--- title: Jeb Bush's Campaign Launch: Full Text Transcript description: Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush launched his presidential campaign with a speech in Miami. Here is a transcript of his full remarks. canonical: https://time.com/3921956/jeb-bush-campaign-launch-transcript/ author: Zeke Miller article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-06-15T20:14:09.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:43:36.094Z article:section: Politics og:title: Read Full Text of Former Gov. 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Republican U.S. presidential candidate and former Florida Governor Jeb Bush formally announces his campaign for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination during a kickoff rally in Miami, June 15, 2015.Carlo Allegri — Reuters by [Zeke Miller](https://time.com/author/zeke-j-miller/) ## Zeke Miller Jun 15, 2015 8:14 PM UTC Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush [announced his presidential campaign](http://time.com/3921439/jeb-bush-2016-campaign-launch/) Monday at Miami Dade College. Below are his remarks as prepared for delivery: --- > “” --- ### See Jeb Bush's Life in Photos  George W. Bush and Jeb Bush, Jan. 1, 1955. Sygma/Corbis  From left to right: Doro, Marvin, Neil, and Jeb Bush, fall 1963. George Bush Presidential Library  From left to right: Doro, George, Jeb, Marvin, George W., Neil, and Barbara Bush, 1966. George Bush Presidential Library  Jeb Bush (center) was the varsity tennis team captain during his senior year at Phillips Academy in Andover, Mass., 1971. Seth Poppel/Yearbook Library  George Bush and his four sons, Neil, Jeb, George W. and Marvin in 1970. Bob E. Daemmrich—Sygma/Corbis  Jeb and Columba Bush on their wedding day, Feb. 23, 1974. George Bush Presidential Library  Jeb Bush loudly applauds his father, Republican presidential hopeful George Bush, at a campaign rally in Concord, N.H. on Feb. 28, 1980. Frank Lorenzo—Bettmann/Corbis  Vice President George Bush holds a fish with his sons George W. and Jeb during a family vacation in Kennebunkport, Maine in Aug. 1983. Cynthia Johnson—Getty Images  From left to right (without children): Neil and Sharon Bush, George W. Bush and wife Laura, Barbara and George Bush, Margaret and Marvin, Bobby Koch and Dorothy, Jeb and Columba, are seen in this Bush family photo taken in Kennebunkport, Maine on Aug. 24, 1986. Dave Valdez—White House/Sygma/Corbis  Jeb Bush plays cards with his son while riding in a recreational vehicle, Nov. 8, 1993. Christopher Little—Corbis  Jeb Bush is interviewed at a Miami Radio Station, WIOD, Mar. 1980\. He went on to become Governor of Florida in 1999. Tim Chapman—Getty Images  George W. Bush and Jeb Bush at the Republican Governors' Convention in New Orleans, 1998. Nina Berman—SIPA  Texas governor George W. Bush celebrates good news with his brother, Florida governor Jeb Bush, while watching the presidential election returns, prior to being elected as President of the United States, inside the Governor's Mansion in Austin, Nov. 7, 2000. Brooks Kraft—Sygma/Corbis  Republican governor of Florida, Jeb Bush, studies his laptop watching vote returns for his reelection his wife Columba Bush and his parents, former President George Bush and first lady Barbara Bush in Miami on Nov. 5, 2002. Joe Burbank—Orlando Sentinel/MCT/Getty Images  Republican nominee for President, Mitt Romney, campaigns around Florida with Governor Jeb Bush, left, Senator Marco Rubio, right, and Congressman Connie Mack, left back of head, in Coral Gables, Fla. on Oct., 31, 2012. Melina Mara—The Washington Post/Getty Images  Jeb Bush speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Md. on Feb. 27, 2015. Mark Peterson—Redux for TIME ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3921956/jeb-bush-campaign-launch-transcript/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3921956/jeb-bush-campaign-launch-transcript/"},"headline":"Transcript: Read Full Text of Former Gov. Jeb Bush's Campaign Launch","datePublished":"2015-06-15T20:14:09.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-19T07:43:36.094Z","description":"Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush launched his presidential campaign with a speech in Miami. 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