mr. rahall -- thank you, mr. rahall. [applause] we also have a coin toss to see who would take the first question. mr. maynard, you won that honor. let's go right to it. infrastructure is the foundation for economic growth. in southern west virginia we continue to suffer from lack of highways, both paid and technological, along with the need for basic water and sewer systems. how do you plan is a member of congress to obtain federal financing for these types of projects? >> the first thing we need to do is for congress to stop spending money we do not have been stopped spending money on things like the so-called stimulus package, which has wasted and squandered a trillion dollars of taxpayer money. it is created jobs in four of places like china. it has created jobs in south korea. it is a statute that my opponent voted for. it also gave big bailouts to the banks, to the insurance companies, and it is a huge waste of taxpayer money in. instead of spending money to create jobs in china. we need to build plants throughout

mr. rahall -- thank you, mr. rahall. [applause] we also have a coin toss to see who uld take the first question. mr. maynard, you won that honor. let's go right to it. infrastructure is the foundation for economic growth. in southern west virginia we continue to suffer from lack of highways, both paid and technological, along with the need for basicater and sewer systems. how do you plan is a member of congress to obtain federal financing for these types of projects? >> the first thing we need to do is for congress to stop spending money we do not have been stopped spending money on things like the so-called stimulus package, which has wasted and squandered a trillion dollars of taxpayer money. it is eated jobs in four of places like china. it has created jobs in south korea. it is a statute that my opponent vod for. it also gave big bailouts to the banks, to the insurance companies, and it is a huge waste of taxpayer money in. instd of spending money to create jobs in china. we need to build plants throughout southern w

mr. nick rahall. [applause] >> thank you. >> the order of tonight's debate will be as follows -- each candidate will be given two minutes for opening statements. after the opening statements, we will begin our questions. the moderators will ask a candidate a a question. the candidate has two minutes to respond. candidate b will be given one minute to rebut, and candidate a will have 30 seconds to respond to that. next questions will be asked of candidate b in the same format. once candidates are given the stop sign, they will be allowed a few seconds to complete a thought. the timekeeper will inch rough if that thought stretches beyond just a few seconds. neither candidate shall be allowed to interrupt one another. >> prior to the start of tonight's event, we had the candidates purchase of it in a coin flip to see who would start with their two-minute opening statement. leading off tonight will be mr. elliott maynard. you have two minutes. >> thank you, by the way, to the sponsors for hosting this eve