| 00:00:04 | BOEHNER. |
| 00:00:07 | (music) >> GOOD MORNING. |
| 00:00:10 | NICE TO SEE YOU ALL. |
| 00:00:11 | GOOD MORNING. |
| 00:00:12 | STILL JUST A REGULAR GUY WITH A BIG JOB. |
| 00:00:15 | YOU KNOW, I NEVER THOUGHT IN MY WILDEST DREAMS I WOULD SERVE IN CONGRESS OR EVEN RUN FOR ANY LEKTED OFFICE. |
| 00:00:25 | BUT LIKE MANY OF YOU, I SAW A NEED TO GET INVOLVED. |
| 00:00:30 | AND, YOU KNOW, TODAY I'VE NEVER SEEN AMERICANS MORE ENGAGED WITH OUR GOVERNMENT OR ENGAGED WITH OUR FOUNDING PRINCIPLES, NEVER MORE ENGAGED IN OUR FOUNDING DOCUMENT, THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES. |
| 00:00:42 | YOU KNOW, AMERICANS SENT A NEW MAJORITY TO WASHINGTON WITH A CLEAR MESSAGE. |
| 00:00:48 | GOVERNMENT EXISTS TO SERVE THE PEOPLE, NOT TO RULE THEM. |
| 00:00:58 | I THINK THE AMERICAN PEOPLE DESERVE A CLEAR COMMITMENT FROM US TO LISTEN TO THEM, TO WORK FOR A SMALLER, LESS COSTLY AND MORE ACCOUNTABLE GOVERNMENT HERE IN WASHINGTON. |
| 00:01:08 | AND THAT'S THE IDEA THAT WAS AT THE HEART OF OUR PLEDGE TO AMERICA. |
| 00:01:13 | GOVERNING AGENDA THAT HOUSE REPUBLICANS OUTLINED AND ISSUED TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ALMOST A YEAR AGO. |
| 00:01:21 | THAT PLEDGE TO AMERICA WAS DESIGNED BY LISTENING TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND PUT TOGETHER A HOUSE OF REPUBLICANS AS A DOCUMENT THAT REFLECTED THE WILL AND THE CONCERN AND THE INTEREST OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. |
| 00:01:34 | WE'VE RECENTLY MARKED THE ONE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF OUR PLEDGE TO AMERICA. |
| 00:01:40 | AMERICAN PEOPLE WANT TO SEE THEIR LEADERS LISTENING, NOT CELEBRATING. |
| 00:01:46 | WE'RE KEEPING OUR PLEDGE TO AMERICA AND WE BUILD IT BY LISTENING AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. |
| 00:01:53 | BUT BEFORE I TALK TO YOU ABOUT REPORT ON THE PLEDGE TO AMERICA, THERE'S A DIFFERENT REPORT THAT IS OUT THIS MORNING. |
| 00:02:01 | A REPORT FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR. |
| 00:02:03 | I'M SORRY TO SAY THE NEWS ISN'T GOOD. |
| 00:02:05 | UNEMPLOYMENT REMAINS ABOVE 8%. |
| 00:02:07 | THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE DIDN'T CHANGE. |
| 00:02:10 | AND IT'S BEEN THAT WAY FOR FAR TOO LONG. |
| 00:02:17 | FOR 2 1/2 YEARS, UNEMPLOYMENT HAS BEEN ABOVE 8%. |
| 00:02:22 | EVEN THOUGH THE PRESIDENT SAID UNEMPLOYMENT WOULD NOT EXCEED 8%. |
| 00:02:26 | THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FOR CERTAIN GROUPS OF PEOPLE, TEENAGERS, AFRICAN-AMERICANS, HISPANIC IS MUCH HIGHER. |
| 00:02:36 | AFTER THREE YEARS OF FALSE HOPES AND BROKEN PROMISES, AMERICANS CONTINUE TO BE LEFT ASKING THE QUESTION, WHERE ARE THE JOBS? |
| 00:02:44 | BUT ALL WE HEAR FROM THE POWERS TO BE IN WASHINGTON IS MORE OF THE SAME, MORE STIMULUS, MORE TAXES, MORE REGULATION, AND MORE DEBT PILED ON THE BACKS OF OUR KIDS AND GRANDKIDS. |
| 00:02:55 | HAS ANY OF IT WORKED? |
| 00:02:58 | NO. HAS HIGH TIME WE TRUST THE AMERICAN PEOPLE TO LIBERATE OUR ECONOMY FROM THE SHACKLES OF THIS GOVERNMENT. |
| 00:03:14 | WHEN IT COMES TO JOBS, PART OF OUR PLAFRPGNK AND PLEDGE TO AMERICA, WE PROMISED WE WOULD STOP THE JOB CRUSHING TAX INCREASES AND WE HAVE. |
| 00:03:33 | WE'LL SOON PASS THE RAINS ACT WHICH WOULD REQUIRE ANY NEW RELATION FROM THIS GOVERNMENT THAT COSTS $100 MILLION OR MORE TO BE VOTED ON UP OR DOWN BY BOTH HOUSES OF THE CONGRESS. |
| 00:03:48 | WHEN IT COMES TO SPENDING, WE SAID WE WOULD DO SOMETHING ABOUT STOPPING THE SPENDING BINGE THAT THREATENS BANKRUPTCY FOR OUR ECONOMY AND OUR COUNTRY. |
| 00:03:56 | AND UNDER A REPUBLICAN MAJORITY IN THE HOUSE, WE'VE CONTROLLED THE DISCRETIONARY SPENDING. |
| 00:04:02 | WE'VE GOT 1. |
| 00:04:03 | 2 TRILLION OF SPENDING OVER THE NEXT TEN YEARS. |
| 00:04:08 | WE INSTITUTED STRONG BUDGET CAPS THAT LIMIT SPENDING FOR YEARS TO COME. |
| 00:04:12 | AND CAPS ARE KEY FOR JOBS BECAUSE KEEPING GOVERNMENT FROM EXPANDING, GIVING THE ECONOMY A CHANCE TO GROW. |
| 00:04:20 | THE NEXT STEP IN THIS EFFORT TO CONTROL SPENDING IS TO PASS A BALANCED BUDGET AMENDMENT TO OUR CONSTITUTION. |
| 00:04:37 | WHEN WE PASS A DEFICIT REDUCTION ACT THIS SUMMER, I REQUIRE EACH HOUSE OF THE CONGRESS TO PASS A BALANCED BUDGET AMENDMENT AFTER OCTOBER 1st BUT BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR GIVING US THE MAXIMUM OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THE MOST SIGNIFICANT AND REAL ENFORCEMENT MECHANISM THAT CAN YOU IMAGINE. |
| 00:04:57 | REAL REQUIREMENT IN THE CONSTITUTION WE BALANCE OUR FEDERAL BUDGET. |
| 00:05:02 | SO THAT VOTE IS COMING. |
| 00:05:03 | WE NEED YOUR VOICES TO BE HEARD IN THAT DEBATE FOR MEMBERS OF BOTH THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE AND BOTH POLITICAL PARTIES. |
| 00:05:10 | WHEN IT COMES TO CHAFRGING THE WAY CONGRESS DOES ITS WORK, FOCUSING ON OUR ECONOMY INSTEAD OF FOCUSING ON GOVERNMENT, WE'VE DECIDED TO OPEN UP THE PROCESS. |
| 00:05:21 | ALLOW THE AMERICAN PEOPLE TO HAVE THREE DAYS TO READ EVERY BILL BEFORE IT COMES TO THE FLOOR OF THE HOUSE. |
| 00:05:30 | NOVEL IDEA. |
| 00:05:31 | NO MORE PASSING THE BILL SO THAT WE'LL KNOW WHAT'S IN IT. |
| 00:05:38 | EACH BILL THAT COMES TO THE FLOOR HAS TO SAY WHICH CLAUSE OF THE CONSTITUTION ALLOWS THAT PROVISION TO COME TO THE FLOOR OF THE HOUSE. |
| 00:05:52 | WE'VE CUT SOME $329 MILLION ON WHAT IT COSTS TO RUN THE CONGRESS AND WE'RE CONTINUING TO FOCUS OUR EFFORTS AT SAVING MONEY IN TERMS OF WHAT IT COSTS TO RUN THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH. |
| 00:06:03 | AND, YES, AFTER A LONG FIGHT, SOME FIVE YEARS OF MY CASE THERE ARE NO EARMARKS ALLOWED IN THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS ANYMORE. |
| 00:06:19 | AND TO PROTECT JOBS AND TO PROTECT FREEDOM, WE'VE VOWED TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE THAT WE WOULD VOTE TO REPEAL OBAMA CARE. |
| 00:06:26 | IT WAS ONE OF THE FIRST BILLS THAT WE MOVED THROUGH THE CONGRESS, THROUGH THE HOUSE AND IT CONTINUES TO SIT OVER THE UNITED STATES SENATE. |
| 00:06:35 | WE'VE ROOTED OUT SPECIAL SLUSH FUNDS. |
| 00:06:39 | WE'VE MOVED TO ELIMINATE THEM. |
| 00:06:40 | WE'RE GOING TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO MAKE SURE THAT OBAMA CARE EVER, NEVER, EVER IS FULLY IMPLEMENTED. |
| 00:06:56 | AND MY OPINION, OBAMA CARE WILL RUIN THE BEST HEALTH CARE DELIVERY SYSTEM IN THE WORLD AND WILL BANKRUPT OUR NATION. |
| 00:07:03 | AND YOU ALL REMEMBER DURING THAT DEBATE ON OBAMA CARE THE PRESIDENT VOWED -- VOWED THAT THERE WOULD NOBODY PUBLIC FUNDS USED TO SUPPORT ELECTIVE ABORTION. |
| 00:07:18 | WE HAD THE BIG DEBATE OVER THE HYDE AMENDMENT. |
| 00:07:20 | THEY WANTED TO INSURE THAT PRINCIPLE THAT HAD BEEN THE LAW OF THE LAND FOR SOME 25 YEARS WOULD BE CONTAINED IN THIS DOCUMENT. |
| 00:07:27 | AND THE WHITE HOUSE DID EVERYTHING THEY COULD TO STOP IT, ISSUING AN EXECUTIVE ORDER BASICALLY PROMISING PEOPLE IT WOULD DO THE SAME THING AS THE HYDE AMENDMENT. |
| 00:07:37 | I KNEW RIGHT THEN AND THERE THAT SOMETHING WAS AMISS. |
| 00:07:42 | SO MAKING SURE THAT HYDE AMENDMENT BECOMES THE LAW OF THE LAND ONCE AGAIN TO PROHIBIT FEDERAL TAXPAYER DOLLARS FROM TO ELECTIVE ABORTION WAS PASSED BY THE HOUSE AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO PRESS TO MAKE THIS THE LAW OF THE LAND. |
| 00:08:08 | OUR RESPECT FOR LIFE IS NEVER A POLITICAL ISSUE FOR ME. |
| 00:08:10 | LIKE I TOLD YOU, I HAVE 11 BROTHERS AND SISTERS, MY MOTHER HAD US ONE AT A TIME. |
| 00:08:16 | I'M SURE IT WASN'T CONVENIENT FOR HER. |
| 00:08:20 | BUT I'M GLAD THEY'RE ALL HERE. |
| 00:08:22 | BEYOND THE LIFE ISSUE, WE ALSO PROMISED TO DEFEND THE DEFENSE OF MARRIAGE ACT. |
| 00:08:30 | AND I THINK -- AND I HAVE TO TELL YOU MY DISAPPOINTMENT WHEN THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT DECIDED THEY WERE GOING TO IGNORE THE LAW OF THE LAND, PASSED BY IN A BIPARTISAN WAY BY THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES, SIGNED INTO LAW BY PRESIDENT CLINTON THAT THEY WERE GOING TO DECIDE WE'RE NOT GOING TO DEFEND THIS LAW. |
| 00:08:58 | AS THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE, I HAVE A CONSTITUTIONAL RESPONSIBILITY. |
| 00:09:02 | I RAISED MY HAND TO UPHOLD THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE LAWS OF OUR COUNTRY. |
| 00:09:06 | AND IF THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT IS NOT GOING TO DEFEND THIS ACT PASSED BY CONGRESS, THEN WE WILL. |
| 00:09:19 | AND WE HAVE -- WE HAVE DEFENDED THE LAW THAT CONGRESS PASSED. |
| 00:09:23 | WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THE MONEY AWAY FROM THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT WHO IS SUPPOSED TONE FORCE IT. |
| 00:09:27 | AND WE'LL USE IT TO ENFORCE THE LAW. |
| 00:09:37 | IN THE BACK OF OUR MINDS THERE IS OUR PLEDGE TO AMERICA. |
| 00:09:41 | I WAS BOUND AND DETERMINED THIS WAS NOT GOING TO BE SOME POLITICAL DOCUMENT. |
| 00:09:44 | THAT IT REALLY WAS GOING TO BE A GOVERNING DOCUMENT THAT WOULD GUIDE WHAT IT WAS THAT WE DID EVERY DAY. |
| 00:09:51 | IN ADDITION TO KEEPING THE PLEDGE AND PART OF THAT PLEDGE WAS TO LISTEN TO YOU AND TO LISTEN TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE EVERY DAY. |
| 00:09:57 | YOU HELPED US BUILD THIS PLEDGE. |
| 00:09:59 | YOU HELPED US GAIN A MAJORITY. |
| 00:10:02 | AND IT'S OUR OBLIGATION TO YOU TO CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO YOU AND DO WHAT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE SAY. |
| 00:10:08 | I THINK ALL OF YOU KNOW THAT AMERICA IS FACING BIG CHALLENGES. |
| 00:10:13 | WHETHER IT'S OUR ECONOMY HERE AND JOBS OR WHETHER IT'S THE UNDERMINING OF OUR VALUES BY THIS ADMINISTRATION, THE PROBLEMS IN EUROPE, WARS IN AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ, THERE ARE BIG CHALLENGES THAT FACE US. |
| 00:10:26 | BUT I'M A BIG BELIEVER IN AMERICA BECAUSE AMERICANS ARE THE MOST RESILIENT PEOPLE ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH. |
| 00:10:32 | AND WHILE THE DAYS DON'T LOOK AS BRIGHT AS WE WOULD LIKE, INSIDE MY SOUL I KNOW THERE REALLY IS A SHINING CITY ON A HILL. |
| 00:10:41 | IF PEOPLE IN THIS TOWN WOULD WORK TOGETHER, LISTENING TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, THERE'S NOTHING THAT WE CAN'T ACCOMPLISH. |
| 00:10:56 | JUST REMEMBER, ALL IT TAKES IS A LITTLE WORK. |
| 00:10:58 | AND I PLAY FOOTBALL IN HIGH SCHOOL FOR A GUY NAMED JERRY FOUST. |
| 00:11:05 | MULLER HIGH SCHOOL. |
| 00:11:06 | THEY WON A LOT OF STATE FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS, AFTER I WAS THERE. |
| 00:11:12 | BUT I WAS TRYING TO THINK ABOUT WHAT I LESHD FROM COACH FOUST. |
| 00:11:15 | AND IT REALLY BOILED DOWN TO THIS -- THERE'S NOTHING IN THIS WORLD THAT YOU CAN'T ACCOMPLISH, NOTHING THAT YOU CAN'T SUCCEED AT IF YOU'RE WILLING TO WORK HARD ENOUGH AND IF YOU'RE WILLING TO MAKE THE SACRIFICE THAT'S ARE NECESSARY. |
| 00:11:26 | YOU KNOW, I LOOK BACK OVER MY LIFE, BACK OVER MY CAREER, THAT FORMULA WORKED PRETTY WELL. |
| 00:11:34 | THERE'S NOT ONE OF YOU HERE THAT CAN'T LOOK BACK OVER YOUR OWN LIFE, YOUR OWN CAREER AND REALIZE THAT FORMULA WORKED VERY WELL FOR YOU, TOO. |
| 00:11:43 | AMERICA IS THE SHINING CITY ON THE HILL. |
| 00:11:45 | WE'VE GOT BIG OBLIGATIONS. |
| 00:11:47 | WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO. |
| 00:11:49 | HELP JOIN THE FIGHT. |
| 00:11:50 | GOD BLESS YOU AND GOD BLESS OUR GREAT COUNTRY. |
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