[cheering] gov. Walker since i have been governor, we took on the unions and we won. [cheering] gov. Walker we lowered the taxes by 2 billion. We lowered taxes on individuals, and on employers, on property owners, property taxes today are lower than they were four years ago. How many other governors can say that . [cheering] gov. Walker since ive been governor, weve passed lawsuit reform, regulatory reform. We defunded planned parenthood and passed prolife legislation. [cheering] gov. Walker we enacted doctrines for concealed carry so we can protect ourselves, our families, and our property. [cheering] and we now require a photo id to vote in the state. [cheering] gov. Walker if our reforms can work in a blue state like wisconsin, they can work anywhere in america. [cheering] gov. Walker as i travel this country, i got to tell you i hear from people who say they are frustrated with politicians, telling people what they are against and who they are against. America is one of for something and for someone, so let me tell you what i am for. [cheering] gov. Walker i am for reform growth, safety, i am for transferring power from washington into the hands of Hardworking Taxpayers in states all across the country that is real reform. [cheering] gov. Walker i am for building a better economy that allows everyone to live there piece of the American Dream that is progrowth. [cheering] gov. Walker and i am for protecting our children and our grandchildren from radical islamic terrorism in all the threats in the world that is true safety. [cheering] gov. Walker my record shows that i know how to fight and win. Now more than ever, America Needs a president who will fight and win for america. [cheering] gov. Walker so first, let me tell you why i will reform washington. Our big, bold reforms here in wisconsin took the power out of the hands of the Big Government special interest and put them firmly into the hands of a hardworking taxpayer. Today in this state, people who are elected by local property tax payers literally run our schools. That means we got rid of things like seniority and tenure. That means we can hire and fire based on merit and pay based on performance. [cheering] gov. Walker think about that four years later, Graduation Rates are up. Thirdgrade reading scores are higher. Wisconsins act scores are now second best in the country. [cheering] gov. Walker that goes to show that a government that protects the people is the best. That is why we need to take power and money out of washington and send it back to our states in areas like medicaid in education. [cheering] gov. Walker sadly, though washington seems to think that success is measured by how many people are dependent on the government. [booing] gov. Walker we measure success by just the opposite by how many people are no longer dependent on the government. [cheering] gov. Walker we understand that true freedom of prosperity does not come from the mighty hand of the government. They come from the power and people that control their own lives, that it is born of work. [cheering] gov. Walker as a kid, my first job was washing dishes at the country restaurant. Then i moved up to the big time i started flipping hamburgers in high school at mcdonalds to save up for college. My dad, who you heard before was a smalltown preacher, and my mom was a parttime secretary and bookkeeper. My grandparents were farmers who didnt have indoor plumbing until my mom went to junior high school. My dads dad was a machinist for 42 years. My brother and i fought throughout the years and we realized we didnt inherit fame or fortune. What we got was the belief that if you work hard and play by the rules, you can do and be anything. [cheering] gov. Walker thats right. You see, that is the American Dream, and that is worth fighting for. When we help people, when we help people, adults are able to work, transition from government dependence to true independence, we help more people live that piece of the American Dream. We have a program right here in wisconsin that requires people to sign up for one of our employability programs before they can get a welfare check and now we make that a requirement for people to pass a drug test. [cheering] gov. Walker you can only imagine what the defenders of the status quo thought when i proposed this reform. Is that i was making it harder to get government assistance. My reply . No, im making it easier to get a job. Isnt that what its all about . [cheering] gov. Walker Strong Families are important in this world. We know children that are raised in a household with both parents involved are more likely to finish school, to get a good job, to live a life free of government dependence. The federal government that will actually stand up and some are Strong Families by getting rid rid of policies, welfare policies, that make it harder for fathers to play an active role in the lives of their children. We need to encourage families. [cheering] gov. Walker i know, thinking about my own family, for me, both my parents were so important for david and me as we grew up as kids. We try to be good role models, and they turned out pretty well. [cheering] gov. Walker we are so proud of them, and i think about matt and alex and all the others in their generation. For them, i want them to grow up in a more free and prosperous country. That is really about the American Dream, there. [cheering] gov. Walker now, to ensure that prosperity, we need to be for a progrowth economic plan that enables our individuals and our families to earn, to save, and to achieve their piece of the American Dream. There is a real contrast out there. Instead of the topdown government knows the best approach, we need to build the economy from the ground up in a way that is new and fresh, organic and dynamic, that says as long as you dont violate the health and safety is your neighbor, go out and start euro career, build your own business, live your life. [cheering] gov. Walker you see, that is freedom. The kind of freedom that is the cornerstone of the American Dream. We have a plan to help more people live that dream a plan that will help more people create more jobs and higher wages. You know what it starts with . We need to repeal obamacare once and for all. [cheering] gov. Walker we need to repeal the socalled Affordable Care act. We need to put patients and families back in charge of their health care decisions, not the federal government. [cheering] gov. Walker many of you here know when i first became governor i literally allowed in the state to join the federal lawsuit against obamacare. We need a president who on the first day will call on the congress to once and for all repeal obamacare entirely. [cheering] gov. Walker then we need to rein in the out of control regulations, like a blanket on the nations economy. Lets get rid of the bureaucratic red tape. As governor, i called for a moratorium on new regulation we can do the same in washington and then we can repeal all the other bad obama regulations to get this economy going again. [cheering] gov. Walker next, we need to put in place and all of the above Energy Policy that says we are going to use the abundance of what god has given us in america and on this continent. [cheering] gov. Walker thats right. We are an energy rich country, and we can literally start refueling our economic recovery. We need a president who on day one will approve the keystone pipeline. [cheering] gov. Walker thats right. A proof that pipeline and put in place a plan to level the Playing Field for all forms of energy. Then we need to help people get the education and the skills that they need to succeed, because we know if we do that, we can help people find careers that pay far more than the minimum wage. Here in wisconsin, we reformed public education, and we provided more quality choices. Quality choices for families. You see, i trust families and i trust parents to make the right decision for their children. [cheering] gov. Walker i believe that every child, every child regardless of zip code or background or what their parents do, i believe that every child deserves access to a great education, be it at a public or a charter or a choice or a private or a virtual or a homeschool. Every child deserves access to great education. [cheering] gov. Walker that is why i want to work and along with that i want to make sure we have high standards. But those standards should be set at the local level. No common core, no nationwide scoreboard. [cheering] gov. Walker that is why i work so hard to take power and money out of washington and send it back to our states and our schools where it is more effective, more efficient, and more accountable to the american people. [cheering] gov. Walker think about this if you would take a dollar out of your purse or wallet, where would you rather spend it . In washington or at your Childs School . Id rather spend it at your Childs School, and if you give me the chance, we will send those dollars back to help your child and your school. [cheering] gov. Walker and then, and then, we need to lower the burden on our taxpayers, so you can keep more of your hardearned dollars. [cheering] gov. Walker we need to do that for individuals, we need to do that for individuals as well as job creators, we need to make our job creators competitive again in the world so they can bring more jobs back from overseas to put more of our fellow americans back to work right here in america. [cheering] gov. Walker and you know what . We can do it. We can do it because we did it in wisconsin and we can do it in washington. Some people wonder why i spent so much time focused on lowering the tax burden and why i want to do it in washington. I like to shop at kohls, so over the years i learned that if i am going to buy a new shirt i go to that rack at those 29. 99 now it is 19. 99. Then we get the little scratch off where you may get 30 off. Then as the clerk is ringing it up, jeanette pulls out some of that kohls cash, and next thing you know, you dont even need to buy the shirt. [laughter] [cheering] gov. Walker not really, but it seems like it. So how does a Great Company like coals make money . They make up in volume, right . They can charge that higher price that only a few of you could afford, but they lower the price and broaden the base and make more money off of volume. That is the thing about your money the government could charge you a higher rate than some of us could afford, but if you lower the right and broaden the base, we expand the volume of people who can participate in the economy. [cheering] gov. Walker years ago, we used to call that a similar plan under ronald reagan, back then we called it today i call it the kohls curve because i believe you can spend your money far better than the better of government and when we do the economy will get a whole lot better. [cheering] gov. Walker to prosper, however, we need to live in a safe and stable world. The commanderinchief has a sacred duty to protect the american people. In my lifetime, the best president when it comes to National Security and Foreign Policy was the governor from california. [cheering] gov. Walker under his leadership, we rebuilt the military, we stood up for our allies, we stood up to our enemies, and without apology, we stood for american values. [cheering] gov. Walker that led to one of the most peaceful times in modern american history. Sadly, today, under the clinton or, under the obamaclinton doctrine, americas leading from behind, and is headed toward disaster. Think about this we have a president who drew a line in the sand and allowed it to be crossed. A president who called isis the jv squad, called yemen a Success Story and iran a place we can do business with. Iran. [booing] gov. Walker when my brother david and i were kids i can remember us tying ribbons around the tree in front of our house during the 444 days that iran held 52 americans hostage. One of those hostages was a governor who grew up down the way. He was the youngest of the hostages, a marine who had just been assigned to serve the u. S. Embassy in tehran. [cheering] gov. Walker he knows that iran is not a place to do business with. Iran hasnt changed much since he was released. Looking ahead, we need to terminate the bad deal with iran on the very first day in office. [cheering] gov. Walker we need to terminate that deal on the very first day in office, put in place rippling economic sanctions on iran and convince our allies to do exactly the same thing. [cheering] gov. Walker earlier this year president obama declared he proclaimed that the greatest threat to future generations as global warming, climate change. [booing] gov. Walker well, mr. President , i respectfully disagree. The greatest threat to future generations is radical islamic terrorism, and we need to do something about it. [cheering] gov. Walker we can start by listing the political restrictions on our military personnel already in iraq and empower them to help our kurd and sunni allies reclaim the territory taken by isis, because you know what . On behalf of your children in mind, id rather take the fight to them instead of waiting till they bring the fight to us. [cheering] gov. Walker we need to acknowledge that israel is an ally and should start treating israel like an ally. [cheering] gov. Walker there should be no daylight between our two countries. That is why early this year, when i went to israel, i not only met with the prime minister, i met with the opposition leader, to let them know that if i was president there would be no daylight between the United States and israel Going Forward. [cheering] gov. Walker we need to stop the aggression of russia into sovereign nations. Putin believes in the old lenin principle. He has found a whole lot of mush over the last four years. [applause] gov. Walker the United States needs a Foreign Policy that will put steel in front of our enemies. [cheering] gov. Walker we need to stop chinas cyberattacks, slow their advances and international waters, and speak out about their abysmal human rights record. [cheering] gov. Walker and we need to have the capacity to protect our National Security interests here and abroad, and those of our allies. That begins by rebuilding the Defense Budget by going back to the levels proposed by secretary of defense gates. [cheering] gov. Walker we need to honor our men and women in uniform by giving them the resources that they need to make a safe, and Going Forward by giving them the quality and Timely Health care that they deserve when they return home. [cheering] gov. Walker but most of all the best way we can honor them is by fighting to win. You see, this is important. Our goal should be peace, but there will be times when america must fight. And if we must, americans fight to win. [cheering] gov. Walker Going Forward, the world must know that there is no greater friend and no worse enemy than the United States of america. [cheering] [chanting] gov. Walker america is a great country. It is a great country. And you know what . We just have to start leading it again. It is not too late. We can do it because we have done it before. Veterans remind me that what makes America Great what makes us exceptional what makes us the greatest country in all of the world all throughout our history, in times of crisis, be it economic or fiscal, be it military or spiritual, there has been men and women of courage who have been willing to stand up and think more about future generations that they thought about their own political futures. Ladies and gentlemen, this is one of those times in american history. [cheering] gov. Walker and so, after a great deal of thought and a whole lot of prayer, we are so honored to have you join with us today as we officially announce that we are running to serve as your president of the United States of america. [cheering] gov. Walker jeanette and i want our sons and all the other sons and daughters to grow up in a country that is as great as the country we inherited. Americans deserve a president who will fight and win for them. [cheering] gov. Walker someone who will stand out for the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. [cheering] gov. Walker someone who will stand up for our religious freedoms and all of our other constitutional rights. [cheering] gov. Walker someone who will stand up for america. Gov. Walker someone who will stand up for our religious freedoms and all of our other constitutional rights. [cheering] gov. Walker someone who will stand up for america. You see, it doesnt matter whether you come from a big city or a suburb or a small town i will fight and win for you. [cheering] gov. Walker healthy or sick born or unborn, i will fight and win for you. [cheering] gov. Walker young or old or anywhere in between, i will fight and win for you. [cheering] gov. Walker over the years, i have met some amazing people many of whom have come here and other places in the world. The people i have met tell me that the reason they came here was not to become dependent on the government. The reason i came here was because america is one of the few places left in the world where it doesnt matter what class you were born into or what your parents did for a living. In america, you can do and be anything you want. That is the american spirit. [cheering] gov. Walker you see, in america, the opportunity should be equal but the outcome is up to each and every one of us here across this great country. That is why we just took a day off to celebrate the fourth of july and not the 15th of april because in april, we celebrate our independence from the government, not our dependence on it. [cheering] gov. Walker that is why i love america. That is why we, we, we love america. And working together, we can fight and win for america. Thank you for coming out. God bless you all for being here. Bless our military. And may god continue to bless the United States of