mr. casteel: mr. edmondson, the same question, isn't it time to go back to -- is it time to go back to, common core? mr. edmondson: as long as you do not call it "common core." [laughter] mr. edmondson: that is such a buzz word. 36% of our school district that do not offer a foreign language anymore, yet it remains a requirement of colleges and universities. many schools have going to a four-day week. we have a lot of work to do besides common core, whatever you decide to call it. mr. casteel: mr. edmunds, your wrestle old, have you his at northeastern state, had four years in the u.s. navy, 10luding a tour in vietnam, years of the district attorney, 16 years as the attorney general, you have been married grown kidss, two -- [applause] why should obama voters hire you based on a resume? first, i have been married 51 years, not 50 years. [laughter] mr. edmondson: second, i did the school for a year. i'm not know that you included. not just the resume, but there are some accomplishments along the way th

mr. dean? mr. dean: i certainly supported the governor on the impact which resulted in higher taxes at the pump and its board because part of political leadership and i applaud the governor for doing this, but at some point, when you're dealing with impish legislature get to step up and make that necessary investment. if you don't you'll pay the price down the road. i know this from being there when we worked on sewage and water systems and storm water and roads you got to do that and helps rural communities and urban areas and suburban areas. i would always be willing to make the tough decisions. we got to think about the future and invest in the future. bob: thank you. mr. lee, would you consider raising it? mr. lee: let me first say that investing in infrastructure is absolutely important. roads and bridges and highways and arteries and economic the lines are important to the map. i run a company that is 600 vehicles, and if you don't have good roads and were not able to move effectively, then i

mr. molinaro. what we're asking you to do is commit to spending less period so the money can go to taxpayers. i have been accused as you know in the democratic primary, because you are there and you accused me of being too fiscally moderate because i have the state history, only 2%. think of it. my rate of spending is less than george pataki. reduceways working to costs further and get the taxes down. texas come from the counties. my rate of spending is less than george pataki who called himself a republican conservative. i am always working to reduce costs further, get the taxes down. we have to. but three times the taxes come from the counties. marcia: we will let's molinaro respond. mr. molinaro: your budgets have increased spending at an annual rate of 4% each year so despite the fact that you suggest you've been able to hold to 2%, you haven't. what you've talked about in trying to drive down local property taxes is dishonest. this state forces more state spending on to local propert

mr. barato? mr. bennet? mr. blumenthal. >> no. >> mr. blunt? mr. booker? mr. poseman? mr. brown? >> no. >> mr. burr? ms. cantwell? mrs. capito? mr. cardin? mr. carper? mr. casey? >> no. >> mr. cassidy? ms. collins? >> the sergeant at arms will restore order in the gallery. continue. >> mr. coon? mr. corker? mr. cornyn? >> snoenator will suffered. sergeant at arms will restore order in the gallery. the sergeant at arms will restore order in the gallery. resume. >> mr. cornyn? mr. cortez-masskil? >> mr. cotton? mr. crapo? mr. cruz? >> aye. >> mr. dans? mr. donnelly? ms. duckworth? >> no. >> mr. durbin? mr. enzi? mrs. ernst? mrs. feinstein? mrs. fisher? >> the sergeant-at-arms will restore order in the gallery. continue. >> mr. flake? mr. gardner? >> aye. >> mrs. gillibrand? mr. graham? mr. grassley? >> aye. >> ms. harris? >> no. >> ms. hassan? mr. hatch? mr. hinerich? ms. heitkamp? mr. heller? ms. hirono? >> no. >> mr. hoven? mrs. hyde-smith? mr. inhoff? >> aye. >> mr. isaacson? >> aye. >> mr. johnson? >> aye. >> mr. jones? mr. kaine? >> no. >> mr. kennedy? mr. king? >> no. >> ms.

mr. paulsen: please. mr. phillips: sir, as a member of the house civility and respect caucus, i find it running athat you're campaign that is so full of falsehoods and dishonesty. mr. paulsen: the fact is that campaigns are about differences, and elections are about choices. you have been misrepresenting my position on a number of areas, so it's important to me that questions are raised about your positions and background as well, and i think it was appropriate to bring that up. moderator: let's see another ad. you compare it erik paulsen to white wall. let's see that. -- you compared erik paulsen to a wall. let's see that. mr. phillips: i am dean phillips. you have heard about how my campaign for congress is all about having a conversation. this is a wall. it's kind of like erik paulsen. it's a nice wall, but you can't have a conversation with it. it's like gun violence. erik voted 21 times to let people on the terrorist watch list get guns. even domestic abusers. i approve this message. how about you? moder

resume. >> mr. corning. mrs. cortez masto. mr. cotton. >> [ indiscernible ] >> mr. krepo. mr. cruz. >> aye. >> mr. danes. mr. donnelly. ms. duckworth. mr. durbin. >> no. >> mr. ens. >> mrs. ernst. >> aye. >> mrs. feinstein. mrs. fisher. >> aye. >> [yelling] >> the sergeant at arms will restore order in the gallery. continue. >> mr. flake? >> aye. >> mr. gardner. >> aye. >> mrs. gilibrand. mr. graham. >> aye. >> mr. grassley. >> aye. >> ms. harris. >> no. >> ms. house in. > housein.>> [ indiscernible ] >> mr. hatch. [ indiscernible ] >> mr. heinrich. ms. heitkamp. mr. heller. ms. hirono. >> no. >> mr. hoovin. >> aye. >> mrs. hyde smith. >> aye. >> mr. inhofe. >> aye. >> mr. isakson. >> aye. >> mr. johnson. >> aye. >> mr. jones. >> no. >> mr. kaine. >> no. >> mr. kennedy. >> aye. >> mr. king. >> no. >> ms. klobuchar. >> no. >> mr. kyl. [ indiscernible ] >> mr. langford. >> aye. >> mr. leahy. >> [ indiscernible ] >> mr. lee. >> aye. >> mr. manchin. >> aye. >> shame, shame, shame! >> the clerk will suspend. the sergeant at arms will restore order in the gallery. the sergeant at ar

mr. stauber: i agree with his economic response. he has a good business sense and he is done well with the tax-cut and jobs act, they have really benefited the eighth congressional district. that is what i am hearing, that the tax cut and jobs have benefited so many manufacturing facilities and more businesses like the one my brother has. some of the places i disagree with, i have talked about this earlier, -- i was in congress -- had i been in congress two years ago when our president's first budget went forth and i would have been the first one to stand up and talk about zero funding for the great lakes restorative initiative that was in the initial budget. the great lakes are part of our economy and i would have fought fiercely to ensure that the funding was there. those were some things that i would really fight on behalf of the eighth district voters. the other thing is the zte corporation. i know that was something donald trump wanted to get into and talk about some type of agreemen

mr. gillum: mr. desantis has far too many degrees not to get it but yet again tonight he show he is doesn't get it. under no circumstance would i let one who committed a crime in our community, our state, get away with the commital of a crime. they'll be adjuted -- adjudicated through the normal judicial process and held responsible. but we also said we're not going to criminalize their people off their personhood. simply because you're a brown-skinned person or speak a language that may be a foreign tongue to mr. desantis or live in a neighborhood what includes more brown people that doesn't in an of itself subject you to racial profiling. that's the essential instance of what he'd be promoting. todd: mr. desantis. mr. desantis: he says if omeone commits a crime they go through the justice system. once they served the system, are you going to hand them over to i.c.e. or not? he went commit to that that means the child molester gets released back though streets and that child molester will reoffend a

mr. mulcahy: joe? mr. radinovich: the fines that i pay late or parking tickets and i regretted paying them late, but that is a fact of life. the marijuana paraphernalia that to get that i got when i was 18 was dismissed. it could have been expunged for my record. my fiancee is a prosecutor and she informed me that recently. i wish he had told me that six months ago. the fact of the matter is that i've been open and honest about those things. i have made mistakes and i have learned and grown and that is part of being a human being. coming back to the email saying it seems bizarre that pete will , not release the 15 emails. if there is nothing to hide, why won't he release them? mr. stauber: just to be transparent, the fact of the matter is that joe radinovich would still be living in the metro had rick nolan not vacated his seat. and that is the fact. and on december 31, joe had written information to a house candidate donating to his campaign and even an address and apartment in minneapolis. he has told th

mr. stevenson. mr. stevenson: mr. chief justice, may it please the court, it's undisputed that vernon madison now sits on alabama's death row, unable to fully orient to time and place. as a result of several strokes, he suffers from acute vascular dementia, which has left his cognitive abilities greatly diminished. he now has intellectual functioning in the borderline range. he has a memory score of 58. and these severe disabilities have rendered him bewildered and confused most of the time. chief justice roberts: mr. stevenson, i'm -- it's a question for both sides, but i'm having trouble with a firm grasp on exactly what issues are presented. now just tell me if i've got this right. there are two. the first one, i would say, is, does someone who doesn't remember the details of their crime, can he satisfy ford and panetti simply on that basis? he knows what capital punishment is, he knows what's going to happen. he just doesn't remember what -- what he did. and the second one is whether or not vascular dementia can b

you heard mr. ellison say help mr. wardlow:you heard mr. ellison say help to challenge if court anything he disagrees with. mr. ellison said, he said they might not defend laws of the state of minnesota that he does not agree with or that he thinks are not workable, is a word he used. the attorney general is supposed to force the laws of state of minnesota. it doesn't matter what you think about the laws. if they are constitutional, they must be enforced and defended and that is what i will do as attorney general, stand up for the laws of minnesota and the people of minnesota and protect minnesotans. moderator: your response? mr. ellison: as a legislator of 12 years, congressperson and a legislator of four, i will work with members of the legislature to make sure that not only are the laws constitutional, i will insist upon that, we'll work to make sure they pass a law that that is something that can actually be implemented. that is only point i was making. this goes back to this idea that campaign with all this mudslinging and distortion a

mr. radinovich. mr. stauber: health care is an essential and if it needed by everyone in this country. mr. radinovich: we cannot afford people to pay so much more for insulin, rationing their insulin. in twin falls, farmers and deal workers are trying to bargain, where health care benefits are the sticking point. it is an issue we an ability to fix in this country. every other industrialized nation has this right. anyay more per person than other country in the world and we have 30 minute people still uninsured. the fact of the matter is that we will not be able to do this when we still have a profit motive in our health care system. we are the only nation in the world that allows people to make a buck off someone who is sick. mike: if you want to put medicare for everyone, how much is the cost and where does the money come from after we just talked about a growing deficit? mr. radinovich: we say, threw for $4 trillion annually at this point, it is percent of the entire economy in this country is wrapped

mrs. madison would wear bright, bright colors and instead of wearing a crown, she came up with the idea of wearing a turban. in fact, that became her trademark. and just so you would never fail to know where she was in these crowded rooms, she often wore long birds of paradise feathers in the turban. but in fact, almost all of her portraits i think except two, certainly painted while she was first lady, are all painted with her turban. and as to the fact that she were these low-cut dresses that were a little scandalous, it is really kind of extraordinary when you think of the fact that she was a quaker. and raised as a quaker. and used to being all covered up and wearing grays and dark colors. in fact, at one of her receptions, she encountered a friend, a gentleman who also had once been from the same meetinghouse. that she and her family had attended in philadelphia. and he had left. and she looked at him and said -- brother, where is thy broad brim hat. and he looked at her and said sist

mr. gillum: mr.esantis has never had the responsibility or obligation of leading a community through a crime or helping to fix a problem. the number one way to reduce crime make entity is to reduce recidivism. one way we can help his for these 1.7 million individuals who don't have their right to vote, the constitutional amendment does not give it back to everybody. but if you have done your time and paid your debt to society, you ought to be it were to reenter society and have your constitutional right to vote and work here in the state, because if they don't have the opportunity to make a living for themselves, often times, people keep reoffending. todd: i want to go to the next question. >> during a cnn debate, you vowed "to hold those folks who are the biggest polluters accountable." the powerful sugar industry has often lobbied against environmental your longtime proposals in tallahassee. friend and advisor, sean pittman, lobbies on behalf of florida crystal, one of the largest sugar companies i

>> aye. >> mr. leahy. mr. lee. mr. manchin. mr. marquee. ms. mccaskill. mr. mcconnell. mr. menendez. mr. murkily. >> no. >> mr. moran. ms. murkowski. mr. murphy. >> no. >> mrs. murray. >> no. >> mr. nelson. mr. paul. >> aye. >> mr. perdue. >> aye. >> mr. peters. >> no. >> mr. portman. >> aye. >> mr. reed. mr. rich. >> aye. >> mr. roberts. >> aye. >> mr. rounds. >> aye. >> mr. rubio. >> aye. >> mr. sanders. mr. sasse. >> aye. >> mr. schatz. mr. schumer. mr. scott. >> aye. >> mrs. shaheen. mr. shelby. ms. smith. >> no. >> ms. stabenow. >> no. >> mr. sullivan. >> aye. >> mr. tester. mr. thune. >> aye. >> mr. tillis. >> aye. >> mr. toomey. >> aye. >> mr. udal. >> no. >> mr. van hollen. mr. warner. >> no. >> ms. warren. >> no. >> mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. >> aye. >> mr. wyden. >> no. >> mr. young. >> aye. >> senators voting in the affirmative, alexander, burasso, blunt, bozeman, burr, caputo, cassidy, collins, corker, cornyn, cotton, crapo, cruz, danes, enzi, earnest, fisher, flake, gardener, graham, grassley, hatch, heller, hovan, heightsmith, inhofe, isaacson, kennedy, kyle,

mr bennett, mr blumenthal, mr blunt, mr bennett, mr blumenthal, mr blunt, mr brooker, mr bozeman, mrmr carter, mr casey, mr cassidy, ms collins... inaudible the sergeant at arms will restore order in the gallery. mr koons, mr corker, mr corning. mr koons, mr corker, mr coming. the senator will suspend... the sergeant at arms will restore order in the gallery. the sergeant at arms will restore order in the gallery. mr cotton, mrcotton, mr mr cotton, mr crespo, mr cruise, mr danes, mr donnelly, ms duckworth, mr durbin, mrs ernst, mrs feinstein, mrs fisher... the sergeant at arms will restore order in the gallery. mrgardner, mrsjill will restore order in the gallery. mr gardner, mrsjill brown... will restore order in the gallery. mr gardner, mrs jill brown. .. you're watching live coverage of the us senate, these nomination proceedings for confirming a very controversial judge brett kavanaugh as the new member of the zipping courtjudge. what you have been hearing is multiple interruptions by protesters in the gallery as the names of senators are read out. you can hear the sound come in,

>> mr. faso? mr. faso: if reelected, i will ask antonio to lead a civility caucus for us in the district and help me do that. in all seriousness, i greatly respect my opponent and i greatly respect people who disagree with me. abraham lincoln said, if you try to please all the people all the time, you will not please anyone. what i have done throughout this district -- i've had over 1000 meetings with constituents in washington and here around the district. i have conducted numerous meetings with people throughout this district, whether it is farmers, agriculture, veterans, seniors, school safety. i have done all of that because i am constantly listening. i recognize that the job of a representative is to listen to all of the divergent viewpoints. we have a district with very many different and -- very many divergent viewpoints on the issues of the day. i have intentionally tried to tone down the volume and not engage in scurrilous attacks and be someone who will be truly representative of the diversi

mr. scott. mr.cott: yes, i do support raising the minimum wage, but doing so gradually, particularly so that small businesses that would be affected by that have time to adjust. a gradual increase in the minimum wage is long overdue. the reason i say that is because in my ministry i have seen family after family come in with people who are working full-time, and yet at the end of the day cannot afford to make ends meet. and this is not just unique to south-central pennsylvania. we as a nation have this going on. the united way brought out a study that shows 43% of the households in our nation at the end of the month cannot pay for the basic necessities of life. certainly we have an economy ist is expanding, and that great, but it is not expanding in a way that is lifting up everyone. for many people, they do not have that boat for the rising tide to lift. they are stuck trying to tread water as the tide rises. we need to make sure they are given help through increasing the minimum wage, but it also

mr. johnson, you go first. mr. rich: it was frustrating -- doug: i am sorry, i thought you were done. mr. rich: it was frustrated to see the personal attacks on judge kavanaugh and his family. that is what is wrong with washington right now. we need senators that are going to come together in dialogue from one side to the other. my democratic opponent, he was against judge kavanaugh as soon as his name was chosen, before he even had an opportunity to sit down and talk to him, or even review his record. that is putting politics before our state and our country. i am planning to be new mexico's u.s. senator, and i care about our state and our country, and i would look at all the evidence before me before i am willing to make that decision. thank you. doug: rebuttal opportunity now, mr. johnson. you have 30 seconds. gov. johnson: when i was governor of new mexico, i've reversed myself on the death penalty, recognizing there are mistakes made when it comes to the death penalty, that we actually put innocent people to d

mr. paulsen: please. mr. phillips: as a member of the house civility and respect caucus, i find it appalling that you are running a campaign so full of falsehoods, honestly. campaigns are about differences and elections are about choices. you have been misrepresenting my position on a number of areas, so it's important to me that questions are raised about your background as well. i think that was appropriate to bring up. moderator: let's see another ad. mr. phillips: i am dean phillips. you have heard about how my campaign for congress is all about having a conversation. this is a wall. it's kind of like erik paulsen. it's a nice wall, but you can't have a conversation with it. it's like gun violence. o letvoted 21 times tw people on the terrorist watch list like guns. even domestic abusers. moderator: ok. what behind that? mr. phillips: i believe representation begins with listening and i have done that for 18 months, driving my old truck around the district, and i have listened to people. the most common c

mr. davis? mr. davis: thank you for joining us tonight. i'm paul davis. i'm a lifelong kansan. a son of two teachers, husband and father. my wife and i are raising our daughter here because kansas is our home. i have been back time and time again. i have heard your concerns about how washington just does not seem to listen to us anymore. they don't seem to care about us. we have a broken congress and we have no choice but to fix it we have to bring problem solvers to washington. people who are not afraid to work with the other party. that is what i did for 12 years in the state legislature. that is why 36 current and former republican officials support my campaign. that is why i am ready to work with anyone to tackle america's problems to lower health care costs, get the economy working for american people, making sure the congress is accountable to us and not special interests. >> thank you. opening statement from mr. watkins. mr. watkins: thank you very much. my name is steve watkins. i'm the repu

moderator: mr. kim. mr.this is continued distraction from the main issues of the campaign. we need to be focused on health care, taxes, -- these other issues in front of us. about myns are opponent's record on health care, how he got pre-existing -- how he gutted pre-existing conditions. wit we shouldissues .e focused on mr. macarthur: you continue to say things like that that we know are dishonest. things like pre-existing conditions, you know our bill specifically protects people pre-existing conditions. you talked about the age tax, you know that has been debunked. moderator: we will get into a deeper discussion about that. mr. macarthur: you cannot just keep saying dishonest things because it plays well. moderator: all right, let us talk about that when we get to that. we move on to immigration. a caravan of several thousand migrants approaches the new york-mexico -- is approaching the u.s.-mexico border. president has suggested that middle eastern people has -- have infiltrated the caravan and he threat

mr. molinaro let respond. mr. molinaro: your budgets have increased spending at an annual rate of 4% each year so despite the fact that you suggest you've able to hold to 2%, you haven't. what you've talked about in local to drive down property taxes is dishonest. this state forces more state propertyon to local taxpayers than any state in the localy which means property taxes are arbitrarily high because you have not been theing to take on responsibility of driving down those costs. i'm committing today, as we have to reducingampaign, property taxes 30% over five years. achievable, it's possible. if only albany were to control spending and reduce what it on down to property taxpayers. as far as my record, it's nice 15talk about what happened years ago but in the last seven years as duchess county executive, we've modernized and streamlined government and cut the lasttaxes each of four yearsuned monday i released a budget that cuts property the fifth straight year. marcia: mr. molinaro, time is up. gov. cuomo: you

mr. metz: mr.p, an independent watchdog group has documented over 10 serious ethical concerns against representative abrams, including ethnic complaints. this includes using campaign resources to sell her books, herself $84,000 in campaign funds without disclosing where the money went, and inaccurate financial disclosures. should some of that ethical qualification really be elected as governor? mr. kemp: i share your concerns on the things he mentioned. i appreciate that question. what is more concerning is ms. reading a tax attorney, not paying her taxes while she took the opportunity to loan her campaign $50,000. instead of doing that. i don't think i could get away with that. i don't think mr. metz could get away with that. the people of georgia cannot get away with that. when you are putting politics over paying the government taxes you owe, that makes you unfit to be governor. that is why even in tough times, battling through a recession, investing in a tough business, where the company owes s

mr. lamb, your ads accuse mr. rothfus of voting to eliminate insurance protections for people with pre-existing conditions. and cut medicare by hundreds of billions of dollars. mr. rothfus, you're accusing mr. lamb of wanting to cut medicare by $800 billion and also keep people from trying experimental drugs. i would like each of you to defend your claims and respond to your opponent's accusations citing specific votes. starting with you, mr. lamb. rep. lamb: thank you, paul. i'm glad you asked about this. because the ads have been misleading. i think what's important here is it's not so important what we say on screen now. what matters is how we vote. i have never voted and will never vote to cut medicare. my opponent can't say the same thing. keith, on october 5, 2017, you voted to cut medicare by over $400 billion. on march 21, 2013, you voted to cut medicare by $350 billion. the leader of your party, paul ryan, has made clear that he intends to pay for the $1.5 trillion tax cut by coming after social security

mr. cordray? mr. cordray: thank you to everyone here and everyone watching at home. this is your debate tonight, and i look forward to answering your questions. i will also do something else tonight. when i get a chance, i will focus as much as possible on one topic, healthcare, which we know is so important to many ohioans. mike has been ohio's chief official for the past eight years. he is doing his job to prevent -- it has been his job to prevent price gouging by lawmakers and health insurance. our healthcare costs are among the 10 worst in the united states. and, we pay the third-highest deductibles of any state in the country. it is no wonder big drug companies have given millions of dollars to the campaign. he has been protecting them, not you. if you or someone in your family has a pre-existing condition, like asthma, or diabetes, or cancer, you should know this. mike took your tax dollars and sent attorneys to court to allow insurance companies to deny you coverage or raise your premiums when

moderator: mr. pappas? mr. pappas: it is important that we protect the program and that is why i took the position i have to strengthen social security. the same people that mr. edwards wants to "lean people of social security." it should be there for individuals when they retire so they can live with independence. we can work to fix the program, but not fundamentally change it. mr. edwards: chris understands what i meant, and he keeps repeating the same untruths. . he is not interested in having a conversation. he is interested in sticking to his talking points. we need leadership, not political talking points. moderator: another question on police tactics. pervasiveness the of video recordings between interactions -- recordings of interactions between police and the community. for congressle that they can play to provide resources to local police departments? do you think there is a role there? role ands: there is a the federal government place it now. in making sure that our new hampshire law enforcement has

mr. nixon: mr. kennett, the reason i think it has failed and failed in most instances in the cities in which it has been tried is it has resorted to the solutions of the 30's with problems that are not relevant to the 1930's. they are relevant today. we have poured millions of dollars into big government programs for federal housing and for federal jobs and for federal welfare. and the result is that not only by using those programs and in overpromising that we have reaped the frustration. we have reaped not a solution of poverty but we have reaped the riots that have torrent cities 300 apart, some with 200 dead and several hundred injured throughout this country. what is the answer? the answer it seems to me is to move from the federal government approach. rather than pouring more money into those big federal programs, which hubert humphrey says he will do, the answer is to move to that area of the american economy which has always been best for training the unemployed, for building our cities. and

mr. feehan: this is the tone of his campaign. his fourth run at the seat and this is what he brings to the table. this idea of an assigned them. -- us and them. independent leadership is working at the burning pentagon and deciding it is time to suit up. is the ability to jump into a middle school classroom to make sure students are able to learn. leadership is the idea i said to myself, it is time to serve the country again. no one told me to do anything at any point in my life. that is what leadership is. moderator: -- critical thinking, i am happy to demonstrate that. do youor: dan feehan agree with president trump on any issue? mr. feehan: absolutely, and i have watched my opponent turn. the president wanted to end the war in afghanistan. it turns 17 this year. we have been at war for 17 years. $5 trillion. the president was of that mind and something i hoped to partner with him on but he changed his views and you know who changes with him, my opponent jim hagedorn. mr. hagedorn: i wr

mr. simon. mr. simon: i didn't vote for president trump and i'm against most of what he has done. my biggest concern is the impact that he and other political leaders are going to have on the generation -- on the next generation. we have a generation of children growing up watching leaders who like, who belittle people, who attacked the press, who bully. when i grew up, my presidents were jimmy carter and ronald reagan, there he different politically, but we believed they were good people trying to do good for the american public. and it saddens me that we have a generation of people growing up with the leaders we have today. while i didn't vote for president trump, i agree with some things. for example, moving the embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem, i support it. we see so much hypocrisy in our leaders today. people who voted in favor of that in 19 95, like senator cardin, as soon as the move came out of president trump's mouth, they were against it immediately. jennifer: senator cardin. senator ca

you, mr. heinrich. mr. rich, your opening statement. mr. rich: thank you. it is great to be here this evening. rich, and i care about new mexico. that is why i am running for the senate. i came to new mexico almost 40 years ago for a good paying job. as i traveled the state, i fell in love with the people who called new mexico home, their commitment to family and community. that is why i chose to raise my family here and start my construction company here. years, i have been building the communities in new mexico while providing good paying jobs. as an advocate for vocational training and education, i helped start one of the first vocational education programs in the state, as well as several apprenticeship programs. christian, and i believe in the sanctity of life. today, our state is struggling. we have one of the highest unemployment rates in the nation . our crime is out of control. and we have one of the lowest graduation rates for high school of any state in the union. heinrich, he is focused on more wilderness. he has become a washington politician.

mr. pritzker's ally, mr. madigan, has blocked term limits, has blocked fair ma'ams -- maps, and he blocked balanced budgets for years to create a crisis that mr. pritzker likes to run around and say is responsible for other places other than speaker gab's supermajority -- speaker madigan's supermajority. we need to change the chicago political machine. that's what i'm fighting to do, and we can't give up and say let's give more power to the corrupt chicago crowd and just raise taxes. that will devastate the state. we've got to keep working and keep trying. [applause] >> moderator: governor, thank you. bobby oler has a question right now. >> going to shift gears a little bit to safety, specifically gun violence. it's not just a chicago problem. we deal with it all the time, downstate specifically in peoria, the most recent numbers go through july, and we have had more murders by gunfire through the month of july this year than any year since 2006. and federal agents as well as peoria police broke up a gang, ma

mr. cobos is a very accomplished, competent, and capable person." and that further "does not have any question about mr. cobos' temperament." according to its own explanation, the abajonahton relied -- explanation, the aba relied solely on one determination, the aba had "difficulty analyzing mr. cobos's professional competence because he was unable to provide sufficient writing samples of the countable required to satisfy committee members that he was capable of doing the work of the united states circuit court judge." there is a good reason why he was not able to summit that kind of writing because his legal practice, for the last majority of his career, has been in-house. counsel toed as senator brown's and to several south dakota corporations or on and regulatory matters. the written work product he has developed are not matters of public record, like briefs or court opinions happen to be, and are protected then by attorney general client privilege. it would be detrimental to our judic

mr. mcconnell: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. mcconnell: the constitution of the united states was made not merely for the generation that then existed, but for posterity. those are the words of henry clay. mr. president, kentucky's on. they underscore that the decision united states senators will make today will echo in the history of our nation. the very survival of our constitutional form of government requires an expert and independent judiciary. without fair and impartial courts of justice, as alexander hamilton put it in the "federalist papers," all the reservations of particular rights or privileges would amount to nothing. the courts guard our rights, and the senate guards our courts that, mr. president, is why today is such an important day. that is why the vote we take this afternoon, a vote to confirm a new associate justice of the supreme court of the united states, represents one of the most consequential decisions a senator ever makes. the mem

mr. begich. mr. dunlevy, your one minute opening statement? >> thank you. it is a pleasure to be here. my name is mike dunlevy and i'm running for governor. on november 6, you will have a choice. who will take alaska and where will that person take alaska? will we had a pfd be fully funded? better educational outcomes? instead of being dead last in the country, ?an we move up in the ranks these are the choices you will be looking at in the next several days before the election. i hope to be your governor. i want to work hard to win your trust. trust has been an issue in this campaign. for the past several years, we have had to look at what politicians say as opposed to what they do. my name is mike dunlevy, i'm running for governor, and i hope for your support. >> the first question tonight is about transparency in government. lastly, byron resigned after making what was described as inappropriate comments. when he took office, bill walker pledged transparency, but has refused to disclose specifics o

mr. dimon: thank you for having me. see theks: we can't people watching online, but we have a lot of people watching. a lot of people have been very interested in a lot the things you are doing, because you are spending more time in washington, d.c. a lot of people ? mr. dimon: i have my regulators down here, of which i have many. mr. brooks: some of his best friends. mr. dimon: also the president of business roundtable, an advocacy group around policy, immigration, trade, taxation, corporate governance, work skills initiative, and i agreed to do that because i think it is important for the future of america that we get those policies right. mr. brooks: the business roundtable is not something people typically associate with policy. they think of it as a business transcript to promote the needs of businesses. why do you see it as a policy group? mr. dimon: there are some 7000 lobbying groups in this town. mr. brooks: 7 million, i think. mr. dimon: every group has its own. life and her man

mike: mr. scott? mr. scott: i began running for congress last year because i was deeply concerned about the divisiveness i see in our nation today. not just within the political but within.communities, families and congregations i am also running because i am deeply concerned about the plight here in pennsylvania, the number. of people struggling to make ends meet i want to promote policies that will serve all the people. and to move us forward as a nation and district. we have seen a lot of change in south-central pennsylvania the last decade. it is time to see change in the leadership in washington, d.c. as well. it is time to bring integrity and service and compassion to washington, d.c. once elected, i will work for you and you only. it is time for new leadership in congress and i hope for your vote on november 6. jenelle: a quick question, if the other one is elected, will you be able to work with that person? >> i work with anybody. mr. scott: i will turn to ministry, because i am a pastor. jenelle:

mr. lamont, 30 seconds. mr. lamont: the nuttiest thing is primaries in august when it is so tough to get more people to vote. i want people to vote and have a stake in this election. i want them to know it makes a difference. one thing i do is campaign nonstop to each and every one of your 169 towns. i got to convince people it makes a difference. i have to convince people in the cities that say oh, it hasn't -- it has made a big difference. we have tens of thousands of fewer people behind bars. people are having a second chance. these elections make a difference. we have many more units of affordable housing in the last seven years. look what happened two years ago in washington d.c. if the election of donald trump doesn't remind you, elections make a difference. i've got to convince everybody this is an election that is lights on lights off in terms of where we take this state. not only in terms of how to build up towns and cities and education, i want to work hand in glove with the committee to make sure they

mr. block cartoons from president hoover to the second george bush. you get to see how his career opinionsow his changed, see how he drew particular presidents. obviously i have brought out a selection of cartoons to give us a sense of how he perceived different presidents and how his style evolved. the first is about herbert hoover, the first president that mr. block covered. rapidan hoover at the camp. before camp david, hoover favored a camp farther in the shenandoah mountains in rapidan, virginia. mr. block has portrayed hoover leading a couple of capitalist to his camp, and they are fishing. instead of giving economic benefits, perhaps in the form of cash incentives, the capitalists get fresh fish to sell. it is a pen and ink style on a very smooth board. is very typical of what would have been produced in the midwest at this point in time. the second cartoon i have brought out is about fdr, franklin delano roosevelt. a. block has not yet come to point where he is embracing democrati

mr. malinowski, you're first. in light of the me too movement during the confirmation hearings during justice brett kavanaugh and at the state level due to governor murphy's administration. what can be done at the federal level improving reporting and handling cases of sexual assault? >> thank you for that question and thank you for moderating the debate today. i very much look forward to a wide ranging discussion. when i worked for human rights watch, a wonderful organization dedicated to promoting civil rights and human rights in the united states and around the world, one of the causes that we took up was the cause of victims and survivors of sexual violence in the united states. there was a terrible problem at that time that rape kits were being basically discarded by police departments all around the country, rather than actually tested and used in those terrible situations and we led a campaign to try to fix that problem. that was several years ago and we still have a long, long way

mr. dewine! mr. cordray: first of all, i can understand what you're saying because i had people come up to me in identical situations that you're in. i'm very sorry for that. it was not the intent for you to suffer. what we hope is, through your doctor we hope you can find other alternatives. one thing we have to make sure we do is have insurance companies cover other alternatives. insurance companies were very eager to pay for the opiods but not long term work with a chiropractor or other possibilities out there. we have to expand how we look at this. i will tell you how this came about because if you go back about 20 years ago and drug companies told doctors they are wonder drugs and not very addicting. we know they are addicting. the reason i sue the drugged companies is get money back for ohio to help people who are addicted to put real focus on k-12 education. so that we can do all the things that we need to do is because they cause this problem and i am the one that sued them, we are going afte

mr. bolton: thank you, sarah. earlier today, sec retear of state pompeo made an important announcement regarding the president's decision to terminate the 1955 treaty of amity with iran, a treaty iran made a mockery of with its support for terrorism, provocative ballistic missile proliferation. today decision at the international court of justice was a defeat for iran. it correctly denied almost all of their requests. we're disappointed that the i.c.j. failed to recognize it has no standing about any sanctions. instead the court allowed iran to use it as a forum for propaganda. the iranian regime has systematically pursued a policy of hs tillity toward the united states that defames the central premise of the treaty of amity. the regime cannot prackity -- practice animosity and its conduct and then ask for amity under international law. in addition to the treaty of amity, i am announcing that the president has decided that the united states will withdraw from he optional protocol and disp

mrs. kennedy in 1961 as a nonprofit, non-partisan partner to the white house, and we're honored to be the convener of this presidential site summit this week. well, today we're going to talk a little bit about presidential legacy and commemoration. and let's start by diving into lbj. mark, your leadership with the lbj foundation. monday would have been the 110th birthday of president johnson. and so there was a commemoration of sorts, or at least a noting of that occasion. and johnson was larger than life as president. larger than life post-presidency, and what would he think of his legacy as we see him today? >> well, first of all, stewart, to you and anita, congratulations on this conference. [ applause ] i know how much work they have put into this, and it has clearly paid off. because it's been a rousing success. so congratulations to both of you. >> thanks. >> and thanks to all of you for what you do. i mentioned it yesterday to the group that convened around lunch, but, i'm not only

mr. stitt: it is great to be here. and keep to the state chamber for having us. my heart breaks for the teachers. we have got to pay teachers what market is competitive , wages. right now, teachers are number two in the region. i have plans to move them up to number one in the region all over the state. i have a plan to do that. also, we have about 2000 certified teachers now. chris: if you could get to the question about the revenue for the pay raise. mr. stitt: number one, i was not governor when that happened. we would not be in that situation had i been governor. we have been told our whole lives that the casinos were going to fix education. the lottery. liquor by the drink. we always seem to tie the teacher pay raise to unsustainable revenue. to me, when they fix this long-term, look at the funding formula. put this back on the local school districts. that is how we would do it. i am so excited that we actually have more revenue coming into the budget. but we would not have been ther