NEW LOOK. HE BEGAN HIS PREPARATIONS EARLY FOR THIS CYCLE, MUCH EARLIER THAN 2012, AND HAS AVOIDED USING THE WORD BOOTS THAT WAS MEMORABLE ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL. HE SAYS ANOTHER DIFFERENT IN 2016 IS THIS RACE IS A SHOW ME, DON'T TELL ME ELECTION. HE SAYS CURRENT AND FORMER GOVERNORS IN -- IN CONTRAST ARE BETTER PREPARED TO RUN THE COUNTRY. HE CITES THE CREDENTIAL, JOB CREATION DURING HIS 14 YEARS AS TEXAS GOVERNOR. HE ALSO CITES IS HANDLING OF THE MEXICAN BORDER AND HURRICANE KATRINA REFUGEES. ONE OF PERRY TRADEMARK DEVELOPMENT TOOLS AS A GOVERNOR TO VISIT COUNTRIES AND TRY TO PERSUADE THEM TO MOVE TO TEXAS. IN 2013, HE WENT TO MARYLAND IN SEARCH OF RECEPTIVE COMPANIES, AND WHILE THERE HE ENDED UP ON CNN CROSSFIRE ENDING -- ARGUING WITH MARTIN O'MALLEY WHO WAS THEN GOVERNOR OF MARYLAND AND NOW AT DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE. ON MANY ISSUES, HE SAYS THE CITY -- STATES SHOULD SET POLICY, NOT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. ON THAT ISSUE HE DISAGREED WITH THE RECENT SUPREME COURT DECISION ON MARRIAGE EQUALITY. RICK PERRY HAS SPENT 30 YEARS IN ONE OR ANOTHER PUBLIC OFFICE IN TEXAS INCLUDING IS AGRICULTURAL COMMISSIONER AND LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR AND GOVERNOR. PRIOR TO ENTERING PUBLIC SERVICE, HE WAS A CAPTAIN IN THE AIR FORCE AND FARMED COTTON WITH HIS FARM -- FATHER. TODAY HE WILL DISCUSS HIS ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY PLAN AT THE NATIONAL PRESS CLUB. PLEASE JOIN ME IN GETTING A WARM WELCOME TO ARMOR TEXAS GOVERNOR RICK PERRY. [APPLAUSE] GOVERNOR PERRY: THANK YOU. IT WAS 99 YEARS AGO ON THE 15TH DAY OF MAY 1916 THAT A COURTHOUSE AND WACO, TEXAS, THERE WAS A MENTALLY DISABLED 17-YEAR-OLD BOY. HIS NAME WAS JESSE WASHINGTON. HE WAS CONVICTED OF RAPING AND MURDERING THE WIFE OF HIS EMPLOYER. HE PLED GUILTY AND WAS SENTENCED TO DEATH. JESSIE AND NO ORDINARY DEATH. BECAUSE HE WAS BLACK. AFTER THE DEATH SENTENCE WAS ISSUED, JESSE WAS DRAGGED OUT OF THE COURTHOUSE, INTO A CROWD OF HUNDREDS AND THANKS TO THE ADVENT OF THE NEW TECHNOLOGY CALLED THE TELEPHONE, WORD SPREAD RATHER QUICKLY TO WHAT WAS ABOUT TO HAPPEN. SOON THERE WERE 15,000 PEOPLE WATCHING JESSE WASHINGTON BE TORTURED, TO BE MUTILATED, TO BE TIED TO A TREE. SOMEONE LIT A FIRE UNDER JESSE AND RAISED HIM UP IN THE AIR. JESSE TRIED TO CLIMB UP THE CHAINS TO KEEP FROM BEING CONSUMED BY THE FIRE. SOMEONE STARTED CUTTING HIS FINGERS OFF SO THAT HE COULD NOT CLIMB THE CHAIN. ONE MAN CASTRATED HIM. ANOTHER USED OF WHOLE -- POLE TO PREVENT HIMSELF FROM PULLING AWAY FROM THE FIRE. THERE WAS A PROMINENT LOCAL PHOTOGRAPHER WHO TOOK PICTURES OF JESSIE'S CHARRED REMAINS AND SOLD THEM AS SOUVENIRS ON A POSTCARD. EVEN TODAY, WE TEXANS STRUGGLE TO TALK ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED TO JESSE WASHINGTON. WE DON'T WANT TO BELIEVE THAT OUR GREAT STATE COULD EVER HAVE BEEN THE SCENE OF SUCH UNIMAGINABLE FOR, -- HORROR, BUT IT IS AN EPISODE WE CANNOT IGNORE. IT IS AN EPISODE THAT WE HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO TRANSCEND. WE MADE A LOT OF PROGRESS SINCE 1916. A HALF A CENTURY AGO REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS CAME TOGETHER TO FINALLY IN TRYING INTO LAW THE PRINCIPLE THAT ALL OF US, REGARDLESS OF RACE, COLOR, NATIONAL ORIGIN ARE CREATED EQUAL. SHED RICK WILLIS WAS A SLAVE. THIS WAS BEFORE THE CIVIL WAR. HE HAD BEEN BOUGHT AND SOLD ON THE COURTHOUSE STEPS OF MCLENNAN COUNTY, TEXAS. THE SAME COURTHOUSE WHERE JESSE WASHINGTON WITH LATER BE DRUNK DOWN AND BROUGHT TO DEATH. WHEN I WAS THE GOVERNOR OF TEXAS, I HAD THE PROUD DISTINCTION OF APPOINTING WILLIS GREAT, GRANDSON. TO BE THE FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN JUSTICE ON THE TEXAS SUPREME COURT. IN 2004, I APPOINTED WALLACE TO BE THE SUPREME COURT'S FIRST CHIEF JUSTICE. YOU SEE, THERE WERE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF STORIES LIKE WALLACE JEFFERSON WHEN IT COMES TO RACE. AMERICA IS A BETTER AND MORE TOLERANCE AND MORE WELCOMING PLACE THAN IT HAS EVER BEEN BEFORE. WE ARE A COUNTRY WITH HISPANIC CEOS, WITH ASIAN BILLIONAIRES WITH A BLACK PRESIDENT. SO WHY IS IT TODAY SO MANY BLACK COMPANIES FEEL LEFT BEHIND GAS: WHY IS THAT QUARTER OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN LIVE DEAL -- BELOW THE POVERTY LINE? EVEN AFTER THE IMPACT OF FEDERAL PROGRAMS LIKE TO DANCE AND HOUSING SUBSIDIES, THE SUPPLEMENTAL POVERTY RATE FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS IS NEARLY DOUBLE THE RATE FOR OTHER AMERICANS. DEMOCRATS HAVE LONG HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GOVERN THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITIES. IT IS TIME FOR BLACK FAMILIES, TO HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE RESULT. I'M HERE TO TELL YOU IT IS REPUBLICANS, NOT DEMOCRAT WHO ARE TRULY OFFERING BLACK AMERICANS TO HOLD FOR A BETTER LIFE FOR THEMSELVES AND THEIR CHILDREN. I AM PROUD TO LIVE IN A COUNTRY THAT HAS AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN PRESIDENT. BUT PRESIDENT OBAMA CANNOT BE PROUD OF THE FACT THAT PREVALENT IN BLACK POVERTY HAS ACTUALLY INCREASED UNDER HIS LEADERSHIP. WE CANNOT DISMISS THE HISTORICAL LEGACY OF SLAVERY, NOR ITS ROLE IN CAUSING THE PROBLEM OF BLACK POVERTY, AND BECAUSE SLAVERY AND SEGREGATION WERE SANCTIONED BY GOVERNMENT, THERE IS SEVERAL FOR GOVERNMENT POLICY IN ADDRESSING THEIR LASTING EFFECTS. BUT THE SPECIFIC POLICIES ADVANCED BY THE PRESIDENT AND HIS ALLIES AMOUNT TO LITTLE MORE THAN THROWING MONEY AT THE PROBLEM AND WALKING AWAY. POLICE AND $450 BILLION PER YEAR ON MEDICAID. AND YET HEALTH OUTCOMES FOR THOSE ON MEDICAID ARE NO BETTER THAN THOSE WHO HAVE NO HEALTH INSURANCE AT ALL. INSTEAD OF REFORMING MEDICAID, THE PRESIDENT EXPANDED IT UNDER OBAMACARE. IN THE CITY WERE LEFT-WING SOLUTIONS HAVE BEEN TRYING OVER AND OVER AGAIN. PLACES LIKE DETROIT AND CHICAGO AND BALTIMORE, AFRICAN-AMERICANS ARE MOVING OUT. YTHEY ARE MOVING TO CITIES LIKE HOUSTON AND DALLAS. AS AMERICANS, I THINK WE ARE ALL UNITED BY CERTAIN ASPIRATIONS. WE WANT ACCESS TO OPPORTUNITY. WE WANT GOOD SCHOOLS FOR KIDS. WE WANT TO LIVE IN SAFE NEIGHBORHOODS. WE WANT TO LIVE IN CITIES AND STATES WERE HOUSING IN COLLEGE AND EVERY DAY EXPENSES ARE AFFORDABLE. THEY WANT TO ALL EGGS. THE AMERICAN DREAM. FROM 2005-2007 MORE TO TEXT THAN ALL BUT ONE OTHER STATE. THAT STATE BEING GEORGIA. MANY WERE COMING FROM BLUES DATES LIKE NEW YORK AND ILLINOIS AND CALIFORNIA. MANY CAME FROM LOUISIANA WHERE THEY HAD LOST THEIR HOMES DUE TO HURRICANE KATRINA. BUT EACH ONE OF THOSE NEW RESIDENCE WERE WELCOMED TO TEXAS WITH OPEN ARMS. THEY CAME TO A STATE WITH A BOOMING ECONOMY. WE CAP TAXES LOW -- CAP TEXAS -- TAXES LOW, REGULATION LOW AND FRIVOLOUS TAXES TO A LOW. WE WORKED HARD TO EDUCATE EVERY CHILD. LET ME BE CLEAR, WE HAVE NOT ELIMINATED BLACK PROPERTY IN TEXAS. WE HAVE MADE MEANINGFUL PROGRESS. IN NEW YORK, THE SUPPLEMENTAL POVERTY RATE IS 26%. IN CALIFORNIA, IT IS 30%. IN WASHINGTON, D.C., IT IS 33%. IN TEXAS, IT IS JUST 20%. HERE'S HOW IT HAPPENED. WE CURTAILED FRIVOLOUS LAWSUITS AND UNREASONABLE REGULATIONS. IT IS FAR CHEAPER TO DO BUSINESS IN DALLAS OR HOUSTON AS IT IS AN BALTIMORE OR DETROIT. THE LOWER COST GETS PASSED DOWN TO CONSUMERS, ESPECIALLY LOW INCOME CONSUMERS IN THE FORM OF LOWER PRICES. THERE IS A LOT OF TALK IN WASHINGTON ABOUT INEQUALITY. INCOME INEQUALITY. THERE IS A LOT LESS TALK ABOUT THE INEQUALITY THAT ARISES FROM THE HIGH COST OF EVERYDAY LIFE. IN BLUE STATE COASTAL CITIES YOU HAVE THE STRIP ZONING LAWS, ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS THAT HAVE PREVENTED BUILDINGS FROM EXPANDING THE HOUSING SUPPLY. THAT MAY BE GREAT FOR THE VENTURE CAPITALIST WHO WANTS TO KEEP A NICE VIEW OF THE BAY, BUT NOT SO GREAT FOR THE SINGLE MOTHER WORKING TWO JOBS IN ORDER TO PAY RENT AND STILL PUT FOOD ON THE TABLE FOR HER KIDS. IT IS NOT JUST ABOUT HOW MANY DOLLARS YOU LEARN. SO -- THOUGH THERE IS STILL PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL OPPORTUNITY IN TEXAS. IT IS ALSO ABOUT HOW FAR EACH DOLLAR YOU DO EARN CAN TAKE YOU. AFTER YOU PAY YOUR TAXES FROM YOUR DOLLAR -- YOUR RENT, YOUR GROCERY BILL. TOO MANY PARTS OF THIS COUNTRY BLACK STUDENTS ARE TRAPPED IN FAILING SCHOOLS WHERE UNION BOSSES LOOK OUT AFTER THEMSELVES AT THE EXPENSE OF THE KIDS. THIS MATTERS, BECAUSE KIDS WHO GRADUATE FROM HIGH SCHOOL TYPICALLY MAKE 50% MORE THAN THOSE WHO DON'T. IN TEXAS, WE MADE SURE THE KIDS CAME FIRST. TEXAS HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION RATES ARE 27 IN THE NATION IN 2002. IN 2013, THEY WERE THE SECOND-HIGHEST IN AMERICA. OUR MOST RECENT GRADUATION RATE FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS, NUMBER ONE IN THIS COUNTRY. 13 PERCENTAGE POINTS HIGHER THAN THE NATIONAL AVERAGE [APPLAUSE] . THAT MATTERS. WE ALSO FOUND A WAY TO REDUCE CRIME WHILE ALSO KEEPING KIDS OUT OF JAIL. IN 2014, TEXAS HAD THE LOWEST CRIME RATE SINCE 1968. AT THE SAME TIME, WE CLOSED THREE PRISONS AND REFORMED OUR SENTENCING LAWS. TOO MANY TEXANS WERE GOING TO PRISON FOR NONVIOLENT DRUG OFFENSES. ONCE I GOT OUT OF PRISON, MANY OF THEM FOUND THEY COULD NOT GET JOBS AS THEY HAD A CRIMINAL RECORD. I'M PRETTY SURE NO ONE GETS CONFUSED TEXAS IS A SOFT ON CRIME PLACE. BUT I ALSO BELIEVE LIKE TEXANS BELIEVED -- BELIEVES IN CONSEQUENCES FOR CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR. I ALSO BELIEVE IN SECOND CHANCES AND HUMAN REDEMPTION, BECAUSE THAT, TOO, IS PART OF THE AMERICAN STORY. AMERICANS WHO SUFFER FROM AN ADDICTION NEED HELP, THEY DO NOT NEED MORAL CONDEMNATION. A TRADING ALCOHOL AND DRUG ABUSE AS A DISEASE WE HAVE GIVEN TEXANS WHO HAVE FIXED VARIANCE TO RUN IN WITH THE LAW THE HELP THAT THEY NEED. THREE OF THE ROTATION THAT MANY TAKE -- THE REHABILITATION THAT MANY SEEK. NOW MANY OF THE INDIVIDUALS ARE LIVING IN RECOVERY. THEY ARE IN A IN SAVING THE LIVES OF OTHERS THAT ARE TRAPPED IN ADDICTION. THE HUMAN SOUL HEARINGS TO BE FREE, FREE FROM THE CHAINS OF ADDICTION. FREE FROM THE CHAINS OF POVERTY. I AM RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT, BECAUSE I WANT TO MAKE LIFE BETTER FOR ALL PEOPLE. EVEN THOSE THAT DO NOT VOTE REPUBLICAN. I KNOW REPUBLICANS HAVE MUCH TO DO TO EARN THE TRUST OF AFRICAN-AMERICANS. BLACK NOSE -- REPUBLICAN GOLDWATER RAN AGAINST LYNDON JOHNSON, A CHAMPION FOR CIVIL RIGHTS. THEY KNOW VERY GOLDWATER OPPOSED THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964. HE FELT PARTS OF IT WERE UNCONSTITUTIONAL. GREAT SUPPORTING SEGREGATION IN THE SOUTH, THEY CITED STATE RIGHTS AS A JUSTIFICATION FOR KEEPING BLACKS FROM THE VOTING BOOTH AND THE DINNER TABLE. AS YOU KNOW, I AM AN ARDENT BELIEVER IN THE 10TH AMENDMENT, WHICH WAS RATIFIED IN 1791 AS PART OF THE BILL OF RIGHTS. THE 10TH AMENDMENT SAYS THE POWERS NOT DELEGATED TO THE UNITED STATES BY THE CONSTITUTION NOR PROHIBITED BY THE STATE RESERVE FOR THE STATES RESPECTIVELY FOR THE INDIVIDUAL. I KNOW THAT STATE GOVERNMENTS ARE MORE ACCOUNTABLE TO YOU THAN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. BUT I'M ALSO AN ARDENT BELIEVER IN THE 14 AMENDMENT, WHICH SAYS THAT NO STATE SHALL THE ANY PERSON IN ITS JURISDICTION THE EQUAL PROTECTION OF THE LAW. THERE HAS BEEN AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE AN IMPORTANT AND LEGITIMATE ROLE FOR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IN ENFORCING CIVIL RIGHTS. TOO OFTEN WE REPUBLICANS, ME INCLUDED, HAVE EMPHASIZED OUR MESSAGE ON THE 10TH AMENDMENT, BUT NOT OUR MESSAGE ON THE 14. AN AMENDMENT THAT BEARS REMINDING THAT WAS ONE OF THE GREAT CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY TO AMERICAN LIFE, SECOND ONLY TO THE ABOLITION OF SLAVERY. FOR TOO LONG, WE REPUBLICANS HAVE AN CONTENT TO LOSE BLACK VOTE. WE FOUND WE DID NOT NEEDED TO WIN. BUT WHEN WE GAVE UP TRYING TO WIN THE SUPPORT OF AFRICAN-AMERICANS, WE LOST OUR MORAL LEGITIMACY AS THE PARTY OF LINCOLN. AS THE PARTY OF EQUAL OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL. IT IS TIME FOR US ONCE AGAIN TO RECLAIM OUR HERITAGE AS THE ONLY PARTY IN OUR COUNTRY FOUNDED ON THE PRINT FOR FREEDOM FOR AFRICAN-AMERICAN. WE KNOW WHAT DEMOCRATS WILL PROPOSE 2016. THE SAME THING, THE SAME THING THE DEMOCRATS HAVE PROPOSED FOR DECADES. MORE GOVERNMENT SPENDING ON MORE GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS. THERE IS A PROPER AND IMPORTANT ROLE FOR GOVERNMENT ASSIST KEEPING PEOPLE -- ASSISTANCE IN KEEPING PEOPLE ON THEIR FEET BUT FEW PRESIDENTS HAVE DONE MORE TO EXPAND GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE FUND PRESIDENT OBAMA. TODAY WAS AND NEARLY $1 TRILLION PER YEAR'S ON MEANS TESTED ANTI-POVERTY PROGRAM. YES, BLACK POVERTY REMAINS STAGNANT. HERE IS WHAT I HAVE SEEN IN MY TIME IN PUBLIC OFFICE. THE BEST WELFARE PROGRAM IN AMERICA IS HIS JOB. [APPLAUSE] 0--- IS A JOB. THERE IS A FUNDAMENTAL REASON WHY DEMOCRATIC POLICIES HAVE FAILED TO CURE PROPERTY, BECAUSE THE ONLY TRUE CURE IS A JOB AND DEMOCRATIC POLICIES HAVE MADE IT TOO HARD FOR THE POOR TO FIND JOBS. JUST THIS WEEK THE PRESIDENT ANNOUNCED NEW REGULATIONS FOR OVERTIME PAY THAT WILL MAKE IT COSTLIER FOR COMPANIES TO HIRE FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES. COMPANIES ARE GOING TO RESPOND TO THIS I HIRING FEWER PEOPLE, SIMPLY BECAUSE MONEY DOES NOT GROW ON TREES. MY FIRST PRIORITY AS PRESIDENT OF THIS COUNTRY WILL BE TO REIGNITE THE ENGINE OF ECONOMIC GROWTH BY PREFORMING THE TAX CODE, REQUIRING FEDERAL AGENCIES TO ADHERE TO STRICT REGULATORY BUDGETS. A GROWING ECONOMY WILL GIVE THOSE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE LATTER MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO CLIMB, JUST LIKE WE DID IN TEXAS. MANY MORE AMERICANS WENT TO LEAVE WELFARE, REJOIN THE WORKFORCE, BUT BECAUSE OF TAXES AND REGULATIONS IT OFTEN MAKES MORE ECONOMIC SENSE TO STAY ON WELFARE THEN TO TAKE THE FULL-TIME JOB. FURTHERMORE, FEDERAL PROGRAMS AND POSTS OF ONE SIZE IT'S ALL APPROACH TO FIGHTING POVERTY. THINK ABOUT THIS. IN CALIFORNIA YOU MAY BE SUBSTANTIALLY MORE IN NEED FOR MONEY TO PAY FOR THE COST OF HOUSING. IN MASSACHUSETTS IT MAY BE THE COST OF VOCATIONAL SCHOOL YOU ARE MORE INTERESTED IN. INSTEAD, WE FORCED THE POOR TO ENROLL IN THE SEPARATE PROGRAMS FOR HOUSING ASSISTANCE AND TELEGRAMS. IF I AM AN AMERICAN PRESIDENT I WANT TO SEND CONGRESS A WELFARE REFORM BILL THAT WILL TAKE THE MONEY WE ARE READY SPEND ON NON-HEALTH-CARE RELATED ANTIPOVERTY PROGRAMS AND SPLIT THEM INTO TWO PARTS. THE FIRST PART WILL BE EXPANDED AND REFORMED INCOME TAX CREDIT SO THAT ANYONE WITH A JOB CAN LIVE ABOVE THE POVERTY LEVEL. THE SECOND PART WILL CONSIST OF A BLOCK GRANT SO THAT STATES CAN PUT INTO PLACE THE SAFETY NET FOR THEIR POPULATION IN A MANNER THAT BEST SERVES THEIR CITIZENS. AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS WE DID IN TECH AS WELL I WAS GOVERNOR WAS TO REFORM THE DRUG-RELATED SENTENCING LAW, SO THAT NON-VIOLENT OFFENDERS STAY OUT OF RISEN. AS TEXANS GOT SMARTER ABOUT POLICING AND CRIME PREVENTION, WE CAME TO APPRECIATE THE IMPORTANCE OF KEEPING PROMISING YOUNG WILL OUT OF PRISON. JUST IMAGINE HOW HARD IT IS TO GET A JOB IF YOU HAVE A CRIMINAL RECORD. WE ARE WORKING TO STOP THE INTERGENERATIONAL CYCLE OF INCARCERATION WHERE GRANDCHILDREN MEET THEIR GRANDPARENTS BEHIND PRISON BARS. WE CAN REFORM THE FEDERAL SENTENCING LAW. JUST AS WE HAVE DONE AT THE STATE LEVEL TO ENSURE MORE YOUNG OR HAVE A REAL SHOT AT LIFE. WE CAN DO SO WHILE KEEPING OUR LOW INCOME COMMUNITIES SAFE FROM CRIME AS WELL. WE ALL KNOW WE HAVE TO IMPROVE OUR SCHOOLS. THIS IS WHERE PRESIDENT OBAMA HAS SUBSTANTIAL APPROVAL BUT CAVED IN TO THE DEMANDS OF THE LABOR UNIONS. IT IS A FALLACY TO ASSUME THE VASTLY DIFFERENT STUDENT POPULATIONS ACROSS THIS COUNTRY CAN BE ADEQUATELY EDUCATED WITH A ONE SIZE FITS ALL MENTALITY AND POLICY. WE NEED TO EMPOWER STATE LAWMAKERS, SCHOOL BOARDS, PARENTS TO IMPLEMENT POLICIES THAT ADDRESS THE SPECIFIC NEEDS OF THEIR STUDENTS, AND TO KEEP THOSE SCHOOLS ACCOUNTABLE AND EFFICIENT. ENTERPRISE AND CHARTER SCHOOL TEACHERS LIKE EVE OF MOSCOW WITH FASHION EVA MOSKOWITZ IN NEW YORK SHOULD BE READ -- SHOULD BE TO REPLICATE THEIR SUCCESS ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY WITHOUT THE INTERFERENCE OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. WE ALSO HAVE TO ATTACK THE CHALLENGE WE HAVE WITH THE EXORBITANT PRICE OF A COLLEGE EDUCATION TODAY. ONE OF THE BIGGEST BARRIERS TODAY INTO ENTERING THE MIDDLE CLASS WHETHER YOU ARE BLACK OR OTHERWISE IS THE HIGH COST OF THE COLLEGE DEGREE. A FOUR YEAR DEGREE AT THE TIP OF PRIVATE UNIVERSITY IN THIS COUNTRY COST $170,000. COMPARE THAT TO THE MEDIAN HOME PRICE AT $205,000, WE ARE LITERALLY ASKING FOR STUDENTS TO MORTGAGE THEIR FUTURE IN ORDER TO GAIN A COLLEGE DEGREE, AND THAT HAS TO END, IT MUST END. IN TECH THIS I CHALLENGE OURS A UNIVERSITIES TO OFFER A FOUR YEAR COLLEGE DEGREE FOR LESS THAN $10,000. MANY THOUGHT THAT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE. YOU JUST COULD NOT DRIVE TUITION AND FEES THAT LOW. TODAY THERE ARE 13 TEXAS UNIVERSITIES THAT HAVE REACHED THAT TARGET. [APPLAUSE] WE ARE ON THE CUSP OF AN ONLINE REVOLUTION IN HIGHER EDUCATION, BUT ONLY IF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ROLLS BACK THE RULES THAT MAKES IT ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE FOR STUDENTS TO GAIN ACCREDITATION FOR A BACHELORS DEGREE ACHIEVED FROM ONLINE INSTRUCTION. WE HAVE TO REDUCE THE COST OF LIVING FOR THOSE WHO NEED EVERY DOLLAR TO BE STRETCHED AS FAR AS IT CAN GO. FEDERAL REGULATIONS LIKE OBAMACARE EMPLOYER MANDATE ARE DRIVING UP THE COST OF HIRING NEW WORKERS. THAT MEANS COMPANIES ARE HIRING FEWER PEOPLE. IT ALSO MEAN PRICE OF A SICK CONSUMER GOODS ARE GOING UP. THE COMPETITIVE ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE ESTIMATED THE FEDERAL REGULATIONS COST AMERICAN BUSINESSES AS MUCH AS ONE POINT EIGHT $8 TRILLION PER YEAR. -- $1.88 TRILLION PER YEAR. NEARLY $15,000 PER HOUSEHOLD. WHEN YOU ADD STATE REGULATIONS, THE PROBLEM GETS EVEN WORSE. I WILL SUGGEST WE WILL DO FIVE THINGS. IF WE CREATE JOBS, INCENTIVIZE WORK, KEEP NONVIOLENT DRUG OFFENDERS OUT OF PRISON, REFORM OUR SCHOOLS AND REDUCE THE COST OF HAVING, WE WILL HAVE DONE MORE WHERE AFRICAN-AMERICANS FROM THE LAST THREE DEMOCRAT ADMINISTRATIONS COMBINED. AT THE AMERICAN CEMETERY IN NORMANDY ABOVE OMAHA BEACH THERE ARE 9387 AMERICAN SOLDIERS VERY. IN ROW AFTER ORDERLY ROW. IF EVER PROOF WERE NEEDED THAT WE FOUGHT FOR A CAUSE AND NOT A CONQUEST, AN AMERICAN GENERAL ONCE SAID, IT COULD BE FOUND IN THESE CEMETERIES. HERE WAS OUR ONLY CONQUEST, ALL WE ASKED WAS ENOUGH SOIL IN WHICH TO BURY OUR DEAD. SOME OF THOSE GALLANT DEAD IN THE CEMETERY ARE SONS OF THE UNITED STATES PRESIDENT, BUT MOST WERE ORDINARY AMERICANS. SIMPLY DOING WHAT THEIR COUNTRY HAD ASKED THEM TO DO. SOME OF THE GRADES TO NOT EVEN HAVE NAMES. THEY SIMPLY ARMOR -- IN PLACE ARE MARKED A COMRADE IN ARMS, KNOWN TO GOD. SOME OF THE MOST COMPELLING GRADES IN NORMANDY ARE FOR AFRICAN-AMERICANS WHO SERVED IN SEGREGATED REGIMENS LIKE LILY COLLINS OF THE FOURTH BATTALION. HE MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE FOR AMERICA, DESPITE THE FACT THAT AMERICA DID NOT ALWAYS TREAT HIM THE WAY HE DESERVED. BRIGADIER GENERAL THEODORE ROOSEVELT JUNIOR AND SERGEANT WILLIE COLIN GREW UP IN VERY DIFFERENT CIRCUMSTANCES. ANCESTORS HAD A COAT OF ARMS. HIS ANCESTORS CAME HERE IN CHAINS. TED AND WILLIE JOINED THEMSELVES TOGETHER WITH A COMMITMENT THAT EVERY GENERATION OF AMERICANS HAVE EMBRACED. THE PROMISE OF LEAVING AMERICA AND THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE THEN THEY FOUND IT. AT ENSURING A BETTER FUTURE FOR THE CHILDREN IN GRANDCHILDREN OF THOSE TO COME. I AM A BENEFICIARY OF THE SACRIFICES OF SERGEANT COLIN AND GENERAL ROOSEVELT AND SO MANY OTHERS KNOWN ONLY TO GOD. I GREW UP IN THIS PLACE CALLED PAINT CREEK. WHEN I WAS YOUNG WE HAD AN OUTHOUSE. MAMA BADE BEST ON THE FRONT PORCH OF THE NUMBER TWO WASHED UP. WE ATTENDED PAINT CREEK COOL. SOME OF THE TEACHERS LITERALLY LIVED ON THE CAMPUS. THEIR PROFESSION WAS LITERALLY THEIR LIVES AND THEY INSPIRED ME. I CAN ASSURE YOU NONE OF THEM KNEW, HAD ANY IDEA THEY WOULD BE EDUCATING FUTURE AND THE CAPTAIN OF THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE AND CERTAINLY NOT A FUTURE OF THE GOVERNOR OF TEXAS. THE ENDLESS POSSIBILITIES FOR STUDENTS. IT SAYS NO DREAM TOO TALL FOR A SCHOOL SO SMALL. MANY PEOPLE TODAY DON'T FEEL THEIR LIVES ARE FILLED WITH THE ENDLESS POSSIBILITIES ANYMORE. AMERICANS ENTERING ADULTHOOD TODAY HAVE GOOD REASON TO FEAR IT WILL BE HARDER FOR THEM TO EARN A LIVING, TO BUY A HOME, TO PAY OFF THEIR DEBT IS THE PARENTS DID. BUT IF THERE IS ONE THING WE CAN LEARN FROM LILY COLLINS OF MILLIONS LIKE HIM, FROM THE TRAGEDY OF JESSE WASHINGTON AND THE TRIUMPH OF WHAT -- WALTER JEFFERSON, IT IS THAT AMERICA HAS OVERCOME FAR GREATER OBSTACLES THAN THE ONE WE FACE TODAY. LILY COLLINS IS THE BELIEF AMERICA COULD BECOME A GREATER COUNTRY THAN THE ONE HE LEFT HOME TO SERVE, AND HE WAS RIGHT. IT IS UP TO US TO BE WORTHY OF THE COUNTRY REALLY COLLINS GENERATION GAVE US. IT IS UP TO US TO LEAD OUR COUNTRY BETTER OFF THAN WE FOUND IT. AMERICA HAS NEVER BEEN PERFECT. BUT THERE IS NO COUNTRY THAT HAS ACHIEVED MORE THAN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. WITH NEW LEADERSHIP IN DURABLE PERFORMANCE, AMERICA CAN BE STRONGER, MORE PROSPEROUS THAN IT HAS EVER BEEN BEFORE. AMERICA CAN BE AN INCREDIBLY EXCEPTIONAL PLACE WHERE NOTHING IN LIFE IS GUARANTEED BUT WHERE WE ALL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD A BETTER LIFE FOR OURSELVES, FOR OUR CHILDREN AND OUR CHILDREN'S CHILDREN. THANK YOU, AND GOD BLESS YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> THANK YOU, GOVERNOR PERRY. THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE HAS FORECAST FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SOCIAL SECURITY SPENDING TO GROW PRECIPITOUSLY
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INDIVIDUALS LIKE THE FIRST LATINA APPOINTED TO THE TEXAS. INDIVIDUALS IN OUR STATE. IF YOU ARE HISPANIC AND LIVE IN TEXAS, YOU ARE 40% FOR LIKELY TO HAVE A JOB. YOU ARE 2.5 TIMES MORE LIKE TO HAVE A JOB OR OWN A SMALL BUSINESS IN THAT STATE. LAST ELECTION CYCLE, LAST NOVEMBER THE GOVERNOR AND LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR OF TEXAS RECEIVED 45% OF METHODS ANECDOTE AND HER DATE. THIS IS A LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR IN PARTICULAR WHO WAS STRONG AS HE COULD BE ON BORDER SECURITY, BUT WHAT THE HISPANIC VOTER IN TEXAS KNOWS, THE GOVERNOR WHO HAVE BEEN THERE FOR 14 YEARS AND THE GOVERNOR COMING IN CARE ABOUT THEIR FAMILY. THEY CARED ABOUT THEIR CHILDREN, THEIR CHILDREN SO MUCH SO THAT THEY MADE SURE THEY WERE LIVING IN A STATE THAT THIS IS HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SIT THE BECAUSE THEY HAD THE NUMBER ONE GRADUATION RATE IN AMERICA. THEY GOT TO KEEP MORE OF WHAT THEY WORKED FOR. THEY KNEW THERE WAS A GOVERNMENT IN PLACE THAT REPRESENTED THEIR VALUES AND PROTECTED THEM AND KEPT THEM SECURE. THAT IS A POWERFUL MESSAGE FOR HIS ANNEX AFRICAN-AMERICAN, ASIAN, WHOEVER YOU MAY WANT TO BE IDENTIFIED WITH, BUT WE ARE AMERICAN. I THINK AT THE HEART OF THIS IS HOW ARE WE GOING TO MAKE THIS COUNTRY STRONGER, ECONOMIC INCOME SECURITY WISE? I HAVE A RECORD OF DOING THAT. THAT IS WHAT I SAY LET TALK ABOUT THIS IS A SHOW ME, DON'T CALL THE ELECTION. THIS IS A RECORD OF WHO HAS THE RECORD THAT IS DELIVERABLE. IN THE 12TH LARGEST ECONOMY IN THE WORLD, UNQUESTIONABLE WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE STANDPOINT OF CREATING A CLIMATE WHERE PEOPLE HAVE A BETTER POLITY OF LIFE. BETTER QUALITY OF LIFE ECONOMICALLY, SECURITY WISE. THAT IS A POWERFUL MESSAGE OF COUNTRY. I THINK WE HAVE A GREAT MESSAGE FOR THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY, INDIVIDUALS WHO WANT TO GET THREE, WHO WANT TO BE ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF THE FAMILY, LIVE IN A SECURE WORLD. THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IS WHERE THEY NEED TO BE LOOKING. BUT -->> SOME QUESTIONS FOLLOWING UP ON THE SUPREME COURT DECISION ON GAY MARRIAGE LAST WEEK. DOES THE GOVERNOR AGREE WITH KEN PAXTON IN WHICH HE SAID TEXAS COUNTY CLERKS CAN'T DENY THE ISSUANCES OF MARRIAGE LICENSES TO SAME-SEX COUPLES ON THE GROUNDS OF RELIGIOUS BELIEFS? GOVERNOR PERRY: HERE'S WHAT I AGREE WITH, I AGREE WITH FOUR SUPREME COURT JUSTICES THAT BOUGHT THE ISSUE NEEDED TO STAY WITH THE STATES. WE CAN HAVE A BROAD, SWEEPING CONVERSATION ABOUT 14 VERSUS 10TH AMENDMENT, AND ALL THE INTRICACIES OF THAT, BUT I BELIEVE WITH ALL MY HEART, AND I AGREE WITH THOSE FOUR JUSTICES THAT THOSE DECISIONS NEED TO BE LEFT WITH THE STATES, AND THE STATES WILL COME UP WITH THE WAY TO ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES AND A HOST OF OTHER ISSUES, WHETHER IT IS ECONOMIC ISSUES OR TRANSPORTATION ISSUES, I WILL SUGGEST TO YOU THAT WE ARE CREATING A GREATER AND GREATER DIVIDE IN THE COUNTRY BETWEEN PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE THIS WAY AND PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE THAT WAY. WITH THESE VERY DIVISIVE ISSUES. I HAPPY -- HAPPEN TO THINK WE WILL BE A HAPPIER COUNTRY, AS WELL AS MORE PROSPEROUS, IF WE WILL ALLOW THE STATES TO BE THE ARBITERS OF THE ISSUES BECAUSE I'M PRETTY SURE AT SOME TIME DOWN THE ROAD FOLKS WHO MAY HAVE AGREED WITH THE 5-4 DECISION MAY FIND THE NEXT TIME THEY DON'T AGREE WITH IT. SPEAKING OF THAT, THE NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES COULD POSSIBLY CHOOSE UP TO THREE MEMBERS OF THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT. >> HOW DO YOU INTEND TO STAND OUT IN THE GOP FIELD THAT IS NOW I BELIEVE 15 STRONG? AND WHAT KIND OF
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CHALLENGES THE THAT PRESENT AS YOU ARE RUNNING, AND IS THERE A RISK THAT THE CANDIDATES AND THE GRINDING EACH OTHER DOWN SO MUCH WITH SO MUCH COMPETITION THAT IT WEAKENS THEM FOR THE GENERAL GOVERNOR PERRY: THEN HE SET THE NATIONAL PRESS CLUB, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO STAND UP IN FRONT OF THIS GROUP AND DIFFERENTIATE MYSELF FROM THE REST OF THEM. IN ALL SERIOUSNESS, I IMAGINE HE CANDIDATE. I AM YOU CONNECT -- UNIQUE CANDIDATES WHERE I CAME FROM. MY LIFE EXPERIENCES OF GROWING UP ON THE COTTON FARM. MY LIFE EXPERIENCE OF GROWING UP AS A DEMOCRAT. MY LIFE EXPERIENCE OF GOING TO SCHOOL AND HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO SERVE MY COUNTRY. I AM PRETTY SURE I WILL BE THE ONLY PERSON THAT IS EITHER A CANDIDATE OR ON THE STAGE WHO HAS ACTUALLY BEEN A LINE OFFICER, THEN DEPLOYED AROUND THE GLOBE AS A PILOT IN THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE. I'VE LIVED IN SAUDI ARABIA IN 1975, AS WELL AS TURKEY AND MANY OTHER COUNTRIES IN THE MIDDLE EAST, EUROPE, SOUTH AMERICA. I WILL HAVE BEEN THE ONLY ONE OF THESE INDIVIDUALS WHO HAD THE EXPERIENCE OF BEING COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF DURING THE ENTIRE YEAR ON THE WAR ON TERROR . SEEING OUR YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN DEPLOYED INTO THOSE THEATERS OF OPERATIONS THAT I HAD BEEN THERE WITH THEM, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY HAVE BEEN AT HOME TO SEE THE COST OF THIS WAR, THESE WARS. LOOKED INTO THE EYES OF THE SPOUSES OF THE PARENTS WHO LOST THEIR LOVED ONES. LOOKING INTO THE EYE OF YOUNG AMERICANS WHO HELD THEIR HAND UP AND WHO HAVE COME HOME AND FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE BEEN LEFT BEHIND, BECAUSE WE HAVE AGENCIES OF GOVERNMENT, THE DA IN PARTICULAR, THAT IS NOT SERVING THEM WELL. THEY NEED A CHAMPION IN THE WHITE HOUSE. A NEED TO CHAMPION THAT GOES TO THE OVAL OFFICE EVERY DAY TO DEFEND THEIR SACRIFICE. TO DELIVER TO THEM THE SERVICES THAT WE PROMISED, AND WE'RE FAILING THEM TODAY. THOSE EXPERIENCES ARE UNIQUE. NO ONE HAS THAT BACKGROUND, HAS THAT EXPERIENCE, AND I WILL SUGGEST TO YOU AFTER EIGHT YEARS OF A YOUNG, INEXPERIENCED UNITED STATES SENATOR WITH NO EXECUTIVE EXPERIENCE, THAT AMERICANS ARE GOING TO BE LOOKING FOR A LEADER, A PERSON WITH A KNOWN RECORD, AND A RECORD OF SUCCESS. [APPLAUSE] COMPLEX BEFORE I ASK THE FINAL QUESTION, I HAVE SOME HOUSEKEEPING. THE NATIONAL PRESS IS THE WORLD LEADING ORGANIZATION FOR JOURNALISTS AND WE FIGHT FOR FREE PRESS WORLDWIDE. FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE CLUB, VISIT OUR WEBSITE, PRESS.ORG AND TO DONATE OR NONPROFIT JOURNALISM INSTITUTE VISIT PRESS.ORG/INSTITUTE. I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND YOU ABOUT UPCOMING PROGRAMS. WEDNESDAY, JULY 8 WASHINGTON CAPITAL COACH WILL ADDRESS THE NATIONAL PRESS CLUB LUNCHEON. JULY 14, TOM YOUNG WHO SERVED AS THE NATIONAL GUARD FLIGHT ENGINEER IN AFGHANISTAN WILL DISCUSS HIS BOOK, THE HUNTERS. AUGUST 5, THE, DONALD OF THE U.S. COAST GUARD ADMIRAL PAUL WILL SPEAK. I WOULD NOW LIKE TO PRESENT OUR GUEST WITH THE TRADITIONAL NATIONAL PRESS CLUB MUG [APPLAUSE] . NOW, UNFORTUNATELY IT IS NOT PERFECT FOR THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL BECAUSE IT IS STILL BREAKABLE, BUT WHEN YOU GET BACK TO TEXAS I THINK YOU WILL ENJOY COFFEE AT ABOUT. THE FINAL QUESTION YOU'VE SAID IN THAT THE SHOW ME ASPECT OF RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT THAT REALLY A GOVERNOR IS MOST SUITED , SO IF YOU ARE NOT FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO BE ONE OF THE 14 THAT COMES OUT TO GET THE NOMINATION, SHOULD IT BE GOVERNOR CHRISTIE, GOVERNOR WALKER, WHICH GOVERNOR WOULD BEST CARRY THE MANTLE IF YOU CANNOT GO? GOVERNOR PERRY: LET ME SAY I KNOW ALL THREE OF THE INDIVIDUAL AND THEY ARE ABSOLUTELY AMAZINGLY CAPABLE INDIVIDUALS. WE HAVE A GREAT FIELDGOVERNOR PERRY: LET ME SAY I KNOW ALL THREE OF THE INDIVIDUAL AND THEY. CARLY FIORINA AND I HAVE KNOWN EACH OTHER FOR A LONG TIME. CARLY IS A PARTICULARLY CAPABLE CEO. I HAVE NEGOTIATED WITH HER AS WE HAD MOVED HEWLETT-PACKARD TO OPERATION OUT OF CALIPH ARE NEW TO TEXAS. CARLI DID A VERY GOOD JOB. I WILL NOT SAY HER BEING BORN IN TECH AT ANYTHING TO DO WITH FINAL DECISION. THIS IS A VERY CAPABLE FIELD OF MEN AND WOMEN. I JUST HAPPEN TO BELIEVE THE NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATE -- I WILL USE WORDS LINDSEY GRAHAM THAT THE NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES NEEDS TO HAVE WORN THE UNIFORM OF THE COUNTRY, AND I HAPPEN TO THINK IT NEEDS TO BE AN EXECUTIVE WHO HAS RUN SOMETHING VERY LARGE. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> THANK YOU, GOVERNOR PERRY HOW ABOUT ANOTHER ROUND OF -- ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR HOURS EAGER TO GO -- FOR OUR SPEAKER. [APPLAUSE]
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