If you remember nothing that i said tonight, then you probably had too much to drink. [laughter] if you remember one thing that i said tonight, let it be this. As dire as things look right now, i am profoundly optimistic. We have seen things look dire before. I am optimistic for three simple reasons. Number one, we are right. Freedom works. [applause] there is a very simple dynamic, conservatives win when we effectively articulate what it is we believe. This is fundamentally a center right nation. Liberals win when they effectively off the skate obduscate what they believe. Their policies do not work and all we have to do is speak the truth. Secondly, there is a new generation of leaders stepping forward in washington. New, young at leaders, people like rand paul and marco rubio and mike lee and kelly ayotte. [applause] you know what is incredible . Five years ago, not one of them was in office. You have to go back to after world war ii to see an instance where the generation of leaders who were effectively defending freemarket principles is a new generation stepping forward let me suggest something. If you look at that new generation, they are almost always exactly the same age. Was 10 whence, i Ronald Reagan became president. I was 18 when Ronald Reagan left the white house. Know how for the world war ii generation, many of them would prefer to fdr as our president . I will go to my grave with Ronald Reagan defining what it means to be present. President. [applause] he didnt blink. I have referred to this next generation, this new generation as the children of reagan. Listen to them communicate. Listen to kelly stand up and talk about freemarket principles. Listen to marco. Listen to rent. Rand. They are positive. They are echoes of Ronald Reagan. Hey are not hateful they are saying, we as americans can get back to our founding principles that have made this nation so great. The third and final reason i am optimistic, the biggest reason is because of each of you. Because of the rise of the grassroots. If we are right, that the American People are standing up and saying, enough already, we are going to take our country back. We are going to get back to freemarket principles, to the constitution, to the founding principles that made this the greatest country unearthed. Took jimmy carter to give us Ronald Reagan. [applause] and i am convinced that the longest Lasting Legacy of president obama is going to be all of us standing up together, arm in arm, to restore that shining city on a hill that is the United States of america. Thank you and god bless you. [applause] thank you so much. First of all, i want to say i learned something new tonight. Here in New Hampshire, we say thank you all. In texas, they think all you all. Is that more thank you or more people . Technically speaking, all ya ll is the plural of yall. That was Ronald Reagan reminded us that freedom is only one generation away from extension. If we do not engage now in the freedom, we will want we will one day be telling our children what it is like to be free. I need to repair and oversight. We have another candidate. I know there is nobody here who wants to see custer win another term in the United States house. We know we have a potential candidate and former senator gary lambert. He is with us tonight. I hope you get a chance to say hello to him as well. Now, our host, i do so much. Hey, did we have a speaker tonight. Joseph and i you turn down the heat to much. We would like to ask invite you all to have some coffee in the back. There is wonderful homemade cookies. Eat some more of the food. Photos thatken some are available in the foyer and al from the radio Just Announced that in 10 minutes, the International Space station will go over if we look to the northwest. Northwest is that way. The International Space station will go over. Go get some coffee. [applause] [indiscernible] that is the only way we are going to turn it around. Connecticut picture of the three of you . Can i take a picture of the three of you . [inaudible] they keep voting for obama care. They never come up with a plan nobody did. Together, getet democrats on one, republicans online, and get something specific. That is how youre going to win. I agree with you. You have to have a plan. You have a couple years to work on it. I hear what youre saying. Thank you. The only way to win this is to do it together. Thank you for what youre doing. Thank you very much. [inaudible] thank you. That is powerful. [inaudible] thank you very much. I appreciate it. [inaudible] when i heard you say that, i thought it was so inspiring. That was really the definition of what can be done. The stakes for all of us to make it easier for people to that onerosperity generation ago would not have been. Very powerful. God bless. Thank you. I very much appreciate it. I would love to do a picture. One more . Please. Thank u so much. Youre right. We are the strong ones. That was unfortunate. We have to bring people together. Keep up the fight. God bless. Thank you. I was the Campaign Going . I need to talk to you. You right here . Very good. Connect thank you very much. Good luck to you. [inaudible] fantastic job. Couldnt have gone better for you. Just over here, john. One more here. If you put cheese on broccoli, it is pretty good. That is printed. I cant have broccoli with cheese. I am a marketer i know something about marketing. Thank you, i appreciate it. My husband and i came from massachusetts. Thank you for the photo. Come join us. Get all three of us. Here is my question. [inaudible]tts thank you very much. I dont know if i should waste my time. In terms of i think if were going to win [inaudible] we have some distance to go. The next stage is probably going [inaudible] you look at it wasnt that long ago. Even in a state like massachusetts, this thing can work. If people start hearing we can start changing. Dont think the senators will be the first to jump ship. It has a different economy. Listen, i want to encourage you to reach out and call. [inaudible] a pleasure meeting you. Thank you. Where are you from . New hampshire. Thank you for being here. I wish you the best. Thank you very much. Can i ask you one question on immigration . Do you think there is a chance the house is going to take separate pieces . Do house is going to in my view, what the house is going to do, there are a lot of areas of bipartisan agreement on immigration. There is a lot of agreement that our Current System is broken. There is agreement that we have to get serious about securing borders and about stopping the problem of ilLegal Immigration. A lot of agreement that we should improve and streamline Legal Immigration so that we welcome immigrants. What i think the house should do, is focus on areas of bipartisan agreement rather than i think the gang of eight bill is the wrong approach. What they will do, i dont know. About theld you feel 11 million if we gave them but they nevers passed the citizenship . I introduced in the Judiciary Committee stipulations to fix the gang of eight bill. I would like to see commonsense immigration reform. The gang of eight bill one of the amendments introduced was to do exactly what you said, to say that those here illegally will not be eligible for citizenship. Every democrat voted against it. It was striking. The senator said, if there is no citizenship, there can be no reform. I took the opportunity to thank him. Explicit, and over arching political objective. Youre willing to do nothing about border security, nothing about workers, nothing about farms, and nothing about the 11 Million People in the shadows. Youre willing to leave them in the shadows. Problemhan solve this because your only priority is your partisan political objective. That is where the white house is right now. Thank you very much for your time. Take care. Nice to meet you. We had such a good time. Thank you so much. I am here from washington valley. It would be wonderful if you would visit washington valley. We would love to have you. Wonderful job. Thank you. Thank you for coming. I have a question. [inaudible] the administration doesnt want the facts coming out. Follow the facts wherever they lead. Did you want to get a picture . I would love to. I am bill smith and i am one of your biggest and. God bless you. We need another Ronald Reagan. You are the only one. We all have to do it together. Youre on the right track. Thank you, i appreciate it. Have to say i am concerned about the immigrants more than obamacare. [inaudible] obama will not obey the law. You and i know that. Is iknow what it have communicated with them. There are too many republicans that will not tell the truth. That is what i like about what youre doing. Youre telling the truth. [inaudible] have been a republican for years. I think the only way for changes that they hear from the people. I am ready to hand write letters. I dont know what else to do. They are not going to change. Thank you for what you are doing. Can someone take a picture . Thank you. You are one of my heroes. The privilege is mine. Senator, it is a pleasure to meet you. Your motivating a lot of us. I appreciate it. I hope one of you guys are the next president. [inaudible] we have got to have more scrutiny. It has to be driven from the house. In my view, what the house the chief prosecutors, i have been urging them. [inaudible] i think they systematically walked through the facts. The advantage of a select [inaudible] really nice meeting you. Thank you for coming. I have to tell you when i came to this country 40 some years ago, i had eight dollars in my pocket. I came over as a nanny. I still had eight dollars in my pocket. Here i am now, living in this beautiful state. I am having a great time. Was eech tonight i will say, it is a huge blessing to be the son of an immigrant who came here seeking freedom. If you dont have a special awareness of just how precious it is. I got away from socialized medicine in england. I keep telling everybody here, you dont want it here. You dont want this obamacare. You dont want socialized medicine because it is horrendous. I would love to send you if , i give an email speech in honor of our greatbatch are and i would love to have john send it to you. Thatcher andrgaret i would love to have john send it to you. Thank you, i appreciate it. I discouraged freedom loving y, but i appreciate everything youre doing. We have to do it together. Thank you. Thank you. I welcome any support. [inaudible] doing a rally with ron paul it was, 5000 people came. [inaudible] to we have a sharpie . You want it the picture of the frame . Time will tell. [inaudible] thank you very much. [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] i just talked to a guy from the washington post, i said , i said igulations could get an audit. I would love to get more information about specific examples. Realstories that make it power regulations are making it harder. It is much more real to get your insight. [inaudible] thank you for your help. [inaudible] could get a little bit of light from there on you. Great. Thanks again, so much. You are always welcome. [inaudible] [inaudible] we have got to have backbone. I am telling you, i am throwing the establishment away. I have you, i have around i have rand. The only way to do it is together. You are moving up. Would you like a photo . [inaudible] quick thank you. Thank you. I have not studied the bill yet. I will give it a close look. [inaudible] [inaudible] as those of and winds up, we are going to let you know that you missed any of the senators remarks, you can find them online at the cspan video library. Tomorrow morning, on washington journal, we take a look at the rising cost of college with richard fry with the queue research center. We talked with the author of the black history of the white house, tomorrow. Washington journal is live on c span tomorrow and every morning at 7 00 a. M. Eastern. Now, on cspan, president obama speaking at the State University of new york in binghamton earlier today. He talked about the cost of college tuition. Ladies and gentlemen, the president of the United States. Hello, binghamton. Is good to see all of you. I am going to be here a while. [laughter] first of all, let me thank the university and your president for having me here today. Give your president a big round of applause. [applause] a couple other people i want to recognize, the mayor is here. [applause] two wonderful congressman. [applause] representative, maries maurice. [applause] first of all, thank you. It is really nice outside. For you to be willing to come inside, i greatly appreciate it. I am not going to do a lot of talking because i want to have a conversation with you about a range of issues, but in particular, something that is personal for me. That i wasntnow born into a lot of wealth or fame. There wasnt a long obama dynasty. Todayly reason i am here is because we have a great education. The essence of the American Dream is that anybody who is willing to work hard is able to get a good education. Their dreams. Central to that is the issue that we try to message effectively, College Affordability. Making sure that people can afford to go to college. I am on a road trip around new york to pennsylvania. Yesterday, i was at buffalo. I visited students at syracuse. Later today, i am going to meet joe biden in scranton, his hometown. I decided to stop here for a couple of reasons. Toldr one, i have been that it is very important for me to go to speedys while i am here. [applause] up andgoing to pick one try it on the road. Number two, i am excited because of the great work that convinces campuses like binghamton are doing to keep costs down for hardworking students. The chancellor is making sure that hundreds of thousands of city students across the state are getting a worldclass education. But without some of the debt and financial burden that is stopping too many young people from going to college. That is what we want for all of our students across the country. Over the past month, i have been visiting towns throughout america. I talked about, how do we secure a Better Bargain for the middle class . We fought our way through a very brutal recession. Now, we are at a point where we are creating jobs, the economy is growing, but it budget deficits are falling. Healthcare inflation has been reduced. Yet, there are still a lot of working families out there who are having a tough time in this competitive economy. The fact is, even before this last financial crisis, we had increasingly, and economy where folks at the top were doing better and better, but the average individual or family was seeing their incomes and wages flatlining. You start getting a tale of two americas. The whole premise of upward mobility in this country, which is central to who we understand ourselves to be, was being diminished. From my perspective, reversing that trend should be washingtons highest rarity. Priority. It is certainly my highest priority. What we see in washington all too often is instead of focusing on how we bring the class jobs back to america, making sure economy is growing robustly and that growth is broadbased, we have been spending a lot of time arguing about whether we should be paying our bills that we have already accrued. Or, the discussion has been about slashing spending on education and all the things that will make sure we remain competitive for the future. Most recently, there has been threats that we would shut down the government unless we agreed to pull back healthcare reform that is about to provide millions of americans with healthcare coverage for the first time. That is not going to grow the economy. That is not going to create ladders of opportunity into the middle class. What we need to do is focus on the pocketbook bread and butter issues that affect all of you. Making sure we have got good jobs and good wages, good education, a home of your own, affordable healthcare, secure for people and a way who were currently in poverty to get out of poverty. That is what we should be spending our time thinking about when it comes to domestic policy. That is what makes America Great. Nothing is more important to that process than what we are doing in terms of k12 education and Higher Education. Here is the challenge. At the time when Higher Education has never been more important, and i mean twoyear, four year, techno will colleges technical colleges, it doesnt have to be all traditional bachelor of arts or sciences. At a time when that has never been more important, college has never been more expensive. In fact, what you have seen is that over the last decades, the cost of Higher Education has gone up 250 at a time when family incomes have gone up about 16 . I am not a math major there it there are probably some here. If you have one line going up 260 and another line going up 16 , you start getting a bigger and bigger gap. What has happened as a consequence is that either colleges become out of reach for too many people or young people are being loaded up with more debt. We have tried to close that gap. When i came into office, we reformed our Financial Aid system. Student loan programs were being run through banks. Thanks for making billions of dollars. We said, lets just give the money directly stu students directly to students, cut out the middleman. We were able to provide students with more grants and more assistance. We have done our best to keep Interest Rates on Student Loans as low as possible. Even with all the work we are doing their, the fact is that the average student is coming out with 26,000 worth of debt when they graduate. For a lot of students, it is much more than that. Particularly for those young people who were choosing careers like teaching where they may not make a lot of money, if they are burdened with tens of thousands of dollars of debt, in some cases it is impossible for them to ever pay off. Or, they have to put off buying a home or starting a business or starting a fam