the heritage foundation began in 1973, and it's based here in washington d.c. it has hundreds of thousands of members and an annual budget of $75 million. >> well, good morning, dr. feulner. >> good morning. how are you? [laughter] >> isn't this great? [inaudible conversations] i think we had 11 people at our first presidents club meeting, and so we have come a long way, baby. [laughter] >> well, we're going to jump right into some asking questions and getting wonderful answers, and then we're going to open it up to you all, and you're going to flood us with questions as well. and leading the way, this wonderful book here -- yes, there will be a book signing a little bit, we're all authors, you know, irrepressible about selling their books. [laughter] so there will be a book signing i think at 5:30 or something like that this afternoon, and ed and i will both be there, be happy to sign it for you as many times as you want. [laughter] >> well, not every page. [laughter] >> so in leading the way, i reveal that you almost didn't become heritage president. >> it's

washington we have charles stimson he is the chief of staff and senior legal fellow at the heritage foundation and in nashville we cross to. he is an assistant professor of law at vanderbilt law school or a gentleman cross-talk rules and i think that means you can jump in anytime you want thomas can you talk us through why did the hunger strike started getting and what's going on there at this moment. the hunger strike started because of some

and the exchanges were invented by mitt romney and the heritage foundation and i think they're goingk very well. this gives people more choices, not fewer choices. >> i don't like the plan myself. but i'll just say this. we're coming into may. this thing is supposed to start in october. the infrastructure is just not in place. that's -- >> it is in some states. but the federal exchange i think is going to be a problem. >> and we don't know what the cost is going to be. all right. leave it there. betsy mccoy -- >> i brought you a copy of my book. "beating obamacare." >> i'll commit it to memory. >> i think immigration reform is pro growth. i think it's going to lower the budget deficit. it's going to create new business. on the other, heritage foundation chief jim demint disagrees and about to join me and howard dean in what should be a pretty good debate. woman: everyone in the nicu -- all the nurses wanted to watch him when he was there 118 days. everything that you thought was important to you changes in light of having a child that needs you every moment. i wouldn't trade him for

all come together they call it a trifecta and you have him jim de mint now having the heritage foundation i mean what is the problem with these think tanks or do you think there is a problem with them will so first of all jim de mint doesn't have to register as a lobbyist because he's essentially one step removed from the process they are able to get all of this funding from essentially whoever they want and then they get to write research and stuff like that all the sea bright and they should actually and all of those things often get totally cribbed by whoever the congressman is who's supposed to be listening to them so you know the heritage foundation is considered conservative absolutely they're going to politicians with let's and that thank you so much richard there is coming on very very important subject created. by now you've probably heard of exxon mobil's massive oil spill in central arkansas stem from a ruptured pipe line a pipeline that carries tar sands oil from illinois the american southwest the pipeline carries about ninety thousand barrels through it every day and already

cribbed by whoever the congressman is who's supposed to be listening to them so you know the heritage foundation is considered conservative absolutely they're going to politicians with lots of that thank you so much return of the results coming up very very important subject create it. by now you've probably heard of exxon mobil's massive oil spill in central arkansas stem from a ruptured pipe line a pipeline that carries tar sands oil from illinois the american southwest the pipeline carries about ninety thousand barrels through it every day and already at least ten thousand are estimated to have poured out of the gash the oil flowed like a river through a residential neighborhood in arkansas coating a thick layer of black sludge over the streets and pouring the toxic soup into the sewer drains but hey another day another oil spill rate just last week i reported on the oil spill in utah but that was overshadowed by a fifteen thousand gallons spilled from a minnesota train the very same week seriously oil spills have been happening in the u.s. at an incredibly alarming rate according to e.p.a. a

lindsay burke of the heritage foundation says common core is up power grab by the feds and other formsion blob's striking back, taking more control for itself. notice not. they can agree to unifm standards. john: 50. >> we all agr they have the right to set their own standard. a group of governors. john: not being crammed down. >> not. there were enticed into adopting college and you're ady standards. >> one competitive grant program, but over 4 billion job to cut $4 billion. >> now we have waiversrom notes out left behind which are conditioned in large part upon adoption of komondor standards. >> is a difference. you can't get it if you don't apply. john: maybe they knew they would not get it. >> is not a requirement. john: let me push back to you. we support choice and charter schools. how can a parent compare state by state unless their is a standardized test, standard as director of? >> we already have a lot of ways for parents to compare. states produce criteria references, let the parents know how well their child has mast the curriculum. we have all this affirmation. a lack of t

lindsay burkef the heritage foundation says common core is up power grab by the feds and other formsn blob's striking bk, taking mor control for itself. notice not. they can agree to uniform standards. john: 50. >> we all agree they have the right to set their own standard. a group of governors. john: not being crammed down. >> not. the were enticed into adopting college and you're read standards. >> one competitiverant program, but over 4 billion job to cut $4 billion. >> now we have waivers from notes out left behind which are conditioned in large part upon adoption of komondor standards. >> is a difference. you n't get it if you don't apply. john: maybe they knew they would not get it. >> is not a requirement. john: let me push back to you. we support choice and charter schools. how can a parent compare state by state unless their is a standardized test, standard as director of? >> we already have a lot of ways for parents to compare. states produce criteria references, let the parents know how well their child has mastered the curriculum. we have all this affirmation. a lack of t

[applause] >> for more information about the heritage foundation visit heritage.org. >> visit booktv.org to watch any of the programs you see here on line. press the author or book title in the search bar on the upper left side of the page and click search. you can share anything you see on booktv.org easily by clicking share on the upper left side of the page and, selecting the format. booktv streams live online for 48 hours every weekend with top nonfiction books and authors. booktv.org. >> we are at the annual conservative political action conference in washington d.c.. the author of "obama's 4 horsemen: the disasters unleashed by obama's reelection," david harsanyi. david is the editor of human events and former columnist of the denver post. you talk about four issues going into obama's second term. described them. >> dependency which is not just about welfare and food stamps and things like that but a general fundamental change in the way people react to each other in government, the debt which is self-explanatory, the problem is a lot worse than the lead manager in, surrender, fore

heritage foundation. you mention social on abortion, this idea of including your social impact within the bottom line id of your business. what do you see as the relationship between social on abortion and social welfare, and what the ec as the relationship between government and social of entrepreneurship? it andit encourage languish and state hands off. >> that question is central, which is the best way that government can support that kind of behavior is for government to establish a neutral set of rules that govern everyone, a set of rules that is designed to create an environment of law and order rather than one of chaos, and then make sure those rules are implemented in an evenhanded fashion so as not to advantage any particular business at the expense of another. that is the best way government can support that, and when the government tries to go beyond that or promises to go beyond that, it usually ends up picking the winners and losers, and it becomes destructive to the free market economy and t

lindsay burke of the heritage foundation says common core is up power grab by the feds and other forms striking back, taking more control for itself. notice not. they can agree to uniform standards. john: 50. >> we all agree they have the right to set their own standard. a group of governors. john: not being crammed down. >> not. there were enticed into adopting college and you're ready standards. >> one competitive grant program, but over 4 billion job to cut $4 billion. >> now we have waivers from notes out left behind which are conditioned in large part upon adoption of komondor standards. >> is a difference. you can't get it if you don't apply. john: maybe they knew they would not get it. >> is not a requirement. john: let me push back to you. we support choice and charter schools. how can a parent compare state by state unless their is a standardized test, standard as director of? >> we already have a lot of ways for parents to compare. states produce criteria references, let the parents know how well their child has mastered the curriculum. we have all this affirmation. a lack of

lindsay burke of the heritage foundation says common core is up power grab by the feds and other formsob's striking back, taking more control for itself. notice not. they can agree to uniform standards. john: 50. >> we all agree they have the right to set their own standard. a group of governors. john: not being crammed down. >> not. there were enticed into adopting college and you're ready standards. >> one competitive grant program, but over 4 billion job to cut $4 billion. >> now we have waivers from notes out left behind which are conditioned in large part upon adoption of komondor standards. >> is a difference. you can't get it if you don't apply. john: maybe they knew they would not get it. >> is not a requirement. john: let me push back to you. we support choice and charter schools. how can a parent compare state by state unless their is a standardized test, standard as director of? >> we already have a lot of ways for parents to compare. states produce criteria references, let the parents know how well their child has mastered the curriculum. we have all this affirmation. a lac

. >> the heritage foundation hosted a discussion with republican senator of utah on conservatism and the future of republican party. senator lee addressed the boston marathon bombing suspect and the immigration bill. this is 45 minutes. [applause] >> thank you very much. i want to offer my best wishes to everyone here at heritage as it embarks on what is an exciting new era. spent to make clear i much of the first year that i served in the senate joking or half joking that jim demint should run for president. this is not exactly what i had in mind. perhaps he misunderstood me. the thing that makes jim demint a great leader is the same thing that has always made people like mike spaulding and the heritage foundation so valuable. you are sharing assistance on making a positive case for conservatives, what conservatives are for. in washington it is common for both parties to succumb to easy negativity. republicans and democrats are opposed to each other in an outspoken partisanship. it is what almost gets the most headlines. this negativity is not appealing on both sides. the helps expl

>> hello, heritage foundation. i'm curious has to which policies before and which help promote these vibrant communities which we as conservatives want to foster? >> you know the single most important policy that from which so many of the other things i talk about today would naturally flow, would be federalism or as i described it today, diversity. it is a, it's a regional, political viewpoint diversity that we need to be focused on when we talk about federalism, which is that, you know, more people in america would get more of the kind of bought they want and less of the of government they don't want if they're free to make as many government-related decisions at the most local level possible at least within their state or within the political subdivision of their state, like, you know, the county level or the city level. i think that's the single st way that we can get there. >> senator, jeff mclaughlin with the "washington times." have you get your take or weigh in on the boston bombing suspect should be tried

network luncheon thank you for being with us today and a special thanks to our partner the heritage foundation and brigit wagner for hosting the conservative women's network with us every month. kristan hawkins as president of students for life of america directs the mission and strategy and has more than tripled the number of campus pro-life groups in the united states. and with the biggest pro life conference in the nation this year she's offered the first book called "courageous" students abolishing abortion in this lifetime''. a great book we will be signing after words. the official spokeswoman and appeared on many tv networks including fox, cnn fox, cnn, christian broadcasting. and has with those papers including "the washington times" and has launched several investigations into planned parenthood" end quote. she previously worked for the 2004 bush sheeny reelection campaign and she also served as the george to be bush's administration at the u.s. department of health and human services center for faith based in community initiatives. says high-school kristin has been an advocate for th

the heritage foundation did a good study the reagan years. another one in 2006 which made the case that, of course, immigration and more immigration makes us a richer poor country and helps out on questions of deficits and economic growth. from a center-right perspective and one of the groups with talk to in law enforcement as you go state to state, the austin chief of police is a big advocate of comprehensive -- when we were in indianapolis, same thing. we always talk to our police officers and to the guys with badges as well as the business d helps out community and religious community. thank you and thank you mr. chairman. >> i will do the last around. i know it has been a long day for the witnesses. when the fbi was investigating travel, he did not find his trip to russia. they typed in his name incorrectly. , the airline. our bill requires that travel exit data be base by swiping the passport. we are making sure it is machine-readable on exit. dhs says this would have helped the fbi in this case. do you agree? absolutely. >> good. one ex

here you have the nra statement immediately rejecting this and heritage foundation, conservative group, saying they will score republican nets house who support this. so is it proof the nra still has a voice and power and that this is a disappointment to congressmen like keith ellison. >> it is true the nra intimidate but it is also proof congress can be bought. this is not significant legislation. it will help close the commercial gun show loophole. >> why isn't that significant? >> because it will do nothing to close the dangerous criminal loophole. so criminals can continue to buy gunnes from private individuals who they call their friends without an id or background check. so this -- this isn't significant as far as reducing access to guns by criminals. it is significant in requiring gun shows to do a background check. well, if criminals can continue to go to 33 states, where private sales are legal among private individuals, they will be able to buy a thousand guns a day, privately without an id or background check. and the fact that members of congress think that somehow they hav

. >> the heritage foundation hosted utah senator mike lee yesterday. the republican focused on conservativism and the future of the gop. this is a little less than an hour. [applause] >> thank you very much, matt. i want to offer my best wishes to all here at the heritage foundation as it embarks on what is really an exciting new era. i also want to make clear that i spent much to have first year that -- much of the first year that i served in the united states senate joking or perhaps half joking that jim demint should run for president. this isn't exactly what i had in mind. [laughter] perhaps he misunderstood me. you know, the ting that makes jim demint a great leader is the same thing that has always made people like matt spalding and the heritage foundation itself so very valuable; that is, your shared insistence on making the positive case for conservativism, what conservatives are for. in washington it's common for both parties to succumb to easy negativity. republicans and democrats stand opposed to each other, obviously, and outspoken partisan

>> let's be fair to the heritage foundation nchlgt 2006 they put out a professionally, seriously done study that said immigrants are a boon to the country and produce more than they consume. so heritage has been on the record with a serious study that was quite good and we shouldn't stick them with some of the other studies that haven't been as well thought through from time to time. holt seekan has done another study to reduce the deficit over the next decade, 2.7 trillion, because of this. these are serious economic studies. >> because more people entering the labor force would increase economic growth by 1 percentage point a year. if you get that kind of growth from more people coming into the labor force, then the deficit falls by nearly 3 trillion dollars. >> this is preposterous. >> preposterous. >> ann has said a couple times what i have heard from other people in other areas, and that is, gee, we have a welfare system and that makes some people dependent. we do. most of the people who go on welfare aid the families with independent children over decades and decades were born i

was inaugurated, i'm not sure, very soon he is going to be taking over as president of the heritage foundation, one of the more important conservative think tanks in washington and in the country as a whole. and then in 2008 we saw the ultimate congressional back bencher in the form of ron paul, the person of ron paul, show that you can have a lasting impact on the debate and a lasting impact on the party. where there's now even an entire wing of the party that is unnuanced by ron paul and issues like federal reserve and a less interventionist foreign policy and civil liberties issues that simply weren't even getting a hearing in the bush era gop. so i think that is really where the action is going to be going forward. but the final thing i would say in terms of opportunities for limiting the federal government is if you really look at when conservatives and libber tapes have been successful -- libertarians have been successful in the past, it has really always been in response to liberal misgovernment. to people always like big government when it's free, but soon we're going to see the middle

. >> a live shot from the heritage foundation.ssion on religion and politics live chaplain black. on c-t noon, it will be span. until then, in the economic insecurity's involvement in the boston bombing investigation. -- a look at homeland security's involvement. and again, live from the heritage foundation and we will bring in a discussion on religion and politics with chaplain reverend barry black set to start in a few minutes talking about how religious liberty and political freedom were behind the founding of the u.s. also on secular views and how to bridge the divide. this will be starting a few minutes from now live starting on c-span. 14 mesh -- law-enforcement officials continue looking at this. we are joined by a former white and fromcial director the homeland security policy institute to discuss these issues. lots of discussion on the sunday shows yesterday on whether the u.s. information systems failed. fromnt to play a clip yesterday on "face the nation." "washington journ[video clip] >> when he is back to russia, dhs

south carolina senator jim demint kicked off his first day as president of the conservative heritage foundation to the staff saying, "more people than ever before, 69.5 million americans from college students to retirees to welfare beneficiaries defend on the federal government for housing, food, income, student aid or other assistance. the united states must reverse the direction of these trends or face economic or social collapse." you remember him as the florida republican who said 71 to 81 race specific house members are members of the party. anyway, west traveled to l.a. as part of his web series recently and had a tough time adjusting. >> i have to correct a nice young lady at a nearby lunch stop who wanted to put sprouts on my turkey and swiss sandwich? i had someone ask me if i want to go to a real nice sushi restaurant, but i had to tell them that i don't eat bait. needless to say, it has, indeed, been interesting being out here in l.a. >> well, there you have it. both allen west and joe walsh have said another run for office is not off the table. hmm. >>> next, the latest republican s

in fact, the heritage foundation currently estimates the true ten-year course at $2.6 trillion. a trillion being a thousand billion. the last measure to control immigration and create legal status for undocumented workers was the 1986 immigration reform and control act. that's 27 years ago. that law legalized 2.7 million aliens. 1 million of these legalized aliens went on to become citizens. the principal economic impact was to raise income for imup as much as 13%. the 1986 immigration amnesty, by the way, caused a wave of follow-on immigration of 400% surge from 2.7 million illegal aliens then to 11 million now. in the wake of the boston marathon bombings, the senate may the boston marathon bombings, the senate may not move as fast as president obama wants. question. will boston marathon bombing slow down the momentum of u.s. immigration policy and procedure reform, pat? >> it already has, john. but i believe the bill is going to pass the united states senate. so many people are out front on there. marco rubio is the key player for the republicans, is being bashed -- was being

heritage foundation's senior fellow peter brooks writing today, it's highly unlikely the missiles northea is mobilizing have the ability to successfully target south korea or japan or the united states, but he goes onto warn this saying, quote, before you start your happy dance assuming north korea is going to launch a missile in an open ocean test the missile may pass over japan a less than fully successful flight test could result in missile debris falling on japanese territory causing death or destruction on the ground. the u.s. isn't free or clear either. while the u.s. mainland might be out of missile range guam is within reach of the missile type it has moved to its east coast. peter king is our guest now. i had no idea you had a happy dance. among the scenarios that are very serious here with north korea you say the most dangerous one is that kim jong un has delusions of grand you're that could -- grandeur that could be. why do you consider that the most dangerous of all scenarios. >> i worry he may be on the verge of or have delusion of granduer. i don't know maybe we should hav

washington we have charles stimson he is the chief of staff and senior legal fellow at the heritage foundation and in nashville we crossed him. he's an assistant professor of law at vanderbilt law school are german cross-talk rules and i think that means you can jump in anytime you want to thomas can you talk us through why did the hunger strike started getting and what's going on there at this moment with the hunger strike started because of some change in conditions actually the people running that camp changed and they changed some of the conditions a lot of the detainees felt that their coronas were being mishandled and they asked to give up the koran and when that didn't happen some went on strike now the strike is for a different reason i think it's really as the top generals said it's because of despair and they're devastated that bases are being closed that they're not getting hearings that more than half of the people have been cleared of any wrongdoing and they're still sitting there and they're desolate ok ok charles you want to weigh in their desperation well i don't i don't doubt.

this event from the heritage foundation in washington is one hour. [applause] >> thank you for your very kind introduction. it is a privilege for me to be here. analysts and a great admirer. the of many people here at heritage for very long time. i admire the way that heritage works across policy areas so that you really do here and integrated message. not least among which i think is the attention at the heritage foundation to the power of culture by which i mean people's beliefs, ideas, habits, expectations, and the way that these achieve some form of institutional expressions. and this issue of culture and how it relates to that economy is at the heart of my book, becoming europe. it was -- on one level becoming europe's uncertain about what happened to europe and why it is now regarded as the sick man of the global economy. the book is also about how some of these cultural and economic trends, how will change particularly of the last five years. america is seemingly a drifting in this direction of economic your position because whether it's coloss

and then you have the corporations role i really think is funding the think tanks like the heritage foundation american enterprise institute manhattan institute and so forth chamber of commerce right and so they've maintained a steady drumbeat of invectives against regulations and coupled with america's natural cynicism to government that's going to break through i think the tea party case is a bit complicated because on the one hand sure they're going to say i'm against the government you hear that when they march on but they also don't like the big banks and how we're going to get rid of the big banks that's really going to take the role of government and so i think that if you were interviewing a tea party person right now you might find a more nuanced view they might i think as is often the case they might hate regulation in the general but when you mention specific aspects of regulation it's most americans do and i'd be like well if you put it that way and i hear that and i think sort of that i think that sort of calls the pause because we all know the tea party is funded by the koch brot

holtz-eakin, congress took up this issue, the heritage foundation came up with a study with a headline that this would cost the taxpayers $2.6 trillion over some time. that study has now been discounted by quite a number of organizations. i know you have looked at that. what are your feelings on a study like that that purports these kinds of costs to the taxpayers? >> i will resist temptation to turn this into a graduate seminar, but i think the top line is i have reservations about that particular heritage study. the foundation has done a lot of good work, but in terms of that exercise, it leaves out that i think are most important, the dynamic effects in my testimony, and the study i did. ofitage has the capability doing that analysis, and i would hope they would bring something like that out if the arose.nity the second thing i worry about in that study is the basic design does not shed light on immigration reform. there is nothing about that study that says what happens as a result of passing legislation, so it does not informed decisions that congress might face, and i would like

cameron stewart research associate government studies of the heritage foundation and patrick how we reporter from the daily caller gentlemen thank you guys for being here tonight thank you so i don't understand this this seems like a slam dunk for republicans to support it's got major entitle me reform in here it's got major spending cuts for medicare and other discretionary spending programs why aren't the republicans lining up to you know give obama a big wet kiss and say thank you you just real quickly you said there's a major in time on farms not major entire reforms you talked about change. entire portion of social security into into a welfare program will do you mean indexing the benefits for paid out by social security to go with inflation and then yes i mean i don't that's all it's one small it's a funny calculation here of it but but by the white house saying look we know that these benefits are going to be cut for very vulnerable people we know that disabled people that veterans seniors are going to lose hundreds of dollars in their social security and they were talking about benef

. >> well, since lady thatcher is a patron of the heritage foundation, i am sure it will be well recognized here, as most of her life is. one other thing, i had not realized physical you mentioned again today that she had taken the organ and could play that music. president reagan also was musicically talented. he played the harmonica. [laughter] he had to learn it for a movie, and he occasionally would still play it. so there were things. again, the book is "ronald reagan and margaret thatcher: a political marriage." we thank you for your kind attention and hope you'll be back with us again in the future. we are adjourned. [applause] >> visit booktv.org to watch any of the programs you see here online. type the or author or book title in the search bar on the upper left side of the page and click "search." you can also share anything you see on booktv.org easily by clicking "share" on the upper left side of the page and selecting the por mat. booktv streams live online for 48 hours every weekend with top nonfiction books and authors. booktv.org. >> and now, toni morrison talks about her fi

things that is dire consequence you guys dog it about i guarantee you the koch brothers the heritage foundation cato it would be it would be burned into our brains by now it is wage going up does not equal the it's not even history we've never had and barmen like we have right now where employers are going to nine hundred there now to now employers have to do with obamacare they're having to deal with all of the tax even or even any regulations and guess what you don't raise go on raise that minimum wage and then i want to see how many of these fast food establishments can keep their dollar menus there they are impossible they are not be able to erlang to make more money than ever before because the job our readers are going to stimulate the economy the job creators are the people who spend one hundred percent of the money in their pocket the job creators of the people who are working a minimum wage they are the ones driving this economy good job creating are their daughters readers and you give them a little bit more money they're going to create more jobs by create more demand in our car let