Speaker Newt Gingrich to Join FRC Action's Values Voter Summit

All major GOP presidential candidates Confirmed to Speak at Values Voter Summit 2011

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Family Research Council Action (FRC Action) has confirmed that GOP presidential candidate former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich will speak at the Values Voter Summit this October 7-9 at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, D.C.

Speaker Gingrich joins the other major Republican presidential candidates Gov. Mitt Romney (R-MA), Gov. Rick Perry (R-TX), U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN), former Senator Rick Santorum (R-PA), U.S. Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) and businessman Herman Cain at the annual gathering of pro-family activists in the nation's capital.

The popular event, which draws thousands of grassroots activists from across the country, will have a speaker line-up that includes House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH), House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA), U.S. Reps. Jim Jordan (R-OH) and Steve King (R-IA), Dr. Bill Bennett , Mark Levin , Lt. Gen. William Boykin (U.S. Army-Ret.), Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli , Erick Erickson , Ed Morrissey , Heritage Foundation fellow Edwin Meese III , Lila Rose , Phyllis Schlafly and more.

The 2011 Values Voter Summit is cosponsored by Family Research Council, AFA Action, American Values, The Heritage Foundation, Liberty University and Liberty Counsel. A presidential straw poll, exhibit hall, book signings, breakout sessions and much more will be packed into this three-day conference. On Saturday evening Family Research Council will award Heritage Foundation fellow Edwin Meese, III with its 2011 Vision and Leadership Award.

***To obtain media credentials please call (866) FRC-NEWS or email dbm@frc.org.***

For a full list of speakers, please visit www.valuesvotersummit.org.

SOURCE Family Research Council Action

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