and at 9:00 jennifer wexton and her republican challenger home how can -- participate in the 2022 racerepresent virginia's 10th congressional district. at 10:15 -- an independent candidate debate and organ governors race. it is hosted by -- in advert organ. and you can watch the -- in medford, oregon. he can watch these online out our free app and c-span.org. >> american history tv saturday on c-span two. the events that tell the american story. on the presidency, mark tabbert, author and director of the sonic

i am congresswoman jennifer wexton. i represent the 10th district of the united states house are presented. i want to law school because i wanted to help people. i was pleased to be able to do that as a prosecutor, as an attorney and advocate and even as a judge in local courts. in 2012 and 2013, when i saw what was happening in richmond and republicans use the majority to do things i do not agree with. i saw them use the majority to repeal one of the vestiges of gun violence prevention laws we had in virginia. to make it harder for people to vote. to attempt to require women before they underwent a constitutionally protected right to an abortion undergo a state-mandated writ of agile -- vaginal bonding, and i won. i passed 40 bills, every one of them with bipartisan support. it was a great life. i enjoyed it. when donald trump was elected, i knew i had to do more. it was time for me to step up again. when i saw his attacks on the rule of law, his attacks on immigrants, his attacks on women, his attack on facts i had to

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i am congresswoman jennifer wexton.epresent the 10th district of the united states house are presented. i want to law school because i wanted to help people. i was pleased to be able to do that as a prosecutor, as an attorney and advocate and even as a judge in local courts. in 2012 and 2013, when i saw what was happening in richmond and republicans use the majority to do things i do not agree with. i saw them use the majority to repeal one of the vestiges of gun violence prevention laws we had in virginia. to make it harder for people to vote. to attempt to require women before they underwent a constitutionally protected right to an abortion undergo a state-mandated writ of agile -- vaginal bonding, and i won. i passed 40 bills, every one of them with bipartisan support. it was a great life. i enjoyed it. when donald trump was elected, i knew i had to do more. it was time for me to step up again. when i saw his attacks on the rule of law, his attacks on immigrants, his attacks on women, his attack on facts i had to run

jennifer wexton won comfortably in 2020.w, she is running against a military veteran running in this district in northern virginia. pull out the map a little bit, come down to the district beneath it. spanberger, the democratic incumbent running against vega. i want to show you in a presidential year, abigail spanberger won this seat but just barely. look how close it was. then the third district, come back to the house, come down on the map, here in the southeast corner. you have elaine laueria, the democratic incumbent. you might remember her, she's on the january 6th committee. this is now, if you go back two years ago, a comfortable five high point victory for lauria but all three democrats if you look at them in the southeast, more to the central, in the northern washington, virginia suburbs, all three in competitive races. a brand-new ad from elaine lauria playing up her role on the january 6th committee saying democracy is on the ballot. >> and if standing up for what's right means losing an election, so be it. if you

. >> bill: democrat jennifer wexton facing a republican say i do not want to lock up parents and don'tal. i am a fierce supporter of lgbtq plus kids but this bill wouldn't result in getting them the support they need and deserve. playbook being used in the illinois governor's race. darren bailey is taking on j.b. pritzker. >> i believe parents have the best interest in mind for their children and parents should be making that decision, not doctors or teachers or governors. >> back to virginia, democrats now say they will not move forward with their bill. >> bill: mike, thanks, watching that mike emanuel. thanks for that. >> dana: let's bring in former education secretary bill bennett and fox news contributor. a lot of educational use, failing test scores and also people need to be champions for parents, too. that's what glenn youngkin is doing. why do you think people should come down on this particular issue? >> well, i think it's clear that most parents or most all parents believe that children are the children of parents and of god, not the school system. and therefore critical deci

jennifer wexton currently is the congresswoman from the 10th congressional district. 2020 she beat andrews018, beat barbara comestock, 56 to 44. 2020 general election in the newly redrawn district found biden would have beaten trump by 58-40. wexton will be tough to beat. how do you do it? >> not if you ask the voters. on the now district lines, glenn youngkin lost this by 1.9 points, and that's when joe biden had approval rating and he's in the tanks. and her rating 43% approval, death for an incumbent this far to the game. >> john: so i can tell you as a virginia voter that for myself and people i know, the issues that are top of mind are things like inflation, gas prices, the price of food, it's really bread and butter issues. how do you plan to address that if you become a member of congress? >> we have to be independent. right now, everything depends on the cost of fuel, which causes farmers to have to pay more, truckers to pay more, and right now we have a shortage of diesel fuel in the country which affects not just farmers and truck drivers and trains, but also first responders, am

here's what jennifer wexton had to say about glenn youngkin's plan.e concerns i have about the plan is it would not require teachers use the proper pronounce for the kids. i don't think he's about the kids himself. is wexton trying to lose this raise race in this doesn't fly in fairfax. >> this has parents of all political perfectsations, oh biden supporters trump supporters all out together people who haven't been political, going out and interviewing parents people are really electric about this. it's what got glenn youngkin elected. when he ran on grocery tacked no one cared, when he ran on kids and schools, people came out. >> laura: we have a crazy election cycle coming up. we have new england in play. we have pacific northwest in play and we also have interesting things happening in states like oklahoma. the oklahoma governor's race incumbent governor stitt is down four points to democrat joy hoff heister. this was a state city won by 12 points in 2018 this is an outlier compared to what we're seeing across the country by republicans. what happe

. >> democratic woman jennifer wexton and hung cal participate in virginia's 10th congressional district candidates form watch the debate tonight at 9:00 eastern on c-span you can also watch on the mobile app sees and now. -- c-span now. >> c-span is your unfiltered view of government we are funded by these television companies and more including charter communications. >> broadband is a -- four of empowerment. it is why we are focused on building infrastructure, of reading -- empowering communities and -- big and small charter is connecting us. >> charter communications supports c-span as a public service

. >> virginia democratic congressman jennifer wexton and her republican challenger hung cao took partn virginia's 10th congressional candidate forum. the race between congressman weston and mr. cao was rated solid democrat. it was attracting significant fundraising and spending from both candidates. [cheers]

. >> virginia democratic congressman jennifer wexton and her republican challenger hung cao took parta forum. [cheers]

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jennifer wexton and the republican challenger take part in a forum. integrity that university of chicago. -- at the university of chicago. >> good evening. on tuesday, november 8, wisconsin voters will decide who will be the next senator for the next six years. our goal tonight is to help you make an informed choice as you hear from the candidates, incumbent senator ron johnson and the wisconsin lieutenant governor, mandela barnes. the candidates have agreed to the rules. for each question, they will have the length of time they have for responses. . one minute or 30 seconds. when they hit their time limit, i will advise them if they continue, their microphone will cease to work. please note, this debate will provide an additional service for voters. many issues require deeper context and verification, especially when counter charges are exchanged, or one specifics are used. thanks to our debate's that a team, we will be providing you links to additional research material about key topics, to read more about a subject, follow the link you see on the s

jennifer wexton, the democrat, you can see biden won this by almost 20 points. are getting into the part of virginia that is really trying to towards the democrats. this, though, went last year, terry mcauliffe, the governor's race, less than two points was his margin. he >> won it by less than two. >> he won it. this is close, if the republican's ever in contention in this district, this report signals republican wave, nash generally. nationally. -- there are a couple of others here, i think. it will give you innocence -- in ohio, for instance, there's a 7:30 pm poll closing time. in ohio, the first district of ohio -- >> this is a fascinating one. >> democrats are playing offense. >> they are. >> -- this is exactly the kind of district. i have to win this. one i will give you a sense. steve chabot, republican incumbent -- will, biden won the district by eight points. how did biden ever win the -- it's not the district he got elected in. it's redistricting in ohio. it generally favored republicans except for steve shabbat. >> in fact, he was a sort of sacrifici

elizabeth guzman did wascte entirely predictable.ke and all the democrats like abigail spanbauer and jennifer wexton, that they're going toe m try and distance themselves from this. >> you can't this, you've already gone out there and said youing h support schools, keeping this information from parents.a an you are completely okay g with this agenda. oi and you're not going to be able: outrun it. >> but b teacheruts and school administrators and elizabeth guzman from peru, they're not your kid's parents. you're your kid's parents. >>ere doe ri they get the righto make these kinds o tf decisions. for your children? >>i me they don't have the righ. i mean, they do not haverights t the right. the constitution gives parentsoh the rights to the care, custody and control of their children. so if they tried this,d in they would roundly defeated in court. but look, the fact o forf the matter is , for people like elizabeth guzman and her allies ,if you go and you're readingfie your kids books about transgenderism at five , you're getting them on puberty ystoste blockers, you're then givingroue them testoster

you heard jennifer wexton's opponent talk about oil and gas.esterday, the president responding to opec plus's decision to reduce production of oil and gas, surely raising gas prices ahead of this election cycle. we are asking you your top issues and how you plan to vote and for which party. on that 10th congressional district race in virginia, jennifer wexton is a former domestic violence prosecutor and state legislator who flipped her northern virginia district blue in 2018, and is still widely considered to have the upper hand in that race. her opponent is a vietnamese refugee who served 25 years in the navy, retiring as a captain. gary in pennsylvania, republican. what are the issues that are your top three or top issue driving you to the polls? caller: my top issue is concerning the announcement from president biden that he will expunge federal marijuana arrests and convictions for about 6000 people, and my concern is, ok, you do this on an application to purchase a firearm. it is directly and clearly said, have you ever been arrested or co

the virginia 10th district, jennifer wexton. she is in a much bluer district. ere is a republican on the ballot, a veteran and of the enemies refugee -- vietnamese refugee. he is raising a lot of money. wexton has had to go on to the airways to try to attack him. glenn youngkin came within two in 2021 so we are watching it. host: boise, idaho. david, an independent. caller: thank you so much. david, i appreciate your comments this morning. you have a great name. actually, i have a question. i wanted to preface it with clarification. you could maybe address the clarification if that might be possible. the first thing, something pertaining to the two folks from the navy that are running in -- one is kiggins, a navy pilot who denies that joe biden won the presidency. the other what is luria. you did not mention what her position in the navy -- guest: a nuclear engineer. caller: oh. got that done. ok. host: what is your question? caller: kiggins has denied joe biden won the election. guest: she failed to acknowledge when asked by reporters that joe biden won the ele

inflation was a topic and this is an exchange between democratic incumbent jennifer wexton and the republican challenger. [video clip] >> inflation is on the rise, impacting americans. what you believe caused the increase and what can congress do to address it? candidate wexton? >> there are a number of reasons. the main one being the pandemic economy. there was a shift in terms of supply and demand. people were not going on vacation, they wanted to buy more goods. at the same time, they wanted to fix their houses. the supply chain was shut down around the world making it harder to get products. we have the disconnect between supply and demand with higher prices. another part is putin's war in ukraine, cutting down global oil and gas. we worked very hard in the congressional delegation to lower feud and fuel costs. the inflation reduction act will cut the cost of health care premiums and allowing medicare to negotiate drug prices and helping increase, or decrease, energy going forward. thank you. >> inflation began on day one of the biden administration when he put on all the regulations thro

inflation was a topic and this is an exchange between democratic incumbent jennifer wexton and the republicanllenger. [video clip] >> inflation is on the rise, impacting americans. what you believe caused the increase and what can congress do to address it? candidate wexton? >> there are a number of reasons. the main one being the pandemic economy. there was a shift in terms of supply and demand. people were not going on vacation, they wanted to buy more goods. at the same time, they wanted to fix their houses. the supply chain was shut down around the world making it harder to get products. we have the disconnect between supply and demand with higher prices. another part is putin's war in ukraine, cutting down global oil and gas. we worked very hard in the congressional delegation to lower feud and fuel costs. the inflation reduction act will cut the cost of health care premiums and allowing medicare to negotiate drug prices and helping increase, or decrease, energy going forward. thank you. >> inflation began on day one of the biden administration when he put on all the regulations through

and at 9:00 jennifer wexton and her republican challenger home how can -- participate in the 2022 race to represent virginia's 10th congressional district. at 10:15 -- an independent candidate debate and organ governors race. it is hosted by -- in advert organ. and you can watch the -- in medford, oregon. he can watch these online out our free app and c-span.org. >> american history tv saturday on c-span two. the events that tell the american story. on the presidency, mark tabbert, author and director of the sonic national memorial talks about george washington involvement with freemasonry and his -- get influence on his life and work. and 4:45 eastern -- the band of brothers reflect on the cultural and -- significance of the show. two decades later. watch american history tv on c-span two on saturday area and find a full guide on c-span.org/history. >> the january 6 committee returns thursday for its night hearing at -- ninth hearing and his report is inspected by the end of the year. you can watch it live getting at 1:00 eastern on c-span -- or anytime on demand at c-span.org. >>

i hereby appoint the honorable jennifer wexton to act as speaker pro teore on thiday. signed, ncy pelosi, speaker of the housef reentatives. the spker o tempore: the prayer wbe offered by chapin bb. chaplain kibben: wouldou pray with me? god o grace and god of glo t a new song in our hs may our mouth sing pise to you, our god. nenyre the wonders you've gracious are your plans for us. youre is reveale daily and the opportuniti you lay befor us us and the friends and family with whom you have surrounded us. we look upon your majesty and tremble when we realize how insufficient our efforts are before you. may our trust in you serve to bridge the distance that stands between your intent and our best laid plans. blessed are those who trust in you, better off are they who rely on you and not in their own pride, who yield to your truth and do not turn to follow false gods. o lord, you are our help and our deliverer. may all who seek you discover the gladness to be found in you. may those who long for your saving help soon find reason to proclaim your greatness. we offer our s