Gov. Bobby Jindal Speaks at the American Action Forum ...back >
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March 16, 2015 - Speaking at the American Action Forum as part of the organization's Fred Malek Lecture Series, Gov. Bobby Jindal (R-LA) focused his speech on foreign policy and the need to invest in the military.  He then fielded questions on a range of subjects.  Jindal said he is "still a couple of months away" from a decision on a possible presidential campaign.  "We are more focused on what the next president should do," Jindal said, pointing to the policy papers his 501(c)(4) America Next has issued on health care reform, energy, national security and education.  Addressing the budget situation in Louisiana, he said, "I'm against tax increases, period."  He stated, "I'll veto any tax increase; I'll veto any budget that includes a tax increase."  On health care Jindal emphasized "reducing costs and making health care affordable."  On Common Core, he said that beyond ending it in Louisiana he sees a need to "radically reshape the federal Department of Education" to forestall the emergence of similar programs in future.  "The Republican Party's got to be the party of solutions," Jindal said, adding, "The next president's going to have to make big changes."
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AAF President Douglas Holtz-Eakin posed the first question.
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American Action Forum founder Fred Malek.
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