for small businesses to provide care, but if they wanted to provide support for people who wanted to get their own care in a less mandated form of access to care, they should have the right to do that, and that should be a tax write off for them. many people are frustrated with the higher to dockable plans and we will give them the support they need to make it easier for co-pays.-of-pocket the system would work far better. a system where you do not have the consumer engaged in making decisions, you get a good result. that is not how it works. the best system is one where the people are totally engaged, where we have transparent information for them to make decisions about themselves. where there is support for them to be able to have the kinds of insurance that will allow them to grow and prosper, along with a health savings account, so they are rewarded for healthy

lifestyle decisions as they go forward. whereever they don't spend, they should be able to say. -- they should be able to save. we will give them real transparency to decide which health care provider will provide the best value. health care providers will be more accountable for results, and they will really compete to design the new ways to deliver care. this will require some major changes on how we regulate health insurance. states rather than washington, , d.c., are much better equipped to set the standards. here is what i propose. we will open up state insurance markets to much broader competition and choice. right now, obamacare locks in a small handful of one-size-fits-all mandated policies engineered and -- engineered in washington, d.c. when did you to break up the insurance monopolies and allow people to buy health insurance designed for what they actually want. for example, an individual who

might want to buy a high deductible plan for unexpected events the true form of , insurance that should be the norm, but maybe they would want also to have one that adds preventative care and diabetes management with no cost sharing at all. or, physicians may want to develop a plan that uses preventative medicine that identifies and cures once cancer. the possibilities for innovation are endless if we trust the marketplace to do what it does so well. if people are informed, and they make decisions based on the proper information that they have, if the system is much more transparent, the providers of insurance and care will respond with a significant amount of innovation. plans to protect you in case you get sick, and plans with a focus on certain conditions such as heart disease would become the norm. plans that are perfect for different stages of life, whether people are single, whether they have a family, or whether they are retired. let me be clear. everybody will have access to the tax credits that will help

them buy insurance that protects them from losing their life savings from major medical events. that should be the national focus, making sure that people have catastrophic coverage so that their lives are not turned upside down by an adverse event that could have tragic results -- could have a real devastation for their family. whatever they want insurance to cover, they should buy that. we won't force people to buy coverage they don't want because they don't need it or it violates their conscience. frankly, that is one of the most egregious parts of obamacare, the idea that you are forced to do things against her own conscience. we would get rid of that. there are certain things that we will ensure. we will expect that vulnerable americans, regardless of how much money they make, get the care and outcomes they deserve. hillary clinton says that will happen under medicaid. let me tell you something. i was governor of the state of florida, i think we had the

fourth largest medicaid plan. states are extraordinarily frustrated with the state partnership that is medicaid. spending more through a broken system is not the answer. let's try a new approach. let's let the states have the power to create a safety net for the 21st century, and hold them accountable for the results they achieved. if we took the money that goes to medicaid, and took the subsidies on obamacare and put , fchip in the mix, i can promise you we will get a better result. you know why i know that? i had a chance to do a version of that when i was governor of the state of florida with our medicaid plan. we had a pilot program in fort lauderdale and jacksonville. it was the 25th largest medicaid plan. we created tiered premiums, where medicaid beneficiaries were given choices, where we empowered them to make choices. this notion that people living in poverty do not know what is right with their families -- we better start rejecting that out

of hand. whether it is health care or education or the safety of their neighborhood, america does not do this right this top-down , believe that some people are smart, and some people aren't, i reject it, and i hope you do as well. a medicaid plan that empowers people to make decisions for themselves will get far better results. imagine a system where you had choice counseling, where you rewarded making healthy lifestyle decisions by allowing people to have more money to make healthy lifestyle decisions the next year, where there is competition, choices, where people takes the plan for them. maybe the have a child with asthma. i higher premium based on the actuarial cost. they are empowered to make more choices because they get more for the premium dollars that they had. a system that is focused on people, rather than on government, will yield a far better result. the net result of this is we did this at a lower cost than the old medicaid plan. we did it at higher quality.

medicaid beneficiaries, based on outside observations and studies, suggested it was far better for them. i believe the states are the place where this will happen. washington has had its chance to do these things and it has failed miserably. we need to liberate our country to be able -- to be able to, from the bottom up, be able to solve these problems. i won't except the strawman argument from the other side that the opposite of obamacare is no care. it doesn't mean going back to the way things used to be. we need a system that doesn't address just the changes, but also one that meets the needs for our economy. as you know, my aspiration is that this country should grow at 4% per year as far as the eye can see. if we were doing that, i promise you that the demands of government would subside.

there would be a lot more people in the private insurance market who would be able to increase their pay incentive having to slough off their health care costs. it is not working. are from the costs backs of employees. take home pay has declined. we are the sixth year of a recovery, and disposable income is 2000 plus dollars less than the date of the recovery started. moving to a different system would make it work. according to the nonpartisan congressional budget office, repealing obamacare would increase gdp growth by 7/10 of 1% over 10 years, which is a big part of reaching the goal of 4% growth instead of this new normal of 2% growth. 4 would as the equivalent of

million full-time equivalent jobs to our economy. there are a lot of people working part-time. they want to work full-time but they are stuck in a system because of these rules having these adverse outcomes. no matter how you earn a living, my plan will give the american people control over their health care. i reject the arguments you hear from the progressive left. whether it is senator sanders or hillary clinton. government have to do the work for them. that is not the american way. if you empower them with the right information in a much more transparent system, i can promise you that people will act on their self-interest which is lower cost at a higher quality for their families. i'm not afraid of giving more information on their health care. i got to do that as governor of the state of florida as well.

at first thought this was kind of a radical idea. but then they realized, why should we do this. they started offering care and promoting the fact that they had better outcomes at lower costs. think about every aspect of our economy. is this the only place in the economy were low costs and higher quality is assumed to be impossible to achieve. the rest of the economy does this daily. more abundance, more prosperity, higher-quality. health care needs to get to that as well. for people in terms of our economy and better health, if we tear down the barriers. for some odd reason, people just

can't see how lower costs can improve, if you do it the right way, quality. we prevent illness and create a better chance for people to live a life of purpose and meaning. it will require the kind of leadership we need to fix these things. whether his regulations in general or taxes, or reforming our higher education system, young people are stuck with recourse debt. to make sure that degrees are attained in a way that allows young people. all ofthese young -- these things are broken right now because we have not had the leadership in washington to fix them. can do thisat if we this will be the most exciting time to be alive in the world. this is an essential element of what the next president has to do.

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>> as usual i have taken my prepared address given to me by my speechwriter. i prepared my own remarks. which means i will tell you what i really think. i asked my staff last week what

should i stay? when i left the department of defense at the end of 2012 as the senior lawyer for the department of defense. i was back in private law practice. the thing i missed the most about public service was the character and the quality of the people. the character and the quality of the people.

i have come to respect admiring number of people. these are people i work with on a daily basis. on a daily basis. for two years. someone from the joint staff down in the basement of the pentagon. it an army major. about counterterrorism. he did his job. he was modest. he did it well. after he was reassigned,

somebody told me about this army major. this young man who would never say these things himself. he had been on 16 deployments. his back was parachute failed to open. lost part of his like to an rpg. what shot in the back. he was the victim of several ied attacks afghanistan. after serving in the pentagon he ran triathlons. that is the quality and character of people in today's united states army. i find that remarkable. it the thing i miss most about public service. why part of me is

pleased to be back in public service. perhaps army officer i know the best was mark martin's. i'm sure many people know him. he is our chief prosecutor at guantanamo bay. advisor.know him as an i spent time with him in afghanistan. i visited the airbase in 2011. i was greeted by then colonel mark martin's. he showed me around the base. nighttime fell. we were about to hit the sack after a long day.

the general finished first in his class at west point. harvard law review. he got better grades than the president. he asked me a deep question. he said look at the sky what occurs to you? it was a clear night. i wonder what he was thinking of. i searched for a deeper meaning to this question. i thought about the brave men and women of the army. i'm a student of history.

i thought of the words of winston churchill. we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the ground, we shall fight in field and streets. we will find in the hills. we will never surrender. he said look up again. what really occurs to you when you look at the sky. i gave a second try. of fdr's inspirational words on d-day. army theited states pride of our nation remarks. they fight not for the lust of conquest they fight to end conquest.

they fight to liberate come of a justice arise. the year for the end of the battle. i said how about that? he said what he really thinking. finally i thought of jfk's about thenal words inherent nature of armed conflict and international tension. kennedy said these words in the hope i would answer his question. our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this planet. we breathe the same air.

we cherish our children. said sir what really occurs to you when you look about the afghan sky? is that i give up. what he thinking? he said somebody stole our tent. the army is great. the army's family to me. that myyou might know grandfather was a sergeant major and a combat veteran in world war i. my father was an army sergeant during the korean war. when i say the army is great and i love the army my words are matched by deeds. i am stealing people from the united states army.

lieutenant colonel cut severe. united states army. now, my acting assistant for public affairs. they were directly for me. combat vets from afghanistan. dr. jennifer mcdonald. is an armywife physician. it is the case that the army and the department of homeland security work together on a number of matters the army corps i engineers and army guard saw this in person at south carolina. when it comes to home and security i am a new yorker.

i was present on 9/11 in new york city in manhattan that day. i was back in the private sector , before my service for the department of defense. i witnessed the tragedy of 9/11. the devastating and shocking terrorist attack. it was out of 9/11 that the department of homeland security was born. my commitment to lead the department of homeland security. my commitment, security. it was born that day. as many of you know the department of homeland security is the third-largest department. 22 components. forre responsible counterterrorism, photo security , chief fisheries here, port security aviation security, maritime security, cyber security, enforcement and

administration of our immigration laws. detection of threats to the homeland. response to disasters. both natural and man-made. we include customs and border protection's. immigration customs enforcement. citizenship and immigration services. coast guard and fema. i want to take a moment to highlight the extraordinary work of the secret service and other elements of the department of homeland security just a few weeks ago. we had the perfect storm. the protection of visiting heads of government. we had an late september 170 world leaders and their spouses,

in this country in new york city all the same time. there are lead responsibility for protecting them all was the united states secret service. were the president of china had the leader from afghanistan, iraq iran and israel. russia, and of course we had the pope. all of this country at the same time. no other agency of our government except the secret service, and no other protection service in the world could have pulled off what the secret service did. the largest of essex security operation in the history of this country. flawlessly and perfectly. with other components of the department of homeland security. hsi. fema, the coast guard.

i'm very proud of what our people have done. told that the topic here is to win in a complex world. that is the theme of the conference. i could not agree more that that is what we in the department find is our challenge also. winning in a complex world. i've spoken many times about the new reality of the evolving global terrorist threat. reality to the threats to the homeland which you and i are responsible for. there is a new reality. the global terrorist threat has evolved. directed tosts

whenrist inspired attacks i say terrorists directed attacks i mean attacks or attempted attacks conducted by people who were recruited, trained, and equipped overseas and directed by a terrorist organization. they were exported to our homeland. the most prominent example of a terrorist directed attack in this vein is 9/11. were trained, recruited and directed overseas. they were exported to our homeland. then, the attempted underwear bombing over detroit in 2009. the attempted times square car bombing in 2010. the package bomb plot in october 2010.

these are examples of what was likely terrorist directed attacks from those overseas. today, we see, in addition to that threat a threat of terrorist inspired attacks. homegrown oro are even home born, al qaeda in the arabian peninsula no longer build bombs in secret. it puts out an instruction manual and urges the public to do the same thing. threat of a potential lone wolf actor in the foreign fighter. the foreign fighter who leaves their home country, goes to syria and returns with an extremist purpose. we have to be vigilant about that. in this new wave of attacks and attempted attacks terrorist

inspired caused by those who might be homegrown or board. .oston marathon bombing the attack on the apartment building. the attack on the charlie hebdo headquarters in paris. the garland city texas attempted attack. it is more complex, it has led to a very complex world. in many respects it is harder to detect. our government has become pretty at detecting overseas plots at their earliest stages. the homegrown actor could strike at any moment and is inspired by

something he sees. in many respects more complicated and harder to detect. it involves a whole of the government response. so, what are we doing? first, we continue to take the to terroristily organizations overseas. and throughefforts the efforts of the united states army and others, we have taken leaders of the terrorist organizations, and those who have been plotting to attack the homeland. hema bin laden, he is dead was killed on may 1, 2011. if 9/11 was my worst day as an dayican, perhaps my best

was may 1, 2011. the day we got osama bin laden. other terrorist leaders have been taken off the battlefield. others have been killed or captured. we have, to a very large degree been successful in degrading the terrorist threat to our homeland. more we need to do. given how this terrorist threat has evolved. the fbi has a key role in this. the fbi, also a daily basis has become very good at detecting investigating, and prosecuting terrorist plots to our homeland here at home. become even more

important that the department of homeland security and the fbi, given how the threat has evolved work closely with and share intelligence with state and local law enforcement. intelligence by directed that we enhance our protections of federal government buildings. that enhance protection continues to exist today. much of the terrorist threat continues to center around aviation security. i'm building preclearance. on the front and from a flight to overseas use your customs personnel. screening passengers before they

get on the flight. to pushrtunity i have out our homeland security want to take. so, we are establishing capabilities. we have done this and 15 airports over the. we have screened a number of people. we'rem and him him implementing reforms to our aviation security. i will tell you the woman comes

to aviation security there is a new emphasis on security that the administrator and i have directed less manage inclusion. less instances where when you go to the airport and you are not a member you get put anyway. we want to renew our emphasis on security. we will step up our efforts. there is new emphasis on aviation security. in response to the concern about foreign fighters will die number of things. a number of foreign fighters come from countries from which we do not require a visa to travel here. countries have foreign

fighters in large numbers. there are 38 countries and our program. out of concern for our security we have added information requests. whenever somebody travels to the country they are required to fill out more information. last august i announced a series of enhancement to the program to require countries in the program to make better use of passenger name recognition data and advanced passenger information. we are requiring that countries in the program make better use of interpol to screen for stolen .assports we will make better use of our air marshals on flights and overseas.

is the terrorist threat has evolved we are asking the public for help. if you see something say something. that has to be more than a slogan. we are asking the public for help with awareness in vigilance. i will tell you that we are considering revising our in task system. the national threat advisory system, we have never used it. to a new system which we have never used. i ask our folks to consider whether we should revise that to accommodate how the terrorist threat has devolved. that review is under way. importantly, given how the global terrorist threat has evolved with have embarked on aggressive efforts in what we

refer to as cde. countering bond extremism. of mysit members department go out into communities, muslim communities in this country to talk to them about countering violent extremism. i've personally traveled to boston, new york city, and brooklyn chicago and minneapolis and elsewhere. to meet with leaders of the muslim communities. our conversations are almost always three-pronged. first we listen to them. face atsues they airports with our immigration system and to build trust with this community to build bridges with this community. i hear repeatedly from muslim

leaders in this country the hatred that they feel toward the islamic state. secretary, me mr. they are trying to hijack my religion. my message to them is help us help you. help us help you when it comes to public safety. help us protect the homeland. help us protect your communities. if you see someone going towards violence, let us know. help us to help you. in my view we must enhance our efforts beyond where they are now. two weeks ago i announced the creation of the dhs partnerships with the community to spearhead and lead our efforts within the department of homeland security.

we want to take our efforts to a new level. what to encourage the participation of the tech sector in the digital community to help muslim leaders amplify their message to counter the message. own newto develop our programs to provide resources and support to communities engaged in cde. a few more words on cyber security. i directed an aggressive plan to enhance our federal. gop cyber security. frankly, it is not where it needs to be. i directed a timetable for covering the entire federal civilian system. in terms of monitoring, detecting and blocking suspicious and unwanted intrusions on our system. deployed across

half of our civilian. gop. it has blocked hundreds of thousands of efforts to infiltrate an excellent trait data. an aggressive program to cover the entire world. we are urging the passage of cyber legislation in this congress. the house has passed a good bill. the senate is considering a good bill. my hope is that the senate bill comes to the floor for debate and passage this month. need with forgent help with congress when it comes to our security efforts. we want to encourage the private sector. information sharing for the most

private actors in the industrial base. benefits from information sharing. we want to encourage that. legislation is a good way to do that. we help for the passage of that legislation so that our efforts become law. as the president and others announced, on the president of china was here we reached an agreement. >> time will tell whether the chinese will live up to these agreements. a newointed and created dialogue on my side and our

side. tell we want greater cooperation and our international efforts. ,n terms of border security chief fisher and his people, only about 332,000 apprehensions. what does that mean? apprehensions are an indicator of total illegal attempt to cross the border. thatisperception is illegal crossings on our southern border the misperception is that they are going up. the reality is that they've been going down dramatically. 2000.gh was in the year downcent years it has gone to about 450,000.

the apprehension number on the southern border was 479,000. this past year was 15. the number will come in at 300 31 thousand. lowest numberthe of apprehensions we have seen with the exception of one year. this is a result of a number of our efforts including the investments our government has made in border security. more personnel. more surveillance. more technology. efforts in our new immigration policy is refocus on convicted criminals. we're focused on enhancing public safety. i've directed that our

enforcement personnel co-after the criminals. interior toin the go after threats to public fewer so that they are undocumented criminals on our streets. engaged in our overall unity of effort initiative in the department of homeland .ecurity it has involved more centralized decision-making at the headquarters level. fewer stovepipes. your component stovepipes. more centralized decision-making when it comes to decisions and acquisitions. i've directed our new secretary for management. former johnson & johnson executive to reform our acquisition process for example. we are building the defense industrial base of homeland security. we are reforming the acquisition for our 12-year-old

department. most of all, we are helping people. like united states army. that for me, was last friday in south carolina. inspecting the cleanup efforts from the floods in south carolina. i'my time i do this reminded of the basic mission of the department of homeland security to help the people of carolinatry so, inside and in other places i have visited were a disaster has hit, public servants come together. republicans, senators, congressmen. the loss of their homes. that is what we come as public servants, are about.

more than political ideology, we are public servants. three thoughts i want to leave you with my remarks. then i will take a few questions. first, they give for the department of homeland security we need the congress to repeal request ration. as a personmy job responsible for protection of the homeland with a sequestered decapitated budget. i cannot do all of these things that congress and the american people need us to do for border security, response to national disasters aviation security, cyber security maritime security, with a sequestered budget. congress toging repeal sequestration. homeland security is the front line to national security.

homeland security is the front line for our national defense. homeland security is the department of government that interacts with the american public more than anything. 1.8 million people per day interact with the tsa so, where the front line. we cannot do our job with a sequestered budget. it is time to repeal request ration. next, i want to repeat to you something i said last month in missouri. it was at westminster college. we're part of the green foundation lecture series the most famous green lecture was given by winston churchill. it was in 1946 he gave his famous i occur in speech. in 1954 former president harry truman gave a great lecture entitled what hysteria does to us. i have decided to act on those

remarks at westminster i said all of us in public office, those who aspire to public office and those who commit a microphone all the public call responsible dialogue and decision-making. not overheated rhetoric and proposals of superficial appeals. in a democracy, the former leads up smart and sustainable policy. the latter can lead to fear, hate, suspicion prejudice and government overreach. true inespecially matters of national security and homeland security. thatnal point is something is consistent with the soldiers creed. there is a quote in the soldiers creed which is consistent with my own mission.

-- "i'm a guardian of freedom and the american way of life. " -- life." that matches what i tell audiences at the end of every speech i gave. the army is not just the thedian of our safety guardian of our national defense. the army is the guardian of freedom and the american way of life. that inll audiences homeland security we must achieve a balance between basic physical security on one hand and preserving our laws and values in a free society. homeland security means striking guardian of i'm a one as the other. i can billaudiences

you with our resources a perfectly safe city. but it would resemble a prison. i can build you a perfectly safe air flight but nobody would be wearing any close. nobody would be led to get up. nobody would have anything to eat and know we would have any carry-on luggage. i can build your perfectly safe e-mail system but it would be limited to a conversation with 10 people without access to the internet. so, we can build more walls come we can interrogate more people we can make everybody suspicious of each other, but if we did that we would risk the thing that is most valuable to this nation. cherish nation where we the freedom to associate, the we couldo travel cherish our laws. we cherish diversity.

we cherish these basic freedoms, and in the end of the day those are the services that constitute our greatest strengths. thank you. [applause] >> i think am available to take some questions. as long as none of you are shot. >> i had any star with cns news could you please address the syrian refugee crisis, and how bringing them into the country affects homeland security? we have committed to resettling 10,000 syrian refugees in fiscal year 16. where looking at more for fiscal

year 17. by the end of 15 we will have resettled approximately 2000. we want to do more. we need to do more. i'm committed to doing that in ensuring that those who are resettled are treated properly and receive the appropriate that means dedicating the resources to this increasing number. this increased number of refugees and making sure that they are vetted against all the right databases that we have for that security review. we are gotten better at that over the last few years. is a time-consuming process. one of the challenges we will have is that we're not going to know a lot about the individual refugees that come forward from the high commission on refugees for resettlement and vetting.

be a challenge but we are committed to doing it. of our international commitment, but for the sake of her homeland security where assuring that they get the right review. i'm committed to both. >> yes sir. >> i am bob baron of homeland national defense executive reserve. as you may know, at what time we had a very active executive reserve. which was comprised of senior members of military and industry. for approximately the last 10 years none of us have been able ouret any answers from parent organization. who was in charge, where do we go. what do we do?

as i said, we carry all of the expenses. the only thing that we utilize the military for, for your's government for was open seating at certain military training sessions. could you please tell me what happened to the national executive reserve. >> the short answer is that i do not know. we will look into it. outreach toou that the private sector to industry is a priority of mine for the sake of improving the manner in which we conduct business. so, part of our acquisition is to establish a council of industry experts to advise us on the acquisition process.

i do not know the answer to your question. i will certainly look into it. >> thank you for your remarks. i just want to ask you what is being done at the enterprise cross agencye the communication challenges we have faced for decades ago the communications challenges and meeting them as part of our unity of effort initiatives. the ability to communicate across departments in the agency is very basic. effortsof our unity of we have more centralized decision-making. we are improving our ability to communicate. it is a priority. thank you. >> i've time for one more.

i'm staff sergeant campbell. i'm curious worrier-based right now. i'm based at the pentagon. >> i'm sure that does not reflect on you. a cab driver was driving down i tell the fair he looks up and says that the big building. boarded-up building? he said oh about half. >> no comments or. >> thank you for your pentagon. i'm curious if there is an estimated cost in bringing the refugees back over. >> that is an interesting question i do not know the estimated cost. but, the principal responsibility belongs to the uscis.

citizenship and immigration services. it is a fee-based agency. so, with the exception of e-verify cas does not get an appropriation for conducting its business. it depends upon fees from those who utilizes services. so, there is no applicant to be a refugee. the vetting pay for through it collection it gets from other aspects of business. so, it is not an appropriate amount from congress. it is an agency of government that pays for itself. imagine that. ok, thank you very much. have a successful conference. i see a number of people out here.

thank you for your efforts. your continued efforts to help secure our nation, to work with the army to work with the department of homeland security. i appreciate it. [applause] >> today come on c-span washington journal's next. generaltant attorney john carlin talks about preventing domestic terrorism. wrote to the white house coverage with presidential candidate marco rubio and jeb bush making campaign stops in new hampshire. in about one hour the president of the action form and douglas. on on the economic issues the presidential race. then, an analysis of last night's democratic candidates

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