Louisiana Congressman John Fleming was an opening night speaker at this year's Conservative Political Action Conference in National Harbor, Maryland.

The Minden physician, who's also a candidate for the US Senate, told the CPAC crowd that the Obama years have been tough for America:

"It’s been tough going for this nation the last seven years under Barack Obama and Republicans seem not so tough in standing up for you against him. You are demanding change, the kind of change Ronald Reagan, who we are celebrating now at CPAC, brought to this nation. One change we’re all anxious for is the change in Presidency in exactly 322 days and 7 hours, but who’s counting?"

Then he drove home the point of the frustration of conservative voters:

"Under the most liberal President in history, this nation has suffered the passage of damaging legislation that has flattened our economy and drained our freedoms—like ObamaCare, big corporate bailouts, and oppressive regulations. You cried out to Republicans for change and they said we must have a majority in Congress, first. You gave Republicans that majority and did anything change? (No!)."

And Dr. Fleming made his pitch for support for his Senate bid:

"Next year as the new Senator from Louisiana, I will force a vote to repeal ObamaCare—lock, stock and barrel, and send it to the new Republican President to sign!  I will do the same to shut down funding of nonsense regulations from the EPA and other agencies, and crackdown on bureaucrats who mistreat our wonderful veterans. And I will work everyday to get government out of the lives of ordinary Americans, especially the job creators, our entrepreneurs."

And the Congressman closed by telling the Republican establishment what it must do to regain the trust of conservatives:

" Republicans can win back the trust of you and people like you across the country if they demonstrate beyond a shadow of a doubt that we are willing and able to return power from Washington to the American people…if we are willing to trust and listen to you once again."

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