god bless you. may god bless america.applause] summer time is finally here that'll ballpark man is back in gear ♪ >> it may look short, but it is a long walk from back there to up here. i guess it is time for us to go ahead and give the awards out for the evening. first up, we are going to be announcing the cpac 2013 youtube contest winner. dozens of submissions were received from all over the country. the first-place winner is the university of georgia college republicans. [applause] >> the government is not the solution to our problem. is torica's strength advance freedom. >> conservatism is not about leaving people behind. conservatism is about empowering people to catch up, to give the the tools at their disposal that make it possible for them to access the hope, promise, opportunity that america offers. >> government must drop its strength from the people. as it drains away the strength, it must inevitably undermine the foundations of self-governing. >> [inaudible] >> we need our youth to vote for a leader. then i ke

thank you and may god bless america. >> next week the supreme court hears oral arguments on same-sex marriage cases. stay they will discuss the california proposition 8. it would amend the state constitution to recognize marriage as only between a man and a woman. on wednesday, a case on the constitutionality of the federal defense of marriage act, or doma. you can listen to those arguments on tuesday and wednesday evening at 8 p.m. on c-span. >> we could take pictures of the brain with mri scans and see the whole thing. there is an enormous gap in between of how the circus in the brain functions in order to be able to move my hands or look at you and process that information or to lay down in memory. we do not know how that works. with technologies yet to be invented, a lot of this of the technology developed. a lot of this will be nanotechnology. we will be able to record from a be hed

america. her future belongs to our children. god bless you, god bless our troops, god bless america. thank you so much. >> wow.se] byshannon made history becoming oklahoma's youngest speaker of the house at age 34. no stranger to firsts, shannon was first elected to the house in 2007 as the first republican to hold his state and the first african-american elected to the legislature from southern oklahoma. please join me in welcoming the honorable t.w. shannon. >> good afternoon. it is so great to be her on the same stage as so many iconic conservatives. just been quite an honor to be here and be a part of this event. it is not just the leaders of today who are impressive, but the leaders of the future whom i got to meet and spend time with. the speaker of the house from florida will be on stage in a moment. the expectation is not very high for anybody from florida. don't worry. [applause]speaking of low expectations, better get into my speech. as amy said, i'm from oklahoma. you might know it is the reddest state in the nation, a place where president obama lost every single county.

god bless america, god bless israel, and god bless the american-israel alliance. god bless you all. thank you. [applause]>> this week on newsmakers, the top democrat on the house ways and means committee talks about tax reform, the future of social security and medicare and how congress is addressing unemployment and spending cuts. join us sunday on c-span. >> the alamo, our environment. journalism, panels and discussions, live in this weekend on tv starting today. at 4:30, what animals can teach us about health and healing. tomorrow, live starting at 1 p.m. on afghanistan, followed by social security. panels from the tucson festival of books, live this weekend on c-span two. >> now, the commanders of u.s. social operations on defense funding for military programs in 2014. general james madison testified about troop levels in afghanistan. the threat of a nuclear iran. from the senate of armed services committee, this is about three hours. >> good morning, everybody. this morning's hearing is the first of the commanders to receive testimony on the military strategy and operational re

this is about america. god bless you and god bless america. [applause] ♪ >> thank you. and applause] thank you. you are eating into my time. thank you so much. it is wonderful to be here. i think the organizers for inviting me. eric, what you said. you made it unnecessary for me to talk about political correctness. enough said. i want to talk a little bit about what is logical and what is common sense today. we do not hear a lot of that. i do not think common sense should be something that is just for conservatives. liberals and everybody else should understand and enjoy common-sense also. for some strange reason, sometimes they do not. it is interesting, the outpouring of sentiment i received after the speech at the national prayer breakfast. [cheers and applause] , letters,uch mail books, amazing, from everybody. some of the more poignant ones were from older americans who said they had given up and they were just waiting to die. now they felt a sense of revival again. [cheers and applause] that is sad that we have reached a point in our lives where there are so many

god bless america. god bless the church. god bless marriage.ht. >> there has been a lot of talk in the media, putting forth this idea that young people have abandoned the idea that marriage is a union of a man and a woman. that is not true. the people you'll hear from that havese are folks had children speaking and 11 year-old standing up for marriage. and it's bigger focus is on the college campus. it would be difficult place to be standing up for traditional marriage. >> are we having fun ynet? me too. i'm having a blast. thank you so much for being here. 40 years ago the supreme court issues row versus wade. this is the 40th anniversary. we are here with one simple message for the supreme court. do not read define marriage. but not due to a marriage what you did to life. we need to continue the discussion. the elite of washington, d.c. cannot be bothered to notice. if they have looked out the window, and they would have seen a half million people. they would have noticed that the average age of the marchers was about 17. am i right? the pro-

about it anymore when you hear politicians, including the president, end every speech with "god bless america." they do that routinely, ritualistically. >> nobody realizes that nobody ever did that before 1980. politicians did not, when i was growing up in the 1950s -- >> same here. so what do you think when you hear that? i heard it the other day twice in one of the president's speeches. >> public religiosity has become more important. and this is an idea i borrowed from really the great american religious historian martin marty. he said, "what this emphasis on symbolism is about is about ownership. it's not about religion. and it's also about a religion which is much more insecure than it was 50 or 100 years ago." in other words, if you have confidence in the viability of your religious institution and your own faith, you don't need to hear the president saying, "god bless america." quakers and baptists in the early 18th century would have hated that because they were opposed to government getting in on the religious attack. but they would have been absolutely horrified at that. teddy roose

god bless you. god bless america. ♪ >> truly inspiring.t is my honor to introduce the honorable nicole malley attack us. ladies and gentlemen, please welcome new york assemblywoman mallle malley attack us -- iotakis. >> good afternoon. you might be surprised to lend that i'm a first-generation american. on paper, most would write me off as a liberal democrat. young, female, have hispanic, new york city. i was fortunate to have parents who raised me to be aware of how government can impact its citizens. in 1962, with literally $50 in his pocket my father left his homeland of grace in pursuit of the american dream. my mother was forced to flee cuba at the age of 15 to escape the oppression of the newly formed regime, fidel castro. the one thing these two individuals from complete opposite sides of the world had in common was their belief that america was the one place in a world where they can be given the opportunity to fulfill their dreams. attending the american dream was not easy for my parents. young ages. they both came to new york alo

and may gods you bless america. thank you so much. [applause] ♪ >> i am truly honored to stand with you today to introduce our next speaker. honestly i am a little nervous. for those of you who know me i am usually in the back making things run. i am never out front and i am never under the light. this opportunity is really special. my name is the nasa and i am with the national rifle association. -- my name is vannessa and i am with the national rifle association. i feel like i represent many of you here today. i was in college a few short years ago with plans to change the world through public service. you are here because you have that same passion and drive. sight.lose remember why you came to cpac. stay inspired. bitious. next things up like our speaker. she is a strong feminist leader -- feminine leader. she stands for god, country, and freedom. there is a cultural authenticity that is unique to her. she breaks the mold and it scares her opponents. she gets key common sense conservatives elected into office. as a pioneer, patrio

god bless you. god blows the united states of america. [applause] >> next "q&a" with fred barnes.meron takes questions from the house of commons. after that a debate between ucker karlson and paul begala.

god bless you, god bless america. >> that was president obama getting back into the gun debate with an event at the white house, joined by parents, law enforcement officials, as well as the vice president, urging kwng to mocongress to move forwd on gun control legislation. >> megan mccardell, especially correspondent with "newsweek" and the "daily beast," new york magazine contributing editor and editor of the "new york times" magazine, hugo lundgren. as we saw, the president is raising the stakes on gun safety reform. here are some remarks just moments ago. >> on this stage, whose children were killed as recently as 35 days ago. i don't think any of us who are parents can hear their stories and not think about our own daughters and our own sons and our own grandchildren. we all feel that it is our first impulse as parents to do everything we can to protect our children from harm. >> shame on fuss we've forgotten. i haven't forgotten those kids, shame on us if we've forgotten. if there's one thing i've said consistently, since i first ran for this office, nothing is more powerful than

. >> god bless america. >> that's like number one of being awful. >> you have a seven-year-old shaped a pop tart into a gun. >> i know. >> you see the point. jay welcome to our public education system. >> you say everybody knows who the problem people are. we should point out we don't know what the josh welch's record is like. maybe he has been a problem and the teacher reacted to that. >> i was using him as a sounding board to criticize everybody else. that's a fair point. this kid may suck. >> and he may not. we just don't know. >> he is seven. >> we are not a news show. >> we are not a news show. >> we need to make that clear. >> we made no follow-up phone calls to anybody. in fact, when we are about to do a story we sit down and say okay, don't make any effort on this. if we make effort on this we are going to places we not prepared for. >> remember, don't give them credit. >> we are the audio-visual version of a blog. that's pretty much what we are. >> we are more like an audio-visual pile of stuff. >> it is an audio-visual zeen. >> the original title for our show was guess what.

my badge number 1093, god bless america. >> john: coming up.y have the freedom to sell sex? should they have the freedom to get thigh? legal drugs and sex work when we return. copd makes it hard to breathe, but with advair, i'm breathing better. so now i can be in the scene. advair is clinically proven to help significantly improve lung function. unlike most copd medications, advair contains both an anti-inflammatory and a long-acting bronchodilator working together to help improve your lung function all day. advair won't replace fast-acting inhalers for sudden symptoms and should not be used more than twice a day. people with copd taking advair may have a higher chance of pneumonia. advair may increase your risk of osteoporosis and some eye problems. tell your doctor if you have a heart condition or high blood pressure before taking advair. if you're still having difficulty breathing, ask your doctor if including advair could help improve your lung function. get your first full prescription free and save on refills at advaircopd.com. >> john:

all those were singing god bless america and waving flags, they were gone. there are firebombs and fires running all through the train. now here we are 44 years later and people sit back and they say john collins is in icon, john carlos is a legend, john carlos is a hero. you have a 25-foot statue at san jose stadium that blew me away. i thought if you want to do if you have the right to do it to put it into the institution of education. but when they take a picture of the statue, that is a beautiful statue. i think i should have a brick with my name at the base. hey man move over. i think i should be in the picture. i told them wait a minute, hold it for a second. you cannot get a brick with your name on it on the base of the statue. why not, john? that statue does not depict me taking the baton beyond athletics. you can't get in the picture. why can i get in the picture? we ran together. i said i will tell you what, i will let you get in the picture. what do you want? only to step forward and open up your shirt. roll up your sleeves. pull up your pant legs

may god bless you and may god bless america. so much. >> conservative activist phyllis schlafly says atives did not win because mitt romney was the wrong candidates. she was when the last speakers at the conservative political action conference. this lady is fantastic. i spent some time with her before. she has been a national leader in the movement since the publication of her best-selling book in 1964, called "a choice not an echo.:" she is a fantastically the, please give a huge welcome to mrs. phyllis schlafly. [applause]♪ ♪ >> good morning cpac-ers. and thank you sarah palin for warming up this great crowd. i think we need to analyze why we lost last year to barack obama, who has said he wants to fundamentally transformed america in ways we do not want to be transformed. i would suggest that the democrats had a better ground game than republicans. they did not make use of all new volunteers to get out the vote on election day. i would give you an example of how the democrats were so clever in using early voting to get their

um, well, you know, god bless america. here wants to cut us, what moved canada to say we're going to spend less? >> there were in bigger trouble. there were. you did have a liberal government. that old line about mixing going to china. i think republicans get a lot of cuts if they were to do their necks invest in china by going for defense cuts. noticing that the cold war is over and saying, we don't need to have a department of offense. let's of the department of defense. john: you work for the navy. if the sequester happens you will be laid off. >> that's right. well, i will get a furlough. john: the e-mail today. >> yes. by the way, i am not objecting to that. we need to have cats. and this -- these cuts are kind of crazy, but they're better than no cuts. and no cuts is what was on the table before. john: i will give you the last word. you moved to america from france because you felt america was better. now we are becoming like france. john: we are becoming like france, would take comfort in the fact that, i mean, fran

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um, well, you know, god bless america.john: i am still not getting, says no one here wants to cut us, what moved canada to say we're going to spend less? >> there were in bigger trouble. there were. you did have a liberal government. that old line about mixing going to china. i think republicans get a lot of cuts if they were to do their necks invest in china by going for defense cuts. noticing that the cold war is over and saying, we don't need to have a department of offense. let's of the department of defense. john: you work for the navy. if the sequester happens you will be laid off. >> that's right. well, i will get a furlough. john: the e-mail today. >> yes. by the way, i am not objecting to that. we need to have cats. and this -- these cuts are kind of crazy, but they're better than no cuts. and no cuts is what was on the table before. john: i will give you the last word. you moved to america from france because you felt america was better. now we are becoming like france. john: we are becoming like france, would ta

in the beginning of the film it is patriotic how the country came together and congress sang god bless americad. however, they still blamed, what i think, they blamed the united states for the attack. so, you can claim you're patriotic all you want, and sing god bless america, but we're big and bad and use the power-- >> and watched the video and then took the test. >> i did. >> megyn: and clearly the understanding the right answer was to say we are partly to blame for 9/11 and the representatives say they stand behind their video and sorry for the test questions, but stand behind the video. do you think they need to do more? >> oh, i think they -- i think they need to pull it. now, my son knew, when i asked him about why he answered that question that way, he said, mom, i know that terrorists are bad, but that's what the man says in the video and i wanted to get 100, so that's a quote from the video. >> megyn: senator patrick, let me bring you in on this and i know you're concerned about the curriculum in the state of texas and a couple of circulating around down there and this is what we hav

tot is why we parade today our god almighty [indiscernible] , and god bless puerto rico. and god bless americau. god bless you all. >> one of the sponsors of the event and one of the advocacy groups and washington who does so much good for protecting marriage is concerned women for america. have allisond to howard to speak with us today. >> thank you for coming out on the side of truth today. thank you. i stand here on behalf of more than 500,000 members of concerned women for america. and i want to take a minute and talk to the grown-ups and the room for a second. do not give up on us young people. on us onve up people. the media will tell you that i do not exist. i do exist, and i believe that marriage is between a man and a woman. my culture, my generation grew up in this culture that does nothing to support or protect marriage. we bear those scars. every young person bears those scars of a culture that sought to force to tear apart our country. ask any little girl who never loveo have the embrace and of her father if it matter to her. ask any little boy who never got to hear the tone of hi

god bless america.nteresting that the party that is against affirmative action gets so hot and boder if anyone brown or black or woman. in positions, and black conservatives really understand, i think, in a very real way that they have a great opening in a party like that. alan west became an instant star. mr. herman cain became an instant star. at one point he was at the top of the list of people when you polled republicans. there's still people who want allan west to be president. ben carson has an added benefit. he hasn't been caught up in the republican party bad brand problems. a lot of people didn't even know he was a conservative. he also has a book to sell. he's going to sell a lot. >> you're being far to ironic and cynical. david, is it not possible that an individual like dr. ben carson could well, i don't know, become a potential presidential nominee? herman cain was in the running at one point. >> yes, i mean, herman cain makes him look like linking in a lot of ways in terms of political exp

god bless america. >> thank you. >> thank you, president peres. now have the privilege to invite the president of the united states of america, the honorable barack obama, to receive the presidential award of distinction from the president of the state of israel, his excellency, shimon peres. and now we will begin the ceremony presidential award of distinction. please be seated. president obama has been nominated for this award for the following reasons. barack obama serves as the 44th president of the united states of america. he was elected to his first term in 2008. capturing the world attention and the heart of the american people. in 2012 he was elected to a second term. barack obama's presidency has been distinguished by his deep belief and ongoing fight for equality in the united states of america and for the promotion of democratic values, human rights, solidarity and peace across the world. in 2009 he was awarded the nobel prize for his special contribution and efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples.

god bless you. god bless america. [applause] cable satellite corp. 2013] national captioning institute] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [applause] >> next defense secretary chuck hagel announces the deployment of interceptor missiles on the west coast. then some of the speakers from the political action conference. >> the simple fact is we're getting older together and we're not not same -- our fertility rates have dropped and having an inverted pyramid. it makes our challenges as it relates to entitlements and social security even greater. japan and europe and russia and now china is starting to feel the impact of its one child policy. we're better off than the rest of the developed world but our fertility rate has dropped to 1.8, the lowest drop in recorded history. we have a try and true way to deal with this demographic time bomb. the path that we could take is to allow for a strategic reform of our immigration laws so we can bring young, aspirational people that will rebuild the demographic pyramid to make our entitlement secure and j

god bless you. i got continued to bless the united states america. >> hello. erry fromessman lee t nebraska. againstheld the line tax increases and passed a balanced budget and force the democratic run senate to submit a budget for the first time in four years. there's something else we need to do -- take on the high energy bills many families and businesses are up against. this is important when the pain at the pump begins to take an even bigger toll on commuters and truckers. that is why i have led the effort in the house to support the keystone xl pipeline, a project that would bring more north american energy to the marketplace and put thousands to work. keystone would grade roughly 20,000 new jobs related to the construction of the pipeline and create another 118,000 jobs downstream. labor leaders in my hometown said it would create 2000 jobs here. keystone is primed to give our economy a shot in the arm and make energy more affordable. it will not cost tax payers dime. despite that, the omabama administration tries to block it with every excuse in the book. it has now been more than 16

god bless you. god bless america.eers and applause] ♪ ♪ the constant theme of this conference has been talking about the debt, talking about how conservatives can rein in the spending so my generation can prosper. but when i look at washington, i don't think the problem is that there's too much partisanship, there's too much bipartisanship. both parties are agreeing to equally mortgage my future away. they're agreeing that it's okay to spend a trillion dollars we don't have. but there is a caucus of people that have stood up against republicans and democrats so that my generation does not have to inherit trillions and trillions of dollars in debt. one of those people is congressman steven king from iowa. >> iowa! [cheers and applause] >> someone who has stood up for constitutionally-limited government, fiscal responsibility and has the courage to call a republican a rhino and a democrat a liberal. ladies and gentlemen, please welcome congressman steven king from iowa. [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪ b. [cheers and applause]

may god bless you and bless the united states of america. >> i am congressman lee terry from the state of nebraska. republicans in congress are focused on creating jobs. we have held the line against tax increases and pass the balanced budget and forced the democratic senate to approve its first budget in four years. there is something else that we need to do and that is take on the high-energy bills that many small businesses and families are up against. this is important when the pain at the gas pump takes a bigger toll on commuters and truckers. i have led the efforts in the house to support the keystone pipeline that would bring more north american energy to the marketplace and the thousands to work. keystone will create 20,000 new jobs related to the construction of a pipeline and this will create another 118,000 jobs. labor leaders in my home town tell me it will create 2000 jobs here. keystone is primed to give the economy a shot in the arm and make energy more affordable and it will pay -- it won't cost the taxpayers a dime. the obama administration continues to block the keyst

god bless america. god bless israel. [ applause ] >> thank you. thank you, president peres.the privilege to advise the president of the united states, honorable barack obama, to receive the presidential award of distinction from the president of the state of israel, his excellency, shimon peres. and now we will begin the confirment ceremony of the presidential award of distinction. please, be seated. president obama has been nominated for this award for the following reasons. barack obama served as the 44th president of the united states of america. he was elected to his first term in 2008, capturing the world attention and the heart of the american people. in 2012 he was elected to a second term. barack obama's presidency has been distinguished by his need to lead an ongoing fight for equality in the united states of america and for the promotion of democratic values, human rights, solidarity, and peace all over the world. in 2009, he was awarded the nobel prize for his special contribution and effort to strengthen national diplomacy and cooperation of people. through his p

god bless america. god bless the church. god bless marriage. alright. and a's supreme court case, the proposition 8 case. the supreme court will hear the case on the defense of marriage act tomorrow. in five minutes, we will show you today's oral argument on the proposition 8 case. tomorrow, we will also concern federal regulations. the act passed in 1986, the obama and ministration deciding not to defend the act in the supreme court, and the republican leadership in the house instead engaging the legal help to defend the act before the supreme court. that is coming up tomorrow. nancy pelosi will be in the courtroom, we understand. we expect a news conference. we will have that for you here on c-span. then, a couple of discussions on the issue of same-sex marriage over at the cato institute, we will be joining evan wolfson that is the founder of the freedom to marry coalition to talk about gay marriage live at 2:00 p.m. eastern,- 1:00 p.m. rather. also coming up in the afternoon at georgetown university, they will look at legal arguments with some of th

god bless you. god bless america. >> some of the mothers who attended the press conferences spoke out later. shannon watts. we were founded in indianapolis. the day after the sandy hook shootings. since then we have 80,000 members and and 80 chapters in 40 states. the states include montana, south dakota, texas, some of the state you would not think are four common-cents gun law, but this is a non-partisan issue, and moms are coming together to fight for stronger gun laws in this country on the federal and state level. ruseel.im i got involved in this organization one day after shannon started it on facebook. i am a victim of gun violence. this issue is very important to me. when i realized that my children were no longer safe, i knew i had to do something about it. it has gone on too long, gun violence is a health crisis in this country, and it needs to be stopped, and we can do something about it. we are a great country and we can prevent gun violence. we cannot take it at all with, but we can reduce it, and that is what we're doing to make this happen. we are calling our legislators every

. >> bill: god bless america. >> when we sat down with the experts that help us put it together, we saidgned to put 7 million people back to work in the first year. we get $4.5 trillion in deficit reduction in ten years, because you have more people working, more people paying more deficit going down. we do go up in the early years, because you have got to get people back to work, but we are doing things that are necessary. for example, we're putting a lot of money into infrastructure development, why? because the civil engineers say our country needs it. we got about $2.3 trillion in unmet infrastructure needs, and i can testify in minnesota we had a bridge fall five years ago, and i'll never forget that 13 people died, 100 people fell 65 feet, severe back injuries head injuries and we will never forget that but the truth is there are bridges that need serious repair all over the united states. >> ray lahood says america is one big pothole. >> he is right. so when we do this infrastructure development we improve productivity reduce congestion, get people moving get folks where they need

may god bless america. host: joe is in the suburbs in bethesda, maryland. caller: i'm a democrat and a lifelong committed democrat. in my view, every single democrat senators who criticize president bush for all grades -- for abu graib should have been rushing to support rand paul. there's a right to due process in the 14th amendment. it is what provided the foundation for giving african- americans the right to vote, to ensuring that people have access to government. and this administration has such disdain for it. it is shocking. i have to say that this is more than just the issue of drones used domestically. due process rights throughout our country's history have followed american citizens wherever they go around the globe. this issue about whether one is an enemy combatants, that is something that should be determined in an adversarial proceeding. the executive branch should not get the right to make a unilateral decision about whether one is an enemy combatants and then acting on the evidence they have gathered and acting along their determination of w

god bless america. thank you. [applause] >> panel looks at the ben ghazi consulate attack. this is just just under one hour. >> when bill clinton was president of the united states, there were so many people that said the president was lying. it was only about sex. everybody lies about that. how many times have you had anything that involves federal spending or campaign finance and you get a straight answer. what is the minimum cost to be in the organizing for america meetings with president obama. is there a discount available? politicians are expected not to be truthful when it comes to money. i believe why ben ghazi has struck chord with people across the country is because the concern is that the president and his people were lying about matters of life and death. that is in a different category from anything else the shame is not only the president but it is with the media itself and what they did and they failed to do to follow up with it. our panel will explore -- i do not think we are able to give you a formal report of what happened. if you have read through the fi

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[applause] thank you, god bless america.pplause] >> the annual meeting also looked at middle east policy and the terrorist attacks that killed four americans in benghazi, libya. this hour-long forum began with comments by congressman ernest istook. >> it is interesting to me there so many people that said, well, of course the president was lying. after all, it was only about sex. and everybody lies about that. how many times have you had anything that involved federal spending or campaign finance? and you can't get a straight answer? for example, what is the minimum cost so we are told that politicians are not truthful when it comes to money. however, i believe that benghazi has struck a resonant chord with people all across the country. because the concern is that the president and his people were lying about matters of life and death. that is in such a different category than anything else. our panel is next to explore -- well, we are not able to give you a formal report what happened. if you read through the findings of t

god bless america. god bless israel. god bless the american-israel alliance. god bless you all.hank you. [applause] >> former dh as directors join the current director to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the homeland security department. live at 7:00 a.m. eastern "washington journal" picture e- mails on the sequestration. the house agriculture committee hears from condo site this morning on several issues including sequestration, the rural economy and the farm bill. weiss i live at 10:00 a.m. on the span -- on c-span 3. on monday, how rogers introduces legislation to keep the federal government running through the end of the year. the house rules committee holds a meeting five at 3:00 p.m. eastern on c-span3. >> one of the things that grabs me was a report in the paragraph where they interviewed a guy named mark kay. mark kay encapsulated the mentality where he said, i do not do research because i know charities produce good. where i put my time and research and are things like pop-ups. i do not need to do the research for charities. that captures the ethic among donors. my boo

say that here in the united states of america, it doesn't matter what you look like or where you come from, if you work hard, you can make it. thank you. god bless you. god bless the united states of america. ♪ next on c-span, "washington live with your calls and e-mails. later, the bipartisan policy center's campaign to end what they called hyper-partisanship in government. year, we received a record 1819 interest in c- studentcam competition. see all of the winning documentary is online at studentcam.org. ," next on "washington journal consumer spending and the payroll tax. followed by a look at president obama appointment as the new secret service director and the history, role, and mission of the agency. and the influence of the glock

god bless you and god bless america. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the entleman from oregon rise? for what purpose does the gentleman from oregon rise? mr. defazio: address the house for one minute. yesterday i discussed the american society of civil engineers' score barred. our infrastructure is failing. a d-plus, costing us lost productivity, wasted fuel. we need to deal with that problem. there is an even bigger problem looming which is the already inadequate levels of investment in our infrastructure are about to end. the ryan budget takes us from a $40 billion investment in our crumbling roads, bridges, and highways to $100 million. $40 million, $100 million. transit, $10 billion to zeerrow. that's right. the ryan budget cuts our investment that's already inadequate in infrastructure from $50 billion a year to $100 million. that's about a million jobs lost in addition to the accelerated deterioration of the system. that can't be a serious proposal. this isn't a serious budget. it's balanced on phony premises. anybody believ

providential hand that made america and respect the innocent life he will save our movement and with hard work and humility and the grace of our loving god, we will save our country. god blessou, cpac and god bless the united states of america. [ applause ] >> okay, that was former alaska governor sarah palin wowing the crowds in the cpack conference. it is a launch many argue for the gop primary . we'll find out the results of the straw poll that is held later today and the results will be known later tonight . freshman republican senator ted cruz that will do that live. he introduced sarah palin and he did . he's one of the beneficenceys was her campaigning for him and saying he would not be senator without his support. we'll bring you more cpack conference and we'll go to molly who is standing by with reaction from the crowd there. molly, tell us what people are saying about the future of the republican party and the leadership they are looking forward to? >> hi, uma, they are getting ready for a segment behind me. you will hear movement. they are talking to the conservatives under the age of 40. sarah palin, the funny moment where she pause reached under the podium and

may god bless the memory of rosa parks, and may god bless the united states of america.>> please be seated. ladies and gentlemen, the united states army chorus. ♪ america, america god spread his grace on thee o beautiful, for spacious skies for amber waves of grain for purple mountains majesty among the fruited plain ♪ america, america god shed his grace on thee and crown thy good with brotherhood from sea to shining sea ♪ ♪ [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, please stand as the chaplain of the united dates house of representatives, the reverend patrick conroy, gives the benediction. >> let us pray. we give you thanks, almighty god, for your gift to our nation of rosa parks. you're good and faithful servant. one of the finest citizens of montgomery, she took a heroic stand by sitting. her prophetic action, one among so many during an oddly greatest time -- oddly-grace time during our american history, change the course of human history as it has lived on our continent. a central catalyst in the events which came to define the civil rights era, or cause lay deep in the r

god bless you and israel. may god bless the united states of america. thank you. ♪ >> next week, the supreme court gives its argument on two same- sex marriage cases. the first is on tuesday on the constitutionality of california's proposition 8. and amending the state's constitution to recognize the marriage only between a man and woman. on wednesday the case of the constitutionality of the federal defense of marriage act. you can listen to both of those oral arguments on tuesday and wednesday evening at 8:00 on c- span. >> monday night, called a bigamist and then adulterate during her husband's 1828 campaign, richard jackson dies of an apparent heart