democrat. those are very important things like protecting social security and medicare. writes that our seniors have earned. those are entitlements to be put at risk with the tax bill mark harris and the freedom caucust. >> let me is the question of you, you are a republican. why? harris: i believe the republican party, if at age 14 i was dropped off at my parents at the americans for reagan office established by jesse helms in winston-salem, north carolina and cut my teeth there. i believe as a republican it is simple. we believe in limited government. we believe in shrinking the size of government. we believe in a strong military and strong foreign policy. we believe in a party that as reagan put it if you are going to build a strong america, like building a 3-legged stool. you need strong domestic agenda, strong foreign policy, and strong on social issues and he said if you try to break off any one of those legs that store will not stand and so for me that is what it means to be a republican. c-span: >> moderator: is this ronald reagan's republican party? harris: at the heart of it, shaking the size of government, limited government, lowering taxes, all of those things, the personalities have cha