Us. L do all of [indiscernible] [indiscernible] mr. Cruz i had two daughters, and my oldest is in second grade. She started yesterday. [indiscernible] whats the best . What should i try . [indiscernible] mr. Cruz urine kindergarten . Thats awesome. I have two little girls at home, caroline, who is seven. Shes just getting going into second grade. And then katherine, who is four. Shes going to start kindergarten next year. I think those are awesome ages. They are with their mommy right now. Their mommy is back in houston with both girls. Caroline, she started taking grade on wednesday, just two days ago. Shes in school right now. So you start monday . What grade are you in . . Urth well, thats awesome. Is it fun having a little brother or sister or kind of annoying sometimes . Both. Thats the way it goes. You guys want to get a picture together . You can stand up, and ill come down. [indiscernible] how are you going to help change some of this where we can actually make some money out there . That is absolutely right, and theres no doubt that farmers are the back tone of our country. I represent texas where we have a huge farming and ranching community. One of the real challenges is for six and a half years, weve had economic stagnation, and a hammers everybody, and it is the consequence of outofcontrol taxes and regulations from washington. If you look for example at farmers getting hit by escalating taxes, getting hit by the death tax, which, as you farms,evastates family we need fundamental tax reform. Im campaigning on a simple flat tax that would dramatically simplify the tax code. On regulatory reforms, you look at what the epa is doing. The rules they are imposing significant costs. We need a president who will take on the regulations that are hammering farmers and ranchers and small businesses. How are we going to bring in more money we can put in our crops sense off . This year has been a trough year a tough year. Been, but thats is as a direct consequence of the taxes and regulations coming from the federal government that are driving up the cost of everything. If you look at the last time when we had this kind of economic stagnation, historically, since world war ii, the economy has grown about 3. 3 a year, and there are two 4year periods, 1970 to 1982 coming out of the carter and ministration, and 20 2008 through 2012. If you look at how we turned it around, reagan came in in 1981 and pursue tax reform and regulatory reform, and the result was incredible economic , which benefits by the fourth year of reagans presidency, the economy was growing 7. 2 a year. You want to turn things around for farmers, we need robust economic growth. With the reduction of regulations and taxes, that will drive down the cost of input, and with booming economic growth, that will drive up demand on the other side. Youve got to reduce cost and increase demand, and the way to do that is to bring back jobs and opportunities. I hope that you can get us there then. Mr. Cruz we are going to do it. [indiscernible] it took me 62 years. This is my first state fair. Mr. Cruz fantastic. [indiscernible] mr. Cruz my mother is a Breast Cancer survivor. Its amazing how more and more people are beating the disease. I hope youre having fun at the state fair. Im glad youre here. [indiscernible] [indiscernible] thank you for serving. Thank you for your sacrifice. [indiscernible] you talked about sanctuary cities. Minneapolis is one of those. Can you talk about your plan to and actuary cities . Most of unfortunately, those big cities are governed by democrats. Cities runt of the by democrats have become sanctuary cities where they defy federal law, and they become and we see the consequences of it. We saw everything in San Francisco with the murder where the leaders of San Francisco essentially invited illegal aliens to come to their city, the violentadly, criminals who murdered k diamond. We need to hand x where he cities, and when he to cut off federal funding to any city that declares itself a city that defies hetero immigration law. We cannot give federal dollars to a city that is actively frustrating federal laws. You also mentioned the flat tax but not a rate. We will in the coming months. What i said at this point is that its to be a simple flat tax where every american can fill out his or her tax form, and when we do that, we should abolish the irs. Theres a large group of minnesotans coming to your event tonight. Do you have a plan to turn our blue state red . Mr. Cruz there are commonsense values, and we need to get back to be free market principles and constitutional liberties. There are a lot of political observers who say the way you in a purple state or blue state is you effectively run as democrat light. For me, that does not work. Think about the last 50 years. Who has ae Republican Group of democrats named after him reagan democrats. E did not turn those votes he gave a clear, bold, optimistic vision and attracted millions of fdr democrats to come over. One of the incredible things about our campaign everywhere we go with minute women coming up to us to say, i and a democrat my whole life and him coming over to vote for you i had been a democrat my whole life and im coming over to vote for you. Religious liberty cuts across racial lines, ethnic lines, party lines, economic lines. The sharedl to values of all of us in america, thats how we win, not just in red states and not just in purple states, but lou states as well. Thank you very much. Blue states as well. Thank you very much. [indiscernible] visituz were going to with the voters. We done a couple of media events. [indiscernible] careful, your finger is blocking the lens. There you go. [indiscernible] mr. Cruz its good to meet you. Thank you for being here. Thank you for being here. How you doing, sir . Its good tos eu. Very good to see you. Its good to see you. Very good to see you. [indiscernible] new Jersey Governor Chris Christie also paid a visit to the iowa state fair. A short time ago, he sent out this tweet thanking those who stopped by the Des Moines Register candidates soapbox to hear him speak. It was there he took questions from the audience that focused on issues like border security, energy policy, and foreign affairs. This is 20 minutes. [applause] right. Istie all good morning. No speech for me this morning. I want all 20 minutes to be your questions. Lets get to your questions. The lady in the cubs hat. My question is how would you secure the border . Mr. Christie question is how what i secure the border when i become president. Or things we need to do first in urban areas around the border, we need to build a wall areense because they heavily populated, and that is the best way to do it. Reckon, we need to put fbi agents, dea agents in with Border Patrol agents to interdict the drugs and guns coming across our border. We need to use electronic surveillance. We are using drones all over the world. We should use them on the southern border with cameras and other surveillance to make sure we put our human resources, Border Patrol officers, and others in the right places. They are difficult to patrol on foot. Fourth and most importantly is every employer in america has to verify. Verify e the reason these folks are coming across the border is to work, and if they know you cannot be employed in this country if you are not here legally, they will not come because they are only coming for a job. Here is what we need to do to employers the cousin are part of the problem, too they need to be find double whatever their profit is from hiring cheaper illegal labor. If we do those things, that will secure the border, and then we can move forward and grow our economy. Be careful, do not go for just one easy answer. This is a tough problem. We have not solved it for 30 years. Lets use those tools to do it effectively and efficiently. For seven the law years as u. S. Attorney a newly six as governor. When i get to the white house, i will know how to enforce the law at the southern border. Yes, maam, back there in the purple shirt. Mr. Christie she set alltime assist the most expensive disease in america. This is part of the reason i put an entitlement Reform Program to save over 1. 2 trillion. The national is toots of health, their budget only went up. 1 2 . 1 . Were not spending money on what we need to spend to improve the quality of peoples lives. We need to partner with the private sector and the government to save it we can find a treatment and a cure for all summers, extend peoples lives to make the quality of life that are, but that will only happen if the government toest, but also, we need protect the pharmaceutical companies in this country as well. They are spending a lot of their private money to try to come up with cures and treatments as well, and then we let people steal their intellectual property. We cannot let that happen. I will protect our pharmaceutical companies and a hard work that they are doing and then increase the budget for the national is the toots of health and the National Science foundation so we can get these great doctors and scientists in the United States to have all service be the next place where we bring an effective treatment and cure. We need that for our loved ones and we need that to make our country a better, more productive place. [indiscernible] mr. Christie first off, new jersey has already sent an our objection to the Clean Power Plan the president has put forward. The president regulates things in a way that makes no sense, kills jobs in america and kills technology and advancement of america. What we need to do this is what we do in new jersey. I think each state should be able to do the thing that works best for them. I drive throughout iowa and see wind power all over the state. It makes sense in a big wideopen state to be able to have wind power be part of what we do, to have a cleaner footprint in terms of our energy and lowercost electricity as well. In new jersey, though, we are the most densely populated state in america. Eight point 9 billion people in that little space 8. 9 million in that little space. Heres what were going to do go sit upon a bar and say to someone to name the top restates in america in solar energy production. They will get the first two because the first hit of our california and arizona, but youre going to win on number three because number three is the garden state of new jersey. Solar power works in our state. You dont need as much space for it. We use natural gas, and we are the Third Largest the blueprints are in america. You know what that means . We have reached our 2020 clean air goals already without this intervention run the obama epa that is killing jobs and killing in our country. As president , i will take the same approach. If its best for iowans, its good for the rest of the country as well. Let new jersey do what they do and all the other states do what they do as well. In the back, the lady with the blue hat. If im president of the United States, i dont think anybody who knowingly came here illegally should become a citizen. I just dont think they should become a citizen. I think american citizenship i think american citizenship is an enormous gifts, and if you came here by breaking the law, i dont and you should get it is and should. Well have to figure out what we do. Americans do not want us adding to the number. But by the same token, we do not want people to be rewarded for knowing illegal conduct. T does not make sense youre just encouraging that conduct even more. Thats what i would do as president , and we would work to make sure that the folks that are here are treated fairly. [indiscernible] mr. Christie the question is on National Service, americorps in particular. They were an enormous help during hurricane sandy. Forre certainly grateful it. I want to expand National Service even more, as part of the way to deal with the student debt crisis we have in this country. Students are graduating with six figures of student debt to go to college, and they have a mortgage. They cannot buy a home or get married or have children. One of the options i want to give to students is National Service to our country to help pay off their student loans. They can help make their communities, states, countries a better place. Everybody wins and it helps to lower debt. Thats what i would do as president. Yes, sir, superman. [indiscernible] mr. Christie the question was fuel standards, and ive been clear on this. It goes in coordination with this ladys question we need more options, not less. We need more options make energy more informal, which will help us to build more manufacturing jobs we need options to make energy more affordable. On renewable fuel standards, we should enforce the laws on the books now. The law is there. Its the Obama Administration enforceld refuses to the law. What i say to other candidates make up your mind. One thing and Something Different in New Hampshire and different in south carolina. You have a position, tell the people of the country what your position is. When im president , we will enforce the law that is on the books and all the laws that are on the books. [applause] question is what is the plan to curb the. Nfluence of money we tried every different law and every different way, the problems lawyers write these laws, and then we hire lawyers to figure out how to get around the laws they just wrote. What i would do is let anybody donate any amount of money they want to donate to any candidate, but they have to reveal that. Who is giving me money and who is giving every other candidate money. Theres a lot of money being given with no transparency at all. You do not know who is giving us the money. What youre really getting at is how we are influenced by the money. Its if we change our policies. If you see someone gives me a lot of money and 24 hours later i reveal in antietam weeks later, i change a position i had before to be in line with the person who gave me money, you can make the conclusion you want to make. We will always end up having money involved in politics. 330 Million People in this country, we got to communicate to them effectively to try to get elected, so lets take all the curtains away from it and make me responsible, too. If i get the money, i have to spend the money. You should be able to hold us responsible, and thats the way i would exit. Fix it. [indiscernible] mr. Christie we have a system of laws in this country, and those laws need to be followed. Other businesses who want to do business should have to do business. My oath of office is to enforce the laws of the state of new jersey, not the ones i like or agree with, but all the laws. Religious organizations absolutely should be protected. Everyone should be able to freely practice the way they see fit, but businesses should not be allowed to discriminate, no. I could only hear part of what you said. I think it was about Scientific Research and marijuana. I have a clear position on marijuana in general its illegal in the United States of america except in specific instances where its used for medical purposes. The president is allowing certain states to go ahead and use it recreationally. In my opinion thats wrong. Marijuanaant to make legal, go to congress and change the law, but we should not have ad hoc one state at a time changing laws. I will tell you, it creates lawlessness in this country. Thats how we get sanctuary cities, also. Because certain mayors do not want to enforce immigration laws. We should enforce the laws that are on the books. If you want to change those laws, go to congress and change them. When im president , we will enforce the laws that are on the books and enforce them aggressively. [indiscernible] mr. Christie thats a really interesting thought. [indiscernible] good day. Yes, sir, in the back. I could not hit the rest of it. Move up a little. [indiscernible] mr. Christie he asked about russia and china slowly getting more influence in the world and what i would do to change it. This president has been the weakest resident on or in policy that we have had in my lifetime. He makes jimmy carter look strong. And the fact is here is what i do first thing is we need to make sure we do more military exercises in eastern europe. We need to put Missile Defense back and pulling to make sure the russians understand they have taken crimea, they are in ukraine now no further. No further for russia than what they have done already, and mr. Putin needs to understand there will be a president who will not put up with his adventurism around the world. And china, they are building these artificial islands in the South China Sea to try to make sure they restrict shipping lanes. Those are free, open international waters. We need to rebuild our military. This president has weakened our military in a way that has made america less influential in the world, so we need to rebuild our army to 500,000 active duty soldiers. I would rebuild our military, send a clear signal to russia and china that we dont want a war, but we are not going to allow them to tread on the United States of america. [indiscernible] mr. Christie he asked about the economy, the drop in the stock market this week. The devaluation of the chinese currency. To strengthen our economy, we dont need to worry about china. About what isry happening in the United States of america. Our taxes are too high. The taxes are rigged for the rich. We need to get rid of all these entitlements not entitlements, rather, loopholes, and these exceptions, and we 2 homest keep mortgage deduction and the charitable contribution deduction, and lower our rates 28 of the highend and 8 in the lowend. Let people keep their money, lower Corporate Tax rates as well so we can start creating jobs again, and there are 2 trillion offshore. I give them a onetime chance to come and bring that money back in as long as they will invest in american jobs, get jobs growing until our kids get out of school and can be employed and works hard. I live at home with a dog. I regard him as a member of my own family. He jumps in my lap any time i sit down. He likes to play tag. I share food with him. He always wants to have some of my food. Not unlike many americans, i regar