mr. logan, you now have one minute to reply. >> over and over again, are the complications for sure. affordability the big issue. directly spending in washington and the policies coming from washington that have resulted in government -induced inflation has caused the increase of all kinds of goods and services. the people in the district are suffering from. take a look at energy costs and the cost of gasoline. the administration of washington , the first thing was killing the keystone pipeline. racing towards energy independence. my opponent supported washington in terms of their absolute war against american energy, american energy independence. i want them to be energy independent. i want to bring down the costs in a sustainable way. we must secure the southern border. we must fix washington. washington is broken. folks are tired of the partisanship that we have in washington. we can fix it. we need a new voice in washington. she has had six years to make a difference and she has not. >> rig

mr. logan, you now have one minute. mr. logan: first of all, i do support ukraine and the effort to help them defend themselves against the devastating invasion from vladimir putin. when it comes to israel this is the issue we have with my opponent. she shows tepid support of israel and then she also shows tepid support for those who want to do harm to israel. you take a look at the party, when you go on the ballot you will see it, the working family party these are things they are aiming for, their goals, to defund the police. they are against sending weapons to israel. that is a problem. my opponent is one of only 40 congress persons -- congressmen to withhold sending critical resources to israel. israel has the right to defend itself. war is terrible and everyone involved on both the israeli side and palestinian side, there are an instant -- innocent people suffering. i want the war to end as soon as possible. i believe in a two state solution. but one of those things cannot be run by a terrorist organization. >> mr. loga

mr. loganl give the first opening statement congresswoman hayes will answer our first question and she will make the first closing statement now to the rules which both of these campaigns have agreed upon each candidate has a 90 seconds to make an opening statement. after that they will be asked a question and have two minutes to respond to. the opposing candidate will have one minute for a rebuttal. as the moderator, i have the ability to grant another 30 seconds to the original person question. if it is determined that a response is warranted. but after that, we will move on to the next question. each candidate will be given two minutes at the end of the debate to make a closing statement. now that we have gone over the rules, let's get started. mr. logan, we begin tonight with your opening statement and we have 90 seconds. >> thank you. want to thank everyone for being here today. my goal here today is to make the fifth congressional district the best place to live, work, raise a family and

we did a coin toss and we mr. logan will give opening statement.esswoman hays will answer first question and she will make the first closing statement whif these campaigns have agreed upon each candidate has a 90 seconds to make an opening statement. after that they will be asked a question and have two minutes to respond to. the opposing candidate will have one minute for a rebuttal. as the moderator, i have the ability to grant another 30 seconds to the original person question. if it is determined that a response is warranted. but after that, we will move on to the next question. each candidate will be given two minutes at the end of the debate to make a closing statement. now that we have gone over the rules, let's get started. mr. logan, we begin tonight with your opening statement and we have 90 seconds. >> thank you. want to thank everyone for being here today. my goal here today is to make the fifth congressional district the best place to live, work, raise a family and retire. you take a look at where we are now, 32 years ago, everything i

i'm the only person on this stage who is acknowledged the suffering of the palestinian people and mr. logan has never even acknowledged that their people in the gaza strip that are suffering that have been displaced and children who are dying. that has to be a part of the solution. i understand that people are passionate about this issue but they have a reason and a right to be passionate about this. when we talk about our allies around the world is not just our allies in israel. i can tell you my republican colleagues held up the budget because they didn't want to support ukraine. its allies here on c-span2. >> we have here representatives from the united states and some of our closest allies and partners. we're here because, unfortunately, with the wars in the middle east and europe, we've been reminded that we must be prepared to protect our interests with military force, should deterrents fail and we've seen what happens when deterrents fail, tragedy, death, destruction. and both of these conflicts have shown us in real-time the importance of scale and adaptability and cooperation in de