THE CONSTITUTION. PLEASE WELCOME FROM THE CONSERVATIVE REVIEW, MARK LEVINE AND SENATOR TED CRUZ. [APPLAUSE] >>. [APPLAUSE] MARK, I'M PRETTY SURE THAT'S THE FIRST TIME WE'VE EVER WALKED OUT TO DANCE MUSIC. WELL, I JUST THINK ABOUT HOLDING HANDS. DIDN'T THINK THAT WOULD COME OFF RIGHT. WELL, IT IS MY HONOR TO BE HERE WITH SENATOR CRUISE. WERE GOING TO HAVE A SHORT DISCUSSION ABOUT THE CONSTITUTION. HOW MANY OF YOU SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION? [APPLAUSE] SO WE ARE NOT AT THE DNC EVENT HERE, THAT'S WHAT THAT TELLS YOU....

CENTER, THE SMELL WOULD BE SOMEWHAT DIFFERENT. HE MEANS POT, OF COURSE. IT'S A STUDY IN AMBIGUITY. YOU ARE ONE OF THE LEADING CONSTITUTIONALISTS JUST IN THE SENATE BUT IN THE COUNTRY. AND ONE OF THE PROBLEMS WE HAVE IN THIS COUNTRY TODAY , SO MUCH OF WHAT WE DO IS NOT WITHIN THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONSTRUCT. YOU HAVE INTRODUCED AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION TO PLACE TERM LIMITS ON MEMBERS OF CONGRESS. [APPLAUSE] SO TELL US WHY YOU DID IT AND TELL US HOW YOU ARE A MEMBER?, I THINK IT'S ONE OF THE FIRST BIG STEPS YOU CAN TAKE TO ACTUALLY DRAIN THE SWAMP. [APPLAUSE] YOU LOOK ACROSS THIS COUNTRY, PEOPLE ARE FED UP WITH WASHINGTON. THIS ELECTION WAS THE AMERICAN PEOPLE SAYING ENOUGH ALREADY WITH THE CORRUPTION IN WASHINGTON AND BOTH PARTIES, DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS WHO HAVE BEEN HERE TOO LONG, WHO BECOME CAPTURED BY THIS CITY AND IF YOU LOOK AT PRESIDENT TRUMP CAMPAIGN ON DRAINING THE SWAMP, ON TERM LIMITS. IF YOU LOOK AT CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS, WE'VE GOT MAJORITIES IN BOTH HOUSES. WE OUGHT TO DEMONSTRATE HER THE VOTERS, PASS ON TERM LIMITS, SEND IT TO THE STATES FOR RATIFICATION AND WHAT'S AMAZING IS THE SUPPORT FOR THIS CUTS ACROSS , IN THIS POLARIZED TIME, YOU GET SUPER MAJORITIES OF REPUBLICANS, OF DEMOCRATS AND INDEPENDENTS WHO ALL SAY THROW THE BUMS OUT. AND WE OUGHT TO LISTEN. [APPLAUSE] NOW, IT TAKES TIME TO GET THESE SORT OF THINGS PAST BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT TO DEVELOP SUPPORT AMONG THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND SO FORTH. SO WHAT SHOULD THE PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY DO? BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY YOU HAVE AN ENTRENCHED RULING CLASS AND NOT NOT GOING TO SAY LET ME VOTE MYSELF OUT SO WHAT DO WE DO? DO WE PRESSURE ON THEM, HOW SHOULD WE HANDLE THIS?...

HOLD US ACCOUNTABLE. THERE IS AN INCREDIBLE POWER, THE MEN AND WOMEN IN THIS ROOM, MEN AND WOMEN OF CPAC, THE GRASSROOTS HAVE THE ABILITY TO GET PEOPLE'S ATTENTION. TO HOLD OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS ACCOUNTABLE. HOLD EVERYONE OF US ACCOUNTABLE. THE MESSAGE I AM CONVEYING TO PRESENT TRUMP, TO THE CABINET, TO LEADERS IN BOTH HOUSES IS SIMPLE. LET'S DO WHAT WE PROMISE. LET'S DELIVER ON THE PROMISES AND IF WE DO THAT, WE WILL WIN AT THE BALLOT BOX AND IF WE DON'T, THE PEOPLE WILL HOLD US ACCOUNTABLE FOR THAT TOO....

LET ME ASK YOU ABOUT THE COURTS. WE SAW WHAT THE NINTH CIRCUIT DID OR A PANEL OF THE NINTH CIRCUIT ON AN EXECUTIVE ORDER THAT ONCE THE EXECUTIVE ORDER IS MODIFIED, REALLY IT WASN'T EVEN A CONTROVERSIAL EXECUTIVE ORDER FROM THE CONSTITUTIONAL POINT OF VIEW AND THEN YOU HAVE THREE JUDGES WHO DID WHAT THEY DID. THE OTHER DAY WE HAVE THE FOURTH CIRCUIT. BASICALLY TEAR THE GUTS OUT OF THE SECOND AMENDMENT AND REJECT THE HELLER DECISION IN THE SUPREME COURT . SO THE GORSCH APPOINTMENT IS IMPORTANT ....

THE NINTH CIRCUIT AND FOURTH CIRCUIT DECISION IN RECENT WEEKS, IF YOU LOOK AT THE NIGHT IS BASED IN CALIFORNIA, IT'S LONG BEEN THE MOST LIBERAL COURT OF APPEALS IN THE COUNTRY. IF YOU LOOK AT THE DECISION OF THE NINTH CIRCUIT AND DECISION OF THE CALIFORNIA DISTRICT COURT THAT, ACTUALLY THE WASHINGTON DISTRICT COURT THAT STRUCK DOWN, THAT ENJOYED THE PRESIDENT'S ORDER, BOTH DECISIONS ARE UTTERLY LAWLESS. THE REASON THE CONSTITUTION GIVES JUDGES LIFE TENURE IS SO THEY CAN BE INDEPENDENT OF POLITICAL PRESSURES AND FOLLOW THE LAW. I'VE READ THE DISTRICT COURT DECISION, I READ THE COURT OF APPEALS DECISION. THEY DON'T EVEN CITE THE CONTROLLING FEDERAL LAW. BY STATUTE, CONGRESS HAS GIVEN THE PRESIDENT THE AUTHORITY TO SUSPEND IMMIGRATION , ANY CLASS OF IMMIGRATION IF HE DEEMS IT IN THE NATIONAL INTEREST. NOW, ANY JUDGE WHO IS ACTUALLY BEING A JUDGE WOULD BEGIN WITH THE STATUTE, LOOK TO THE PRESIDENT . THEY DON'T EVEN MENTION THE STATUTES. THEY JUST SAY WE DON'T LIKE THIS POLICY AND THEY ARE ENGAGED IN LEGISLATION. YOU TAKE THE FOURTH CIRCUIT DECISION UPHOLDING MARYLAND'S LAW ON SO-CALLED ASSAULT WEAPONS AND LARGE CAPACITY MAGAZINES.THE FOURTH CIRCUIT USED TO BE THE MOST CONSERVATIVE COURT IN THE COUNTRY. I STARTED MY CAREER AT THE LAW COURT AND IT WAS 20 YEARS AGO, THE FOURTH CIRCUIT WAS TREMENDOUS. IT WAS DEDICATED TO PROTECTING OUR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS. THE FOURTH CIRCUIT NOW, THEY INVENTED THIS NEW TEST FOR THE SECOND AMENDMENT AND HERE'S WHAT THEIR TEST SENSE. THE SECOND AMENDMENT DOESN'T PROTECT A WEAPON IF IT WOULD BE USEFUL IN A MILITARY CONTEXT. [LAUGHTER] THIS TEST ISN'T JUST SORT OF QUESTIONABLE . IT ISN'T JUST A LITTLE BIT OUT THERE. IT IS NOT. [APPLAUSE] THE AMENDMENT WAS DESIGNED EXPLICITLY TO PROTECT WEAPONS THAT WOULD BE USEFUL IN THE MILITARY CONTEXT. IF WE WERE LIVING IN 1789 , YOUR MUSKETS WOULD BE REALLY USEFUL IN A MILITARY CONTEXT. IF YOU WERE CALLED UP TO SERVICE, THEY'D SAY BRING YOUR MUSKETS AND INDEED, THE FIRST CONGRESS PASSED THE LAW. YOU WANT TO KNOW THE FIRST GUN-CONTROL LAW IN AMERICA? THE CONGRESS PASSED A LAW THAT ALL ABLE-BODIED MEN MUST OWN A MUSKET. [APPLAUSE] >> THAT AN INDIVIDUAL MANDATE WE CAN LIVE WITH THERE YOU GO. UNDER THE FOURTH CIRCUIT STEPS THEY SAY GOSH, IF IT WOULD BE USEFUL IN A MILITARY CONTEXT, AND THE SECOND AMENDMENT IS NOT ABOUT MONEY, NOT ABOUT TARGET SHOOTING. IT'S ABOUT PROTECTING YOUR HOME AND YOUR FAMILY AND YOUR LIFE. [APPLAUSE] SO UNDER THE FOURTH CIRCUIT TEST THE ONLY THINGS PROTECTED ARE THINGS THAT ARE NOT USEFUL IN A MILITARY CONTEXT SO APPARENTLY THE SECOND AMENDMENT PROTECTS FEATHER DUSTERS. YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO HAVE A FEATHER DUSTER. IF ANYONE BREAKS IN, YOU CAN MAKE SURE THEY ARE REALLY CLEAN AS THEY ARE RUNNING YOUR HOUSE. THIS IS LAWLESS. AND IT'S WHY AFTER EIGHT YEARS OF OBAMA , THERE ARE FEW IF ANYTHING MORE IMPORTANT THAN PUTTING PRINCIPLE CONSTITUTIONALISTS ON THE SUPREME COURT , THE GORSUCH NOMINATION IS IMPORTANT. IT MATTERS AND JUDGE GORSUCH WILL BE CONFIRMED, MARK MY WORDS . [APPLAUSE]...

LET'S TALK ABOUT SEPARATION OF POWERS. WE HAVE THIS MASSIVE ADMINISTRATIVE STATE, THIS FOURTH BRANCH OF GOVERNMENT WITHIN THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH, THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH DOES MORE LEGISLATING THAN THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH AND THEIR PUSHING OUT THREE, 4000 LAWS, REGULATIONS EVERY YEAR. ISN'T THERE A LAW THAT CONGRESS PASSED ITSELF AIMS , THAT EMPOWERS ITSELF TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS?...

THAT SHOULD BE ONE OF THE SINGULAR PRIORITIES OF THIS NEW ADMINISTRATION , REINING IN THE OUT-OF-CONTROL REGULATORY STATES. THE RAINS ACT WOULD REQUIRE CONGRESS TO APPROVE ANY REGULATION THAT WOULD HAVE AN IMPACT OF GREATER THAN $100 MILLION ON THE ECONOMY. YOU TALK ABOUT A BASIC , COMMON SENSE STEP. IF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS GOING TO COST $100 MILLION OR MORE OF YOUR JOB GOING AWAY, AT A MINIMUM THE PEOPLE ELECTED BY THE GOVERNMENT HAVE TO VOTE AND SAY YES, I SUPPORT TAKING AWAY YOUR JOB OR NO, I DON'T SUPPORT TAKING AWAY YOUR JOB.[APPLAUSE] AND PART OF THE REGULATORY STATES, WHAT THE FRAMERS UNDERSTOOD WAS ACCOUNTABILITY. THE CONSTITUTION IS BRILLIANT FOR ACCOUNTABILITY , FOR OPPOSING FACTIONS AGAINST EACH OTHER, TO FIGHT AMONG THEMSELVES IN GOVERNMENT WHICH PROTECTS OUR LIBERTY. BUT ALSO IN ENSURING THE DECISION-MAKING IS MADE BY THOSE THAT THE PEOPLE CAN HOLD ACCOUNTABLE. THE REGULATORY STATE NOW THAT POLITICIANS LIKE THEIR HANDS AND SAY IT'S NOT MY FAULT, CAME FROM THESE BUREAUCRATS WORK FOR NOBODY AND ARE ACCOUNTABLE TO NO ONE. I WILL SAY ONE OF THE THINGS I'VE ENCOURAGED PRESIDENT TRUMP TO DO, AND I'M OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THIS IS TO TAKE ON DIRECTLY THE REGULATORY STATE, TO TAKE IT ON. TO FIRE BUREAUCRATS. [APPLAUSE] AND WHAT I'VE ENCOURAGED PRESIDENT TRUMP AND ATTORNEY GENERAL JEFF SESSIONS AND BY THE WAY, LET ME REPEAT THAT AGAIN. ATTORNEY GENERAL JEFF SESSIONS. [APPLAUSE] I JUST LIKE MAKING CHUCK SCHUMER WHICH. BUT WHAT I HAVE URGED THEM TO DO IS PUT TOGETHER A SOPHISTICATED , SERIOUS LEGAL STRATEGY TO TAKE ON THE REGULATORY STATE.NOW, YOU WILL BE SOON. YOU WILL END UP IN THE NINTH CIRCUIT. YOU WILL END UP WITH ACTIVIST JUDGES TRYING TO PROTECT THE REGULATORY STATE BUT IF YOU LOOK AT EXECUTIVE POWER, WE SOUGHT EIGHT YEARS OF OBAMA AND WHAT OBAMA DID WRONG WITH EXECUTIVE POWER , IS HE TRIED TO CHANGE THE LAW. HE TRIED TO IGNORE THE LAW AND OUT OF THE CONSTITUTION, ARTICLE 1, ALL LEGISLATIVE AUTHORITY IS VESTED IN CONGRESS AND THE PRESIDENT DOESN'T HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO CHANGE THE LAW OR IGNORE THE LAW. THAT'S WHAT OBAMA TRIED TO DO BUT UNDER ARTICLE 2, ALL EXECUTIVE POWER IS VESTED IN ONE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, THE REGULATORY STATE IS CONGRESS'S EFFORT TO UNDERMINE THE PRESIDENT'S AUTHORITY AND MY HOPE IS WE WILL SEE A PRESIDENT USE THAT CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY TO REIGN IN UNCONTROLLABLE , UNELECTED BUREAUCRATS AND TO RESCIND REGULATIONS. I HOPE WE SEE THE WATERS OF THE UNITED STATES RULED REINSTATED. [APPLAUSE] AND REINING IN THE REGULATORY STATE WOULD HAVE A MASSIVE IMPACT ON ECONOMIC FREEDOM....

LET ME, IMPEACHMENT. IMPEACHMENT IS A CONSTITUTIONAL FUNCTION. THE LEFT KEEPS TALKING ABOUT IMPEACHMENT. THEY WERE COMING OUT WITH IMPEACHMENT BEFORE THE INAUGURATION. AND YOU KNOW, I THINK IMPEACHING OBAMA IN JANUARY PROBABLY WOULD HAVE BEEN A MISTAKE. [APPLAUSE] SO WITH RETROACTIVE IMPEACHMENT BE UNCONSTITUTIONAL?...

I DON'T KNOW BUT IT'S ... [AUDIO LOST]

UNFORTUNATELY WE ARE HAVING TECHNICAL ISSUES WITH OUR SIGNAL FROM CPAC. WE ARE WORKING TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM AND HOPE TO RETURN TO LIVE COVERAGE IN A MOMENT. THIS IS C-SPAN2....

AND THAT HASN'T CHANGED. [LAUGHTER] THEY ALL LOOK LIKE THAT.

THEY ARE IN DENIAL AND THEY ARE ANGRY. YOU AND I WERE TALKING BACKSTAGE BEFORE, THE ANGER ON THE LEFT, I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT. THEY ARE RIGHT NOW OPPOSING EVERYTHING. DEMOCRATS IN THE SENATE ARE FILIBUSTERING ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING. THIS IS THE LONGEST WE'VE BEEN IN AND THE CABINET IS STILL NOT CONFIRMED. THIS IS THE LONGEST WE'VE BEEN SINCE GEORGE WASHINGTON WITHOUT CONFIRMING A CABINET. THEY ARE FILIBUSTERING EVERYTHING, WE VOTED A COUPLE WEEKS AGO ON APPROVING THE JOURNAL . MARK, I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THE HELL THAT IS. I VOTED YES, I HOPE YES WAS THE RIGHT VOTE. APPROVING THE JOURNAL IS THE MOST MUNDANE PROCEDURAL STEP. IT IS ALWAYS DONE BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT. I DIDN'T KNOW WE DID THAT UNTIL THEY OBJECTED TO IT AND SAID NO, YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE A FULL SENATE VOTE. EVERYONE COME DOWN TO APPROVE THE JOURNAL. WHAT THAT MEANS, IF THIS CONTINUES AND FROM THE LEFT, THEIR BASE , THERE'S A TECHNICAL TERM FOR THEIR BASE AREA MOSCOW. [LAUGHTER] I WOULD GO IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION WAS THAT CRAP CRAZY. RIGHT NOW DEMOCRATIC SENATORS ARE MORE SCARED OF THEIR BASE THAN THEY ARE OF THE BOAT. DEMOCRATS , A LIBERAL DEMOCRAT ONLY A COUPLE WEEKS AGO SAID LISTEN, WE'RE AFRAID OF BEING PRIMARY. THE DEMOCRATS TOOK THE LESSON IN THIS ELECTION THAT HILLARY WAS TO MODERATE.AND SO THEIR LESSON IS, THEY NEED MORE BERNIE SANDERS, MORE ELIZABETH WARREN. THAT'S WHAT SENATE DEMOCRATS WANT. WHAT THAT MEANS IS , I THINK IT IS LIKELY THEY WILL CONTINUE TO OPPOSE EVERYTHING . NOW, THAT MEANS FOR US THE ANSWER CAN'T BE OKAY, THEN THEY SHUT DOWN THE CONGRESS. THEY PREVENT US FROM DOING ANYTHING SO WE NEED TO LOOK AT TOOLS THAT CAN GET THINGS DONE DESPITE A DEMOCRATIC FILIBUSTER AND THERE ARE THREE MAIN TOOLS. FIRST IS CONFIRMATION AND BY THE WAY, I'LL DO THIS AGAIN MANY TIMES SINCE JANUARY 20, I RAISE A GLASS AND TOASTED HARRY REID. [APPLAUSE] BECAUSE HARRY REID EMPLOYED THE SO-CALLED NUCLEAR OPTION , BROKE THE SENATE RULES TO CHANGE THE SET RULES, LOWERED THE THRESHOLD FROM CONVERSATION TO 60 VOTES TO ONE VOTE AND IT IS A DIRECT RESULT OF HARRY REID THAT WE NOW HAVE THE MOST CONSERVATIVE CABINET IN DECADES. [APPLAUSE] AND SO IF I COULD BE A LITTLE PRESUMPTUOUS MARK, LET ME ON BEHALF OF CPAC THANK HARRY REID . HARRY REID, THANK YOU FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL JEFF SESSIONS. [APPLAUSE] AND ALSO, WE SHOULD BE THANKING HARRY REID FOR EPA ADMINISTRATOR SCOTT PRUITT. FOR EDUCATION SECRETARY BETSY DE VOS AND VERY SOON I LOOK FORWARD TO THANKING HARRY REID FOR SUPREME COURT JUSTICE GORSUCH . [APPLAUSE] QUEST SHOULD WE THANK KEITH ELLISON TWO? WHO IS LIKELY TO BE THE NEXT CHAIRMAN OF THE DNC ? AND I'M SURE THE VAST MAJORITY OF AMERICANS GIVEN HIS BACKGROUND WILL BE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. SHOULD WE GET BEHIND IN AT CPAC, WHAT DO YOU SAY? [APPLAUSE]...

LISTEN, I WILL COMMEND THE DEMOCRATS FOR ONE THING. IF THEY NAMED KEITH ELLISON AS HEAD OF THE DNC, I WILL COMMEND THEM OR TRUTH IN ADVERTISING.

LET ME ASK YOU THIS QUESTION. THERE IS A BATTLE SOMEWHAT FOR GORSUCH. BUT THERE'S ANOTHER VACANCY. HOW MUCH CAN THEY GET BECAUSE THE NEXT VACANCY, THEY'RE GOING TO SAY BELONGS TO THEM. SO YOU KNOW, WE CAN ONLY HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE ON THE COURT WHO ACTUALLY ARE FAITHFUL TO THE CONSTITUTION. SO WHAT STEPS MIGHT THEY TAKE ?...

LISTEN, THIS VACANCY RIGHT NOW , WE ARE REPLACING JUSTICE SCALIA. HE WAS EXTRAORDINARY, ONE-OF-A-KIND. [APPLAUSE] BY THE WAY, I HAVE TO TELL A QUICK SCALIA STORY IN HONOR OF THE GREAT JURISTS WHICH IS IN THE EARLY TO MID 1980S, THEN JUDGE ANTONIN SCALIA WAS ON THE DC CIRCUIT. THE OTHER PROMINENT CONSERVATIVE WAS ROBERT BORK. REAGAN WAS IN THE WHITE HOUSE. EVERYONE KNEW ONE OR THE OTHER, EITHER SCALIA OR BORK WAS LIKELY TO GET THE NEXT VACANCY. AND SCALIA WAS WALKING THROUGH THE PARKING LOT AT THE DC CIRCUIT. CAME TO THE ELEVATOR. AND THERE WERE TWO US MARSHALS WHO STOPPED HIM AND I SAID I'M SORRY SIR, WE'RE HOLDING THIS ELEVATOR FOR THE ATTORNEY GENERAL. SCALIA PUSHED PAST THEM , STEP IN TO THE ELEVATOR, PUSHED THE BUTTON THEN AS THE DOOR IS CLOSING HE SAID YOU TELL ED MEESE BOB BORK DOESN'T WAIT FOR ANYONE. [LAUGHTER] AND 86, REAGAN NOMINATED ANTHONY SCALIA. THE SCALIA SEAT, WHERE NOT GOING TO GET ANY BETTER THAN JUSTICE SCALIA. THE BEST WE CAN DO IS PRESERVE CONSTITUTIONAL VICTORIES LIKE HOLDING THE SECOND AMENDMENT, LIKE PROTECTING RELIGIOUS LIBERTY BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET ANY BETTER. THIS SUMMER I THINK WE WILL HAVE ANOTHER SUPREME COURT VACANCY THIS DECEMBER. IF THAT HAPPENS, AS MUCH AS THE LEFT IS CRAZY NOW, THEY WILL GO FULL ARMAGEDDON MELTDOWN. BECAUSE THE NEXT VACANCY IS WHERE WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO GET BACK AND RESTORE OUR BASIC CONSTITUTIONAL PROTECTIONS AND TO GIVE AN INDICATION OF JUST HOW MUCH IMPACT COMMONSENSE POLICIES CAN HAVE, LET ME SHIFT FOR A SECOND AS WE WRAP UP FROM THE CONSTITUTION TO A BASIC PRIORITY . ENFORCING THE ORDER. THIS WEEK I WAS DOWN AT THE BORDER, DOWN IN MCALLEN, JOINED THE BORDER PATROL. DIDN'T AIR PATROL UP IN THE PLANES, WENT IN A GUNBOAT UP AND DOWN THE RIO GRANDE, JOINED THEM ON THE MIDNIGHT RIDE ALONG AS THEY WERE ENFORCING ORDER . AND LET ME BREAK A LITTLE BIT OF NEWS HERE. YOU KNOW WHAT THE BORDER PATROL TOLD ME IN THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY SECTOR? IT'S INAUGURATION DAY, ILLEGAL CROSSINGS HAVE DROPPED 50 PERCENT. [APPLAUSE] NOW, ODDLY ENOUGH , YOU AND I HAVE NOT SEEN THAT ON THE 6:00 NEWS. SOMEHOW REPORTERS ARE REPORTING IT AND I ASK THEM, WHY IS THAT? PATROL AGENTS SAY THEY DIDN'T KNOW THEY ASSUMED IT WAS BECAUSE WITH THE NEW ADMINISTRATION, THEY UNDERSTOOD WE HAVE AN ADMINISTRATION THAT WOULD FINALLY, I'D ONLY ENFORCE THE LAWS. AND I WANT TO COMMEND THE MEN AND WOMEN OF CPAC AS ACTIVISTS FIGHTING FOR LIBERTY, FIGHTING FOR THE CONSTITUTION YOU ALL ARE INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT. YOU ALL ARE INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT NUMBER ONE IN SHOCKING AND TERRIFYING THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA. WHICH REALLY SHOULD BE DONE ON A DAILY BASIS. BUT ALSO ON HOLDING US ACCOUNTABLE. WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THIS TO BE A HISTORIC CONGRESS, THE MOST PRODUCTIVE CONGRESS IN DECADES. THIS YEAR, IN 2017, WE SHOULD REPEAL OBAMA CARE. [APPLAUSE] CONFIRMED A STRONG CONSERVATIVE TO THE SUPREME COURT. [APPLAUSE] AND PASS FUNDAMENTAL TAX REFORM, IDEALLY A FLAT TAX. [APPLAUSE] AND LET ME ADD ONE MORE THING TO THAT LIST, WE ARE TO PASS THE LEGISLATION THAT I'VE INTRODUCED WITH LINDSEY GRAHAM TO DEFUND UNITED NATIONS UNTIL THEY REVERSE THEIR ANTI-ISRAEL RESOLUTION.[APPLAUSE]...

OKAY. AND IF WE DO THAT, IF WE DO THAT 2017 WILL BE A HISTORIC, MILESTONE YEAR . AND WHILE ENCOURAGING PRESENT TRUMP AND THE TABLET AND CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS TO DO IS KEEP OUR PROMISES. LET'S DO WHAT WE SAID WE WOULD DO AND THAT'S WHAT EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU CAN HOLD ALL OF US ACCOUNTABLE FOR. [APPLAUSE] WE HAVE TO GO AND IT'S A PLEASURE BEING WITH YOU SENATOR. TO THE GREAT ONE....

IT'S A PLEASURE BEING WITH ALL OF YOU BLESS YOU. [APPLAUSE] >>. [MUSIC] >> . [INAUDIBLE CONVERSATION] >> . [MUSIC] >>. [INAUDIBLE CONVERSATION] [INAUDIBLE CONVERSATIONS] (music)(music) [INAUDIBLE CONVERSATIONS] (music)(music)...

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