Beislavery president s to elected to the white house are you he was deeply feared by the. Outh his vision of a unified country, in which the federal government and the states where partners and a relationship that enable the federal government to play a leading role in binding the country together through , throughcture projects supporting manufacturer, and so on. By thedeeply affected Southern States who believed he wanted to much power. The life ofan on our president john quincy adams. Tomorrow politico looks ahead to the 2014 and 2016 elections. Political consultants and reporters will discuss the current climate. That will be live at noon eastern on our companion network, cspan 2. Several house and Senate Campaigns continue to take place across the country in pursuit of the midterm elections. A Georgia Senate republican primary debate was was suddenly was recently held. Competing in a Runoff Election this tuesday that will determine who runs against the democrats Michelle Munn in november. This comes to you from georgia public broadcasting and the Atlantic Press club. Good evening. I am dennis o hare, reporter and local host of all things to all things considered. We want to welcome our viewers and live studio audience to the Atlanta Press club loudermilk , originatingseries from the Atlanta Studios of public broadcasting. This is a debate between the republican candidates for United States senate. Jack kingston, who has been the u. S. Representative for george Congressional District since 1983, and david heard you david perdue. Our panelists include bobbie of the nightly program on the story. Ben roberts is an anchor and executive producer for w alb news 10 in albany, georgia. Theeric is a writer for atlanta journalconstitution. Tonights debate will consist of three rounds. If you would like more information on the rules of the debate, visit our website, atlantapressclub. Org. Each candidate will be asked one question by our panelists and they will have 60 seconds to answer. Lets get started. The battista, you have the first question for Jack Kingston. Congressman, good evening. President obama has asked for 4 billion to care for the influx of tens of thousands of children coming across the u. S. Border. Local nonprofits reports hundreds of those children are already here or are coming to georgia. Support the president s for eight in principle . For aid in principle . His requestupport for 3. 7 billion dollars. We have to have a policy change and the policy needs to be changed in the direction that we have with canada and mexico right now. That is when unaccompanied alien children come to our borders from mexico or canada they are returned home. Ed is not the case with these other countries. We need to have this same policy. We should also send the National Guard down to the border to secure the border, both from a but from thedpoint standpoint of helping the children and making sure they are safe, making sure they have the vaccines and so forth. That is apolicy selfimposed disaster by president obama. It is pure chaos. We need to have common sense on the border. That is why i have thought amnesty and for why i have thought why i have fought amnesty and for border security. One of your Top Priorities is to get the Ballooning National Debt under control, which you say can be done by balancing the economy,d growing our which is easy to say but very difficult to do. Is it realistic to think that can be done without a tax increase and are there parts of the budget that would be offlimits, in your view, to cuts . Thank you. I think this is the seminal question of this race. The debt we have right now is the greatest threat to our national security. We have to get serious about solving that crisis. It took us a long time to get here, it will take us a while to solve it. There are two presets we have to do. We have to cut this insane spending. We have 480 1 billion of redundant agencies right now. 480 1 billion of redundant agencies right now. Billion of redundant agencies right now. There are three simple things we can do. We have to have tax reform. It will level the Playing Field for our manufacturers with factories around the world. We have to get these regulators pulled back and we finally have to have an Energy Policy after all these years. Thank you. That concludes our first round. In the second round each candidate will ask one question of his opponent. Each candidate will have 30 seconds to ask his question and then the person asked will have 60 seconds to respond. A questioner will have 30 seconds for a rebuttal. By random selection david perdue has the first question. Are forced to return 80,000 of illegal contributions by aled to your campaign palestinian felon of the United States government that the government is trying to deport. Why would he go to such extreme measures to move so much money to your campaign . To help with his deportation problem or did he want appropriations for his two companies . You know, the investigation about this gentleman is about him, not about us. When it became apparent that we had there were some questions about this we ordered a very thorough internal review to make sure that we can find we can find with all fec laws. When there were questions about it we voluntarily returned all the money. Tothink it is very important which is why you know about the situation. Who are your donors . He know you have put in about 3 million of your own money but who is financing your super pac . There is a super hat a super pac on your behalf and a super pac on my behalf. They disclose who the donors are. We have no idea who is supporting your super pac and trying to influence this election. Thank you. Was that going to be your question for mr. Purdue . We will get to that. That is not my question. You have 30 seconds to rebut. Selects im confused, because the story keeps changing. Admittedattorney has that you did know about this contribution and you did know this individual and you did take the money and you did cover it up. That you need to come clean about this finally. It is pretty obvious. If you have money and you want to buy a favor or influence, Jack Kingston is open for business. Your question for mr. Purdue. Let me first of all say i would have expected more from you but i know you have these outoftown super pac guys. We need to get to your question. Georgia in 2010 and your cousin, the governor, gave you a sweet part inside appointment to one of the most prestigious boards on the state of georgia Port Authority, in which you two were doing business. Madeur capacity youve many decisions that influenced millions of dollars in spending on their. Ad then you did not sign disclosure. Are we to believe that you did that and your Trucking Company did not benefit from your position . Just like all the other obligations all the other allegations that have been proven false by outside factors, there is absolutely nothing to this. Now that you bring it up, i would like to remind people that you have been trying for 17 port 45 deepen this feet. China has built an entire port in the last three years. Here you are wanting a promotion. That is what is wrong with career politicians. You have 30 seconds to rebut. I am going to read you this disclaimer that you never signed as a member of the port board. I confirm that i take no official action is a public officer in the previous calendar year which had a material set on my private financial or business interests. You had a company in and around the port and you did not sign this disclosure, saying you had no conflict of interest. Lets talk about deepening the port. If you never were out there lobbying and pushing, which is what the Port Authority was supposed to be doing. The reason why was you were making money off of your appointment rather than trying to get the port deepen. This is the debate between the republican candidates for United States senate and will now go to our third and final round. In this round each of our panelists will ask a question to the candidate of his or her choice. I will determine whether a rebuttal is appropriate. You get the first question. You talked earlier about your efforts to the importance of trying to get the economy to grow. First i was wondering where he do you stand on an Internet Sales tax . Could you clarify not you wouldr or like to see taxes raised. Thank you for pointing that out. That has argument cleared up by several outside agencies. All these people refuted the fact that i ever said here is what i said. I want to put a fat tax and because it will level the Playing Field for the rest of the world with our manufacturers and business interests. This is one of the problems you have in washington, when you have only 10 people in the United States senate with any business experience. The unintended consequences have decimated entire industries. What we have to do is get back to the basics of letting our manufacturers compete with other competitors around the world. It is your turn to ask a question. Neither of you when you had a chance to ask your opponent a an issuebrought up that i think is important to georgia voters. You did not talk about jobs or theonal security or any of foreignpolicy crises going on in the world right now. You basically try to attack each other with what may or may not be a manufactured scandal. His and that the kind of cynical campaigning that georgia voters are sick of . I assume the question is to both of them. Sir. S, mr. Kingston, you will get the first try of this one. I have talked about the need for contract with america. A six point plan which i have talked about everywhere in georgia from florida to the tennessee line. A strongabout having national defense. Fiscal responsibility. Pushing back on the regulatory overload such as repealing obamacare, dodd frank, and some of the epa mandates. About energy independence, building the keystone byline keystone pipeline. I am very proud of the fair tax author jon lender has endorsed my candidacy, along with rob woodall. We are fighting to get tax simplification done because we know it will stimulate the economy and be good for georgia jobs. I have also been a great champion of the military in the state of georgia. Ira present to of our eight military installations. The Economic Impact is 20 million. Thehe point is to create point is to fight and win wars and i have been a solid advocate for georgias military. You also have 60 seconds. First of all the sixpoint plan in 2014, every tenant in that plan is the same as it was in 2000 six. Not one of those tenants got accomplished. Tummy tuck t about economic growth. It requires several things. You have to have an educated workforce. We have colleges underutilized. We have to get them going. We have to get an Energy Policy. Anwaited for years to get allinclusive Energy Policy. We have a boom to drive this economy forward. Congress is not focused on the priorities right now. If you look at the regulatory arm, the president couldnt get cap and trade pass so he told congress to kill coal and a decimated an entire industry. Country inhe only the world that has a repatriation tax that keeps 2 trillion or more outside this country. We get serious about economic value to our he, to our countrys economy. He mentioned you at the very beginning of his question. Here is what will happen. I will give you 30 seconds to rebut. If youwant to take it wont take it i will give him 30 seconds as well. , john lender,this rob woodall and i, have been fighting for the fair tax. Where have you been . And now you want more government . Is mandated . Blem you called for basically an endorsement of obama care and now you want the nanny state in washington to decide about our Energy Policy. Dont you trust the private sector a little bit more . 30 seconds. In 2006 i called you and your compatriots out because when you are in charge from 2006, where was our landmark healthcare bill . Bill . Was our tax reform where was our Energy Policy . Because thats fix Congress Left open the door for obamacare, dodd frank, and other things decimating this economy. Worriedmore people about the next generation than the next election. It is time for a question from bobbie battista. This question as to the congressman and reflects what is going on here. Inopinion piece was written the wall street journal recently, saying that he believes the u. S. Government is all but broken and holds little promise of mending itself. People and businesses will turn to cities for leadership and services and Bold Thinking and even help. To you think the mayor has a point and what do you think you can do to turn around a congress that has an Approval Rating of 9 . Are we in crisis . , as a member of congress i never forgotten who sent me and what i was sent to do. I have come home every weekend. I stay close to the people and i show up for appointments and town meetings. The i have stayed in touch with the people of georgia, have a 96 rating with the american conservative union. I negotiate with the Harry Reid Senate to do it. Project, onport which my opponent has not been involved, even though he was on the board, that was our project. We started pushing that. Just a savanna georgia project. It took a long time to get it done. Where was my opponent . You 30 seconds. I was creating thousands of jobs in the real world. Thank you. Sturgis witheric the next question. I would like to start with congress and kingston. The Highway Trust Fund is set to expire and there has been little action to this point in congress. Support any, plans to to keep this fund going, particularly since georgia has so many infrastructure roads and bridges needs . A permanent fix to the Highway Trust Fund. Two of the things we need to do is push back on the superfluous environmental laws that cause a 30 increase. Back on theush Regulatory Burden from washington. Just said he is creating jobs. Perhaps hes referring to the 7500 plus people who were filed who were fired under his the 1700p, or maybe whose jobs were out placed. Needat the job creation we in washington dc . That kind of wheeling and dealing . Roads and infrastructures will build jobs. 60 seconds for you. I will take the first 10 and rebut that. You know that company was already in bankruptcy when i got there. This is the problem when you have an out of touch congress. Had 2010. They funded and kicked the ball forward. Because of that were becoming less and less competitive around the world. It is time to change that. I have come home every single weekend. Your whole lifestyle is based in a different way. You have done well for yourself but you live in a gated community and have a gated house. How are you going to work with john q public when they come up to you and have questions . I think part of it is being a public servant. Mr. Purdue. The i am proud you are accessible. Look at the results it has given us. My mom and dad were school teachers. Farm. Up working on a i have been very blessed in my career and i am not going to apologize for that success. I am getting in here to make a difference. Thank you. We have time for one more question and we will go to ben roberts created because of the time constraints we will just ask that one question of both candidates. It seems compromise and cooperation have turned into dirty words into washington. I really think that is what most voters expect from our representatives