Speak at that convention on tuesday night and about 1. 5 hours before he spoke him i was backstage and these people came out before me. They were Small Business people. They were all cheering and they had placards at the Convention Hall saying we built that. They were sticking it to obama by saying Small Business did not create on jobs. We sent Small Business person after Small Business person out there for one hour talking about how they built their business. We did not send a single worker on stage. Not one. Why would they think we are for them . Why would they think we care about what they are going through . We never talk about it and we dont put programs together and policies together that directly impact them. The reason i was the only i think the only person in this race to ever win in a president ial year in a state that is a blue state that the president republican nominee lost and so on the election. I know there is a lot of folks in this race for governors who are running in nonpresident ial years. Thats all well and good. The bottom line is, the president ial poll, the president ial turnout is different than off your elections. Iran in that year. George bush lost my state by five and i want to buy for because i connected with workers out there in the state of pennsylvania. If we are going to win, thats what we will have to do. Frank lets go to a question front left. My question is on the nsa spying and the role of the federal government. I was once asked why Hillary Clinton when bill was running for office what do i want out of the federal government . I would tell you that i want the federal government to get the hell out of my life and my business and let freedom ring in this country. I want to know what you will do to keep these people out of our lives so that we as decent people and employees and employers can make a change in this country before my kids and grandkids have no place to live. [applause] 2 one of the things mr. Santorum that i plan to do i will take every single regulation that has been passed a president obama, everything he has done with a pen and a phone we can repeal with a pen and a phone the first day im in office. Every job killing regulation every single one, will be gone day one. It will be changed over the course of our ministries and. [applause] of our administration. Frank i propose number three, back left. Good evening, senator. The number one cause of income inequality in americas whether children are raised in families with a married mother and father. What can the next president due to promote marriage . Mr. Santorum i wrote the book 10 years ago and signed a couple of copies today. There was a book written called it takes a village. You might remember that. A few years after that, i published a book called it takes a family because thats what it really takes to raise a child in america. [applause] when im out there talking about what we will do to get the middle of america and the American Dream to be real for people again, i go out and talk about twqo books that are not mine. One is written by Robert Putnam and the other is written by charles murray, libertarian sociologist. They came to the same conclusion. The principal problem of people being able to rise in america is the breakdown of the family. I know there is a lot of people you will hear from but no one can hold a candle to us and what we have done to try to help the institution of marriage and save and strengthen the American Family in america. That will be our number one priority. What does that mean . That means that instead of spending your bully pulpit time and instead of spending the u have to start a National Dialogue on Global Warming, we will spend it on trying to raise and nurture children in healthy, happy families. [applause] frank that has come up several times today. Is that all there is . Is that enough . You said the next president could use the bully pulpit or is there anything else . Mr. Santorum you mean helping the families . Frank helping the families, whats up an expresident do . Mr. Santorum let me explain what i mean. I use an example of an Organization Called first things first in chattanooga tennessee. They realized they have the highest divorce and out of wedlock birth rates and has children going up just growing up without a father and a home they did something about it as a community. They did not pass a single government law. They rallied the churches and the schools and the businesses and Community Groups and they came together to emphasize the importance of marriage and the importance of staying together. Businesses offered benefits. Businesses said they provide marriage counseling is a benefit because of that program. If you think about the importance of family, not just for the health of family and the health of children, but for the health of our economy, we cannot have a healthy economy unless we have healthy families. Thats because families are the smallest of the Small Businesses in america. Every family is a little Small Business and we are the broken or not doing well, we will not have a strong economy. President that says to all the little corporations, we need to have as your focus supporting and strengthening people in your workplace with their families and we need to say to schools to talk about the importance of marriage and the importance of marriage and the responsibility of fathers. Yes, that is a big part of it. Its not anything government does that will fix big problems like that. Its what you do in american what you are incentivized and put on your hard to make a difference. The second thing i would say is there is something the government can do. I was in wisconsin four years ago and told by a state senator that if you are a single mom and have two children and you are earning 15,000 per year, youre eligible for 38,500 in welfare. If you get married, you lose it. The federal government, the State Government is the principal impediment for single mothers who want to raise their children with a father, not to marry the father of their children or someone else who wants to be that childs father. [applause] we have to stop the federal government from breaking up amalies whether its our welfare laws or our tax code and that will be a high priority. Frank is there a question over here . [applause] top right. Yes, i would like to ask if you are or anyone in your family is connected to the controversial jesuits in the Catholic Church . Mr. Santorum the jesuits the position jesuit. Jeff the pope is a jesuit. They have been around for a few centuries. Im not directly connected with them. Thats the answer. Frank i want to ask you a personal question. I have asked various leaders with their relationship is to god. I want you to be candid with me. Is there a time you ever cursed god . Rick santorum in the real sense of cursing god, no. Did i ever lose my temper and say something, of course. I have been blessed. I had a seat of faith planted. I have told how i came to the u. S. Senate and found the lord. [applause] senator santorum most people dont think he lives there but he does. The answer is, i do feel i have been blessed my entire life. Even though i cant say i have had an easy life. I have always felt the seed planted by my mother and other about the importance of faith and relationship jesus christ, there is no room for despair. We have lost a child to read we have a disabled child permit we have had personal tragedies. As disheartened as i can be, as angry as i am, all things will work out for good if you hold on to that faith and belief. That is what he promises us. [applause] senator santorum i recently became aware that large amounts of money have been taken away from the teamsters who are retiring. They have been notified will start september. I saw a note look of expenditures by their retirement money. They tried to go to the railroads first. These guys were involved but they stopped us to read they have lots of other retirees in mind after that. What can and would he done in a republican presidency . Senator santorum i apologize, i am not familiar with what you ares the teamsters with what you are speaking up. If the teamsters have a private pension fund come the government has no right to take it. That would not happen under a republican president. Frank what should be the role of unions . Senator santorum i believe in free markets. What we are not going to do is stacked the deck in favor of unions and that is what the president has tried to do and we are not going to do that. Frank front right. I am concerned about the number of candidates running in the republican party. My concern is, whoever comes out on top, can we rally around that person . I think the democrats are having a heyday. It is going to divide the republican vote again. I was i could say i am as proud of the republicans as i was in the past. Is there a way to bring continuity with that . I would charge whoever is running, whoever is the candidate of choice, make that arson responsible to his commitment he has made to us on the campaign trails. [applause] senator santorum having gone through this process before, number one, i spent a little time in the back. All reporters want me to do is beat up on one of the candidates. I have decided, having gone through a race for years ago where a super pac and others beat up on us, it is fine to disagree on an issue. I will comment on a position of an issue. But i will stop the fracture site of republicans beating up on each other and questioning their integrity. [applause] you can have a disagreement on policy, and you should and we well. Immigration. Taxes. Those are all fine. But when people come up here and start personally assailing people, that is where animosity builds and division happens. That is where it is hard to bring people back together again. I believe a civility pledge among republicans is something i really do believe in. It is something i am hopeful the rnc and others will continue to push. I would make the argument, sometimes the rnc is not particularly civil. They represent the establishment. They try to beat up conservative candidates. Your point is valid. The second thing is, it is expected for conservatives to join if a moderate is nominated but that is not always the case when a conservative is elected. [applause] senator santorum i would like to hear from all the big super pac donors. The same question they ask conservatives. Will you go along with whoever is the nominee. If the answer is no, they should let the people elect whoever they want to elect. Frank any final words of wisdom, summary from what you see and have heard . Where you are going to . Senator santorum if you want to win this election, it has proven to be the most important of our lifetime. We have not had a chance to talk about the culture. Bottom line, our culture is crumbling. Most of the folks are running for president are running for the hills. Very few are willing to stand up and white. It is getting so toxic out there. We need to have a leader willing to stand and fight for the principles that made our country great. If we dont, what is the point of winning . If we dont have a leader that is willing to win so america can win. If you want to win, we have to run those states that run through the heart of iowa through pennsylvania. If we dont win those states which we have not in winning, we will not be very successful in this election. The only way we are going to win those states is not turning out more conservatives. Look at the numbers. That is not it. It is turning out voters who stayed home last time because they dont think either party gives a look about them. Lick about them. [applause] senator santorum that means we have to have a narrative. When we paint the picture of the future of america, include them in the narrative. We will win the election and more portly, america is going to win. Frank ladies and gentlemen, rick santorum. [applause] welcome him back to the leadership summit and wisconsin Governor Scott walker. Governor walker thank you. I like the shoes. Frank i almost got through the entire day without somebody commenting on it. Governor walker those are red white, and blue. I like them. Frank now substance. My first question, you couldnt possibly have thought, back in january, you would go on to3 in the polls to being the front runner in iowa. What happened . You are not the most funded candidate. You have been here a fair amount read what happened . Governor walker in january, the media thought, this guys maybe not as charismatic. He doesnt have all this money. We came here to iowa, des moines, and spoke with congressman king. There were a lot of people who helped us out during the recall a couple of years ago. Thanks. [applause] Governor Walker a lot of people admired what we had done just across the mississippi. That we had taken on the Big Government special interest. Done all the Different Things we had done from social issues to economic and fiscal issues. But wondered if this guy is up for a national election. We gave a speech where i talked like i talked. Told the story of what we did like i would ask home in wisconsin. People said, maybe this guy can break through and be a legitimate candidate. I think people are looking for someone who can write and win. We fought and won. [applause] frank i want specific definitions. For several policies where there has been suggestion you are on different sides how far are you willing to fight for the sanctity of marriage . Governor walker i have had this opinion for 20 years. I believe it is between a man and woman. Last year as governor, i joined with the attorney general and defended it the federal courts system. When the decision came out last month, i said, i was frustrated five unelected jurists got to tell people state by state what they could do. I believe we should support a constitutional amendment to allow states to do whatever they see fit. In my state, we did one man and woman and i support that. [applause] Governor Walker i also believe it is a part of that and from day one we have a president who is willing to fight to support religious freedoms in this country. That is something inherent already in the constitution, something i have fought for in my state, and something the next president should fight for. It is not freedom from religion, it is freedom of religion. We should have the right to practice our religious freedoms in this country. Frank would you support the indiana legislation in wisconsin . Governor walker it is even better in wisconsin. We have it in the states constitution. We have lived just fine with it. I support our constitution. I believe america think about it. Roger williams. William penn came to pennsylvania largely because of religious persecution. This is why the founders came to these United States. To form a more perfect nation. Part of it was because of religious persecution. That is something we should never lose sight of. Protecting religious liberties. [applause] frank immigration. You have been accused of taking different points of view by some of the people in the front three rows here. Are they correct . Have you been consistent over time . And they just dont understand . Governor walker as a governor i dont deal with it. It has not been a heavy concern. I said earlier this year, i sat down and pointed out, i said this is an issue where i have changed somewhat. I went to the border. I flew in the air. I went on the ground. I talked to people and others along the border. I listened to americans across this country. I looked at how messed up the president has dealt with the issue. Last fall, i was one of the first governors to join the federal government lawsuit against the president. I believe immigration is simple. Secure the borders. Uphold the law. I believe we need a Legal Immigration system that gives priority to the impact on american working families, their wages, in a way that will improve the american economy. [applause] frank what happens to the 11 Million People who are here . Governor walker that is where the media has it backwards. You can even begin to talk about it until you secure the border. I do not believe in amnesty. When i went to the border, it was eyeopening. Being there, not just being in the air and on the ground, but talking to professionals and even some federal folks there. There are International Criminal organizations penetrating the southern border. Not just drug cartels, they are pushing drugs, firearms. Human traffic. Not just people coming across to work. We are talking horrific examples of human trafficking. If this was happening in our waterbased ports on the east or west coast, we would be sending the coast guard is not the u. S. Navy. The federal government needs to step up and security borders. If israel can put up a 500 mile fence and have the technology and personnel to keep it safe, so much so that they have a 90 reduction in terrorism, there is no reason that great u. S. Cant secure its southern border once and for all. [applause] frank your father was a pastor. Governor walker he retired. All of us are called a minister in one form or another. Frank what is your relationship with god . Governor walker jesus christ, he is my lord and savior. That defines everything to not just who i am as an elected official, who i am as a father and friend. How i interact with people. That doesnt mean i have a list like the 10 commandments of what to do on every single issue. It defines not just who i am and what i believe in, but how i treat others. I hope people saw, even at the height when i had 100,000 protesters occupied our capital, and i had death threats, we did not respond in kind. That in part was driven by our faith. [applause] frank back left. Governor walker, you are known as a prolife champion due to Defunding Planned Parenthood in your home state. Thank you for that. That being said, early this week, the planned parenthood baby parts trafficking video went viral. It was a top trending topic. You finally posted something yesterday, four days after the release of the video. This, combined with your hiring of prochoice staff members, is getting people like me reason for concern for you and your campaign. Why did it take you so long and why were you playing it safe and not hitting a