Republican Pres Debate August 3 2015 edited Transcript

Here is my edited version of the transcript of the August 3 2015 "Voters First" debate featuring several Republican presidential candidates (source: 2016 Republican Candidates Voters First Forum | Video | C-SPAN.org):

MR. PERRY: THE COST THAT ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION IS HAVING ON OUR STATES...YOU WANT TO STOP THE FLOW, AND THAT IS NOT WHAT IS HAPPENING. WE ... WE NEED TO BE SMART ABOUT OUR IMMIGRATION ...TEXAS CREATED MORE JOBS THAN ANYBODY IN THIS ROOM...A RENAISSANCE...

MR. SANTORUM: WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE OUR SECTORS ARE COMPETITIVE.... YOU ALSO HAVE THE FLAT TAX. INCOME TAX, CORPORATE...TAX, ALL 20%...WE WORK WITH GOVERNORS TO. WE PUT TIME LIMIT AND A WORK HARD...I DO NOT BELIEVE THIS ADMINISTRATION IS SERIOUS ABOUT PROTECTING MEN AND WOMEN. THE REALITY IS WAGES FOR THOSE WORKERS HAVE BEEN FLATLINED...EVERIFY HAS TO BE LEGAL. ...

MR. KASICH: I THINK THEY WILL BE ELIMINATED. ...THE ORDER NEEDS TO BE SECURED. THERE NEEDS TO BE AN EXPANDED GUESTWORKER...THE AMERICA WORKER DOES NOT GET PROTECTED, I HAVE A FRIEND WHO SAYS FOREIGN COUNTRIES ARE DUMPING PRODUCT DESTROYING PEOPLE'S JOBS....IN THE HOLE...WE NEED A BALANCE BUDGET AMENDMENT...

SENATOR GRAHAM: CHINA IS CHEATING. WE DO NOT DO A THING ABOUT IT. THEY ARE BUILDING ISLANDS ON RESOURCE-RICH TERRITORY. THEY CYBER ATTACK US... YOU HIT BACK. CHINA CHEATS, STEEL, BUT WE ARE BEING WALKED ALL OVER...WE SHOULD BE ARMING UKRAINIANS. ... SO THEY CAN FIGHT FOR THEIR FUTURE...AS THE THREATS GROW, WE ARE DISARMING OURSELVES...

GOVERNOR CHRISTIE:...YOU ARE DOING MORTGAGING THE WAY OUR CHILDREN'S FUTURE, ...THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO TAKE THEIR CAR AND GO TO ANY HOSPITAL IN AMERICA AND GET TREATMENT. THEY SHOULD NOT WAIT FOR A V.A. LINE...THERE IS IN NEW JERSEY. WE ARE THE FIRST TIME TO SAY, FIRST ON NON-DRUG OFFENDERS, NO PRISON...

MR. CARSON: THERE IS NO QUESTION THERE QUITE IT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED BEFORE YOU REPEAL IT. ...ABSOLUTELY NOT. THE REASON THE LEOS VIDEOS SHOW THE ATROCITIES OF THAT. LET THEM FIND OTHER DEPRAVED INDIVIDUALS TO HELP... BASELINE ON UIWHO I CONSIDER TO BE THE FAIREST INDIVIDUAL IN THE UNIVERSE -- GOD. THERE MUST BE SOMETHING FAIR ABOUT PROPORTIONALITY...

MR. BUSH: WE HAVE LET OUR GUARD DOWN A LITTLE BIT. IT IS DIFFICULT. UNITED AFTER 9/11, RESPONDED CREATED AN APPARATUS THAT KEPT US A OVERTIME NOW CONCERNED ABOUT...I WOULD TAKE THE ADVICE OF THE MILITARY SERIOUSLY. A STRATEGY. THIS PRESIDENT -- TWO TIMES AS MANY WE DO NOT HAVE A STRATEGY RELATED... WE CAN GROW OUR ECONOMY...AND THE FACT THAT PAUL KRUGMAN DISAGREES WITH ME WARM SMILE HEART. THE TAX CODE COMPLETELY REGULATE AND EMBRACING THE ENERGY REVOLUTION ...WE NEED TO NARROW THE NUMBER PEOPLE COMFORTING IN BY FAMILY PHYSIC PETITIONING.

MS. FIORINA: THANK YOU, ST. AA NSELM, FOR HOSTING THIS. THANK YOU FOR DOING. I THINK ONE OF THE MOST DIFFICULT DECISIONS YOU HAVE AS A LEADER IS TO...CHALLENGE THE STATUS QUO...WHEN USING THE PEOPLE WE CANNOT AFFORD TO DO THIS ANYMORE... PEOPLE UNDERSTAND. OUR GOVERNMENT HAS GOTTEN BIGGER AND BIGGER EVERY YEAR FOR ALMOST 50 YEARS. YOU HAVE TO INVEST IN THOSE THINGS THAT ARE...I THINK CLINTON THINKS THEY ARE POLITICAL INCONVENIENCES, THEY ARE MORE THAN IT. SHE LIED ABOUT BENGHAZI...ABSOLUTELY NIGHT. TAKING CARE OF PEOPLE WHO NEED CARE IS PART OF THE MORAL FIBER OF OUR LIFE.

GOVERNOR JINDAL:...TRYING TO DIVIDE US BY GENDER AND RACE. WE'RE ALL AMERICANS. THIS PRESIDENT HAS THE AWFUL JOB. AS PRESIDENT I WILL UNIFY THE AMERICAN...BALANCING THE BUDGET, MAKE WASH WORK....ALMOST EVERYONE WOULD AGREE THAT WASHINGTON IS NOT WORKING FOR AMERICA...WE HAVE CUT THE SIZE OF OUR BUDGET 26%. WE HAVE 30,000 FEWER STATE BUREAUCRATS. I HAD DEMOCRATIC AND MAJORITIES ... ABSOLUTELY. OUR COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF NEEDS TO DO THE SAME FOR ACTOR MILITARY. WE SHOULD NOT HAVE GONE-FREE ZONES. THE PRESIDENT SHOULD...ARE OUR MILITARY...I DISAGREE. THIS IS A BAD DEAL. HE HAS DECLARED WARS ON TRANS FATS. A GOOD DEAL WITH ANYTIME ANYWHERE INSPECTIONS NO CENTRIFUGES...

GOVERNOR WALKER: IT WOULD BE LIKE A WAS SAW TO THE ECONOMY. I WAS A BOY SCOUT. I WANT TO BOUNCE A SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENT SUSTAINABLE ECONOMY... I AM FOR A BALANCED BUDGET. WE REDUCED TAXES ON INDIVIDUALS, REDUCED ONE OF THE BRACKETS ON JOB CREATORS AND FARMERS. THEN WE LOWERED...WE USED IT TO CUT TAXES BY 500 BILLION DOLLARS, AND OUR RAINY DAY FUND IS BIGGER THAN WHEN HE TOOK OFFICE... I AM PRO-WORKER...TAKING ON THE BUDGET DEFICIT. I FOCUSED ON THE FORUM" AND THAT MADE ALL THE DIFFERENCE.

MR. PATAKI: WE SHOULD GET RID OF OBAMACARE, COMMON CORE, REDUCE THE SIZE OF THE FEDERAL FORCE BY THE 15%. ...I THINK IT HAS TO BE REPEALED. IT IS GOING TO GET WORSE WORSE, NOT ONLY IS IT HURTING HEALTH CARE FOR AMERICANS, IT IS ALSO ONE...THE PATIENTI:...OUR FREEDOM DEPENDS ON THOSE WHO LIVE THEIR LIVES ON THE LINE. THAT A HEALTH CARE SYSTEM FOR VETERANS THAT DENIES THEM... GOVERNMENT ... I WAS A 12% WHICH IS LOWER THAN COMPETITORS. ENERGY COSTS ARE COMING DOWN. WE HAVE THE BEST WORKFORCE AND WORK ETHIC IN THE WORLD ... MANUFACTURING  ... PLAN OR WHO HAS A BASIC DISREGARD, AND I THINK THEY SHOULD BE DEFUNDED.

MR. PAUL: THANKS FOR LETTING US. REMOTELY. I HAVE BEEN LEADING THE FIGHT TO DEFUND OBAMACARE... I WOULD MAKE IT PRESENTABLE. I WOULD SAY YOUR INTEREST AND PRINCIPAL OF THE INFECTED OVER YOUR ENTIRE CAREER. COLLEGE IS A WORKING EXPENSE,...YOU HAVE NO RIGHTS WHEN YOU ARE IN THE BATTLEFIELD. I HAVE FILIBUSTERED OVER 13 HAVE TO SAY NONCOMBATANTS DO HAVE RIGHTS AND SHOULD BE KILLED WITHOUT...WE SHOULD COLLECT MORE INFORMATION ON TERRORISTS, LESS INFORMATION ON INNOCENT INDIVIDUALS...THERE ARE ALWAYS CIRCUMSTANCES. THERE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN CIRCUMSTANCES, BUT FOR THE MOST PART YOU NEED TO GET A WARRANT...

SENATOR CRUZ: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE HAD TO BE HERE TO VOTE TO DEFUND THE PARENTHOOD...I WILL TELL YOU, SERVING IN THE SENATE IS AN INTERESTING EXPERIENCE. THEY DON'T OPM AS A RESULT OF IT. I AM NOT SUPPORT ANY ADDITIONAL INTOXICANTS...

SENATOR RUBIO: THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT EVERYONE AGREES THAT WE HAVE TO FIX. IT CANNOT BE FIXED IN ONE PIECE OF LEGISLATION. ...

MR. PAUL: I AM A CONSTITUTIONAL CONSERVATIVE.... I AM A DIFFERENT KIND OF REPUBLICAN. I AM LEAVING HILLARY CLINTON IN FIVE STATES WON BY OBAMA....

MR. CRUZ: WELL, THERE IS NO DOUBT WE NEED COMMON SENSE HEALTH CARE REFORM. AND IT IS SOMETHING YOU ARE SEEING A LOT OF REPUBLICANS TALKING A LOT ABOUT...58 YEARS AGO, MY FATHER FLED CUBA. WHEN HE WAS STANDING ON THE DECK OF THE BOAT, LOOKING BACK IMPRISONMENT AND TORTURE IN CUBA...

MR. RUBIO: LET ME SAY AS A MEMBER OF THE UNITED STATES INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE. ON A DAILY BASIS I REVIEW THE THREATS COMING AT OUR COUNTRY ... THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. YOU KNOW, A DECADE GO, TWO DECADESSING MY MOTHER WAS A MAID AND MY FATHER A BARTENDER...

MR. CARSON: I WOULD BE EXTREMELY INTERESTED IN THEIR PAST JUDICIAL HISTORY...YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A LAWYER OR A JUDGE TO BE A SUPREME... I THINK THESE KINDS OF FORUMS ARE OBVIOUSLY VERY IMPORTANT. PARTICULARLY FOR INDIVIDUALS LIKE ME... A LOT OF PEOPLE TALK ABOUT A GUY THAT MADE TEN BILLION DOLLARS AND PAID A BILLION. HE STILL HAS NINE BILLION LEFT. WE HAVE TO TAKE HIS MONEY ... OUR NATION IS IN A LOT OF TROUBLE. WE HAVE TREMENDOUS DIVISNESS GOING ON. THERE IS A WAR ON WOMEN, INCOME WAR, AGE WARS, RELIGIOUS WARS...

DURING HIS TENURE, SCOTT WALKER ELIMINATED WISCONSIN'S $ 3.6 BILLION BUDGET DEFICIT WITHOUT RAISING TAXES...MR. WALKER: I THINK FOR MY AGE, FOR MY GENERATION AND THOSE YOUNGER, WE'LL HAVE TO MAKE REFORMS GOING FORWARD. IT IS PART OF THE PROCESS THAT WHEN YOU...EFFECTIVELY .... THANK YOU FOR HOSTING.  IT IS GREAT TO BE BACK IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. WE ARE BLESSED TO HAVE A WONDERFUL GROUP OF REPUBLICANS RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT....

DURING RICK PERRY'S TIME AS GOVERNOR, TEXAS CREATED ALMOST 1/3rd OF PRIVATE SECTOR JOBS IN THE UNITED STATES...MR. PERRY: I HEARD THIS QUESTION BEFORE.... I THINK IT IS -- WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, OBVIOUSLY WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE SIZE OF IT AND THE CONCEPT OF BEING ABLE TO SHRINK...WE CAN. WE START WITH THE CORPORATE TAX CODE. THERE ARE TWO THINGS TO MAKE GROWTH OCCUR IN THIS COUNTRY. AS I SAID EARLIER, IT IS WITH AMERICAN...WE'LL LAY IT OUT. LISTEN, YOU HAVE TO CUT. YOU HAVE TO CUT. WHETHER IT IS CUTTING SPENDING OR TAX RATES... THE GREATEST DAYS OF AMERICA ARE IN FRONT OF US. I BELIEVE THAT WITH ALL MY HEART. I'M AN OPTIMIST ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THIS COUNTRY...

GOVERNOR JINDAL'S EDUCATION REFORM EFFORTS CUT THE NUMBER OF FAILING LOUISIANA SCHOOLS IN HALF WHILE THE HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION RATE REACHED AND ALL-TIME... MR. JINDAL: THE FIRST THING WE CAN DO IS GET RID OF THE UNCONSTITUTIONAL EXECUTIVE ORDERS, GRANTING AMNESTY. WE HAVE TO GET WITH THE JOINT COMMANDERS...I'M GLAD THIS IS AN ELECTION, NOT AN AUCTION. I'M GLAD THE VOTERS OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, IOWA, AND THE OTHER STATES PICK THE NOMINEE. I'M FOR FREE... LOOK, WE THANK YOU FOR HAVING US. THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT ELECTION OF OUR LIFETIME. THIS IS ABOUT THE FUTURE OF AMERICA, 

...MR. GRAHAM: WHEN HE IS RIGHT, HE IS RIGHT. NOT ALWAYS, BUT WHEN HE IS RIGHT, HE IS RIGHT...I WON'T MENTION THE CANDIDATE THAT IS NOT HERE. IS THERE ANY SCENARIO YOU THINK, IF YOUR GENERALS AND ADVISORS ARE SAYING MAYBE WE SHOULD... YOU HAVE A WEAK PRESIDENT THAT IS MORE WORRIED ABOUT CAMPAIGN PROMISES THAN DEALING WITH THE THREATS TO OUR COUNTRY. HE WAS TOLD BY ALL OF... THE FEDERAL MINIMUM WAGE SHOULD NOT BE INCREASED. HILLARY CLINTON'S LIST IS A MILE LONG OF HELP THE MIDDLE CLASS. THE MIDDLE CLASS IS SOMEBODY THAT...THE NEXT PRESIDENT NEEDS TO BE SURE OF WHO OR -- I'M SORRY. I CAN'T TALK. THE NEXT PRESIDENT NEEDS TO HAVE THEIR ACT TOGETHER...

MS. FIORINA: THE FINANCIAL CRISIS WAS CAUSED BY FANNIE MAE AND FREDDIE MAC. THESE WERE SPONSORED BY REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS ALIKE. ...PRESIDENT OBAMA CONTINUOUSLY PROVIDED TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE THE FALSE CHOICE. HE SAYS EITHER YOU AGREE WITH WHAT I'M DOING OR NOT DOING...I STARTED AS A SECRETARY IN A NINE PERSON REAL ESTATE FIRM. I WENT ON TO LEAD THE LARGEST TECHNOLOGY COUNTRY IN THE WORLD...SENATOR SANTORUM WAS A MEMBER OF THE GANG OF SEVEN THAT EXPOSED THE CONGRESSIONAL BANKING AND POST OFFICE

...MR. SANTORUM: I BELIEVE THAT THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES HAS ABUSED ITS AUTHORITY. MOST RECENTLY IN THE GAY MARRIAGE CASE. JUSTICE...

MR. KASICH: LEBRON WILL BE MODERATING IT, I UNDERSTAND...: JACK, LOOK. I HAVE RECEIVED BLESSINGS, MOST OF US HERE HAVE BEEN VERY, VERY BLESSED. WHEN YOU GET THAT WAY, YOU HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT YOUR...OUT ... I HAVE BEEN LISTENING. BALANCING THE BUDGET. HOW ARE YOU GOING TO DO IT. WE DID IT. WHEN I LEFT WASHINGTON, WE HAD A FIVE TRILLION...SEE YOU SOON...

MR. CHRISTIE: I THINK THE ANSWER IS YES TO BOTH. THIS WILL BE A LONG BATTLE, WHETHER YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT ISIS OR AL-QAEDA OR THE OTHER RADICAL ISLAMIC...I'M LIKE THE BAD RELATIVE YOU INVITE FOR THANKSGIVING. I COME EARLY AND STAY LATE....ARE YOU SAYING I'M WASHED UP?...NO ONE SHOULD RUN FOR PRESIDENT UNTIL THEY CAN LOOK IN THE MIRROR AND SAY WHEN THEY ARE READY. WHEN FOLKS APPROACHED ME I WAS HONORED BUT...SURE. I COME FROM ONE OF THE BLUEST STATES IN AMERICA. 42 YEARS SINCE NEW JERSEY ELECTED A REPUBLICAN TO THE UNITED STATES SENATE. LONGEST...

MR. PATAKI: IT SEEMS LIKE YESTERDAY... IT CHANGED IT COMPLETELY. ON SEPTEMBER 11 I WAS GOVERNOR. IT WASN'T AN ABSTRACT THING TO SEE AND HEAR ABOUT RADICAL ISLAM. I WALKED THE STREETS,... I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD CHANGE THE SECOND AMENDMENT. THE PROBLEM IS MENTAL HEALTH. WE HAVE TO DO A LOT MORE TO ENFORCE MENTAL HEALTH LAWS... IN MY LIFETIME, I DON'T THINK I HAVE EVER SEEN AMERICANS MORE DIVIDED THAN TODAY. A GREAT REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT, ABRAHAM LINCOLN SAID...

WHILE JEB BUSH WAS GOVERNOR OF FLORIDA. 80,000 BUSINESSES WERE STARTED AND 1.3 MILLION JOBS CREATED...MR. BUSH: THEY SHOULD. STATES SHOULD CREATE STANDARDS, THEY SHOULD BE STATE DRIVEN AND LOCALLY IMPLEMENTED. THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SHOULD HAVE NO ROLE...PEOPLE GET THIS. BY YOUR POINT, AROUND THE KITCHEN TABLE, YOUR SISTER DOESN'T AGREE WITH YOU ON THINGS, AND SO I HAVE A DIFFERENT VIEW THAN... I'M IMPRESSED WITH THE CALIBER OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT. EVERY PERSON THAT PARTICIPATED IN THIS DEBATE IS...