Of your healing, the source of your glory. From this place may there flow the wisdom of not just humanity but of the almighty. Oh lord, we the people of faith in iraq, jews, christians and muslims, give thanks to you for the way this land and this place has stood with us in our terrors and trials. Through this house, we thank you that we have not been left alone. May your glory be on this land and may you, oh god, bless america. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to the flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Mr. Reid mr. President . The president pro tempore the majority leader. Mr. Reid i extend to our chaplain an appreciation for the guest chaplain today. That was a very moving prayer, and appreciate very much the work that our chaplain does in always giving us courage and helping build our faith. Mr. P
But it hasnt been so. Our Founding Fathers understood that the executive branch was the branch most prone to war, and so with due deliberation our Founding Fathers took the power to declare war and they gave it to congress. Exclusively. President obamas new position as president , which differs from his position as candidate, is that hes fine to get some input when its convenient for us, maybe after the election. But hes not really interested enough to say that it would bind him or that he would say we need attacks now and come to us tomorrow and ask permission. He thinks whenever its convenient and you guys get around to it. Secretary kerry stated this explicitly that his understanding of the constitution is that no congressional authorization is necessary. I say why even bother coming back in december . They kind of like it, they like the show of it. They understand it might have some practical benefit but its theater and show. If youre going to commit war without permission, its the
Country to protect all of the other freedoms that we enjoy. [applause] this is a time where conservatives need to focus on how we will lead america. Not just how we will lead each other. Too much is at stake. The future of our country, the future for our children and grandchildren is far too important for us to spend our time fighting with each other with the real battle is not a fight against liberals or democrats, it is a fight for the soul and future of this great republic. This is a fight for which all of us must know we have to engage. We must do it now. If this one thing i know, my time is up. Thank you and god bless you. [applause] here is a look live at the conference, underway in washington, d. C. Theyre wrapping up a panel on latin american government. We will join the group live when Newt Gingrich takes the podium. He will be introduced by his wife. Want to let you know the results from the straw poll. Rand paul came out on top, followed by texas senator ted cruz. 10 for thi
Putin. I think we can Design Strategies that can increase american jobs, increase the healthy american economy, we can russia, and to do so in a way that is totally peaceful and yet stunningly powerful. That is what reagan was about. He defeated the soviet empire without a general war by intelligent, sound strategy. [applause] breakout. I hope all of you will go home and find pioneers you can work with. I also will go home and work with the local government and school board. Develop new breakthroughs. Work with state legislators. I do think we have an enormous opportunity to create a better future. I want to close with something i said about prosperity. I want to defend the president. I think that sometimes we have to be big enough to stand up for him even if we do not agree with them. There are a number of people who have criticized him for going to key largo, florida while there is a crisis underway in ukraine. I just way to know, the president spent all of last week proving that he
We want a country where personal freedom is cherished. Where all americans are treated equally, so that everyone can pursue the American Dream. Nearly every american you talk to will tell you they want that. A lot of americans think they have it. But when you have been targeted by the irs or your government is make you buy insurance, you need when our nation is trillions of dollars in debt, which means every 50,000, ors over one some laws are enforced and others are ignored completely, washington may not freedom at all. Meta we will win. [applause] freedom,s, personal economic freedom, and a debtfree future will win. Ouro not want to see country stretched thin. It is not fair to leave our children and grandchildren with the bills for our nations debt. We must repeal the entire health care law. [applause] and put choice in the hands of people. We must grow our economy. The fastest way to do that is with reduced taxes, and replacing the entire tax code with a fair rate. When it comes to