>> bynum: absolutely. it's important to read how devastating a loss can be when you experience a wildfire or hurricane or tornado. that is one of the things experiencing that is trauma, not something you should take lightly. i had a close family member recently stuck in helenifor 8 days without water or power. it is important for government to make sure we are building houses in places where we are not increasing risk and being unreasonable about the risk people are taking by living there so it is with caution that we build in certain places knowing we need to build more. i would be very supportive of making sure the west coast gets taken care of like the east coast and southern areas of the country. >> moderator: lori chavez-deremer do you support a fire program like the flood program? >> chavez-deremer: in the west, that is what we do is burn down to we don't have flooding like south florida, or hurricanes and tornadoes but we have massive wildfires in california and washington and insurance companies ar

janelle bynum, one minute for your opening remarks. >> bynum: good evening. i am janelle bynum, a sport loving mom of 4, electrical engineer, small business owner and four term state legislator. i am running because washington isn't working for oregon's families. there's chaos, there is confusion and there isn't much getting done. i have worked across the aisle for the past 8 years looking at legislation and asking the question is it going to help working families? is it going to help us move ahead? are our children going to be better off than we are? sadly, i can say that those same questions need to be asked when they are in washington as well. we don't know who is going to show up tonight. we don't know if it is going to be amaga extremist lori or trump loving lori. we know we need a champion who is ready to roll up her sleeves for working families for housing, healthcare, the economy and choice. i'm that champion and i am ready to get to work. >> juan saca -- a vast majority of americans have some concern what is happening at the us southern border. there

representative bynum, you have two minutes. >> i'm janelle bynum, a sports loving mom of four and four term state legislator. i'm running because washington isn't working for oregon families. chavez-deremer has had plenty of opportunity and it just isn't happening. it's chaotic, confusing and the least productive congress we have had. i on the other hand and someone who has been working across the aisle to bring home big bipartisan wins for oregonians. whether it was the chip sacked with 200 million dollars of investment leading to billions of dollars of economic activity or 23 police accountability and civil rights bills. and most of all, you can count on me to protect our reproductive rights. lori chavez-deremer has not been doing that and i believe oregonians deserve better. what is important to remember in this race is that i am a workhorse, i am a champion of the people, i will stand with working families time and time again. i am a champion of the people. i will roll my sleeves up and i'm ready to get to work. >> all right, thank you ma'am. now we go to congresswoman lori chavez-

i'm janelle bynum. am a sports loving mom of four electrical engineer, small business owner and four term state legislator. i'm running because washington isn't working for oregon's families. there's chaos, there's confusion and there isn't much getting done. i've worked across the aisle for the past eight years. looking at legislation and asking the question, is it going to help working families? is it going to help us move ahead? are our children going to be better off than we are? and sadly, i can say that those same questions need to be asked when we are in washington as well. we don't know which laurie is going to show up tonight. we don't know if it's going to be maga extremist, laurie or trump loving laurie. we know that we need a champion who's ready to roll up her sleeves for working families, for housing, health care, the economy and choice. i'm that champion and i'm ready to get to work. >> congresswoman deremer, the vast majority of americans, whether from compassion or anger , have some lev

and janelle bynum won the coin toss.wo minutes for your opening remarks. >> well, good evening, lee, and thank you for having us here. i'm janelle bynum, i'm a sports-loving mom of four, a small business owner, an electrical engineer and a four-term state legislator. i'm running because washington isn't working for oregon families. lori chavez-deremer has had ample time and opportunity to bring wins home for oregonians and that's not happening, it's chaotic and confusing and least productive congress we've had. i, on the other hand, is someone who has been working across the aisle to bring home big bipartisan wins for oregonians, the chips act with $200 million of investment leading to $43 billion of economic activity, or 23 police accountability and civil rights bills, and most of all, you can count on me to protect our reproductive rights. chavez-deremer hasn't been doing that and i believe that oregonians deserve better. what is important to remember in this race, i am a work horse. i am a champion of the people. i wi

. >> bynum: you are a liar, you're the trump supportive, you are the person who is making sure -- >> moderator: let her finish. >> chavez-deremer: she decided not to support that young woman. >> bynum: she is a liar. >> moderator: on behalf of central oregon daily news i think our candidates for being here tonight for this spirited debate at times for certain. let's also thank marco moderators this evening, heather and julie, thank you for being here and thank you to the voters, you are the key to this democracy. we will continue to bring you coverage of the candidates and the issues to help make your choice in this critical election year. ..ical election year. have a good >> nonfiction book lovers, c-span has a number of podcasts for you. listen to best-selling nonfiction authors and influential interviewers on the "after words" podcast. on q&a here wide-ranging conversations with nonfiction authors for making things happen. note was our weekly hour-long conversations that feature fast dating authors nonfiction books on a wide variety of topics. the about books podcast takes you beh

we will start with you representative bynum.o codify roe v. vs. wade at the federal level. if you're elected to represent or again why should you decide what states like idaho wyoming kansas and other conservative leaning states should do when it comes to if a woman can seek an abortion clinics that the main question here is to codify roe vs. wade. >> scotus has says you cannot. we don't have the luxury of voting in the house. >> answer the question. is that a yes or no? >> representative let me get back to this and answer the question as to why liberal state should be able to decide what conservative state should do when it comes to a woman's right to an abortion. >> in the previous interviews that we have had in the previous debate we talked about what happens when women cross borders and when women cross-state borders and i believe every american woman, every woman on our soil should have the right to have decisions made between her and her doctor and it doesn't matter where in this country you exist. you should have the righ

welcome to the w. bynum. we have just seen that has belie still capable of fighting rockets such as ro, house phone is, has been lost to, as well as your be with you is that really is a key question right now is israel continues to move north, both fire power and ground power, trying to either flush out the high and mid level operative is in what's left of lebanese, as well as competitive control networks, as well as go after precisely what you mention, which is that inventory or that arsenal of various long range right capabilities which includes on the lower end motors of a slightly higher end, anti tank weapons on the even higher end drones and just above that, rockets and finally above that politic missiles of which one was fired a few weeks back. i mean, uh the israel hezbollah exchanges, or there are public reports that say, based on his release sources, you know, somewhere near 40 to 60 percent. that's a very, very rough estimate of hezbollah as arsenal of 200000 plus project tiles has been detected an

the democratic challenger is representative janelle bynum.he was elected to the oregon house of representatives four times. 2016, 2018, 2020 and 20

representative bynum on a national scale unemployment is historically low. yet, the economy remains a central point of debate in this election cycle. representative bynum, we will begin with you. is the u.s. economy rising or failing? what steps do you think congress needs to take to economic growth in the next year? >> there is a lot there. the first thing i would say is that the economy does not appear the same for all of us. case in point, lori chavez-deremer said trump tax cuts would be good for some of us. i think it is important to remember that working families deserve a break. whether it is with the child tax credit, making sure their kids are not matriculating through school , coming up with a lot of debt and it's also making sure they are good at family wage jobs being created right here in oregon. the central issue here is who gets the benefit from being in power? i believe republicans and lori chavez-deremer are really interested in making sure they and their friends and benefit from the tax laws that are passed. and all of the investments. i am

congresswoman laurie chavez derer faced off against her democratic challenger state congresswoman janelle bynumace to represent e state's fifth congressional

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his democtic challenger participated in a debate tha focused on the economy, abortion and president bynum'slf. the debate was hosted by the omaha press club and wowt tv. >> now is your time to meet the candidates. this is a sequel from two years ago. the democratic challenger, tony vargas. [applause] thank you for being here. and the republican incumbent. [applause] >> a journalist is calling you right now. [laughter] >> gentlemen, let's debate. a coin flip determines the order. let's talk about the economy. employers added 254,000 jobs. economic growth is solid. help me understand how as a congressman you would make my life better. do not tell me what others won't do. what would you do? tony vargas, you have 90 seconds. >> thank you for moderating this. for all the individuals here, making sure -- thank you to the congressman. i want to start off by saying a little bit about where i come from. i am the proud son of immigrants. they are very important to be, my parents. they are the reason i became a school board member and senator. they are also the reason why i care about working-class in