jon, jon voight. >> how are you doing?i'm doing good. >> a staunch supporter of our troops and himself a veteran of the army are, his extensive charitable work includes support of the center of friends for american veterans. it has a special bod and affinity with jon voight because he has been a financial supporter of the organization's programs in support of homeless veterans. >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome jon voight. . >>> thanks. thanks. do not tell me it can't be done. sometimes you make movies and they're just so relevant, you know. i was -- i gave a speech this morning to the national republican congressional committee. it was a success, thank god. and i'm very honored to be here with you, and i'm very grateful for paul ryan's asking me to be here and trusting me to express myself. so i would like to, if i can, do a shortened version that have speech just as a calling card so you know so the wider group of you knows where i stand. i started out by saying i guess we're all gathered here today and by the way,

and i want to thank jon voight for being the mc.it is refreshing --- mc.

as jon voight indicated this new administration has got a very, very radical agenda.have the numbers but we've had some successes we can be proud of. for example, a couple of weeks ago, they came up to capitol hill saying they wanted to transfer terrorists from guantanamo. well, i'll tell you something, there's a better place for those terrorists than virginia or kentucky or kansas. it's right where they are in a cell in guantanamo. let me tell you something else, the administration got the message when 90 senators agreed with us on the senate floor. they've been real busy at the white house, the same folks who brought you the department of motor vehicles now want to make your vehicles. we've watched them take over banks, insurance companies, car companies, and now as jon voight indicated they're interested in taking over your health care. so americans will have to wait in line for surgery or have some bureaucrat tell them they can't get the life saving care they need. look, we need health care reform but we don't need to destroy what's right about american health car

has been a supporter of homeless veterans. >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome jon voight.applause] [cheers and applause] >> thank you. do not tell me it cannot be done. [applause] sometimes, you make movies, and they are just so relevant, you know? i was -- i gave a speech this morning to the national republican congressional committee, and it was a success, thank god. and i am very honored to be here with you, and i am very grateful for paul ryan's asking me to be here and trusting me to express myself, so i would like to, if i can, give a shortened version of that speech, just as a calling card so the wider group of you know is where i stand. i started by saying that i guess we are all gathered here today, and, by the way, is this microphone good, and everybody hears me properly? good? could provgood? [applause] i guess we are gathered here today to talk about ideas, positive inroads we can do to become a triumphant in the next election. we certainly know that the democratic party thinks our voices have been silenced. they boast that they are the winners, and we have not

and i want to thank jon voight for being the mc.it is refreshing --- mc. it is -- emcee. it is refreshing to hear you, a nd we need more people from hollywood speaking this way. and to newt gingrich, we woook forward to -- we look forward to hearing from you. thank you for your ideas. and to gov. palin and todd, thank you for being here and for your leadership, we appreciate you. we will have a video that shows what is at stake in this election, this will show how determined that the republicans are to bring back conservative leadership this cost almost no money so we can focus the contributions on winning the elections in 2010. thank you for supporting us, i hope that you feel that you are helping to turn the corner and go for a comeback. thank you and good night, watched the video. -- watch the video. ♪ >> let us renew our courage and our strength. >> usa! usa! usa! >> ladies and gentlemen, welcome back sen. orrin hatch. -- one- -- oren hatch. >> i will be very short. i just want to thank all of you, for being here tonight, and supporting both the health and -- the hous