walked back -- but houston means walk back whether it was president clinton or president bush, so i do hope that in our lifetime we can see a note negotiated two state solution that is negotiated with but both parties and we can

see peace in the world. i thank you very much for your comments. ambassador power: thank you congresswoman. rep. diaz: a group of cuban pro-democracy activists and u.s. citizens were attacked by the head of the cuban intelligence in venezuela. but after the attacks, the u.s. citizens were the ones detained. i've a picture here. this is a of the kernel

attacking an american citizen. either way, there are multiple videos that show it was not a fight in an actual attack as been shown already expressed by the press. this is the head of the venezuelan police force attacking the u.s. citizen. this is of two individuals. one with the two black eyes is an american and the other one is a woman and she was among the attack. here we have a picture of the americans and the cubans who are accompanying them and they were the ones detained for being attacked. here's my specific question. now that we know that it was members of the cuban regime that attack these folks and now that we know that there multiple videos showing that what specifically is united states going to do to hold the cuban

regime accountable for this egregious attack on american citizens and a violent attack on american citizens and cuban activists in panama? ambassador power: thank you congressman and thank you for being so outspoken on human rights in cuba and well beyond. let me just say that while i know that there are differences in opinion of you on some of the moves that the obama administration has made in regards to cuba -- that is probably an understatement. we do sincerely believe that the engagement that we now have with this regime is going to give us more leverage over time. with that said, the human rights conditions in cuba remain deeply disturbing. rep. diaz: my time is so limited, but specifically, we had americans attack. violently attacked. i showed that.