carol miller, she was a candidate, now she's a congresswoman. i'm excited to have you here today, carol, and we're excited to have you as part of the republican conference. ashley niclos who ran for congress in tennessee's 2nd district. ashley is lieutenant colonel in the united states air force and tennessee national guard. and we can learn a lot from her experience. give her a round of applause. and tiffany shedd who was also one of my favorite candidates this last cycle, she's an attorney and ran for congress in arizona's 1st district. thank you for making the trip out here, tiffany, ashley, and a erin and carol, thank you for staying later today to participate in this. annie, i'll turn it over to you. >> awesome. well, everybody, let's get excited. you know, look, let's bend and stretch and everything we need to do to make sure we're awake and alert to really be able to congratulate elise on a magnificent day. and i love how you begin it and how you're ending it. we're at a crisis and sometimes you kind of have to go to the bottom. it's sort

unfortunately, about half didn't make it through their primary and we only added carol miller who you love an we love and supd more of. i believe one way we can attempt to change the trend is by supporting strong women candidates before the primary. as any candidate will tell you this investment is critical so i'm proud to announce today that in the 2020 cycle, we will develop a slate of the top winning republican candidates wn republican candidates before the primary similar to the program developed by the then young kevin mccarthy paul ryan and the eric cantor will reach benchmarks for fund raising, campaign strategy data and the budget and will consist of top candidates in the country and support them with direct contributions as well as bundling efforts through washington and around the country got unlike the young guns program this will be for women and it wil there will be - primary, early dollars. in addition to the financials of, we will focus on candidate development and mentor should then also work to elevate the profiles of these candidates to ensure they earned media cover

so with our congresswoman carol miller but look at this photograph. [laughter] is not so much memories for all of us but with nsc of blue suits in every photograph and every agenda this has been a key for a lot of years. we are glad to have them here but it is kind of one-way. so you go to the general. that is just doing enormous destruction to bring in a lot of money quickly. and then you have to do the hard work of going out and then to raise $37 million in one month. and it is an issue and there are those by the way there's one in the general who thinks he's running for president. but how do you seize money that comes out of nowhere? and how hard it was to go from a state get one - - a state delegate in the state and local race so how difficult now is it to run for federal office? . >> it is. i spent 12 years in the legislature my husband used to tease me because i would send out letter and all the money would come to the house. he said you don't even have to make phone calls. i said i was raised enough to win. running for federal office is entirel

i point out congresswoman carol miller, i just loved her ads, take the bull out of congress. it was just so her, back to your saying authenticity is so important. how do you think women really can make races their own? ashley, do you have good advice for that? >> sure. you know, it's my experience that women are running for a reason. and i think to make sure that reason's your own, you need to sit down and let everybody know why you are running. and then ask the question how do i win. so often i hear with candidates how am i going to win, why am i running. and so, you know, women come to the table with this passion for why they want to do this. and that needs to drive your campaign. and i think you need to let everybody on your team know what that is. and make sure that doesn't ever get away from you. i think staying very driven with your message, your reason for running from the announcement, throughout the campaign all the way to your closing arguments before election day and asking for the vote is very key in keeping that race as your own. and the other thing i would say i

carol miller, who we love and support, but we need more of. i believe that one way we can attempt to change this trend is by supporting strong women candidatespre-primary. this early investment is critical. i'm proud to announce today that in the 2020 cycle, e-pac will develop a slate of our top women republican candidates pre-primary. similar to the young guns program developed by a then young kevin mccarthy, paul ryan and eric canter, the candidates will qualify for a formal slate by meeting benchmarks. the slate will consist of top tier women republican candidates in the country and e-pac will support them with contributions as well as bundling efforts in washington and around the country. unlike the young guns program, this program is for women and it will be pre-primary, early dollars. in addition to the financial support, e-pac will focus on candidate development and mentorship. we will also work to elevate the profiles of these women candidates to ensure that they earn media coverage. something that has been overlooked for republican wo

carol miller, who is a colleague , she was a candidate, now she is a congresswoman. i am excited to have you here today carol, and we are so excited to have you as a part of the republican conference. ashley, who ran for congress in tennessee's second district, ashley is a lieutenant colonel in the united states air force and tennessee national guard. and, we can learn a lot from her experience. give her a round of applause. >> [ applause ] >> and, tiffany shedd, who was also one of my favorite candidates this last cycle. she is an attorney and ran for congress in arizona's first strict, thank you for make the making the trip out here, erin, carol, ashley, thanks for staying later today to put his bait in this. annie, i will turn it over to you. >> awesome. well, everybody, let's get excited. [ laughter ] you know, look, let's not stretch and do editing we need to do to make sure we are awake and alert, and to really be able to congratulate elise on a magnificent day, and i love how you begin it and how your ending it. we are at a crisis, and sometimes you kind of ha

i would like to invite my colleague from west virginia, representative carol miller and hare your perspective. you political plilt i speak about the important issue of border of security. we are amidst on the crisis of our southern border and we have to stop playing politics and start focusing on our national security. while washington democrats tow the party line and oppose president trump and anything he sports, our nation is under sault from unchecked illegal immigration, from terrorists, from human traffickers and from drug smugglers. sadly, as west virginia and the nation are battling an opioid democrats continue to turn a blind eye. e amount of fentanyl and heroin confiscated was enough to kill every man, women and child in the the united states. the security of our nation rests with a strong border. we kneeled to build this wall. thank you for the opportunity to discuss this important issue. i yield back to congresswoman hartzler. mrs. hartzler: i appreciate your comments tonight. it is a serious matter and we are having this conversation and i appreciate my colleague, mr. lamalfa for

it through their primaries , and we only added one new republican woman in the freshman class, carol miller, who we love and support, but we need more of. i believe that one way we can attempt to change this trend is supporting strong women candidates pre-primary. as anyone can tell you, this is critical. proud to announce that in the 2020 cycle, we will develop a slate of top republican women candidates pre-primary similar to the young guns program developed by a young kevin mccarthy, paul ryan , and eric cantor, these candidates will qualify for a formal slate by meeting certain benchmarks like fund-raising, campaign strategy, district data , and budget. the slate will consist of top tier women republican candidates in the country, and epac will support them with direct contributions as well as bundling efforts in washington and around the country. but unlike the young guns program, this program will be for women, and it will be pre-primary. early dollars. in addition to financial support, epac will focus on candidate development and mentorship. we will also work to elevate the profiles o

i was honored to serve , and we only added one new republican woman in the freshman class, carol miller who we love and support and need more of. , we can change the trend by supporting strong women candidates primary. as any candidate will tell you, this early investment is critical. i'm proud to announce today that in the 2020 cycle, e back to develop a slate of top women republican candidates pre- primary similar to the young guns program developed by a young kevin mccarthy, paul ryan and eric cantor. these candidates qualify by meeting benchmarks like fundraising, campaign strategy, district data and budget. the slate will consist of top tier women republican candidates and deepak will support them with direct contributions as well as bundling efforts in washington and around the country. unlike the young guns program the program is for women and is pre-primary early dollars. in addition to financial support, e pack will focus on candidate development and mentorship. we also work to elevate the profiles to ensure they meet media coverage . >> i want to say an enormous thank you to a

who can pick out west virginia republican carol miller?san nicholas from guam. some freshmen are better known than others. look familiar? that's greg pence, brother to vice president mike pence. or how about florida democrat donna shalala? she served eight years as president clinton's health and human services secretary. can anybody master the names and faces of the house? >> i'm not sure i know all 435 faces. i know the democrats because ideal with them regularly. there's some republicans get up and speak that don't speak often and i say who is that? so you know, it takes time. it's like being in a high school with 500 people, 430 people. it takes you time to learn who they are and you only do it really by association. >> new york democrat joe morelli is a freshman. he has an edge when it comes to knowing names. he won a special election. >> i have a cheat sheet on my desk, a book of the pictures and names. i'm trying to say hello to a group of people each day, learn something about them that triggers things in my mind that will be helpfu

make it through their primaries and we only added one new republican woman in the freshman class, carol miller, who we love and support but we need more of. so i'm proud to announce in the 2020 cycle we will develop a slate of top republican women candidates pre-may mare similar to the young guns program developed by a young kevin mccarthy, paul ryan and eric cantor, these candidates will qualify for a formal slate by meeting certain benchmarks like fund-raising, campaign strategy, district data and budget. the slate will consist of top tier women republican candidates in the country and epac will support them with direct contributions as well as bundling efforts in washington and around the country. but unlike the young guns program, this program will be for women and it will be pre-primary. early dollars. in addition to financial support, epac will focus on candidate development and mentorship. we will work to elevate the profiles of these women candidates to ensure they earn media coverage, something that has often been overlooked for republican women candidates. as we build out this robust

ocas house republicans predicted to be 90% white men with only one woman, carol miller from west virginiaoining as a new member. .mmett in louisiana caller: how are you doing? host: fine, thanks. caller: i am pessimistic because the democrats have an agenda and that is to destroy, impeach, get rid of trump. they ran on health care during the midterm. i really don't think that is their real agenda. their agenda is to get rid of trump and they will fight him tooth and nail on anything and everything he tries to get done. i cannot see anything good going to happen. the only thing good that is probably going to happen for democrats is if trump gets impeached or run out of office, something. i don't think it looks good at all. think anything will get accomplished when it comes to getting legislation past -- passed because of the shut down and house democrats taking power? caller: not really. the only way i think anything will get done with trump is with a nuclear option. i don't think he will be able to accomplish much. host: that is emmett in louisiana. if you go to our social media sites, jo

you guys were doing her media, when she ran, and we really saw that, i pointed out, congressman carol miller, i loved her ads, take the bull out of congress, it was so her, that same authenticity, but how do you think women can make races their own? >> you have good advice for that? >> sure, it's my experience that, women are running for a reason. to make sure that reason is your own, you need to sit down and let everybody know why you are running. then, ask the question, how do i win. so often i hear, with candidates,, going to win, why am i running? women come to the table with a passion for why they want to do this, and that means needs to drive their campaign. you need to let everybody on your team know what that is, and make sure that doesn't ever get away from you. staying very driven, with your message, your reason for running, on the announcement, throughout the campaign, all the way to closing arguments, before election day and asking for the boat, is very key. at keeping that race as your own. the other thing i would say is, push back on your team when you need to. say, you're not