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brought you newsmakers from across iowa and beyond. celebrating more than 40 years of broadcast excellence on statewide iowa public television, this is a special edition of iowa press. the third congressional district debate. from the arts center at iowa western community college in council bluffs. ♪ [applause] thirdtor: iowa's congressional district, 16 counties, more than half a million residents across the southwest quarter of iowa. it includes des moines and guthrie center, south of the missouri border including mt. aire, then westward to council bluffs. geographichat diversity, the republican and democratic candidates are both from the centrail iowa part of the district.

david young calls van meter home. he is completing his first term and the house of representatives. the democratic nominee, ranear-old jim mowrer unsuccessfully in the fourth congressional district two years ago. gentlemen, welcome to the special edition of iowa press and welcome to western iowa. looking forward to seeing areas of agreement and your campaigns as well as the contrasts. we'll be going an hour as you know. and because this is an iowa election special edition, we have an audience here in the iowa western community college arts center. they're watching and listening and not sharing or otherwise distracting from our discussion -- not cheering. we have expanded this program to 60 minutes to accommodate additional issues and questions. across the iowa press table, " des moines register" political

columnist kathy - and raidio ioa 's new newest director. supporter ofeen a the affordable care act. as you have been seeing the double-digit in some states, even doubling the cost of buying the cost of insurance. isn't it time to start all over again? >> i appreciate the question. i want to thank iowa westerna and thank my wife chelsea for her support. i want to thank my two sons, carter and jack. hopefully they are in bed. jackking of my two sons, suffers from our neuro disease. there is no cure. it is never going to be affordable for an insurance company to provide him with insurance. the affordable care act has done

a lot of important things, a lot of steps forward. one, ensuring that kids like him with a pre-existing medical condition can get health insurance. be discriminate against. you can have your children under health insurance till the age of 26. we have the highest insured rate we have seen in this country, over 90%. we have taken a lot of steps forward for the affordable care act, but on the affordable front, we do still have some challenges that remain and we need to address and fix those. and so, i, in congress will look for those fixes. i believe that there are things that you need to be fixed. guest>> such as? you look at the cadillac tax is placed on folks with health insurance that are too generous. i disagree with those things. we need to address the affordable side of the affordable care act but the wrong approach is repealing the affordable care act which would

take away coverage for millions of americans. they would go back to a time when being a woman was a pre-existing condition. >> mr. young, when you were first running for congress, you said that you thought that they afford will care act was here to stay, at least while president obama was in office and you would be at the table to fix it. where is that table and what have you done to try to fix it? rep. young: first off, thank you for the opportunity here and iowa western committee college and jim, i want to thank you for being here today and getting in the race. i want to thank you for your service, for putting on the uniform and fighting for our liberties and freedoms. thank you for that. i've always been consistent with my stance on the affordable care act, the president's signature health care law. it is not working. it is causing people's premiums to go up dramatically. it will be about 30% will be the average next year in iowa. people have lost access to their doctors. insurance people have lost

insurance. to a gentleman, got an e-mail from him where his premiums are going up from $342 to $1390. some of these premium increases and where they go, that is where a mortgage payment is at right now. this is really squeezing iowa ns. there are some things within the affordable care act that i would keep. some of the wellness provisions, making sure that folks of pre-existing conditions were not kicked off. if you're up to the age of 26, staying on your parents insurance. ns twe need to empower iowaan o make the decisions they need for their families and transparent thing is an issue. -- transparency is an issue. we need to know what we are paying for before we are going into a provider. that can create quality health creaare through competition. >> are you prepared, now that we are this far down the road,

yes we are going to keep 26 year olds, but kickoff everybody else? are we too far down the road to go back now? rep. young: time will tell, but it is falling apart now. even president clinton says this is a circus. governors on both sides of the isles are seeing what is passing with the afford will care act. it's causing people great anxiety and economic hardships. moderator: the basis of kathy's questions is what you have in that letter. thatare writing back to judgment whose premiums have increased three fold. what you going to tell him? she's really asking, what are you doing? rep. young: we're conversation last night on the phone for 45 minutes. i told him first of all i opposed the affordable care act. and where there are areas, where

things can be fixed, i'm going to do what i can for the people of the third district. we have had some opportunities in the last congress to make some fixes. i want to help relieve the burden to the folks in iowa, but i think it is falling apart. i think you have to start all over. mowrer, would you support universal health care? rep. young: the good news is that today we have 90% of america who have health insurance which is more than we have ever had. mr. mowrer: what we need to work on is making the affordable care and trying to make it more affordable. >> how do you address the premium increase that the judgment,, that congressman young referenced? mr. mowrer: the good news is if you look at folks on the exchange for example, 3/4 will still have access to health insurance under $75. a lot of people still do have access to quality and affordable health care. we need to look to expand that. the people that are seeing on do premium rises, we need to look

at that and fix it. this is the same thing we heard congressman young say in 2014. he went to washington, and then did the exact opposite which was a vote 12 times to repeal or undermine informal care act. i think that is the wrong approach. have always been consistent in my position since when i ran in 2014. i was for repeal and for replace. this health care law has helped some people. it really has but it has also hurt a lot more. constituents -- about 30%, 40% increase in their premiums. it is not helping iowans in my opinion. moderator: excuse me, kate. the actual question is, what are you going to do? if you repeal, what is next? rep. young: sure. about expanding health savings accounts. we need medical liability. we need to have transparency in our health care system. we need to make sure that those have previous -- pre-existing

conditions are not thrown off. but we need to also recognize the difference between states and innovations going on there already and what can be done. what was happening before was not perfect but where we are now it's become disasters. >> you mentioned states. peopleates expanded the eligible for medicaid with the proviso the federal government would send states money. after president obama is gone, you under whichever president will take office on january 20 vote to extend that money to states or do you expect states to pick up that cost? rep. young: we want to make sure that safety net is there and the people are taken care of. i will work with any president, anybody in my party or across the lines, to try to make sure this is handle and away were states have some relief and help, but they are also given power to have some innovation

and freedom to do what they think is best for the people in their state. >> one of the goals of the affordable care act was to make health care affordable for everyone. the idea was a down that the cost of health care at the doctor's office and at the hospital would actually go down at some point. it not just be an insurance program but in actual cost of health care reduction program. that has not happened in any substantial way at all. so, mr. young mentioned liability reduction, for example. are there ways that you see to actually cut the cost of health care? mr. mowrer: that is exactly right. again, we are seeing more and more people that have access to health care into coverage which is a major accomplishment. we should acknowledge that. but when you look at the cost, we do need to look at ways to reduce the cost and it does, it is going to require fixing it. unfortunately, every time someone tries to fix it, republicans just hold another vote to repeal it. we need democrats and republicans who are willing to get past just the repeal part

and get to the good public policy. >> the ideas, let's say you have a democratic congress or a democratic president, what ideas are you going to bring to the table? mr. mowrer: i think we have to look at working with providers, hearing what they are saying. what i travel around the district, i talk to doctors. i talked to medical administrators. what they tell me is they are can turns with the licensing requirements and -- their concerns with the licensing requirements. we have to work with all the stakeholders. i'm open to innovation and working to fix it. again, what we are seeing from congressman young is simply voting repeatedly to repeal it. >> congressman young, there is a lot of talk about there being a quote unquote "rigged election." if you are in the next congress, will you feel compelled to vote to extend money to states to improve the voting systems, or even to have some sort of

uniformity across the entire country rather than relying on a hodgepodge of state-by-state rules for elections? rep. young: i have talked to a lot of our county auditors and our secretary of state about the elections. we have integrity in iowa with our elections. r want to keep iowans and ou state government in charge of our elections. i am not so keen on federal lies in the election system. but i will be open to the debate and we will see what happens. i do not believe that we will have any problems in iowa. the 2000 election, the government did send money to the state to invest in new voting machines. that is almost 16 years ago. is it time for there to be additional investment in more modern voting methods? rep. young: i'm up for the debate. i'm not sure. we have not talked about that in congress and i have not heard about that from flolks in the third district. mr. mowrer: it is something that

i have heard from -- you are concerned about the rhetoric we are hearing from donald trump, the person that he supports for president. we do need to invest more. democracy is fundamental to our state and our country. we do have a hodgepodge of different voting systems across the country. they are underfunded. we are seeing long lines in a lot of places. people waiting to vote. we do need to fix our voting system. we need to invest in it. we also need to restore some of the voting rights act that were struck down at the supreme court. >> such as? mr. mowrer: investing in voting? >> no, the parts of the voting rights act. mr. mowrer: there is a bill on the house right now with john lewis that works to restore some of those provisions of voting rights act. >> would you support those changes in the voting rights act? or update? rep. young: i do not have the details on them. i want to make sure that we are taking a cautious and making sure that we respect -- taking

precautions and make sure that we respect the role of states in elections. >> this presidential campaign has overshadowed a lot of this a lot ofd also led to divisiveness. i want to ask you about unity. mr. young, how would you find ways to work with a president clinton should be she elected? rep. young: just like i have done every day with folks on the other side of the aisle in congress. i do not care what party you are in. the successes i had for the third district have been them in a bipartisan way. >> are there specific issues you think you would have in common? rep. young: i hope that we could, i want to make sure that bill, we arefarm making sure that agriculture , the farmers have a seat at the table for renewable energy, crop insurance, conservation, energy independence, those are a few things. >> mr young -- mr. mowrer: mr. mowrer.

>> you guys look so much alike. how would you work with president trump and are there issues where you could work with him? mr. mowrer: i'm confident it is going to be president clinton but if it is president trump, i would look to work on any issues i could. i know one of the few things that i agree with donald trump on is i do oppose the tpp. both mr. trump and secretary clinton oppose the transpacific partnership. that is an area where i disagree with kindness and young because i know he is a strong supporter of that. i would look to work with any president on any issue i could, but i would also have disagreements with any president, even if it is president clinton. while i do support many of the ideas she has proposed, i'm sure that there will be things that we will disagree on. in here,: when i came i saw you shake hands and you think each other for being here. voters in the third congressional district are

hearing your responses to the questions but many of them up to now have been evaluating both of you by advertising purchased by those opposing your election. we have couple of those ads. one about each of you. first mr. mowrer, an ad about your candidacy. >> beheadings, executions, deadly terrorist attacks in the midwest. isis is a real threat. supportsmowrer bringing thousands of refugees right here. what's worse, jim mowrer supports a dangerous deal -- a deal that gives iran billions, money they should use to find terrorism. jim mowrer, risky, danger ous. moderator: tells me a lot about you with somebody else's for saying it. mr. mowrer: it really makes me angry because i have a long record of keeping our country safe. my entire career has been in

service, serving in the iowa army national guard, serving in iraq. serving as an intelligence analyst as a civilian and going to the pentagon where i focused on keeping our country safe as well. so, i have been very disappointed to see these david young from and his allies who have questioned my commitment to national security. and i think i have a very clear record. i'm the only candidate in this race who has a clear, direct national security experience. that is what i will bring to congress. we have the lowest percentage of veterans serving in congress right now. then it any other point in our nations history. i believe -- while you do not need to be a veteran to be in congress, you bring a unique experience, i have always been committed to keeping america safe. it is what i have done. i know how to do it. moderator: covers when young, you stand behind that ad? rep. young: it is not my ad. ad out.t uptput that the law says you can't

coordinate with it. i agree with that ad. the iran agreement is very flawed. even the state department said that $150 billion will be likely used for terrorist activities. we've seen the hostage situation, right? thate for that act, agreement, but sunday night on the regular debate you said we cannot trust iran. otherere are a lot of people who do not trust this agreement. one is the former commander of the iowa national guard for he supports me because he thinks i have a better view on national security. >> how do you know that iran will comply with this deal and it will not be able to get nuclear weapons? mr. mowrer: i don't know. that is why this deal is not based in trust in any way shape or form. it is based on verification. this deal has stopped iranian nuclear development in its tracks.

when i was a civilian intelligence analyst i was primarily focused on iran. i know great deal about irna. i know about what they do supplying shia militants, the irgc, the force, everything they are doing. i know a great deal about iran. this deal stops the nuclear development in its tracks. the commander of the israeli defense force had said that this removes the biggest threat to israel's future for the for seeable future. what i hear is not an alternative. to the deal but just criticism there are only two alternatives, either going to war with iran or to allow them to continue to develop nuclear weapons. i would like to hear what congressman young's alternative is. rep. young: people on both sides of this file before this deal was struck said that the economics engines were working. now look what is happening. you say you do not trust iran,

but you support the agreement. are very worried about what is happening and giving iran any more power. we also just gave them $1.7 billion. moderator: what does it mean to send americans to war -- mr. mowrer: what the congressman is proposing is invading iran or allowing them to continue developing. wait a second. when you look at what has happened in north korea, when we had put tough economics engines, we've -- economic sanctions, but they still were able to develop a nuclear weapon. rep. young: those are his words. >> the other issue raised in about syrian refugees. how many refugees should the -- accepted on a yearly except on a yearly basis and are you comfortable with the process whereby they are quote unquote " being vetted"? mr. mowrer: i have always been

committed to keeping america safe. when you talk about refuges, that top priority has to be vetting. the process that we have been places the post-9/11 process put into place by president bush. it isn't over your long process that includes comprehensive interviews -- it's a year-long process. it includes fingerprints, scans, primarily women and children. we have accepted 10,000 refugees in august. congressman young says he opposes those refugees. my question to him would be, does he want to send those 10,000 families, women and children, back to a war zone and to their deaths? moderator: i will give you a chance to answer the question. the young: the head of national director of intelligence, the head of the fbi, the secretary of homeland security says we do not have the proper process to deal with what we are dealing with from syria and iran. i'm going to trust their judgment. mr. mowrer: so, you want to send them back? rep. young: i want to protect america.

mr. mowrer: what is your experience protecting america? rep. young: i first -- when i was sworn in to protect the constitution from enemies foreign and domestic. they want to and for trade our refugee system, i'm going to take it seriously. mr. mowrer: i lived there, i know what it takes to keep america safe. moderator: we are going to reverse direction. congressman young, this is a commercial hoping voters understand you. >> donald trump says he will define plan. . david young voted to do it already. five times. and donald trump says about women who have abortions. mr. trump: it has to be some form of punishment. >> david young has already voted to make abortion a crime. even though donald trump brags about sexually assaulting women, david young continues to support him for present. now we understand why.

moderator: congressman, we have jim mowrer saying i approve this message. it ties you to the republican nominee, donald trump. what is your reaction? rep. young: first of all i want to make sure that folks know i have voted to increase funding for women's health care. by $7.8 billion this last year. that goes to our community health centers. we have over 200 in iowa. i take women's health care seriously. also being a member of the appropriations committee voting for cancer research for women, cervical cancer research as well. you may remember a time about a year and a half ago, a year ago, there are some videos out there talking about unfortunately the sanctity of possibly selling baby body parts. that's a big deal, right? we should pause that. i am not for taxpayer funding going to pay for that. moderator: donald trump was cut

luding, insinuating that you have the same view as the republican nominee. is that true? rep. young: he'd like everybody to think that. listen, everybody has their opinions about the presidential nominees. i disagree with both of them in many ways. things donald trump has said, i've set are disgusting and they are indefensible. but these are our choices right of. they're both very imperfect. we are all going to be voting for flawed candidates. would let folks know regardless of who the president is, who the nominees are, who leadership in congress is, they are not might boos. -- not my boss. moderator: just to be clear, i think he said in the past, you do not endorse but you will vote for donald trump. rep. young: i did not endorse in the primaries. i said that. between the two candidates, i would support my nominee because of policy, because of things like, my opponent here is for --

is doing.the epa president obama vetoed the that. of i think the next president, if it is the republican nominee, will allow that to go in. and fund the keystone pipeline. it is a matter of policy for me. moderator: that ad was tagged, i support this ad. mr. mowrer: that is correct. rep. young: even after you heard him explain? mr. mowrer: he supports donald trump or president. he does not want to say his name. but he supports donald trump for president. their views on these policies are the same. he can bring up videos that had been debunked that, people who made it had been indicted they have been proven false. i support planned parenthood. growing up with a single mother, my wife chelsea, i understand that women can be trusted to make their own health care decisions. they should be empowered to make their own health care decisions. his votes are clear.

he has voted to defund planned parenthood and that is donald trump's position as well. >> mr. young, you have said that you, there are aspects of what donald trump proposes that you probably will not agree with. do you know particularly what you would not agree with? rep. young: trade. tone. that's certainly one of them. >> we'll talk in a minute about trade, but are there other aspects of his proposals, not necessarily about his comments or his rhetoric. rep. young: i agree with 20 to make sure the border is secured. we have a real issue -- i agree with wanted to make the border secured a young lady was killed by in illegal immigrant. and got away. i introduced a bill and bipartisan way called sarah's law. >> you would support building an entire wall along the border and try to get mexico to pay for it? rep. young: wee ne need to secue the border. you can do it in different ways. i have been to the area near san

diego, cochise county, in arizona, and texas. you're going to have different needs and different sectors. you will need no more department of security boats on the rio grande. you will need more folks on horseback border patrol and aerial vehicles in the sky. more coast guard in san diego. different needs for different sectors. onyou can comment immigration but i wanted to ask you, are there specific things that hillary clinton has proposed, if she is your president, you would not go along with? shemowrer: as i mentioned, is running for president and i'm running for congress. i do not know if it is useful to point out areas where we might disagree but i promise you that there are things that we will disagree on. i believe there is only one -- >> voters might find it useful to find you where you disagree. mr. mowrer: i think there is only one person has a clear record that can be president and that is secretary clinton. and i think that david supports donald trump whose comments

women,emeaning attacking veterans and gold star family's have proven he is unfit to hold the office. moderator: just a minute. if she is president and sends somebody do congress of a proposal that you know right now you could not support, what would that be? mr. mowrer: again, i do not think it is useful to look for individual policies we disagree on. >> then let's turn to a policy he just raise. sarah's law. do you support sarah's law? was killed by an undocumented immigrant who ran into were in a high-speed accident in omaha right after she graduated from college. mr. mowrer: we do have a broken immigration system. it.we do need to fix number one is securing the border but we have to do it and

a comprehensive way. i supported a bill that came out in the senate with 68 votes, and overwhelming bipartisan majority. that would secure the border, it would have the 11 million people who are here without a legal status -- register, pay a fine, learn english, background checks, etc, over that time period. we have to fix our immigration system top towe have to fix ourn system top to bottom. that bill that came out of the senate was never brought up for a vote in the house of representatives. so, we have to have a representative who is going to look to fix our immigration system in a copperheads of way. -- in a copperheads of way. >> are their components of that bill that you support? rep. young: it is hard for me to believe that he would not support sarah's law. he did not answer me yes or no. mr. mowrer: we need to fix our immigration system. we have to pass comprehensive immigration reform. the farm bureau, the chamber of commerce. i think we need to fix it in a comprehensive way. we can look at the individual pieces that need to be addressed, and it absolutely is broken. the only way to fix it is in a copperheads of way.

-- in a comprehensive way. moderator: i will give you the chance to answer. rep. young: kay, you asked about immigration. i do not like the 10,000 page bills that are out there where who knows what is shoved in there? i want to do with implement practices because when they are smaller and more transparent, you can really see what is in their. reforming our legal system, 40% of those here illegally are -- overstayed their visas. take a look at that. i want to do targeted approaches and i think that is the way it is going to be. moderator: you mentioned earlier that transpacific partnership, one of you brought that up. congressman young, tell me, general he farmers and agricultural interest support that. labor unions do not. do you support? it? rep. young: i had a great opportunity to visit with the farmers and the agriculture industry and manufacturing folks throughout the last two years.

yesterday, i did my harvest tour. i do it annually. oak, clarinda, atlantic. we can have the best yield out there, right? the booming, record busting yields, but if we have no place to sell our greens, what is it all about -- to sell our grains? moderator: what do you say to the labor union people in your district who say this takes our jobs? rep. young: uh, the provisions within the tpa that we passed before the tpp, the trade professional authority -- promotional authority which doubt with labor and environmental guidelines and sovereignty, and there is always the piece that goes -- called the trade adjustment assistance in case there are repercussions in our employment, there are some funds to help our workers in those times gain new skills as well. but there is an area in the pacific rim that is hungry for services.and

95% of the world consumers are outside of america. if we want our economy to do well, we need to start -- start selling our goods and services to others. china -- we can throw strength there. we will have respect there. moderator: mr. mowrer, you previously expressed support -- no, i'm sorry, opposition to the transpacific partnership -- what do you say to agricultural interests? southwest iowa is a big agricultural area. mr. mowrer: i think it is remarkable that the one area that the secretary clinton and donald trump agree on is oppose the tpp, because they know it will ship american jobs overseas. it is something that congress and young supports. it is the one area they agreed that they know it is so dangerous for our future -- he does support. so, i grew up on a family farm to it i talked to farmers, they understand that we have trade deals that get our products to market but have appropriate

percussion -- protections. does not have proper environmental and labor standards in place. it would continue to ship jobs overseas. what i do support our number one, good trade deals. but also the export import bank. the export import bank helps small businesses get their products to market. and move them overseas. the export import bank supports 1500 jobs in iowa. it cost the taxpayer nothing. it actually returns $1 billion to the treasury every year. and david young opposes the export import bank he voted against it, to shut it down. moderator: congressman young, a response? you oppose the export import bank? rep. young: it came up for reauthorization. it had been fraught with fraud, people went to jail. went tomajority of it the biggest corporations in the country, some that do not pay taxes. g.e., boeing.

we reformed that and had it targeted to smaller businesses need to help your i do not think b.e. and boeing need the backing of the export import bank at all. mr. mowrer: even the governor said that iowa supports the export import bank because it does cost taxpayers nothing and supports 1500 jobs. >> i want to ask you, is there a trade deal that we currently have on the boo that you think was a good exampleks or making sure that american jobs are protected? have we ever had one that is good enough ofr you and for -- for you and for american labor? mr. mowrer: again, we have to look at the protections in place. we have to have the negotiations that do ensure that the countries we are dealing with are paying their workers fairly, so that american workers can compete. that there are environmental standards in place, so they are not polluting and americans have to shoulder that extra cost. again, we have to have good trade deals in the future -- >> but you have when you like, nafta, cafta, or would you agree

with donald trump those are bad deals? mr. mowrer: they have their pros and cons. we have to do the cost benefit analysis to see if they will benefit more than they cost. when we talked about the tppculture provision of the there, is some analysis that shows that it will provide short-term gains for some agricultural interests. but the cost comes with american jobsp overseas. that is not a good deal for americans. next congresshe will be reauthorizing the farm bill. the farm bill will likely include subsidies for the purchase of crop insurance. should there be some effort among congress members to sort of link that to environmental stewardship. in other words, restrict the amount of farm chemicals that can be applied to farmland? rep. young: i don't know if we are going to get to the point where we are linking environmental stewardship with crop insurance. t debate willh come.

i know it is a big issue for insurance. last fall there was a budget deal i oppose that took $3 billion over the crop insurance program. farmers were depending on that, that was opening up the farm bill in the middle of it all -- i introduced a bill and a bipartisan way to get that restored and it passed as part of a five-year highway built that i voted for and was signed into law. in the next farm bill, we want to make sure that we analyze the crop insurance system. we want to make sure that farmers do have -- because taxpayers do as well -- skin in the game, because taxpayers do a swap p or water quality initiatives are something i have been working on. being on the agricultural subcommittee, there is an equipped fund, environmental quality incentive program. i worked to increase funding for that. i also have a conservation bill that is bipartisan coming out. so, i don't want to dictate what happens here on our land from washington, d.c., when it comes to environmental quality and the water issues we have.

the one-size-fits-all approach. but i want them to -- there to be some resources because i care about this very much. i have the most population dense county in the state. and the least populated district is in this county, adams county. >> there are democrats and your party who do think that voluntary approach is no working and it is time for the federal government to regulate farmers. do you agree? mr. mowrer: agriculture is a very important to me. farming sinceeen the mid-19th century pregnant you look at the conservation, the ability for my two sons cleant, fish have drinking water. these are important things. when you look at the farm vehicle as a vehicle to provide a safety net for farmers to invest in agriculture and invest conservation. that is a good vehicle to do that. i think we do need to link

incentives to behavior. whenarmers that i talk to i travel around the district here is that they want to do the right thing. they are trying to do the right thing but they are also trying to run a business and make a profit. moderator: just to distill what you're saying, you would use the farm bill to leverage behaviors that might improve water quality? mr. mowrer: i think that funding of efforts for farmers to put in nitrogen removal, buffer strips, etc., the farm bill is the appropriate place to do that to the farmers i talk to want to do those things but they come at a large cost. providing that assistance to farmers to do the right thing, i think is the right approach and the appropriate use of the farm bill. >> but would you support or oppose federal restrictions which would regulate the amount of nitrogen, for example, that a farmer could put on his or her land? mr. mowrer: if farmers had been provided the ability to invest in all these areas and do those

things, then they should be able to meet those criteria. moderator: go ahead, congressman. rep. young: if you wonder why we are losing so many farms and it is because of the heavy hand of the federal government. the rules and regulations that are choking farmers. i have a bill, beginning farmer loan program that is gaining headway. i want to make sure that the current farm loan program is extended to allow for environmental quality initiatives on their farms as well as purchasing unused equipment. but another thing, the way we are losing our farms is through the death tax. i want to make sure that the family farmers passed on from generation to generation. my opponent supports the death tax. moderator: we will let you respond. mr. mowrer: first, let me say there is no such thing as the death tax. now, there is an estate tax in place to ensure that billionaires like donald trump who can go decades without paying their taxes do pay their fair share to ensure roads and military --

moderator: my point about changing. we are talking about the death tax. an estate tax at a certain level. mr. mowrer: the estate tax, i do not support any changes to the current estate tax system. >> you would oppose hillary clinton's proposal? mr. mowrer: i don't support any changes to the current estate tax. >> what tax priorities which you have if you are in congress? ones that you think are really important to help with the economy, to get it going in to help with job creation. mr. mowrer: absolutely. i think we need comprehensive tax reform. we need to lower the rates, we need to broaden the base, we need to close loopholes for big companies -- like giving subsidies to big oil companies. when you look at the tax thereitures we have passing the buffet, rule which ensures that people who make more than $1 million a year through capital gains, for investments, more than $1 million a year pay taxes on

that. it is called the buffet role because even warren buffett understands this is a huge loophole that the wealthiest folks take advantage of. >> the goal is to have more revenue coming in to the government or less? mr. mowrer: i think right now we have massive inequality. the economy is doing better. on employment is lower but too many people are not getting ahead. yet, wall street is seeing record levels. we are seeing the richest americans do even better. and so those folks do need to pay their fair share so that every single american -- >> will the government go up or down under your priorities? mr. mowrer: i think that revenue americansalthiest would pay more of their fair share to make sure we have affordable education, they have access to the resources they need, that we have a strong national defense and are investing in a future. >> mr. young, your top tax priorities. rep. young: i'll work with anybody. the president open the door on lowering corporate tax rates. if you wonder why so many

companies are going overseas and no payingt taxes here, we need to stop that. i want to stop that. so, lowering the corporate tax rate. bring it down to 15% to 20%. in return, you have to get rid of a lot of those credits,. deductions. >> in what way? oil production tax credit. i do not think big oil needs that. there are 75,000 -- in the tax code. there may be some that we keep, such as the interest deduction on the mortgage, charitable giving, because but for certain public policy reasons we want to promote things. whatever it is in the end, we have to make it permanent. there are over $4 trillion sitting on the sidelines were people want to invest in the economy and create jobs, and

when you create jobs, you will create more tax revenue. i want to use that to drive down the deficit. >> so, you said your overall goal is to reduce or increase tax revenue? rep. young: bring certainty and i think more revenue would come in if there is more certainty and people are investing in the economy. >> what did you think of the warren buffett role? rep. young: i agree with my opponent on this. >> both of the presidential candidates have been talking about the need to invest in the nation's infrastructure. things like roads, but also things like airports. told you, mr. mowrer, vote raise the federal gas tax or do you have some other tax in mind that would finance those kind of construction projects? mr. mowrer: i think we do need to look at the different revenue streams available but i accidentally believe that we -- absolutely believe we need to invest in infrastructure, roads, bridges, schools. when you look at what elvis america, when the greatest generation came home, they invested in our roads, bridges

and schools. they invested in the big things. that is why america is the greatest nation on earth. that will require us to continue to invest in those areas. that sometimes means we have to have the revenue to invest in those areas. but it is very important. i was very disappointed that congressman young was the only member of the iowa delegation, only 64 members of congress, to vote against the highway bill. thialong while iowa has the rd most efficient roads and bridges and the country. i will ensure we invest more in infrastructure in iowa. moderator: congas and young?-- congressman young? rep. young: my opponent knows that i voted for the five year highway bill that extended for five years. funded by president obama. mr. mowrer: he can try to explain why he voted against it and then voted for it. >> the underlying question i started this discussion with is how do you finance

infrastructure projects like fixing roads and bridges and the nation's airports? do you raise the gas tax or find other means to pay for those projects? mr. mowrer: with this economy and the folks i talked to in the district who are barely getting by, some of them, i do not think it is a good time to raise taxes. rep. young: i am on the tax committee -- that test rotation subcommittee. we have to make sure that there is equity and equality out there with new vehicles out there on the roads. i think you have to make sure that everyone is paying into the system. pay to play. nobody should ride for free. moderator: you were holding your tongue. mr. mowrer: one bill that i do support is a bipartisan effort presented by john delaney that has 22 democratic sponsors, 19 republican cosponsors. it has the unique funding mechanism that would allow american companies that have profits sitting overseas to repatriate that moeny, putting into the infrastructure fund.

the congressional budget office predicts with this would spur tens of billions of dollars of new investment. moderator: we have more topics and we have to. >-- have time. >> a bunch of states have started to legalize marijuana in one way or another. but the federal laws are still on the books. and their not being enforced. would you going to congress and vote to repeal those laws and let states manage marijuana however they want? would you enforce those laws and rollback the marijuana -- you know, laws that states are doing, or would you continue to just look the other way? mr. mowrer: well, i think this is a states rights issue. i think it should be up to individual states. if some states want to legalize, if they want to have medical exceptions, i think that should be up to the individual states. i think we need to update the federal law to reflect what is happening in the country. i think a run approach is to continue to throw americans in jail for minor drug offenses.

that is why we are seeing so many problems that we have with our criminal justice system. i think it is a states rights issue and i think it should be up to the individual states. >> do you agree? let's ask about sentencing reform. would you roll back some of those nonviolent offenses? rep. young: i would. i am on a bipartisan bill to do that. nonviolent offenders who maybe do some dumb stuff in their early years, o r however they are, i believe in second chances. i would put the drug kingpin's away, but the occasional user who may be busted for something, no. >> would you take those marijuana laws off the books that are being ignored right now? rep. young: that is the thing. we have these laws that are not being enforced. i think they should be enforced. i would like to have states have more jurisdiction over these things. it should not be happening unless you repeal any kind of federal law. i am for moving marijuana from

the schedule i to schedule ii because i think that there can be some great research involved there to help with medical marijuana. il, because i have met many families looking for treatment for their loved ones. that is why am a big supporter of the 21st century cures act. theow would you deal with jurisdictional issues, the border issues that arise when you go from state to state with cannabis oil? rep. young: i think there should be agreements between states, like a permit, some kind of waiver. because there is not that potency within that oil any way that would get you high. mowrer, what sort of gun restrictions would you be n advocate for if any? mr. mowrer: i grew up on a family farm. gun owners, hunting. i am a gun owner. i served in the military.

i have slept with an assault rifle in a war zone. don't tell my wife about that. i'm very comfortable with guns. and i believe in the second amendment but we have to keep guns out of the hands of criminals, of domestic abusers. we need to have universal background checks. every single gun purchase in this country, that person should undergo a background check. we also need to pass no-fly no on which ensures people the no-fly list cannot purchase guns. it is a very common sense approach. it is interesting because i have heard david young say he's in favor of it. but he voted 27 times in congress to block no-fly no buy from coming to a vote on the house of representatives. rep. young: those are procedural votes and they were not substantive and they did not have the due process that i am for. so i am for taking people who are terrorists on the terror watch list and taking away their guns.

only if there is due process if they are americans on that list who should not be on there and they are law-abiding because the second amendment is important in the constitution is important to this district. moderator: the nra says it is not constitutional, what you are talking about. do you disagree with --? rep. young: i don't listen to them. i look at the constitution. through the judiciary committee and those protections were there. >> a year ago, you expressed the belief that there should be something that could be done to make sure that people who are suffering from mental illness don't get their hands on a gun. a year later, what in your view should congress do in that regard? rep. young: well, i hear about the mental health issues all over the disappeared it is a big issue for iowans. i'm a cosponsor of a bill that made its way to the house that addresses this, it takes the many multitude of different melt a health programs

within the federal government, put some under an umbrella. if we are talking about gun violence, we want to make sure that those who are not mentally capable of understanding a firearm and a weapon and what it is for, they should not be allowed to have guns. they should be adjudicated in court to have that taken away. but they should also be given the right to petition if they get better. >> we have talked about a lot of issues over the last hour, but congress has been so dysfunctional that voters may not believe that anything that you say you would like to do is actually going to get done. how do you break through that dysfunction and make sure the things you propose are actually possible? mr. mowrer: this has been a very divisive election. once we get past this election, we need representatives to go to washington and work in a bipartisan way to get things done. i have a record at the pentagon working with the 54 state and territory governors, both democrats and republicans, is the army's lead representative to the council of governors.

army office of business transformation where i worked with the house and senate armed services committee's, both the democrats and republicans on those committees. there is currently a post 9/11 caucus in the house of representatives. it is made up of iraq and afghanistan veterans, democrats and republicans, and they found a way to work in a bipartisan way because they are folks who have put their country first, before the end of partisan -- moderator: the word that has been mentioned most tonight is bipartisan. and you're using it, congressman young, you have used it. and yet, i don't think that your record or your proposal, who is to believe that you will work in a bipartisan way or your record reflects that? rep. young: my record, everything i done has been done in a bipartisan way. i started a bipartisan task force. for identity theft and fraud. bipartisan. we have got a nimitz passed on that. my -- amendments passed on that.

my bill for the veterans crisis line passed. our bill to prevent a drop calls in rural iowa. bipartisan. because i know how to get things done. you have to work across the aisle to do that because of you just pick partisan fights, not a lot gets done. you cannot override a veto. mr. mowrer: when david young is an eye what he says one thing but when he goes home to washington dc where he has been for 20 years, he does another. he says pay no attention to the man behind the curtain. moderator: you are going to do something different? mr. mowrer: i will. i have a record working in the executive branch to get things done. and that is exactly what i will do in congress. moderator: the final half minute i'm giving to you because why do you deserve another term? rep. young: check out my record. i am proud of it. meyer compliments in -- my, accomplishments.

i know enough not to promise i am going to get all these things done. those who promise to much, break promises. that is why we have this frustration. moderator: the promise i have is to get off on time. thank you both. rep. young: thank you, dean. moderator: we will be back next week with the reporters roundtable on the final weekend before the election 2016. that's iowa press on statewide iowa public television, 7:30 friday night and noon on sunday. for our hard working iptv crew at the art center of iowa western community college in council bluffs, i'm dean george. thanks for joining us. [applause] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2016] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> now a debate in the race for u.s. -- >> the nation decides our next

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statement. rep. murphy: good evening, thank you for being here this evening. i got into public service because i was tired of the name-calling and bickering. one of my greatest achievements was working with republicans and democrats to authorize nearly $2 million of funding for the everglades. i worked across party lines to bring you hundred congress members -- bring 200 congress members to help medicare advantage, and a lower flood insurance rates for floridians and help citrus farmers. this is in stark contrast to my opponent, who does not even show up to work. sen. rubio: is the worst voting record in nearly 50 years, has gone on to endorse donald trump, the man thought by his own account, does not trust with the nuclear codes. that is exactly why florida's 4 major newspapers have endorsed