decisions on their part. thank you for taking my call. host: sherry in wisconsin. our last caller in today's washington journal. we will of course be back here tomorrow morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern 4:00 a.m. pacific. you should continue to check in with c-span throughout the week to know and coverage of senator john mccain's memorial services. placee going to be taking throughout the week here in washington, d.c. and in arizona as well. now as promised we will take you to live coverage of the u.s. senate debates in nebraska between senator deb fischer who is running for a second term and democratic challenger jane labeled, a city councilwoman in lincoln.

>> at 9:00 a.m. and 10 a clock easton, sitting u.s. republican senator deb fischer is preparing to debate the democratic challenger, lincoln city councilmember jane raybould and we take you to live coverage here on c-span. ♪ >> welcome to today's debate in the race for u.s. senate in nebraska. i am craig . >> we will be the moderators for your hour-long debate. off with deb fischer and democrat lincoln city councilmember jane raybould. rules before you

start. we will give equal time to each candidate. we are asking you to keep your answers to 60 seconds each. when we ask you to move on, please do so. in addition we reserve the right to follow up. also want to give the candidates a time to respond if you are directly attacked. without further ado, let's get started. nebraskans are struggling with rising health care. the democratic plan, has not been fixed and republicans have not passed a replacement pair what would you do in the next six years to address the issue. for thecher: thank you question. i want to thank everyone for being here. it is wonderful to see you. i would like to recognize my husband, family, friends or coming today. i want to give a shout out to my mom who is 95 years old and is at home watching. health care is a very big issue. nebraska's need relief.

we have policies out there that we can work on. first, we have to address the problems. lost theircan's insurance. with seen 40,000 nebraskans who paid a fine or a tax to the irs because they were required to take insurance. over 80% of those nebraskans make less than $50,000. we have watched premiums rise 153% since obamacare took place. these are problems that we have now we have to look at the solutions, and i am working on those solutions across the aisle. we have to have price transparency. you can go to a doctor's office and see what lasix surgery costs . why don't we have that

across-the-board question why don't patients have the power. why don't we have patients be able to have control of their health care and make their decisions? we need that transparency. we need to have affordability, and that is how we can get it. addresshave to prescription drug costs. right now, there is a gag order and this helps special interests. this gag order, and i heard this from a from assist in nebraska. a gag order where he cannot tell his clients who come in that it would be cheaper for them to buy a drug out-of-pocket then to use their health insurance. these are all things we are doing. >> same question to you councilmember in terms of the high cost of health care. goodilwoman raybould: morning to everyone and to my family. it is scary that premiums are increasing and the cost of prescription drugs is becoming more expensive and hurting

families. it is washington politicians like senator richard were pushing increases. she voted along with special interests groups who have funded her campaign to the tune of $120,000 today. while she is taken their money, she is throwing nebraska families under the bus. she voted for health care premiums on families and to impose an age tax on older nebraskans, charging them more then younger people here i have aside andput party work with republicans and democrats to expand access and make health care more affordable. >> senator fisher, you have 30 seconds to respond. sen. fischer: thank you very much. we have together but the

democrats pullout of the plan when it was time to come to the floor and vote on it. that would have cut health care costs by 40%. that did not happen. yes, we need to look at the plans out there and take care of people with pre-existing conditions. when we did this through transparency, flexibility, and through competitive pricing and competitive health care plans, we will see the premiums come down. we have seen it this year because we repealed the individual mandate which hurt those families that make $50,000 or less who were hurt by that mandate. councilwoman raybould: because she disparaged the democratic plan and proposal, that is washington speak for a senator who says i can be bought by accepting $120,000 from health-care special interest groups who told her how to vote. senator fischer, that is corruption, plain and simple.

you are to be ashamed, and you should give that money back. senator fischer, last word before we go to immigration. sen. fischer: we hearing for my opponent and you talk about washington speak, that is the same old same old, not coming up with plans that she can talk about. that is too bad. that is not what nebraskans want here we showed that six years ago when i was attacked in my family was attacked and nebraskans came out strong in voting to support me because they wanted to send someone to washington who would fight for them so they would not see the same old same old. it is disappointing that is the first thing we are hearing in this debate. >> on to the next question. we have to move on. immigration. the department of homeland security recently rated almost a dozen businesses in o'neill,

accused of creating "an illegal alien workforce." we address illegal immigration while balancing nebraska's labor needs and agriculture and manufacturing? councilwoman raybould: we need to end the washington partisan bickering and fix our broken immigration system. it starts with securing the borders and protecting our homeland. .e must focus on that it is a national security risk that we do not know and cannot track more than 11 million unauthorized immigrants in our country. we need to fix that. it starts with securing our borders and creating a pathway to legalization for those immigrants who are already in our border. in nebraska, our economy depends on this diverse workforce. as you move those hard-working immigrants, our packing plants

would have to close and our crops would rot in the field. we must balance that by keeping our communities safe. >> senator fischer? sen. fischer: thank you. i have taken action and votes on this. people know where i am stand. -- where i stand. securing our borders. i voted for a package that put money toward a wall, fence, technology, more border security patrol. i introduced an amendment when we had bills on the four -- floor for immigration that require a biometric entry system so we know who is coming in this country and who is leaving. agreesad my opponent with all of that. i have also supported daca recipients. forted to provide certainty 1.8 million daca recipients, people who qualify for that, so

they can have certainty in their life and move forward. i supported the president's for colors and senator grassley's proposal that we voted on in march. it is a bipartisan start where we can continue to move forward. we need to have legal immigration looked at. we need to be able to provide the workers that we need in this country, not just for agriculture, but the high-tech workers that i hear companies like gallup tell me they need to have here as well. >> thank you, senator. please hold off applause to the end. moving to trade, president donald trump has fought trade battles across the world and it's taking a toll on nebraska's farmers to do you support legislation that will give congress more decision-making over trade? sen. fischer: it is about time we have a president and an

administration step up and take a stand against the chinese, for example on trade. they teach and steal our intellectual property our patents, and i am glad we are working on tough deals. but we also know that tariffs are not the way to go on this. we need to protect our ag economy and manufacturers, but not with tariffs. we want a level playing field with free and fair trade. i see so many ranchers and farmers here. this is what we do. safest,ce the healthiest, most nutritious and best tasting food around, and we can compete with anybody. we need to have the level playing field. i just heard before i came out here that we are going to be hearing good news on nafta. we will hear good news on what

the president has been doing in dealings with mexico. the mexicans have come out with a statement in my conversations with the president over the last several months, that is what i encouraged him to do. i lateral agreements are -- agreements are important. >> same question for you, councilwoman. councilwoman raybould: some things are improving and some are getting much worse, particularly for the ag producers. fisher voted against the bill that would've made this trade war into washington made crisis. i am so proud of the resilience of our farmers. not only do they feed the world, they fuel the world. that makes the brusca an economic superpower -- nebraska

and economic superpower. economicrs -- an superpower. the farmers are telling us they want trade. we need to elect a sen. that will fight for the nebraska economy rather than listening to party leaders and bosses. 30 seconds to respond. sen. fischer: there was no vote omey bill.m what the amendment dealt with was a section where the president has power under national32 to declare security interests when he would impose a tariff. that needs to be a power that congress is able to review. i supported that. members of congress know that, and there was no vote on that. >> it is time for our first

commercial break. while in combat, the candidates ask each other questions or you are watching the debate for u.s. andte on kmtv three news omaha world-herald. >> live coverage of the nebraska u.s. senate debate between senator deb fischer and lincoln city councilmember jane raybould , a democrat. they are being hosted at the center dot on the fairgrounds in grand island, nebraska. check out some of the political ads in local nebraskans have been seeing. >> i am jane raybould. i have run our families grocery stores and hear from customers who are struggling because wasn't in his failing to nebraska. from farmers worried it will sell crops to families angry about skyrocketing health care costs because senator fischer voted to raise the

premiums. i'm jane raybould, and i approve this message because i will always put nebraska first. i make a mean doughnut. ♪ >> you oppose the tax cuts? >> if i were there, i am about small businesses. >> you voted yes to it. >> i would've done things differently. there, as itas existed it for or against? >> putting our country in a deficit. >> yes or no on the tax cuts? >> i am looking at solutions. i would've worked a lot differently -- >> you are not answering the question. yes are no? , what wouldvote jane raybould do? can you be addressed answer? >> i don't like going back and trying to reinvent history. >> i am not getting a direct

answer. ♪ thisu don't want to answer question, you don't want to answer this question. >> we take it back now live to the nebraska senate debate here on c-span. >> welcome back to the debate for u.s. senate in nebraska. we continue along. janeilmember re raybould, people are seeing money in their checks because of the tax law, but many say the tax cuts are you and at the wealthy and not average americans. if you are collected, what changes would you make to the current tax code and why? councilwoman raybould: i support tax cuts for middle-class families and small instances. that what you saw of the washington politicians is screw it up. it should have been the exact opposite. they have given and jacked up our deficit by giving massive,

theanent tax cuts to largest corporations, who have been funding their campaigns. they gave temporary, measly tax cuts to hard-working nebraska families and our smooth -- small businesses. tax cuts, andport i would've supported the legislation if it contained two things. number one, if the bill were deficit neutral and not putting americans further and further in debt. number two, if it contained an amendment that would make those tax breaks permanent for the middle class and small businesses while ending the to the tax giveaways largest corporations like oil companies and prescription drug companies that are now increasing the price of both gas and prescription drugs. >> senator fischer, a variation of the question. the tax bill you voted for has increased the federal deficit.

the government is set at a trillion dollars in debt over the next decade. how do you plan to address the new debt and deficits that your party has brought? sen. fischer: this tax cut bill and we hasn't seen the results in the economy. we're 4.1% growth in the last quarter. we were told that we would never see that kind of growth in this country again and we should expect 1% 2% growth. we are 4.1%. consumer confidence is the highest and has been in 18 years. i hear that all across the state of nebraska, businesses and families realize they are keeping more money in their pockets and you call it measly what people can keep in their pockets? crumbs.losi called it this is not crumbs to nebraskans, when over 95 percent of nebraskans are seeing a tax for theh averages $2100

state, or they are seeing no change in their taxes and people in the state are hopeful and confident. long ago, six years ago, when republicans and democrats said corporate tax rates were too high and we need to cut them. we did that and those corporations are bringing money back to invest in this country and they are creating jobs. >> let's we get there on taxes. michael: it comes from jordan martin in omaha, should we expect a regular yes vote for president trump's policies? if not, what are some differences between you, senator and the president? sen. fischer: i travel the state every single year. i travel the state every single weekend. i am out there listening to nebraskans. the president and i do disagree, and he knows when i disagree with him. we disagree on tariffs.

i have had three face-to-face meetings with him and talked to him on the phone, explaining to him that tariffs are bad for nebraska and we do need to be careful on that so it does not hurt not just the ag producers, but the economy in our states. . we disagree on tariffs. i disagree with my party on some things as well. for example , common core. i support ethanol. a lot of my party doesn't agree very there are reasons i disagree with my party and the president, and those reasons are i vote for nebraskans. the secondtinue to part of the question. if you are collected and republicans hold the majority, how we make sure to get work done that helps the american people? career,cher: my entire

i have worked with everyone, regardless of party persuasion, and i have gotten things done. i am the type of official and grocery who works actively to solve problems very that is what is great about nebraskans. we are independent-minded people. we roll up our sleeves. unlike senator fischer, who votes along party lines 98% of the time, i will be that individual will not listen to my party bosses because i will always put nebraskans first. >> senator fischer, 30 seconds to respond. sen. fischer: i'm the 13th most effective senator in the united states senate. that is true. it is university of virginia study. you don't get that rating unless you work across the aisle. i get things done. i work with republicans and democrats, and i get angst done. i fight for the state and i get bills passed that affect the

people of the state, whether it is the ag industry and getting within -- rid of some crazy ofulations that will get rid cow patties. that is ridiculous. ask each othero a question. senator, you go first. sen. fischer: i am a champion for paid family leave. i would ask, do your stores provide paid family leave for your hourly employees, those in place that truly need it the most? councilwoman raybould: thank you , senator fischer appeared we are proud of our company. we have been in business for 54 years. contribute their blood, sweat, tears, and years and we provide benefits to take care of them. whichvide paid time off

families can use at their own discretion. we give them the independence of choosing what matters to their families. we are part of family medical leave. we honor that and work with employees to make sure they can take the time to spend time with their loved one or parents and to take care of their children. it is something i am very proud of. i am a job creator, and we have over 2000 employees in our company. we would not succeed and would not be in business if we did not take care of our greatest asset, which is our employees. it is a tradition my parents started and that my brother and i continue. the proof of it is that we have employees who have been with our company 30, 40 years. yes, senator fischer, i am very proud of taking care of our employees. i am a job creator in the state of nebraska. councilwoman raybould: you do not offer paid family leave? you are having them take

vacation time off to go to the doctor or stay home with a newborn. that is not paid family leave. and what i hear from young women across this country is that paid family leave is the thing they want us most to achieve. i did that in the united states senate. we got that passed in the tax bill, and that is offering help and result to people who need it. senatorchercouncilwoman raybou: fischer's family leave involves working on a voluntary basis very when a corporation offers that family leave, the corporation is asked to provide all that time off for that employee, which is very good. the corporation is not getting reimbursed for that amount. senator fischer's proposal, it expires in 2019. it was a voluntary thing.

i would work with the states on an individual basis because we are seeing real progress made. states like new york and california and new jersey have instituted family leave where a smalloyee contributes percentage and the employee matches it. that is how families can enjoy more and greater security. you did not:raybould describe it correctly. >> your turn to ask senator fischer a question. councilwoman raybould: we submitted a letter to the ethics committee to investigate how your estimated net worth as finance on your senate has escalated. your net worth has escalated from $300,000 to over $4 million since you have been in the senate. a u.s. makes $174,000 a year.

you owe an expedition to nebraskans -- and explanation to nebraskans for getting so rich while serving on our behalf. sen. fischer: you always talk about being a businesswoman. i am sure you understand that the filing of forms and the date you file them, a lot can depend on what happens in that time. you can buy things and sell things. your cash flow changes. people in agriculture certainly understand operation loans, and when those come due at a bank, that affects the form. the senate ethics committee approves every single year my financial statement. they look at it thoroughly, and there is nothing questionable about it. i am sure they will be happy to respond to your letter. >> onto to the next question, michael.

john bolton has said the u.s. is concerned about possible election interference. not just from russia but china, ran -- iran, and north korea and what should reduce to cure the elections? councilwoman raybould: this is something we actually agree on, senator fischer. russia is not our friend. they are not our ally. we know clearly that rush is an adversary because they have is anatically -- russia adversary because they have systematically altered our elections. we know they are involved in other election tampering in other democratic countries around the globe. we need to do more. we know that iran is a very bad actor. tapped intoy university systems and stealing our intellectual property. we must beef up cyber security.

that is essential. we must make sure the funding is available so that they can do everything to implement the safeguards that will keep our election process is safe. going forward, we must make that commitment to continuously upgrade our systems and work -- i.t. id departments departments to make sure they are safe and secure from any type of cyber attacks. senator fischer, how do we secure elections? sen. fischer: i chaired a subcommittee that dealt with cyber security and i am currently on the newly formed senator mccain's cyber committee. we understand the threat we face, and there are many. our elections were not altered by the russians. the russians tampered with how we feel about each other. they want to sow discord, they

want to be able to have us hate each other. 70% of americans don't hate their neighbors. that is not who we are. the russians cannot be allowed to succeed in this. our we need to harden security. i can tell you that we just had a classified briefing last week and all member briefing on the elections. right now, we feel pretty good about elections. the federal government, homeland security, dni, the fbi, are working closely with each state. >> thank you, senator. questions. senator fischer, do you support allowing special counsel robert mueller to finish his investigation into president donald trump? of course.r: the american people want to hear what the result of the investigation are.

we need transparency and to see what is going on. people are getting frustrated because we have not seen too much news on it. we want to make sure it is a thorough investigation, and we want to see the results. the senate intelligence committee is also conducting an investigation into russian ,nterference with our elections and i am waiting, along with my colleagues, to see what comes in that investigation. question,on of that some congressional democrats are calling for president donald trump's impeachment because of the russia collusion allegations . you think there are grounds to impeach the president at this point? councilwoman raybould: part of the problem in washington is where we see democrats and republicans rushing to stick a position now without knowing all of the actual facts surrounding this investigation. criticallyis

important that we allow the robert mueller investigation to continue and to do their work and deliver their report. that is the number one thing we need to do. calling for impeachment, i disagree with. we need to know the facts because asking for the removal of someone in the office of the presidency should be a very high priority. i do not support that until we have all of the evidence presented. >> you are watching the debate kmtv threenate on news and the omaha world herald. >> live coverage this morning of u.s. senate race debate in the decision by the senate majority leader to keep the senate in session during the usual august recess, located the planning for this debate. the candidates were on name

recognition, deb fischer leading by 17% in some colts, and money ,- some polls, and in money jane raybould out numbering her with money. >> we take a look at some of the other ads. >> like so many parents across nebraska, i'm angry. our kids are dying in our schools and washington is so broken the politicians aren't doing anything about it. enough is enough. if career politicians that my opponent won't pass background checks or high-capacity magazine bands, who are they working for? they sure are not working for us. i believe strongly in the second amendment, but that does not include killing machines like the aar 15 here we must immediately we knew the assault weapons ban. you have my word i will never take a dime from the nra. some will say this is bad red state politics, but is a fourth

nebraska -- fourth generation nebraska, protecting kids from guns designed to kill as many people as possible is worth risking an election for period i'm a jane raybould, and i approve this message. on capitol hill, the senate is in at 4:00 p.m. eastern time. general andorney the fed are resuming debate on the health and human secretary vote on her nomination. we go back to the u.s. senate nebraska debate. >> we start with a question base isfit air force important to her what would you do to ensure the future success and growth of the base?

councilwoman raybould: it is vitally important that we give them the resources they need. strong though terry involves reinvesting into the airg systems like offit force base and pushing to replace the older well-worn aircraft. it also involves a commitment to our veterans to make sure they have access to the best health care and job opportunities and educational opportunities that they can receive. and that is why i was disappointed when she voted along party lines which he voted against a bill that would have expanded health care and job opportunities and additional training, not only for veterans but for families.

wehink that is a commitment must make to our veterans and live up to. not just talking about it, but voting for legislation that would take care of these hard-working men and women. question to you senator fischer. sen. fischer: when i was first elected, when i came back to nebraska i went to offutt. this is a priority for me because i understand the importance of having stratcom in the state and making sure they get the resources they need so that they can be the bedrock of our security. every president and secretary of defense has said our nuclear arsenal, our triad, our deterrent is the bedrock of security. one of the first things we had to work on was the runway. there were issues with that runway. i am very pleased to say that in

the first bill that came our the committee in 2013, we put a study each was the first step in getting the financing so we could repair the runway so it will last for 20 years. it is on schedule to do that. in the worldat was herald story, i worked hard to make sure we got the appropriations bills. senator fischer, this question is for you. what, if anything, should the federal government do to address the problem of school shootings? sen. fischer: we heard another tragedy yesterday. every time we hear that, we look for ways to have solutions. i gathered a group of stakeholders together not too long ago with law enforcement and school officials and medical

health providers to figure out what our solutions that are going to work? most of these incidents happen when someone has a mental issue or if it is a terrorist attack. first of all, we have to figure out how to identify and then do something about it when we are worried about someone who may have a mental issue. we need to have more behavioral health and mental health people to be able to look into that. was one thing that i worked with the university of nebraska medical center on. people to make sure that who shouldn't have guns don't have them. we passed a bipartisan bill in congress to be able to have states report people and get them on the registry if they aren't supposed to have a weapon. r councilmemberaybould, what

should we do to prevent these tragedies? councilwoman raybould: these mass shootings are happening with greater and greater frequency. and it is those like senator fischer who have done nothing. i will make sure we implement commonsense gun safety measures, like passing background check and banning bump stocks. we must to everything we can to andect our children families. senator fischer says she supports gun safety measures, but that is not true. she has voted eight times against common sense gun safety to allow aven voting potential terrorist on the known have aa no-fly list to weapon. on the city council, we have done that. i know how to get things done it with increased the number of school resource officers and we

have added funding to make sure we can provide mental health and behavior health specialists and social workers to the schools to help our kids learn and succeed. >> we let senator fischer respond. sen. fischer: we also passed in a bipartisan way a measure to help keep our schools safe and our schools soto that we are able to secure those buildings and have training these are important measures, and they will be effective. a bump stock, obviously the atf is doing a report on that. it has not come out yet to even identify what or how effective a ban on that would be. you have to have all the information available before you react. councilwoman raybould: i would like to respond to that we have followed the lead of president trump. he has encouraged municipalities and the u.s. senate to take initiative on bumping -- banning

bump stocks. we did that and the city council. i support the second amendment and we all should be doing the same, we need to do more to protect our children. senator fisher as part of that problem. she has done nothing to take critical steps to safeguard our children i passing common sense gun safety measures and increasing background checks to prevent these tragedies. >> will move onto the next question. says there at a standstill of each party cannot set aside differences in order to get things done. can you give us an example, councilwoman, of the time you compromise with some and you don't agree with two published something major? councilwoman raybould: i am a involvedoman and i in negotiations and i always sit down with my colleagues to talk about how we can improve it and

how we can resolve our differences and what can we agree on? let's build the foundations of agreement and cooperation that set aside some differences. if we cannot degree on certain elements at this time, we will come back to it. washington is an example where people are not willing to do that. senator fischer has voted along party lines 98% of the time. that is not how you get things done. you get things done like other nebraskans. we corroborate and solve problems and work with our colleagues. that is what i have done my entire career. i will work with the president when it is the best interest of my state of nebraska, but i will fight to make sure i represent nebraska's interest in the best way possible. i will work with my collect to cooperate and get things done. sen., to you.

councilwoman raybould: when i was in the legislature, we got sen. fischer: when i was in the legislature, i got things done. i said i would establish relationships and work with republicans and democrats here to i have done that. i have been effective. i have worked with sharon brown, who is a liberal senator from ohio on a water resource flexibility bill. that will help the city of omaha have more flexibility in their planning for the sewer separation project and it will cut costs for those citizens who live in that city. whorked for sherrod brown stands on the floor of the senate every week and talks about climate change. he and i agree that the nuclear regulatory commission should have more flexibility in using new technology when they're looking at plans for nuclear power plants as we will support that.

i worked with cory booker on a number of issues, and i have gotten things done by reaching across the aisle. >> senator fischer, this is for you can what areas are important to you and you do not think it is appropriate to compromise? believe therei are compromises that can be made on most issues, but on core principles that we hold, there are not compromises. for me, i am pro-life, and i believe in the value of each life here to compromise in any that i wouldy support abortion after 20 weeks, for example, that would be difficult. in the nebraska legislature, we ban, it'd first banned abortions after 20 weeks.

we have 44 senators vote for it. pro-choice republicans vote for it and we had pro-choice democrats. in lincoln, who is the national committeemen for the democratic party voted for it because it was a commonsense bill that addressed an issue that all of us, except the most extreme, could agree upon. r councilmemberaybould, what is so important you where you don't think it is important to compromise -- ld, what isn raybou so important for you think it is important to compromise? councilwoman raybould: i would stand up every single day i am in the u.s. senate. we are celebrating the 83rd annual security special security anniversary. guttor fischer has voted to

medicare by 500 billion over the next 10 years, changing the program as we know it and turn it into a voucher system. she voted for the private privatization and we need to vote with something that will protect our seniors. i will do that if i am in the senate. i will think of no better way to fight for those folks who have contributive their entire working lives to social security and medicare. we can make that fully viable for the next generation. senator fischer, you have the same question. councilwoman raybould: i apologize that my opponent keeps being negative. we need to keep our promises to our seniors. we have done that. , willooking at changes

not affect people 50 years or older. what worries me is looking at the other party when they talk about medicare for all, that means medicare for none. even if you double to the tax rates for corporations and individuals, you could not pay for that $32 trillion it is going to take. people looking for government making their health care choices and raising their taxes. >> do you want to respond to that? councilwoman raybould: you really should travel the state sometime and reach out and talk to our seniors. 86-year-old gentleman who came up to me afterwards and said i need to get a part-time job because senator fischer's vote of medicare and social security has cut his social security check by $50 a month. that may not seem like real whoy to you, on a person has seen their net worth to skyrocket from $300,000 to $400

million, but that is real money. that is money to seniors who struggle to make ends meet. this is another example of her vote and how they are hurting nebraskans. will talk about climate change now. this is another question from a reader. he wants to know if you believe in climate change, and if you do, do you support a tax on carbon emissions? councilwoman raybould: absolutely, i believe in climate change. if you reach up to the farmers, they will tell you that floods and drought and fires are making their tough job of feeding the nation and the world even more challenging. we can come up with commonsense solutions. i am proud to say nebraska has image potential of expanding our

renewable resources like ethanol and emerging biofuels and solar and wind. we need to get government out of the way so our entrepreneurs can create these amazing high-paying and good paying jobs to push forward with clean energy, and at the same time taking care of issues that involve climate change. cannots no reason why we come up with solutions working together, and it starts with ending the partisan bickering in washington, d.c. >> let's move on. >> same question to you. sen. fischer: the climate is changing and i believe man has a part in it. but what i looked at as a united states senator other policies and how those policies affect families here in nebraska. raisinglook at electricity costs in a public

power state, that affects each and every nebraskan. we are public power in this state. pay the do we have to debt on those power plants if they close, we have to see our rates increase as well. that is not good for nebraska families. fact thatoud of the we have ethanol in the states and that we produce i think 14% of the ethanol in america. that is a real resource. it helps the farmers and clean air and is away we can grow this economy. we have 25 ethanol plants in the state. i like to tell my friends -- >> we are getting tight on time. sen. fischer: but i had such a good story. >> what is the hardest decision,

senator, you made in public office? think when you servicer a career of from 20 years on the school board to eight years in the nebraska legislature to now six years in the united states senate, a lot of things come to mind. whenever i take a vote, i try to get as much information as possible and i have the best staff around and they get me the information. say probably the hardest and most serious decision that i made was in the nebraska legislature. i support the death penalty. in the took that vote nebraska legislature, you could feel the seriousness of that vote, and you could see on the

faces of my colleagues how deeply touched and moved they were, no matter which side of the debate they were on. same question councilwoman raybould. the hardest decision you have made in public office? councilwoman raybould: i pride myself on being a fiscal steward. i know and appreciate how hard nebraskans work. i take it very seriously, my job, when it comes to balancing budgets, both when i was on the county board and the city council. the toughest decision i made was when we privatized the community had -- mental health center. i am mindful of what our taxpayers play -- pay to provide this service to the community. to pay for it is increasing and

not decreasing. that decision was the toughest i have made because i wanted to make sure that when we privatized it, that we made absolutely positive that no one fell through the cracks, that they had access to services and care and their pests and counselors they need to keep on their pathway to recovery. >> one more before the break. education secretary betsy devos has discussed spending federal money to promote charter schools and private school vouchers pay what you think about those issues? sen. fischer: that was one of the biggest disappointments -- councilwoman raybould: that was one of the biggest disappointments were senator fischer voted for it. to siphons would like off millions of dollars of our hard-earned taxpayer money for a private system with those

charters and vouchers. fischer, your response. sen. fischer: i have been against charters close and vouchers, and when betsy devos was nominated for this position, i talked to her and she sent me a letter. it is on my website and you can see it, where she said that charter schools and voucher system would not come from the national department of education. break. for the final we combat, the candidates deliver closing statement to the voters -- come back, but candidates deliver their closing statements to the voters of nebraska. >> they will pick the senate candidate in nebraska. the omaha world-herald reported unions in the state decided to either support other democrats during the primary or are putting their support behind the republican senator, a big warning flag for democrat jane

raybould. here is a look at the political ads in the race. ♪ >> do you post the tax cut? >> you know, if i were there, i am all about small businesses. --would you vote of ink against the tax cut? >> i would've done differently. >> as it existed, would you vote for it or against it? >> putting our country in a deficit? >> you're not answering it. >> would you have voted against it? >> i would work a lot differently? -- yes or nocher had a vote, what would you do? do have a direct answer? >> i do not like go back and reinvent history. ♪ you don't want to answer this

question, you don't want to answer this question. debate now live to the in the depressed the senate race. business roundtables, health roundtables, ag roundtables. it is important that i listen to you. we have gotten things done. we have passed tax cuts. we are rebuilding our military. we have passed paid family leave that congressll has never passed on before. we're brought back $1.5 billion for nebraska roads, and we have worked on cutting those regulations that hurt our businesses and hurt our farmers and ranchers. we have done this together, so the work continues. i want to continue to fight for you in the united states senate.

i want to continue to make life better for nebraska families. i thank you for your partnership and support, and i would humbly ask for your vote on november 6. >> thank you, senator. councilwoman raybould: i would like to thank kmtv, omaha world-herald, and the state fair in grand island. i am running for one reason, washington is broken and our politicians are failing nebraskans. ourtor fischer is failing farmers by voting against a bill that would stop tariffs. she is against legislation that increases health care premium spirit she is failing our seniors cut she voted for the privatization of social security and cutting medicare that is important to them. she is failing veterans because she is not making sure they have the benefits they need and deserve for serving our country.

nebraskans are independent-minded. we care about the checks and balance enshrined in our democracy. wantebraskans i talked to to chance and what a level playing field. they want a government on their side, that listens to them and works for them. they do not want a senator who votes 98% along party lines. they don't want a senator whose vote can be bought. they want a nebraskans who cares more about our country's future then her reelection. i am a fighter and have always been a fighter. i will stand up for nebraskans. i took a pledge i would not accept any corporate tax money is my vote cannot be bought. i will always put nebraskans first. thank you for listening. god bless america and god bless the great state of america. [applause] >> that ends our debate.

i like to thank senator deb fischer, councilwoman jane raybould. thank you for joining us. [applause] ♪ [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> the u.s. senate gaveling in today at 4:00 p.m. eastern, resuming debate on the nomination of lynn johnson to be assisted health and human services for family support. vote to limit debate on her nomination scheduled for 530 expecting senators on the floor to pay tribute to senator john mccain who died saturday. the senate back in session this afternoon at 4:00 eastern life

in our companion network. senator john mccain died saturday at his home in sedona , arizona. on wednesday he will lie in state at the arizona state capitol in unix. funeral in arizona and on friday senator mccain will lie in state at the u.s. capitol where he served since 1983. on saturday, a funeral at washington national cathedral. senator mccain will be buried at the u.s. naval academy cemetery in annapolis, maryland. >> tonight on the communicators. impact of robots and artificial intelligence on society and business. with manhattan institute senior fellow mark mills. >> our current artificial intelligence that is in the cloud is kind of like model to use. -- model ts. useful, butble and they were open to the air and were pretty uncomfortable. the american public

forecast of the car. one of the forecasts was that it would be fully closed and weatherproof. is notly the model t great but it started the car age. that is where we are with artificial intelligence. p0, ait comes to c3 general-purpose robot, we are in the 1890's. >> watch the communicators tonight on eight at -- at 8:00 eastern on c-span two. in 1979 c-span was created as a public service i america's cable-television companies. today we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court, and public policy events in washington dc and around the country. c-span is brought to you by your cable or satellite provider.

>> this weekend the democratic national committee decided to reduce the role of superdelegates. senior party officials who get to vote on the party's presidential nominee. under the new rules superdelegates will not be able to vote at the convention for the nominee unless the convention is deadlocked. under the new rules superdelegates will not be able to vote at thecurious some of tm the dnc this weekend. -- here is some of the debate from the dnc. >> good morning everybody. i know emotions have run high at this meeting. we democrats are passionate. we are passionate about our beliefs. i want to start off this morning by sharing some good news. a major victory, a major victory for working people. a federal court struck down th