In georgia, senator perdue is running for reelection. We will show you a debate where he squares off with democratic candidate jon ossoff. The georgia Great Television station presents republican incumbent david perdue and democratic challenger jon ossoff in the 2020 georgia u. S. Senatorial debate. Now, here is your moderator, mike cihla. Moderator good evening. Thank you for joining us. Im mike cihla. Wtoc is hosting a debate for the senatorial race with candidates republican incumbent david perdue and jon ossoff. In addition to wtoc, this debate is also airing in acosta, columbus, albany, thomasville. The candidates are eight feet apart and as you can see, there is a plexiglas divider between them. We are following cdc recommendations. Here are the rules for tonights debate. Candidates will have 1 30 for opening and closing statements, 1 15 to answer a question when it is posed to both. Candidates can request a rebuttal if they are named or attacked by the candidate in their answer.
When your item of interest comes up, dial star three to be heard. Speak clearly and slowly and turn down your television or radio. You can also submit your Public Comment by email. It will be forwarded to the committee and will be included in the files. I will go ahead and call roll. [ roll call ]. Clerk at this time we have a quorum and its 9 38 a. M. Can you call the second item. Clerk opportunity for the public to comment on any matters within the committees jurisdiction that are not on the agenda. Members of the public who wish to provide Public Comment should call the number listed with the access code. If you havent done so, please dial star three to line up to speak. A system prompt will prompt you to begin speaking. Please note that you have three minutes. Give me one second as i go to see if we have any Public Comments. We have one hand raised at this. I am dr. Derek kerr, a whistleblower. Later you will hear about the report related to the d. P. W. Corruption scandal. These r
And as you can see, there is a plexiglas divider between them. We are following cdc recommendations. Here are the rules for tonights debate. Candidates will have 1 30 for opening and closing statements. The candidates will have 1 15 to answer a question. When a question is posed to both. The candidates can request a rebuttal if they are named or attacked by the other candidate in their answer. If that request granted is granted, they will have 45 seconds for rebuttal. They will have a u 15 for a response 1 15 the other candidate will have 45 seconds for comment if they choose to, then rebuttal rules about a direct attack would go into effect. Again, the candidates are david perdue and john osoff. You both have 1 30 for opening statements. Senator perberd due, you won the coin flip, so lets start with you. Thank you, mike, and thank you to wtoc for hosting this tonight. You know, my mom and dad were Public Schoolteachers. I grew up working on our family farms. I worked my way through ge
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