, pennridge chamber of commerce for this the greater 2,181st congressional debate. i am your moderator and have the privilege of being a cochair of the committee for the central county chamber of commerce along with heather. i am delighted to serve today with my co- moderator with the league of women voters. this morning we have with us the incumbent brian fitzpatrick republican candidate and challenger scott wallace democratic candidate. thank you both for being with us this morning. we look forward to an exchange of your opinions, plans and concerns. now to take a moment and address a special request of the audience. we are privileged to be able to come together as a community and ask important questions of our candidates for congress. we can learn about them and their positions on topics that are special to us. the more time we allow the candidates to focus on the questions, the more we will learn. we are here to learn from them, not from you from the audience so they ask you please turn off your electronic devices, the quiet, please do not be rude but do not appl

situation for foreign investors and companies still as team is managing director of germany's chamber of commercein sao paulo who do you think would be better for a businessperson ottawa or a dad. i think first of all the election is not over yet so both of the presence of the candidates say of tracing the same challenges. will be a very difficult choice to come down or public president on the other hand and best of this point so they are waiting for the signal to reach the president elect it will send out to the business community and i think they will be very quickly ready to invest again and larger scale what about something like corruption that keeps many companies away who's better equipped to fight something like that well the promise of mr wilson out is to. fight corruption as has it been of other governments but at this point everybody knows that there's a process going on and all of jailing politicians jailing. also and. i think the. corruption issue is a process that ruby improving over time but really has a high potential so i think. investors are ready to invest when the conditions ar

presented by the valley chamber of commerce ave. northwest public broadcasting. live from the community college or moderator for tonight >>> from the campus of walla walla community college welcome to the debate between washington's fifth congressional district representative cathy mcmorris rogers and her child david christie six challenger. i'm moderating tonight excite debate. the walla walla chamber of commerce is hosting this debate to highlight important issues within our valley and throughout eastern washington including women's issues, agriculture and this is. the chamber is presenting tonight's debate with our broadcast partner northwest public broadcasting, a pbs member station based at the edward r. murrow college of communications at washington state university. the format of the debate consists of four rounds. after opening statements, i will begin by asking each candidate questions on things important to the region. answers will be limited to one minute each with 30 seconds of rebuttal. in the second round can each candidate will respond to questions

one of the ways we have worked to do that with our chambers of commerce, all of which have supportednd expansion of expungement so that nonviolent offenses can be expunged from people's records, because the best way to get someone from reoffending is to get them a job. one thing that is preventing them from getting a job is having a record. republicans and democrats supported this, but you vetoed it. you vetoed it, worrying about your future and your next election, not the people of south carolina. as governor, i will be there for the citizens of our state and make sure that when we expand the expungement's, we will put more people back to work in south carolina and improve the lives of so many that you are standing in the way out. -- in the way of. [applause] you are wrong about that. that riot was organized by cell phones inside the prison with prisoners talking to each other. menace across the country. south carolina is not the only state facing this and we had to get rid of those cell phones, their ability to work. thank you very much. andy: thank you. gentlemen, have a couple --

so—called usual suspect is, groups like freedom house or reporters without borders, but from the chambers of commercesed concerns and made a statement. foreign governments have made statements, so when you see this happening to a publication like the financial times, which is obviously a financial publication, but it really gets the attention perhaps of audiences that were not necessarily attuned to what groups like freedom house are seeing is an ongoing deterioration of press freedom in hong kong the last five to ten yea rs. hong kong the last five to ten years. you talk about the ongoing deterioration. what do you see as evidence of that? well, you see a combination of very often increasing outright and blatant examples, for example and is one. in some cases violent attacks against media owners, media editors, journalists, chinese journalists in hong owners, media editors, journalists, chinesejournalists in hong kong. you see chinesejournalists in hong kong. you see concerns over a chinesejournalists in hong kong. you see concerns over a trend of increasing self—censorship. you see as tax, obviousl

the dimension of this problem, whether business round table, chamber of commerce, koch brothers, wall street, they are willing to lie about numbers of illegal immigrants in the country, using same number we used more than a decade ago, learn million illegal immigrants, the yale m.i.t. study saying, clearly, at least, least 22 million. and certainly as high as 30 million in this country, that throws into just it is an upheaval of the estimate of the cost of what we're spending on welfare. on social programs, on education. for illegal immigrants in this country, it is stunning when business establishment, left wing, radical democratic party, and yes bush administration, you remember they do jobs americans won't do. pure utter nonsense. >> yes. lou: why y -- so where do we go. >> you are right, our problem is they use static numbers, we know they are cashing people there are -- catching people there are getaways probably 4 timings more. they used to work seasonaly and go home, that is a different animal, i was at border last friday, if we don't build a border wall and secure our southern

she mentioned, the reporter mentioned seven different chambers of commerce including california chamber of commerce and many female law professors come out been very outspoken about this this is a place for shareholders to be. state street came out many moons ago, mandating the same thing. this is a place for shareholders to be for investors to be but this is not a moment to take advantage of, to politically grandstand based on a moment in time. it really is discouraging and it is discouraging for the younger girls as well. we all need to be raised based on our merits, not on our gender. melissa: liz, not only that, you're talking about public companies here. so you're going to dictate to them they have to have a woman on the board. what about the shareholders? you don't like the board of a company or plenty of great reasons to have a woman on the board, longer term horizons, all kind of stuff, if you think it is worthwhile. keep the stock f you think there are a bunch of shoaf -- chauvinists on the board sell the stock. >> here is the thing, melissa, i read a study earlier this year do

different training programs that are made available to them so in germany for example the chambers of commerce are something that works that are very very strong pretty much everybody has to be a member of the chamber of commerce whoever it is let's say but very hour bremen or any part of germany and what happens here is that they actually push forward these people they push for the companies the law be for the companies to the government for training programs so everybody kind of works cohesively so really it does come down to this training we know the united states you know our you look at the u.k. it's not the same thing and that's why if you look at the you know the numbers that we have you'll see denmark you'll see france you'll see the u.k. you'll see germany up top u.s. number six you k. number nine and and you know that's a that's a huge disparity and training obviously is something that's very important is not only for self-esteem of individuals but for companies as a whole or to correspond announcement elevates thanks alex thank you. not long ago we spoke about a fairly orwellian new

and most of chambers of commerce of the state want to see them the access to our institutions of highercation, to licensing because they're an important part of our community. matter of fact, many of these have never known their country of origin. you know, you've got to care more, henry, about the people of our state than just keeping this job and playing politics with hair lives. [cheers and applause] >> moderator: governor, how do we make immigration work for south carolina? >> well, mr. smith is wrong again. i never said we want to eliminate sanctuary cities, i said we don't ever want to have any, and the only way we can be sure not to have any is to put teeth in that law, because there have been suggestions around the country of not only sanctuary cities, but sanctuary states. so that that's what i want to do, is not have any. i don't want to get into that kind of business because we know in the places where they have sanctuary states, crime goes up. they have one problem after another, and we do not want to have any sanctuary cities in south carolina. [applause] now the other thin

importance between republican cathy mcmorris rodgers and democrat lisa brown, presented by the chamber of commercend northwest public broadcasting. live from walla walla community college, our moderator tonight. the campusning from of wallow while a community college and welcome to the final , debate between washington's fifth congressional district representative, cathy mcmorris rodgers, and her challenger, lisa brown. i am moderating tonight's exciting debate. the walla walla valley chamber of commerce is hosting this debate to highlight important issues within our valley and throughout eastern washington, including women's issues, agriculture, and business. the chamber is presenting tonight's debate with our broadcast partner, northwest public broadcasting, a pbs and npr member station based at the edward r. murrow college of communications at washington state university. the format of this debate consists of four rounds. after opening statements i will begin by asking each candidate questions on themes important to our region. answers will be limited to one minute each with 30 seconds of rebut

the chamber of commerce is hosting this debate to highlight important issues within our valley and throughout eastern washington, including women's issues, agriculture, and business. the chamber is presenting tonight's debate with our broadcast partner, northwest public broadcasting, a pbs and npr member station based at the edward r. murrow college of communications at washington state university. the format of this debate consists of four rounds. after opening statements i will begin by asking each candidate questions on themes important to our region. answers will be limited to one minute each with 30 seconds of rebuttal. in the second round each candidate will respond to questions submitted by their opponent. in the third round we what a question of each candidate based on topics selected by you. each candidate will then deliver her closing statement. if you, the audience, would like to weigh in on what type of question we ask in the final pb.org.go to nw cast your vote. at nwpb.org. -- in a little background about the candidates. first, the incumbent, republican congresswoman cathy mcmor

lance is referring to the form of the gateway regional chamber of commerce. >> of course. i was very clear in that comment that i would never achieve you those kinds of sentiments to you congressman lance or to the bass majority of republicans i meet in the district. i have been endorsed recently by several elected republican officials in the district. but to say that there is no debate when, after all, the president is a republican and he has praised white nationalist in charlottesville and complained white genocide going on around the world and said the people who are against confederate moderate -- monuments are threatening the culture of our country, to say there is no debate, to deny that there is an issue is to not be in a position to do anything about it. i have to be honest. moderator: i will give you 30 seconds. and then we need to move on. >> mr. malinowski did not make it all clear at the chamber of commerce debate whether he was referring to me. i'm in washington in my responsible responsibilities. those were certainly not his remarks at the gateway chamber of

it's important to know that free market mythology is a basic tool in this country where the chamber of commerce, for example, go right into the middle schools and teach what isn't so. they teach the myths of free markets, which are very hard to find these days, given the prevalence of corporate power. d there will be additions to the proceedings here. we invited several other people, professor margaret rayden, professor lisa heiserl ing dealing with separate contracts, contracts of cohesion which the professor calls torts themselves, that they have been for wrongful injuries and all of us have to sign on the dotted line. also professor heiserling taking on the part of how those are twisted to favor corporate power contrary to any concept of market economics. at the outset, i'd like to thank john richard and his assistants matt marin and ethan weisbaum who worked on the logistics of this conference. there are many ways to look at any economy or political economy, as we know. we can look at them in the way edg edgar caan, who is a progenitor for legal acts in the '60s, and he came up with what he

and some even have production facilities there the local chamber of commerce says washington's protectionist regime and tightened visa requirements are making business more difficult but no company in the region wants to give up on the u.s. market. the prevailing feeling is one of insecurity the u.s. government is perceived as unpredictable there are always new measures right now sanctions and more threats electricity go down whether. back on the farm customers remain committed to john deere after all they have work to do. a study out today shows german firms would face billions of euros in extra tariffs in the case of a heartbreak that it warns that thousands of employees would suffer the report comes in the lead up to this month's european union summit on the topic experts here say a breakthrough is needed. germany's federation of industries the beady eyes says german companies would face extra terrorists of over three billion euros if britain leaves the e.u. in a disorderly fashion and that europe would also then be faced with massive disruption. on the twenty ninth of march twenty nine t

the dimensions of the problem, whether it's the business round table, the chamber of commerce, the koch brothers, wall street. they are perfectly willing to lie about the numbers of illegal immigrants in this country. using the same number we used a decade ago. 11 million illegal immigrants. the yale m.i.t. study saying unequivocally, at least 22 million. as high as 30 million in this country. that throws into -- it's upheaval of the estimates of the cost. of what we are spending on the welfare. on social programs. on education. for illegal immigrants in this country. it is stunning what the business establishment, the left wing, the radical democratic party. the bush administration. they do jobs americans won't do. pure and utter nonsense. where do we go from here? >> you are right. one of the problems is they use the static numbers when we know we are catching people and get-aways four times as many people as who we apprehend. they used to work seasonally and go home. a different animal altogether. if we don't build a border wall and secure the southern border we will lose our soverei

there's a reason that businesseses have that's grand rapid chamber of commerce because they endorsed him and they know that bigotry is bad for business. >> s read i by a sing mollle and my mom and sisters taught me importance of treating everybody the same. you treats everybody as a family and you treats everybody with grace dignities, respect, and honor. and that's what i religion do as the next governor of the state of michigan. i religion make sure that any law, any law that is passed whether it's elol larson or any other law is free from discrimination only anyone whether it's race, coloring, creed, jennifer, sexual orientation, religion, matter what. we haws have a state free from discrimination and tate that i diverse and reflects the mosaic of michigan. and the best way to assist in that's merrick sure we have strong economy. i want to cuts taxes and gretchen witmer wants to rate taxes. he want to make sure we lower odder to insurance rate and hays done nothing to lower the rates in her 14 years with the legislature women need to make sure we have a strong economy and a diverse

chamber of commerce should not be in charge this is your opportunity for last word. >> again, lou, i think, men and women in uniform doing the best job they can in difficult circumstance, i have been with secretary nielsen, many timings asking congress to close loopholes, the blame belongs with congress, not men and women in law enforcement. lou: i am not blaming the men and women in law enforcement, i am blaming department of homeland security whose responsibility it is to secure this country and secure our borders and ports, they are failing. >> i am saying, i been with the dhs, they are trying to get congress to change the lay. lou: oil not being -- i'm not being clear, we don't have time to get the dims to do what is right, we have to get rid of the dims on neff 6, we have take change of borders. >> right now, the president needs to ask mexico stop this caravan. and turn them around. >> who? >> mexico. >> we need congress to change. we need them to make 1 enactmen. we need to fund i.c.e. lou: we appreciate it. you said ask who? >> people at highest level need to talk to mexico te

associations employer associations are hailing this they're very happy same goes for the chamber of commerce and also boys from the tech sector hoping that a lot of jobs that are open can now be filled and brock received will be turned down. and will be flexible enough to the labor market where it does have a chronic skill shortage. let's look at one of these sectors in particular so in i.t. there's about fifty five thousand jobs that are currently open but germany isn't the only country competing for international i.t. specialist there's a lots of demand in many countries china for example which it may be more attractive to go there or the u.s. so we cannot rely on migration. as i was just you know as the only aspect we're also going to have to build on education because while there are one point six million jobs open in germany and there's also two point four million people unemployed it's got to be possible to shift at least some of these people. to the other side by. the education question but it sounds financial correspondent doing the math for us thank you very much indeed. well if com

and some even have production facilities there the local chamber of commerce says washington's protectionist regime and tightened visa requirements are making business more difficult but no company in the region wants to give up on the u.s. market. that's playing to good food this is going for them the feeling is one of insecurity the u.s. government is perceived as unpredictable there are always new measures right now sanctions and more threats that just go down we're all in. on. back on the phone customers remain committed to john deere after all they have work to do. and let's try pulling in colorado's and again at the frankfurt stock exchange to talk about this story first of all those german numbers how bad is the forecast from the i.m.f. . well the i.m.f. says that the gross domestic product in germany this year will be one point nine percent the previous forecast made in april was two point five percent so a reduction of six tenths of a percent that's pretty significant of course the reason for this is that germany's economy is so dependent on exports we're right in the middle of this

welcome back to the seventh district congressional debate hosted by the culpepper chamber of commerce. we are joined now with questions directly from the voters. for the main topics of debate, our first question will go to congressman dave. i first question is what could congress due to promote more worker owned businesses. question. the biggest thing we can do to promote worker owned businesses is grow the economy. have seen his business startups are at the record high. afterthis administration the tax cuts, right after the administration was elected the stock market went roaring straight up through the roof. just under the expectation of new business and the enemy. appear tot does not be able to see the progress that has flooding our economy. business startups are at a record high. small businesses are thriving. every small business i have gone to is either hiring one new person on any pickup truck, buying a new forklift, every business and go to is huge good news. that encourages people to start new business. there is nothing better than a business optimism. consumer sentiment is t

investment even more planned to hire new staff that's according to a recent survey from the german chambers of commerce america remains the largest economy in the world business is booming which is leading to more investment and more consumer spending. as promised the trump administration has been business friendly trumps tax legislation slashed corporate rates from thirty five to twenty one percent and he's cut regulations. that's good news for businesses focused on the u.s. market but for those producing for third countries things are more complicated the turbulent negotiations around the north american free trade agreement only recently concluded left north american supply chains in doubt the ongoing trade dispute with china is also hitting foreign companies european automakers are already facing chinese import tariffs on cars coming off their u.s. assembly lines so where does the balance lie for european businesses in the u.s. net positive or negative that may depend on the company itself. earlier my colleague ben physical and talk with new jersey governor and firm murphy who's here in germany tryi

and some even have production facilities there the local chamber of commerce says washington's protectionist regime and tightened visa requirements making business more difficult but no company in the region wants to give up on the u.s. market. that's playing to good food this is good for them the feeling is one of insecurity the u.s. government is perceived as unpredictable there are always new measures right now sanctions and more threats that doesn't go down we're all going. back on the customers remain committed to john deere after all they have work to do . from germany to turkey the country is among those for which the i.m.f. has slashed its growth forecast turkey's debt tops fifty three percent of g.d.p. and inflation is rising faster than at any time and president wretch of type ever wants fifteen year rule but there are tanking and inflation soaring missed out on has now told over one hundred companies to justify it recent price increases they meet with a view to causing fines on what he calls. for some more insight let's bring in gareth jenkins he's a turkey analyst at the institut

i've been running one of the largest chambers of commerce in the state, our tucson hispanic chamber and working with whoever it will take to get the job done. whether it be democrat, republican or independent. i think many of the issues we are facing are not partisan. i think there issues that we can talk to others, we can collaborate, we can work closely to get things done and i'm focused on finding the very best solutions. >> thank you. our next question is from steve goldstein from kjzz in phoenix. this is for ms. marquez peterson. >> arizona's relationship is vital, had to think president trump history of the u.s. relationship with mexico overall and would you address him directly on anti-mexico rhetoric? >> it's interesting. even as the chamber president, had the opportunity to address the trumpet menstruation and key advisors on the relationship with mexico. i've not always agreed with the direction or comments he's made but i made sure to explain to him that perspective that i have as a tucson hispanic chamber president how important the relationship with mexico is. there are num

chamber of commerce, he thinks their demands are outrageous. he is not pro-business, he is pro-free enterprise and free markets. i post this to him. thehave recommended that abolition of licensure of physicians. what if you had your local butcher see a great opportunity on heartput out a sale there surgery because is no license? he says, nothing is worse than the american medical association cartel. he said, the free market will discipline. sooner or later, people will consider the butcher because the butcher will have butchered the operation. us of the teensy and comment, sooner or later. that is what we are up against. hearing,e kavanaugh senator mike lee throughout -- out, the cost of regulation is $2 trillion. where does it come from? back, after the writer did a stint with reagan. he came out with a figure of 150 billion. we asked him, where did you get that? he said, there is no good data there. i took the budgets of the major regulatory agencies and multiplied by five. year after year, this figure grows. your after year, there is no effec

chris southworth is secretary general of the international chambers of commerce here in the uk. me of those numbers, they look good compared to say other countries. some questions over the veracity of those numbers but we do know, for example, that the people's bank of china has cut the liquidity that is needed for banks four times this year, and then we have had comments today, in the last 2a hours, that there is enough liquidity in the system. should we be concerned by moves like that, because there are other indicators that we can go on as welcome as i don't think so. it is the second biggest economy in the world, still growing at twice the pace of the global economy, at 6.5, 6.6% is pretty good from where we're sitting in the uk, where we are so 196. 1.296, i sitting in the uk, where we are so 1%.1.2%, i think, sitting in the uk, where we are so 1%. 1.2%, ithink, annually at sitting in the uk, where we are so 1%. 1.2%, i think, annually at the moment, but the comparison still stand. yeah, absolutely. and the chinese economy in the bigger picture is in transition, so from wher

chamber of commerce spirit of enterprise award because of my bipartisan work. in original member founder of what we call the problem solvers caucus in the house. it is a group of about 50, equal amounts of democrats and republicans who come to the table and try to find smart solutions to everyday problems that we have, things we get along on. i want to continue to work in my problem-solvers way in the caucus, take that to the senate and try to find smart solutions. i worked across the i'll on many bills and actually passed 50 pieces of legislation through the house, some of which have been signed by the resident, like the forever g.i. bill, that allows our veterans to use their benefits throughout their life. i'm proud to be on the shield act that takes care of men and women in uniform -- [val demings] moderator: senator heller, 30 seconds for your rebuttal. moderator: senator heller, 30 seconds for your rebuttal. sen. heller: she voted for nancy pelosi 90 percent of the time, the bipartisanship she talked about, problem solving, we can move onto exactly what i

the chamber of commerce, the freelance star, ted thank you so much for all you do. what a great display of what our nation is all about, our republic where we can exchange ideas, understanding that the foundation of this nation is all about you placing your trust in individuals to represent you. nights like tonight where we exchange ideas is what this is all about. my father, a world war ii veteran, instilled in me that i was about service in everything i've done, from the day i left school once again for the state of virginia, serving in government, whether it was in boy sowts or civic organizes -- those are the essence of who i am and what i believe my service has been about. i give you a story. i was with a gentleman in lowe's. i was talking to him about an issue in the paint department. and i see how are things going, and he said now that you ask i've had an issue. i was released from my job at the federal level, and i think i was released unjustly. he described the situation, and i said you're absolutely right, you did not receive due process. i will make sure w

the california chamber of commerce is this. if this means there are two qualified candidates for a director position, one male and one female, the bill would require the company to choose the female candidate into my the male candidate the position based on gender. are you worried that is going to happen? >> an interesting case where jerry brown said this bill has fatal legal flaws, it will be difficult to implement and even if they manage to work their way through we hard for the women serving on the board who will be under the cloud of whether they were there to satisfy the quote or the right person for the job. shannon: having eyes looking at you having those thoughts. a bit more about this. by the end of july, two women have to be on the board and boards with 6 or more have to have 3 female directors, $100,000 after that, $300,000 -- the governor saying this. given all special privileges corporations have enjoyed for so long it is time for the people to constitute more than half the persons in america. how will this play in

i have been running one of the largest chambers of congress in -- commerce in our state. working with whoever it will take to get the job done them a -- job done. whether it be democrat, republican, or independent. many of the issues we are facing are not partisan. we can talk to others, collaborate, work closely to get things done. i am focused on finding the best solutions for cv two. >> our next question is from steve goldstein in phoenix for ms. marquez peterson. >> arizona's relationship with mexico is vital. how do you think president trump has treated the relationship with mexico overall? if you were to win, would you address him on some of his anti-new mexico rhetoric? ms. peterson: it is interesting. as the chamber president of have -- i had the opportunity to address the trump advisors on the relationship with mexico. i have not always agreed with direction or comments he has made, the i made sure to explain to him the perspective i have as a chamber representative is how important our relationship with mexico is. they are number one trading partner for the state