steve pearce and michelle lujan christian. thank you both for being here.quick bite of each of our candidates tonight. michelle lujan grisham was raised in santa fe, and motor conscious of the secretary of health, aboard commissioned and now three term u.s. representative from new mexico's

democrat michelle lujan grisham and republican steve pearce. it took part in the debate posted by q tv station k q ari -- kqre. krqe your local election headquarters. this is a 2018 gubernatorial debate. >> good evening and welcome to the news 13 studio. viewers watching us this evening. first of all, we would like very much to think the candidates who are here, republican representative steve pearce and democratic resin -- representative michelle lujan grisham. michelle lujan grisham, was raised in santa fe, a lawyer, she has served as secretary of health, county commissioner, and no preterm u.s. representative from new mexico's first conditional -- congressional district. force member and businessman. secondrom new mexico's congressional district. this is the first time that two sitting u.s. are presented as have faced off for the governor's office. before we set the ground rules, i will be asking the questions. there are no time limits but we are encouraging the candidates to stay on point. i will step in to guide the conversation and to kee

democrat michelle lujan grisham and republican steve pearce. it took part in the debate posted by q tv station kqre. topics included public education, the state's minimum and, natural gas drilling criminal justice reform. >> from krqe news 13 your local election headquarters. this is a 2018 gubernatorial debate. >> good evening and welcome to the news 13 studio. your local election headquarters for this 2018 gubernatorial debate. welcome to our viewers watching us this evening. first of all, we would like very much to thank the candidates who are here, republican representative steve pearce and democratic representative michelle lujan grisham. michelle lujan grisham, was raised in santa fe, a lawyer, she has served as secretary of health, county commissioner and now u.s. representative from new mexico's first congressional district. steve is an air force member and businessman. he is from new mexico's second congressional district. this is the first time in our state history that two sitting u.s. representatives have faced off for the governor'

steve pearce grew up in hobbs, an air force veteran and a businessman. he was a state rep and is now a seven term u.s. representative from new mexico's second-rate national district. in fact, this is a very first on in our state history that two city use representatives have faced off for the governors office. before we start the ground rules and are very few in this debate, i'll be asking the questions. there are no diamonds but we are encouraging the candidates to stay on point. i will step in to cut the conversation and to keep the topics flowing to the extent will get 90 seconds for closing statements. reich intercompany question you both of luck in the state of new mexico for virtual your entire lives pick both represented new mexico in years. what is the most pressing issue in our state and by virtue of our coin toss we start with representative pearce. pearce: thank you and thank you krqe tonight and thank you for being the monitor for us tonight. there are four issues that we have to take up simultaneously. number one jobs and economy. number two

rothfus, certainly subcommittee chairman steve pearce, for working with me on this legislation. i'd also like to thank the chairman and ranking member of the full committee for their support. and lastly, i want to thank kay on the democratic staff for working with my office to help us draft this legislation. with that, i urge all of my colleagues to support this legislation and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the chair will receive a message. messager: mr. speaker, a message from the president of the united states. the secretary: mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: madam secretary. the secretary: i am directed by the president of the united states to deliver to the house of representatives a message in writing. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from pennsylvania. mr. rothfus: mr. speaker, i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from colorado. mr. perlmutter: we have no further witnesses. i urge an aye vote on h.r. 6411, the fincen improvement act, and with that i yi

democrat michelle lujan grisham and republican steve pearce. it took part in the debate posted by q tv station kqre. topics included public education, the state's minimum and, natural gas drilling criminal justice reform. >> from krqe news 13 your local election headquarters. this is a 2018 gubernatorial debate. >> good in

democrat michelle lujan grisham and republican steve pearce.ok part in the debate posted by q tv station k q ari -- kqre. krqe your local election headquarters. this is a 2018 gubernatorial debate. >> good evening and welcome to the news 13 studio.

of all, we would like very much to thank the candidates who are here, republican representative steve pearce and democratic representative michelle lujan grisham. michelle lujan grisham, was raised in santa fe, a lawyer, she has served as secretary of health, county commissioner, and no preterm u.s. representative from new mexico's first congressional district. steve is an air force member and businessman. he is from new mexico's second congressional district. this is the first time that two sitting u.s. are presented as have faced off for the governor's office. before we set the ground rules, i will be asking the questions. here are no time limits but we are encouraging the candidates to stay on point. i will step in to guide the conversation and to keep the topics flowing. each candidate will get 90 seconds for closing statements. right into the opening question, you both live in the state of new mexico for virtually your entire life, your both representing new mexico for yourself, what is the most pressing issue in our state and by virtue of our point is, we start with representative pear

steve pearce and michelle lujan christian. thank you both for being here. a quick bite of each of our candidates tonight. michelle lujan grisham was raised in santa fe, and motor conscious of the secretary of health, aboard commissioned and now three term u.s. representative from new mexico's