we bring our troops come to solve that problem. the sooner the better. [cheers and applause] fortunately, our defense would be stronger. people say we have to do this because we are in exceptional nation. we did have an exceptional nation at one time. we were exceptionally wealthy. we were exceptional with freedom. wealthy but the idea we are so exceptional that we can use force and intimidation and spread our so-called goodness, it eliminates all our goodness if we believe we have the authority to go overseas and tell people how to live. it does not work. a very simple solution to this, but the entitlement system and the warmongering that goes on,

only send people to washington who you honestly believe that they really did read the constitution and that they understood it. and they will obey it. that is the kind of people that we need. [cheers and applause] how many wars have we been fighting since world war ii? 0. none have been declared. they were unnecessary. too many dollars spent. to many veterans suffering. it does not solve our problems. i thought we receiver. what we need is a new foreign policy based on non intervention. it is much better to talk to people than initiate war against them.

they keep saying that they take nothing off the table when it has to deal with our enemy. why should we take off negotiations? why not diplomacy? should we take that off? i remember very well after being drafted in 1962 during the cuban crisis. it is dissipated rather rapidly because john kennedy said we have a problem here. they said we have a problem over here. they made a deal. we did the missiles out of turkey and a ticket out of cuba. we did not have to fight a nuclear war. why do we fight people cope have weapons tax reduced by people who have weapons? -- why do we find people who have weapons? now they're talking about

attacking iran. there is no evidence they even have a weapon. the cia has not even prove they are building one. the drums are beating. we have to be heard about this. this country does not need another war at all. another thing that happens or government grows too much, we do know about the tsa. our liberties are undermined under these conditions. violations have been occurred. they're being violated more now than ever. it is undeclared. we are in perpetual war with terrorism.

to say we are in a war against terrorism, that means we are against the whole world. we have a lot of bombs and missiles that we send. this is not the way to win friends. i tell you that. that is the way to build it. the undermining of our liberty should be one of our greatest concerns. the patriot act was passed after 9/11. i am convinced it they repel did it would have passed. next year when we go ahead and get rid of the page redact, we will college restore the fourth amendment act. -- we will call it the restore the fourth amendment act.

there's no doubt the founders were very important. we protected our papers and privacy. today there is none. they do not even need search warrant any more. the way they come busting into our house under the excuse that somebody may be using an illegal drug comment they use what seems. they do not have proper search warrants. can you believe that? the go into the wrong house is frequently in the shooting kill innocent people. it is out of control. the president a year ago and announced that it is a position that he now holds because he is the commander in chief. anything that is not prohibited

he can do. i think he got that really mixed up. a president only has the authority to do the things he is explicitly authorized to do by the constitution. i can guarantee you a file is to be elected president i will never go to a war and pursue a war without proper direction from the congress, a declaration coming from the people. i will not do it. [cheering "presiden paul"]

>> for the present to prove his point about the assassination, nothing says that we cannot reverse it. they have to be reversed. also, the defense authorization act. how does this go? this is an interesting subject. no matter where i go, the crowds know about it and concerns. i am convinced he did not hear it on the evening news. you are concerned about it. how many times where we asked about our position on the national defense authorization? this atrocious piece of legislation says the military can arrest an american system without a trial or an attorney

and put in a prison indefinitely. the most atrocious is there was one provision that was even worse. there is one that almost got past. it said if you are arrested in the proper manner and you were tried and you have a jury and you are found innocent, they claimed they would have the right to keep that person in definitely in a secret prison. that provision was removed. i cannot remember his name but it was a senator from kentucky that got that removed.

the problems are big. the economic problems are big. we spend too much. we have a monetary crisis. we are deeply over tax. we fight too many wars. it is on and on. the solution goes on. we have not been strict adherence to the constitution appear we can correct these problems. this is what we ought to do. our message should be loud and clear. it is such a wonderful message. it produced the largest ever. this is the biggest debtor nation in the history of the world.

the keynesian economists teach that when you're in trouble you are supposed to spend more money. kenya and imagine if individuals did that that there maxed out and they cannot pay their mortgages and they have two cards? you have to cut back. you have to work harder to pay your debt down. that is what you have to do. the answer comes really by understanding what personal liberty is all about. we have a natural right to our lives and liberty. liberty should bring us together. i am going to forget my speech. what am i going to do. literacy should bring us together. when the government does it, it

to be a disaster. the government cannot do this. the only take away more liberty once they embark on it. this should bring people together. it is not because we allow people to do things we might not approve of. people might be wasteful. they might have a private life style. the whole thing is everybody should join in the cause of liberty and let people be responsible for themselves.

we were worried that we are not a moral people. we drifted too long. we concentrated on the wealth. we became consumers. as long as it happens, the society is immoral and it does not work. it has to come from the people. as this mu'min grows, just think of how many young people have joined this revolution -- as this movement grows, just think of how many young people have joined this revolution. it is great to see the young people leading the charge. we also see others. once have been frustrated. they have dropped out.

this understanding of liberty is good. when this revolution is successful, it cannot be a monopoly. it'll be bipartisan. it will be bipartisan people. i want to close by thanking you for coming and thanking you for your excitements and giving my energy. thank you. we all have a response abillity. you make up your mind, what you need to do. everybody has a different job. the most important thing is to understand what this is all about. thank you very much for coming.

now we will hear from rick santorum. he finished second in the michigan and arizona primaries.

a month ago they did not know who we are, but they do now. i am so thankful to so many people here tonight. first and foremost, i have to say to the month -- people of michigan we came into the backyard of one of my opponents in a race that everyone said just ignore, you really have no chance here. the people of michigan look into the hearts of the candidates, and all i have to say is, i love you back. [applause] i also -- as i said, you are

getting to know me. thank you. not necessarily exactly through the medium's i want you to get to know me, but we have the opportunity tonight to tell you a little bit more about who rick santorum is. i want to thank those on the stage behind me. my wife and my daughters. but at home the rest of the family. daniel, peter, and patrick and abelbella. i thank them very very much. [applause] i want to tell you about three people. first, someone it was not here that i have not publicly thanked yet, and that is someone who i know is watching, and that is my

93-year-old mom. [applause] i am sure she is feeling very proud. one of her first jobs was in saginaw, michigan. she was very excited i was coming back to michigan. my mom is in a very and -- she is of very unusual person for her time. she did get a college education in the 1930's and was a nurse and got a graduate degree as a nurse and work full time. when she married my dad they worked together at the veterans administration. that is where they met right after the war. later on they had me and my brother and sister. my mom continue to work. she worked all of my childhood years. she was a very unusual person. she was a professional who made more money than her husband. i grew up with a very strong,

pure did someone who was a professional person who taught me a lot of things about how to balance work, family, and doing it well and doing it with a big heart and commitment. that is probably one of the reasons i marry the person i'm married, karen. [applause] someone who is as strong as they get. i met when she was just about to start the practice of law, and i was doing the same. i recruited her in more ways than one, to my law firm. she was a professional and work as a nurse for nine years, and after that she walked away. she decided to stay home and raise her children, but she did not quit working, obviously. raising seven children is a lot of work, but she found time to be an author of two books.

those books really want to the heart of the family, and something she knows a lot about. she has been the rock that has been beside me and a great example of how it is important to balance the work and family and do so in making sure you are committed to the best you could be. now i am proud to have a daughter who is a great part of the campaign. she goes out on her own and campaigns. the feedback i get is used a home, just send elizabeth out. [laughter] we have been very blessed. very blessed with great role models for me. some one that goes out and tries to do the job i am doing right now to balance the rigors of running the campaign and try to maintain a good and strong family. we all have to do that in america. we all have the responsibility to make work and work as well as

we can. it is getting harder in america. it is getting harder to make ends meet because of a government that is crushing us every single day with more taxes and regulations and the idea that they know better than you how to run your life. that ultimately is what this race is about. it goes down to the very nature of who we are as americans. are we a country that believes in big government? or do you believe free people and a free economy and building a great america from the bottom up? what do you say? [applause] well, we put together a plan of the first 100 days of what we're going to do. it is how we're want to get this

country turned around. the first thing is what is on the rise of a lot of people's minds, the rising cost of energy. we could put millions of americans back to work if we would unleash the entrepreneurial spirit of our energy sector of the economy. we can drive down prices, a decrease dependency on foreign oil. we can do it all, but we have a president who says no. we have a president who went opportunity to open federal lands for mining and oil and gas drilling sesno. we have an opportunity to open up of short, he says no. deep water, no. alaska, know. we need a president who says yes to the american people. [applause] it is not just the consumer that

is affected by it, but many communities across the country, rural communities that have been struggling. look at where the population loss is in this country. it is in areas where the government has shut down and made it virtually impossible for us to use of natural resources to be able to get to the oil, get to the coal, timber -- water the case may be. bureaucrats in washington do not care about flyover countries and the sparsely-populated areas that provide us resources upon which we live. i was in one of those areas a couple of weeks ago in northwest dakota. i went to a little town in north dakota. i will tell you how small it is. it is about the fifth time i have mentioned the speech and i have yet to get a shout out. it is a small-town. it could be a boom town, but

they are nervous, because the epa is hovering. they are developing oil on private lands. this is oil. oil out of rock, shale. it leaches oriole. the highest quality oil of the world, light sweet crude, it can produce thousands of thousands of jobs in northwest know -- northwest north dakota, but they of trouble. they have trouble getting investors to come here, because they believe the government is going to shut them down or potentially pull the plug on them. they have a pipeline there wouldn't be able to build to get the oil to market instead of running truck after truck through the roads of north dakota and then on the rail. this group that comes out of the rock is a premium product, but not in north dakota. they get a $32 discount when

they sell their oil because there president who will not let them get the oil to market. we need a president who's on the side of rural america, the side of the small-town america and opens up the energy resources for america. [applause] it is not just the energy industry that small towns drive on. as you know here in michigan, it is manufacturing. one of the things i felt very good about with as well as we did here tonight, the message of creating jobs, manufacturing jobs for small town america resonated year with the people of michigan. they saw a vision for how their lives could be better. they saw a vision how their ladder to success could be built down to people with limited

skills but the desire to work hard and upgrade skills as the work and a manufacturing facility. we have lost 21 percent of the economy to 9% workers in manufacturing down to 9%. that is inexcusable. all of it is because government regulation and taxation. we put forward a plan. the working men and women of this country to be able to get jobs in manufacturing, to get the skills, provide for their family. the average manufacturing jobs in america pays $20,000 more a year than the average job in america. we can get the jobs back. we need to let the regulatory environment, which barack obama is destroying and crushing. we will repeal every single one of barack obama is big government regulations. [applause]

of course part of the regulations -- one of the things we will reappear right out is obama care -- repeal right out is obama care . [applause] that is the biggest issue in this race. it is an issue about fundamental freedom. an issue about whether you want the government to take your money and exchange give you a right. give you are right. they will give you the right to health care. that is what president obama promised. when the government gives you the right, they can take that away. when the government gives you the right, they can tell you have to exercise that right, and they do. not just what doctors you can see and what insurance policies and how much you will get find if you do not do with the government tells you to do, but

even goes so far as to tell you how to exercise your face as part of your health care bill -- your faith as part of your health care bill. if the government can go that far, think about what is next. we need a candidate who will go out and take on obama. he was an author of health savings account, has been a fighter for replacing all of these programs are across the country at the federal level with government-run health care. not from the care or a bomber care but a program based upon you called you care, because that is what we believe in america. [applause] we have a great conservative track record on not just health care, but i will take on the big

problems that confront this country. the deficit. huge expanding exploding debt in this country. someone who has been an advocate ever since i was in politics for a balance of budget -- amendment. came within one vote. we will work to pass a balanced budget amendment to the constitution, but in the meantime we will do something that no one else has ever successfully done, but i did. that is we will go out and and entitlement programs at the federal level and get them back to the state to save money. [applause] people said we could not do it. we did it. i was all there of welfare reform. it cut the program and gave it back to the states like we need to do with medicaid and food

stamps and a whole host of other programs that are already run by the state and have no business, according to -- what is that document? the u.s. constitution. that is it, right? we need to get those programs back at the state level. we need to save money, and more importantly, welfare did not to save money, but it saved lives. it put people back to work. it got people out of poverty. it gave something that dependency does not give it. hope. that is what america's all about. giving opportunity and hope. [applause] plan isur economic based on a very simple concept, based on what has worked for america from its very founding. i waved the constitution at

every speech and talk about it being the operator's manual of america. it is how america works. there is another document equally important, which is the why of america. that is the declaration of independence. in the declaration is the words we hold these truths to be self evident that all men are created equal and endowed by the creator with certain unalienable rights. that phrase is the most transformational freeze ever written in a government document. that phrase it said we will be a country with limited government and believing in free people to be able to form families and communities in churches -- and churches and be able to build a greek and just society. a free society from the bottom up. >> that is the solution we will

propose for america, bottom up. [applause] the men and women who signed the declaration of independence read this final phrase --" pledge to each other our lives, our fortune, and our sacred honor." when they signed that document, they have very little hope, real folks, have actually succeeding in a revolution against the british. the british were the most powerful army in the world and navy and the world. they were ruled by highly educated, noble people. their uniforms were crest and stiff. they looked good. [laughter] and their rulers ruled them from on high, didn't listen to them as they fought the revolutionary

war. our leaders were different. george washington, this signature leader of america was different. he understood that the greatness of this new country was to have leaders who understood that in spite of their breeding and education, they did not have all the answers but they could trust the people, that ragtag group of people who stepped forward to volunteer to create freedom in this land. they believed, general washington believed and some of his bold moves came not from him or his generals but from the ranks. that is how america's freedom was one won, leaders bleeding in the people they lead against those -- leaders who led

against the leaders in charge. that is what made america free and that is what will make america free in the future. thank you. [applause] ♪ ♪ ♪

♪ [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> now remarks from presidential candidate mitt romney who scored victories in arizona and michigan. he spoke to supporters. voters in 11 states go to the polls next week for super tuesday. ♪ ♪ [applause]

>> as usual i have long list of factors and i hope you will all be able and not applause -- applauded between barry beckett to air on larry medcac -- michigan chairman, governor rick snyder we just saw. [applause] lt. governor bryan calley and to our campaign cochairs, attorney general billshootey, senate majority leader, speaker jay bolger and i want to thank our finance tears. chairs. [applause] we have a big family in michigan and we would like to them.

other members of the romney and davie family, my family, across the state. i want to mention our national committee members. and their congressmen. let me see if i could get through this -- >> as usual, have a long list of thank yous and i will see if you are all going to behave and listen to this list without cheering in between. thank you to our honoring michigan chairman, gov. rick snyder, who you just saw. [cheers] lieutenant governor, brian kelly. and to our campaign cochairs, attorney general bill should be, senate majority leader roy randy richard vella, speaker james bolger. i also want to thank our finance shares. david fisher and john ricolta. and we have a big family here in michigan and we would like to thank them. and by the way, my family across this state. i also must recognize our national committee members. >> yeah, great job. >> and our congressman. this is a list. dave camp, fred upton, like rogers, that the potters, bill ixonia, bill belichick. and thank you to our wonderful surrogates. donald trump. it governor tim pawlenty. gov. bob macdonald. the governor chris christie.

and you're famous oakland county chair that you love -- let's see, brooks patterson. how could i forget brooks? rep eric nesbit. former state presented a of rocky rakowski. and attorney general, mike cox. i'm sorry to keep going to our state team, lowry and bob. and finally, thank you, kid rock. [applause] the last week, have been going along with mitt, and my son, tagg, too. we have been going all over this state. from the tip of the mid -- [laughter] >> be careful. >> i know, i'd better be careful. but what we have seen out there has broken my heart. i love michigan. i love mckeown. >> -- i love of michigan. >> we love you. [applause] >> i grew up drinking burners end tiger baseball.

-- and tiger baseball. and what we saw were people hurting, people out of jobs. and then there was something else, they are so concerned about their children and why it is because of the debt we're going to give to our children. and we have had it. washington, here we come. we are going to take back america, and we are going to let this guy do it. [cheers and applause] [cheers] >> thank you. >> [crowd chanting "mitt!"] >> ok, first thank you, arizona.

a great victory in arizona tonight. and thank you, michigan. this is a big win. thank you, guys. [cheers] it was just a week ago that the pundits and pollsters were ready to count us out, but across michigan and arizona, i kept meeting moms and dads and students and grandparents and they were concerned about what is happening in our great country. i was confident that we could come together today and take a giant step toward a great future. we celebrate tonight with people across these states. thank you. [applause] tonight is also particularly special for me because this is the place i was born. this the place i was raised. my mom and dad lived many years here and i love this great state. i know the michiganders in this

room, we consider you all family. thanks for your help. [cheers] and in this room are the people that knocked down the doors and made the calls and went to the polls. the we did not been -- but we did not win by a lot, but we won by enough that counts -- by enough and that is all that counts. [applause] and by the way, a special thank you to denver and senator mccain. especially senator mccain, he has been all over the state there. [applause] we have two sons out there that are celebrating with them. a great thing about having so many in our family. we can cover almost every race. on super tuesday, we will be stretched. [laughter] anyway, as you know, our campaign is about the promise of america. last week, i unveiled a bold plan that will get michiganders back to work, get americans back to work.

i will deliver on more jobs, less debt, and smaller government. we have got to hear that day in and day out. [cheers] there are a lot of people who are saying that if you are running for office, you cannot speak honestly to the american people. well, we did, and i will. and because this is a decisive moment, i believe this is a time the requires real leadership in our country. times are tough. we need people -- leaders who will live with integrity, have the courage to tell the truth, and have the experience to get the economy back on track. that is the kind of leader i aspire to be and that is the kind of leader i will be if i am president of the united states. [cheers] our campaign is about more than just replacing a president. it is about restoring america's

promise from generation to generation. americans have always known that the future would be brighter and better. americans have always believed in tomorrow, full of prosperity and promise. that is what it means to be the land of opportunity. in america, you know if you work hard you can build a better life. if you teach your kids the right kind of values to make the right choices in life, you know their future will be prosperous and secure. that deep confidence in a better tomorrow is the basic promise of a better america. today, that promise is being threatened by a faltering economy and a failed presidency. four years ago, we warned that there -- that the presidency was no place for on-the-job training. today, we have the economy to prove it. we have a president that likes to remind us that he inherited an economy in crisis. but it does not like to remind us that he also inherited a democrat congress. he had majorities in both the house and senate.

he was free to pursue any policy he pleased. did he fix the economy? no. did he tackled the economy -- the housing crisis? did he get america back to work? >> tobben record crowd yells "no!"] -- [crowd yells "note!"] >> it is time to get us back on the right path. [applause] these days, when he is not spending our money or infringing on our rights, he is busy running for reelection. he believes he ranks among the top four presidents in american history. can you believe that? [boos] i would find a different spot for him. he thinks he deserves a second term he says, we cannot wait. to which i say, oh yes, we can. [applause]

today, we are $15 trillion in debt and real unemployment stands at 15%. but you have heard the saying about "i need a vacation from my vacation." we need a recovery from this so-called recovery. [applause] as a nation, we have survived the great depression, whether to two world wars, made it through tough times. -- we have weathered two world wars, made it through tough times, and we have come too far to give up now. we still believe in the hope and dream and promise of america. we know our future is brighter than the stubble -- troubled times. that unwavering conviction has rallied millions of people to our cause and is the message we will take to every corner of the country, from ohio and idaho, to georgia and tennessee. it we have seen enough of this president of the last three years to know that we do not

need another five years of president obama. [applause] he thinks he is unchecked by the constitution. he is unresponsive to the will of our people, and in his second term he would be unrestrained by the demands of reelection. if there is one thing we cannot afford is four years of barack obama with nothing to answer to. we are going to get him out of that office and back home where he belongs. [applause] you saw his budget. >> [xcrowd chanting "mitt!"] >> you saw his budget. it foreshadows exactly what we are going to see runaway spending, record debt, they were just a warm-up act. we are not going to let him do it.

in this campaign, i am offering a real choice and a very different direction. i have a plan that will restore america's promise through more jobs, less debt, and smaller government. president obama is making the government bigger, more burdensome, and loaded. i will make it simpler, smaller, and smarter, and it is about time for that to happen. [cheers] he raised the national debt. i will cut, kowt, and alice the budget. he passed obamacare. i will repeal obamacare. he lost our aaa credit rating. i will restore it. he rejected the keystone pipeline. [boos] i will get us that oil from canada that we deserve. [applause]

and i will open up our land for development so that we can finally get energy for this country at a price that we can afford. [applause] when it comes to the economy, my highest priority will be worrying about your job, not worrying about how to save my own. this president wants to raise your taxes. i am going to cut them. that will start with an across- the-board 20% rate cut for every american. i will also repeal the alternative minimum tax, and we will finally abolished the death tax. [cheers and applause) he has now proposed raising taxes on small businesses and job creators. i will lower those taxes. i will also lower the corporate rate on larger businesses to 25%. i will make the r&d tax credit

permanent to foster innovation, and i will bring investment back to our shores. plan finally have a tax that puts americans back to work. i have it, and we will get it in place. [applause] you know he also proposes to raise taxes on savings and investment. if i am the president and i will help middle-class families save and invest tax-free. [cheers] i agree. it is about time. [applause] he also had an extraordinary gap in his policy proposals. even after saying that medicare and social security were in trouble, he has yet to offer a serious proposal for saving them. i have a plan to save them both. and unlike him, i have the courage to put my plan on the table for people to see. [applause]

what this campaign is about, what my plans are about are creating jobs and raising wages for the american people. they will strengthen our entitlement programs for the next generation, and they will not add to our deficit. we will finally balance america's budget. [cheers] beyond having a plan to get our citizens back to work, have the experience to get our economy back on track. i spent 25 years in business. i was also the story of the olympics and a leader of the state. i cut taxes 19 times. i turned a budget shortfall in trade surplus. i know how government can kill jobs and i know how it can create jobs. i stand ready to lead our party to victory and our nation back to prosperity. [cheers] [applause]

this is a critical time in america. it is our time for choosing. and this time, we have got to get the choice right. i have said it before and i firmly believe it, that this campaign is about saving the soul of america. this election comes down to two very different visions of america. it is a choice between becoming a nation of and by washington, or remaining a nation of and by a free people, a choice between an entitlement society and the land of opportunity. it's a choice between squandering america's promise, and restoring the promise for future generations. if you want to make this election about restoring american greatness, and i hope you will join us. if you believe the disappointments of the past few years are a detour and not the destiny of america, then i need your support. i'm asking for you to get out and vote. and i'm asking you to go torunning.com and pledge york -- to go to mittromney.com and

pledge your support. let's restore america's promise. let's fight for this country we love. we have work ahead. we are going to take back america. america is the greatest nation in the history of the area and we are going to keep it that way. [cheers] thank you, guys. god bless the united states of america. thank you. ♪ ["born free" by kidd rock] ♪ [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012]

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♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> a couple of live events today on capitol hill -- federal reserve chairman ben bernanke will report to congress about economic growth, interest rates, and the economy. he is testifying before the house financial-services committee and you can see live coverage at 10:00 eastern on cspan 3. later in the day, secretary of state hillary clinton will be back on capitol hill talking about the administration's 2013 budget proposal. live coverage from the house foreign affairs committee is at

1:30 p.m. eastern on cspan 3. >> rick santorum appeal to social conservatives. on the talk shows this weekend, mr. santorum responded to comments made by president john f. kennedy. >> i believe an america where the separation of church and state is absolute, where no catholic fellow can tell the president should he be catholic how to act and no protestant minister would tell his parishioners for him to vote. where now church or church school is granted public funds are political preference. and where no man is denied public office merely because his religion differs from the president who might appoint him or the people might elect him. >> you can watch more president kennedy's speech on our website

on our video library, go to c- span.org, and you can find that in our archives. >> in a moment, two days and news and primary results, plus your phone calls live on "washington journal." the house is in at 10:00 eastern for speeches. they will begin legislative work aetna and including a measure condemning iran for sentencing one of its citizens to death for converting to christianity. coming up in about 45 minutes, utah congressman jason chavis will talk about the gop presidential race. new york rep carolyn maloney previous federal reserve chairman ben bernanke's testimony today. and then our weekly spotlight on magazines continues with roger magazines continues with roger