Garret Graves: “I want to thank you all for being here today. I want to make sure I understand the background or impetus for this…”

Closed primaries, they said, distort democracy. They distort free markets.

I think that is fair, and I think they deserve it.

I don't have any more speakers, I am prepared to close, and I reserve the balance of my time.

The reason that we purchased Alaska was largely the geography, as well as the natural resources, and the abundance of that State is profound and just critically important.