foreign policy back. we don't want your failed russian reset. we don't want four americans dead in benghazi. it was a tragedy to release the five top taliban leaders from guantanamo bay. perhaps nothing will change the world more than your foolish lifting of sanctions on iran as they are racing toward completing nuclear weapons. and they will if we stay the course as president obama and hillary clinton have laid forward. unthinkabley, we have the first anti-israel president in american history. that's the obama/clinton legacy. it's no wonder hillary clinton couldn't think of an answer when asked on her book tour to name her accomplishments as secretary of state.

i have one. permanent retirement! cheering] >> quite simply because she basically fails to inspire confidence in anything, and never forget she will be barack obama's third and fourth term as president of the united states. stay the course. what an exciting message for her 2016 campaign. but one slogan she won't be able to use? al qaeda is on the run. remember that one in 2012? as the rise of radical islamic jihad though that is redundant dominates the headlines we are seeing this enemy as pure evil as they're cutting off the heads of innocent people, that in august buried literally women and children alive. these are christians, christian brothers and sisters.

these are yezuties tonight who are on mount sinjar and they are continuing to suffer. i recently got an e-mail from a pastor this week who told me there is a missionary working with the yuzities who are barely clinging to life. they're sleeping in the cold mountains. they don't have blankets. it is a whole different world now and we can't forget them. we can't forget the others who are persecuted around the world just because of their religious beliefs. and why is that? it's because we have jihaddists who are subscribing to the radical ideology that believes that dying in the name of islam gets them to heaven. this is a spiritual warfare. what we need to do is defeat islamic jihad. sadly -- [ applause] -- sadly, our president has the wrong prescription. he even fails to acknowledge their motivations for bringing

about jihad. yes, mr. president, it is about islam. applause] and i believe that if you have an evil, the order of this magnitude, you take it seriously. you declare war on it. you don't dance around it. just like the islamic state has declared war on the united states of america. you kill their leader. you kill their council. you kill their army until they wave the white flag of surrender. hat's how you win a war. applause]

and you don't preemptively take anything off the table. you don't advance signal your enemy as to what your intention is. the president asked congress to follow him in a vietnam style slow walk response. and i said no. because either the united states chooses to decisively defeat this brutal evil with every resource we have, or we're going to have to answer to the next generation, why we failed to defeat the totalitarian evil of our day. and i also believe the president's decision to train and arm the so-called vetted moderate syrian rebels is a ragic mistake. because here is the ugly truth. they will never be vetted. and they certainly aren't all

moderates. there is a british intelligence service study that found nearly half of the syrian rebels today that we've trained have already taken up the cause of islamic jihad. half. so why in the world are we giving them american weapons? it is complete madness. but one thing we could do immediately to keep the american people safe is this. we could strip from the terrorists the passports of any u.s. citizens who joins the fight with is hamic -- islamic state or any other terror group. applause] i can believe we aren't doing this now. they shouldn't be allowed, a terrorist should not be allowed to re-enter the united states once they have voluntarily chosen to be a terrorist.

that's about like a 100% issue. after we remove their passports then i believe we should begin the process of removing their american citizenship from them as well. the rise of the islamic state seemed to be a shock to president obama. it wasn't to me. it wasn't to those of us who sat on the intelligence committee. i watched the up tempo of islamic jihad. i knew what was coming. earlier this summer i asked the fbi for a classified briefing. i asked if there were any minnesotans who are fighting with the islamic state. because many of you know, the tragic nexus that minnesota has with terrorism. it was classified information earlier this summer. i couldn't reveal it to anyone. but now everyone knows there are including the first two americans who died fighting for

the islamic state both of whom were minnesotans. what i ask is once they're done fighting with the islamic state what will happen if they don't blow themselves up, they don't get killed? what will happen if they try to return to the united states? i was floored when the fbi said to me, well they can come into the united states. they're still u.s. citizens. i said, to the fbi, are you kidding me? so that's why i introduced the legislation to prevent them from coming into the united states. t's just common sense. because our first priority is national security. every american has the right to feel secure in their own home. every american deserves the right to feel secure in their own community. but for all of his leading from behind on the world stage, president obama is also ignoring

a national, major security threat here at home. you know what it is. it is our open southern border. i was there for four days in august. i will tell you, i was floored. i thought i knew a lot about this issue. i was floored. to see how wide open in the midst of all of the heightened terrorism and all the foreign nationals that are streaming across our border just how porous it is. it is the under statement of the year that our border is not secure. when i visited the u.s./mexico border, what i saw was people processing, not border security. you would be shocked to learn that virtually 100% of foreign nationals who want to come into the united states do. they're not stopped. when a foreign national illegally enters the united states, they're taken to a processing facility. i've seen them. where it's determined whether or not they get to stay in the country. that's the ones we catch.

in order to keep the american people safe we have to secure the borders. [ applause] >> build a fence. deport on the spot. don't wait four years. send them back on the spot. we have to know who is coming into our country. i was at laredo and they told me so far this year people from over 140 different countries tried to come in this year. including yemen, sudan, syria, iraq, iran. i could, iran, i could go on. we legislative battles that are fighting are only part of this larger effort to write finalize american values. that is why i'm so grateful for the values voter summit. we know we have to do more than move legislation. we have to move hearts. that is why we have to remind ourfederal sills since -- fellow citizens that make us so exceptional.

we do not apologize that. we brag about it to the rest of the world. [applause] you see, we have been such a force for good for about the last 100 years, the world was safeguarded by what was known as pax britannica. england was the world's military and economic superpower. as we know, things did not stay that way. somewhere in the middle of the 1940's we move from what was called pax britannica two pax americana. why? in the mid-1940's, the united states of america became the economic superpower of the world. when that happened, we also became the military superpower of the world. we are a force for good. it brought peace to different regions of the world. you see, i think it is time that we wake up. that mantle is slipping away. , sometimes it is

absolutely despairing to serve here in washington dc. at the same time, we are told as believers, very clearly, we are not to despair. we are to look up. whether we feel it or not, we look up. whether we want to or not, we look up. whether it does not seem like it on the evening news, we look up. that is my charge to you today. we do not curse the darkness. we buy a candle. -- we like a candle. that is what believers do. [applause] while it is true that i am leaving congress, i want you to know that i'm not leaving the fight. [applause] because there is too much at stake to sit on the sidelines.

none of us can set it out. what i'm asking you today is to have your voice be heard. we are 39 days away from having our voice be heard. our leaders need to hear from you. that is why it is more important than ever that conservatives take control of the senate away from harry reid in 2014. [applause] and we need to expose hillary clinton's record of failure and we will defeat her in 2016. of that i have no doubt. [applause] that is why together we have to do something very important that every generation has had to figure out and do. we have to focus on returning this nation to what made a great, our founding principle, the constitution, the

declaration, and understanding what those principles are. it is never too late to save the country. don't buy into defeatism. it is not too late. i'm encouraged. be encouraged. that is what faith can do. you are like a phoenix that rises out of the ashes. i am there with a smile on my face because i know we serve a god of a possible who can make it happen. with people like yourselves, we cannot lose. values voters. god bless you and god bless the united states of america. [applause] thank you. >> all right, thank you

congresswoman bachmann. one of a kind and the liberals are glad of that. [laughter] this --l spiegel speaker this morning is a combat decorated marine, a best-selling offer, and he has his new book available. he will be doing a book signing after he's finished his speaking. businessman, aul columnist, and a host of war stories on fox news channel. he is also the founder of freedom alliance, a foundations providing support to injured military euros in college sons andips to the daughters of those killed and of duty. -- and thosee killed in the line of duty. please welcome colonel oliver north. [applause]

thank you. i appreciate the opportunity to be with you this afternoon. actually, it is still morning. no, it is afternoon. my mission is to get you out to lunch. close to on time. screentos you see on the were taken by chuck holden, my combat cameramen. the final shot is of the next commandant of the record fighting, joe dunford. it was taken last year while we were in iraq. for 13 years, it has been my privilege to document the finest military force the world has ever known. ining our 57 embeds africa, iraq, the philippines, central america, the stars of my

reports and books have been the bravest and best of this generation and they truly are america's heroes. [applause] fox since me out often to speak to young people. i can say that at 71. most of them are. fox sends me out to speak to young bureau. i say the word heroes often. i've conjured up the idea of someone who catches a pass in the end zone or sets a new record were someone wearing a spandex suit and a cape in a comic book. that is a euro. my heroes wear flak jackets and combat boots in flight suits. they go to work in some the most dangerous and difficult places on the planet earth. real heroes are selfless. they put themselves at risk for the benefit of others. because the mainstream media

won't tell the truth and because i'm the chairman of the nra's veterans and military affairs committee. our board of directors put together what you are about to see. a video of what this generation's great american heroes really look like. look at this. ♪ since 9/11, more than 2.5 million young americans have forfeited the comforts of home, centered themselves from the affections of loved ones, and gone into harm's way to protect us. for the very first time in history since the american revolution, every single person serving in an american uniform in a time of war is a volunteer. has not happened in any war since the one that gave us our

liberty. they came because of some terrible offense. this footage right here shows some of what they can do. you can see more if you go to the nra website. you can see what they look like doing the things they do so well. these are truly remarkable young people. they deserve better than what they are getting from this administration. [applause] from some of the tens of thousands of miles of footage that we have shot over those 57 embeds, my producers picked out frames. you will literally see why they came. it is because of this. even the ones i interviewed last week at walter reed national in gradeenter who were school when this happened, what you are looking at on the

screen, they came because of this. they came because they know what happened that terrible day 13 years ago this month and they don't want it to ever happen again. we were promised, when this administration came to office in 2009, that they were going to end the war responsibly. speed up those slides because we have to get through this. can't beat the dogs. short sight them, because they are the best thing you have for sniffing out a bomb. the young americans came because they wanted to fight for our country. they wanted to serve our nation. they want to make sure that terrorism was wiped clean. they want to make sure that it could not be exported to this country again. they were told that this administration was going to "and the war responsibly."

these youngsters became the protectors of muslim women and children. these frames are not staged. this is real. this is what they do. those youngsters who you see gathered in prayer circles, those youngsters you see huddled comeying a prayer did not because they were told to. i want to see the aclu go after those youngsters for preying on government time. [applause] they are brighter, better educated, trained better than any military force in history. they volunteered to protect us from an enemy dying to kill us. they know they are not going out on a football field on friday night they are going into mortal combatagainst -- mortal against an enemy ready to die.

and their commander-in-chief is kowtowing foreign leaders and apologizing for america. americans have done nothing for which we need to apologize. [applause] we saw it happen again this week up at the united nations. don't we deserve and don't pay, who was sacrificed so much, deserve a commander-in-chief who knows america, the greatest force for good in the world that the world has ever known, does not need to apologize for the sacrifices made by them and their families to protect us and offer others the hope of freedom? i think we do. [applause] the members of our armed forces and their families deserve better than being treated by laboratory rats in a radical social engineering experiment. syria,ans in iraq and

who have been killed by the thousands over the course of the last six months, are paying the terrible price for the inept has and incompetence that run this country into the ground for the last six years. that is something we need to resonate across america as we look forward to replacing and hiring a new commander-in-chief. days, a licking congress that understands it as well. a congress that understands it as well. [applause] i maintain that we are all paying a terrible price for america's leadership deficit disorder. to totalan rush disarmament. we do not need a commander-in-chief who guts our defenses, draws phony redlines with a pink crayon, and then fails to stand up to keep

someone from crossing. her leadership be trusted by our allies and respected or feared by our adversaries. between now and 2016 we hire a new commander-in-chief, we need a majority in congress who understands the rule of law and the constitution of the united states. if you will allow me, i want to make this personal. and 14.5ren grandchildren are threatened by a mountain of debt, unconstrained spending, ever higher taxes, and a head long rush to socialism. our congress needs to be accountable for what they need one that offers the protection of the constitution to our enemies, but strips those protections from our people. we need a congress that will stop this administration from

perpetrating frontal assault on free enterprise, private property, and the civil liberties enshrined in our bill of rights. we need a congress that we use the power of the purse to defend our national sovereignty, our -teamrs, and stop the o aom subordinating the -- to global agenda that limits our energy resources. the obama debacle is but a tip of the incompetence rampant in washington. we, the people -- the first three words of the constitution -- must demand accountability for cover ups. fast and furious, the irs enemies list. government spying on american citizens. some of that began yesterday when eric holder, thank god, decided to get out of town. [applause]

the words we, the people is not a political slogan. it is a way of life. commitments are not what we say. commitments are what we do. the framers who crafted our constitution were counting on we, the people to hold government accountable. some say it is ok to ignore the so-called social issues like marriage, the sanctity of life, or religious freedoms. i say they are not social issues at all. they are deeply moral and spiritual issues and they should matter in every election. [applause] i just want you to understand. i know that this is a nonpartisan organization so let me put it to you this way. [laughter] in the 1850's, a political movement began on a great moral

issue. it was founded on a great spiritual issue of the day. the abolition of human bondage. slavery in america. if we cease to be a home in that political party for people of faith and those who believe strongly in moral and spiritual issues, that party will cease to be a political force for good no matter who are candidates are and what they stand for. be aort, that party has to home for those of us who fear god and the wrath that will follow when we reject him. [applause] our greatness was built on the shoulders of those who staked their lives and honor on a creator who endows us with

unalienable rights and responsibilities. they made a commitment. let me show you a contemporary definition. what you are about the sea is a marine captain by the name of matt lampert. he is on his second combat were of afghanistan and i put a microphone on him and we put this in the file because fox did not necessarily think it was appropriate for a young audience. this is a measure of commitment. this is my second combat deployment to afghanistan. there are a lot of people that still believe in what we are doing out here and we are willing to come back again and again to prove that point.

[applause] >> we could not put it on the are and we could not tell people that matt lambert's wife, he is a graduate of a small boat and barge school, a trade school, he had been in the listed rain -- and listed marine, and then went to the marines on his second combat tour and he is married to a marine helicopter pilot. quite a commitment.

i'm asking you to make a commitment here today. i will not mask you to make the commitment that matt did but i am asking you to make the commitment when you go back home to inspire our countrymen to reject ideas like unilateral disarmament to achieve peace, to dismiss the concept of spending our way out of debt or regulating our way to prosperity. i'm asking you to inspire others , that we might elect those who know we cannot surrender our sovereignty to assure security. i urge you to make a commitment today to assert the moral authority of a free people. the next election is just 39 days away. making a commitment now that all -- to elect to congress who will stand up to liberties granted by our creator. we all that much to young

americans who -- we all that much to young americans who risk their lives in dangerous places. i started talking about he rose. the president i was blessed -- heroes. the president i was blessed to serve said we had a rendezvous with destiny. us to ensure that government of, by, and for the people would not perish from the earth. we often hear that we do not have heroes anymore. let me close with this from that commander-in-chief who called me a hero, though i never thought of myself as one. here he speaks of real heroes in the kind of leadership that we need is reflected in what he is going to say. if we look to the answer as to why for so many years we

achieved so much, prospered as no other people on earth, it was because that here in this land we unleashed the energy of individual genius of man to a greater extent than has ever been done before. freedom and the dignity of the individual have been more available and assured here than in any other place on earth. the price for this freedom at times has been high. unwilling to been pay that price. those who say that we are in a time where there are no heroes, they just don't know where to look. the sloping hills of arlington national cemetery with its row upon row of simple white markers bearing crosses or stars of david. they add up to only eight tiny fraction of the price that has been paid for our freedom. each one of those markers is a

monument to the kind of hero i spoke of earlier. their lives ended in place is beach,the argonne, omaha salerno, and halfway around the world on guadalcanal, pork chop hill, the chosen reservoir, and in a hundred rice paddies and jungles of a place called vietnam. marker lies a ,oung man, mark and truck tile who left his job in a smalltime barbershop in 1917 to go to france with the famed rainbow division. there, on the western front, he was killed trying to carry a message between battalions under heavy artillery fire. we are told that on his body was found a diary. under the heading

"my pledge," he had written these words -- america must win this war. therefore, i will work, i will save, i will sacrifice, i will endure. i will fight cheerfully and do my utmost as if the issue of the whole struggle depended on me alone. we must realize that no arsenal or no weapon in the arsenals of the world is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women. it is a weapon our adversaries in today's world do not have. it is a weapon that we as americans do have. let that be understood by those who practice terrorism and prey upon their neighbors. freedom,e enemies of those who are potential

adversaries, they will be reminded that piece is the highest aspiration of the american people. we will negotiate for it. sacrifice for it. we will not surrender for it now or ever. we are americans. >> so -- [applause] >> so, we americans have a chance to fix it. we americans, if we want our nation to remain the land of the free, we are going to have to take a stand and make a commitment and show our friends and our adversaries that we are still the home of the brave. god bless you and thank you for being here today. semper fi. [applause]

["stars and stripes forever"] ♪ >> i just want to thank you for your courage. .ou are strong

america needs you and your voice. i want to empower us and inspire us enlarge our range. i want to take the time to thank you. it is an honor and speaking to americans who volunteer more and behind the scenes that make america so exceptional. you are the americans that the media loves to hate. there thatbook out maybe some of them haven't understood. it says consider it. joy when you suffer trials of many kinds. this is the most joyful room in washington. [applause]

there is so much going on in the world and the country. time is short for us to do what we can to affect positive change. are you ready to fight back and get back on the right track? [applause] it is time. you strong man, it is time to expand our range and inspire others. time to stand and fight like your countries future depends on it because it does. take time to rejoice. an endyears it will be

of an error. [applause] remember the greek columns and the stadium full of fans and that dreamweaver stuff. he called the seas. you could keep your health care. where are we now? we areso over it did over the false promises. only the little guys could understand what they were doing it. we are over that. we are ready to get back to work. we are ready to get back to the

core values that made america great. private --e has our , we did not meet this transformation of america. it we need the restoration of all that is good and strong and free that made america so great. we must be united. of courage and fortitude and generosity, they can be what it is that pulls us all together. it is time to end the politics of division. the status quo has got to go.

united we will be able to stand. they used to rail against big brother government and the man. remember that? they are the man. ofy play the politics personal distraction. -- destruction. they move from one scandal after another. you can't keep up with all of them. no one is ever held accountable. tom you being spied on benghazi to bailouts to bush's war was bad. that wasegic re-there thought up on the back nine.

our honored military, on behalf of all americans who do support you, we honor you, we respect you. commander-in-chief we then will salute him. it is time to end the politics of division. it is time for the politics of values. i do want anyone to be afraid or ashamed of the core values that

we are celebrating. truth is a value. all about the difference between truth and the lies they can tell about you. my family sees something in the family -- paper. we would not have known about it if we hadn't read it in the paper. i learned the other day that i am in the middle of another divorce. or, the same divorce. i read it. it must he true. blog,ure ran in a liberal it was a picture of me after a workout. i did not have a ring on. -- rarely wear a rating

up in alaska. by the way, what business is it of the liberal haters anyway? why are they so intolerant? who cares? i am out in the shop with todd. he sends his very best. he is not able to be here because it is a moose season. he has one more flight to conduct. he is winterizing the place. i quote the headline that was that day. we have been together since high school. he said, is it the same that

they wrote last time? is it that same divorce? write me the check. it is kind of tragic to say it. at this point, what difference does it make. we are used to it. we expect it. are -- this is why we have each other's backs. this is what happens. the lies that they tell about you. the call you the bigots and haters. the charge of being racist. this is the most slander group in america today. scorn with pride.

us,lies that you tell about you can't defeat our arguments. all you can do is change the subject. [applause] card, how muchce longer do you think they are going to. it's not even smart. when one wants the government to live within its means and not taxis beyond death. not to mortgage our friends' future. we are racist? it is not smart when they try to slap that on allen west. scream racism to end

debate. don't retreat. you reload with truth. the media's favorite president, he just can't stop telling lies. he just said that the islamic state isn't islamic. that is news to the islamic state. to thousands of muslim who joined them. if it wasn't islamic, why does pill around the muslim world?

why do we give them koran's when we were -- imprisoned them? now caused by youtube. americans can handle the truth. we crave the truth. ignorance and deception are the enemies of democracy. we can end this error. we can survive this resident. survivetion is can we the people who voted for him a second time? it is the truth that will set us free. freedom is another value. the nations business is shackled. agency decidesul

that independent tea party patriots are the enemy of the people. content ofo know the pro-life prayers. it would conduct to years of massive audits of the most loving families and america. they were targeted. most closelyation examined. are the people who would extend their hearts and homes to love the orphans and the downtrodden and the helpless. how about that irs? to advance liberty and justice when you target americans, we get to target you. the you think it's time to abolish the irs? [applause]

what can you expect from a dense decides whoe that has religious freedom and who doesn't. we crave liberty and we kiss our sons and daughters in uniform. for those of you who have served i love being able to point you out. i will ask you to stand up. we can honor you. we can salute you and thank you. we love you. [applause]

it gives me goosebumps. you secured for us. you encouraged america's finest to hang in there and keep fighting for it. even for those we would disagree with. it is an inherent need to be free. he created us with that drive to be free. we know it. we live it. we are the liberty movement. we the people. you. men and women serving in the military. look at the representation in this room. you have secured the movement that liberates all citizens to dream. god put dreams in you.

you've got to go get them. that is how you live life vibrantly. you need freedom to do that. we are not afraid of liberty. in an open debate, are common sense ideas when. that is why they are afraid. they are desperate and divisive. you are the threat. you value life. you value equal opportunity. it scares the be jesus out of them. it is courage that is a value. this is the time of courage. you will hear more about the sudanese christian who would not renounce her faith.

the anchor held for her. her faith was her strength. she was in change for the gospel. -- chains for the gospel. strength coming from god. she is not hesitant to share that with the world. i am so thankful that this group will take the time to honor her this weekend. that is so admirable. our pastors. of hime you have heard being in prison in iran because he is a christian. he will not renounce his faith. lives.ges

they are coming from his prison cell. every free american it should read these. -- this is seen throughout the world. this wave ofng persecution. they are being sold into slavery. they are marked for death. they stand firm. their anchor holds. the least we can do is stand with them with courage. that youer would say are the divisive ones. the media tries to say that our core values divide. liberty andh and opportunity and courage and life

divide? under screwed up orwellian leadership. to proclaimamed your values and to live them. we are the movement that says yes. yes to truth. yes to virtues and values. we are going to support great hammering outre and working so hard at that restoration agenda. respecting and supporting our armed forces so we could have peace through strength. the sanctity of innocent life where children are not seen as disposable. to.own president referred

why would you want to get rid of them? leaders who are not afraid of truth and will fight for it. they are worthy of a great nation. don't let them get you down. america needs you. we do need to expand our range. as messengers of vibrant life and real hope, we are value voters. our values were our founders values. our message is the message that america wants to hear and needs to hear. america, keep faith in that.

keep faith in the american dream and share it. the message resonates. we can be optimistic as they were. we can be optimistic about the future of our one nation. we are under god. the best is yet to come. thank you for what it is you do and what you put up with. god bless the united states of america. thank you. [applause] >> our campaign debate coverage continues live on c-span. final texas governor's debate.

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other programs. i watch a lot of them all the time. >> i saw the interview with the tea party lady. i've wondered why they brought story. $475,000 a year and her husband $250,000 year. that would've been interesting. know you think about the programs you are watching. you can e-mail us. you can send us a tweet. join the conversation. like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. >> a debate between the candidates running for oregon governor.

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debate this this. >> good morning. welcome to the debate. this is the second time these two candidates will be meeting. the evening anchor at news channel go 1 and on behalf of the oregon broadcasters, i will serve as your moderator. i am proud to say we have two candidates with us today. the first, governor is seeking his fourths term as governor who was first elected in 1994. again, in 1998 in 20s 10. prior to serving as governor, he

was the president of the gorore senate. dennis richardson has served in the oregon house representing district 4, including parts of jackson and josephine counties. he is a business owner and a vietnam veteran. bolt have agreed to a set forum for this debate. each candidate will have two minutes for opening remarks and three minutes as piece for closing. they have been vetted by an oab committee. candidates will have one minute for a response. the candidate who answers first will get a 30-second rebuttal period. as the moderatomoderator, it wi my discretion to ask for follow-up questions if we need to clairify any points by virtu of a coin toss, the order for opening remarks as well as questions has been set. at this time, representative richardson, you have two minutes for your opening remarks. >> i am dennis richardson, the

republican and independent candidate for oregon governor. i think i should start by telling you a little bit about who i am, a son of a carp carpetenter, a union man who taught me how to work hard and not quit until the job is done. i learned from the example of the john kennedy about the honor of military service. when i was old enough, i joined the army. primary night hawk and single-shift missions. after returning home, i was lost, and then i met cathy, who helped me find new purpose to my life. cathy is here with me today. after 41 years of marriage, we continue to grow closer every year. we have one son and eight daughters. so we know how to keep add it and work through hard times. i served on the city council and was elected in 2002 to become a legislator in the organizeon house of representatives. while there, i was unanimously elected by the democrats and republicans to serve as both --

to serve as the speaker pro tem and then i became the co-chair of ways and means where i was able to work across the aisle to balance budget in difficult times without raising taxes. i am here today to ask for you to give me the opportunity to serve as oregon's next governor. this isn't about a republican versus a democrat. it's about the past versus the future. the governor served for three terms. three terms of high unemployment, low school achievement and continuing going distrust in the state government because of the radical abuse of our federal funds and state funds in two project deback els. oregon serves a governor who will restore our economy, our education system and help be

able to restore trust and confidence in the oregon people. i am be that governor. >> thank you very much t governor, two minutes for your opening remarks. we want to strive to meet full potential and be awarded with a better life and leave our kids better off than we are. the two basic ways to sploech that. one is based upon the belief people real on their own, need to fend for themselves and if you make it and you are lucky, great. if you don't, you don't make it. the other belief is based upon that worry all in this together apted there are things we can do as a state to lift us up regardless of race, gender younated for it my entire life.

i fight for it every day as a father. >> that's why i ran in 2010. it's why i am running again now. now, remember the dire straits we were in four years ago. pol polarized, divided legislature, the ingredients most feet would leadto to cast on wisconsin. the fact it didn't reflects the leadership we need. i saw an opportunity here we had to throw in the political playbook, reach across the partisan divide and that's what we did and we have been doing that together for the last four years. in 2001, we erased that budget deficit with bi-polar support. a year ago, we came into a special session as the federal government was closing down to raise revenue for schools and to provide small business relief. we did that with bi-polar votes. earlier this year,

we didn't tear the state apart because we did it together. i am looking forward a serious discussion to the serious problems that face us and how we seek it achieve them. >> gore, thank you. we will move on to questions. being a news guy, i like to follow the things that are happening in the moment. the secretary of state's office said it will fine the richardson campaign 365 for reporting in kind contributions and the kitzhaber is accused of nost reporting a political consultant. we will begin with you governor: how will you assure oregonians your administration will operate in an ethical manner? >> i have a pretty long political career in operating in an ethical manner. in the campaign, in regards to

we have it available on the sec te terri of state's website on september 30th. i think in this day and age with the level of media scrutiny brought to anyone in public offi office, we are pretty transparent. i have a career of transparency and i am happy to discuss that at any time and any place. >> governor, thank you. representative richardson, i will repeat the question part of that. how will you assure organizegoniorganize aga oregonians your administration will operate in an ethical manner? >> the secretary of state has challenged us because we are living with a friend and didn't say the friend has given in-kind contributions. they don't charge rent. we are going to comply with that because we want to comply with the law. what we have seen with patricia mccabe scandal is outrageous.

here is a woman who was working for the governor, who was on his staff, who was giving him -- who was giving him counsel and advice about the columbia river crossing bridge project and at the same time, she is getting $554,000a of pay from the primary contractor on the project. i think that's criminal. i thi i think it's certainly unethical. can you imagine being an advisor to the governor while you are collecting half a million dollars from the contractor who is supposed to be building a bridge? and yet we never dug a single shovelful of dirt on that bridge. >> governor, you have 30 seconds to respond. >> yeah, you know, i think the reason people have attacked patricia mckeg is she is effective. she is a powerful woman. some people are uncomfortable with a powerful woman. she has been a value-add on the crc, a valued friend and consultant over the years. i respect her greatly a will

continue to seek her advice when it's appropriate. >> gentlemen, thank you. we will move on to our second question. representative richardson, we will start with you on this one. lawsuits, technical failures and healthcare coverage for oregon citizens, how will you end the govern oregon debacle and assure the state does not have future problems on it projects. >> cover oregon is a case study in fraud, waste and abuse. we have wasted $300 million on a website project. the governor is going to say we have signed up all of these people under cover oregon for healthcare. the truth is most of them would have been signed up under medicaid anyway. he will say we have provided this coverage but we have almost 100,000 individuals who now have to be reenrolled by the federal government. >> that's a waste of our time, effort and money. we can't let that happen again. the way to avoid it is by being connected.

the govern was in butan learning about gross national happiness while we were in session trying to figure out how to implement cover oregon. the way you stop these things from happen something to have a governor who will pay attention, who will be on the job, who will work, who shows up. i will be that governor. >> representative richardson, thank you. one minute for you. how will you evened the cover oregon debacle and assure the state does not have similar problems? >> i will answer the question. our chief information officer has instituted a number of steps to address exactly that. one is called an it governance structure that assigns it on the front end so if problems occur, you don't end up pointing fingers after the fact that the project doesn't come off. the second one is a stage gate process where each project has to go through a stage gauge where we look at its progress and it cannot get the next round of funding until it clears that

step. we have instituted this throughout the state, and with regards to cover oregon specifically. will deliver a functional website in november. we have only 5% of oregonians who don't have health insurance coverage today because we have kept our eye on the ball, which was enrollment. and a state agency after to ensure more accountability. >> governor, thank you. representative richardson, you have 30 seconds to respond. >> we need to keep our eye on the money. $300 million on the project. early on, he helped and was involved in the department of motor vehicles at theasco where we lost $75 million. now 300 million. it's 190 million on the crc project, 72 on most recently announced department of human services failure in the modernization project. the way you solve this is we have leadership that will pair attention, who will see that we

do not have projects that are just started and then not -- and are continued without oversight. >> thank you. question 3, governor. we will begin with you. recreational marijuana became legal and is on the ballot here in oregon. if pot is legalized, do you favor allowing individual communities having the right to ban marijuana-related businesses? >> you know, i think we need a statewide policy on marijuana. i don't support the ballot measure, not because i have anything against marijuana. i am concerned we don't know enough and don't have in place the kind of public safety, law enforcement and educational framework for it work. we have colorado and california. seems it would mac more sense to wait a couple of years and learn from that experience in advance. at this difficult to do that once the bill is passed and the time to have the discussion about the question of local

pre-emption is before the bill passes. it's my hope that we are afforded the opportunity to get ahead of the curve. it's coming. it's inevitable. we can be better prepared and serve the people and the interest for those who advocate it and those are concerned about taking the time to put a responsible framework in place. i will repeat the question. if pot is here, do you favor communities having the right to ban recreational marijuana businesses? >> i believe the best government is that which is closest to the people. i see no moving interest why the state should determine whether or not a local community should have pot or not have pochlt so i think local control is a rational way to approach it. i agree with the governor we should delay, if we could, implementing the raw in oregon until we see what's really taken place in washington and colorado. we can learn from mistakes and successesmented that will make for a better program in oregon.

regardless, once the voters speak, i will take an oath to support the will of the people. >> that's the oath i take. the governor takes an oath to honor and obey and enforce the constitution and the will of the people. our governor has done that on capital punishment. on the implementation of the marijuana law, i will see that is done. >> 30 seconds to respond. >> we found some common ground. thank you, gentlemen. representative richardson, the next question, we will begin with you. what would you do differently neil improve high school graduation rates in our nature and please be specific. oregon is second to last in the nations in graduation. we have the highest rates of absents eism. we cannot afford to lose another

generation. we can have promises made. promiseses are broken. we won't gri in another rudy crew to waste another year of the time and lives of our students. what i will do education needs to be funded first. it is a political football where the kids are forced to suffer in the school districts do not have the ability to make their plan. we should fund education first wishould use common sense, not federal core. we don't need bycrats telling us what's best for our schools. we had need local control. we should listen to teachers, to our parents and to school districts because they know what's best for our students. >> governor, the same question to you: what would you do different to immediately improve high school graduation rates in our state?

>> we have started over the last four years. this is not going to happen overnight largely because we have viewed education and pretty much viewed kids as non-existent until they goat kindergarten. we lose a lot before they get there. we have a laser focus on outcomes for kids, kickeder garten ness. you are 4 times more liable to graduate if you are reading in 3rd grade to college and career. reconnecting them to computer science, to give them the ability to be pulled through school rather than being pushed through. so those things we are able to continue to fund those will make a huge difference. funding schools first begs the question of your funding. it's a political trick. it leaves ability to fund the social services and wrap around services the kids need to be successful at home and in the classroom. you have 30 seconds to respond. >> the question is about high

school graduation rates. we need to focus on the outcomes we want. you can't have more of the same. wineed to look at charter schools, alternatives because not all kids will go to college. every student deserves an equal educational opportunity. >> thank you. we will move on to our next question, governor, directed to you first. >> 2015 t oregon's minimum wage, should it be higher, stay the same, or why? >> oregon was the first state to institute a minimum wage in 1913. this has been a core value of oregon over a century. i believe it should be higher. i am not sure what. i don't think it should be fine but i could see it at 11:00 or

so. the simple point is raising the minimum wage by itself doesn't solve the problem. there is a benefit cliff where income goes up and support structures like day care fall off. if you move from 19 to $13 an hour, you have less money in your pocket. moving up the minimum wage. no one can live on the minimum wage today. many require social services make work pay. >> should be our objective and giving people the opportunity to take care of their families. >> in 2015, oregon's minimum wage will be $9 and $0.25 an hour, in your view should it be higher or stay the same? and why?

>> we need to focus on the fact that minimum wage is supposed to be an entry wage. we should not, looking at how we are going to be able to raise the midge mum wage, what we need are more jobs that requires us to focus on barriers of having good jobs in oregon. i want very much for us to expand our gross domestic product because when there is greater demand for products and services, that creates more sdpier for those products minimum wage is an entry level wage. we need to allow people to pay mortgages and have a future we have the second fastest growing economy and most of those jabs are on the bottom. people trapped in a minimum wage well no way up and no way out. no one can live on the minimum wage. try to take care of a family on

18 or $19,000. >> representative richardson, i want to ask a quick clarification. the question was in 2015, the minimum wage will be 9.25. you have talked about that intling an entry level wage. can you tell me if you think it should be higher or stay the same in 2015? >> i think that after three terms, we don't have that. our unemployment has been higher than the national average for 18 years. >> that's unacceptable. >> thank you. representative richardson, the next question, we will begin with you, in 20s 13, the legislature made changes that are conductor under judicial

review. however, the potential unfunded liability remains significant. do you think additional pers reforms are necessary? and what specific reforms would you make? >> the first is one of those thashz keeps coming back and right now, we are waiting to see what the supreme court does with most recent reforms and by the way, those reforms are contrary to popular belief did not solve the first problem. they merely loader the pers increase. the way we can deal with pers is to determine what is contractual and what is just kind of the decision of the legislature. not everything the legislature does is part of the employment contract. we need to maintain the contract so our civil servants can live lives and count on having a funded retirement plan we need to solve once and for all, what is contractual, what isn't? make the reforms if it's not contractual and honor the contract that we have to our

retirees and dedicated public servants. >> thank you, governor. i will repeat the question part of that. do you think pers, additional pers reforms are necessary? what specific reforms would you make? >> the answer tots question is, no. we need to remember these benefits were earned. often accepted in lieu of pay increases because of the market crashes and the loss in the fund, i led our state into a special session, and address truck driver in a fair way. i believe we have a strong case to win in the supreme court. i think we have made a big dent in the unfunded liability and need to move on to other things like raising minimum wage and insuring we see -- reduce income inequality. we have hard working public employees. they have done their share, taken reduction in the pers system and now it's time to move

on to another issue. >> representative richardson, you have 30 seconds to respond. the problems came about during the term of governor kitzhaber. created the problem. west left to solve t we are stuck with it. we don't need four more years of excuses and blame. what are the fundamental problems with the tax structure. it's not going to happen. the question is if we can't add that third lane, what can we do to make it more rational? two things, on the om end, i referred to it, fix the cliff so

when people get more money in their paycheck, they get more money in their pocket did and then the economy to take care of themselves. at the top end, we know a lot of our -- most of our job growth comes from small businesses growing rapidly. currently, many of those small businesses when they get big enough, they have a liquidity event. they leave the state. so a targeted capital gains tax reduction for reinvestment in the state of oregon will be the second part of the reform package i would support. >> what are the fundamental problems with the tax structure? and as governor, what would you change? >> one of the fundamental problems with our tax structure is that there is never enough money. with government, you have an addict and the drug of choice is money. so when you have the cycle of a boom and bust, a recession and improvement in the economies, we always spend everything that we've got and then when we have the inevitable reduction, the recession, there is never enough money to end up having to lay off teachers, cut school's aid.

when it comes to our tax structure, we have what we have and there is not going to be a change until people decide to do that. we can looting a other states and see what worked and what doesn't work. we are we can learn from the experience of those states who have a growing and vibrant economy because they have incentives that attract business and growth. now we have barriers and a tax structure which has a negative impact on growth and so we have high unemployment and low development of innovators and entrepreneurs and inventors in our state. >> governor, would you like 30 seconds to respond? >> i am not quite sure what his answer was but i will add because of changes we made in medicaid a million people now are on a care model that's growing at much less than inflation. we have added state employees. we have schoolteachers as well by 2123 budget, we will have cut general fund expenditures by $4,000,000,000, eliminated the

structural budget deficit we have had since the 2019 biannum. >> that's a part of tax reform. two sides to the equation: how you raise it and how you spend it. >> governor, thank you, gentlemen. we will return to healthcare and won't be saying the words cover oregon in this question. representative richardson -- we will start with you. there is a shortage of primary care fipingsz that are providing vital care to patients throughout oregon and not just in rural communities. how can we reverse the trend and increase the number of general practitioners in our state? >> we will have to change the model, not merely getting more practitioners. what we need to do is turn to a team approach where you have doctors working at the top of their license and you have nurse practitioners and physician assistant did and those who are willing to make contact and follow chronically ilpatients to

make sure they are doing meds and blood tests and don't keep showing up at ae merge emergency rooms unless we change the way we do business in medicine, we are not going to change the outcomes that we have. in addition, we need to have incentives for patients to be cogassumers. right now, when you are a patient, you go in age it's like going to have a menu at a restaurant and there is no prices. i think i will take steak and lobster. we need a system, also, and i have a plan on how we can do this where there is an incentive for the patient to ask the question or two why i need to have this mri. why is it $450 here and $1,200 across town? and what about prescription drugs? high cost or generic. incentives for the patient to be involved in their own care. >> representative, thank you. i will repeat that again. how can we reverse the trend that's referring to a la like of primary care physicians and increase generate practitioners

in our state? >> what we have done with the coordinated care organizations, we have a million people enrolled out of a state of 4 million peel. we are using a team approach with a physician at the top doing what he or she can do because of her training. physician assistant ants, nurse practicetitioners in chronic conditions where the vast majority of costs are. >> spreads your authorities an awful lot it further we intend to move this not only to have but to the private sector which could be a game changer for businesses if their healthcare costs were 3 or 4% it freeze massive amount of money for human resources and plants and equipment. this is a huge success story. we are leading the nation here in redefining and changing our model for healthcare. thank you. would you like 30 seconds to

respond, representative richardson? >> yes, we are in agreement. we need to ensure the community care model does what it is intended to do, not just how you spend money differently and act like a managed care but changing lifestyles. if we can help people lessen smoking, lessen the obesity problem, their dependence on drugs, we can help them not only have a better life but have lower expenses that will help, also. >> thank you. it's refreshing to see some agreement here during campaign season. governor, we start with you on this next question. senator ron wyden has sponsored a bill on forest land in oregon. some would say it would allow too much logging, others say not enough. where do you stand? >> probably right in between. everyone will be upset with this bill. i had a conference call last

week. we are getting a new bill drafted this week there is a pathway hear to allow responsible increase in harvest of those o & c lands that still provide significant conservation lift. it's not impossible. the issues really are not the board fee as much to me as the certainty that whatever board level is arrived at we can count on and revenues into the county. this isn't about gutted the endangered species or enenviron mental laws. it's asking can we get more value off of that specific 2 million acres of land in southwest organizeon and manage that in a way that improves the gain we can gets from those resources? >> governor, thank you. representative richardson, this again about senator ron wyden's bill to double the timber in ogon. where do you stand as far as it

being enough or too much harvest in our forest land? >> the bill is flawed because it doesn't give the certainy the timber industry needs. we have lost over 100 millions in recent dick aids. what do with he to show for it? promises, discussions and what we need is to be able to count on timber utilized by our mills. oregon is a natural resource-based state. in our rural communities especially, we have been language issuing in depression because they can't utilize the timber. what we need is a governor who will be back in washington, d.c. who will lead the delegation of other western governors and bring our case to not only congress and the president but to national media to show that we cannot allow citizenship, americans in organizeon, to be languishing in poverty and in depression when our other

americans don't even know about it in the east. we are all americans. we need a governor who will bring this to the people and not settle for more talk by senators or by representatives. >> representative. >> thank you. governor, 30 seconds to respond? >> we are doing a lot of those things in eastern oregon, the blue mountain stewardship agreement and timber supply that left the last mil and adding jobs and has fed the mil in legrand, adding jobs. there are creative things we can do to find that middle ground that improves the economy, the health of the forest and keeps people back to work we saved the last mil in your district, rough and ready, and we are continue to lien on that issue and make it work. >> governor, thank you. representative richardson, should undocumented immigrants have driving privileges in oregon under ballot measure 88? and why? >> this is a very sensitive

question because it affects lives: it has an impact on families and their abilities to attend things, to have transportation. i take it seriously. i think it's a mistake, though, for us to grants driving privileges because we can learn from the experiences of other jurisdictions. tennessee had this kind of a program, and they repealed it because they had bus loads of illegal residents in the summer coming to tennessee so they can get the government card. in new mexico, the governor said if she had the power to repeal it in new mexico, she would repeal it for the same reason, that they have a certain number of immigrants in their boundaries of their state that they have much -- they have issued cards that are much more than the number they have in the state. we need to lefrn from the experience of others. driving is not a right. it's a privilege.

i understand it is a privilege and not a right. >> governor, i will repeat the question. should undocumented immigrants have driving privileges in oregon as allowed under ballot measure 88? and why? >> absolutely yes. it reduces the number of uninsured and unlicensed people. this is large a larger commitment to equity and opportunity in the state. these people are working in organizeon, paying taxes in oregon, the backbone of our nursery industry and agriculture industry, contributing to the state, hard workers. they deserve the right to be able to legally drive to and from work, church, and take their kids to school. if this is a nation that believes in equity and opportunity, that we were created equal, that we have certain rights, life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, surely, the pursuit of happiness must include the ability to drive to work and take care of your family. this is fundamental equity and

equality and i believe very deeply we should allow these individuals to be able to drive. representative richardson, 30 seconds. >> i appreciate the governor's passion, but the deckclaration of independence was not dealing with illegal immigrants in our state breaking the law. this is not an easy discussion. it's not an easy issue. ultimately, you have to have certain principals. we enforce the law, live with the law or make special senses for special people. we have the federal government's problem: do we allow people to have special rights on a lawyer where we enforce the law? i believe that's where we are and we need to remain. >> thank you, governor. should oregon employers provide paid sick leave to part-time employees? why or why not?

>> i believe it needs to be a statewide policy, not a city or county by county policy. the fact of the matter is, if you are a low-income worker in this state, you have no margin. if you it have to leave to go to the doctor, if you get sick, let's say you are on minimum wage. our great minimum wage, making $1,819,000 a year and they get sick. this can lose their job. they come on to the state welfare system. it's a system that doesn't make any sense. paid sick leave is a rational human response to how we support people. >> should ogregon pay part-time

workers sick leave? >> i don't believe it's the governor's place to punish people with the threat of either compensation or imprisonment for not keeping a law as determined by the government. i think that it is what employers should do. i did that as an employer, myself. i have done that for years in various businesses in which i have been involved. i think it's an important thing for us to do. i think there needs to be training. there needs to be discussion about it. we cross the line when we say government is going to pass a law and threaten people if they don't comply with the way the government thinks something ought to be done. >> governor thishths second response? >> pass on that one. >> representative richardson, this starts with you: what is the state's role b counties or school districts, for example, are unable or unwilling to fund things that are mandated by the state legislature? >> that's a huge problem. one of the reasons that i ran for the house on the city council and i talked to the other city council members because we kept getting mandates

from the state, what to do with the building department. they would tell us how to do better but they wouldn't give us the money to do it. i think it's a huge mistake for us to allow the government at any level to give mandates and not somehow how it's going to be funded. i believe that the government especially the state government should be a resource to local and county government and not a dictator. i think we have room to improve. i will repeat that for you. what is the state's roll when counties or school districts are unable or unwilling to fund things mandated by the state legislature? >> i think there are two parts to the answer. first is unable. i do agree with representative richardson, we need about it demanding things on other segments of the government they can't pay for. we need to continue to look at that. the large he question is when people are unwilling. what we have is a true public safety crisis where the loss

property tax rates. people are unwill toing raise those rates to fund basic law unforcement. there is no law enforcement anymore. it's a dangerous situation. we have passed information. should the county commission requested the legislature that hasn't happened yet. the public safety for counties that are unwilling to pay for it themselves. this is going to not just affect that county. it's delane county curry and cous county and it's an issue we have to take seriously and try to address. >> governor, thank you. representative richardson, 30 seconds to respond. >> the reason that counties are not able to pay the expenses of law enforcement such as josie county goes back to our policy on timber.

we have a county that has 60% of its land controlled in tim bert and they can't cut, they can't develop their economy. they don't have the cluster we have in the northern parts of the state. what we need to do is to ensure they have the resources, income, refer now, economy that would allow them to make payments that are necessary. >> thank you. i want to hand a questiick ques to clarify. you said it is not an easy topic. do you feel it's appropriate for the state to the start policing these areas when communities are unwilling to fund it, themselves? >> we are doing it. the short answer is, yes. the state police is underfunded, under budgeted and they are stretched. right? so that's not a long-term solution unless the legislature is willing to pump up the state, you know, the funding for state police. so, i think if we are going to have count edes, if you are going to be a county there are certain basic services the county needs to be able to

provide and it's a short-te gap measure. >> the next question begins with you. what would a good transportation page contain for the next biennium? where would you propose that revenue comes from? >> in the short-term, i think the most likely revenue would be some kind of a gas tax increase. i know transportation coag list the gas tax is bringing in less and less money as people drive west. their vehicles are more efficient. we need to look at a long term answer. i will give you. the change the way we finance transportatio transportation. i think they are going to be coming. we need to figure out a way through my estimation to figure out how to attract private instuttution a.m. capitol. we have something called the west coast infrastructure exchange, acal, british columbia partnership to try to do just

that: i think that the model is $10,000,000,000 of public infra strict tour. so that is probably the most fruitful avenue because we can't count on the federal government. >> thank you. representative richardson, what would a good transportation package contain assuming it contains a revenue component, where would you propose that revenue comes from? >> infrastructure and transportation is a basic requirement of government. we need a bridge. we have a 100-year-old bridge coming across the columbia river and we need to have that be a priority where the legislate towertors and governs work together to come up with a system that's going to be able to have a project that will create a bridge and not just ensure that chronnies get paid their money and millions of dollars gets wasted. we need to focus on what are

called statewide transportation improvement packages. every region of the state has their own priorities. they need to have the funding. they need to use -- they need to have the ability to have their projects funded as well. how do you do that? it's a combination of focusing on high priority priorities, for infrastructure projects, not have them get whatever is left and utilizing dmaebt rational way because when you are fixing abridge, it's a long-term project. it's a capitol improvement and you need to be able to fund that sometimes using debt. >> representative, thank you. governor, 30 seconds to respond. >> one thing. i do think that buy changing the contracting model because what we are talking about here, you can bring these institutional dollars in to build a bridge right now, it's a design/build contract. we are talking about move to go a design bill over a 30 year period which gets you a fundamentally different kind of contract. we have a trillion dollar

infrastructure hole on the west coast. we are not going to fill it unless we figure out how to create that the partnership and bring those dollars to bear. it's critical to the public sector, crist cal to the economy. >> requires total t the additional comments there. representative richardson, the next question will go to you. what ideas would you propose to assist the sxhibl recovery fors those behind in the recovery process? >> it's vitally important that a governor be the ambassador for oregon businesses. we can't just focus on washington could you tell e and the great success they are having there. every area of this state has attributes. look at the aviation industry here in eastern oregon. manned and unmanned. not enough merely to have great products. need to be able to sell them and so a governor should be the ambassador for the aviation industry for eastern oregon.

i have organized 10 trade commissions to china. as a legislator, i took legislators and businesses to help consumeners china understand oregon is in business and we have things they want to buy. as a result,. we have brought back contracts for over a million dollars. we need to deal with natural resources and make sure our products are ince up and downed. >> i will repeat the question, governor. what ideas would you propose that are well behind in the recovery process. if you have scene one economy, we have a host of regional economies which is why we set up the solutions process. priorityize processes and bring to better bear federal, state,

non-for profit resources. a 4-year institution coming here as a result of a regional, the blue mountain timber project. producing tangible results. we need to remember that the commonality of trying to build on infrastructure which means investing in innovation and research for the natural resource economy. for example, marying the department of forestry with department of arkansas at the time tour of u of o to create multi-story wood buildings and other ways utilize the renewable resource we have in abundance here in the state of oregon. >> governor, thank you. representative, 30 seconds to respond? >> if we want to bring in new money into rural oregon.

we will develop the relationships that we need. oregon is a gateway to the university, gateway to the world give someone who has established offices in our countries where we have the greatest opportunities? >> representative, thank you i compliment both of you for staying so well on time. we have reached a point where we are at our final question of this debate. governor, it begins with you: what are the first three things you will accomplish as governor that will impact the voters of oregon on a personal level? healthcare to oregonians. we will continue lien into our early learning delivery system which is going to have a huge

impact on children and families before they ever get to school. and, you know, third, i am going to implement the low carbon and fuel standards going to create jobs around the state of oregon and diversify our transportation fuel opportunities which will, i think, bring thousands of new jobs to the state of oregon, reduce the export of billions of dollars we send outside the state now to bring in fossil fuel and create jobs and better economic opportunities for people. >> thank you. representative richardson, what are the first three things um accomplish that will impact voters on a personal level? >> women deserve to be paid the same as men for the same experience. the governor's office pays $0.79 for women for every dollar he pays to men. >> that's wrong. first thing i will do as governor is to make sure my office secondly, focus on

education. we cannot continue to have an education system where we are graduate -- where our graduate is second to last in the country. >> that's unacceptable. we are losing a generation of our youth. so i will focus not just on kids going to college. we need mennors, technical and professional opportunities for kids where we are using unions and trade sectors to help provide training for kids not going to go to college. meant orders. every child deserves a mentor and an education and an opportunity for a future and finally we are going to restore trust. >> we are run over time here i want to give the governor 30 seconds to respond. >> first of all, the charge that my office doesn't provide equal

for pay, the reporter who is article has reputiated the way you have done this. it seems to me a little cynical that you had you would discover equity for women where very few of your votes suggest you believe in that? >> there you go again. >> thank you, ronald. >> on the panel, on that note we will move to our closing statements by the flip of a coin, representative richardson, you will have the first closing statements. you have three minutes, sir. oregon is a wonderful state. consider for a moment you and your family. take yourself back 170 years ago. you hear where there is deep timber and soil and water and land, a place where you can plant your roots and provide a legacy for your kids and grandkids. we call these people pine easier. but if you were that family, you

wanted that, you put everything you had in to a wagon and you rod wrote on the side of it, oregon or bust and you start talking 2200 miles you walk. and why? because you want an opportunity, a legacy of freedom for your family and for generations to come. >> is what we inherited. we drink from wells. we didn't dig. and yet where are with n we now? we have high unemployment, low achievement in our schools a distrust in our state and in our government what is the answer? it seems to be elgibility and qualifications. we have put 300,000 more people on to healthcare. we want everyone to have good healthcare but it seems to be subsidized healthcare. what happens when you can't get a doctor because now you've got a card but you don't have the money to pay for your dead you can'tible and your doctor can't treat you and give you a break on the price because he would be breaking the law?

we don't need a government to tell us how we should live our lives. if we want a legacy for our children like we received from our parents and those who came before us, we need to change the way we do business. we need to restore our state, reboot our economy. we need to reform our education system so our kids aren't next to last but have a world-class education. >> that's what they deserve. and we can't afford to lose another generation and we need to restore trust and confidence in state governments as governor, i will be a people's governor. i will reinstitute office hours. i will do what senator widen is doing and go to every county, every state, every year and have the opportunity for people all over the state to bring their questions to the governor. i want us to have a governor who will had he restore confidence, look to the future and not be focused for what's going on in the past and hope that we can do

better. i say you have had three terms. in baseball, it's three strikes and you are out. >> thank you. governor, three minutes for closing remarks. we differ about what is important. we differ on a fundamental right to the control her health choices and oregons being able to marry the people they love and immigrant children and maintaining oregons it wonder and economy. our state is a better place than it was four years ago. >> that's largely due to the fact that we did not allow the great recession or high

unemployment we came together and found commonclusions to very difficult issues. we erased the budget deficit and balanced the books. we set out to create 25,000 new jobs each year. we have exceeded that goal. we secured huge capitol investments in some of our major trade to intel. we have created 4-year university in central oregon, two data centers and facilitated the central oregon truck company, kept timber mils open and we are working together to bring more water for irrigated agriculture. across this state, communities are coming together working on outcomes for kids. we h added a billion dollars and we have the first tuition free in 14 years. 95% have health insurance

coverage. tens of thousands of them from the very first time. they don't have to choose between the utility bill and taking their child to the doctor. they are happier. they are more productive on the job. together, we have delivered for oregon. we have certainiaous challenges. communities of color, people in rural parts of our state, meeting those challenges require two things, first, leadership based upon values and based upon the belief we are all in this together. based upon the belief oregon won't be a good place for any of us to live unless it's a good place for all of us to live. second, the ability to bring people together to tackle these problems as a community. we have brought our state back together over the past four years and together, we have delivered for organizeon. we are well down the road to a much more prosperous future and we cannot allow ourselves to turn to the divisiveness of the past. this campaign is about two things: values. it's about the ability to deliver. i am john kitzhaber.

i am asking for your vote. >> governor, thank you. this is a rarety. we have a little bit of extra time. i am going to ask you one question. this is off-of-the-cuff. theres than 30 seconds. one member suggested to me yesterday, senator richardson, can you tell us one thing that you like about your opponent in this race? >> the truth is we get lost. this is competition. he wants a fourth term. i think i can do better. we will both be glad when november 5th comes regardless of the outcome. i think john is a very affable guy. i think that kumgowski had it wrong when he was asked the difference between you and governor kitzhaber and he said, i like people. john seems like he likes people, decent guy, not about personalities. it's about the ability to lead. we have a different background be and a different focus on what the future is for our state. >> representative, thank you.

governor, one thing you like about your opponent. >> yeah. we are past the debate. i am not going to debate anymore. dennis and i, he was one of the first people i went across, walked across to his office when i was elected governor. we have a divided legislature. i knew we needed to work together and we worked closely very well together. i think dennis and arnie robland and co-speaker hanna and peter courtney were largely the reasons we took what appeared to be just a toxic environment and actually made lemonade out of those lem options. thank you for that. >> gentlemen, i appreciate you ends okay a positive note. >> concludes our debate this morning on behalf of the organizegan broadcasters and voters. i want to that were for being here here and for everyone at home tuning in and making an informed decision. you will remind everyone watching and listening at home relex is tuesday, november 4th:

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