I want to commend the men and women at CPAC. As activists fighting for liberty, fighting for the Constitution, y'all are incredibly important. You are incredibly important number one in shocking and terrifying the mainstream media.

Under Article II, all executive power is vested in one president of the United States. The regulatory state is Congress's efforts to undermine the president's authority. And my hope is we will see a president use that constitutional authority to rein in the uncontrollable, unelected bureaucrats and to rescind regulations.

You don't hear me lambasting, engaging in personal attacks, getting nasty. I don't think that belongs in politics.

One of the most troubling aspects of the Rubio-Schumer Gang of Eight Bill was that it gave President [Barack] Obama blanket authority to admit refugees, including Syrian refugees without mandating any background checks whatsoever. Now we've seen what happened in San Bernardino. When you are letting people in, when the FBI can't vet them, it puts American citizens at risk.

The more liked you are in Washington, the less liked you are in the rest of America, and vice versa.

I have been around conservatives my entire life. I have never met a single human being, in any place, who wanted to ban contraceptives.

There is a better vision for our future: A return to freedom.