I will be the moderator during the next hour as we bring you the last statewide televised debate the between the leading candidates for governor. Colectomy as governor elect me as governor and i will get texas moving again. Greg abbott worked as a law youre in houston after receiving a law degree from vanderbilt university. He was elected as a state district judge and a Texas Supreme Court justice before winning his current seat as attorney general. I am running because i will be a governor who will fight for every single hardworking texan. Wendy davis is the democratic nominee for governor. She is a fort worth attorney with a degree from harvard law school. Davis third on the Fort Worth City Council before voters elected her to her current seat as the texas state senator in 2009. Thank you to both of you for being with us tonight. We appreciate you coming. You will be answering questions from each other and also questions from a panel of journalists. Bryan curtis from nbc 5, the san Antonio Express news and the garcia chronicle, norma from telemundo 39. She will have social media questions. You can join the debate on twitter. We will be sharing some of your comments during the broadcast. Set of questions, candidates will have a minute to respond and an opportunity for rebuttal. Based on a coin dos, attorney general abbott you will get the first question. Good evening. Tonight, the eyes of the nation are on texas and dallas with the news that the first ebola patient diagnosed here in the here. States is if you are governor today, leaves outlined the immediate steps you would take to protect the people of texas. I would do what i did earlier today. I would speak with the commissioner of health and Human Services here in the state of texas. Find out what her game plan is and where we are going. I learned that the texas hospital plans is one of the few locations in the country that is prepared to deal with ebola. The commissioner is working with the cdc to ensure the situation is properly addressed. We need to understand the concerns that people at home have as well as the health of the person who has or may have this disease. We have seen already the innovative way in which the United States is able to come up with drug therapies that can effectively treat and even eliminate this disease. We are proud that we are National Leaders in this effort. As governor, i would ensure that we would explore every possibility. Senator davis, please outline the immediate steps you would take to protect the people of texas. I sympathies go out to the person who has been affected by withdisease and the people this patient. I had an opportunity to speak with our Dallas County judge and with asured me that worldclass Hospital System here, i have them place the protocols to make sure that medical professionals who treat this patient will be safe and that they will be able to contain this disease. He asked that we consider helping our Public Community to remain calm. This is not an airborne disease. We talked about the coordinated effort that should and will occur between the county, the state, and the federal cdc in order to assure that we are taking all precautions necessary not to see further incidences of this disease in our community. As governor, that coordination would be my primary purpose. In helping the public to understand. We will give each of you another 45 seconds for rebuttal. Under what circumstances might acorn teen the necessary quarantines the necessary . The threshold has been met we want to ensure that the ebola disease cannot expand any further. The ambulance and transported the person has already been quarantined. We need to make sure that anyone who has been exposed to this will be quarantines. One of the first and foremost obligations of our state and our nation is to ensure that this disease does not spread any further whatsoever and that we bring to bear the medicines better able to cure those doctors that came back to the United States last month. Ensure that we are able to eliminate this disease. Senator davis, where is the threshold for you . As i discussed with judge jenkins this evening, or will be and has already acorn teen in place for this quarantines and place for this particular patient. Protocols are being followed. Utilizing those resources and that weailable to us know successfully treated other medical professionals who had been in west africa. Will be administered to this patient. As soon as we know that we have someone who is suffering from this disease and immediate quarantines if necessary and called for. Our second question goes to senator davis. Topic that not a gets parents and teachers more angry than standardized tests. Both of you say that you would cut the number of standardized student tests. How should test results be used and to what extent should test scores be used to determine whether a student graduates or advances to the next level . I have been a leader in making sure that we reduce standardized testing in this state. I was a coauthor of a bill last session to reduce from our High School Students 15 end of course exams 25. It is time for us to and of course exams to 5. Tests are important measures to determine where students strengths and weaknesses are and they should be used for that purpose so that teachers can understand where the holes are and what they need to do. I, unlike my opponent, would never advocate the idea that we expand the use of standardized tests to fouryearolds. He has laid out a plan for his prek funding programs that would include the use of standardized tools in children as young as four years old. Mr. Abbott . Clarify toespond and make sure that people understand that contrary to what senator davis said, i know more want fouryearolds to take interest test that i want to county jump over the moon. I want to build a Strong Foundation for our children to getting at prek going all the way through third grade to ensure that every child in texas will be able to read and do math at or above grade level. I have seen this firsthand. My wife has been both a teacher and the principal. We have seen the ways education transform the lives of children. The way we do that is by placing trust where it belongs and that is what our teachers. Is this our rebuttal time . Does it haveeight in the evaluation of teachers . Studentsining whether are increasing their performance levels. The not the highstakes standardized tests we have in place today. It is important to make sure we are measuring performance, but we are not discouraging good teachers from going into helpingms that will be the most challenging of students. Teachers should be rewarded for showing that progress. I disagree with mr. Abbott. His plan on page 21 calls for standardized testing of our fouryearolds. I can tell you in my time on the campaign trail and in all my years in the senate, i have never had a parent tell me they think we need more standardized tests. I will fight to make sure we have fewer standardized tests across the board in texas and the High Pressure that has been associated with them goes away. What i would like to urge everyone to do is to go to greg abbott. Com. You can check out my education plan. Elevate thenuinely texas Education System to be ranked number one in the nation. We do that by starting with the fundamental Building Blocks for reading and writing from the very beginning. Providing tools and technologies to student so they are able to get plugged into the most advanced learning opportunities, and also so they are prepared for the highpaying jobs of the future. With regard to evaluations of teachers, i think it is important that decisions like that should be made at local control. Part of my plan focuses on returning education where it should be, and that is at the local level. I plan would lead us there and will lead us to be ranked number one in the nation. We have been asking the public to email and tweet questions for the candidates. We will go now to norma garcia. We have received hundreds of questions and we will continue to receive them throughout the debate. You can see many of them at the bottom of the screen. Question, it comes from fort worth. What is your position in providing drivers permits for undocumented immigrants . There is an effort to reintroduce a bill that would provide drivers permits to undocumented immigrants. This would be a state id. Would you support that bill . Seen problems with laws like that be challenged by the federal id act. Before we go down the pathway of trying to create these differentiated types of drivers licenses, we need to make sure that we are complying with federal law and not providing licenses that others could use for inappropriate purposes. Davis, you have said you would be in favor of providing drivers permits. Why should they get special treatment . Could this create a registry of secondclass individuals . I do not believe it creates special treatment for undocumented immigrants. Driving that people are on our roads across the state today who do not have the appropriate training and youre notinsured who are insured. Unless we create some system that provides a driver permits for every driver on the road, we cannot assure those two things. Other states have successfully done this, requiring an exchange for the permit, special training to make sure we have saved drivers on the road, and proof of insurance. In my time at the texas senator, i heard repeatedly from people who were involved in accidents with uninsured drivers, in many instances, who were not in our state or country legally. I believe these driver permits and the requirement of insurance is important to keep all drivers safe on the road. We now have time for rebuttal. What should undocumented immigrants do in the meantime . Raise the pivotal question. We are dealing with a challenge, whether it be with drivers license or so many other issues, we are dealing with undocumented individuals. This problem is never going to be fixed as long as we have the broken immigration system that we have. We want to fix the problem about assuring those who are here are driving safely on the road. What we really need to do is fix our broken immigration system. Once we do that, all of these peripheral issues will be resolved. Senator davis, what should the state to in the meantime . I support comprehensive Immigration Reform and making sure that if are willing to pass a background check, learn pay back taxes, they have a path to become a legal worker here. We are not going to see that happen any time soon because congress has failed to do its job to pass the kind of reform. I believe the texas cant wait. Legislative session, we do need to address the issue of making sure that every driver on our roads have proper training and is insured to keep other drivers on our roads safe. Thank you very much. We will return to questions for both of our candidates. We want to spend a little time and talk with both of you about something that is relevant with respect to your serving as governor. Center, u. N. Attorney general i would like to ask about the intersection of your Public Office and private business. As a senator, you voted on north whiletollway legislation the authority was a client of your law firm. It has prompted an ethics complaint from your opponent. To critics have a right to say you should have gone further to avoid an appearance of a conflict . I have been very careful. First and foremost, as a public servant, my job has always been in my duty has always been to the people that i represent. It is not a surprise to me that general abbott have brought these accusations forward in a myriad of ways to deflect from his failed record. He has sold out hardworking texans time and time again in the interest of people who make donations to his campaign. Whether that is Chemical Companies and received a ruling from him that they can now keep secret the location of their dangerous chemicals, whether it s and received a ruling from them that they can operate in a loophole in the law , whether it is taking money from the Hospital Board chair when there was a surgeon operating under that administration and harming and hurting many patients and taking money and siding with the hospital. We see it over and over again. Can i ask you to address the question about your own dealings . Ive always operated within the ethical requirements and ive been very careful to do so. At every level of government i have served. I think the people who know me and know my record know this i fight for the people i represent. I put the hardworking texans that i represent first and foremost and everything that i do. I have been willing to stand up to the biggest, baddest bullies in the world in order to fight for them. That is why i am in Public Office. That is my record as a public servant. Thank you. Question about ethics for you, attorney general. Your critics claim that there has been a pattern of you using your office to reward political contributors. The most recent situation has involve the Texas Enterprise Fund. Lastly, we learned you received more than a Million Dollars in Campaign Donations from parties who received money from that fund, even though an auditor says some never formally applied for the money and they did not prove or could prove they would create new jobs. State law requires you to oversee the fund. Did you know millions of taxpayer dollars were being handed out without adequate scrutiny . If you didnt, why didnt you know . No politician is above the law. I am pleased that the state auditor conducted an independent investigation to look at every last detail about what happened. After that independent investigation, he wrote a report and in that report, it numbered pagesges, and in that 107 , the auditor looked at the conduct as well as the conduct of my office. There was nothing in their critical of either me or my office. He did say that there was no scrutiny for a lot of these awards. Should there have been . Why didnt we know . Why didnt you know . There have been different iterations that allowed the funding. When the funding was first allowed, the legislature constructed it, there were no rules of regulations or regulations. Did anybody speak up . They did speak up, two years later. That is when it was reformed. On a reforms helped put it better place. There is a bigger point that needs to be made. As you know, from the beginning of my campaign, i have been questioning this very fund. Let me go back to one thing that reporters want to hear you answer tonight. Reporters whold looked into the applications that they could not see them because there was confidential information. In at least five cases, where you were denying access to the applications, there werent any applications. Why deny access to something that doesnt exist . Our office did issue an opinion based on open records decision that certain information could not be disclosed because of laws passed by the legislature that prohibited them from being disclosed. Our office ruled that other parts of the information could be disclosed. But there were no applications. What has been released is a letter that is about nine or 10 pages long that is the equivalent of an application. At that time, there was no prescription for an application and that is one of the things the legislature corrected. Thank you very much. We now go back to our questions for both of you. Say texas children deserve a firstclass education. 46 in the nation when it comes to the amount of money we spent on each student. About 9,000. 500 less per student than we spent just a few years ago. Senator davis, we know you support more funding for education. What is the price tag for your plan . These give us a dollar amount please give us a dollar amount. Cuts that my opponent have been fighting in court to keep in place ever since. Cuts that he told a tv audience last week that he had to continue to pursue when that is absolutely not the truth. My plan calls for investing in making sure that every fouryearold in the state has access to quality full day prek, that we pay our teachers more in line with National Average, that we produce standardized redo standardized testing and we create access to dual credit classes. That comes at a price. The question to ask him it at what price will be pay as a state if we dont . It will not happen overnight. It is essential for the future of the state that it does happen. Abbott, yougeneral say you want the number one Education System in the country. How much additional money per student, if any, would your plan require question mark your plan require . It varies from program to program. Program, i want to add 1500 more per student. You also need to look at the big picture. The amount we are going to spend on education in the next 60nium is going to be billion. The important thing is that we be wise and strategic about how we dedicate the money. I want to build a Solid Foundation for education in the very beginning from prek all the way through third grade. I do want to invest in teachers. I want to ensure that teachers have the resources, the training, and the salaries to ensure we have the best topquality teachers in america. Senator davis, i did not hear a dollar amount from you. Mr. Abbott, you are talking out of both sides of your mouth. Your fighting to keep our students in overcrowded classrooms, teachers laid off across the state, and School Closings in place. Yet you say you want to make texas number one in education. You cannot accomplish that goal without making the appropriate investments. You talk about local control, what you really mean is exactly what has been happening today. Pushing those costs down to the increasing property taxes for families across the state. Unfortunately, keeping their children in a situation where they are not getting the education that they deserve. Your prek plan will pick and choose which children get quality prek. So no dollar amount . Bethis is a vision that will set for the legislature. It has to be looked at in two very important ways. If we fail to invest i did file a bill to change the School Funding formula in the last legislative session that would increase perpupil funding. If we do not make those investments, we know we will continue exactly where we are today. The amount of money you were talking about increasing spending perpupil does not get us to the National Average, which is about 11,000. Julie should we be at least at the National Level . We need to look at it from the opposite direction. The way you are looking at it in the way you are focusing on it is the way a lot of people do. How much should be spent . No business starts out by saying, we need to spend x amount and then create the product. We need to create a best School System in america and then fund it. We need to talk about what we are providing the students in the classroom. My plan creates the best classroom environment for students in the United States from prek all the way through graduation. By spending below the National Average perpupil . Answer this quickly, please. California spends a lot more perpupil than does texas. Texas students perform as well as, if not better, on many tests. More spending does not always lead to better results. Our next question goes to attorney general abbott. States rejected obamacare. Several came up with using those federal dollars to use their own federal system their own system. Taxes turning its back on federal money. Would you be willing to negotiate with the federal government on a plan that lowers premiums as well as reduces the local tax burden or would you refuse to talk to washington and make a deal . What i think is the best strategy for the state of texas would be for the state of texas to be able to get a grant or we would have the level of flexibility so we could address the unique Health Care Challenges the people of the state of texas face. These bureaucrats in washington, they do not know how to address our health care problems. I hate to cut you off. Conservatives they block grants are not a practical solution. They have been used effectively in states like rhode island and indiana and i think they can be used now. Which laid out strategies i will improve Health Care Spending on areas where we can improve peoples lives. I want to increase spending on Womens Health care. I want to increase spending for veterans, disabled, for Mental Health needs. What i dont want to do is to bankrupt texas by opposing the overwhelming obamacare disaster. Governor, you would be dealing with an overwhelmingly Republican Legislature unless democrats get everything they want in november. How would you bring 100 billion to texas . This is an issue about doing the right thing for the people in the state. I have to laugh when i hear mr. Abbott bankrupting talk about bankrupting texas. As governor, i will bring it back. Greg abbott plan is to help you write that tax check and send it to california and new york. He is californias best friend in texas. There is a reason republican governors have found the solution to bring that money to that state. They have all come forward begging us to do the right thing and bring the money back to work for us. It will create an estimated 300,000 jobs for your inner state. Per year in our a true leader stops partisan posturing and does the right thing for her state. Time for rebuttal. The six largest counties in the state wants some sort of solution. If anyone believes that california is getting up getting any more money because texas is not participating in obamacare, they are the same people who believed the phrase by the president if you like your dr. , you can keep your dr. California is not going to get one single penny more. If texas does participate in obamacare, it will cost the taxpayers of texas more than 10 billion during the first 10 years of implementation. Even worse is if texas participates, we are making a deal with a federal government that is 18 trillion in debt. That is a bargain i am not willing to make. What he is saying is absolutely not true. Our tax dollars will go to supplement health care in california and new york if we do not bring them back here. Our checks that we write to the irs will not get any smaller. The checks we write for our property taxes will grow. There is a reason that republican and democratic county judges around the state have come together and unified around the idea of bringing that tax money back to work for us. They know their hospital districts will have to increase taxes in order to take care of that unfunded care. Our investment to bring those dollars down will yield a net Tremendous Positive benefit for the state, including the job creation. You to both of you. Were going to give the candidates an opportunity to ask each other the question. We flipped a coin and we will start with attorney general abbott. I noticed that you said recently that you want to impose obamacare on the people of texas so badly that even if the conservative Texas Legislature would not vote to approve it, you would go around the legislature and use an executive order to imposerecently that yoe obamacare on the obamacare on te people of texas. What part of the Texas Constitution gives the governor the authority to go around the legislature and use an executive order to impose a law like obamacare . What i have argued is that we should bring Medicaid Expansion to texas. Medicaid expansion is all about bringing our tax dollars back to work for us. As a member of the Texas Legislature, i can tell you that every hospital association, every chamber of commerce member, republicans alike in our Texas Legislature, agreed that we should do the right thing by our state and bring that money back to work for us. What ive also said is that what ixpansion would prefer to do and what i will do is work with my legislature, republicans and democrats alike, who know that this is the right thing to do for their communities, who arent afraid of being labeled as partisans and you are more interested in doing right by their citizens. I will work with them to bring their tax dollars back to texas and to keep property taxes from increasing. There is no question whatsoever that if we dont bring this money back to work for us, our citizens across the state are going to pay twice. Timeto the irs in another at the local level because someone will have to pay for the unfunded care somehow, someway. Davis, it is now your turn to ask a question. Your ruling regarding the Texas Enterprise Fund kept secret the fact that tens of millions of dollars have been awarded from the Texas Enterprise Fund to companies who did not even apply. I question for you tonight is will you agree to release any documentation, any communications that represent communications that you had in that time in reaching a decision . I think you may be able to help in answering this question. If i recall correctly, one of the beneficiaries of that Enterprise Fund, whose application cannot be found, was cabell is in fort worth. When you were a councilwoman on the Fort Worth City Council, you used taxpayer incentive dollars and they benefited from the Texas Enterprise Fund. There is one thing that you have not disclosed. The fact that when you use the urban fund to attract them, and closed the deal, it was your Title Company that benefited by closing that deal. You personally profited. Truth are not telling the right now and you know you arent telling the truth. From not personally profit that. We did have an application that we reviewed very carefully. We also, unlike what your office did, clawed back when they failed to realize the job creation numbers they promised. Obligation is to the hardworking people that i represent. When private partners dont come through on their promises, i make sure that our public dollars are clawed back. You are the chief Law Enforcement officer over the Enterprise Fund. It was your responsibility to make sure that the tens of millions of dollars going to these companies were resulting in jobs and you failed to do that. You covered up the fact that they were given money without applying. We do want to give you an opportunity to respond. Byi would like to respond knowing how much your Title Company received by closing the awardhat was granted an from the Texas Enterprise Fund. It was not my Title Company. Employee of a Title Company. Mr. Abbott, this is about your failure. Your failure as the chief Law Enforcement officer of the state to review and make sure that these funds were not being used as slush funds for your donors. Thank you. You took 1. 4 million in donations. We are going to move on. That goes tostion you, senator davis. Traffic is a headache around the state. Transportation Officials Say they will need another two to 3 billion to maintain the current level of congestion. Money . You raise the would you take higher tolls off the table . I have long been a leader in the area of transportation. I served for eight years on the Regional Transportation Council and six years on the Senate Transportation committee. I was proud to be a coauthor of what are voters will vote on in november, proposition 1, letthing that my opponent your go by before he weighed in on supporting it. To gradually plan and the diversions coming from the gasoline tax and i submitted that plan in the form of a bill last session. That would allow us to capture an additional 45 billion dollars with a gradual step down and a plan to fill the hole were those diversions would end. Tolls off the table . I think i have a good commercial. My commercial shows me in a wheelchair, i can go faster than some of the people in cars on the roads here in dallas or other large cities. Plan that will add more than 4 billion to building roads in the state without raising a single penny in taxes, fees, or tolls. Weoney comes from stopped the diversions from funding that was dedicated to building roads. Westopped the diversions from take part of the oil and gas severance tax and dedicate that to building roads. We take part of the sales taxes that you are already paying and use it to build roads that those cars and tracks are driving on. Should higher tolls be part of the mix . I believe it has been a poor solution for texans to have to pay twice. Theyre paying at the gasoline pump and then i have to pay again to drive on toll roads. During not had leadership they are doing that because we have not had leadership who provides other alternatives for building them. I am glad mr. Abbott agrees with my plan. The end to diversions as a bill that i filed in the last session. My plan includes a way to replace the hole that is left by ending those diversions. Much of that money is going to education and health and Human Services. Thank you, senator. But we need to go back to a payasyougo system as a state. Tolls off theake table . My plan does not involve any toll roads. I am not interested in adding toll roads. Thank you. I have the next question. In the past year, texas Insurance Companies have imposed some very big rate increases, as much as 30 for one company. We have a system in this state that allows companies to increase their insurance rates before they are actually reviewed. Do you think rates in the state are too high for homeowners . There is probably not a homeowner at home the does not think that the rates are too high. I do think we need to find ways to reduce Homeowner Insurance rates. They are going through the roof, no pun intended. We have to have a marketplace that will attract the Insurance Companies here to provide Homeowner Insurance. Do think rates are adequate . Lookedidly, i have not at the math of it. I have not looked at the actual information. As a person who talks to homeowners every day, we want to find ways where we can drive down the cost of our insurance. I will be someone who will be a champion for homeowners to find those types of solutions. We wont be having rebuttal on the last few questions because we are running type on time. Are the rates too high . The rates are ridiculously high. Homeowners are being gouged in our state. We have insurance commissioner who is failing to do her job and responsibly review the rate increases and decline them. I have argued that we should have prior approval of rate increases in our state before they are allowed. One of the first things i will do as governor is replace the insurance commissioner and put someone there who as who has as her one responsibility, the number 1 the hardworking people of the state. Mr. Abbott has taken enormous contributions. Most recently, advocated a settlement on behalf of farmers insurance. The judge accused him of laying down to the insurance company. He was selling out the claimants in our state. Were now going to go to norma garcia. There is still time to join the conversation. Tweetus right now us right now. His 18yearold girl asks you whether her to dance should be allowed to get married her two dads should be allowed to get married . Would you push to reveal repeal the constitutional amendment that makes gay marriage illegal in texas . How high is this topic in your list of prior deeds . I favor marriage equality. I want to make sure that people who love each other, who are willing to be in a committed relationship with each other, and who desire to marry in our state have the opportunity to do so. This is a constitutional provision in our law and it has been challenged. It has been challenged by nestor abbott. I mr. Abbott. If this is not remedied in the courts, as governor, i will be happy and will welcome a bill that would allow us to put once again before the voters of the state a decision on whether to repeal what is currently narrow constitutional ban against marriage equality. You are leading the fight against gay marriage. There are good and decent people on both sides of this issue. I believe in traditional marriage. That is what 75 of texans agreed with less than a decade ago when they passed the amendment, saying that marriage in texas is a union between one man and one woman. For me personally, this is more than a constitutional amendment. Ive been married to my wife for more than 33 years. Is that what you would tell to the 10yearold . Thank you. This question goes first. Ofi would like to ask each you to clarify your position on an issue that has been front and center. That is abortion. Attorney general abbott, you have said that abortion is only acceptable to save a womans life. Youve also indicated that you oppose abortion even in cases of rape and incest. Please speak directly to every woman in texas and explain your position. Is incredibly important whenever we talk to a woman who ts a victim of rape or incesr that we start with the compassion and support they deserve. That is what i have done as attorney general, by providing a record amount of financial supportingvictims, women who have been victims. Sexualsting more predators that all attorney generals in history of the state of texas. You bring up the issue. You know that i am prolife. Im catholic. I want to promote a culture of life that supports both the health and safety of both the mother and child before and after birth. In texas, lets be clear about the law. A woman has five months to make a very difficult decision. Senator davis . You catapulted into the spotlight on this issue with your filibuster against abortion restrictions. But you recently told the Editorial Board that you might what filibustered kind of abortion restrictions are you willing to except . Accept . It is for an woman to make these very difficult decisions. I do not believe the government should intrude in that most personal and private of decisionmaking. Greg abbott believes that it is his right to intrude, even when a woman has been a brutal victim of a rape or has been the victim of incest. This should come as no surprise to us given that his attitudes towards women have revealed themselves in other ways. He pays women in his office less than he pays male assistant attorney generals. He campaigned with a known sexual predator. What about your position . We are very close on time. We will only have 45 seconds for each answer. As you know, texas has a law that allows undocumented immigrant students to pay instate tuition. Will you allow undocumented students such a benefit . It is good for our economy to make sure that every person who lives here has an opportunity to be a vibrant part of the texas economy. I have met so many extraordinary young people who are dreamers, who are here working hard to become something. Whoung woman named dani is working on becoming a teacher. She graduated in the top 10 of her high school class. My opponent has called the dream act flawed. I support the dream act. If there is any attempt to repeal it and im sitting at the governors desk, i will veto that attempt. It makes sense for our students. It makes sense for our economy. You did say the law was a noble effort. Would you veto a bill from the legislature to repeal this law . Goals of the law law as a distraction is flawed. The way that it is supposed to work is a student is supposed to be showing they are making progress toward establishing legal status. That is not being done. Allh these laws, these laws, those are only symptoms of a larger problem. The larger problem is we have a broken immigration system. Thank you. Veto yes or no . No. Thank you very much. I wish we had more time. We will like to give each of you an opportunity to make a closing statement. The question people will have to ask themselves in this election who will fight for me . I have a history of fighting for the people i represent. I have stood for making sure that women are paid equally for doing equal work and that hardworking texans can earn a fair days wage for an honest days pay. I also helped pass a bill to hold accountable the use of our Enterprise Fund which is meant to create jobs. My opponent has cozied up with a Big Insurance Company and turned a blind eye when they have taken advantage of you. Funds that were not monitored by him to assure they were creating jobs that were promised an even worse than that, he used the power of his office to cover up the fact that 170 million went out of that fund for people who did not even fill out an application. Texans will have a choice in this election. I want them to know that if they give me the privilege of serving them as governor, i will fight for them every single day. Thank you. Azure governor, as your governor, i have been fighting for your liberty against an overreaching federal government. I thought to send the 10 commandments monument on the Texas Capitol grounds. I want to fight for the future of texas as your next governor. Texas is number one in the nation for creating jobs. Byill keep it that way keeping taxes low and by making sure we dont let government grow too big. To ensure that we build the roads and projects we need to keep texas growing. And i will keep our communities safe. Texas is exceptional. I am running for governor and asking for your vote to make it even better. I want to thank both of the candidates and my colleagues for joining us for this texas debate tonight. Election day is no member of fourth is november 4. Good night. Dallas, the final televised debate between the democratic and republican candidates in the texas governors race. Here is a look of some of our campaign coverage. Are debate coverage continues wednesday night at 8 00 on cspan, live coverage of the. Innesota governors debate thursday night at 8 00, live coverage of the oklahoma governors debate. At 8 00 onrsday cspan 2, the nebraska governors debate. 8 00, liveght at coverage of the montana u. S. House debate. Cspan campaign 2014, more than 100 debates for the control of congress. On her next washington journal, ron kessler discusses recent Security Breaches at the white house and what the secret service should be doing to protect the first family. A report on the 2014 congressional primary season. That, Laurie Abraham talks about her recent interview with Supreme CourtJustice Ruth Bader ginsburg. Your phone calls, facebook comments, and tweets. Washington journal is live every morning at 7 00 eastern. The centers for Disease Control today announced the first diagnosed case of ebola in the u. S. The exposed patient flew into the country from liberia on september 20 on a commercial flight. We will hear from cdc director next at this 30 minute briefing. Good good afternoon, everybody, and thank you for joining us. As you have been hearing from us, ebola is a serious disease. It is only spread by direct contact with someone who is sick with the virus. And it is only spread through oddly fluids. Eightcubation period is 10 days from exposure. It can be as short as two days or as long as 21 days. Disease, which has a high mortality rate, even with the best of care, but there are tried and true interventions that stop it. Today, we are providing the individual that traveling from liberia has been diagnosed with ebola in the United States. Ons individual left liberia the 19th of september, arrived in the u. S. On the 20th of september, had no symptoms when departing liberia or entering this country, but four or five days later, around the 24th of