thanks for being here this morning and listening. it is a privilege to serve you. again, i will stand up on behalf of the people of new hampshire to either party, if they are going in the wrong direction. we need to work together to find common ground. that is why i do have a bipartisan record and i look for common ground to make sure that we can be in a stronger position for our small businesses that are creating good jobs. we've got some big problems that need to be addressed. regulatory issues, health care costs, in terms of the debt, we have to address those issues. and finally without security, we can't have prosperity or freedom. this is an area i've worked on in the armed services committee. i want to assure you i will stand up to make sure our men and women in uniform are supported and also that our strength of our relationship with israel remains strong. we have such an important

security cooperation and the security of israel is tied to our security and that is very important that relationship on a security basis and on an economic basis, that our friendship remains strong. i thank you for allowing me to be here today and i ask for your vote on november 8 and i will work my hardest to fight for you and this great state. thank you. [applause] >> our next candidate is running for the senate. she is a democrat. she is our governor. she resides in exeter. she has been the governor for two terms. please welcome maggie hassan. [applause]

governor hassan: good morning. thank you, george, for moderating today into the community for hosting today's event. i know i speak for all of the candidates about how much we appreciate this opportunity. here in new hampshire, by working across party lines, we have been making progress in building a more innovative and stronger state. we passed two balanced budgets without an increase in sales tax. we came together and started an effort to help new businesses launch and grow. we passed a bipartisan and reauthorized a medicaid expansion of them. over 50,000 hard-working granite staters have access to quality health insurance, including substance abuse and behavioral health treatment. we are mounting a strong hands-on response to our heroin crisis.

we made the most significant in-state investment in transportation infrastructure in 22 years. we also came together and in a bipartisan effort froze in-state tuition at public universities for the first time in 25 years and lowered it at community colleges. we are feeling the impact of these measures across our state. our unemployment rate at 2.9% is the lowest in the country. we were named the most business friendly state in the country by cnbc. what i am proudest of is more people are working in new hampshire than at any time in our state history. we did this the new hampshire way. coming together, having our disagreements to be sure. we would not be human if we did not. finding a way forward by focusing on the challenges that our small businesses and our families face in getting things done for them.

i think it is past time for washington to take the same approach. in the united states senate, i want to focus first and foremost on getting emergency funding for our opioid crisis back to the state. i have an economic plan available on my website talking about how we can foster innovation and support job creation and expand opportunities for hard-working families. my first priority as governor has always been the security at our state and the safety of our communities. my first priority will be the security of our country in the senate. that means we have to maintain our military superiority to be sure. the united states of america always has to be the greatest economic force in the world and the greatest force for good in the world. that means working with our allies and using military might as a last resort. when it comes to our relationship with israel, it is

an unshakable relationship. we have to do everything we can to maintain it and help israel in strengthening its security. our alliance with israel is a not just on mutual security concerns, but on shared values. we have to do everything we can to maintain israel's security so that it can maintain its jewish and democratic character. i look forward to this morning's discussion with all of you. i am grateful for you hosting this very important forum. thank you. [applause] >> governor, this is a long question, here goes. please address the epidemic of violence in america caused by the lack of gun safety, domestic violence, innocent victims of mass murder and crimes, street

gang violence, how can we prevent it and teach children that violence is not a solution? governor hassan: what a super question. we have maintained its status as one of the safest states in the country. we are all challenged by everything from the heroin epidemic to more mass shootings for example. safety is my first priority as governor. i have worked to ensure that we are enhancing school safety plans, that we put more troopers on the road, and we have also taken steps to support and improve active shooter training for law enforcement across the state. and we have made cyber security a priority. we put into place cyber security standards.

we are doing trainings and we are getting rid of outdated hardware and software that makes us vulnerable to cyber attacks. when it comes to gun safety, this is not only a safety issue for our communities, which it obviously is, it is also a national security issue. i support the second amendment. i believe responsible gun owners have the right to hunt and defend themselves in their homes. i also think that responsible gun owners want us to make sure that people who should not have access to guns cannot get guns. i support expanding background checks so that for instance terrorists could not get guns online and at gun shows. there has been some activity in washington to say that if you are on the no-fly list, you cannot buy guns. that still leaves loopholes because those same terrorists could still buy guns online and

at gun shows. i don't think that is right. we should expand background checks to close those loopholes. thank you. [applause] >> you were the only democratic governor to oppose exacting syrian refugees to our state. what is your position on this issue now? governor hassan: my first job as governor is the security of our state. after the paris attacks, when the fbi and cia expressed concerns about how well our vetting system was working, they both expressed concerns that it is not working the way it is supposed to. i thought it was appropriate to take a temporary pause in receiving syrian refugees so that we could audit that system and understand what we need to do to address the concerns of the fbi and cia.

we are also a welcoming state and welcoming country. we can never allow terrorists to undermine our basic values and spirit as americans. that being said, we also have to make sure that the entryways into our country are working the way they should and are as safe as possible. i still think the administration should take a temporary pause and do this audit and address these concerns during they have chosen not to do that. my focus is on how you strengthen all entryways into the country, not just for refugees, but how we monitor social media and make sure we are doing everything we can to prevent terrorists from using social media to recruit terrorists here. we also have to do a better job and our international allies have to do a better job of information sharing. we have expanded our information

analysis center in new hampshire to make sure all officials are sharing critical information in real-time. we need to be able to do that with european allies as well. one of the things that concerns me is that it is almost one year after the paris attacks, and we have not addressed how to improve our entryways because everybody has taken partisan positions about this instead of sitting down and doing what we always have in the past, putting the safety and security of our country before politics. [applause] >> it is no secret that israeli and u.s. relations are strained at present. what steps do you think we should take to encourage a closer and more amicable relationship, and what will you do to discourage the bds movement around the world? governor hassan: i do oppose the bds movement.

i think it is a misguided movement. secondly, getting back to the fact that israel and the unit -- united states share critical values, we believe in my busy. -- democracy. i will always fight to strengthen our relationship and strengthen israel's security so that it can maintain its jewish and democratic character. i'm encouraged by the recent mou that provides more aid to israel than any agreement in our country's history. we have to do more to ensure that israel maintains their military edge, and we have to do everything we can to confront acts of aggression from iran. that comes from working with israel and the international community. it is critical that we continue to support bilateral

negotiations for a two state solution. that is something the united states has an important role to facilitate and mediate. it has to be between the two parties. >> do you support legislation or the government to negotiate with pharmaceutical companies? governor hassan: my husband and i are lucky to be parents of two children. if i say so myself. one lives at home with us and has severe medical disabilities. we are well aware of the flaws in our health care system, including the impact of the high cost of prescription drugs. we have had as many as nine or 10 doctors and over one dozen

medications and our insurance company is out of the blue said he cannot take that medication anymore, it is too expensive. we are switching into this. when your loved one is doing well, and all of a sudden you're told to switch, it creates concern. it is very troubling. i support allowing medicare to negotiate prescription drug prices that would help bring in competition and lower the prices because of the volume medicare can negotiate for. i support importing drugs from canada to bring competition. we need to get drugs to market more quickly. i would support a decision to do that. i'm disappointed that in washington there have been votes that do not allow medicare to negotiate. that do not allow generic drugs to come to market quickly, and that do not allow us to import drugs from canada. [applause]

>> good year without attributing which party is responsible for our current deficit and debt state or plans for bringing the budget deficit under control? governor hassan: that is an important question. you have to start with physical responsibility. i'm glad we have passed to responsible budgets in new hampshire without increasing sales tax. i have a plan which calls for basically five different areas of focus. one is i support senator shaheen's call for a two-year or budget like we have in new hampshire. that would allow us to do appropriations in the first year, and the second year to evaluate what is working and what is not and plan for the next appropriation process.

we know we have to do more to eliminate waste, fraud, and abuse in government spending. among the things i would eliminate would be the subsidy we currently have for tobacco companies. that makes no sense to me at all. we also own a lot of empty federal buildings at this point. it costs us a lot to even keep those in their empty state and take care of their grounds. we should get rid of those empty federal buildings. we also know that the federal government does not make data based decisions very often about the programs if funds. we should apply data to that. we also have to deal with our budget, we have to strengthen social security and medicare. this is a basic difference between me and the current majority in washington. i would not do that on the backs of our seniors.

if you pay in, you have paid into it and earned benefits. we could strengthen medicare by allowing negotiations for prescription drug prices. we could strengthen social security by asking millionaires and billionaires to pay a little bit more into the system. lastly, we have to keep our economy growing. that is why critical investments that help us develop a 21st century workforce, a clean energy economy, a transportation infrastructure, and incentivize lower taxes will help us do that. the best way to deal with this is to make sure we are continuing to grow and leading economically. [applause] >> thank you for that. we have about one minute left. would you like to make a closing statement? governor hassan: thank you all for having me this morning. thank you for engaging in this election cycle and being so

thoughtful about your decision-making. i grew up the daughter of a world war ii veteran. my dad fought in the battle of the bulge. it was not unusual for him to look at us across the breakfast table in the morning and say what are you doing for freedom today? that is a fairly daunting question to get when you're 10 years old. but my dad was serious. he was part of the generation, what we have come to call the greatest generation. by believing in a cause greater than themselves, they saved the world and built this country into an economic and military power, the likes of which the world had never known. that is the spirit i have tried to bring with me as governor of new hampshire. that is the spirit that should be informing our work and washington, d.c. our country has an enormous challenges to be sure. they are challenges we are completely capable of addressing.

i am blessed as governor to be able to witness the strength and resilience of the people of new hampshire. we believe and hold onto our individualism more strongly than anybody else. we also believe in community because we know they go hand-in-hand. that is the example i have tried to follow as governor. it is the example i will follow if i am honored on november 8 to be the next united states senator. i greatly appreciate all of your attentiveness this morning and greatly appreciate everything you will do for your community and our state. we are a strong state because of the people here, and if we remember what we are capable of as americans, that every generation just needs to work harder to bring more people in from the margins and include them so that we unleash count and energy and grow economically, that is what will make us strong and ultimately,

that is the spirit that makes us safe as well. thank you so much. [applause] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2016] months of degrading women and folder insults and kelly ayotte supported him through all of it. opposite, aims the political calculation. what else has she done to get reelected? voted withh the -- the koch brothers 90% of the time. doing what is right for herself is wrong for new hampshire. that investigation into hillary clinton is back on. thehe fbi is reopening

case. >> her campaign is fighting a political firestorm. >> i support hillary clinton for the presidency. an investigation that was closed. >> pertinent to this election. >> you think she is trustworthy? >> i am maggie hassan. new hampshire has a clear choice. do we keep going with a senator who votes with the corporate interests? were senator who sides with the people. my focus has been on creating opportunity. jobng college and drai training more affordable. and protecting a woman's right to make health care more affordable. maggie hassan supports the health care law that is hurting

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