we've started the funding in september, hundred 92,000,000 dollars a year for the next five years. that was the first step. we need first step. we need additional drug courts in the states, more recovery centers. we work work with our counterparts to provide that ability for those who have illness of addiction. >> more people are expected to die this year than last. what does that suggest you? >> it suggest that we still have an epidemic in the state new hampshire. 439 people passed last year of a drug-related overdose. this is not going to go away soon. we need to make sure that we focus all of our resources and effort on the illness of addiction, making sure that we have those resources get into, making sure that we have those resources getting to the individuals and we are starting that now. we also have to stop the supply. you're only interdicting three to 5% apparel inches it's coming across the border and getting into the state of new hampshire

that has to stop. >> if elected, what would you do differently? >> i have a specific plan. i talked to healthcare providers, my father operated a pay what you can clinic, i'm very familiar with that and those in recovery themselves. what we need recovery themselves. what we need is 90 days of inpatient treatment for any granite state struggling with opiate addiction. we need 6 - 12 months of outpatient follow-up. under the watch of the congressman for every dollar that we sent to washington we only get 72 cents back. that's not okay in my book. i would go fight for a more robust program to make new hampshire since were the epicenter of this epidemic. make it the pilot case for how to treat it nationwide. get the funding for a pilot program with 90 days and patient, 6 - 12 date months outpatient. under the watch of my two opponents this has more than tripled. we are expected to lose

almost 500 lives this year. >> what would you do differently? >> i'm happy to see frank working on this. it's really important to work on it. when i said we needed treatment he said no so i'm glad it's there now. i'm was the vice chair for the diction addiction caucus. we were at treatment centers and we were -- and he's been in recovery long time and sell. the promise they have an appropriated money. they. they can't treat if they don't have the money. we need more beds. prevention programs, we've done a good job getting dark and out there to resuscitate people. there's a. there's a lot more to be done. i put in the bill when i can see this coming because i had run a nonprofit social service agency that dealt with issues. i put it bill to help people use

grants and the problem is we were not able to move those. i am delighted that we have that focus. i hope we keep it there. we have to recognize that we need more treatment beds. sean beds. sean is right, we need 90 days. but it will take money. >> i would just like to make a correction. the the funding actually has started in september. the president of the united states assigned her bill in july over the summer we started appropriate in those resources a month ago. 192,000,000 dollars per year for each of the five years. it's not about 90 days, we need a year and a half of high intensity inpatient treatment. the idea would be to have more drug recovery courts in each community in the state. move that individual into long-term treatment. that has has proven to be the highest of success. >> thank you candidates.

>> congressional term limits are back in the news thanks to advocacy by the nominee donald trump. my question to all of you is a word you stand on congressional term limits. >> i support congressional term limits. i've never been a politician, proud proud i'm not a career politician. and i understand that's not the state case and a lot of districts. i would support any reasonable term limit proposal, four, six, eight years. i think it years. i think it was meant to be a citizen's legislature, not a lifetime profession. >> thank you. new hampshire has a rich tradition of public service. i have served the public as a state legislator and mayor, just in my second term as member of congress. and. and that's up to my private business sector support and experience. what i believe in his term limits and i want to see that we

have many people experience which is people serving for 20, 30, 40 years. that's not the idea that people have about public service. i would support term limits of the house and senate so you get new fresh ideas and people who are passionate about the issues and serving the public. >> i seem to remember frank saying he was going to put in a bill for term limits and he didn't. he is been in politics since 2006. i think public services a wonderful thing and a great place to be an advocate for the middle class which is why i am running. i think we should leave it up to the voters. the voters are smart. when they decide they want to change, and i know that. our district is only 20% democratic, only 20% democratic, 40% independent and 34% republican. we have to work hard for every single vote.

when you don't get them or they don't come out the massive decision. it has to be left to the voters. it's heavy-handed it what you're asking for his government to make the decision. >> it's not heavy-handed. you been running since 2006. it's about what the people. it's about what the people want around the entire country. i think people are frustrated with the lack of action and activity in washington. sometimes people want fresh ideas and outsiders that will come in and do their best. you have been running since 2006, you and the leadership of the democratic party didn't allow mr. o'connor essentially to run a campaign in the democratic party where he first began. i was viewed as the outsider guinea pigs started. working with on the drug issue. that's what people in the sea. >> while. you think it six bill signed but we will leave that aside. the reality is that you said you were going to put in a bill for term limits and if you believe that i go for you, you should put in a bill for term limits.

but you can have it both ways. you talk about being a public servant. you've done two terms, i've done three so it's close. you been around since 2006 running for every office and you say it's public service and good for you. public services wonderful thing. >> i think the one thing i can agree on is people on an outsider. they're tired of the debate. this is rocky four of the debate. it's gone back and forth both of them think it's a good thing that they've been in politics since 2006. if you want the same gridlock in washington. then we should elect another hyper- partisan politician. each votes with the party 95% of the time. if you want independent common time. if you independent common sense ideas for someone who's built a successful business i would be proud to represent you in washington. >> , to give you 15 seconds. >> it's very bold world during that you ran as a progressive democrat when you are worried about hyper- partisanship and

suddenly you decide to be an independent. whatever the issue is that joe view out it was your choice to do that. the reality is we do have to leave it up to the people. i respect the voter and i think we should all respect the voter in the voters decisions. this was supposed to be. >> i served in business and then decided to offer my opportunity to serve to the public. that's what i've done. you been running for the seat since 2006. people want an independent minded, if six different pieces of legislation signed into law this term in addition to working with my colleague of a second congressional district and 45 other democrats on the heroine and opiate crisis. that's the kind kind of leadership that people are looking for. >> moving onto gun laws tonight. our question this evening, should there be background checks for all gun purchases?

>> yes. there should be background checks. the second amendment protects everybody's right to have a gun, except we all know that we should not have guns if we are danger to ourselves or others or if they are terrorists or criminals. the only way to find that out is still universal background check. right now you have folks who are abiding by the law but you also have people who are selling guns and selling on the internet who don't get the check. cycling through a metal detector at the airport. 60% go through and 40% or told you you don't have to just go around. for our protection we want law-abiding citizens to have guns. we do not not want people who are danger to themselves or others or criminals or terrorists.

that something american support because you can see the numbers in the polls. republicans as well as democrats. it's very nonpartisan. people want to be safe on the streets, working at home. >> thank you. >> congressman genta. >> i think seriously the second amendment of the rights that individuals have under the constitution. we do have background checks. any federally qualified dealer has to provide a background check for someone regardless of where that purchase takes place. that occurs in the state of new hampshire. what is not occurring is something that troubles me greatly. not just this attorney general, but the previous attorney general had 48000 cases of documented individuals who went into purchase a gun, went to the state check in the federal fbi check and failed. therefore trying to purchase a gun illegally. each and every one of those cases was referred to the attorney general all they did was prosecute 44. we have laws we have laws on the books to go after individuals are

ready as you describe that fit the categories that you have identified. we have to get this attorney general to go after those individuals when they're breaking the law. >> and mr. o'connor. >> for those of you who saw the union leader article this sunday the front page article you saw that in new hampshire reversal back ground checks are not working. we had a homeless individual in manchester who had a criminal history was able to purchase a gun because it took too long to process the background check. he went on to shoot to police officers very tragically. i do support universal background checks. i think it should be instantaneous kids we have the technology to do that. in new hampshire the state has not chosen to take that on. we do need to close the gun show loophole in the online loophole. i find it ironic make that misshapen orders for gun control because during her last -- she

voted against a bill that was supported by many gun control advocates that would have prevented children from risking their lives and houses in the district of columbia by overturning rules that the district of columbia wanted. >> thank you. a quick response. >> that was a court decision, as you know. i said that i would respect the court decision. so i did. i've always said i will respect the court decision. >> we have more issues to tackle. we will return in a moment. >> welcome back. we continue tonight with the issue of national security.

candidates, we like to ask you, what three things are we not doing us a country to confront the threat of isis and terrorism in general. congressman genta we will begin with you. >> the president refuses to continue with the military force -- i think it's necessary to get from the president and we need a clear decisive plan to eradicate isis. third, we need to have greater opportunity to forge through leadership from the executive branch to work with our allies around the region and around the world. that's not happening today. earlier this week we lost another american soldier in the fight to retake most all. that should not have happened in the first place. i feel like were not seen from the president that real leadership that is necessary from the united states of america. this is something that continues to concern me, particularly

particularly because there's continued loss of american life. we want to minimize that. need to have a clear plan to radicalize isis to make sure we have friends around the world helping us to the extent they should be. >> i spent six years on the armed services committee so i'm well aware of the challenges run the world. i'm surprised that rick said that the president is refusing to do an authorization to use military force. what that is is the congress. we are are asking the speaker john boehner to do that because if you don't do that then president obama's going to use the same one that president bush use, congress needs to do an authorization to use military force. it's not fair to pass it off. i hope republicans will do that when they go back. i think we need to to do more funding and make sure we have special forces we need so they can work in areas. the final part is that we have got to keep

working with countries in that region. they have a lot at stake as well. we need to exert pressure and also incentives for them. >> i oppose any additional ground forces in syria and iraq other than the u.s. special forces which are there. would be to forge with our nato allies and attempt to work with the russians a possible. if that proves impossible we need to enforce the no-fly zone over aleppo. 250,000 civilians hundred 50000 civilians on the verge of being slaughtered. we can't be the world's policeman but we can't allowed another genocide is unfortunately we have allowed in other cases. we need to put into place a no-fly zone and work to bring the parties to the table. i think this is a place where we may have to exert real influence on russia because they are the key player in this.

they're bringing the backing of iran to support the assad regime. having had experience working at the -- connected or you can exert a lot of pressure as the american government. we can bring the parties to the table and have a diplomatic solution. >> we heard -- >> i'm a little concerned about what mr. o'connor just said i don't know why he would want to implement a no-fly zone before we start working with her allies. that that be viewed as an escalation. we have to make sure that we have support in the region and our allies first before we consider that. secondly relative to bae-5. the president president does not want to change that au mf. he has refused to tell congress, what his true plan is to eliminate and eradicate isis as a threat, domestic and foreign.

>> i response. >> i think that's a mischaracterization of my statement. what i said as we need to work with our nato allies to put together a force that could implement a no-fly zone. we are the world leader. we are the only world leader and we need to protect 250,000 civilians. i'm not going 50000 civilians. i'm not going to support the u.s. allowing a genocide to occurred. >> this makes it fun, i agree with frank and clearly our experiences showing that you don't want to do that until we have sat down and worked. you start going as heavily as sean wants to in that would be a mistake. you need to work with the countries. you you need to use the un and bear down on everybody who is a player in that region. through a complicated prey there so many different players in there. they're all in there for different reasons. i agree with frank on that way. he knows and i know that it's up to congress to do the au mf. i don't i don't know why you would say that.

>> we are going to move on this evening to the environment. do you believe climate change is an urgent issue and if so, is is a cause by nature or humans? i think the evidence is abundantly clear that climate change is caused by human activity. we need to reduce the cost of energy in new hampshire which is a terrible tax on our businesses but at the same time we need to do that and it environmentally sustainable way. for example, i would support northern pass if we did it in the same way that northern new york has sonic, vermont, and maine which is to bury the lines along the interstate routes, 8993. we'll be allowed to collect a licensing fee which federal government would allow the state to keep. it would have to be dedicated to transportation to address our

400 ridges on the red list, some for up to ten years. >> congressman? >> thank you for the question for you not every agrees whether this is man-made or not. a couple of things that need to be done. china and india for example need to play a greater role in what they're doing. here the united states we have reduce carbon emissions more than any other nation around the world. that's a good start. when i served as mayor of our state's largest city, i voluntarily put a green roof on city hall. the only mayor to do it on the state without taxpayer money. we entered on the state without taxpayer money. we entered into conservation agreements focused on making sure that we were be an energy conscience and energy-efficient. those are some of the steps i've taken and i would continue to take if i was able to service your next member of congress. >> clearly it is a result of an man-made. i'm surprised to hear congressman say that it's not proven. if you've talked to any young people democrats or

republicans they want us to take actions. i spent four years in the natural resources committee and i know there are great problems but i'm optimistic about the solution. they're using about 30% green energy right now we need to do it in this country because economically we can save money. it's healthier for lungs and the planet and will make us more secure and we won't be as formable if we have to rely on an outside energy source. let's do this. i have supported investments in renewables. we should not be giving subsidies to mature oil companies, we should be given it to renewables because businesses need about seven years to launch and invest. we know it's know it's working. the cost of solar has dropped dramatically. the cities are using this, so let's get this done. >> i would love to jump in. look she supported stimulus and

provide more taxpayer money to the cylinder type companies. she talked about action. that's not the not the action we need. while we need is what i've done. kneeling mayor and the city and state of new hampshire who put a green roof on city hall without taxpayer money. because we wanted to send the message that we are respectful and responsible to the environment. we put in conservation-based plans and programs to the in the city of manchester which reduce the amount of energy we were using. the united states is doing that as well with co2 emission reduction. >> we have more issues we want to get to. only only few minutes left. lester lightning round. will ask you questions, yes or no answer would be wonderful. please keep it extremely tight. sean o'connor, right now the plans are that of the partially buried, due supported partially buried, do supported as is? >> no. >> i think we can bury the lines and find a way where it's mutually beneficial for everyone.

>> keep working to bury the lines. i think it it would be good if the lines were buried. it is so important that we need to protect that and the environment. >> we've heard about the transpacific partnership during the presidential campaign. both nominees oppose it. if you're in congress in january and if it comes to a vote would you support it or oppose it? >> i would oppose it because it allows outside businesses to sue countries. it takes away a lot of our independence and we don't have a way to enforce their labor practices so i would oppose it. >> i announce my opposition months ago because it doesn't address some of the key issues that i think are critically important for job growth in the united states. >> i would oppose it. there two reasons. number one, the race to the bottom in regards to wages and labor. it invites a race to the bottom with regards to bimetal protections. we would be feeding our sovereignty to a multinational

organization to administer our labor regulations and we can't support a race to the bottom. >> minimum wage, do you support raising it and if so what wage? >> i support incrementally raising it with a 50% small business tax credit each year. it would end at $15.2022. >> the way to raise it is for economic growth and competitive opportunities for the private sector is raising it because there's need to do so. >> we do need to raise the minimum wage. studies have shown that when the have looked at states that border one another raising the minimum wage has not damaged it. >> the final, would you support a federal bill legalizing recreational marijuana? >> i think people think people should be allowed to grow for personal use their marijuana. i don't like the idea of stores

and an economy that is using it. we certainly should be criminalizing it. >> morgan i have a 13-year-old and 11-year-old and we are not sending the message to them that marijuana is good for their use. i seen a harvard study that shows is highly addictive. the fact that were in this heroine an opiate crisis suggests we we should air on the side of caution and get alternatives to pain management. >> i support medical use for marijuana. i oppose marijuana for under the age of 21. when it comes to brick relational use we need to look at what happens on novembef they were to legalize that they will capture the tax dollars. i think we would then need to revisit the issue at that point. >> thank you so much. we appreciate it. time now for closing statements.

>> i'm running again because we still have work to do. it's been my goal all along to try to restore the american dream. i grew up in a family where we worked hard and i saw the problems and the joys of my parents taught me that her job and mission is to serve others. i've been a social worker, i've been a teacher, and i've committed to the people of the state in this country. i think it's in our dna to solve our problems. i know are facing difficulties but i'm positive and optimistic about the future of the greatest country the world. i want to be there because if you're not at the table you're on the menu. i want to be at the table for the middle class people in new hampshire to make sure children can afford to go to school, they can get a house or pay their rents, they can retire with dignity and they have safe streets and good infrastructure, clean water, clean air. basically it's what we had and recognize and we know we need to

do that for the american dream. i ask for your most. >> think very much. i'm asking for your vote on november 8. we have someone and carol shea porter supports dodd frank, all things that have been massive challenges to our economy. we have a newcomer to the race, mrf identified progressive who supported bernie sanders who could run in the democratic primary because of how he was treated by the leadership of the democratic party. he doesn't share the same views i do and he's very close, if, if not further to the left then carol shea porter. i think we need a different path. someone will focus on solutions. i've been able to get six pieces of legislation signed into law. i've into law. i've worked with colleagues on both sides of the aisle. i am committed to making sure that every new hampshire and every granite stater is represented, not just people from one party. >> thank you.

>> first i want to thank you for moderating and the congressman, what we just witnessed was our every to your exercise in hyper partisanship this would go at all since 2006. i think you want to change and that's why i'm running. i'm the only candidate on the stages work for a democrat work for a democrat and republican. i'm the only candidate who is not taken at least 2,000,000 dollars impact money and 10,000,000 or more in super pack and party support. i will never take a penny. i'm the only person on the stage who signed the front and backs of checks and balance budgets and a multimillion dollar company for a decade. i'm the only candidate who is not going to washington for personal enrichment. i will work for 14,000 dollars per year and i will return 160,000 dollars of your money to new hampshire charities that you choose. we need to put service back in the public service.

>> thank you for taking part it's nights to debate. >> that is it for our first congressional district debate. if you want to watch part of it had to our website or our facebook page. the action continues tomorrow night with a second congressional district debate between democratic and cabinet and custer and the challenger. that showdown starts at 8:00 p.m. >> there is more and wednesday. our gubernatorial debate and democratic nominee, they take center stage and will answer questions submitted by her viewers. debates wrap up on thursday in the u.s. senate showdown. that happens right here in our studios that a pm. we want to hear your questions. had to our website. >> thank you so much for watching. have a good night.

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new york's 22nd congressional district is an open seat this year as congressman richard retires. the candidates on the ballot is tonight for astonight for a debt covered health care, education, social security and the economy. the debate comes to us over public media with the league of women voters in tioga county. the upstate economy, gun control, the opioid epidemic, finances and presidential politics are some of the issues we may discuss tonight. good evening. this is new york 22 of the league of women voters debate.

thank you to the live studio audience for joining us and those of you that are watching and listening at home. tonight is between martin, ken myers and republican candidate claudia tenney. we will decide which of the candidates will replace congressman richard hanna who is retiring. the rules for the debate were said by the league of women voters and each will have two minutes for an opening statement. the candidates will then take turns answering questions and will have two minutes to respond to each question. closing statements will be one minute each in a as as a moderai reserve the right to ask follow-up questions. we are taking questions from our live audience, tv and radio audience may also submit questions through twitter. just use the hash tag #ny22 and

you can also submit through wskg facebook page. none of the candidates have viewed the questions ahead of time. if they exceed the time, someone will ring the bell. finally, wskg and the league of women voters are committed to serving discourse. before we started we drew straws to determine the order in which the candidates will make their opening statements. ms. tenney, you go first. >> tenney: i just want to say thank you to wskg and the league of women voters for giving an opportunity to hear from all the candidates that a special event honored to be here and i would like to recognize by opponents for taking the time to run for

this position it takes a lot of time from your family and friends and it's been a tough campaign may be not just on the candidates but the viewing audience on tv as the millions of colors and commercial so i do want to say that i'm happy to be here as a native of new hartford new york. i lived across the street from the house i grew up in. i raised my son as a single mom and i'm proud to say he's serving active duty marine. i practice wall and ran the family business in hamilton new york. the business is still here today and we've paid our service taxes, everything is in new york. everything, i ran for office and was elected to the assembly and served from 2011 until now. now. the reason i ran was to help the business community, regulations,

stop some of the bad trade deals that have hurt our region all the way up to the utica area which have sent many jobs overseas to china, mexico, even the caribbean. and those are some of the reasonreasons iran for i ran foo bring back some common sense and reduce regulations to deal with the issue of obamacare which has hurt our business and to give small business community and family farms an opportunity to thrive. 70% of the jobs created in the country are created by new business. thank you c-span and the audience here today as well as the candidates.

he and my mom raised seven children up in little falls and i had the good fortune to travel around the world looking for the navy and at the conclusion of thathat ended up in the san francisco area were restored to the company 28 years ago and little did we know began as a a small-business giving thsmall bt thing and helping many other small businesses with all of their headaches being an employer and today that serves more than 13,000 small businesses around the country. outside harlem t the grandparens and extended family this is

where our hearts are. i spend ten years doing that and thinking about why is it that we lose so much of the next generation in upstate new york, so i started at the down profit that addresses that very problem and the problem is too many of the next generation don't want to start companies that can create jobs don't do so here because they find it too hard to get connected to the right resources. we have made a huge difference in helping the hundreds of companies get started and grow jobs and now a cake that's to the level i can't help i can hy influence policy that continue the journey of training the right people together is something i am very committed to it running as an independent candidate i'm also frustrated with the bitter divide between the two parties and i can have a tremendous impact reducing the

divide between the two parties to make a difference. >> i want to thank the viewing audience and the entire league of women voters for having us all here. my story as is i was born and raised right here in new york and lived two blocks from here. my dad started a company. my siblings and i worked in a ie business our whole lives and we did whatever we had to do to keep the business going and we never felt put out about it. this is what our family did. my siblings and i bought the business from my dad when there were only two stores and through hard work and everything on the line, every guy in the jihad was pinned to the business and we

grew back to what is now dicks sporting goods. i couldn't be more proud of what the company has achieved. we employ thousands of people and have more jobs that are on the way. i also have been on the board of education for 18 years, i may county legislator and i graduated from portland state with a degree in education which i'm passionate about. -married to my husband for 36 years we have six children and the youngest is only eight. disclosure though i'm not a medical marvel, the last two were adopted when they were very small. i want to go to washington because i've been involved in my community my entire life whether we have helped see people throw devastating floods or cheered on the baseball team.

i know jobs are important to the area and to the families and it's important to the communities. i want to go to washington because i really don't believe this is a democratic or republican idea. people expect us to bring good paying quality jobs to our area and that's what i hope to do. thanks so much. >> the first question is about the upstate economy and jobs. in order to spur it is something that has many efforts to change it. there've been programs like startup new york, ongoing governmental tax break, tax credits and so on. each of you running for congress if elected, what specifically would you do to create jobs for the upstate region, i will start with you. >> myers: we definitely need jobs and that seems to be what

all the candidates vote on and will go on a national level. some of them are all intertwined. we need a sound infrastructure and if we think the businesses are going to thrive here and come here, we need to make sure they have quality roads, bridges and have access to broadband internet and we also need to make sure that we have a work force that can do the jobs. i spent a lot of time going to the number of businesses we have here. there is a resounding theme that we need to create the skill set for the jobs in the future that we have now that are in advanced manufacturing. we need to partner the public sector with the private sector to make sure we can work together to create those jobs.

there's a lot of good things happening here. as far as the small businesses sustaining those jobs, one thing we need is access to credit with a debacle of the big banks their hands have been tied with our mid-level and small banks and local credit unions who provide capital for the smalthe capitall businesses. when i was growing up as a kid, we talked about three things as we were growing our small business. we didn't have a life that we lw we had enough. but we also knew what was required for our business. the weather that we talked about, the new york giants because that was important to us and the access to credit. we knew we needed not only credit to survive but also to grow. the conversation was how much did we pay down the note this month. so those are the things that i believe will bring good jobs to this area and help the jobs.

>> i am a small-business owner. we have our family manufacturing facility and i am the only one here that's running for this position that hasn't taken the corporate welfare or involved in the pay to play schemes in new york which is under investigation by the program that is now being questioned by the state comptroller. the secret is no not getting out millions in taxpayer money especially like here in the area where you see the worst natural areas in the nation. we need to keep doing the same thing and expecting a same result. we need to reduce taxes and regulation and stop the trade deals.

it undermines the sovereignty of the country and they make it difficult to compete. we need to bring manufacturing jobs back here. my business is living proof you can survive. we have access to credit through banks and we should continue to expand on that. one of the biggest problems and issues facing not only small businesses and school districts is obamacare and it's caused a mandate in the community and give me to keep up with the rates. i just saw today there is a person online that says there is 77% increase with something like a 5,000-dollar deductible. that is unfair and something that is not affordable. we need to go back to the consumer driven model and allow the communities to thrive and compete right here in the local area. those are things that are going to be a sensual to bring us back

away from this cronyism and allow the new jobs to be created by the business community. i can also tell you my experience as an entrepreneur in silicon valley the approach the politicians have used here doesn't work. the whole idea but it will take the tax dollars and give it to the big companies so they can open up a plan to the politicians have been doing this for like 30 years. it doesn't work and they keep doing it. i'm in favor of over taxes and less regulation which also has a tremendous influence on the jobs generation that when i think about the new industries and realize that places like california, boston, new york

city the taxes that have more regulation than we do here in the southern tier they are job generating machines. why is that, many of our best and brightest move to start companies comes with the lessons i've learned is what led to my starting in the upstate denture connect to help address the problem on why the next generation believe and that is connecting them in the right resources. as congressman, i will take the discussion to the next level bringing the parties together so they end up doing something is whether it involves collaboration between the universities and economic development organizations, the business community and the funding source. there is a potential to allow us

to keep together. this is what i'm committed to as the congressman. >> i would like to ask a follow-up on that. when the united states has shifted more towards a service-based economy? remember mine is the newer industries and in the manufacturing of which we have a substantial amount of the district, there is a shift going on in the advanced manufacturing where they have to quickly move their production lines because the cycle time gets short. the environment and energy standpoint and regulatory standpoint isn't ideal we have to protect what we have and try to grow more but the future is in the new industries where the barriers to get started are lower than ever.

you can start with a small amount of money and have a globahas a globalreach that's cf the internet and this is where the next generation want to take your ideas and in turn create jobs so it's not about business attraction it's about the resources we have right here so that we can be creating our own future. >> myers: one thing he doesn't talk about is the national debt is $19.7 trillion. new york state is in a dead crisis. there's this incredible depth situation even though they have high regulations and taxes, at some point we have to pay nationally and in the two states. the answer is in the personal income tax and giving small businesses who use many of the

pass-through items. i think we can have manufacturing jobs here. we've lost our middle class. they are looking for regular jobs and people who just want to work and contribute ties the society in the great american way. you have to incentivize businesses. it's about new york state but this is a vertical position that we are running for and on a federal level plus you need to do is attract businesses and invest, invest in businesses and to provide businesses with a way to grow.

they need to invest in their own company and infrastructure and that is a way that you can create jobs in the federal level. >> we are going to come back to a federal level. thank you so much for joining us. watching and listening. we urge you to visit this special website, vote411.org. we have robert babinec from a b, candidate ken myers and republican party candidate claudia tenney. to ask a question, #ny22.

the current congress is often referred to lately as a do-nothing congress and seems very adverse to crossing party lines even if it is for the good of the constituents. so the question from the audience member, if elected how well you behave on the job to work with other members of congress to get things done. mr. babinec, we will start with you. >> babinec: is a bigger reason that i'm running as a third-party candidate. i'm terribly frustrated by the unwillingness of the current political parties to cross party lines and get something done. that's why we have gridlock in washington. some of it is due to the funding situation. as we know right now, the action committees have a lot to do with the money to candidates raise in order to run for office. this raised in upstate new york is expected to exceed

$12 million being invested for the three candidates. more than 7 million comes from the special-interest pacs. i'm the only candidate that has sworn off taking any funding and as a result you have candidates all over the u.s. that become beholden and that's why they don't like the cross party lines because it shuts off the money flow. the special-interest funding only comes from big issues on the left and right. we see this gridlock that happens and then the funding and we end up coming up short. as a third-party candidate i

have more power to bring them closer together because i will not be beholden to party leadership were special-interest funding. i'm donating my salary to charity as my own commitment to public service. that was the intention when the constitution was set up and that's the direction we need to go over the entire congress. >> i guess that means only millionaires can run for congress were people who don't need to work. i think what is really important i remember the state assembly democrats outnumbered republicans hundred 7-43. a significant though has never been past without a democratic cosponsorship since 1974. as a member of the minorities i'm prouminority i'mproud to sa0 pills tha60bills that have beenh democratic cosponsorship and hundreds of others hope to get

some of those past. the problem in washington as we now have a president that is completely uncompromising willing to sign executive orders and claims he has a pen and a phone and that is how people operate. he refuses to work with the congress for the first time you now have a congress that passes balanced budgets something the senate didn't do when it was democratic or the house. maybe it would be nice if the president would compromise and let me talk about collusion and the two parties working together. today many of my friends have sent me a copy of the flyer paid for by me and see policy prohibiting martian babinec. i find it interesting they are working together against me the republican candidate.

also, the corrupt casino has given up to a million dollars. when you talk about the money and politics. i'm the one that doesn't have the money so it is h. grew david and goliath situation exacerbated by the fact they are now colluding to try to defeat the seat. >> thank you very much. a lot of misinformation that i know people want to hear about the question at hand. first of all, the money in politics is an issue money opponents claiming the proper status but she doesn't have any ads is fueled equally by the national republican campaign.

how do you get things done in a bipartisan way i believe is the question and you have someone like me who i do miss my whole life whether it's been on the school board or you have a set of objective you have to achieve and be beholden to your taxpayers and keep with the rules and regulations. i've never been partisan. when you run for office and art elected, people are depending on you. as sad, our founding fathers the goal is you are supposed to serve and go home. in washington too many people are worried about keeping their job instead of doing their job. i'm going to be interested in doing the right job for all the

people in the 22nd district. in the congress we do have now, they folded their arms, moved thtothe corner and say i am not budging on anything. that's not something that's been part of my personality. i think the american people are fed up as i am. they expect people to go to washington and do their job regardless all of the other rhetoric going on that's what you're supposed to do in washington and that's what i will do. >> moderator: the past year senator schumer and congressman gibson introduced the disability integration act that would provide seniors and people with disabilities with home and community-based services as an alternative to the institutionalization.

will you support thwill you supf not, why. chris endorsed me in the campaign and represents most of my district so i'm honored to speak on chris gibson's behalf. it sounds like a great bill. we spend an awful lot providing alternative care for seniors but i like the idea of having them in the environment that they talked out of it sounds to me in full disclosure i haven't read the bill but anything we can do to have seniors people with disabilities have a fulfilling life as possible that is something that is in that state constitution that mandates we provide to that.

whether this is a federal or proper expenditure i don't know the details of the bill but if it enhances programs and provide somplug-ins and providesome kino them, i support it. again i don't really know that much about the bill. ..

>> >> but dull back it up with the right streams that will support it we can find ourselves in trouble. right now even with medicaid funding as certain issues come up prayer there are requirements delivered that have to be filled with those funding streams don't match up it cuts into quality of service and that is what i want to look at very carefully. >> this is near and dear to my heart because without even looking at the

statistics or the data in somebody can stay in their hall with their loved ones the quality of life that brings to the increases their longevity as well as how often filled they are. when my m. laws were older they could move in with my sister-in-law and her husband i saw firsthand the quality of life they had as my father and my first started to fail the and home services were invaluable. there's so happy with they brought to still be integrating and then as day actually live with them. it's amazing. that is what everybody would want for a their parents and loved ones and quite frankly

if you can have people stay in their home to provide the access with the support that they need can we not do that as a society to value our elderly and disabled to help them have increased quality of life? the devil in is in the details of the very interested to help support and look at the bill as to how we can improve the quality of life with the elderly and the disabled. >> moderator: moving on to the subject of social security by 2034 facing a $500 million shortfall of congress does nothing did most of us will only see 77 percent of what we are owed so what will you do to help fix social security? rebecca there is one thing i know in this campaign is to make sure our seniors and

citizens know that social security has paid into their whole life the rugalach not be pulled out from underneath them we need to maintain to protect social security and medicare. when i was growing up and we were growing family business , one day my father always told us, there is no such word as quinta just figure it out. but we could raise the annual cap paid into it will help with social security. and if you start reducing those services to take that away think of the impact that will have not only with quality of life but the ability to be independent.

in this deere and deere and we absolutely must get to the table and to raise the cap could be a simple first part. >> as an earned benefit anybody who puts the money 10 you should get back what you've put it in and then some emil though this is a situation where the next generation will not have the benefit as we know it today. stock. >> with any to start look at what adjustments can be made solely remains financially viable. that would include or recognize the reality that

we have in this situation where the health that they retire at later years that is the radius of the age limit whether we raise the cap is another item to be looked at to be considered in order for any of those changes to take place that would require a lot of negotiation between congress and the senate. right now we have to much partisan divide the reason we have not been able to make those necessary changes and they can escape further down the road. we have to stand up and object and the only way that we can is to get behind the leaders who are ready to cross party lines to make the hard decisions that have to be made otherwise it is a next-generation we are shortchanging.

i am very concerned. >> this issue is important with like to address one of the many deceitful ads that have been put out cleanly but i have voted for cutting social security and medicare. understand and never voted on social security or medicare in the state assembly i come from a middle-class family might parents depended on and medicare and social security to survive vice said i will do nothing to cut them idol think there a time of my programs that what i think what we have done over the years and just the creation of obamacare rick -- rated $800 billion another $150 billion to away from the seniors with medicare every integer putting that into obamacare that is imploding before our eyes.

if so then it is starting to peel away that we have to come up with another solution many to come up with other ways to cut waste and fraud ever preserve social security for middle-class people like me just like my parents did. i think it is important i have been accused all these things and i think it is hard for me to bust through the billions in the ads it has to be in the debate for because i never have the resources my opponents have to spend on advertisements so coming to social security and medicare i am happy to have this opportunity in a public forum to tell the truth to the people i will not touch social security or medicare for seniors.

>> moderator: one of the questions through twitter comic mentioning unfounded mandates have is everybody feel about common core standards and be unfunded mandates? babinec: i am on record not to be supporting common core . i agree with the idea to have standards to know where they stack up against those conceptually it is a good idea but how has been implemented. from one district to another. and where the different schools are held to the different standards? and it makes them harder for the teachers to be effective.

i am not a supporter of common core but there is way too much intervention of the federal government through the common core program. in foil their curriculum holding the teachers accountable. to the cliff with the resources they need. and those that are placed in the school district in not providing the resources so this is the vehicle in your state. the way education is implemented and it is better controlled with the unfunded

mandates. we should make sure there is funding that is float thing through to support that. tenney: this is something that has been a big issue at the state level as it is a state issue. common core was designed by the national to allow to dingell money in front of the states to impose standards it is a tremendous disaster in your. but it is the overreach of the federal government imposing contracts of local school districts with profiteering and data mining. with the individual rights the recognize each student is unique.

as a critical thinking skills with the teacher evaluations. i think with many difficult school districts many are coming from troubled homes and cannot meet the standards. so that is one of the reasons i propose common core. on the federal level i would try to bring back of professionalism they are professionals in the account for the school district more than any other entity estate

or national level we need to leave that to the local taxpayers and the volunteer school board would stand and let the medicate the children. >> on election night did you the to follow local returns there is a special website. tonight's guest, one question coming from twitter tonight. >> excuse me can i answer? myers: i only interrupt pardon me because education

is my passion. i firmly believe all problems can be solved through education. the key to a happy life is over the threshold of public-school education but the misnomer and the dirty word of common core was implemented and brought about by the state governors and their education visors. but that skill set to be ready for jobs and careers. to be higher standards is always a good thing. and we need a common set of skills the. one should be the same when you graduate from fourth grade he should have the

same skill set we are a mobile society that comes along with the. but the unfunded mandates at the state or federal level have been hurting education for years. it has never bend fully funded to employment for our students. we need to have vice standards and the evaluation of teachers or test scores is unconscionable. we cannot solve educationists you solve poverty.

>> we have so many questions coming in. one of the other questions that has cut and from intruders speaking of health care the support a public auction for health care? >> >> universal across the country people understand that access to quality affordable health care should be available to every single person and deere the affordable hellcat but i believe that whenever you want to call and we need to get to the table to figure

out health care so every person in this united states has access to the quality affordable health care we have the technology in the best doctors and the best results medically but not everybody can access that. we need to come to the table and how we will provide that it is a -- is a perfect? absolutely not are there some good things? certainly better for example, until they are 26 while they get the career started where will it go after college and what they're planning on doing? those has a chronic disease is a good thing. as well as many others. of those consequences, w. the affordable health care

act took into account the health care are public-school teachers have is a good plan but now it qualifies as a cadillac tax the did not have additional funds to pay a couple million dollars because they are fighting good health care we need to get to the table to figure it out maybe i am the eternal optimist by believe there is a is a solution with the right ideas and right attitude and with a goal they want to achieve. babinec: we all know we are consumers the way we get the best price in of quality that we want is by having choice and that very definition of the public option is to eliminate choice so you could be

relied on the government for your health care. isn't a good system wherever that has been tried we've no rationing ochers with the cost that can go up and importantly the choices that we want to be eliminated. i am much more in favor of going in the direction to increase choice by reducing the amount of government intervention. right now we already have too much and obamacare gives us more than we need. that is how we get the choice that we want at the price that we want and we can do a better job with increasing transparency with more knowledge and more choices including crossing state lines. and as consumers we would

rather have that choice to pick and choose what makes sense not only from a cost standpoint to do that with information that could be more transparent and it is today but the public option for me is not the solution. >> isn't that what it is to provide? talking about single payer that is baled single payer. but it would bankrupt the state of vermont so they pulled away from the concept. we have to do a consumer driven model in but we have done with obamacare id is a huge corporate giant into

viet we equate with their health care number-one did isn't affordable and if you have insurance with a massive deductible it hurts small businesses and the poor with the health care changes done by executive order the government puts them through they are imploding right now is a working we need to for devastating to allow competition to force the insurance companies to compete to allow them to cover for those it is one of

the most difficult obstacles and the mandates we have to go to partial self insurance and stop-gap insurance it is devastating and only to my business but the small-business community of rollback and start from scratch and focus on an excellent health care for to run the system spinet we're getting to the end of the program so for the next question i am limiting answer is one minute each. diaz think the gap in between the rich and the four is a problem? so how would it you address that? >> is up problem. we have lost love middle-class to throw them away and send them to china

china and mexico all of the countries where the aid will payment in china is $5,000 per year that makes it very difficult for the business community to compete and also leaves people without jobs and they become dependent on public assistance and i think we have of culture that people want to work to have some type of the the job and sometimes they just want to go to work to have decent pay but so much of the of money and taxpayer money goes to helping big corporate giants to perpetuate the domination of our society that is part of what is causing in come on any quality. this seems is worse than it was in the past.

>> if there is be inequality and that we are losing of middle-class but there is always a solution i feel we go from one ditched to the other that somebody would graduate high-school to now that is what you must do so when i have seen is that we have a lot of good middle-class to go unfilled because we don't carry the skill sets of our workers with those jobs amid scenes many factory. to understand uh trades in the next-generation of the plumbers and electricians to

win best with the jobs that we do have to take issue we don't take every single manufacturing job because i have visited nanny up and down the 22nd district. >> moderator: time is expired. babinec: it is absolutely in issue. they will lose 1 million people. so my solution is recognizing do go around the u.s. with job generating machines when we peel back the layers to say whether the industry's better growing oftentimes there are new ones including of smaller firms.

into creating a product or of service not on the pay more to help wages rise the generate five jobs for every one. that is what it is focused on working with the estate venture connect in i am committed to create more of those jobs right here in the district. >> moderator: it is time for closing statements we drew straws before the program to determine the order. each candidate has one minute. babinec: thanks for inviting us here to nate for those in the studio'' and also for hosting. on many levels this 2016 election cycle is the

ugliest we have seen the two parties are the furthest apart in creating gridlock where not enough is getting done it is a concern to all of us. we talk about how many politicians are afraid to cross party lines and special-interest funding and to cause me to run as an independent candidate. and not be holding too many leadership board no special-interest funding and committed to making the exchange so that our families can stay together to address the and done in a quality that we touched on. the only third-party candidate running for congress in the country independent polls say that i can win the race. i asked your vote to make history in the southern tier. >>

>> amen to the attention everybody has paid certainly with the unique electioneering. i know i have the right attitude and the right temperament. and the history shows you ever it is there to come to a solution with the common sense that we need in washington i have done them a whole life i was born and raised here i have spent less beyond most that i have known. my family has achieved the american dream but if there is one thing to achieve that american dream that my dad always told me that never forget where you came from. this is where i came from this is where i will always be and i would be proud to serve and united states congress to represent the people of the 22nd district.

>> i think the voters have a clear choice. somebody who stood up to corruption. to revitalize the economy to reduce taxes and cut regulation stop the bad trade deals and get rid of obamacare. security is one of the most important issues. we need to secure our borders and we build up military and take care of the nation to be a leader and stop and restore culture. we have, to a culture of corruption. cronyism corporate welfare, that is i i propose to have term limits but to invest in this community i submit that with 350 million of net revenue please let

the people have their $31 million back and bring the jobs back without taking the corporate welfare. and then make a true commitment. >> >> the upstate party candidate in the republican candidate. thanks to our partners with of league of women voters and to our studio audience. to find out about other regional races visit the l. women -- the government voters special website. election in a follow the results. the polls open on tuesday november 86:00 a.m. and

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we it. >> moderator: will go into you the other route to 2016 with this special today when i thought hotly contested races in the country

congressional district house 23. representative rod blum --. hurd: is the incumbent and pete gallego is the challenger down to the border all the way to the outskirts of el paso a huge district but two years ago it was separated by only less than 2500 votes. when you talk about 2400 votes you will get the first question. what separates you from representative hurd? gallego: a completely different philosophy how we approach these issues. growing up in west texas

those that independent by nature they don't go from one political party or the other. in for me this is my voting record was. so i voted with the democrats and then stood up to their old party. that is a huge difference with the 97% in the issues of the impacts us within three months of writing and then with the medicare system. with the independent and minded spirit. and to do the right things of the right reasons.

i have to lead by example that is a huge difference in this is the important issue it is an awesome with a lot that have laid down their life for not was with the victory earlier this week. going to marshal high-school at texas a&m my serve my country nine unhappier is as an officer in the cia when the the biggest differences is my background of international security. there is no one in congress that has this background into leverage of those issues but every heather issue to have of record of

accomplishments in to get absolutely nothing accomplished. five of those bills signed into law in a bipartisan effort. that is in only 22 months. two has zero bills off the house floor. and then those ever going on in the district. in produces more pilots and that flight line but my opponent would say he put language in the appropriation bill but we fixed it and this is the can-do attitude that neighboring to congress in i am not a career politician

only on national security and in the private sector to help businesses grow. and if you look at san antonio for understanding these issues but el paso these are important issues and another thing levels say is he used a lot of words to talk about medicare but the reality is nancy pelosi if and my opponent voted to remove a and hundred billion dollars now and have built the -- medicare to prop up obamacare. my dad is 83 my mom is 72 they are in the best health

of their life because of medicare vantage. so it is just crazy because it is not true. >> moderator: we're simulcasting is also life straight win negative light streaming such to talk about partisanship talk about the donkey in the room and talk about the presidential candidates. and then what ties you to donald trump. had the answer those charges? with the real national security plan to withhold that endorsement.

talk about trump and clinton this is example. he is lockstep with hillary clinton and has said that since day number one i willing to stand up to do what is right for those constituents. >> moderator: anywhere would donald trump could mean? >> no. here's the reality because it is the contrast between me and my opponent i work over the last 22 months to develop the independent relationship they know who i am and what we have been able to accomplish with that love will of service they haven't got it in a decade. going from one corner to the other.

answer the mail and phone calls and that is what they appreciate. the reality is idol care if you voted for me but if you need help for access guess what i will do? pet they have not seen them and over a decade of. >> on a very critical of him not distancing himself. >> that it reminds me of the longhorns of texas to say a point here and a point there with of bull in between that is my immediate reaction. so for 15 months mr. trump has been stealing hatred against latinos and in fact,

there was an editorial of the local newspapers where one of the things he appreciated about mr. trump was the national security plan. then following the arrest of the herd there was a whole series of people. but he would have said absolutely nothing. and i will make up a word but that is the with the district needs. to have success. so to get $25,000 he will

not tell you but if you ask him who was the 01st to be contacted for prosthetic device? we did that but they would that tell you that. let the sun that was having trouble in for the first time could bring the family together. and to measure my success with the difference and i am unable to make in the local community not by any washington standards. as a member of the armed services committee put the lives and the necessary language into the reports so that i will be taking care

of bed now as he is the same credit for the veterans reform but that is because he is standing on my shoulders. hurd: of a bite to respond one of the most frustrating things out of washington d.c. his career politicians and that was so partisan that would not receive the endorsement of the el paso newspaper. so there is a record of the career politicians would to talked-about that groundbreaking. and that is why this country is frustrated with those career politicians and why

we have people who talk a good game. >> moderator: the trump defect, pete gallego has never endorsed trump actually five incorrect said he should step out of the race. what more should he have done in your opinion grex? been making had a choice up 17 candidates economic up his mind. ninety-seven with senator crews he did not even make a choice. but then mr. trump becomes the nominee and still does some make a choice and it is amazing with national security. the only real person to the constitution that has that responsibility as commander in chief is the president of

the united states. and if you are a national security expert people not tell people whether or not he trust donald trump. that he was to give nuclear weapons to saudi arabia and correa and will not even venture forth. finally had the very and where he talks so horribly about women. so where was he? we do have pow. in to say we don't respect them. with all of the commons and

this is the first year. because we are afraid. and foreign in the united states whose parents were immigrants to say he is not qualified because he is mexican. and he is mexican but not a word. hurd: first this is one reason he was fired two years ago because he doesn't understand how incorporates. and we have a role for policy the only reason the keeps talking about donald trump as a distraction that

he got absolutely nothing accomplished and the a.d. is of how you fight isis said prevent them from inspiring people like orlando what will he do in and stand up through vladimir putin? and then with those $3 million but the attack on then is on all of us. and then when we crisscross the district and then with border security. operating in mexico. and then all he blasted to his satisfaction.

>> did you wait too long to speak out press. >> i have never endorsed him and never will. cement to talk about the elephant and the donkey in the room. >> so let's talk about clinton and nancy pelosi. they tied very closely. whether fairly or not. clearly mature for statement in to be as independent. >> and nobody says mace things about me. so i expect and did you look

at the fact with a 75 percent score in to be good for west texas. so with the to be opened in the government's. so one of the challenges of the whole partisan system. in the vestry republican voting record. i note that many did agree with their spouse is 96 percent of the time if you agree that much then

clearly you just follow along. and then to put forward operating border security so all those are not in line with the district so he did that. and frankly a thing we have to much partisanship. >> if you look at the voting record is the correct? >> this is a career politician in did it is in power in looking at what i have actually done. but it has a bipartisan sponsorship. the bill to modernize the

government and technology. and one of the co-sponsors the number two in the democratic party this is the bill off of the house floor one week before coming down from the election that is the activity. but that say to you on that house floor to get the bills done that is the real test and to talk about the bipartisanship to talk about how great it was. so to move the bill through congress with the district. this is a problem of a

career politician looking at the wrong metrics in not having it will bring change and impact. >> i'm sorry but you can tell he's from washington and you have 97 percent voting record? so let's use another metric. he has 9697% voting record because he votes with his party and follows the leader. and and the frustration is that bill leader of the freedom caucus is moving further to the right. and frankly interest is 5057

person who represents us would be in the middle but that is not what we get from representative hurd we go far to the right and you can tell if he doesn't answer the question there you go. >> and don't thank you necessarily agreed that what website? >> do you vote with the party? the voters of the district that have proven that they represent the district better spinnaker let's hear from the constituents of lot of the questions for both of you a lot of attacks back-and-forth veterans

attacking each. so how audience heard those charges? specifically that you cut veterans' benefits? so what would he do for the veterans. >> we did pass wine of the aisle largest appropriation bills for veterans affairs in the history of the veterans department. when i was in the cia ino the sacrifices that they make. that is why i am working hard but if you are more than 40 miles away the date

ago want you so local health care provider. is and fixing all the problems and then to go on in del rio and then not have to do the eight hour round-trip. these are the programs we're working to make sure we have that assessment. someone of my staff is one of those setter helping to make sure we have the right type of care. this 2016 a veteran should not have to call their congressmen to get access that they need. if you have a problem if one

person has a problem then thousands have the problem we have to figure out how to do that. . .