Opportunity at the end to thank both candidates were with us tonight. We will begin with opening remarks by the senators and proceed from there. Senator strange . Thank you very much i cannot tell you how much i appreciate the opportunity to discuss the issues that are so important to our country at this historic time i went recognize my wife who would be here with us but our second grandson was born the day before yesterdays so she is in washington with our son and daughterinlaws so i have a great pleasure to sit with them in the hospital and a whole that young man as it puts that into perspective why we care about the next generation she wished she could be here our first date was that a nascar race and i knew we would have a long and happy marriage. So this is a historic election in coming have been the States History of lot of gay issues are at stake so who is the most qualified the president s agenda . To make America Great again . The president supports me if you have not followed the president on twitter pages put out a great tweet about his enthusiasm for my campaign. And then to come to haunt spill in the afternoon in campaign for me. Because wed deliver a close friendship and we are people of accomplishment and we bonded. Learning the ways of washington the hard way but nobody is more determined than the president s award is the Vice President s stand . Who does he think would be the best . Of Vice President pence has endorsed me and he said james so anxious to go into the fight with you shoulder to shoulder how can i do that . Piece that i will be an alabama and this weekend. The president of the United States in the Vice President could choose anyone in this race. My opponent or the primary but they got into the race because they know what is at stake. Who will help the president . Could knows something about immigration . Building a wall . In forcing a wall . Infrastructure . Jobs and the economy . As a concrete record to get things done. I do. I will talk about those issues. Were past the time of speeches and empty promises we have to have results this is why the president has endorsed me and why we have become friends i did talk to the president and for about half an hour he said howre things going . There is a lot of things youre in the country and we see that. Ruling greek angry for lack of process progress to think through divine intervention he was elected by spend fighting the Obama Administration as a last line of defense of the constitution. We protected religious liberties we want those cases you can imagine the anger and frustration. That is why we bonded he said basket something done in washington. I need you at my side. You have common sense, you have been in the fight. The look forward to being an alabama this weekend. Thank you. I like to start by introducing my wife married 33 years with four children and five grandchildren and about four days the future course of our nation will be determined even in the form of the debate could become a new norm of political discourse across the country with the special Interest Group washington d. C. Is waiting to see what happens in the state of alabama with regard to the race with millions of dollars and then to control the people that were false or malicious advertising takes the place in the political arena. And think the people of alabama are ready and informed. That my wife has been criticized the election of donald trump november 2016 gave americans a new hope in new inspiration for the future of this country. Those are not happy with his election would protest but the establishment decided to take that easy course and do nothing obamacare has not been fully repealed all those steps have been made in the right direction and i support the bill. We have got to do more. Politics goes on as usual and we get frustrated was a graduate of the military academy of west point i want to work our military strong again. With experimentation to be inclusive and one to support the troops that have fought overseas and revitalize our economy the greatest difficulty is the federal government will need to return to free market enterprise and regulations need to be kept and bureaucratic policies need to be raised. Made in america of mean something again i want to bring in those federal judges who think they are above the constitution and supremacy must be stopped and finally want to see virtue and morality we turn to our country so the first president said it was day necessary spring to popular government to collect data indifference the foundation has been shaken with crime and corruption and abortion and sodomy sexual perversions we pearland sweep our land where liberty and justice for all comes across our land we will be good again per girl and then we will be straight. [applause] i would ask again that we try to refrain from the applause until the very end. I agree with those principles laid out but the difference is i have accomplished many of those in the arena. A lot of things that we would agree on but the president made a choice he picked me as a person who could get that done. So lets talk about the issues that we care about and what have we done to a finance those issues . The one that caught fire here in alabama of god into politics because of Jeff Sessions i was monitored in mentored he served as attorney general before i did and i consulted with him as i was running for the senate to take his place because he said the us standard they have fought the best to washington but the signature issue was immigration that is a critical issue. Who is the best person to ensure that we enforce the law . Because i have a record i have worked with Jeff Sessions over years and since he came into office and said we will do something that hasnt forced the law that is a novel concept. Jeff is doing that i have supported him 100 percent and border crossings are down 70 because we have an attorney general who will enforce the law and the president knows our record and alabamas law going after illegal immigration we were as support as we could be but he knows when president and her barack obama said i will justice side i will not enforce them i went to court with the president S Administration and we won. The amnestied of president who would disregard the constitution of the United States. And then to say we will help you do that. We took an oath to uphold the constitution of the United States in the rule of law everyone. The president knows that. I could give a speech about this all day for girl with this is why he has endorsed me. And those to hear him talk about a person here in the senate race. Other people want to talk about agendas and Mitch Mcconnell and everything under the sun except the issue. That sessions spent 20 years of his life devoted to help the president be elected to make America Great again. It is so critically important to get something done. I am not backing down on immigration i am all in and have supported him 100 percent of the time since he has been in washington and i am frustrated hour conservative republicans are not. John mckean said thumbs down. Talk about frustration after spending six years doing that to protect the constitution and winning. So just talking about daca the signature issue he will remove the obama rule. He knows that that is why he has endorsed me. I am certainly glad im not running as the president and Vice President of the United States. I can say what the president thinks or when he goes to the bathroom or what moves he makes. But lets talk about the wall was a vietnam veteran i defended our country in combat. I am the only combat veteran in this race includes securing the borders illegal aliens were a threat to our country that includes building a wall. Now leading up the rest of the conversation i always mentioned we could stop illegal aliens from crossing the borders because i was in the United States military and i know we can build the wall we cannot sit and wait for the al wall is built before reduce something about immigration. Sonat add day made is totally false. On september 19 healthcare. Gov confirmed the finding the benefits financially from a program to the foreign nationals. In with those Financial Disclosure form with that 16 percent sheriff with a company that offers residency. In exchange but according to attract grassley it is wrought with fraud and mismanagement with security problems. So why wait on congress . Obviously they did not do their duty so we have to look at what has to be done. Not to be used as originally intended. And has received revenues to the wealthy chinese investors. But they denied do their duty from the department of Homeland Security which violated the law. Deferment and deferred action on childhood arrivals is very simple dreamer education, there is no such thing as a dreamer because it was never passed by congress for a guide when it didnt obama himself through homeless security decided to implement the program to violate the law and that is why were here today. I submit further with their strange has the same obligation to rectify his own company. If we wait on congress to do everything we will lose. Daca is wrong dreamer is wrong. We need to look at the reforms embracing American Immigration and. The need to look at vetting the people coming into our country. That is what Jeff Sessions says. In that a lot of people daca are not qualified. And where they stand. And i support firmly and the sooner the better. For somebody who is complaining because we care about the issues the campaign was on. The second was making the economy great again. So people need jobs and employment and provide for their families with the most generous state in the union in terms of what the gift that we cannot do that with their working two jobs. You may get tired of hearing this or is supporting me in this race but think it is a good thing because he is a personal relationship with the junior senator from alabama. That is why he is coming here friday night. But he knows my record on the economy. I dont know of any jobs that was created to the personal foundation of and i have worked to create jobs in this state. And 12 years ago and the car manufacturer wanted to come and the company hired me to represent them to see if i could make it home in alabama and a travel to korea and learned about the business and represented to the process and there was 2500 people and the suppliers would ripple through thousands and thousands of jobs throughout the state for areas for people that need jobs that are at home desperate to work but the president knows that there is a fantastic facility called the institute it Research Park outside of the console and then they decided to make it worldclass. So they hired me to represent them to see if they could make the dream becomes a real. And that has a top scientist in the world and their curing diseases right now and they are brilliant scientists. Thatd is putting people to work that is a huge benefit but the thing ill say briefly but it ties together with the privilege i have had but i appreciate the fact of the service to this country with the greatest people in the military the sergeants their private is and to build those weapons to make them safe from that command with a greater force college through those combat ships and he said i need another ship for the navy. And working together we got that ship this week with the National Defense authorization act. Thousands of people over the next decade it will help to keep the nation safe the strong bids military and is all part of the economy that is why the president is so enthusiastic it all comes back so will we make America Great again . Who he knows of getting things done. Again im sorry it another president person i havent been to washington i havent been able to talk to a him sort of know where he is thinking so that is where the lobbyist does to say i am a career politician. I have been a judge for 14. 5 years and was a prosecutor before that as a judge i have a hard job and it is very difficult now it was over 20 years ago but eventually as a circuit judge first elected as 61 percent ever. I served as a judge eight years and did all the jobs. I have served two terms at two separate times my entire political career my opponent on either hand is a professional lobbyist over 23 years. 1980 through 2003 was 6. 6 Million Dollars over a nine year period with that lobbying disclosure period. So they didnt have the money to pay me. At was the key is a professional lobbyists because there was a condo with over half a Million Dollars but they dont want to walk six or seven blocks from the capital so as 23 years as a lobbyist in washington d. C. What do lobbyists to . They represent special interests and isnt it strange on behalf of the Russell CorporationChurch Congress to pass the Central AmericaFree Trade Association costing the United States over 4,240 jobs. Mexico, honduras, the sewing plants were closed President Trump had a right to say you do not get rid of a lobbyist by sitting in the United States senate. This is pure hypocrisy in this race. Recently this debate was supposed to be held at the eye and we discover that the president coincidentally happened to be the Senate Leadership fund that were making the bad ads about me. Ben lee found out the board did not know anything about it. So politely behindthescenes told them we were not coming to get out by saving face because something was rigged. And they came back to say it does not give a reason. And then at the end the campaign for another debate. What is you water the more afraid of . If they listen to their concerns from elected office . Those eight of 12 forearms forums that is eight and out of 12 that is why we canceled the debate and i will tell you that is why this was set up so you can understand the qualifications of the office this is the only forum that the would agree to because lincoln and douglas talks about the issues over what he has accomplished about the difference between the candidates for somebody new complaints about personal tax that is all i have heard so far tonight so one issue that distinguishes me is my record in this area. That is why the present endorses me. And with our traditional values. He knows i was the last line of defense literally to protect the constitution and rule of law. For six years when congress did nothing. With harry reid and those people i was in the fight and winning case is. But with the Environmental Protection agency with this is a nation we should be governed to be ruled by the Obama Administration. We were in the fight. The epa decided it becomes a navigable water if water backs up after rain that is a power grab it from the Obama Administration and is out of control and illegal and we sue them and one. They stop that. We stop that egregious grabbed from the government. And that was cooked up to put called out of business. Local miners are in tears because somebody tries to put the amount of business due to a political agenda. They would be the ones that suffered need to know about Economic Development so some very conservative as attorneys general were not afraid of a fight and we stopped that. We won. We were the only ones to stop obama and who were willing to do it or could do it. With that precious religious liberty. When nothing is more important to me. Has my young lord and savior my life and my family life and my professional life. Religious liberty was threatened. I was then the court room when it was unjustly held constitutional. But a group that believes the have a right to choose about their personal lives without religious Broadcasting Institute so they would make them pay contraceptives, they said we will not do that. We have to fire a readier credit providing insurance we will not violate their religious principles and we went to court on their behalf. You remember bobby lott the case and really in the middle of that. To make sure hour religious liberties were protected. Now we have a president that will. He is confirming am proposing judges that believe in the constitution and was proud to sit in the chair of the senate when justice abortions each name was brought up and we confirmed him. And to the government to get the nod of the way. But to get the government out of though way be have to support the president and get more conservative judges i am glad he believes in the man to do that. [applause] my opponent said his major accomplishments was being removed from office tries he didnt mention a was removed once and suspended but standing up for religious liberty. [applause] what did he do . Acknowledged United StatesSupreme Court decision was binding is that all state agencies will comply with the same sex marriage provision. He caved when that verdict came down. When they upheld their injunctions the only state in the union that has upheld the injunction before and after, and first character is an issue in every case. Was talked about cleaning up corruption. Because we are both prosecutors. And one principle be both here do it is highly improper to except give us from someone if you are charged with murder i want to read something to send a letter to the legislative body to delay the work of the House Judiciary Committee and tell i am able to report that has been completed. By november 3rd the house responded with a news release saying they are suspending debt hearings that is conducting a separate investigation of the government. But then with their strange came out and said hed never said the government was under investigation. He was appointed last week to say that they did not discuss the investigation. He opened the investigation but if so did you not recused from the investigation as you are required to do . He changed his story two times. Did you have been an investigation or not . We have to get to the truth of the 16 boat rule from the very beginning. Only recently did the restart reverse course through the house and senate to say he supported the 60 vote rule he opposed that. So why did the other strange weeks ago suddenly decide he would reverse course . I will tell you why because he will do anything to keep his job that is called lack of character. [applause] i didnt hear anything about the Solutions Just personal attacks. [applause] and frankly you could sit here in the debate and not hear anything he has accomplished or anything he will do to help the president. But that might come up lois talk about accomplishments. So doing to the benefit of our state and it is so appealing to the president. These she wants to save money and i can into words how many attacks will look how much he is attacked every day. Because if anybody with what you have to endure these days. But i will tell you about a case im incredibly proud of of the biggest environmental disaster in our States History. Bin Nuclear Horizon blue up and killed 11 people per car worked in the industry i grew up in a very modest family and worked all the way through school. I am lucky i am 6foot 9 inches tall ticket a basketball scholarship and i worked overseas. So i know the oil and gas industry of close. With millions and millions of barrels of oil. And believe me that is the record. But then to hire an outside law firm the first day in office to say thank you very much i appreciate your help we will represent the state of alabama. And that is what we did and i went to new orleans. They took the Greyhound Bus with every Major Corporation on down from bp with the biggest lawyers and we worked tirelessly to ensure justice for the gulf of mexico and we got that he picked me to be the coordinating Council Alabama had a seat at the table we recovered over 2. 5 billion for our state 1 billion went to the general fund is in desperate shape. Under the contract fell 140 million would go to the law firm. That is the biggest supporter. That shores up medicaid. So with those public corruption units those republicans have done something that has never been done. I talked to do jaffa sessions we were making a lot of people mad at the statehouse. A republican that was the politically expedient thing to do. And still mad about that. That is why President Trump looks at me to say who has done this . He has his own budget zeroed out because we took on the rich and powerful. A negative be prouder of our team with those dozens of convictions i am proud of that Record Record using the rule of law. Never he mentioned the movie was investigating i have not attacked him one time in an ad on television or radio he knows it. Every day and every hour and every minute and carries on if you dont believe me. And two, from my team modest and dont ask me to the bathroom and i was in school. So talk about the issue of national indebtedness. This is a hard subject to talk about if you have a Million Dollars and then you have another million but so mad gin each month simply by raising your credit limit. But one day even if you spend onefifth that is where were going 2047 and that burden of prop up across the of prosperity that is what were doing in 1962 onethird of 1 trillion. And much more than being in the senate voted on as a temper seventh and with the dangers but after the hurricanes there was no need to do that. And then to say that of 57. 5 billion that we have laid aside. And we can pay for it voted against the America First amendment. We need to stop unconstitutional spending. One is that before congress now that affects the west point graduate. And then to go over to israel and was stabbed to death. And President Trump puts forced a bill that is the expense report to palestinian authorities that stop payment to terrorist and families. And our government pays their family i would do away with it. And we dont care who authorizes that. You dont give money like that to a terrorist. You for 144 million you need to get away. Nevada is what you need to do. And that should be passed by congress with welfare to foreign countries. This is the final unit and may move to closing remarks. Spee mcfadyen say pressing issue and is not as dangerous as it has been today it is incredibly dangerous. The president and i agree on many of the things of National Security with the leadership of maya area talking about alabamas role one thing that is happening there. And recently chief of operations and having a relationship and then the commander in chief not just the president. And then that says something to the people of our state how he feels to help them get the agenda passed. And they could have stayed out of the race are picked anybody else be sent to their strange is on the ground and i have been honored to me it a couple and i could just tell you that this is critically important right now maybe thats off hottest place in the world so proud of his leadership to change the dynamics to have a chance to visit with secretary of state and then to be incredibly impressive or the diplomatic efforts. What i told the president that were not taking any options off the table. If he is threatening and i look forward to doing that i appreciate the president s confidence that the Vice President will be here on monday looking at the defense capabilities us not forget about the need and i am honored he looks to me said to have the president s support and encouragement is important and significant because we need an advocate that the president trust and will call on to say what do you know . I am very happy that President Trump is the commanderinchief. And that is cry went to west point. And to say no more transgendered troops. And appreciate his support. And that comeback on that i have been down to mobile i have talked to people about that for curve is a very could program and with missile and rocket and space technology. En then to give things to give the military more secure. As a reservist working every weekend i am proud of that. I believe in a Strong Military that is loved by our people and respected by allies. Not just inclusiveness but we have to go back and look at what we need in this state. And United States congress has to do that. Food you want to declare war that has been there or done that . It is important i know what it is like to go to war. And to look at those qualifications the citizens wooden doors me tonight they know what President Trump stands for but he is being cut off in his office and redirected by people like him who did not support his agenda so we need to go back and look it these things. This is the most unbelievable race i never ben and. But to stay in here to tell the truth of how he made his living when he tells me over television the past three months to be solid and unapologetic and hes proud of that and proud of attacking my wife. There is a guide. In the campaign. This will be your concluding remarks. I dont think that god is just on your side or my side. But the president is on my side. [applause] so what you just said of the of loyalty and friendship that was being manipulated by Mitch Mcconnell. I met him 67 months ago and to suggest the president of the United States a man who is changing the world is being manipulated . That is insulting. He is not being manipulated by anyone. There is a reason for that and if anybody understands that without being influenced then you just misread him. We actually were head to head in a case to have a passion for the Law Enforcement he may not remember it was terrible but really the reflex on judgment because as my time winds down because this is some port and. Well people respect to the of president favorable leave whenever anybody tells him. And then to make those decisions freely. And we will have a historic time and with 20,000 people already. And why he needs me in washington. And then to adapt of record envisages that type of decision. They know what is at stake is a big deal. To call up the president to tell the truth to say we need your help lets get it done it is all about getting things done that is why he was elected president i am glad to be his friend nobody influences me or we wouldnt clean mcgarry or trade the swap. But would not sue barack obama and let them hundreds of times a month negative in court and won. And then if that is a negative. So that there is no wining and politics. And that is why they the president picked me in the race and he is coming down here to be with me. This is whether to say we want the country that we want. That they are dying all over the world. Around the clock to protect as will we protect and preserve to make this country great again . Will we support the president or not . So voting for me on tuesday get ready for a fight and entertaining and patriotic weekend here in alabama. I appreciate your vote september 26 for pope thank you very much. [applause] with your concluding remarks for tonights debate i did not mean to be misunderstood i dont mean what is in a for me but whatever happens that will be his will that is what i meant i dont pray to win. So god will see me through this woefully and i will finish that and be over on september 26 end everything it was not be much less to talk about the issues. Some of those national leaders. This is not be a guest of president or Vice President and what mcconnell has done they want to be a lobbyist. And as they hated symbol of the establishment and with those conservatives threatened to make his life miserable. And as the ad campaign with keating and repeating and repeating and repeating them then to switch i have never been in a race like this to attack both opponents mercifully. Both opponents. At or a near panic mode of the upcoming race. So there is little fear among republicans that the majority leader is among those figures with the Supreme Court chief justice. Appointed after sessions becomes attorney general and then says cnn and not necessarily my best friends in the world but they make it clear a conservative rubble of the g. O. P. Conference already difficult to manage. Now with six weeks to go bettas three get 30 million the people of alabama should be very concerned with 30 million comes from washington d. C. To make you choose for the United States and a. So go read the of logs or the internet or facebook pages. And look forward to the results that if we should turn back. And though set the federal judges with you in the United States senate after this election god bless. [applause] keynote address and date he speaks at the end of the twohour program. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] ladies and gentlemen. Were here from the 16th anniversary steering committee. E. [applause]