the italian olafsons that had an immense influence in america. this has passed in a few states and you are getting traction in a few more. >> we have passed the national debt relief amendment in north dakota and louisiana and we have pry sponsors in 20 additional states. colorado is one of those, wyoming, utah, arizona, of course, all of the states that are fiscally responsible like the national debt relief amendment. so i would invite you to visit with me during the conference. to learn more about the national debt relief amendment and also invite you to visit our website, restoringfreedom.org. this idea was proposed by a non-profit called restoringfreedom.org. james robison's last two words were restoring freedom. that's what we are doing. we are restoring freedom. we must exercise our rights under article 5 as our founding fathers intended and i just want to take the time to say this. is it amazing when you look at what our founding fathers intended with article 5 they gave states the unilateral power to propose and ratify amendments to the u.

state senator curtis olafson of north dakota and our friend martin dzuris of michigan. gentlemen, will you come up here and flank me here please? senator olafson contacted me just the other day and told me he hopes a project of his called the national debt relief amendment could be highlighted at western conservative summit. just a couple of days prove to that i made friends over the phone and realize wed must include this man as well in the summit. martin dzuris of michigan, the southwest corner of michigan where my mother's family is from where i was born. and i want by way of just a little interview here to have each of you know what is special about these gentlemen so you can take advantage of knowing them informally as the summit and session goes on for another 26

senator olafson i was impressed by the brevity of the national debt relief amendment. i think you said 18 words. give us those, please. >> the national debt relief amendment is a state initiated nonpartisan effort invoking the rights of state legislatures to propose and ratify amendments to the constitution using article 5. the 18 words are

the exception to clearing the room is come up front and meet martin dzuris of curtis olafson. we are adjourned. the doors will open again at high noon for lunch. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> ladies and gentlemen, please exit the ballroom promptly. remember, take personal items with you as there will be reset. thank you. doors will reopen shortly. ♪ >> next, mitt romney on the economy. then, president obama at a rally in pittsburgh. live at 7:00 a.m., your calls and comments on "washington journal." >> the department has announced that unemployment remained at 8.2% for the month of june with u.s. employers adding just 80,000 new jobs. republican presidential candidate, mitt romney, said the report shows the economic policies have not gotten america working again and the president is going to have to take responsibility for it. here are his comments. >> good morning. we have seen the jobs report this morning, and it is another kick in the gut to middle-class families. it is consistent with wha

[applause] >> ander o -- senator olafson, they have had an immense influence on america.as passed in 80 states and you are getting traction in a few more. >> we have passed the amendment in north dakota, louisiana, and we have sponsors in 20 additional states. i do not have the list in front of me right now. colorado is one of those. wyoming, utah, arizona. all of the states that our fiscal -- fiscally responsible like the amendment. i wouldn't like you to visit with me during the conference to learn more -- i would invite you to visit with me during the conference to learn more about it. this idea was first proposed by a nonprofit corporation. i thought it was providential that the james robison's last words were restoring freedom. that is what we are doing. we must exercise our rights under article 5 as our founding fathers intended. i want to take the time to say it is amazing when you look at what they intended with article 5. they gave states the power to propose and ratified amendments

the exception to clearing the room is come up front and meet martin dzuris or curtis olafson. we are adjourned the. doors will open at high noon, 12:00 noon for luncheon service. >>> ladies and gentlemen, please exit the ballroom promptly and remember, take personal items with you as the room will be reset. thank you. doors will reopen shortly. ♪