Think thats terrific. Wait for them, they are ages 10, 7, and 5. A female president is terrific but the question, ladies and gentlemen, is not do you want a woman to be president , but do you want that woman to be president . [ applause ] shes not a hypothetical. Shes hillary. Every election is about the future and not the past. Every election is about you and not me, the candidate. And every election with one exception since 1960 has had voters support the candidate that they told pollsters they saw as more optimistic, uplifting, and just pleasant. [ inaudible ] [ cheers and applause ] free speech. Okay. So that begins with you. Be on the be optimistic. Be a happy warrior. Take seven minutes of someone listening to you and tell people who disagree with you or have not given it much thought. Why row are here why you care why youre a conservative why you fight for freedom. I like to say happy mothers day to all the moms grandmothers, god moms, and god bless you all. Thank you. Now i have the distinct pleasure to say a few words about and welcome back to the stage, my cohost for today. Our next speaker is a great conservative leader, a great friend of mine, and an outstanding member of congress. Jeff duncan is a South Carolina native and 19 88 graduate of clemson university. [ cheers and applause ] i was going to say alabama but i didnt [ audience reacts ] jeff wouldnt have appreciated that. Prior to being elected to the United States house of representatives, he served as a member of the South Carolina house from 2002 to 2010, and he was president and ceo of jay duncan associates, a South Carolina based family owned real estate marketing firm. Elected in 2010, jeff currently sits on three important house committees including natural resources, homeland security, and foreign affairs. He also serves as a subcommittee chairman of the allimportant western hemisphere subcommittee. Hes consistently been rated as one of the most conservative members of congress for his support of limited government. Free markets in individual liberty. Jeff is a true fiscal conservative and a hero to the american taxpayer. Justify duncan is a staunch supporter of your Second Amendment rights, and a leading defender of the unborn. Jeffs been married to his wife melody, for 26 years and they have three sons, grahm john philip, and parker and they are members of the First Baptist church in clinton. Ladies and gentlemen, please join me in welcoming the cohost of the South CarolinaFreedom Summit and my good friend jeff duncan. Again, its a great day to be an american and to be in South Carolina too. No doubt about that. Thank you, again, for all being here in greenville, this great Freedom Summit. Its great for me to be here with so many patriotic americans. Thats what you guys are. [ applause ] youre showing that patriotism by being here today, and its great to share the stage with so many great leaders in the conservative movement. You know, 40 years ago Ronald Reagan told a Group Similar to this one that we should raise a banner of bold colors k makemaking it unmistakenly known where we stand on issues. We need boldness more than ever with clear conservative messaging because we win with conservative messaging. [ applause ] now, we as conservatives, we got to have the courage to lead, but we have to have the wisdom to listen. To listen to you, the American People. You work hard for your money. Do ya . I do. You work hard for your money and, really, we need to protect it. We in government. Now, i might be channelling indiana governor and mike pence when i say this but let me echo something that i told eric cantor as the minority leader in october 2010 before the republicans won a historic election to win the house and take that gavel and way from nancy pelosi. [ applause ] i told minority leader cantor im an unabashed principled Christian Conservative republican, and its in that order. [ applause ] i reminded house leadership of that back in jap and thats something i dont apologize for. Reagan gave a speech called a time for choosing, and were at a time like that again. A time for choosing. What do i mean . We can continue to govern the way we have for years and that government led to continued deficit spending led to borrowing an 18 trillion national debt, its led to regulations which limit americans ability to dream and innovate, stifles entrepreneurism, and this limits processes for Family Health care and a wide range of other daytoday functions. Or we can choose to do thing differently, and i think do things better. Because i believe, and im reminded of a quote, government, which governs best is the government which governs least. [ applause ] americans just want government to get out of the way, and americans will get back to work. Good government does not mean doing the big deals or the grand bargains. Nor is it passing 1600page plus bills neither i nor the American People get to read before voting on them. Whether the bills are pelosis bills or baipers bills, we can do better. If you got to pass a thousand page bill, the process is broken. One of the benefits of being an early primary state like iowa New Hampshire, South Carolina, is that we get all the candidates coming through our states. A lot of them will be on this stage today. Any one sticking their toe in the president ial waters will come see us. A lot of the faces are here today, and they bring fresh ideas, new energy and we get to play a big part in influencing their platforms. What resinates with us or not. Thats why i said earlier show with your applause what you agree with. Remain silent if you dont. They need to hear that. Youre helping them in that stage of the game begin to set their platform and understand what resinates with us conservative americans. Its about inspiring the people with a vision of what they hope and what we want the nation to be post 2016. What do they need to hear from us . Well, i talking about it in terms of jobs energy and the Founding Fathers. Whats that mean . Well jobs. What can we do as a nation and what can i do as a congressman and what can i do as a congress to unleash and unbridle that spirit that helps americans create american jobs . I understand government creates jobs. Government creates government jobs americans create american jobs, and thats how we get the economy back on track. [ applause ] many of you know me. Im very strong on energy independence, and i believe energy is a segue to job creation. Im reminded by jeff landry he held up a sign at the president s jobs speech back in september of 2011 that said drilling equals jobs, drill now. Drill here. Lets be American Energy independent. Energy segued to job creation. [ applause ] the third component of that is our Founding Fathers. Thats what mean . Simple principles of limited government, free markets and individual liberties. I go back to what we said, unleash, unedbridle that spirit we have as americans because we understand american exceptionalism. Our Founding Fathers did as well. Jobs, energy, the Founding Fathers. Thats an acronym that spells jeff, and i think jeff is a winning message. [ laughter ] Thomas Jefferson gave us a great quote in the office, and wives approve of government restraining us to harm each other which otherwise leaves us free to pursue our own, and the bread which it has earned a government will keep us from harming one another. That means i cant steal your business idea or harm you in other ways but otherwise government leaves us alone to our own pursuits to choose to chase the American Dream. When we achieve the American Dream, its not taken from the mouths of labor the bread which its earned. Thats the sum of good government. We have to return to the sum of good government. Thats whats limited government. [ applause ] our nation, which was conceived in liberty is enslaved by the shackles of Big Government. Government and lobby is not just about passing bills. New congressman from alabama, gary palmer said the other day, i dont blame liberals for the condition of the country. I blame us, talking about republicans. Hes so right. We have a historic United States congress right now, and itll be what we do with the majority that count when they right the chapter of american history. We cant just continue to manage the decline of a great nation. Now, its no secret that i vote no a lot in congress. Im often asked, jeff, what can you vote yes on . Well, i can vote yes to a secure border. [ applause ] i can vote yes to a balanced budget and a balanced budget amendment. Because guess what, folks . We have to stop borrowing so much money. 18 trillion in debt. I can say yes to any prolife bill that protects life from conception forward. I vote yes to spending cuts to the Entitlement Program that are bankrupting the nation rather than the spending cuts that are from the veterans. If you are a veteran or you serve, let me pause here and say thank you for your service to our great nation. Kyle carpenter was a prime example of that. May god bless you. I dont minds and i believe one of the folks that speak to you today may be the president of the United States, and i dont mind if their use their pen and phone as long as they use the phone to Call Congress and use their pen to sign the bills we send to them. Thats how its supposed to work. Because at the enof the day, at the end of the day, you deserve a government that is efficient effective, and accountable. Accountable to you as the american taxpayer. So 2016 is the next big challenge, and like you, i look forward to hearing from these candidates, i want to hear their vision for what america can be post 20 16 and i hope its grounded in understanding of what makes america and what has made America Great. I want to hear that vision. Here in the 21st century, we have to rebrand the gop. We have to shift from being known as the grand old party to having the gop stand for Great Opportunity Party because opportunity for all americans is where we find success. Now, Thomas Jefferson was right when he said the people are the ultimate guardians of their own liberty. You are the conscious of america. Thank you for being that conscious, that guardian of liberty, and defenders of the United States constitution. Im glad to be here today. Im excited about this event. Im excited about the crowd that i see before you. I want to say god bless you and god continue to bless the United States of america. [ applause ] i want to remind everyone tomorrow is mothers day, and i lost my father last month, but my mom, diane is with us today, and i want to take a moment to say happy mothers day to you, and i love you. I dont know where she is theres my box right there, i love you, mom. [ applause ] but theres another special person thats here with me today, one if youre from the third district, you realize my wife does not attend functions that i do because shes a working mom. She works three or four days a week, and when i say shes a working mom, shes driving the kids around, we have active boys involved in band and sports and all the other things and my son, gram is here volunteers today, but id like to take the opportunity to introduce you to the first lady of the third congressional district, my wife, melody. [ applause ] let me tell you i love this young lady. So i take the opportunity to enter deuce the next speaker, someone youve already seen many times on stage, but hes going to bring you a very clear conservative message. Thats my good friend, served as president of Citizens United and Citizens United foundation since 2001. Hes the former chief investigator for the United States house of Representatives Committee on government reform and oversight. Ironically, thats a committee that your own congressman in the Fourth District is on, tray goudy. Heard of him . [ cheers and applause ] he cant be here today because of a family commitment. I honor and appreciate that of him, but he does a great job. During bill clintons two terms as president , dave led investigations ranging from white water to the transfer of dual use technology to china to foreign fund raising in the 1996 clinton reelection campaign. Why does that sound so familiar . Seems like Hillary Clintons involved in that now, right . Well, hes authored four books including best selling intelligence failure how clintons policy failures set the stage for 9 11. They won a landmark decision at the United StatesSupreme Court in Citizens United versus the federal election commission, the case that saw the government assert in oral arguments it had the Constitutional Authority to ban political books, strike down restrictions on free speech. As president of the Citizens United productions hes produced 25 documentaries since 2004 most recently Rocky Mountain heist and occupying unmass featuring andrew breitbart, the gift of love with mike huckabee, and nine days that changed the world and Ronald Reagan, nine days of destinytest destiny. He was born in boston, attended the university of maryland, served as 20 years as a volunteer firefighter in Montgomery County where he resides with his wife, susan, their four children, and griffins with us today a great young man, and Citizens United, a great organization. Join me in welcoming my good friend and todays cohost dr. Dave bossey. [ applause ] wow, that was just like i wrote that, jeff, thank you. [ laughter ] well, thank you, all, again, very much, ladies and gentlemen. And i do want to say a special happy mothers day to my mom who is watching from home in annapolis, maryland, so happy mothers day, mom, and ipts want to say hope mothers day to my wife susan home with our three girls. It is, first of all, griffin and i will be home first thing in the morning, well be there by lunchtime. Happy mothers day it my wife of our four children. I just want to continue with saying thank you to jeff. Jeff duncans been a great partner in this event, and working with him, his professional staff is just been a real treat, and i know a lot of you contacted them directly and they are just awesome. The South CarolinaFreedom Summit is the third in our series. First, we did New Hampshire and then iowa, and now were here at the magnificent peace center which is just absolutely stunning here in greenville, and our lineup of great conservative leaders speaking today is our best yet. These men and women make me proud to be a conservative. This group today is strong. This group is diverse. This group is here to shape the policy debate on the lead up to the all important South Carolina primary early next year. When you compare our group with their counterparts on the left youll see a dramatic difference. Its a difference that the Mainstream Media does not want to talk about, so i will. Tea today, youre going to hear from a former fortune 500 ceo who exemplifies success and is a leading woman in america. Youll hear from a conservative governor whos been elected three times in a blue state. Youll hear from United States senators who are advocating for innovative and bold reforms in washington. Youll hear from the first Indian American governor ever elected in the United States. Youll hear from a world renowned africanamerican brain surgeon. [ applause ] and youre going to hear from a former United Nations ambassador, and youre going to hear from an icon of American Business and entrepreneurship. These men and women all believe in american exceptionalism, and that our best days are yet to come, and that he we are still that shining city on the hill. Ronald reagan said, and i quote freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didnt pass it on to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same. Thats why were here today, as conservative activists to ensure freedom and opportunity we all agree up with will still be here when our children and our grandchildren are grown. Because this is not guaranteed. We must be vigilant and see to it that the American Dream survives for future generations. Now, back in 2008, barack obama told us he was going to fundamentally transform america. Well, six and a half years later, only 18 more months to go. [ cheers and applause ] but we understand what he was talking about, for obama it all started with slowly lyly but surely chipping away at our god given liberties, the free market economy and