their safe havens, and then the second reason, the vigorous, decisive, and wise leadership of john ashcroft in quickly adapting the department of justice to the needs of the war against terror. it remains only for me to say i had the opportunity to work personally with mr. ashcroft in a number of instances, the first was when i was a young leader of the republican party in the missouri legislature in his second term as governor, and as all those who know him will attest, he is in his perge life a model of integrity, humility and humanity. ladies and gentlemen, it's a great pllasure on behalf of the heritage foundation to introduce to you the former attorney general of the united states, john ashcroft. [applause] >> thank you, ed fulmer and jim talent. it is a pleasure to be with you. i like the way they sort of scoot across the top of history and to the avoid the valleys and hittle on the peaks. he didn't mention i've lost more elections in three of the last four decades, i lost elections, i happened to be the only person ever to have lost his senate seat to a deceased opponent. so your wil

john ashcroft entered office for the first time in 1973 when he became missouri state officer. he followed that with two terms as missouri's attorney general. he followed that with two terms as governor. silage is summarized as by saying and i would summarize those pressing wheat traded 330,000 jobs. the balance the budget eight years in a row. he left office with a surplus. we had the 49th lowest tax burden per capita in the whole country. we had the second-best tax policy in the country. after that, he went to the united states senate. we did criminal justice and regulatory reform on a broad range of issues as well as cutting taxes. dealers said the center of much of that activity. he became attorney general in 2001. those of us who knew him realize at the time that he was enjoying that office immensely. then the night states was 2001.ked september 11 i am sure he will address many issues that he had to deal with in those days. when i ask today, and i do get asked this a lot, when i am asked why the united states has not been successfully attacked again, these of the two top

john ashcroft entered office for the first time in 1973 when he became missouri state auditor. he followed that with two terms as missoi's attorney general, unaware of what that was preparing him for in the future he followed that with two terms as governor, i'll summarize those years in missouri by saying we we in the state of missouri created 330,000 new jobs in those eight years, balanced the budget eight years in a row. he left office with a surplus. and we had the 49th lowest tax burden per capita in the wle country. or as we like to say at the time we had the second best tax policy in missouri at the time. after th, he went to the u.s. senate in the turbulent and exciti years of the 1990's when w balanced the budget, produced surplus, did do welfare reform, criminal justice reform, regulatory reform in a broad range of areas, as well as cutting taxes a number of times. mr. ashcroft was at the cent over much after thoove activetism he became attorney general of -- in 2001, i believe in february of 2001. those of us who knew him realized that at the time he was enjoying tha

after that, former bush administration attorney general john ashcroft will discuss interrogation techniques and the legal rights of terrorism suspect carried live coverage from the heritage foundation begins at 11:00 eastern. coming up this hour, the center for american progress tries as for the response to the bp oil spill. after that, a new york university professor on ways to streamline the federal government. later, an update on a tax later, an update on a tax

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we will hear from john ashcroft at the heritage foundation. you are watching live coverage. across and only hit the peaks. i have lost many elections. i lost elections and happen to be the only person to have lost a senate seat to a deceased opponent. to cast me in the role of a winner is something for which i am grateful. i have a lot to say and that may mean i make a lot of mistakes. i'm not as immune from attack as when i was a member of the senate. i believe that the defense of america is tantamount to the defense of freedom. and freedom is worth defending. freedom is what the alchemists were looking for in the middle ages. in those days, it was thought that if you could just touched ordinary metal with some magic substance, you could change it into pure gold, sort of the pixie dust that would make us into what we hope we would be. there is no such thing in the natural world. we know that. we memooize the periodic table and understood elements have their own character and are not susceptible to transition. there is a pixie dust in human existence and it is freedom. is wh

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there was an attorney general's opion written under john ashcroft that makes it clear that local law enforcement can enforce federal immigration law. there are a number of pieces of federal case law out there, one of them a 2001 case, the 10t circuit, it's u.s. versus santana garcia, in case you want to look at up tonight, mr. speaker, in if you're having trouble sleeping. i'll tell you simply what that ays is, the federal court, 10th circuit,oncluded it is imicit thalocal law enforcement has the auority to eorce federal iraugs law -- immigration law, it wasn't contemplated oerwise, i would go furtheto say ifthere was something implicit that lal law enforcement can't enforce deral lawdoes that r-bere-seen a federal officer is assated or murdered by someone, that local law enforcement can't pick them up, because it a feral law. if a national bank was robbed, cod the unty sheriffs pick up the bank robbers a support the law against robng federal banks? or uld you ve to wait until thf.i. showed up to be able to pick up t robbers of th federal banks? byhe same token, if it's a city ordina