Governor asa hutchinson. In New Hampshire again. This is about my eighth trip here i feel like ive had just about every experience that i know that is not true. Someone coming from arkansas it is such a thrill to be here. And let me tell you i support your first in the nation primary. You know, we have hand our kansans come up or refer you treated them well i love the story of jon mckay when he came up here and went house to house. That is what you can do in new anhampshire. But my wife susan we have been married for 50 years should be coming up here for the first time this coming weekend. Excited about bringing susan up here. She is a great get campaigner and advocate for me. I had the expensive into Boston Bruins games of the sports fans here want to be on the same stage as abraham lincolns incredible experience from arkansas. Youve treated us very well during this campaign i look arforward be back many times. As you know i am running for president of the United States but in running for president because joe biden has taken our country the wrongs direction. Whatever you look at the back is wrong an Energy Policy he has failed us on Border Security. Has spent too much money in washington d. C. Had printed money that cause inflation hurt our economy. As i travel around New Hampshire and ish talked to people at concern about Affordable Housing concern about rent being too high the Grocery Store in the gas or having to spend at the pump in the price of that. Those concerns resonate with me. When you look at my background i understand Affordable Housing. I raised our young family and up mobile home until we were able to require a more solid structure. I understand living from paycheck to paycheck and the early parts of my career. Until we come from a common background. Its important we have leaders in our country that identify and understand the challenges that families face in america today. And we as republicans believe in a limited role of government. We believe in the growth of the private sector more than the growth of the government sector. Those are important principles, right . Us out here visiting with you earlier you said what areut you going to do as president . Let me just tell you as president whenever i go into office the first think i am going to do is to an executive order think we are going to reduce the non federal defense employment by 200,000 workers. We are going to put in a hiring freeze. Were going to reduce administrative states im going to tell my director of office and management and budget we are not going to approve regulations that are not consistent with what congress has said. We are going to make sure its not going to be overly burdensome on taxpayers in our Small Businesses these are important steps im going to open up our federal lands to more oil and gas leases that produce energy in the United States of america. When it comes to education if they give me a bill that abolishes the department of education i will sign it. Notwithstanding where that comes or not im going to streamline our federal agencies to make them functional and work for the American People again. Im going to emphasize Computer Science education. Right now only 51 of high schools in america offer Computer Science. I am going to make sure we compete with china and technology. We are going to teach our young people that in every high school in america must done by cities that standby leadership i will present. Whenever it comes to the border i will be there myself to make sure we build the infrastructure. Im going to call our governors together and say we are not going to be in the opposite side when it comes to protecting the sovereignty of the United States of america. Were going to Work Together to get that done. Whenever i was in charge of Border Security during the Bush Administration i worked with governors. Whenever i saw a Governor Abbott put in a water barriers might response to that is, what my response would be if i was the leader of it i would call my Border Patrol chief in and say why didnt we think of that . And instead the Biden Administration sues Governor Abbotts think you do not have the authority to do it. Thisis is not how you accomplish bordern security. I will be calling up the president of mexico and o saying we need your cooperation. We are going to work in partnership and we are going to go after the cartels in mexico that are controlling the path of sentinel and human smuggling into the United States of america. [applause] this is just the start of a list of things i know needs to be done as president. Energy policy, or national security, beefing up our military and making sure we can control federal spending. I will put in place a budget that congress can respond to that will lead us toward a balanced budget in this country. I know we can do it because i did and arkansas for eight years were elected to billiondollar surplus reduced stateat governmt asemployment by 3000 workers. Y and so this is important for r country to accomplish these results. Whenever you look at the challenge we face globally i know we have concerns today in china. Weve got two competes, we have got to win. Mark President Trump is simply wrong whenever he says we need to have a 10 tariff on all goods coming into the United States of america regardless of where they come from. Whenever he puts on protecting terrorists in the Tax Foundation says that will cost 500,000 jobs and be a 300 billiondollar tax on the American Consumer it would cause inflation to go up again dramatically. What he is saying though as we as americans cannot compete on the global stage we have got to havefr protection. I believe0, the american worker, the american producer and the peoples and our country can win and produce an competes andnd we do not have to have that protection that would hurt the American Consumer. And so lets think through what we need to do and the policies we need to implement. I want to turn it open for questions in just a minute. I am proud of the fact i bring a level of experience to this race for president that is unmatched by anyone else at the federal and state level as a governor and the head of the dea Homeland Security and where i had the responsibility to protect americans from a terrorist attack on our soil after 911. Ive been in the situation room of the president of the United States was my responsibility to secure flights that were being targeted by terrorists. It was my o responsibility to st up the first Purity Office in saudi arabia i have been there, and understand the risk. I have been to israel and sell their security apparatus. Foreign policy n national security, Border Security and whenever you look at the rule of law that we have in our country you need a formal federal prosecutor that knows how to take on the swamp in washington d. C. And i can do that. [applause] we are here in nashua i had a meeting with your chief of police had a Law Enforcement summit i met with the undercover officers that work here in this area on drugs trafficking on te challenges that we face with opioid abuse and fentanyl. I heard from your chief it was doing a fantastic job. Listen to the undercover agents and after i left he text me later in the day and said they just apprehended someone who is transporting a full kilo of sentinel into this community. Thaten is good police work. For those who do not follow that closely a kilo of fentanyl is enough to kill 500,000 people. It has that potential according to dea statistics. Whenever you are looking at these challenges we have to go after the cartel. We also have to engage in education of our young people to make the right decision. We have to make the addiction counseling support that is needed for these challenges that we face. That is my vision of america. Whenever you look at our future i am optimistic about it and you need to have a president that will bring out the best of america. And not appeal to our worst instincts. That to me is what leadership is about and that is what i want to bring to our country. To bring out the freedoms that we enjoy. To bring out the innovation and our competition and how america can win and lead again. Thank you very much. Ive got time for question i intentionally saved time so lets hear it i note New Hampshire likes to ask questions. So who do we got . If you dont ask a question going to keep talking yes, sir back in the back. Thank you the question is about the current conflict in israel and of course i expressed my support to israel when i went on the debate stage. The joint United States and israel flag to show our Longstanding Partnership and commitment toto them should have one singular s voice we support israel i will just tell you whenever you see the atrocities of hamas how can anyone stand up and say somehow that is justified or somehow wont do the right thing and destroy tried to cant agree on the fundamental principle of barbaric behavior. The United Nation is failing us in that regard whenever you look at europe protests supporting hamas and purchasing israel americas leadership is an important wealth United States of america was not there to support israel . Or would they go wouldnt beat europe . You cannot go to russia. You cannot go to their neighbors for the United States of america role in the world stage is criticallyid important. There are those candidates who want to shrink our responsibility. I know weve got to be careful about our funds. But america has to be strong so we can support and oppose oppression across the globe and particularly whenever you see an ally as israel being attacked by a terrorist group we have be strong, loyal, supportive. Yes, maam . [inaudible] that number was has been 13 million or 11 million excuse me 20 years ago was 11 million. Weve not done anything in 20 years. And now it has grown of course. As a president the first thing i would do is submit a border enforcement bill to congress. Weve got to be able to increase our resources there. We got to make sure we build the infrastructure that is needed. Weve got to reform our asylum loss weve got to make sure americas seas were going to protect their sovereignty. That is number one. The question is and we are not even going to address those here in terms of any comprehensive reform until we secure the border. Now as a president during that time you are going to concentrate on exporting those that came in here unlawfully. You are going to deport those that have violated our laws because that is the first weight you are going to be able to come across them in our society generally. You are going to hear a little bit later when i created i said Homeland Security i was in charge of that responsibility. We actually enforce the law and hes going to talk about some of the ways that can be done again. Yes . [inaudible] [inaudible] yes. I do not have the exact number that i could get back. This puts life in perspective. We spent about 100 billion in ukraine in terms of supporting them. The last Inflation Reduction Act was over 1. 2 trillion dollars. No republican voted for it. The costs are underestimated. As governor i turned back monday we had too much of federal money coming in we did not need it, i turned it back. Much of that is notth been spent it might take some congressional support to withdrawal all of it that is not been spencer but i would work towards that because that would take some of the Inflationary Pressure out of our economy. Yes, sir . This is where the tough part comes in. I know it is coming here, yes, sir . [inaudible] [inaudible] who would you clarify it around . Who is short candidate as you take on donald trump . Okay. With all due respect. [laughter] with all due respect i could not disagree more. There is a conclave out in utah recently where the voters got together and said we need to reduce the field. My response so that is let New Hampshire reduce the field. [applause] theres a reaso is first the nation primary and determine who should go forward in this campaign my goodness i talk to o some of you earlier. You said it please get in here we are going to make sure that you get the candidates. So lets see how that turns out. I will say i am convinced the field of candidates will reduce very quickly after New Hampshire and the four early states of votes. That is soon enough but lets give the voters a chance to determine the future of our country and it starts here in New Hampshire. They are saying ive got to go. Listen you all are terrific. Thank you for the respect to give i look forward toca being with you asa 2024. Com. I would love to be in your home, invite your neighbors in. Thank you veryha much