i am here today to tell you that george herbert walker bush is not made of clay and i am going to take a hammer to him. [applause] i am running for president because i believe there is a hunger in america, a hunger for a new vision, a hunger for a new agenda, for a new america, a new vision, a vision based upon values. strong fundamental and enduring values. the kinds of values i've learned as a kid growing up in a small town about 10 miles up on the road. a town where you could walk the street safely at night. a town where you could leave the milk money on the porch and go to bed knowing it would be there in the morning. a town where people worked hard and took care of their families because they knew hard work would have its rewards. fundamental values, fundamental values of hard work and being frugal because we did not have much money. individual responsibility, taking care of your family faith in god and love of country, and care and concern for those less fortunate than ourselves. those are my values, those are your values. those are the values of hard-working americans all across

that's the american dream of george herbert walker bush. and his fatcat dreams. a one in a million chance at winning the lottery, and if you do not win it, so long, we forgot about you. [applause] that's not the real american dream. not my american dream, not yours, and not the american dream

this is the type of airplane that president herbert walker bush flew during world war ii. also significant for corpus christi, he got his wings at the naval air station corpus christi. that is another attachment to corpus christi for president herbert walker bush. this is the airplane he flew. and people know that he got shot down during the course of the war. but also, he went down another time due to an oil pressure problem. when he went down that first time, he was rescued and ended up on the lexington for a couple of days, until he could get back to his aircraft carrier, the san jacinto. he came on board and spoke at an event we had. he did not remember too much of his time on board the lexington. he says he does remember what he calls sack time, sleeping a lot, on lexington. not very historical for us, but he did spend a couple of days in world war ii on board lexington. most visitors that come here, we would like them to come aboard to learn all the history about it. that is not necessarily the case. many people come on board and go, wow, this is really big. we get pe

that's the american dream of george herbert walker bush. and his fatcat dreams. a one in a million chance at winning the lottery, and if you do not win it, so long, we forgot about you. [applause] that's not the real american dream. not my american dream, not yours, and not the american dream of people across his land. that's why i say, we need to build the new america. with that ladder and ramp of opportunity. with a new economic system putting resources to work in this country. i can tell you this, after eight years of investing in america not spending overseas, but investing here in america, after eight years you'll see people , off welfare rolls, on payrolls . after eight years of investing in america, you'll see disabled americans working beside, traveling the side, living beside playing beside other americans all across his land. after eight years of investing in america, our cities and our neighborhoods will be safe again so your kids can have a new super route and deliver newspapers without having fear for their lives. after eight years of investing in am

this is the type of airplane that president herbert walker bush flew during world war ii. so significant for corpus christi, he got his wings at the naval air station corpus christi. that is another attachment to corpus christi for president herbert walker bush. this airplane he flew. and people know that he got shot down during the course of the war. but also, he went down another time due to an oil pressure problem. when he went down that first time, he was rescued and ended up on the lexington for a couple of days, until he could get back to his aircraft carrier, the san jacinto. he came on board and spoke at an event we had. he did not remember too much of his time on board the lexington. he says he does remember what he calls sack time, sleeping a lot, on lexington. not very historical for us, but he did spend a couple of days in world war ii on board lexington. most visitors that come here, we would like them to come aboard to learn all the history about it. that is not necessarily the case. many people come on board and go, wow, this is really big. we get people on b

bush and his father herbert walker bush, the bushes who sent all of these americans over there. i think that was one of the great mistakes our country has ever made and now we have to make sure those brave americans who stepped up to the orders from those republican for president are taking care of. so anyway i think you are worried about that and have every reason to worry especially spending our money sending more troops there. i search i don't believe in major deployments in the gulf anymore. >> host: let's head out to fort collins colorado charles on the line for independents. good morning. >> caller: hi representative rohrabacher. i agree we need to support the forces over there, the peshmerga and people like that that are our friends to create a stable middle east. one thing in this issue we have to keep in mind is that radical islam is an ideal and why are they basing how should i say this they are coming after us. one of the biggest rallying cries for al qaeda was we had a base in saudi arabia the holy lands of the muslims. that was how bin laden recruited thousands of t

we haven't had republicans voting for a tax increase since 1990 when george herbert walker bush made that mistake and got taken and convinced some republicans to vote with him. none of the republicans who did that are still in office. the new ones voted against, to a person, voted against the tax increases put forward by clinton. bush had no net tax increases and the republicans have all voted against the tax hikes put forward by obama. there are 20 tax hikes -- obamacare is not about health care. they are 20 tax increases with health care stamped on it somewhere. it's all about 20 different taxes, raising over time trillions of dollars in higher taxes. so we do need to get the total spending level down and then the total tax burden down and somebody brought up hotels as well as the whole effort on taxes auto car rentals. there are a series of discriminatory taxes. also look at your phone bill. they've gotten very bad on discriminatory taxes on your phone bill and cable bill as well and trying to convince you that you're not paying those in taxes, they're a part of your phone bill. t

george herbert walker bush. in fact, virtually every president since eisenhower has issued an executive order relative to immigration. now, you didn't see republican hair on fire when it was being done by president george w. bush or herbert walker bush or any other republican president. it's only when barack obama does it that they stream and rage that it's unconstitutional. and yet let's look at the argument that they are making. senator collins is making the argument that the executive order signed by president obama known as daca that affected children who might qualify under the dream act and could protect up to two million young people in america was legal. i agree. and she says that her bill that she is offering today reflects that. and then she says that two years later when the president issued an executive order that could protect on a temporary basis up to five million, that was clearly unconstitutional. what's the difference? well it's a difference that the courts will have to try to resolve, and i wil

it, president nixon did it, president ford did it president reagan did it president george herbert walker bush did it, president george w. bush did it. but when president obama issues an executive action to provide immigration relief to fit these times all of a sudden we got a constitutional crisis. now, perhaps reasonable people can disagree about the lawfulness of his order, but the reasonable approach would be to allow the courts to work it out, not shutting down the department of homeland security. many of my friends on the other side of the aisle are so-called strict constructionalists. what would the constitution have us do? well, we have an article 1 legislative branch, an article 2 legislative branch an article 3 judicial branch. the founders have indicated, i believe, that they would have us work out constitutional differences through the crort system -- through the court system, not shutting down the department of homeland security, causing 30,000 employees to have to go home and another 210,000 employees to have to come to work without pay, stressed, suffering from anxiety, uncertai

i agree with president george herbert walker bush. this needs to be a arab-led effort.e can not be seen people leading war against religion, against islam. that is a billion people. that will not work. we also have to be mindful of the fact that americans are tired of endless extensive wars. jenna, this has cost us 1 1/2 trillion dollars already this enpagement with rack, afghanistan and isis. it continues to grow. we're asking americans to pay a terrific price. we we ask any american to give their life they need to be given compelling reason to do so. jenna: kevin, i hear you giggling or smiling. why? >> nice try deflexion san teethta. i feel like i'm in a episode of maury. barack obama you are the father of this situation. he has created the situation that we're currently in by abandoning bush's policies. and what he is cleverly trying to do is hand the keys to boehner, hey, take the car for the weekend in hopes that boehner will pick it up and suddenly buy the vehicle. this is just a clever ruse. jenna: you're saying -- kevin, republicans are not supporting the presi

when george herbert walker bush asked the congress to support his efforts to drive saddam hussein outf kuwait. and i've been involved in a dozen of these debates ever since. and i do believe that the commander in chief is the commander in chief and ought to have the wherewithal to go fight the enemy. the president ought to have that wherewithal with regard to this fight. >> that being said, it sounds like you guys do have a big difference than the president when it comes to the aumf. are you convinced it gets done, are you convinced you can bridge these differences? >> we'll go through a rigorous set of hearings and oversight and try to develop an aumf that fits the battle that we're in the midst of. >> do you think it will pass this congress? are you convinced it will pass this congress? >> let's take it one day at a time. >> mr. speaker in light of the terror threat that's out there, is a short-term c.r. a possible solution to avoid a funding gap if we're heading toward the end of the month? [laughter] >> i'm going to start laughing. the house has passed its bill. we funded the depa

>> my first vote in the congress was authorizing george herbert walker bush to drive saddam hussein out of kuwait my first vote in the congress. and i always believed we should give the authority to the president to win the battles that we need to win. and i don't believe that the authorization the president asked for will give him the tools he needs to defeat isil. he says, well, the threat is being diminished. well, the fact is, isil continues to gain new territory. after hearings, after debate, will the republican congress give the president authorization to continue this fight? >> we're going to have discussions. we're going to have a thorough hearing. we're going to have a big debate. how that turns out -- i think it's too early to predict. because to do this correctly, i think we need to have bipartisan support on both sides. there will be more discussion. >> you have set up a select committee to investigate what happened in benghazi, even though there have been a half dozen investigations. the republican-controlled house committee said this last year. some people have questioned

of snl's leading cast members playing american president starting with dana carvey as george herbert walker busha debate with michael dukakis. >> all i can say is we are on the track. we're getting the job done. we can do more but let's stay the course. a thousand points of light. well unfortunately i see my time is up. >> mr. vice president, you still have a minute 20. >> what? well, no i must have spoken for at least two minutes. thank you. >> governor dukakis, rebuttal? >> i can't believe i'm losing to this guy. >> in 1992 the late phil hartman stepped into the role of bill clinton and his most classic sketch he explained foreign policy while making a pit stop at mcdonald's. >> do you favor the decision to send military forces to somalia? >> are that's a good question. yes, i do and let me tell you why. you see right now, we're sending food to somalia. but it's not getting to the people who need it because it's being intercepted by war lords. >> filet of fish sandwich aid from italy, war lord. >> well, the role of george w. bush was a perfect match for will ferrell. here's bush explaining his

george herbert walker bush the same. george w. bush. the invigoration of our country but nonetheless he led on that subject. you've made a mess, you have made a mess. we have so many bills, counterbills, c.r.'s, all the rest of it coming back forward and all the rest. and every time i ask all of you what's happening, everybody says, i don't know. well, it's only six, what, eight hours until the government will shut down. that can't possibly happen. and i want to address that point. someone has said to me, well, the president said he won't let government shut down, that he would sign this three-week thing, if that's a bad choice that we have given the president, to shut government down or extend for three weeks when that three-week extension is as undermining to our national security as the shutdown in government. that's just not right. it's not responsible on our part, so i say to our colleagues, if they want to go down that path of poor choices, let the republicans do that. they have multi agendas here, anti-obama agendas here about im

george herbert walker bush, the same. president clinton. president bush who is one of the best presidents on immigrants. wasn't able to convince his colleagues. but nonetheless, he led on that subject. you've made a mess, you have made a mess. we have so many bills, counterbills c.r.'s, all the rest of it coming back, forward and all the rest. and every time i asked all of you what's happening, everybody says i don't know. well it's only eight hours until the government will shut down. that can't possibly happen. and i want to address that point. someone has said to me, the president has said he would sign this three-week thing. that's a bad choice we have given the president to shut the government down or extend for three weeks when that three-week extension is undermining to our national security as a shutdown in government. that is not right. so i say to my colleagues, if you want to go down that path of poor choices, let the republicans do that, because they have multi-agendas here, anti--obama agendas here, let them go down their path.

unlawful on the part of president obama is exactly what president ronald reagan, prpt george herbert walker bush, president clinton and president bush george w. bush and president reagan and president george herbert walker bush did a higher percentage than president obama. for them it was ok. for president obama it's unconstitutional. so understand what is going on here. they have the trifecta going. there is an element that want to shut down government. they are anti--obama, so anything he suggests, they're against and as you heard me say. and they are anti-science. so they don't want to know what the factsr what's real in a situation, so they have a trifecta level going. the president has the legal authority under the written law he has the precedent set by previous presidents and he has the prosecutorial discretion to act in the manner in which they did. and they are saying no. we disagree so much, that we are going to jeopardize the security of the american people to make our point. if you have a better idea on immigration, put it forth, pass a law. that's what the president has said to them

george herbert walker bush did so. president clinton did so. president george w. bush did so. that was ok. but when president obama moved to use executive action to protect people in our country they said no, and not only no but we're not going to pass homeland security. they're holding homeland security -- the protection and safety of the american people hostage to their opposition to any action the president may take on immigration. . we find ourselves in a situation where we have to make sure the american people understand what's at risk here, even the republicans in the senate are saying it's up to the house. the house refuses to assume its responsibility. as our chairman said we also this morning thought in the interest of our national security talked about the authorization for the use of military force. that will be an ongoing debate as our members express their views. we are pleased the administration put forth a resolution and we'll see what comments come from that. we hope to have bipartisan support for something that would limit the power of the president but not no

herbert walker bush could have avoided the first gulf war. some reason they got compelled to get rid of saddam hussein. it was getting rid of saddam hussein that unleashed this evil in a much greater territory that threatens so many more people than just the evilness of saddam hussein within a iraq. let me couple met the president -- let me complement the president. there is an adequate use of special forces now. we are utilizing the air support. we could be using that much more effectively. we have drone strikes. i think that is great. you find out some later that is actually organizing these terrorist efforts that are murdering hundreds if not thousands of people, let us target that leader and go in with a drone and get him. i think the president has had that kind of strategy which i agree with. i don't agree with this president that he has not been able to wholeheartedly organize a coalition that would actually defeat radical islamic terrorism. he has a problem with identifying who the good guys and bad guys are there. host: pennsylvania i

he had the family protection piece that he added that president herbert walker bush then followed through and protected more people than president obama has done with his action. and one of the strongest presidents we have had is his advocacy for immigration reform is president bush and never had a complaint except for this president so it rings hollow when they talk about the constitution with presidential precedent and law of the land, our president has acted within his legal authority. >> if there's this much trouble -- it's important but frankly a very schmoll portion of the federal government. how is everything going to go when it gets to be a debt ceiling, september 30, when you have a whole fiscal year, everything else that was this much trouble -- >> you should write a story. i'm interested in what you think. >> would you have a resolution to declare -- [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2015] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> house republicans are meeting . keep you updated on what we here there. and work continues on the k-12 measure that

>> what the president has done as you well know, ronald reagan did portionally, herbert walker bush did made changes and nuances to bills that have been passed by the congress. reagan in particular said didn't go far enough. >> steny, let me ask you a final question. >> it's a very narrow decision joe. >> right. >> very narrow decision. and it's going to the court system. fund our oh we. >> they're yelling in my ear we have to go to break. as you know i wouldn't be cutting you off like this. i've asked you a lot of tough questions. i want to give you the last word and no sberpinterruptions, no nothing. tell me in a minute or less so they don't yell at me kicking and screaming. tell me what you think the greatest danger to america is not passing a clean department of homeland security bill because you have a lot of republicans that agree with you. >> 30,000 people administrative personnel going to be laid off. there are a number of other -- almost 200,000 people who are going to be working but not paid. you're demoralizing an agency we need to have on high alert, high morale confronting

ronald reagan issued an executive order on immigration they never said anything when george herbert walker bush did it they never said anything before but when this president does something that i think is very wise to make sure we keep these young people here, they threaten to shut down the department of homeland security. now, let's talk about what that means. you would stop stop command and control activities at headquarters disrupt important programs detect weapons of mass destruction and train local law enforcement you force critical front-line personnel like border patrol agents to work without pay. now, maybe by colleagues would like to work without pay. go for it. most of us need our pay to live. imagine just a great idea, have border patrol agents and taxes agents who work every day to support their families, they don't get paid. it would jeopardize the safety of my constituency because during the last fiscal year, california received over $200 million in crucial grant money that enables state and local authorities to respond to national security threats and prepare for natural disaste