i want to thank both bobby schilling and cheri bustos for coming in.hank the panelists. . and thank you to our viewing, listening, and studio audiences for also enjoying the debate this evening. thank you so much, everybody. i am reminding you to cast your ballot if you have not already done so. >> in president obama's weekly address, he talks about the economy and consumer regulations law. then ann wagner delivers the republican address on the economy and tax policy. >> hi, everybody. it has now been four years since the crisis that began on wall street spread to main street, hammering middle-class families and costing our economy 9 million jobs. since then, we have fought our way back. our businesses have added more than 5 million new jobs. the unemployment rate has fallen to the lowest level since i took office. home values are rising again. and assembly lines are humming once more. to make sure america never goes through a crisis like that again, we passed tough new wall street reform to end taxpayer funded bailout for good. all for reform also cre

[applause] and the incumbent, republican from illinois, bobby schilling.se] the format for tonight's debate requires 75 seconds for opening statements, then it will have 75 seconds to enter the initial question and up to 30 seconds for rebuttal. statements will also be 75 seconds in length. we have people on the illinois league of women voters here this evening to time the candidates. i am your moderator for tonight. asking the questions of our candidates will be alex. in his reporter at wbcu fm. also asking questions is the news director at wvik fm. we have solicited questions from the internet and the public, asking those questions will be camille odonnell, a journalism student. we thank them for being here this evening. we asked the candidates to support their statements with details when appropriate. by flip of the coin, we determined that bobby schilling will begin with opening statement. >> thank you. thank you to all the viewers tonight watching this debate. they are very important for us to have. i would like to thank them for the endorsement this

and the incumbent is a republican, bobby schilling.applause] the format for tonight's debate requires 75 seconds for opening statements. then there will have 75 seconds to answer the initial question and then a to 30 seconds for rebuttal. then closing statements will also be 75 seconds in length. we have people from the illinois lead of women voters here this evening to time the candidates. i am your moderator for tonight. i will be asking the court -- and those asking questions of our candidates will be herb tricks. have solicited questions through the internet from the public. as in those questions will be vy o'donnell. we thank you for being here this evening. we ask the candidas to support their statement would be to go where appropriate. by an earlier flip the coin, we determined that of the schilling will begin with the opening statement first. >> thank you thank you to all of the viewers were turning in and watching this debate. i also want to thank the "registers are." my wife christy and i have been married for 26 years. we ha

[applause] and the incumbent is the republican from kalona illinois, bobby schilling.ht's debate requires 75 seconds for opening statements. then they will have 75 seconds to answer the initial question and up to 30 seconds for the rebuttal. in closing statements will also be 75 seconds in length. we have people from the illinois league of women voters who are here this evening to time the candidates. my name is leyna willson i'm the moderator for tonight and asking the questions of the two candidates will be alex, a news reporter at wcpo in peoria. also asking questions is herb trix and we have solicited questions through the internet from the public and asking those questions will be camille o'donnell who is a journalism student at brusquely university. we thank all of them for being here this evening. thank you. we asked the candidates to support the statement with details where appropriate and by an earlier flight of the claim, we determined that bobby schilling will begin with the opening segment first. >> thank you very much and wptv to all of the viewers better

i'm running against, as you said, tea partier bobby schilling. let me give you an example of what he's done. there's a guy who's going to be on your show later today, tonight, tom gaulrapp. all he did was go to a town hall meeting, ask congressman shilling how he would vote on the bring americans home act. fair question to a sitting congressman, right? congressman shilling, he turned his back and walked away. and i think that is just a symbolism for a guy who's a tea party republican, how he treats workers like this. >> congresswoman, why won't republicans pass the bill to reward companies for bringing jobs back? >> because they are making a lot of money. their sponsors, the people who give campaign contributions are making a lot of money just the way mitt romney did by outsourcing those jobs. they benefit from the tax breaks to outsource the jobs. they get tax deductions for the moving costs of taking all the things that were loaded up in trucks and moving them to china. >> we clearly have two philosophies. >> absolutely. >> i mean, clashing on