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That is the northwestern counties, by and large, toluding a region from ames mason city, westward to denison and sioux city. 39 of iowas 99 counties. Steve king is the incumbent here. First elected in 2002, seeking a seventh term. Although the boundaries change with the redistricting every 10 years, republicans have represented some counties in what is now the Fourth District since the mid1960s. Democrat jim mowrer is campaigning to change that. He is an Iowa National guard iraq veteran. He served as a civilian in appointments at the pentagon. Lcome to iowa press i feel like i am masquerading here in another body, but this is me, but now my voice. Well get through it together. You are both familiar with the traditional iowa press format, but we are in a different setting with a wonderful audience. In addition to the television viewers, those in the audience have agreed not to cheer during the onehour debate. We are following the regular format with which you are familiar, and that is no preset debate rules, just an exchange of ideas and issues. I will be moderating, and questions will be coming from multiple journalists. Dean borg, kay henderson, and give the open of the ditch bradovich. Obrien o what you point to as your signature accomplishment . Comethink that michael was down to the bad ideas that have been killed or stalled. Myant to recognize that fight against obamacare i do not think that anybody fought as strongly as i have. But in the middle of the gridlock, we passed a good farm bill that will be here for the next five years or longer. Ofll see the Foundation Agriculture and iowa be stronger because of the Risk Management program in this new farm bill, too. We have seen an increase in value in a 2 billion in farm land value. That does not include a property, great in the been, bin. Ct grain in the ofave enjoyed the support all the major agricultural groups in this campaign and others. This district is a republican Voter Registration edge. If you were elected, you would be a part of a minority. What is your argument for how you would be an effective representative . The one thing i hear the most when i travel be 39 counties is that they understand that congress is broken. T is not getting the job done we have representatives a have a record of not working with anyone across the aisle. We need to send more representatives with a record of pragmatic results to get Congress Moving again. My opponent has no record. Saving mya record of money and saving taxpayers billions of dollars at the pentagon. You have a look on your face as though you do not believe that. Ive heard many things Biggest Campaign that i do not believe, that is one of them. The statement that my opponent established the office, i voted for that. The house and senate and was signed into law october 22 of 2008. Januaryleman arrived in , or even february of early 2010. The office of business transformation was done by congress at the hand of john mccue, now the secretary of the army. I served with him. I served under secretary mccue, and the under secretary of the army, and the chief of the army. When i entered the pentagon, i was tasked to oversee setting up the office of business transformation, and work closely with secretary mccue. A former Republican Congress and from new york. Congressman from new york. Ive heard it said that you have never accomplish anything by working across the aisle. The you dispute that or is that true . Do you dispute that or is that true . You are an outlier, your summary that says things outside of the traditional publican line. Republican line. An outlier is someone that such a trend. Someone that may not sets a trend. If you talk about working across the aisle, that is how we got the farm bill done. That is why were able to get a bipartisan vote. We had a good farm bill with rid i was support engaged in all of that, three and a half years just to get to that point. Gentlemen, here in storm lake , this is the most racially diverse county in the state of iowa. Register reported recently that 80 of the kids in school are nonwhite and 18 my grudges are spoken in the school district. 18 languages are spoken in the school district. Congressman king it, you fought to make english the language of iowa. Do you think that the diversity here is something to be embraced or something to be resisted . And how will you support that in congress . Look back that if you on my record, we succeeded in establishing english as the official language of the state of iowa. And i am a lead sponsor of english legislation in congress. When the moment comes for us to build a past that, i hope to move better, because a common language is the most powerful Unifying Force known to humanity throughout all of history. It is a common language, a language of success and achievement. It is congratulated a young man was an the restroom american citizen who arrived here from somalia. I have been a great cheerleader gal immigration, and isolate citizens who respect our laws. It is interesting to hear him speak that way because we are used to hearing him use hateful and divisive language when talking about immigration. He is not leading, he does not have plans to fix the broken system. Every time i hear him use the hateful and divisive language to talk about immigration, i think of a friend of mine that i who wasith in iraq not american citizen and received his citizenship in iraq. He claims to be a leader in congress, but i think if he would turn around how do you define hateful language . I think that most people heard congressman kings language in the press. That does not move the conversation forward. We have a broken immigration system in this country, and i support the competence of Immigration Law that passed the senate. He would put additional boots on the border. It is supported by the farm bureau and the chamber of commerce. It would cut 1 trillion from the deficit. Congress when king does not have plans, he has empty rhetoric. Congressman king it does not have plans, he has empty rhetoric. It is not a system that is broken, it is the administration that refuses to enforce existing law. But i have brought a number of pieces of legislation forward to improve the system that we have. You have to have the will to enforce the law before you will have an effective immigration system. I am for building a fence and a wall in a fence along the border. Just until they stop going around the end. I am the author of the most important piece of legislation that we could pass, i generated the idea and wrote the bill did it is called the new idea act, ch illuminates the federal eliminates the federal deduction for benefits paid to illegals. That helps us to secure the borders. These are ideas that all republican candidates have endorsed in the last president ial election. Even governor perry of texas has said that building a wall is not the right approach, and the people to advocate for her to understand the challenges that we face that advocate for it do not understand the challenges we face. That is a 20th century solution to a 21stcentury problem. Before we go on, there are challenges that come from the diversity that we havent communities like storm lake. Have in communities like storm lake. You are endorsing a freer flow of immigrants into the United States. How would you help committees like storm lake to address the issues like challenges in schools and social services . We are a country of immigrants, that is why we need conference of reform to fix the broken system. Helping people integrate is a big piece of that. The difference is, i have read the bill. The bill comes money down to the border, but it does not secure it. But it lowers the Legal Standard to 90. It is perpetual and instantaneous and retroactive amnesty, and destroys the rule of law. We cannot have a country if we do not have a border. No one is promoting amnesty. Obviously he is mischaracterizing the bill or has not read it. Advocated for a bush as an official language has never looked up the definition of amnesty. Amnesty is to reward lawbreakers with the objective of their crime. I have read the bills and the gentleman has not. How do you define amnesty . This is the immigration bill that passed the senate with a bipartisan majority. It provides for a decade was corrective process that includes paying a fine and meeting a host of requirements. That is not amnesty. Amnesty would be free and clear. Congressman king, last word. If youre going to lower or eliminate the penalties, that is amnesty. You do not change the rules after the game. Congressman king, you worked on the farm bill. You get a bigger republican majority in the house at a republican majority in the and that a republican majority in the senate, when you write the next farm bill, should iowa farmers plan for no federal support . Not at all. I have been a strong advocate for a stable farm bill, and that means remember, 80 goes to the foodstamp side and nutrition side, were talking about a 20 going to agriculture. That means a Risk Management program. Insurance. L crop that is the stability that we have to have, and we need to have input so that iowa farmers are playing premiums paying premiums that reflect the risk along with the folks in texas and florida that are getting a better return on premium dollars. That is where i would look for adjustments. But we have to have a farm bill because simply this. We cannot afford to have all farmers go broke in the same year. But what you say to republicans in your own party who say that they do not want to pay farmers . You deal with the circumstances then. We are five years down the road. I would say to farmers that are listening tonight that we asked for their advice three and four years ago. It was hard to get their advice then. Hard times will give you more advice. Input ofpe it with the oliver agriculture groups. All of our agriculture groups. Why should a small businessman who was a farmer get subsidy from the government while a small businessman on main street does not . Because agriculture is a priority, we cannot do anything without it. It is a foundational issue. Agriculture is the foundation to our economy and the world economy, and we cannot do anything without it. I do hear his characterization of his work on the farm bill, it sounds like a single handily got it passed. In fact, the Senate Passed a wentity bipartisan bill, to the house, and was delayed because king was restricting the passage. When i finally did pass the house, republican senator refused to vote for it. Driving to storm lake late last night after dark, i did couldor miles out i look for miles out in this largely agricultural area of iowa. The lights of the harvesters were out there during the night, harvesting. And it came to me that this was iowas greenery, if not a large section of the midwest greenery. The emphasis is on grain farming. Recently, i was speaking with some bankers and farm lenders who were bemoaning the fact that the price of corn, right now, orn that was being harvested when i drove is about half of what it was. They were predicting and anticipating that there is a great economic fall ahead for iowas farmers and midwestern farmers. In saying that, this time, it will not be the bankers, it will be farmers by themselves who are overleveraged right now. And the agricultural communities are going to be even further decimated. That is the countryside of the fourth congressional district. If that occurs, and it could be within the next 12 or 18 months, what are you prepared to do if you are reelected to congress . Andgate into assist to assist iowas Rural Communities from taking that hit . That was a great question. I respond,ay, before that my opponent statement was opponents statement was baseless. At first this, i live to the farm prices of the 80s. I know what it is like to pay 22 interest, and i know what it dc locks the the f bank up. I had two pennies to rub together and customer accounts were frozen as well as mine. I remember seeing 27 billion get dumped into the farm program in about 1985, and i river seeing 14 new pickups parked at the restaurant after that remember seeing a 14 new pickups parked at the restaurant after that. We are in a better shape than we were in the 80s, a lot of the land is leveraged. The 2 billion of value that i mentioned earlier, that will bridge us through. There is a draw or disaster, we sit down and figure out how to deal with it. Ought or disaster, we sit down and figure out how to deal with it. There are reasons to be optimistic. That you areying optimistic, and we have any federal government a safety net . In the federal government a safety net . We never know if it will be enough. If congress has to increase that, i will hear from the farmers. What are you prepared to do if that buyer protection comes prediction comes true. I will be a tireless advocate. I will work with democrats and republicans to get the job done. Unfortunately, congressman king has been in congress for 12 years, and, if he had not pursued a selfish the party agenda, would be next in line for the agriculture commission. Instead, congress when conway from texas will be the next chair of the agricultural committee. Days ago, he said he was against the renewable fuel standard and a farmers would have to take a hit. Since i went to congress, there has never been a better 12 years to be a farmer in iowa, or in iowa in iowa. Iowa. Iowan in i am the guy that has long said, no. I said it earlier today. It is amazing what you can do, should you do not care who gets the credit. Be a may be great to farmer, and yet farmers are still complaining about things, including regulations dealing with the environment. Is there annk appropriate level of federal withenation dealing farmers to ensure clean air and clean water . Have been better times to be a farmer than this year, i will make that point. The markets have dropped more than 50 , corn has dropped 60 from the highest. But what do we do with the epa and their overreach . Particular, the waters over the United States and the legislation that they have written if it is a significant nexus, they can regulate. They can regulate everything up to and including the kitchen sink. We cannot have a federal government that will change the rules. Now it requires permission to do normal farming practices rather than prohibition on certain farming practices is therestion is, appropriate level of regulation, or do you want them out altogether . And if so there is an appropriate level. There was a time when we needed the clean air act, the clean water act, and the endangered species act. We do not need them now . We do need them now, but i think the epa has overreached in congress has to step in. That is why i introduced legislation called the sunset act, which will, incrementally, years, brings all the regulations up for an up or. Own vote, so we have a voice and that Congress Take responsibility for the is it a branch decision. The executive branch decision. Are there areas right now where you see federal government the federal government over regulating farmers . And how about the level of cities, conjuring fertilizers on loans and Wastewater Treatment plants . There are things on the epa that we need to cut through red tape, the conservation is important. We need to ensure that our children can continue to farm the same land in the future. Congressman king states that he does not care who gets the credit. The reason that he says of things is that, after 12 years in congress, he has never passed real legislation, but anything to iowa. He is not getting the job done. He will say that he has proposed things, worked with people, he does not care if he gets the credit, that is because he will never get the credit. This gets really tiresome. The very first bill introduced in congress established the credit for small ethanol producers. And that became law. There was also a provision to enhance biodiesel for vision, that became law in 1985. I thought it was going to be easy, it is not that easy. You put your name on a bill, nancy pelosi season, she does not want to see that go further. So instead i brought amendments to the floor of congress, and other people, and there are only two that have brought more. In the mostam third amendments offered, and number one in the most that have been passed. That will tie you something, when you put judgment on the neoor and require someo to vote on if they agree with me, i have the highest percentage of agreement. Trueat is something not simply not true. Claiming the amendments and proposing legislation are the same is untrue. Will let you answer something that your opponent is saying. Are most campaigns, you using Television Advertising to tell voters some things that you believe that they should know about your opponent. We have a couple of examples. Mr. King, a commercial that you are airing. In iowa, we tell it like it is. I have been telling washington over and over about threats building outside of our country because of ignored border security. And financial threats from within due to obamacare and the stifling debt. On the other hand, my opponent is for amnesty, for obamacare, and for nancy pelosi. And that is telling it like it is. Mowrer, that is talking about you. It is blatantly false, but im glad he used the pictures of me. The claims are simply false, and he does not say anything. Because of a i support nancy pelosi, which i do not read he says i support the affordable care, when i say i have a lot of problems with it. He says i support amnesty, weve talked about that. The ad is trying to scare invoke fear in people. He says theres a thread on the border from ebola and isis, which is simply not true there is no evidence. , he wantsg fear voters to be scared so they will vote for him. We know that halloween is around the corner. Are you trying to scare people . Ive heard my opponents are that if he was elected to congress, he would vote against nancy pelosi. Ive heard him say that he does not support obama care. I think that he has said that i do not understand what amnesty is. I leave that to the voters, i do amnesty, that is out there and clear. The commercial that your campaign is erring is about progress when steve king. Congressman stephen king. Elections are about races, and jim mowrer served in iraq. But in washington, steve king put his party first and shut washington down. He voted to raise his own pay about 20,000 a year and take perks like Free Health Care for life. Those are their choices. What will your speed . What will yours be . He took credit for that, you just heard, i approve this message. You asked them to remove that from the airwaves, saying he would not even sit beside him at this debate if he were not take it off the air. I asked people to go see the lies. Com. Mowrer first of all, no congressman that i know if its Free Health Care for life. I know of debts Free Health Care for life. No congressman got to vote on a raise, i have one opportunity to freeze my pay and i did that. My pay has been frozen since 2009. There are only costofliving adjustments. Were times when we had the opportunity to go to freeze it, i did that when there was a clear standalone vote. With foras cluttered the 10 billion of spending, i voted against that. 410 billion of spending, i voted against that. Since has been frozen 2009. Many of those statements are completely, blatantly fabricated from thin air, false. Mowrer, when he asked her to take down the ad, why didnt you . I left, first. As those are real votes that he made. He can say that he voted against them for whatever reason, and you can go to my website to see those votes cited. He paid to have his voted to have his pay raise by 20,000, and during that time, thousands for minimumorking wage made 15,000 a year. He does not dispute the fact that he opposed middle wage while voting for perks. In 2009, he voted for a bill to raise his pay that only 24 members of congress voted for. 398 toas 3982 24 24. Republicans of voted no, and it was not able to raise the pay, it was an amendment that went into the. Ule the night before there was no opportunity to offer amendment, they are 10rtainly rule, it was 4 in one of your ads you say that i ruffle feathers. What is the value for iowans . If you could go to washington and go along to get along, that is the problem. Some of us have stood on principle. I think that is a clear record. Counties, i have been to all 382 towns. They say, keep doing what you are doing. These values are the heart of the heartland. We need the voices of everyone out here coming together. They know that if we can hold it together in iowa, we can hold our country together. If we fail in iowa, our country falls apart. In regards to the ebola outbreak, there have been democrats who have embraced the idea of considering a travel ban. Is that something you would be for . Think that all options should be on the table. From what i am hearing from medical experts, that is not the right approach. We need to confront this out rake in a cone, concise, deliberate way. We need to stop it from spreading. We need to confront it at the source in africa. Again, that is how we need to react. Congressman king has a tv ad telling people that they should panic. That is not real leadership. This is the greatest nation on earth. We have been willing to react, calmly. I joined our military. I have never been afraid. The American People should not be afraid could we have a bright future. Thester king, you said president ordered to send troops into those three west african nottries and it was something you would support you said soldiers should volunteer for that. Why . I laid out a points on how to deal with ebola. That was one of them. I dont believe they should be ordered to face an unseen enemy that we dont under stand, the silent killer of ebola. God bless everyone that goes over there to put an end to ebola. Our Health Care Workers there, doctors and nurses, the exports of the world, from the United States, they have been contracting ebola. Convinced that we know how to do that well enough to send troops over there. 4000,uld say that out of that they will all come back without ebola. We are living in hotels. American soldiers in this room, liberians in other rooms in a hotel. This is an article that says the protection is they dont get to they hands, and sometimes work their feet. That is not enough. You volunteer when you raise your right hand. Soldiers follow orders. This is the job it needs to be done. I think the judgment to do this debate will speak for itself. What you mean by that . Thatdecided not to do elaborate on my response. Me clarify my comment. Soldiers volunteer. He cannot understand that because he is not a veteran. Veterans understand that soldiers follow orders good this is a job that needs to be done. What did you mean . He does notng that understand because he did not serve in the military. Veterans understand that when the job needs to be done, even if you like in danger, you do it. We are willing to sacrifice everything for this country. What is it mean to volunteer when it is a suicide mission. Of soldiers out there willing to volunteer to fight ebola. They should be the ones that have the opportunity to go. When the mothers and families and soldiers ordered into west africa, into an unseen enemy, when we cant even tell the public, when we have a center for Disease Control director who statementa blatant one day and two days later it turns out to be wrong. Two days later, his neck statement is wrong. The president statement is wrong great we cannot the ordering people into a scenario like that and tell we can find of how those doctors contracted ebola. We are not getting honest answers from our commander in chief. He is the top military officer. We understand, enrichment come of the point youre making. I want to go back to the statements you made about man king not having served in the military. Are you making that a relevant point . I am saying that he does not understand what soldiers and veterans have been to. That is ok. That is not part of his record. I understand that when you volunteer for the military, youre willing to sacrifice for this country. I has been years in a war some for my country. Clear, youre not saying that he is not a qualified candidate . Absolute and not. Im saying that congressman king the ideaunderstand that soldiers have to agree with orders to follow them is false. Bless you for doing that, jim. And everybody who put on a uniform to save america. I am not convinced that that is the only qualifier for this job. I have a record of saving taxpayers millions of dollars. I have spent a decade doing intelligence work. Theve gone line by line of ledger to save taxpayers dollars. The only thing he has ever accomplished is shutting down the government. Lets move on now. Id like to go on to health care. Owrer, you just said that you have problems with obamacare. Howe also talk to you about your family feels you have benefited from obamacare. How would your family be affected . I think it has been clear from the beginning that there were things that were not working. When you look at dr. Relicensing, taking doctors away from patients to go to relicensing procedures and other mechanisms, i dont think that is a right approach. I think we need to fix this. We need representatives who care deeply about our health care system. Has voted toing put the Insurance Companies back in charge, to take away Health Insurance for people with preexisting conditions, like my sun, as you have stated. He allows Insurance Companies to charge women more than men. This is where Public Policy intersects peoples lives. My youngest and has assumed preexisting condition with no treatment or cure. If we went back to a time where preexisting conditions could be thrown off their Health Insurance, that would be bad for my family. If you are successful in repealing obamacare. What is your answer for families mar . Jim mowrers question it seems there has lot of been a lot of Research Done on my record. Im surprised it did not get back to my time in the senate. We establish a Care Insurance for children. His children would be qualified. That exist. Premiums forhe those with preexisting conditions with tax dollars. I chaired the committee that manage that fund. The important thing for people to remember is obamacare is a disaster. Gods a usurpation of our given right to manage our own health. It is a federal takeover. It takes away from us the ability to make her own Health Care Decision and commands us to buy policies that are approved and produced by the federal government. If we repeal all of it, we get our freedom back. The next thing we do is we get back to things that were taken from us. Our doctors, premiums have gone up, including me. My health percent of Insurance Premium before the bill, now i pay 47 outofpocket. 4400 a year. Being without it is a lot better. If the next Congress Fails to repeal obama care, what would your fallback position the . What comes next . How long are you willing to fight . Put the repeal on the next president s desk. I look forward to january 20, 2017, when we elect a new president who will sign the repeal of obamacare. I want to be there when that happens. Thats fine. We need to govern for the next two years. He was to wait. We cant wait. He wishes he was a better obstructionist. He wishes there were more obstructionist like him in congress. Lets talk about something that happened to canada o. The pragmatists or so they had an act of terrorism. What should be the response to isis . You were saying that congress should come back and vote. How would you vote . What would you want to see . The amendment in the previous appropriations we did. The president asks for 500 million to train the free syrian army. Im not securely optimistic about that. I would empower the kurds. I would give them all the heavy weapons they can use. I would put our special forces on the ground and bring them closer support. For the president of the united , i believe he has the Legal Authority to intervene against isis in a part of the world. And 2002nder the 2001 status of forces agreement that were passed by congress. Come back tohould congress to refresh the authorization for use of military force so that he has the full support of congress and the people of the United States of america to defeat this enemy of the president says he wants to destroy and to grade. I think you at the word defeat to that. You have concerns about arming the rebels in syria. Why . He shows he has a complete lack of understanding about what is happening on the ground. That is ok. I has been years on the ground in iraq doing intelligence work. The sunni muslim rebels and syria are the same extremist groups that we were fighting in iraq, that i was fighting there in 2006 and 2007. The obama game plan to arm them is exactly the wrong approach. The cia has produced a report that says it is the wrong approach. Talk about arming the kurds. That may be the right approach. Congressman king does not understand the complexity. Turkey is in conflict with the kurds. We have to be on a full diplomatic offensive. Is the first time i heard obama game plan. It is completely ridiculous. The gym and has been iraq. Got bless you for serving there, jim. I have been there too. Ive listen and met with the kurds in the last three and a half weeks. I will be back before thanksgiving. I have been all over that part of the world. I met with leaders. When i received briefings from excuse me, from his cabinet members and im speaking directly to the secretary of state, after get all statements made in classified briefings, we have an Administrative Administration that is hard to fight a war with. I am willing to give the president what he wants. Are you willing to go further in iraq if it is needed . Yes. How do we win a war with the president . That is the biggest question. He wants to invade iraq. Thats not what i said. This cannot be seen as the United States versus isis. We have a Broad International coalition. We have the saudis and other sunni countries leading the offensive. That is the right approach. This is the Counterterrorism Mission that requires a counterterrorism approach. The military forces are at the lowest levels in decades, and because of the sequestration they are expected to go lower if more money is not put into the pentagon. Believe that the American Military can operate and protect the country at those levels . What would you do . Cutswere facing budget when i was at the pentagon. They have taken a significant toll, especially as we come out of iraq and afghanistan. We need to shift towards future complex. With the sequester in place, we dont have the proper resources. The sources, find realign our forces, realign to counterterrorism, given to asia, and a full cyber offensive. Is the military too small right now . Should the automatic us be allowed to go into effect . I voted against the sequester. I thought it was a bad bargain to put our military on the auction block. I dont think we should have done that. I think we should maintain the capability to fight a two front war. I think we need to expand the mobility of our military to do some of these things, be able to operate in multiple places simultaneously. The operation going on with isis in that region, where they have created the caliphate, that is not just a special operation. They have evaded into iraq. Turn them back. The people that are capable of doing that and on the ground now are the kurds. Dohow much additional money you think is needed to bring forces up to where you think be . Y should be question mar i have long been a supporter of our military and the resources to compete keep them as effective as they should be. But that you agree that the cut than the u. S. Military should not be allowed to continue. You did it. We agree. We agree on that, yes. There was a time when there was not electricity and the federal government launched a program to a lecture for the rural parts of the country. Is vital toity that business interest and the farmers who want to keep touch with the markets. The federalle for government to do that with broadband . Have 100 42o individual telephone companies. That was a pretty good measure. That brought a lot of resources to the table. The brought a lot of infrastructure. The biggest risks to broadband here is if the universal service fund is rated by the urban areas in the country. They see the money, they want their money to build their infrastructure in the urban areas. We need to protect the fund for the rule areas and get broadband out to everybody. When you have fewer and fewer rural representatives in the congress . He gets difficult to you have to be aggressive and vigilant. I appreciate the input that comes more local telcos. Had you extend Broadband Service to rule areas . Invest in to infrastructure. That means investing in roads, bridges, schools. Investing in Broadband Internet access. That is the path forward. The greatest generation, when they came home from work, they invested in the future. Congressman king has a conflict with investing in the future of this country. A lot of my campaign is investing in infrastructure. Has congressman king opposes that. I want to get back to the subject of ebola. Since we started this debate, the news has broken that another case of ebola is reported in the United States in new york city. Congressman king, change your mind on how we fight ebola . Maybe the cdc and other agencies have been underfunded. Does this change your mind . I will start off the answer with the fact that a lot of people drop your on a highway that i supported. Were going to sioux city. We have increased funding into the cdc significantly. At least for the past five or six years. Was due tois country the lack of vigilance. There are pieces in place that can protect the spirit we dont need to have flights coming to the United States with passengers on them that originate in the ebola infected countries. That is the first one. Tsa to setneed that up a nofly list or they can put that in our computer system. They can stop people coming from those areas. We need to have a director for the cdc that we can believe. I think it is time for tom friedman to step down. He no longer has the credibility. We need to chase down each thread of ebola so we can stop the disease in this country. It is not a matter of spending money or the cdc as much as it is containment. Was fearheard there mongering. Our medical experts, have toldtion experts us the best approach. We need to react call me, deliberately, and need to invest in our cdc and nih. While congressman king has been in congress, funding has dropped significantly. Let me interrupt. Are you saying that as more cases are reported, we are doing just fine with the system we have and it will contain it . No, we need to invest in it. We would be in a much better position of funding had not been cut. That the strut down the ,ongressman king led scientist were sent home, experiments lost, and funding cut. That is why we need to invest in those areas. I voted twice to keep the government open, september 20 and 20 a. I said i will not fund obamacare. We funded everything except obamacare. I wanted to open the government. To where the president had taken people offer furlough and said it is essential services to give. Eterans out of the memorials i cut the ribbon. I swung the barricades i opened up the government when the president had shut it down. He put the barricades in place. He led the shutdown. He said it was the best day he had in washington. The day the government shutdown. He said he was very disappointed. Question we are running at a time. I will ask you a question about the role of government. Are there any aspects of the society where the free market does not work. . That is a good question. Our military, for sure. I can think of a few. , educationportation for competition, research and that is another one. There are multiple places out there where the private sector does not drive enough capital into something that we actually need. What about the Manhattan Project . Would we have one world war ii without that. This country is full of things the government does that is necessary for the survival and preeminence of the United States. Is there anything that the government is doing now that would be better off being done by the private sector . Is the bestm economy in the world. That is why we are the greatest nation on her. We have to be continuously working hard to look at what a government is doing. To look at the unintended consequences of legislation that has been passed. Is there anything that would be better off privatized . Processes. Permitting there are some areas of the need to be reformed. Some regulations on Small Businesses need to be cut. You support the xl pipeline . Gundersen king, there are people that are concerned about this transmission line that would take linn energy from i would to chicago. Do you think the line should be built . Yes. I have a concern that we respect the property rights. I have spoken with the proponents of it and putting a plan together. We will get the leases that you can. Butcher money down on the table to secure the maximum number of leases. Go down with Eminent Domain and lets it is necessary and there is a consistence that is established by existing leases. Congressman king, samesex marriage is now the law of the land. Possibility of rolling that back now . I believe that is a bit of a loose use of the law of a land. They have voted in favor of same sex marriage. Marryple are allowed to states. Ss of sex and 32 can it be rollback . I dont know. Justices altrae bench in certain states because they made bad decisions. I want to see the voice of the people. I want to see it reflected in the legislation across his land. If it is the peoples decision, i will support it. If it is judge made, not based on constitutional law, and i have ready decisions, by the way, then i dont support that. Do anything to protect religious institutions, people who are concerned about their own morality, from being forced to recognize samesex marriages if they dont wish to do so . We have freedom of religion in this country that needs to be protected. Imposing any kind of requirements on religious institutions, no. What about private businesses question mark everybody deserves equal protection under the law. We have a magic one and only 15 seconds. If you could wave a wand, which tax would you get rid of . All of the federal income taxes out there. I would replace it with a fair text. That would be a consumption tax on personal consumption. It would do them all. It would do them all better. Hr 25. Eliminate we can loopholes for billionaires, corporations, etc. His tax proposal will be the largest tax for the wealthy. What is your priority for the next term . You have 15 seconds. I think the most important thing we can do here and i were his have the leadership that will help bring forward the best possible president of the United States, who will carry with him or her the platform to go to the white house. I will go to congress and get something to done. I will pass a minimum wage increase. I will give 300,000 working iowans a pay raise. If you work 40 hours a week, you should not live in poverty. Thank you for being with us. It takes a lot of talented people in truckloads of equipment to a congress what you have just seen. For our friends who supported and the attire i will public thank you forw, joining us today. [applause] cspans campaign 2014, bringing you more than 100 a day to the control of congress. You can stay in touch with our coverage and policy on twitter, or follows the conversation on facebook. In West Virginias third congressional district, nick rahal is facing evan jenkins we will show you their debate in just a moment. First, here are some of the ads airing in the race. On fixed income, its punishing. Carbon tax, skyhigh electric rates. He cut benefits for seniors home health care. Forcing some into nursing homes. Cashing in for himself. Nick rahall is not for us. The choices evan jenkins. Trusted on to keep our costs down. Jenkins, West Virginia, not obama. I am evan jenkins. I approve this message. And when evan jenkins voted against raising the statement among wage he abandon West Virginians and sided with his new york billionaire financial backers. They oppose raising the minimum wage. They want to privatize medicare. That anyonebelieves willing to work hard should be paid a decent wage. Medicare should never be privatized. Nick rahall put West Virginias first. I am nick rahall. I approve this message. I am evan jenkins and i approve this message. For generations, coal cap alights on. Here and across america. Then, nick rahall pulled the switch. Rahal voted for the largest epa budget in history. Bankrolling the war on coal. For coal miners sick with black lung, nick rahall benefits. He is lying to hide it. It is time to turn the lights on a nick rahall. Hello. We hear a lot about politics today, but none worse about the lies being told against nick rahall. He is a straight shooter. He fights the Obama Administration were on coal. Dont let anyone mislead you. Nick rahall knows West Virginia values. Nick rahall and congress treat im nick rahall. I approve this message because i have never let anyone change our way of life. Ask now the debate for West Virginias third u. S. House district, which includes huntington. Against evanunning jenkins. This was held in huntington. [applause] thank you so much for that. [laughter] as we get her Opening Statements and questions, Police Control that. Thank you. On my right is new rahal, the democratic candidate