mr. blum: the first flood happened in 2008 and the project was authorized in 2014. that is six years that it took. it took you and the city six byrs to get this authorized the federal government. that is not exactly overnight. the i would delegation, we have breakfast together. we all are well aware of the flood project and i think we have worked well on the flood project. my bill passed. my amendment has to by unanimous vote. and once again we can't earmark. beg.e can do is plead and --i go back and jenna mary january, one of the first things we do is remind them that this was passed in the house and the senate not once, but twice. secondly, i think we need to allocate the budget. we need a certain amount allocated for smaller cities and a certain amount allocated for bigger cities. >> your time is up. >> one of the most hotly debated issues has been social security. believent officials social security will be depleted by 2024. doug of manchester is asking how you would tackle this problem? s

what is your position, mr. blum? mr. blum: taking guns away from law abiding citizens will not make us safer. the things you mentioned are already law, a convicted felon cannot purchase a firearm, a mentally incapacitated person cannot purchase a firearm. somebody that is here illegally cannot purchase a firearm. if you buy a firearm from a licensed dealer and most all sales, not all, but most are three license dealers, your name is submitted to a system which is a background check system and you have to be approved. the no-fly list, it is popular no-fly a no-fly, no buy, is not a constitutional right to fly in an aircraft. the right to bear arms is an a constitutional right. it is chilling for the government to say we will take away your constitutional right if you are on a list. where does that list come from? it comes from many agencies and senator ted kennedy was on the no-fly list for example. people -- some people have been trying to get off the no-fly list for years and they are still on it because they have to go

mr. blum: that the future is looking like the worst? moderator: a question from the audience. be concerned,uld when i went to college, we had multiple job offers when we were graduating because the economy was good. i think the biggest -- there is college debt which is an issue and specifically, we did not talk about it, the number one issue people want to talk about and that is the economy. this economy is limping along at 1% growth this year. the economy over the last eight years has averaged 1.6 21.7% growth per year. growth to 1.7 percent per year. young people, we need to get the economy reignited and it is not rocket science how we do it. cut the highest corporate tax rate in the world and eliminate corporate welfare and crony capitalism. reduce regulations and reduce uncertainty and reduce our deficit and balance our budget. we need to fully exploit american energy resources and we need tort reform lawsuit abuse reform. if we do that the economy would grow by 4% to 6% at 12 million more americans working and the average family of four would have another $500 a month in

statment, today-- "on tuesday, eastern iowans will choose congressman blum's proven record of cleaning up congress..." "...over mrs. vernon's negative and misleading washington-style campaign." the first district covers cedar rapids, waterloo and dubuque. stay with t-v nine on election night. updates all day-- and and share your voting experience with the hashtag i-a votes. when the polls close at nine-- join us for facebook live. and don't miss a special edition of the t-v nine news at 10. we'll have live reports of key races across the state. meteorologist chris havely joins us with the first alert forecast. chris, what a nice night and to let go of the warmer conditions it seems. high pressure is sliding east of us today, bringing our winds back out of the south for tonight, but also keeping our skies clear. more sunshine is expected on sunday with highs back into the upper 60s, which 15 back to you. a cedar falls crash has killed one person and injured five others. cedar falls police say a speeding car rear-ended a mini-van near the intersection of first and main streets. both vehicles street bridge. ambulance

mr. traub how you differ from him on substantive issues? blum: first of all, i don't agree with some of the things he has said and his style he is crude and new york city got i and what he has said about women is reprehensible there is no place for that language much less as the highest office and most agreed that hillary clinton is a pathological liar. but some of the areas that i disagree with donald trump talking about the religious test if you are muslim he will not be able to come into our country short-term ride on agree with that. there should not be a religious test ever but setting have that background of a cannot properly vet them and they should not be able to come into our country. i also not agreed that we should deport to everyone that is here illegally to approve these people that are contributing to the community. and also i disagree to take care of this to you put the same end in the glass that is not the way to execute this but i do agree we are sick and tired of career politicians and bureaucrats. >> moderator: time is up busi

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