we have the utica observer dispatch. we have the director of the project at utica college.ur candidates are congressman michael arcuri and richard hanna. [applause] [cheers and applause] >> everyone please keep europe lost to a minimum. we are on a tight schedule. we want to talk or bark can do that. congressman michael arcuri is a lifelong resident of utica. he served as a district attorney for 13 years. elected to congress in 2006, he has been rated the most centrist, moderate member by the national journal. is never one priority going forward. mr. richard hanna is a successful business that has employed over 450 people in our community. he is given back by donating his time, leadership, and others to charitable organizations. there was a. tossed to select who went first and last. the league of women voters -- let's begin with mr. richard hanna. you have two minutes to make your opening statement. >> thank you to the league of women voters and everyone here tonight. i am glad you took time to come and participate in this important event. in that 30 years i have never seen

is the one of the various forwards in utica. in the world but ok he didn't want to play but he's going to play and it's almost the same thing chelsea they have a lot of a lot of quality players that is a safe place sponsored have injury problems of their own they'll be without influential midfielder i'm captain alex who was injured in his size last major of a line you're on friday and compensate his loss is a major blow even though it seems fellow brazilian billiton will be fit enough by the early for us to lose a leg who is one of our own most important players and our captain is a massive handicap he's played in all our important games and it will be much harder for us to police a player like this in comparison to chelsea they were there with some of their star players such as their strength in depth. both sides took group air for one hundred percent records from the first two games b. jay leno last time managed the first champions league victory delusion a key stadium in a decade the muslims don't have a star names like the l

utica in the power industry we plan to export russian electricity to poland we've offered our polish partners to participate in constructing a baltic nuclear power plant but the shareholders and in other forums. informed us about the privatization of some oil assets that would take place in the near future and we agreed that russian companies would be able to participate in this. russian acting markets finished high on friday here in moscow b r t s a raised earlier losses and managed to pull into positive territory by six also finished more than a percent higher energy majors lent support banks had losses on them by sex about two percent higher claims. after climbing past the sixteen hundred level at the beginning of the week the r.t.s. couldn't hold on to those gains and despite the rebound on friday but the r.t.s. and the my sex and the week below where they started well in national capital explained what caused the downturn. quite well earlier in the week. towards the end of the week and the really big talking point is over the stimulus package coming out of the u.s. but enough mo

the debate is sponsored by the viet of women voters of the utica new york area. it is sponsored by the cancer of and action network, mohawk community college, national association for the advancement of colored people, and wutr tv. >> welcome back to the 24 congressional debate at mohawk community college. we will continue with our next question. typical of cap and trade -- >> the goal of cap and trade is to make businesses pay for it emissions they put into the environment. opponents say a new tax on businesses. this would drive up the price of everything we buy and use. does this help or hurt our economy and do you support it? >> i do not. here is why. and if you live in new york state, this would cost you about $2,000. in this country, we create one seventh per thousand dollars of gdp in china and has 27 of the worst polluted places. to unilaterally engage in something like the cap and trade puts us at a severe economic disadvantage. it also puts the northeast, where most of your notes you drive to work and do not have a bus lines and that type of thing to hel

we have created a scholarship programs and schools at utica college. these kinds of things create jobs and keep young people here. that is what it's all about. it is fighting for people in this district and fighting to keep jobs here. you cannot just knocked down, you need to have a vision to build. that is what our campaign is about. i want you to think about this going forward. who has the ideas, who has the vision, the ideas for what to do in the future? that's the best campaign is about and that's what i promise i will bring to you. i would very much like to continue to work for you. thank you very much for being here this evening. [applause] >> thank you for all of you participating in the debate tonight. we like to thank our panelists, thank you for bringing your questions to us tonight. we would also like to thank the debate sponsors, the league of women voters, the american association of at the university of women, mohawk valley community college, the national association for the advancement of colored people and wutr tv. thank you. for the le

peter is joining us from utica, n.y., independent line, good morning.aller: i have two main concerns. some of that is what other callers have said. my first one is kind of cynicism in regards to the election. it seems that on one hand the people who get elected are more and more extreme to either side. it seems there are all these people that say americans want more bipartisanship but the people who get elected are less likely to be bipartisan. on the other hand, we have to make these cuts and part of it is that i am losing faith in the system. i can't imagine any member of congress will in saying to his constituents that he will cut this program or cut medicaid or something else. it seems like they will not stick with it. host: let me go back to the peace from "national journal." john behner first came to congress in 1992 and enjoyed a front row seat for the last republican wave of victory. it was a newt gingrich-led assaults. it swept the gop to control of congress in 1994. even though that trial is now remembered as revolution, john boehner would pre

it knocked down all the old buildings and places like utica and rome.the problem with urban renewal as it did not have the vision on what to put in its place. you cannot just knocked down, yet have a vision for what to put in place. that is what our campaign is about. we have created jobs. we have helped companies, accretive scholarship programs and schools at utica college. these are the kinds of things that create jobs and most important, keep our young people here. that, for me, is what it is all about. it is fighting for people in this district, stopping bad programs and fighting to keep jobs here. you cannot just knocked down. you need a vision to build and that, let this gentleman, is what our campaign is about. think about this. who have the ideas, who has the vision, -- the ideas for what to do in the future and how to do it. that is what this campaign is about and that is what i promise i will bring to you. i work very hard for you and i would very much like to continue to work for you. thank you all very much for being here. [applause] >> than