throughout your life. and more chronic care management is the direction to go. terri voted for bringing obamacare to minnesota. it is a disaster. it is hurting minnesota families. i have never voted for obama care. we need to move forward. leah: explain where you stand. state sen. bonoff: erik has run tv commercials that said i voted for obama care. that is kind of silly, because obamacare was done in congress. i am not in congress. so i did not vote for obama care. so when the federal government mandated the states have the thege and democrats had reformed part, i voted no. the reason i did that is because i have a great relationship with the company's in my district, the health industry companies.

they showed me concerns about that. so i used the strength of a no vote to actually shape it. and it did get better. not all the way, for sure, but this increase in premiums, who i hold accountable is congress. the reason i do is because, er ik, you voted over 60 times to repeal the affordable care act. you had eight years to reform that. it is fine now that you are feeling the pressure of what is happening. in this race. to say all the things you would do. what 60 times to repeal, when you could have offered significant reforms to this thing. it is good to repeal the medical device tax. but where were you on telling the federal government they should negotiate drug prices, on making sure that republicans and democrats came together and made real reforms? when thes me of federal government says everybody deserves a high quality, equal education, and we

all agree with that, and the fed says they will pay for that then do not follow through. your lack of accountability with actually reforming this has put the burden back on the states. so now the states should have a special session and should live down premiums and do whatever it is to take the hurt away from families. but we should hold congress leaders accountable for the mess we find ourselves in. rep. paulsen: just to be clear, when the affordable care act was put into place, you had the president who wanted to do it all his way. he did not want i partisan by hans. nancy pelosi had said that you the bill to find out what was in it. i can tell you stories of cancer patients who had relinquished their network of doctors. it is a tragic situation. at the same time, you voted on a ure here.e to give mins

now we have people losing their doctors. we need to fix that and move in a different direction. state sen. bonoff: you start off by saying what president obama said when it was passed. that was eight years ago. i know leaders in the u.s. senate said that the most important thing they could do makehe next four years is sure barack obama did not have a second term. really, that is an abdication of duty. what should be the most important thing now and always is everything we can do to put the american people first. it is not ok to say, eight years later, that now you would take all of these actions to reform it. because people are hurting. thisded you to solve problem. for example, small businesses, if we could give them pretax dollars, so they do not have to administer it, then you could send healthy people to the exchanges. that would help expand the pool, bring the cost down. and, like you are saying, that portability.

if you could drive people into the individual market, now you have competition and folks who want to be in that market. there are solutions. if i may congress, i promise i will work with whoever is there, republicans or democrats, just like i have done in the senate, and i will do it to make real change. who mayt's talk about be in washington, d.c. according to our kstp poll, voters in the district favor hillary clinton at 40%. 16% are going for a third-party candidate or are undecided. senator bonoff, you and other runningtions have been as talking about how representative paulsen has been supporting donald trump. you have gone on to say you are no longer is what a donald trump, representative. is that fair to continue to say that he is supporting trump when he has said he is not? state sen. bonoff: i have no

control over what outside groups do. for example, i changed and add to facebook -- i changed and "supported," because he has disavowed him. candidacy poses a real threat to our country. the way he has campaign has reminded me of very dark times in our world history. when dictators have come to the forefront pay they would not have been able to do that if people had stood up and said "this is unacceptable." so i, partly, got into the race to tell the public that, that donald trump poses a danger and threat to america. because my opponent would not do that. that aside, i believe your votes reflect, in some ways, where donald trump stands. for example, you are not pro-choice, which is a personal

choice, but you are a leader in wanting to the fund planned parenthood. i saw a letter sent to president obama that you are one of the wade as, calling roe v. tragedy. and our district rejected the gay marriage ban. and i came back as a co-author on their freedom to marry bill. that you got an award to put that ban into the constitution. i know of donald trump's stance with the nra. you have an a minus rating and ring 26 times to not even up gun violence prevention issues. done nothing on climate change. it is not about donald trump, it is about you are on the wrong side of history on too many votes and vote with the right wing of your party. rep. paulsen: just to be clear, i never endorsed donald trump. i was hoping to hopefully vote for the nominee and said he would have to vote -- earn my vote when he became the nominee.

i endorsed marco rubio. i am the only one who has not endorsed either candidate running. we have to be am deeply flawed candidates running. unfortunately. a lot of the issues that terri brought up -- folks know i focus on issues where we have bipartisan support, where there is consensus. she wants to talk about divisive issues -- i think people are tired of single issue politics. i will continue to have my track record and focus on coming together. leah: do you want to publicly support a candidate? rep. paulsen: i supported marco rubio and will likely write him in. i will say that terri had the to say that we do not want those ads and refused to do that. we have the ability to keep negative campaign money out of minnesota, but here it is, unfortunately. state sen. bonoff: what he is

talking about is he offered me a pledge keep everyone outside. i said let's do that and let's then, given you have already raised several million dollars and i just got into the race, have you give back all of your pac money,erest and i was happy to take that pledge because you had something like 60% of your donations were from special interest pacs. you had a head start, but it would have been level. i want to go back to what he said about divisive wedge issues. we had a sandy hook shooting, where it 20 children lost their lives. it is not a divisive wedge. we have not addressed gun violence prevention, when we have tragedy after tragedy. this is not about a divisive wedge issue. this is about putting the people first and making common sense gun violence prevention laws. and, in regards to women's choice, when you have a republican party platform that

says they want to roll back roe v. wade, that is not divisive, it is demeaning to women. i look at everything i do through the lens of is it good for kids, is a good for our state and nation, and will it will stronger jobs and strengthen our economy. talking about overturning roe v. nextis not something the generation of women have much interest in. that is not a divisive issue, it is being a responsible leader. and with regard to your vote for rubio, we have a law that says, unless someone has requested to be a write in candidate, it is not counted. so as a leader, we have choices. what is right, what is wrong. in this particular case, there are just too choices -- two choices. you talk to any young person, they will say hillary clinton or donald trump. if you want to throw your vote away, i do not call that courageous leadership. rep. paulsen: you talk to any person, you will say they are

not happy with either candidate. and you never throw your vote away. and there is no bigger interest then nancy pelosi's special interest pack. they have run ads that have proven to have a d or d. minus rating. state sen. bonoff: your ad against me right away to say i was taxing -- but i want to go back. he took a sentence i said in a debate, and that was the theme of your commercial. it was "when the bridge collapsed." obviously one of the greatest tragedies our state has had. i was a leader to bring people together to invest in transportation. and the deputy commissioner, who lives in prairie, has endorsed my candidacy because of the leadership role i played when that bridge collapsed. that is what i was talking

about, when you put it out of context in your ad. although the television stations said that you distorted my message. and you did not vote for the transportation bill when the bridge collapsed. that points to you being on the wrong side of history in regards to your vote. we away to the people of our state to invest in infrastructure. rep. paulsen: i agree, and i did not vote for that gas tax increase or the sales tax increase or income tax increase you did. but i voted for a five-year federal transportation bill now in place. for the first time in a decade, we have a long-term highway bill. there are four more years to go. it is fully funded. the whole delegation was on board and supported it. leah: let's talk more about transportation. what is your big priority for a long-term transportation bill?

state sen. bonoff: there is nothing changing faster than our transportation system and infrastructure needs. because it is a game changer. m's, working on signs that talk to our cars. have this movement on driverless cars. we need to modernize our infrastructure. one to make sure it is safe. we certainly owe that to the next generation. we also have to take into account changing technology and make sure that we are doing all we can to keep up in this exciting time. i think cars are going to be more efficient. the gas tax will be outdated quickly. we have to be creative, we have to be innovative, and we have to listen to the experts. but i will not abdicate my responsibility. and the last thing on transportation is i know young people, the millennials -- i have four kates, two in -- kids,

2 in d.c., one in la. of transit.is that is why i supported the light rail. our country needs to modernize our approach to transportation. leah: we only have a few minutes left. kerry move on to another topic? rep. paulsen: real quick, transportation infrastructure is critical to our economy am a critical for our jobs and for moving people. we had the highway 610 opening, very bipartisan. but where we should go is looking at more using energy royalties to you there is not a lot of support about increasing the gas tax. we should look at energy royalties and put that number into into into chartres and transportation. that is the long-term plan i would like to see happen. tim walz and i have talked about that. rep. paulsen: energy royalties is if you drill for oil on federal land or for natural gas, then the royalties that go to

supportwould transportation p that is not a very reliable, sustainable plan. rep. paulsen: it is reliable in the largest investment in the country in transportation. leah: we have three minutes left. we have to touch on national security. isis-inspired attack in the mall in st. cloud, minnesota. travelings are even to join isis. so let's focus on this. what needs to be done on the federal level to stop attacks here at home in minnesota and abroad as well? state sen. bonoff: the radicalization and dr. nation of terror, particularly for young people, is a grave danger. they are getting that on the internet, through social media. we have to do all we can to root out a terror everywhere it is. we talk about it at home, but

you also have to address it in syria, we had the greatest threat of isis. inare now arming the rebels syria, doing everything we can to root out isis. there has been some progress in little -- in mosul. we had a partner with allies around the globe so we use our intelligence capabilities to find out where the terror cells are. then, we use that information to make sure that we are addressing that in our communities. and really, one of the great problems is that, many times, those allies around the world are not sure they trust us. for example, there are muslim majority countries like qatar and indonesia. so it is not helpful when you have what donald trump is saying about letting muslims into our country. we had to be careful to keep the doors of communication open so we can partner with allies and make sure we root out the threat

of terror everywhere. have no greater duty than to protect the homeland and our citizens. that is key. we have had more incidents here domestically with terrorism. -- it isortray appropriate we review and make sure our vetting process is appropriate for refugees, no matter where they are coming from. we have to understand islamist fundamentalism for what it is, call it what it is. have identified situations been sentencede but then travel back to somalia. at the lacked leadership top. we need to get your take and understand that isis, the threat is real. one of thebonoff: things we talked about -- did not talk about is climate change. i believe it is urgent and real. i would take action on that and am proud to have been endorsed

by the league of congress -- conservation voters. clean energy and new development of cleaner energy is the direction to go as we look for nuclear and biofuel and wind and solar. leah: thank you both for joining us. we hope to see you back here. bill lunn and leah mclean. [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] >> this week on c-span 2, we have political radio programs. wednesday, live from washington dc, conservative radio talk show host hugh hewitt. 3:00,hursday from noon to author and progressive radio host thom hartmann. conservative perspective from mike gallagher. all this week live on c-span 2.

more live coverage of events did looking at gun violence and how to respond with legislation. the conversation will be held on capitol hill, hosted by the university of california irvine school of law. elections one week away, presidential nominees are hitting battleground states. donald trump will be in pennsylvania and wisconsin. hillary clinton has three events in florida. reading make tim kaine will be in wisconsin with two and events. and republican vice presidential nominee mike pence has two spots -- stops in pennsylvania. congressman john lewis, who led the sit in in congress this summer, led a march to the polls. --a tweet we have live coverage of both

residential nominees today as well. tonight, donald trump and mike pence in eau cleaire. that is 8:00 on c-span. on c-span 2, hillary clinton holds a campaign rally in fort lauderdale, florida at 8:45. >> good morning. after the access hollywood tape, a lot of democrats insisted that republicans down ballot have some sort of response to what donald trump said. are we seeing a bit of turnabout going around with the clinton in milk controversy? >> we definitely are. republicans are certainly seizing on this controversy. controversy and they are suggesting that democrats need to either distance themselves or somehow tainted by this. we have seen a number of candidates make that argument. the republican senator in new that her is suggesting

democrat is trying to dodge and that she is not [indiscernible] so that is one example. host: is there one strategy that democrats are taking to respond to this? are they staying united in their response or are individual members in individual districts crafting their own responses? guest: i think for the most part, democrats are fairly defiant on this. the clinton campaign has signaled its willingness to go fbir the director of the and to criticize him. democrats seeing distanced themselves from hillary clinton, certainly not in the way that republicans did for donald trump after the revelation of the access hollywood tapes that you mentioned.

host: you mentioned the new hampshire race. what are others that are viewers should look at to see if or how this might impact a close contest? guest: certainly in pennsylvania, in has made mention that this controversy a couple of times. he is obviously running against a close race there, so he has been both suggesting that katie mcginty is somehow ethically similar to clinton, but also stressing the difficulty that he perceives hillary clinton to be in. he was talking in the immediate aftermath of hillary clinton being in hot water over this, so that is the kind of thing that is happening, but there is a broader issue here, where, for example, republicans are saying in general that this is a problem that the democratic party generally should be held

accountable for. host: can you explain the impact of early voting? over 20 million americans of our devoted as the controversy is and pastors renewed focus today on donald trump's taxes in the wake of "new york times" front page story this morning. the impact of early voting? caller: -- crucialarly voting is a part of the dynamic and millions of people of our devoted. they voted at the time when hillary clinton had an even bigger lead in the polls but she does now. we'll have to see just how much of a cushion she can build up in that respect. all of the caveats extrapolating too early is that we are never really sure until election day whether these are actually new voters that have been dropped to

they are simply moving their existing boats around, or getting people who would have voted for them on election day going to the polls earlier, so that is the warning about taking too much of early voting. ost: joined by unc associate professor jason roberts. professor roberts, national presidential the race tightening across the country. are we seeing that on the ground the battleground state of north carolina? guest: unclear at this point, we lot of new polling out of north carolina as of late. early votes,in the also suggest that the votes as earlier ch polling predicted it might. guest: early vote total, how gone to the ave poll so far in north carolina and what more can we tell from of the h carolina, one states that puts out a lot of voting?ion about early guest: in 2012, 4.6 million

north carolina. as of yesterday, we have about 1.6 million early votes in thus far, about a third of expected vote total at this point. it is hard to tell a lot about this, the people who voted are anyway, but "new york times" gets running count f this and estimating significant lead for hillary clinton of the people who voted up to this point, but nothing the that would change earlier estimate of a 5 to 6-point clinton lead. talking about early voting, are we seeing impact rom the recent devastating flooding in north carolina? how is that impacting this cycle?on guest: there have been places where they have had to move polling locations because of the flooding. the voter registration deadline was xtended in 35 counties due to flooding. i haven't looked closely at incoming county data to see if declines in the county. i wouldn't be surprised if we

see that happen. if north carolina is going to turn one way or the other on should night wrshgs viewers be watching early returns? what is early tell for where is going?lina guest: the big population county, where ke raleigh is located the clinton campaign is running a big margins in those areas. where the voters are, that is where a lot of college educated people. if the republicans are going to leave trump, would be republicans who are college educated and working and professional jobs. would keep an eye out. host: you are keeping an eye on well, one oface, as those closely watched races, hold on urr trying to to his seat against debra ross there. us to the latest in the senate polling and what we know contest. guest: we have three competitive

statewide races. competitive race, gubernatorial race and the burr-ross senate race. republicans running in the three races, burr is probably in better shape than of the other two. but the polling has been razor call probably too close to at this point. urr has not been as active a campaigner as national campaigners would like to see. he didn't start campaigning until october. picked a quick fight with the raleigh news observer, telling them not being ampaign events are so they can't cover him. he is running a quick thoughted campaign and his supporters says he's always done that. republicans are nervous about he's handling the campaign at this point. ost: we talked to the hill newspaper earlier in the program about the down ballot impact hillary clinton e-mail investigation announcement from the f.b.i. on

s. it having any impact in that north carolina race? guest: it is hard to tell. at this point, more than any their of people made up mind who they are voting for, the e-mail story is not good for campaign, not a new piece of information for voters who care about these things. or the other ay for more than a year. so it's hard to imagine it of many voters. there could be late deciders who republicans who go back to trump or undecided who go to hard to imagine having a large effect at this point given how much this has leading up to now. host: before we let you go, give update on the governor's race, i you mentioned it there for a minute, but what is the looking at, govern pat mccrory, what does he need to do to hold on to his seat next

week? guest: it is tough. the hb2, the bathroom bill, has controversial in the state. it hit the fan when a lot of north all games were in carolina and north carolina basketball, bipartisan issue people were of upset about that. something that helped the governor, the flooding earlier, accounts his administration has done excellent job responding to loods in eastern part of the state, allowing him to appear to be about politic necessary the campaign.of their hope is to help shore up support in the eastern part of state. host: jason >> on election day, november 8, the nation decides the next president and which party controls the house and senate. stay with c-span for coverage of the presidential race, including campaign stops with hillary

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>> candidates in the house raise for new york's third district republican jack martins and republican -- democrat tom su ozzi. they discuss foreign policy and opioid abuse. their debate was half-an-hour. >> this is a new island vote 2016 election debate. hello and welcome to this island vote 2016 election special. for the next half hour we will be talking with the two candidates running for the third congressional district. it covers the north shore of long island across both counties. it includes huntington, oyster bay, north hempstead, the city

of glencoe and a small portion of queens. now, let's meet the candidates. has served as nassau county executive for two terms. he was the mayor of glencoe from 1994 to 2001. on therton's is running conservatives line and serving his third term in the state senate. former mayor of the village of mineola from 2003 22010. thank you for being here. here are the rules and the format. each candidate will have one minute for an opening statement, up to a minute and a half to answer each question and 30 seconds for rebuttal when warranted. both candidates will have one minute for closing statements. this digging order was decided by lots prior to the show and we begin with senator jack martins.

hosting thisfor debate. i am jack martins. i am a state senator, a husband and a father of four daughters and i know our country is heading in the wrong direction. the economy is stagnant, terrorism is on the rise, america is divided and washington is gridlocked. people are frustrated and so am i. changing that with elected leaders to solve our problems, i can do that because i have done it before. the issues on long island, cutting taxes in rebuilding infrastructure, protecting our environment and helping small businesses grow and succeed. i will do the same in washington and my opponent will not. by focusing on what unites us instant of what denies -- devised -- divides us, we can move forward. thank you. suozzi.

>> people are so discouraged throughout this campaign, who have said i don't like either candidate. they ask why you want to run for congress. i still believe in the united states of america and our system of government and politics and we can get good things done. if democrats and republicans can work together to solve problems, the reality is that in order to change the status quo you have to be willing to stay in -- stand up to powerful forces that want to keep the status quo the way it is now. when i started to fix the campaign, the system was broken and we needed to cap broken medicaid. we ultimately succeeded in getting it done.

that is why i have been endorsed by the league of conservation voters and so many more. that i will fight to change the status quo and serve the people i represent. >> let's get right to the questions. last week, nassau county was rocked by corruption charges on .angano these come less than a year after the senate majority leader scellosallows -- dean was convicted. if elected to congress, what would you do to crack down on corruption but also to restore the trust that so many people don't seem to be comfortable with? >> this is a very sad thing going on and when i started to fix albany.com, i pointed out at that time most people indicted had lost their jobs at the polling booth.

politics, like democracy and capitalism does not work without competition. you have to hold people accountable for their positions because of they get too comfortable they start to feel like they can do whatever they want to do. how is it the united states congress has a 14% approval rating but there is a 95% reelection rate? the same thing is going on in the state of new york and the state assembly. we need to hold people accountable in a very robust political system. we also need regulations in place. if you are convicted of a crime you should forfeit your pension. there are so many things we need to do but it is up to the public as much as possible to pay attention to these races and to be involved. because so many people vote in primaries. to win a republican party you have to go away right and we ended up with nobody in the

middle to get the work done. the only way to hold officials accountable is to put them in a competitive race where they have to defend positions and do a good job. >> the same question for senator martins. sen. martins: it starts with having zero tolerance when it comes to corruption in public office. i called on the county executive to resign and the town supervisor to resign but we have to hold accountability first and foremost. i had the privilege of serving in the new york state senate to recall politicians who have been convicted of crimes before they are allowed to finish their terms because we have to maintain the integrity of the position. i have also voted to make sure that those convicted of crimes do not get their pensions. there is no way a person who has been convicted of a crime while in elected office and violated public trust to have the ability

to collect a pension by having forfeited that right whether they committed that crime. we have to look at money in politics, we have to remove money in politics, and we have to make it much more transparent. there are rules out there, some of those get circumvented when you have dark money that exists. electionsle influence , frankly, there is no place for it in our society. we have to cut to the chase and first and foremost, restore integrity to the process. which means holding everyone accountable. everyone, when they are convicted or when they have put themselves in a position of casting taint on their office, they have to resign. >> next topic is taxes. long islanders have been barraged with negative ads, some criticizing your tenure as county executive, and the others, the same for you when

you were serving as the mayor of mineola. thathould voters believe if they send you to washington there will be a tax cut? sen. martins: when i was elected mayor, the village was bankrupt. it had a half-million dollar shortfall and no reserves. $20 million of that debt was in short-term debt and we had to convince them to allow us to convert that into long-term debt. very difficult times for the village. we restructure the village's finances and when i was elected to the senate we had paid down the debt from $32 million to $20 million. we have the village heading in the right direction. we have reassessed every property in the village, so everyone understood what they were paying. we redid the master plan and put it on a firm footing. , yourms of redevelopments

see that happening right now. we took a very bad situation and with the trust of the public, i was elected in 2003, reelected in 2005, 2007, and 2009 by the very same voters who trusted us to make a difference. we did. it is about restructuring and getting things done and showing that as a result of the eight years that i served in mineola, we left things better off than when we last -- than when we got there. well, while mr. martin's was serving as mayor of mineola, you were the executive of nassau county. why should voters believe you will be a tax cutter? mr. suozzi: i am not going to criticize jack for having raised taxes and the fact that he raised his salary by 61% but i am going to criticize him for being a hypocrite. he attacked me for raising property taxes when we were the

worst run county in america before i got there. we face the same type of physical prices -- crisis but his whole campaign was based on the fact that i raised property taxes. he talked about being reelected as mayor. i raise property taxes in 2002 as county executive and i was reelected by a huge margin in 2005 by the same people that i had raised the property taxes. i know they are killing people on long island. that is why i sought for a property tax cap. iran for governor of new york state. it didn't turn out well for me but i saw property taxes crushing people on long island and i thought for a cap -- fought for a cap. as chairman of the new york state commission, i wrote the

report as to why they are so high on long island and a big part of it was the tax cap. i had to take my lumps to fight powerful interests in order to get a tax cap. sen. martins: tom taking credit for the tax cap is like al gore taking credit for inventing the internet. it was there beforehand and the fact that we were able to pull consensus to get it working, frankly, is a testament to our hard work in albany. gimmicks, and frankly there was a massive income finance authority put in place in 2001 that tom suozzi was tasked with getting rid of. >> 30 seconds for you. mr. suozzi: i am very proud of my record as executive. during the course of my term, we

had 13 bond upgrades. outside independent agencies say we will turn the county around. in 2008 we faced in the worst recession in our country's history since the great depression. and people were angry and upset and the energy tax was a bad idea, should have never done it, and i paid for it. i learned my lesson. i think the people of nassau county will be happy to have tom problems.her than the >> we are joined on social media, a facebook follower. becky has this to say. "end obamacare. coverage is worse." premiums house did say could go up by as much as 25%. there will be less options as well. if you are elected how will you future the a few -- the

of the affordable care act. >> there are more people covered the never before, children are covered until they are 26 years old under their parents plan, you can't deny people coverage because of pre-existing conditions. but while the republicans in the congress want to repeal the act, they just say repeal, i want to amend it, don't end it. in the private sector i worked for a firm that major people complied with the act provisions bureaucracyrotten and throughout my career i have been willing to demonstrate that i will fight powerful forces, even my own party when necessary, to make changes on behalf of the people i serve. aboutare good things obama care but we have to amend it and not ended.

to change the status quo you have to take on powerful forces. those forces are the health insurance companies and the pharmaceutical drug companies. they don't want to change and they have too much influence in drafting the act. i am willing to fight them as i have throughout my career. willingroven that i am to stand up and fight powerful forces on behalf of the people i have served. >> we have heard many republicans say obamacare should be repealed. is there something to salvage? sen. martins: i think it needs to be repealed and replaced. been ane has unmitigated disaster. i have often wondered why tom suozzi has been an apologist until i realized that he actually made money consulting with people on how to comply with it. as small businesses are getting raked over the coals, paying

more in premiums, certain people are making more money consulting those businesses. the complexity, frankly, they were a lie. he re-r, several years later, premiums are going up double digits. deductibles.dible we have co-pays, panels are , and people are angry. they should be angry. expanding thee is footprint, allowing people to buy health insurance across state lines, giving tax credits so that individuals can make decisions for themselves and by the insurance that suits them. right now, if anyone wants to buy insurance, they would have to buy off the menu that is restricted. i would have to buy for coverage that i would never need.

tax credits and put the emphasis on where it needs to be. suozzi? mr. suozzi: the reality is i have never been an apologist, i have said the same thing publicly in public forums so many times that the system has serious problems and needs to be fixed like so many others. to work together to solve these problems and make people's lives better, not play these petty little games and attack people because they made money on it. that is even low for you. work at ay is i did firm that helps businesses comply with the affordable care act. sen. martins: i appreciate it. it will only be a few seconds. we have been in several forms together where we have discussed this issue and he has spoken time and again -- and those

there could certainly relate -- he has said it needs to be tweet and it has been an excess that a success and it is important that we keep it there. that is being apologist. frankly, you know very well you make money on this and you made money on the complexity of obamacare. >> let's move on to foreign policy and we will start with senator martins. what is the most significant threat the u.s. faces to its national security? sen. martins: it is islamic terrorism, radical islam and terrorism continues to be the great threat of our time. we see it manifested in isis in the middle east and in the conflict in the middle east iran, yemen,and saudi arabia, syria. you see proxy wars, you see them in yemen, and you see the

migration between the middle east into europe and again into the united states and we have seen a tax on our own land. people are concerned because there is such volatility. there is such volatility because the united states has taken a backseat. they have left the world stage and allowed others to fill that vacuum. atrocities around the world, attacks on our own soil in ways that we have never imagined before. frankly, that is the challenge of our times. stability in the middle east through economic pressure and working with others and protecting our ally is a real first and foremost so that we continue to serve -- to provide stability there but also here at home. transparency when it becomes death when it comes to those we need. we talk about refugees, making sure we have a stringent vetting system to ensure that when

people do come here, we are a country that receives, we have to make sure the vetting process is correct. samewill rescue the question. the most significant threat to mr. national security suozzi:. there is no question that terrorism is the most significant threat. as a result of wars going on throughout many different regions of the world there are 16 million refugees throughout the entire world because of civil wars and wars we have been involved in and climate change. there are 60 million refugees, people displaced from their homelands. one thing i can't understand is why people are not talking about the history of what has transpired. the united states supported osama bin laden until this ministration killed him. toported osama bin laden fight the russians in afghanistan. they supported saddam hussein when we lost the shah of iran.

we supported the saudi's even though they are supporting the killing of jewish people and americans. we have done this because we have been dependent on foreign oil for such a long time. to a greenmove economy so we are not dependent on oil in that region and we can reset that relationship with those members of the muslim community that want to work with the united states, that are against the radical islamists that are trying to kill us. far as ground strikes, containing the problems, trying to support our allies in the area, we certainly need to make sure that we protect the state of israel and do everything we can to make sure it is clear to the world that they are our closest and best friend in that region. >> let's move on to long island heroine academic -- epidemic. the question is, what can be done on a federal level to stop

those drugs from flowing in? mr. suozzi: the first thing we need to do is understand what happened. in america time that we were seeing the prescription of oxycontin and other types of drugs that were addictive, the same time that that was happening a second thing was happening, the production of heroine grew by leaps and bounds throughout latin america, central america, and in afghanistan. we see poppy field being one of the cash crops. people are getting addicted to opioids at the same time production was increasing. we need to continue to do our enforcement efforts and we need to recognize that drugs and alcohol and mental health issues are all related and many of these problems are based on drugs, alcohol and mental health. have a problem.

most family dysfunctions are related to drugs, alcohol and mental health. some of my closest friends have had children of theirs died because of drug overdoses. we need to start educating kids ages, especially as we see it start to emerge in realizeols that they the dangers of this very destructive and addictive drug. to promote programs that encourage prevention at young ages and collaboration among different government agencies. >> senator martins, what can be done on the federal level to stop drugs from flowing in? sen. martins: the heroin epidemic is, by far, the greatest challenge we have, domestically. there isn't a single community that has not been impacted. we have tackled this in albany,

legislation, i have had the privilege of carrying legislation that requires that schools teach about heroine and drug abuse at an early age because it starts with the stigmatization of the issue and we have to make sure that people understand it is about treating the condition as much as it is about enforcement. but we have to start with enforcement. we have to stop those drugs from coming into our country. we have to make sure that we have the care necessary so that those who do succumb to addiction have a pathway out of that addiction. i have often had the opportunity to meet with families that have lost loved ones but also those who are dealing with this crisis right now. it is the one thing that we have that we dod, it is not have long-term care facilities for addiction. we did have them. here in plain view as recently

as 2003. unfortunately, the county executive decided to close those thereties when he knew were all kinds of reports that there was an addictive -- a heroine addiction epidemic on the horizon. we have the ability now to refocus but it is going to cost at time of money to do it. we can discuss details, dates and the like, certainly if tom wants to. he knows that i am right and people out there do as well. >> your response? mr. suozzi: one of the things i am most proud of was to create the no role door program which put so many agencies in health, mental health and merge them together in one building so that when people showed up for some sort of assistance they could access the assistance of all those agencies.

one of the regions that was specifically cited was the work that i did calling out the problem of drug addiction and the relation to mental health early on. >> we will leave it there and move on now to closing statements and we will start with senator martins. sen. martins: thanks again to news 12 for hosting this debate. election, specifically, and especially at this time in our history, is about leadership and the opportunity to understand, as we all do that this country is heading in the wrong direction. our children's futures are bleaker. the country is being brought back together. -- is being pulled apart instead of brought back together. i have shown leadership these past six years and certainly as the mayor of mineola in tackling the tough issues important to us. whether it is the environment or protecting law and order or dealing with heroin or cutting taxes and helping small

businesses, that is where i have led from the front, not from the back and not by talking about it but actually showing results. people have a choice this year to decide whether or not we are going to take this country in the right direction by changing course or whether we are going to double down or continue to support the same policies. i will take us in a different direction. jack, you never showed leadership when dean scellos was indicted and you said he didn't do anything to let us down. i still believe in this country and i still believe that we can get good things done if we get people of goodwill, democrats and republicans, to work together to solve problems. take onat you have to powerful interests, fight back -- keep the status while

onm willing to take democrats and republicans to fight for the things that i believe are necessary to serve the people i represent, whether it was the medicaid tax or the property tax cap. i lost as well but i learned in the process. this country could have bright days ahead but it will require people to work together, across party lines, not throwing out negativity, but working to solve problems. >> thank you both for being here and thank you for joining us. election day is tuesday, november 8. make sure to get out and vote. this debate is available online, just log onto news 12.com and click on island vote. thanks for watching this election special on news 12 long island, as local as local news gets. later today, live coverage of

events here on c-span at noon eastern time. looking at gun violence and how to respond with legislation. that conversation on capitol hill in a couple minutes posted at the university of california irvine's school of law. we will be on the road to the white house with the nominees, campaigning and -- in battleground states. donald trump will be in and on c-span2, live coverage of hillary clinton's campaign rally in fort at 8:45.e, florida your are some of the ads being run by both campaigns. >> i am hillary clinton i approve this message. >> the fear of nuclear war we had as children, i never thought our children would have to deal with that again and to see that coming forward again is scary. >> trump asked three times why we couldn't use nuclear weapons. >> what safeguards are there to stop any president who may not

be stable from the launching of nuclear attacks? >> the commander in chief is the commander in chief. >> our next president faces daunting challenges in a dangerous world. you run promoting terrorism, north korea threatening, isis on the rise, libya in chaos, hillary clinton failed every single time as secretary of state. now she wants to be president. she doesn't have the fortitude to lead. she failed as secretary of state. don't let her fail us again. >> i am donald trump and i approve this message. >> this week on c-span2, we are featuring political radio programs with national talkshow hosts. on wednesday, conservative radio talk show host hugh hewitt is live from 6:00 to 9:00 a.m. eastern. thursday, author and progressive radio host tom hartman, and on

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