Based on sfaemfamily alone integratets got to be based on sommer it and family contribution. That has to be dealt with as well. Yet you have 12 to 20 Million People in this country that have lived here for more than a decade, otherwise havent violated the laws. I get all that. What ive learned is you cant even have a conversation about that until people believe and know not just believe but its proven to them that futile Legal Immigration will be controlled. That is the single biggest lesson of the last two years. I think everybody in this room would agree with this. Whenever there is a budget deal made and they talk about tax increases and were going to have spending cuts. You get the tax increase on day one and then the spending cuts ten years later never happen. Yes. Isnt it the same thing with immigration . That was the strongest argument made against the bill, and its proven to be true because the president once, but not twice, has basically said by executive order i wont violate the lauchltw. I think the fear of people is that we have to deal with people who are here illegally or overstay their visas. But isnt the real answer its sort of like getting the spending cuts up front, secure the border first . The only way forward is you cant just tell people were going to secure the border were going to verify, you have to do it. They have to see it they have to see it working and then theyll have a reasonable conversation with you about the other parts. But they dont even want to talk about that until thats been done first. Whats happened over the last two years the migratory cost over the summer thats even more true than ever. You are a twoterm senator in the great state of florida. Yauchlteah. We have a man in the white house who was a oneterm senator, had some bizarre times in the white house if you havent heard me talk about it but why do you want to be president of the United States . I havent made that decision yet, sean but good job trying to get me to admit to it. What i said was absolutely true, the only reason why i want to be in Public Service is because i believe i owe a debt to america i will never be able to repay. We all benefit. Some people dont think that way, but i certainly feel that way, and i think everybody in this room feels that way. [ applause ] and to me, for someone who has literally seen my familys entire destiny altered by the fact that america happened to be 90 miles from cuba instead of some other country, not only do i have to pay that back in some way, i have to make sure others can do it. I dont want my kids to ask me how come you got to grow up in the greatest country in the world but we got to grow up in a country thats diminished. So i have to decide what is right at this time in my life. You said you might not necessarily run for president or the u. S. Senate but you dont have to make that decision until march or april may i think. If you believe you should run for president , and you believe thats the best place for you in america, thats what you run for. I dont think you think about whats my strategy whats my plan b. The truth is i dont want to be in politics the rest of my life. I want to do other things. Like maybe own an nfl team or something. I would have to sell a lot of books for that. One of the most pressing problems the world faces right now, we have seen mass beheadings we have seen people burned alive. We have a president that says the Islamic States are not islamic were not presbyterian. No, were not. You mentioned your speech toward the Prime Minister of israel. If you did become president , how would you deal with this crisis of worldwide terrorism, a group that wants to raise the flag of islam in the white house, and meet all of us in new york . How would we deal with them . Two separate points i would make on that. First, understand why the president has not put in place a military strategy to defeat isis. If we wanted to defeat them militarily, we could do it. He doesnt want to upset iran. In his mind, this deal with iran is going to be the obamacare of the second term and he doesnt want them sending military to the region because they think the region belongs to them. They are an islamic sunni group. They need to be defeated on the ground with a sunni military force with the United States in the air, the jordanians, the e eue, the kurds. Put together u. S. Operation support and provide the Logistical Support military support and you will wipe isis out. [ applause ] let me ask you, were running out of time. If you were elected president quickly, what would be the top five agenda items that you would push hardest for in your first 100 days. The three things we need to do, the first is we need to have a healthy economy. Tax reform regulatory reform, repeal and replace obamacare balance our budget. The second is we have to give people the skills they need for the 21st century totally revolutionized the way we pay for Higher Education in this country. Nobody should be forced to get a fouryear degree for a highpaying job. There are millions of jobs out there and we should enable people to access the jobs they need. Plus, in American Foreign policy, that tells the world very clearly it is bad to be our enemy and good to be our friend. Were running out of time. This is what we call our lightning round. Abortion. Im pro life. Its as simple as that. Gay marriage. I believe marriage is between one man and one woman. Thats what its been for thousands of years and its served our people well. Colorado marijuana legalization. Im against the legalization of marijuana. Should every lawabiding american even in states that have restrictive gun laws like new york, should they have the right to carry a weapon . Absolutely. The only people who dont care about gun laws are criminals. [ applause ] im going to throw out a couple names to you. Hillary clinton. Yesterday. [ applause ] bill clinton. Whats the next one . Really yesterday. Barack obama. Failed. Last question. You talked about your love for america and how we all, really, we received so much more than we could ever pay back. Explain, if if you believe in american exceptionalism and why. I dont know if people realize, but in every other society in Human History your future is decided by what your parents did before you. If your parents were rich if they were famous if they were politically connected, if they could pick up the phone and find you your first job you were set. If they couldnt you were stuck, no matter how hard you worked, no matter how hard you tried. The fact that a son of a bartender and a woman who worked in a hotel are sitting on the stage with you today, thats why america is special. Senator marco rubio, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you. Thank you. Please welcome republican rick perry. Thank you. I come here today to speak plainly about the times that we live in. At no time, at no time in the last 25 years has the future been more uncertain and the world more dangerous than it is today. On three points we must be clear. First, our country has entered a time of testing, and our Political Leadership is failing the test. Yes the American People see a president who bows to Political Correctness, in denial of the threats that we face, making grave miscalculations that make the world less safe. Now, this administrations incompetence in iraq and syria have allowed the emergence of isis. Theyre using american tanks, theyre using american weapons, and isis began taking cities that just a few years ago were secured by american blood. Now, lets be very, very clear about who isis is, what they represent. They are a religious movement that seeks to take the world back to the 7th century. Their ames are apocalyptic. They mean to cleanse the world not just the christians and jews, but of muslims who disagree with their extreme idealogy. And it is their stated vow to kill as Many Americans as possible. Its time, it is time for the American People to hear the truth. The president declared in the state of the union that the advance of isis has been stopped, and that is simply not true. He says that isis is a religious movement. Again, hes simply wrong. To deny the fundamental religious nature of the threat and to downplay the seriousness of it is naive it is dangerous and it is misguided. Isis represents the worst threat to freedom since communism. If egypt and jordan recognize that they are at war with radical islam isnt it about time our president proclaimed the same . [ applause ] we didnt start this war, nor did we choose it, but we will have the will to finish it. [ applause ] let me state another obvious fact about the middle east. It is not in the interest of peace and security of the free world that iran be allowed to develop Nuclear Weapons. [ applause ] reports concerning this bilateral negotiation between the United States and iran indicate a deal on the table would allow iran to develop Nuclear Power after a certain number of years if they live up to certain treaty obligations. I believe it is fundamentally dangerous to grant Irans Nuclear ambitions diplomatic cover. Our discussions with iran should be governed by two, nonnegotiable principals. Number one is iran should not be allowed to develop Nuclear Weapons, period. [ applause ] and number two, israel has the right to exist as a jewish state. [ cheers and applause ] amen. Its time. Its time we stood with the most vibrant democracy in the middle east. The administrations policy of isolating israel must stop. Watching all of this unfold is the president of russia. Hes been watching as our president drew a line, a red line in syria that was crossed without consequence. And then this russian president watches our president cancel plans to deploy Missile Systems in poland and the czech republic. And it was against this backdrop of weakness and empty words that putin entered ukraine. And it was those conditions that allowed him to negotiate a onesided cease fire at minsk with no real consequences. Heres the simple truth about our Foreign Policy. Our allies doubt us and our adversaries are all too willing to test us. No one should be surprised. No one should be surprised that dictators like assad would cross the president s red line because he knows the president wont even defend the line that separates our nation from mexico. [ applause ] there arent any real consequences. There are no real consequences when dictators and adversaries defy america and this must change. For the world to be safer, america must be stronger. And for america to be safer, our border must be secure. Drug cartels, transnational gangs, they smuggle drugs and weapons and people. They are a clear and present danger to the health and the safety of all americans. Any conversation any conversation about comprehensive Immigration Reform must begin with comprehensive border security. [ applause ] and thats exactly why. Thats exactly why last summer i told the president , looked him right in the eye and said if you will not secure the border between texas and mexico, texas will. [ cheers and applause ] so heres the second point. And i want to be very clear today. The conservative Movement Must be a great agent of reform. To lead this country, we must offer a vision of change. Our nation is 18 trillion dollars in debt. So every agency of government every department out there they must account for every dime that they spend. For the first time in American History, a generation of leaders is on the verge of breaking the social compact with the next generation. And that is to leave a better country and with greater opportunity than the way we found it. With debt the size of our gdp our nations involved with generational theft. [ applause ] there are fewer of us that believe in the American Dream than any time in the last 20 years. For middle class americans opportunity and security has been replaced with anxiety and worry, out of pocket health care costs, housing, college tuition. Theyve all gone up faster than wages. Student debt is at an alltime high and this has to change. [ applause ] it is time. It is time to restore hope and opportunity to the middle class americans out there. And we can start with our tax code. Weve got the highest Corporate Tax rate in the western world and it is time to lower that Corporate Tax rate to lift up middle class wages we can do this it is time to provide easier access to credit for small businesses. These lending reforms are squeezing our Community Banks and our small businesses. It is time to bring jobs and prosperity to main street not just wall street. [ applause ] and its time. Its time to stop this overregulation by runaway federal agencies. You realize that regulatory cost, this regulatory cost hits American Families for about 15,000 a year. Thats the highest cost on your budget on anything other than housing. Its no surprise, though. Its no surprise that when one out of five American Children are on food stamps because one out of ten American Workers are either unemployed underemployed or just so discouraged they quit looking for work. Im going to say this quite plainly. The Unemployment Rate is a sham. It leaves millions of American Workers uncounted. And if the Republican Party doesnt take a stand for these uncounted americans, who will . [ applause ] the answer is not to expand the welfare state, its to build the freedom state. And i happen to know it can happen because we did it in my home state. And our formula was simple. You controlled the taxes and the spending, you provide smart regulations regulations, you develop an educated work force and you stop Lawsuit Abuse at the courthouse. [ applause ] in my 14 years as governor we helped to create almost onethird of all the private sector jobs in america. In the last seven years in the last seven years we created 1. 4 million jobs. You take those jobs out of the equation minus those jobs created in texas this country lost a quarter of a million jobs. Its time to bring economic revival to every state in america with policies that limit government instead of expanding it. [ applause ] heres the third point. Ive never been more certain than i am today that americas best days remain in front of us. The weakness and incompetence of our government shouldnt be confused with the strength, the in ingenuity and the idealism of the American People. Our experienced and republican form of government its too durable to be sidetracked by one confused administration. Think about it, weve survived worse. We had a civil war in this country, we had two world wars we had a great depression. We even survived jimmy carter we will survive the obama years, too. [ cheers and applause ] there is nothing wrong with america that cannot be fixed with new leadership. You see, i see an america where a skilled worker can find a job, where wages are on the rise and freedom is on the march. An america where opportunity is the birthright of all, not dispensed by a government to a few select ones. It is time. It is time for america to lead the world. Its time to stand with our allies. Its time to pursue an america worthy of our founders ideas. Its time that we build an america where our citizens and their children can dream again. So lets roll up our sleeves lets go to work and lets revive this great nation again. God bless you thank you for being with us here today. [ cheers and applause ] thanks for being here. Thank you. Thank you. Thanks for being with us. Governor perry, we have a few questions for you, if you dont mind. There you are. Its a pleasure to have you here. Glad youre speaking so clearly. That was truly incredible. Thank you. A few questions weve gotten on twitter, what would you do in the white house about ilLegal Immigration . Well, obviously, addressing this, ive had a little bit more than just a talk about it. Ive had to deal with it. And i think thats one of the major issues that weve got with washington and congress is that they talk. They talk and people literally die. Because weve had to deal with this issue last summer when there were literally tens of thousands of individuals showing up, some of them unaccompanied mineors on that southern border. I had to make a decision on how to deal with that. Because not only my state but the country was being impacted by it. And the president asked me to come and meet with him on an airport ramp, and i told him i would be glad to do it mr. President , but i want to meet with you and talk to you about this issue of our border. We met and it became abundantly clear to me that he was not going to address this issue. Thats when i told him, i said mr. President , if you dont secure this border texas will, and thats exactly what we did. We sent the National Guard there to secure the border. And thats the point. If you do not secure the border first, you cant have a conversation about Immigration Reform. Thats just a fact. You dont trust washington to deal with this, i dont trust washington to deal with this until they secure the border. And we know how to do this. We can show them how to do it. Weve had a 74 decrease in the number of apprehensions in that 150mile region of the border by deploying our National Guard, by putting the Law Enforcement there. I will suggest one more thing, and that is Aviation Assets that look down 24 7, give us the information with Fast