TRANSCRIPT: 'Inside the Koch Brothers' 2011 Summer Seminar' - Gov. Chris Christie's Keynote Address

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KEVIN GENTRY [Emcee]: [Attempting to quiet down the crowd after dinner.] You're gonna help me out again, I'm confident. On the count of three: one, two, three, shhhhhhhhhhh. That was almost good. You're getting better. So one more time. One, two three, shhhhhhhhhhhhh. Okay. Well as our --- by the way, we have been doing these seminars, you know, for about seven or eight years and we work in partnership every time with our hotel venue, and we really, our staff feels like the partnership with the Ritz Carlton here has just been superb. This staff is very dedicated, so I just want to take a moment [applause] just to thank this wonderful staff here. Thank you very much. They're constantly coming up to us and asking how they could do better. So what more could you ask?

I'd like to turn the program over, as our servers are bringing over dessert, to David Koch. David is the, is well-known to a number of you all, particularly through various political circles, through cultural and support for scientific research, medical research, the arts. David is very active in a lot of venues. David is like [inaudible] had hosted us, when we've been in our Aspen venue, and many times in their back yard, but we're glad because the St. Regis is under renovation this year, we got nudged out here, that we could all join together again. David is also chairman of Americans for Prosperity, and which is a key partner in the efforts that we'll talk about tomorrow and there are a number of you are involved in that organi-oh - in that organization as well. David, take it away.