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on american history tv on c-span3. >> ohio republican governor john kasich formally launched his campaign on tuesday. today, he held his first public event and the early primary state of new hampshire. he discussed his views on the economy, energy policy, federal budget, defense policy, and foreign policy -- telling the audience in greenland, new hampshire they should send footsoldier's to fight isis. this is just over and hour. [applause] governor john kasich: you know doug was a speaker of the house. but you know who the real speaker of the houses? stella, come on. i had roots meet me outside

that guy was sitting next to me. i didn't have time for doug. they're great people. i could tell you a lot of stories. let me get to it so you can ask some questions, as well. i am thrilled to be traveling with john. when we get in the car, we talk about every policy and world affair -- is so much fun. he is so smart. he is smarter than i am, but i like to have smart people around me. how about one more round of applause for john? [applause] so, i don't think that you have heard this before, speaker. let me tell you a little story. ruth, i don't think you have heard this. i grew up in a little town outside of pittsburgh. my mother's mother lived with us she spoke broken and limited

english. my mother, she was very opinionated. not like me, i'm shy. she was opinionated. does a terrific woman, she was not educated, though. that is not what they did. and it is one little thing i think about, what my mother could have been. it was a place where there were not any republicans in that town. they were all democrats. i will tell you who they were, they were reagan democrats. god-fearing, common sense -- they were the ones who did all the work. they work in the steel mills they did not -- there was one guy who lived on our street who wore a white shirt. i never saw a white shirt, it was all blue collar. they loved america. i left that little town after high school and i went to ohio state. it is a small little school in the midwest. [laughter] and i was there for about a

month, and i got very concerned about some things. so i decided that i needed to have a meeting with the president of the university. because my uncle always told me you start at the top. i kept calling and they would not let me in. finally, they did. i went in to see the president of the university. he was a very impressive guy tall, baritone voice. he had a beautiful office. beautiful rods, desk, furniture. he says to me, what is on your mind? i told him. i said, i have been here for about 30 days. i am undecided as to what i want to be. when i look at this office and your assistant, maybe this is a job for me. [laughter] what exactly do you do? and he told me about his fundraising, that is what presidents do. academics, and then he said tomorrow i'm going to fly to

washington and have a meeting with president and. i said, there is a number of things i would like to talk to him about also. can i go with you? and he said no. [laughter] and i said, if i go back to my dorm room and write a letter, would you give it to the president? and the man had never seen me before, he said i guess i could do that. i went back to my dorm room and my best writing, and i sketched out a letter to the president. i signed it sincerely john kasich. if you like to discuss this, let me know. i will come see you. you know? a couple of weeks later, i went to my mailbox and there is a letter from the president. pretty cool. i opened it up, i went upstairs, and i called home. my mother answered the phone. i said mom, the president of the united states would like to have a meeting with me in the oval office. she is shouting, pick up the

phone, there's something wrong with johnny. [laughter] true story. so i go home, and this meeting is going to be in december. i'm home for first-quarter break. and they give me a ticket, drive me to the airport get out of the car, my mother roles the window down. she says when you get down there, they will you win, but it will be ok. i got on the plane and flew down, i went to the gate. i am sitting right outside the oval office. on this little bench. this guy walks up to me and says you are going to get five minutes alone with the president of the united states. what do you think? what do you think? you think that is good? i have a new jacket, shirt pants i did not come here for five lousy minutes. i am not coming out. [laughter]

i opened up the door, there is the oval office. mr. president, john kasich. i walked in, shake hands, take pictures. i sat down at his desk and spent 20 minutes alone with the president of the united states as an 18-year-old first-quarter freshman. the bad news i spent 18 years in congress, and if you add up all the time i spent in the oval office, i peek out at the age of 18. i should've moved. it really has been, folks, it has been the story of my life. i'm grateful to the lord that i have had the opportunities and blessings. look, i'm a flawed man. i'm trying to do the best i can. iran for state senate in a very tough year against an incumbent.

ruth, i never relied on the party organization. i relied on ladies like this and like this. no ask to grind normal folks. the weekend before the election, they said i was a nice young man but i was going to get slaughtered. i ended up winning. i went to the state senate and i learned how to work with the other party, doug. i was a republican, the house was democrat. and i know it is more important to pursue policy and politics. i was 26. i spent four years, my mother and father were on election night -- they said what are you doing now? i read for congress four years later. an iran with reagan. i met reagan in 1976. i was involved in the convention in 1976. i was a very big reagan guy. and when i say that, i knew him and work directly with him at the convention. how could you not be inspired by

ronald reagan? i know him as ronald reagan -- not what i read in the history books. because i had a chance to be with him. i ran with the reagan agenda, lower taxes. no one wanted to appear with him in 1982 because the economy was terrible. which was great, i got to spend more time with him. and that year, and 9082, i was the only republican to defeat an incumbent democrat in america. i was going to washington now in the first six years i served on the defense committee. my first foray into the defense committee, i was one of the people who found the hammers and the screwdrivers that cost $10,000. do remember that? i tell you a funny story, i got a be sure. i took these hammers and screwdrivers that this retiring colonel gave me from columbus. and my chairman was a guy who had his leg blown off in world

war ii. he was a great man and democrat, i was a eulogy is at his funeral. i got this stuff rich and hammer, he does looks at it. and then he looks at me and says your mother does not have any more like you at home? does she? this was a whole different change for him to see this. and we reformed that process. improved it, still many miles to go now. i was on defense for 18 years. it was incredible, because i served with the greatest minds. i got to sit across the table from barry goldwater. from john tower these were wow -- sam nunn. i learned a lot and is 18 years. six years on the budget committee and i wrote my first budget in 1989. there was a case budget vote of

135 no. what would you think about that? so i went back, my staff was depressed. they wrote this budget with me. they were really down. are you kidding me? we had 29 other people who thought we ought to run the country. this is fantastic. year after year, john came as we gather momentum. i wanted tell you one thing. in 1994, we elected a class of republicans who did not give a wit about their own reelection. they came to reform welfare, balance the budget. it was remarkable. after 10 long years in 1997, i was one of the chief architects of balancing the federal budget. the first time we had done it since man walked on the moon. we admit that it since. we paid down the debt.

the economy was doing great. i left washington. some of you might remember, i was a giant television star on fox news. [laughter] you are member how great i was. and i also worked at lehman brothers and i traveled all over the country and learn about business, which is so critical in understanding what motivates ceo's and boards of directors. i felt a calling. i'm a believing that if we are not here to serve others, i don't know why we're here. we can work a little golf in from time to time, so i ran for governor. and i won. and we did face a bad situation 20% of the operating budget in the hole. we lost 350,000 jobs, $.89 in the rainy day fund.

we went from 8 billion in the whole to 2 billion in the black. the cut taxes by $5 billion -- the largest amount in america. our credit is rocksolid and if you have mental illness, if you are drug addicted, if you're the working poor, if you are autistic, if you are developmentally disabled, a member of the minority community , you are in our family. you are in our family. no one gets left behind. and i was rewarded after my first year in office, i had a 28% approval rating. you have to get up every day and work hard to be that bad. [laughter] but i won 86 out of 88 counties including cuyahoga county which obama won by 40 points. i got 51% of unions, women, the second highest margin of victory in modern ohio political history. and it happen for two reasons.

one, i created jobs, opportunity. secondly, people feel included. the most important thing -- a couple of important things we need to do. job creation is our highest moral goal. getting people work is what it is all about. this economy has grown -- terrible growth. we have to get going and we need to balance the budget. we need to be on track to do it. i have done it before, we would do it again. secondly, as people feel that things are getting better, every american has to be invited in. no one can feel as though they're out, they don't matter, they don't count. i'm a believer that this country is great not because of the people at the top but the people at the foundation and provide us the strength. that is what i've tried to do all of my lifetime. yesterday was interesting, it was bruce's son's birthday.

i made a decision to announce i was running for president. [laughter] into the little bit away from that, but that was ok. this sum was very happy i picked his birthday to do that. that is my story, and i'm sticking to it. let me take some questions. speaker, you get to pick the folks. how was that? you can give me some quiet applause. [applause] >> that lady in orange. looks like a pumpkin. [laughter] >> i'm not sure like being called a big pumpkin. >>governor john kasich: i don't even know the speaker. [laughter] >> it is a pleasure to have you here. one of my concerns is obviously with what is going in our

courting stations, how you feel about the military being able to protect themselves in the recruiting stations. and on u.s. soil. governor john kasich: people in the recruiting stations should be armed. they should be able to do their job. [applause] in my state, even today, we are closing four of them down. assessing all of the armories. but i want our recruiters to be able to be effective, able to protect themselves and other people there. i guess to an even bigger question, right? there are a couple of things i would tell you. the military has really run down over the. of the last decade. it is not been recently, it has happened over time. there are too many bureaucrats running things inside the pentagon. almost a million, and you have all of these people doing this stuff, things don't get done in

the government. if you are bloated, whether you are a business or a government it just doesn't work. because doing it through the government, we just could not move at the speed of business at all. the same is true inside the pentagon. it needs an entire makeover. and then, we need to make sure we are buying the weapons we need. we need to rebuild the navy, strengthen the army, we need to be able to battle this problem of cyber security. in order to do this, some of what we have to do should involve the private sector. i want to tell you a story. after 9/11, i got a phone call to go and meet with the former secretaries of defense with secretary rumsfeld. i have no idea why they invited me. i went to the meeting. as i sat there, i began to learn that we were actually not doing well on the technology front.

i suggested in this meeting that we bring some of the best minds in silicon valley, it was working out there. i knew these people. help us deal with this problem. by the way, i brought these two guys -- one is named larry paige. and i met them in california, they came to the meeting and the pentagon with volkswagens and skates tied to the roof. you may have heard of their company. it is called google. we took some of the best and the brightest inside the pentagon and rumsfeld from time to time would convene a meeting and thank these people for the work they were doing to solve some of the technology problems. we need to do more of that. we need to be less paranoid and use more common sense when it comes to solving these big problems.

bureaucrats, god bless them, they can trip over one another and not get the job done. when it comes to people like isis, it is either pay me now or pay me a heck of a lot later. i have been saying for months that we should have a coalition of people that will go there and begin to destroy that organization called isis. ok? i think we need to do it. [applause] so people say well, the polls are good for putting boots on the ground. ok? when do leaders have to be doing this? when leaders do this, they don't have any followers. this is something that has to be dealt with. let's do it. we can rally the support of the public for this. we need good intelligence. we need human intelligence, we have degraded our intelligence. and snowden ought to be locked up for a thousand years or what

he did. [applause] it is a terrible thing. even in my state, i get intelligence briefings. we don't want to lose civil liberties. i give credit to rand paul for saying we have a balance between security and liberty. we have to have the information. but we do not want the government having all of this stuff, in my opinion. i don't love them looking at everything i do. i think we can strike a balance. and we have to be prepared. i want to tell you, i know that this stuff is unnerving to people. scary, and away. but look, we have been through a civil war, racial violence depression, world wars, 9/11, can't we just feel good little bit? can't we start to enjoying being americans again? [applause] i think we can. we can stop a lot of it. and we do every single day.

when it comes to those recruiting stations, they are just one piece of this whole thing. but we are going to rebuild our defense so allies respect us. we have to mean what we say. no more red lines, and walking away from it. all we do is tell people we are weak. one other thing i want to say, i was telling john this on the way appear. there is no religion that i am familiar with, non-on the face of this earth and history of mankind that says for you to go to paradise, you go slaughter and kill somebody you have never met. and i tell you something, we have to lead the world and making it clear that it is complete apostasy. it is unacceptable to humankind. and that is a part of the message that we need to have said loudly across the world.

and we have to fight for decency. i'm an optimist. i'm a glass half-full guy on most things. we are going to be fine. america will be fine. i will do my best, i promise you. but you have to do yours, too. again, this whole thing is built from here to the top. we work for you. you don't work for us. that is my attitude. [applause] we call for the flag lady. we have one in ohio. flag lady. >> hi, my name is brenda. my husband has younger onset alzheimer's disease my mother has it as well. i am one of 65,000 caregivers in the state of new hampshire, one in five medicare dollars is for

caring for alzheimer's disease. by 2050 -- thank you. [applause] the projections are by 2050 28 million baby boomers will have all alzheimer's. i know the financial burden to families, as well as our country. what will you do to make sure that this devastating disease gets the attention it deserves? also the potential bankruptcy to medicare and medicaid? governor john kasich: when i was in congress, we were balancing budgets, because i don't think the balance a budget you do/everything. you have to figure how to make things work everything. it is like a garage sale. you clean out your house

most of what you have needs to be shined up. newt gingrich just wrote an op-ed piece, and i'm close to newt. i'm very happy with what he said. john and i were there when we double the funding for the national institutes of health. there are some organizations i would not double, i would do it the other way. but we need to do this research. this basic research that the national institutes of health is absolutely critical. i think it is bipartisan. support for this is growing. and we need to do that number one. number two, i think we need to have some real incentives so people begin to buy long-term care. right now, it is really expensive. i have it. my wife and i have it, we bought years ago. there is very little incentive to buy it. we need to think about the way in which people can afford this. because in your case, it would be a situation where you would

have someone there. you're a caregiver yourself. you know what difference it makes to have someone in the house, right now, you know what cost. it costs too much. we need to think about a way to incentive i've the purchase of that long-term care. the other thing i would tell you, in my state at least, we said that if you need to go into a nursing home, that is fine. but if you want to stay in your own home, you should be able to do that, as well. we have also treated the caregivers very fairly. when i came in, they were almost a part of ohio. people want me to dump them out. i did not want them to be governed employees, but i do not want them to lose their health care. the reasons they can get on the exchanges, they are protected. you do not want to hurt the caregivers. it is a gift. the lord give you a gift to be able to care for people.

i think it is research, long-term care, i think it is these breakthroughs we need to have in medicine to make sure our caregivers are respected in society. but i don't know how to cure all alzheimer's. but there is some kid may not be eating a good education, it could be ben carson. somebody could rise, because thomas aquinas, the all caps theologian said that science and faith are connected. we are given the brains to fix these things, and we have to do that. i give you a hug ma'am, because that is really hard. it is really hard. the quicker we get to it, the better. i will do what i can do. thank you. [applause]

let me just say one more thing. i want you to hear this. i get criticized because i took money, ohio money from washington to treat the mentally ill, the drug addicted, and the working poor. summary says, stop moralizing. i am not going to foist myself, i'm the fallen guy. i do the best i can. the reason why i bought that money back his calledd expanding medicaid. we can treat the drug addicted in our prisons, and they can -- we treat them and we turn them over to the community. the recidivism rate is 10%. the national recidivism rate is a most 50%. why would i not want to treat them? if i have this money, i wouldn't

have the resources to do it. bipolar and schizophrenics sit in our prisons 20% of my prison population are bipolar or schizophrenic. we are supposed to lock them up? we treat them. you can be bipolar and function almost normally. well, the way we function -- that is normal. [laughter] we function as well as he possibly can. these programs do not have to be exploded in order to deliver good services. and it has made a difference in our state. and people are going to criticize me for, god bless them. but you know what? i am really glad i did this because there are people's lives that have been saved. i'm sorry, i wanted to tell you that. [applause] >> my name is amy. i'm a volunteer with the league

of conservation voters, what are your plans for addressing climate change in the state of new hampshire? governor john kasich: how about the world? [laughter] i believe we are supposed to be good stewards of the environment. and i appreciate the fact that you are involved. we don't want to worship the environment. we live here. we have to manage it. you just ask stella, they have a beautiful farm. they care about that land as much as anybody does. and sometimes people come up with radical ideas about the environment, and it lends itself to worship the environment. i don't worship it, but i protected. in my state, we spent a lot of money on lake erie. we don't want that to be destroyed. i have also fought with some people in my own party over the issue of renewables. i assume you like wind or solar.

as long as that wind farm is not where you are. [laughter] the kennedys like wind, but they did not like that thing in the ocean. what we call back? nimby. i think it is a mix. and when it comes to cold, i think we ought to clean it and burn it. i think we have to be respectful of it, young lady. because if we do not go the extra mile, then we may be doing something that can't be improved. but i don't want to be crazy here. i don't want you not to get a job because we have done things that are extreme. it is like many other things in life, it requires balance. respected, protected, don't worship it. one of the most exciting things that will happen in your lifetime, will be battery technology. what is that car called? the tesla.

have you ever been in one? you are a young woman, make sure you get your friends and go for a ride in tesla. no emissions. technology is moving, so my view is i am not going to deny it. i am not sure who is right. but i will be careful about it. ok? [applause] >> how about that male over there. [laughter] >> a male democrat. the question i have is affecting baby boomers, student loan forgiveness for our offspring.

we have a student paying off his loans, we had a national defense loan that a lot of us to to the advantage of. the you have plans to help? i'm not looking for freelance but maybe a freee -- governor john kasich: let me get to the root of it. my kids are 15. here is what we have done in the state. and what i think we should be thinking about nationally. number one, we do not give any aid to a college or university unless the student completes a course or graduates. no more giving money out the people walk around and never graduate, never complete the course. that creates an incentive for our universities to guide our

students through a shorter time. we do have a great community college system now which allows you to be in a position you cut your costs for the first couple of years before you go to the university. thirdly, we have a program that ought to be aggressively expanded called college credit plus. some students can take college courses in high school and a credit for high school graduation and higher education some kids are coming close to cutting off an entire year. from going to college. they're going to shorten their ability to get a degree. what i have done, i have gotten a handful of business people -- i did not select them for their affability. i selected them for their capability. and they are part of a small group that is looking into the cost drivers inside our

universities and community colleges. ohio state university had a parking, a bunch of lots and garages. ohio state least those private company and got half $1 billion. this happened a few years ago. why is ohio state running parking rogers? we have to look at the non-academic assets. many of the leaders at these institutions, my guys and women are saying go do it. we will implement it. but it is tough to be a president. and to get everybody together, this is vital. i will tell you why. no one is going to pay this money. i met a girl with her dad, she is ringing up nearly $200,000 worth of debt. she got two years of scholarship. it was $100,000 -- the school

cost $60,000. she was up $240,000 in after taxes. part is controlling those costs and on top of it, if you don't get your act together -- online education is going to take you down. people are not going to -- i don't need to say that when i talk to people from harvard. or m.i.t. [applause] that is part of it. we had some loan forgiveness in there. it ultimately got stripped out. what we have to do, i cannot make you a promise that all of a sudden we will write it off. but i think what we have to do going forward is reduce these costs. but maybe you just said something to make sense. maybe he did. you do some community service maybe that is a way to work it out. it is an interesting idea. i have to think about it. i don't want to make a promise

-- we will take care all. don't worry. and will balance the budget, and a chicken in every pot. [laughter] i think it is a good suggestion. what you think john? he said don't be asking me when you are talking. ok, i don't know if that works for you. but we are doing as much as we can going forward. we do have to be concerned about what we have now. >> the young lady right in the front. >> my name is marie lemieux. >> are you related to mario? >> my brother. i'm kidding. [laughter] >> one of my concerns is a free handouts and wasteful spending, i think people on food stamps has almost doubled since 2008. i just heard a statistic yesterday that the number of children on welfare has gone to 22%.

i am 100% for helping people the issue i have is with the people who can work and do not want to and stand there with hands out. i was wondering what you plan to do? governor john kasich: it is a sin not to help people who need help, but equally a sin for helping those who don't need it. the last time i checked, we had a total of about 130,000 people on general relief. i think that was a number. that is a lot of people. but 132,000 out of 11.5 million creates perspective. here is what we are doing with welfare. this is an amazing thing. you know how confusing it is when you get medical care? you go to what dr., they tell you this, you go to the next one. you don't know what the heck is going on. the best procedure for health

care the future, maybe i should talk about it. we will have a shepherd to get quality care at lower prices. if you go to the welfare department, on food stamps or general relief, you can have as many as five caseworkers. when i told the welfare departments across ohio and will be of limited next year, you will have one caseworker. they will do the comprehensive work for someone who comes in on welfare. and if you as a county department will not do what i say, i will take your money away. and i might privatize it or give it to someone else. then what we are going to do, we are going to get businesses in the welfare office. in this little county outside of columbus, we have businesses located in the welfare office. so what they do is they train the people on relief for a job that actually exist. and they have like a 90%

retention, they have hired a lot of people from the lines. there are a lot of things you have to do, you have to have the skills and education. plus, you have to have k-12 networks. do you hear what i'm saying? we live at lake when a sake wobegon. so we have to give them the skills of front. the president can be a cheerleader. the president to hold people accountable. but the fixing of this education and is welfare system must be done where we live. it has to reflect our values not somebody down there in washington where they don't even know what the time zone is here. one of the things i would do is move more this authority and empower people like you here in new hampshire to design your own

program. rather than it be designed there. now, i also think doug -- every county is different, too. so it seems to mean we should design our own welfare program to hold people accountable, give them skills, but you cannot train them for underwater basket weaving. there is no job in that. another thing we have done in ohio, we know what the in demand jobs are. we actually can determine what are the current job and future job needs. you start moving them into it. we have some new programs. let me give you one more. you are a poor mom, your husband ran out. you have a couple of kids, you work at walmart. fine, that is ok. but you want to do better. we're asking some of the businesses to come together and put online curriculum that you can take your own speed and when

you complete that curriculum, you are guaranteed an interview in the state of ohio. you will give a credential to give you value because you have a skill. if you become a medical coder you can make $41,000 a year. we want hope and opportunity for these folks. but i will tell you, the amazing thing -- do you know most of the people on general relief in ohio? it is limited you can only be on it for three years i think. most of them do not stay on it that long. i don't know where they go. they go into the underground economy somewhere. it is complicated, isn't it? i have given you a number of of things to think about, but it is not simple. in our stay, we want you to be trained, trained for a job that exists, we will hold you accountable. that is where we are going now. [applause] ok? [applause]

ok? >> governor, i am a newlywed millennial. i care deeply about our nation's fiscal issues. i'm glad to hear the budget is a top priority. i know you are a huge advocate of the balanced budget amendment. i was curious how you are going to get us there, say your president, what is your first budget look like? what kind of changes do you make to get us there? governor john kasich: do you know how to eat an elephant? one bite at a time. [laughter] we need a balanced budget because congress will never live up to their responsibility if we don't force them. i was in congress. and i have been a governor. if we didn't have a balanced budget requirement in ohio, in new hampshire, you would not balance the budget. people would figure out a way to

avoid responsibility. and congress, you come home and blame someone else. i was there for 18 years, i know how to do it. the way that you do this, you plotted over time. and you figure out -- that is all we need to do. we don't need to have it done tomorrow. but everything undergoes the scrutiny, with no favoritism. and you cannot start to play games that while i like this guy , this person help me, they are exempt -- you have to go through it systematically. then what you do is you figure out do you need the program? number two, it should be in washington or sent back to the states empowering the states? if we need a program, can we fix it so that it works? and number four, for the big entitlement programs, how you do it in such a way that you bring the country together rather everybody ripping each other apart and being demagogues?

you have to include the other party. if you don't, it will not work. you have heard of obamacare. because they shove that through on a straight partyline vote, people are better. we are on a have to build it in. i have written 16 budgets in my lifetime. i thought i am done with writing all these budgets. but i will be writing them until they put me in the ground. that is the road to go on. there is another litmus test, if it is in the yellow pages, why is government doing it? you don't have to do these things. that is the way you do it, gradual, creative, send things back. and try to innovate. in always. you are a millennial, you understand the 21st century? you are never the kindle? a cost a lot of money. now they pay you to take one. [laughter] > oneif we can reduce the

overhang that sits on their on businesses, this economy will grow. i saw it happen. the minute republicans won the majority in 1995, things started to get better. there was a sense that this mess was with you figure out. and it did. until they went back to their spending ways. i hate to tell you this, but it was the republicans in charge who blew the $5 billion surplus. if i'm president, it is not going to happen. [applause] >> thanks so much for coming today. i am also a millennial concern about the budget. i really concerned about the carbon budget. we have been burning fossil fuels for 30 years, and we will reach two degrees celsius by 2050. that will be catastrophic for

people around the globe and for americans. my question is this -- we hear a lot in the republican party that jobs and climate are opposed. that there is no way to cut emissions and keep jobs. already in the renewable economy, we are employing more than fossil fuels and creating a transition that will create many more jobs and put us on a safepath to the future without going over budget. you said your grandfather was a coal miner. i respect that. people need to work. at the same time, we need to cut carbon and keep 80% in the ground. when you commit to doing this for my future? governor john kasich an first ofh: first of all, that is a really smart woman. give her an applause. [applause] i think i told you it was a

balance. in ohio, we have cut emissions by 30%. that is for the good. and i told you about renewables, and i think they are very important. but the power america, and to power the world, all of these resources need to be used. and i talked to you about the battery technology, what is going to do is give us distributive power. you are going to see utilities clearly different than they are today. but if you take the development of wind and solar and geothermal and you clean coal and continue with natural gas, you have methane issues, but we have dealt with that. environmentalists like we did. making sure that our water is clean. that is an important part. in fact, one of the first things i did -- don't tell the speaker this. every republican voted for this bill in lake erie and i vetoed

it because it would damage the streams and tributaries. back to what i said, the issue of ballots in this. but folks, i want to tell you that we have a handful of these young people -- she left. but these young people want to change things. i welcome it. it may not be everything i want them to do, i have 215 yearstwo 15-year-olds. and a wife. i am for gender equity, i don't know when it will come, but i respect what you are saying. let me say one thing to you. you know how you are a believer in this and you are idealistic? so inam i. don't ever become cynical or lost, fight for what you believe in, be respectful, and stay

involved. you are the next leader, ok? >> when you do anything to cut carbon? governor john kasich: i gave you the best answer. you got this guy recording me. i wouldn't the best i can. [laughter] [applause] i will do my best. >> this young man right here. >> bill burke from canton. in 2018, the obamacare plan imposes an excise tax on some plans. how you deal with that? governor john kasich: i think obamacare should go. [applause] people say you are for medicaid

expansion, you are for obamacare. reagan expanded that. but the problem is that obamacare does not control costs, it drives up the cost. and it doesn't get to the problem. in my view is what we ought to be doing is incentivizing for example our primary care doctors, we should have insurance companies and providers come together to provide quality medicine -- not quantity medicine. you going today, to the hospital, they might give you 10 tests and you only need two. summary else's pain. we are driving change. and everything i'm talking about in ohio can be done nationally. we want the hospitals and our managed care companies and the primary care doctors working together so that as prices come down, they both win. and the patient is healthier.

let me explain specifically what i mean by this. our children's hospital in columbus has made an agreement with the insurance company. around the issue of asthma. a lot of kids have it. the issue is how can you be healthy without having to be hospitalized? and they have significantly cut the number of hospital omissions. admissions. the insurance company has more money. they are sharing the benefit. that is the way it ought to work. you treat for quality, drive lower prices, let everybody share, we end up healthier. that is fundamentally how we should do it. obamacare doesn't touch any of that. [applause] >> we have one last one. you have been persistent. >> i am known for that.

a quick question, long answer. what is your position on citizens united and the outrageous amount of money being spent on political campaigns. governor john kasich: it is not a great system when billionaires --every time we change, we have our system. we have to figure out what we want to do on this. and if i lose, i will blame the system. and if i win, i think it will be good. we really need to be careful about what we do. i'm not going to get into campaign-finance reform now. my buddy john mccain was in it. there will be a time to address it, i have some thoughts on it. but want to make sure they are accurate. one of my friends said last night, sometimes, john kasich know so much about so many things -- what is he said he doesn't know. ?

because i don't want to give you an answer that is not legitimate. never notice that people who run for president never keep their word. the things they promise they cannot do. why don't we stop doing that. i will tell you what i'm certain of, and i will tell you of things i am not sure of. i will tell you what we would do. i would just have you down to the white house like i went when i was 18, and we can discuss this. thank you all very much. [applause] governor john kasich: uber is

like google. good luck. >> thanks. governor john kasich: who is that? >> my wife. governor john kasich: who are you three? have i seen you before? hold on. thank you. >> is your refusal to commit to cutting carbon due to the influence of -- governor john kasich: no, no. everything is great. >> how are you?

thank you. governor john kasich: thank you. >> i'm doing a special piece on the primary. can i get a picture? governor john kasich: what are you studying? >> history and government. >> we are excited about it. thank you so much. governor john kasich: thanks for being here. i'm trying to figure out how i can campaign here.

>> i have followed your career. governor john kasich: thank you. >> my husband is from cincinnati. and he also grew up in the pittsburgh area, near keys. is that near you? governor john kasich: yes. >> i don't think so. thank you very much. governor john kasich: see you guys. >> part of the problem with the school loans is because you can get the loan without any problem -- governor john kasich: that is another thing i should have

mentioned. people get the loan and they use it for things beyond -- somebody told me, i forget the number, it was extraordinarily high. they use it to buy cars. a lot of them do, from what i'm told. >> the university keeps raising their rates. governor john kasich: i know they do. i said to one of our schools why don't you lower the price? if we lower the price, people come here. they think that we are no good. that mentality has to change. >> the irs what i am really angry about is the earned income tax credit. it is unbelievable. and the tax preparers have made it ok for welfare.

if i don't check to make sure i am entitled to this, i get fined. governor john kasich: there are two things. the other is the earned income tax credit, we are not managing it. we have to manage it. >> i am no fan, i am a gentleman who likes to use the entire thing. governor john kasich: sometimes -- people if you have to explain the purpose to them, they would do it a lot better. hi. >> great talk. governor john kasich: thank you. thank you very much. of course, where is your camera?

thank you. >> there are three of us. >> do one more. just in case. >> thank you. >> good. how are you. >> thank you. >> expresses that we have met.

>> thank you. that is always in do. we can do one. >> immigration did not come up. >> it did not come up. thank you. >> yeah. >> the era of selfies. >> i will have to get you guys to be the front calvary. >> there will be like, we do not want to do that. >> i enjoyed it.

>> thank you. >> i have then many times. >> i play. >> me to. >> my mortgage bill. >> there you go. >> giving it. thank you very much. >> we are going to. >> how do you break through the trumpet noise? >> i do my thing. how did i get to be governor or congressman? people either like it or they do not.

that is all i could win. >> i would still be the governor of ohio. campaigning in new hampshire. >> a really good question. it is locked by block. -- blovkck by block. you have to ask the people. i do not have a narrow routes i focus on. a lot of the experience i have had, when you have national security experience and are an

architect of balancing a federal legend, when you turn a state around that was on its back, it is big and unique. on top of that, you put it all together. >> how do you feel that you will not be on the debate stage? >> it is too early. i would not worry about it. >> it is not for you. >> i have nothing to say about that. >> i'm not going to say how it will work. i am not a fortune teller. i will do the best i can do and

be happy about it. life is sometimes about trying. mi confident that i can win? yeah. i am a governor of ohio. we will see what happens. >> what about the record and things you have done? i have not heard you articulate what you want to do. what are you looking for? >> i have been talking about immigration and health care. the department of defense and balancing the budget. we could talk about -- i don't know what else. we can take a lot of ohio to washington, if you want to know. i will make it clear that if i'm

not connecting, i am not. >> it is a clear signal that everybody is -- anybody can promise anything. who has the record and who can we believe. they do not like politicians very much. if you do not like the politicians have done, it hurts credibility with people. we have had it. >> i do not think about that.

i like john mccain and he was a great war hero. he is a great guy. maybe he will someday -- >> scott walker is going. in the remarks he discusses the economic plan and his accomplishments. this is one hour.

best representative in the land. >> feeling the same way but to mark -- same way? >> it is good to be here. >> i am so happy. >> this will be fun for -- fun. wow. that's great. this is my wife, tonette. these are my sons. >> nice to meet you. scott walker: these are my nieces. this is my brother and sister-in-law who were driving the car behind us. they have a winnebago. >> i am having a little party

afterwards. you should come over. yeah. all right. well -- scott walker: i went before the crowd 40 years ago. let'swe got an iowa flag. i got them in there. >> yeah. >> crashing into the pillar right? >> being out on the road. >> important to be out there.

>> what is going on? >> nice to meet you. nice to meet you. >> that is my wife, tonette. >> very good. this is wonderful. great to have you. scott walker: it was great. we had a blast. i compete with my staff and assistance. i had 17,000 and there was the vibration. i tie it onto the rim and i would be all set. >> we are glad to have you here. >> thank you. it is fun doing things around the country. >> yeah.

>> the sound of the harley. he already claimed that one. >> yeah. i will rev it up for you a little. >> got to rev it up a little bit. the one thing i do not do is sit on the back, right? >> thank you. good to see you. >> good to see you. >> i have in-laws in wisconsin. >> sure. >> yeah. all over the place. >> i believe it. we get every spot. thank you so much. >> just retired.

yeah. >> we are going to almighty nine counties. -- all 99 counties. all right. >> thank you. all right. >> good. >> good to see you. >> hi. >> where you from? >> southtown. >> nice. >> could be a lot lower. >> welcome. >> this is really close to my

neighborhood. it is really good. i tried to be. >> i'm the last one out on council bluffs. after that, we are going to marshalltown. we are doing alls 99. we are doing them all. >> you have a great crowd here. you can feel the energy. >> it is going to be good. good to see you. thanks for joining us. >> good to meet you. >> good to see you. >> yeah. >> tremendous. >> ri. -all right. >> hi, guys.

good to see you. yeah. did see you. -- gootd to see you. goosd to see you. thanks for being with us. thank you very much. glad you could be here. see you. -- good to see you. yeah. i was in las vegas. somebody brought me a baby named, "reagan." good to see you. how are you? >> thank you for supplying life. >> can you smile? >> just looking around.

it looks like popeye. >> i have followed walker's career. i'm proud to say that i am one of the first representatives in the house to sign onto the campaign and endorsed him. -- endorse him. after seeing the things he went through as governor, he promised to bring fiscal reform and get wisconsin back on the right track. he took over and the state was $3.6 billion in debt. he turned it around and closed the gap. they had a rainy day fund and then lowered taxes while doing this. he has a great resume and this is the person in that we need in the white house.

and, so, when the governor talked to me a couple of times -- i met him twice now -- and he asked me if i would support his campaign, i said i would. getting to know him a little bit and talking to him a couple of times, i made the right choice. he is a great guy. he is a leader. he would be a great president. the governor, in his spare time, which he has little of, i know that. he works hard in madison and were charred to keep wisconsin on the right track. he believes the principles in wisconsin would be a good model for the nation and i agree with him. without further ado, i want

to injuredtroduce scott walker. scott walker: thank you. thanks. thank you. thank you very much. after the introduction like that and the representative is the best of the best. we appreciate it. great job of hosting. a lot of people are here and we appreciate you joining with us. i like to say two quick things on a serious note. i would like to pause for a moment of prayer to think about -- the other day -- a couple of days ago -- i talked to bill in tennessee. we lost four marines in the horrible accident in tennessee

and three individuals were shot. we have lost another. it is now five whose lives were taken. can we just pause and pray for them? thank you. and, one of the thing i want to say, earlier today i make a practice of not commenting on the positions of other republicans. my view is that i would share what i am for. i have been asked a bit about what i think about this candidate or that candidate and i say, they speak for themselves. today, one of the candidates made a comment about john mccain.

say what you want about his politics. let me be clear that john mccain is american hero and i will denounce anyone who speaks ill of someone who has been a prisoner of war. not just john mccain. i will make an exception for someone who goes personal on someone from our military. i will defend the veterans, regardless of the politics. i am glad to be here today and it is nice to be at a harley dealership. i had a lot of fun. joanie and i had a lot of fun. we need to ride as much as we can. if i win, i might not be riding for eight years.

we are criss-crossing the country and having fun. i have my wife tonette. i have matt and alex. we have a winnebago and we are criss-crossing the state. a great time. i love times like this in the winnebago. we are doing the full grassley. just like him, we are doing all 99 counties. we are making a play to win in 2016. a path to the republican presidency goes through the midwest.

that involves iowa, michigan ohio pennsylvania. for us, it is imperative to win. we want to do well in 2016. you will see a lot of us. we will have a lot of fun here. we love going through the counties. monday we made the big announcement as to our intentions and now, we can officially say in iowa, that i am scott walker, running for president, and i am asking for your vote. i am asking for your vote. i was talking about veterans and i mentioned a few veterans from world war i and world war ii who lived up the block for me and a vietnam veteran who had an influence. i am reminded of them and others around the country. america is a can-do kind of country that has a government in

washington they cannot get the job done. i have good news. it is not too late. help is on the way. we can make the country great again and that is exactly what i'm going to do. to do that, we need the kind of leadership that is new fresh gets things done. that is what we did across the mississippi. we got things done in wisconsin. since i have been governor, we took on the utnions. 100,000 protesters occupy the capital. they did a recall. if we can take them on their, we can take them on anywhere. we look at that and say, we lower taxes on individuals

employers, farmers, property owners, and taxes are lower in my state than they were four years ago. they will be lower in 2016 in an 2010. -- than 2010. we defunded planned parenthood and passed pro-llife legislation. we enacted castle doctrine and conceal carry. now, we have a law that says that you have to have photo id to votie in my state. so, i say and they can work in

wisconsin, it can work anywhere in america. whether it is traveling across the state for, i hear they are tired about politicians who say they are against things. americans want to vote for something and someone. let me to you what i am for. i am for reform, growth, safety. i am for transferring power out of washington and putting it in the hands of taxpayers. that is reform. i am for a better economy that allows everybody live a piece of the american dream. i am part of -- im in favor of protecting your children and grandchildren from radical terrorism. that is safety.

so, reform, growth safety. i will tell you why i am for real reform in washington. we had reforms that took power out of big government spenders and put it into the hands of taxpayers. because governments are working better and people are doing better, in washington, they seem to think that they measure success by how many people are dependent on the government. we should measure success by the opposite. how many people are no longer dependent on the government? you can clap for that. >> prosperityprosperity comes from work. i grew up in a small town and my

brother and i were born to a preacher. he was called to be a minister in colorado springs. my parents were called to a church called plainfield with a population of 450. one year later, my brother came and it is funny. you can tell how old this picture is is i had to pull it out and it has glue lines. i have the picture of my brother and i 40 years ago. it did not have an iowa state flag. we got the mayonnaise jar and

got enough coins in the jar to buy the state flag and, my mom took a picture and he was much cuter than now. this is the guy on the left. that is a great reminder and i moved to wisconsin and that is where david and i grew up. i think about the routes and my first job was washing dishes and i moved up to the big time and started flipping hamburgers at mcdonald's. when i started flipping burgers

it was 15 miles down the road and his manager told him he did not have the interpersonal skills to work the cash register. think about that and i think about my parents and my dad being a small-town preacher. my grandparents were farmers who did not have indoor plumbing. my dad was a machinist and a rectory -- at a factory in rockford illinois. when you play by the rules, you can be anything you want. that is worth fighting for.

so, let me spend another minute to tell you why i am for a program of economic plan. you see, there is a real contrast and. i believe that the top-down approach needs a counter. we need to build the economy from the ground up. as long as you do not hurt the safety of your neighbor, start your own career and build your home business. live your own life. that is freedom! the kind of freedom that is the cornerstone of the american dream! our plan has five simple things. create more jobs in the country and raise wages by repealing obamacare once and

for all to put decisions back in the hands of patients and families. we need to reign in the regulatory climate in the federal government. i am for common sense. let's get rid of bureaucratic red tape. it hurts small business owners and farmers. the federal government is a real burden. it is a blanket on the economy. we need to lift it up. we need to put in place the all of the above energy policy. we are energy-rich. we can fuel the recovery on the right path. then, i say, let's find a way to get people the education and the qualifications to succeed. we can find careers that pay

more i am proud of the reforms would put in the state. we reformed public education and we provide more quality choices for families because i trust parents to make the right decisions for their children. i want every child in america no matter what the background or the zip code they come from, they deserve access to great education in the traditional public or the virtual or homeschooled environment. every child deserves access to a great education in america and i believe in a high standards.

i do not believe in common core or a school board. we need to take power and send it back to our states and schools. it is more accountable to the american public. now, i have a dollar here. it is simple. where would you spend the dollar? would you keep it in the school? most of us would keep it here. speaking of dollars, progrowth will help grow the economy and we need to lower the burden on the taxpayers so that you can

keep more of the money. that is fundamentally important going forward. i know that we can do it because we did it in my state. some people did me grief on why i focus so much attention on tax relief. tonette and i love to shop in a place -- at a place called kohl's. there was a segment the other night on jimmy fallon. did you see it? if i go to kohl's i go to the rack that says it is between$29.99. maybe if i remember to get the mail or,er 15%-20% or, if i am

lucky, %30. at the last minute, tonette pulls out the kohl's cash and it is like we are getting paid for the shirt. it seems like it. they make it off of all human. -- off of volume. they can lower the race. base. the government could charge higher rates in a few people could afford it. or, we could lower the rates and have more people participate. years ago, that worked with ronald reagan. they called it the laffer

curve. today, i call it the kohl's curve. to prosper, we need to live in a safe and stable world. the commander in chief has a sacred duty to defend the american people. the best president when it came to national security was a governor from california who read told the military, -- rebui lt the military, stood up for our allies and without apology. it led to a peaceful time in american history. we can do it again. under obama-clinton america leads from behind and we head towards disaster.

the president draws lines in the sand and allows them to get crossed. he calls isis, the "the jv squad." he calls yemen a success story. we tied ribbons around the tree for 444 when iran held americans hostage. iran is not a country we should be doing business with and i will terminate a bad deal with iran reinstate sanctions and convince our allies to do the same. on top of all that, at the state of the union, you heard him say -- proclaim -- that the greatest

threat to future generations was climate change. climate change. mr. president, i respectfully disagree. the greatest threat is radical islamic terrorism and we need to do something about it. we can live the political restrictions on the military personnel in iraq so they can reclaim the territory taken by isis. i would rather take the fight to them than wait for them to bring the fight to us. we need to ignore knowledge -- acknowlege israel and start

treating them like an ally. we need to stop the aggression of russia. putin believes that you probe with bayonets. if you find mush, you push. if you find steel you stop. we have to have a form policy that puts steel in front of the enemies. we need to stop cyber attacks in slow the advances in international waters. we need to speak out about the abysmal human rights record. we need to secure the border enforce the laws, stand up for a legal immigration system that puts priority on american working families and wages in a way that improves the economy.

we need to give our men and women in uniform the resources that they need not just to keep a safe abroad. we need to give them the ability to protect them selves -- themselves here. we need to give them quality health care that they deserve. the best way to honor them is by fighting to win. there will be times -- that is right. this is important. this is important. the goal should be peace. it should be peace through strength. there will be times where america must fight. if we must america's fighting

to win. there is no greater friend or worst enemy than the united states of america. so, there are pretty big challenges for this president will stop domestic we, economically, it is where we stand in the world. i am an optimist. i love america. i love the american costsspirit. we can turn things around. we need the right leadership. we have a tremendous opportunity. you were going to have to look at that field. i'm going to tell you that there is a difference in this

election. there are fighters and there are winners. there are many in washington who have been fighting and have not won the fight. they have been elected and reelected. they have not fought the good fights. i would submit to you that there is only one candidate in the republican field who is consistently fighting and winning. not just in -- it is someone who has won common sense fights. if you want someone who will fight and win for you and america, i am the candidates going forward and i ask you to support this and you know what,

why are you running? why are you running? i have simple reasons. matt and alex, my boys. they are the reason why i decided to run for governor. i knew it would be tough and i was thankful that iran. when we got death threats and faced the number one target, it would not have been worth it. i know that i want them to grow up in a state that are than i grew up in. our state is better and i think that future generations would benefit from it.

the reason i am running is simple and it is because of matt and alex. it is because of your children and grandchildren. i know like you know that we want the children to inherit a better america. i know that it is not too late. we will win the election and take the country down the right. may god -- right path. may god bless you and the united states of america. thank you. thank you. >> you have my vote. >> thank you.

>> thank you for your service. >> my family really enjoys you. >> are brought the kids and grand -- i brought the kids and grandchildren. >> i am so glad.

>> matching it up. >> my son is a marine. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> i will be there for you.

>> thank you. >> how old are you question mark >> seven. that is pretty cool -- how old are you? >> seven. >> that is pretty cool. going into the second grade. thank you. thank you. >> thank you.

>> what you going to do on immigration for the people who already here. >> we can start dealing with that afterwards. then the next president and the next congress can vote. >> part of it will be -- go to the website and we talk about all the issues. >> thank you.

we love it. next is andy. >> thank you so much. > going across. the backyard would he on the other side there. my parents stay in contact.

together, i do that. the proper role is -- for years -- >> thank you so much. what thank you.

>> the cyclones have been messing me up. they keep messing up my bracket. >> that is the big thing. >> the first thing. yeah. >> ok. >> thank you.

i appreciate that very much. >> all right. >> exactly.

>> in tandem yeah. >> the really small towns. >> it is very similar. >> exactly. thank you for what thank you

very much -- thank you. thank you very much. >> thank you. thank you. we are for it. >> how are you guys are smart good to see guys. -- how are you guys? it is good to see you guys. >> we appreciate it. we are going to market access to people and they are going to do good stuff.

>> like the honey badger. remember? >> i know. i know. i still hear from one of the guys in tucson, arizona now. you get that story out there. >> i agree with that. >> i did realize and i included it. overseas, there are more americans back to work.

it's>> it is competitive. so many jobs were lost over the last couple of decades for. >> very nice. >> i love what you have done with wisconsin. i'm in transition to get everything in placed. >> good luck. >> good to see you. thank you. >> thank you. good luck.

>> thank you. >> good to see you again. >> c-span is partnering with the new hampshire leader newspaper. candidates have an invited to attend monday on the campus of the college in new hampshire. it will be live here at c-span.org. >> c-span gives you the access to congress.

it brings you even that shape policy. and, your comments. created by cable companies and brought to you as a public service. >> the house went into a session so that obama officials could deal with iran over the nuclear program. after the private meeting, several spoke about the agreement. we hear from thornberry. >> there are skepticisms about

whether or not iran will meet the deal and what happens with the other activities that concern us. so, i think that there is a lot more work for congress to do in the armed services committee and we will hold hearings and other events to examine the implications including whether other countries will be encouraged to develop nuclear activity and risks to service members. there is work to do and we will do it and treated as seriously as it deserves. there have been a variety of questions and i think it is

about whether or not this is a good deal and whether iran will keep the commitments and all the other things they are doing with the missiles and the terrorism and other things. >> how would you describe the tone? >> lots of questions and skepticism. obviously, the administration people are adamant about a great deal of this and are putting on a heavy sales job as you would expect. there is a lot of work for congress to examine the statements >> this agreement would not do anything to prevent the regime from obtaining a nuclear weapon rather than just making it themselves. when they can buyer from north korea or pakistan.

this treaty will do nothing to prevent that. that is the same. i have also been saying that for six years, we have been unable and unwilling to risk the treaty by supporting democratic elements in iran which would have eliminated the regime in a limited in the threat. of course, if we pass this agreement, that will be over our heads forever. this treaty, if we pass it, is basically an assurance that we will not be supporting the democratic elements in iran, which would eliminate the regime which is the threat to world peace. >> did you bring that up?