Taxpayers. They attack and try to label me. The problems only get worse. Whereare going to kansas the Senate Debate between pat roberts and greg orman was. He has not said which party he will caucus with. They rate the senate race as a tossup. This will begin momentarily. Live from the studios in wichita, the decision. Good evening. Welcome to the Kansas Senate debate. I will be the moderator tonight between pat roberts and greg orman. We get started and here are the rules. Each candidate will have 1. 5 minutes for opening remarks. Be a minute to answer questions from the panel and a rebuttal. We will and with closing remarks. Consists of our Media Partners for tonight. Tim carpenter from the journal and greg. The candidates were not given the topic before the debate. This. Watching we are going to be picking some of the questions tonight to ask the candidates. Lets get started with the opening remarks. Getorman will go first and the first question from the panel. Thank you and thank y
A huge part of when we are. D who we our economy it has been said up timber,based on taconite, tourism. Enjoys the Great Outdoors more than we do up here. Our water. Our forests. Lakes. We treasure them. That is we we live here but the that is why we live here that reject the arguement because something has never been done before safely it can never done. There was never a catalytic converter or a scrubber on a plant. Studentcoal fired power we didnt have a way to take the toxins out of lakes and rivers streams. I submit, i submit that we mow have the technology. Brainpower, all we have to have is the resolve to do it right. Know, on your right here my opponent suggests we should do away with all a of the e. P. A. Regulations and onerous rules. Regulations which, by the way, have cleaned up our air and our water in a little over generation i increased life in america from about 47 to about 90. Maybe one of the greatest history ofs in the humanity. I submit that we must be good, sound,h
Unborn . Get past the guaranteed life for those endoflife . I dont think you can say that with any degree of conscience, more especially as im concerned, the question that was raised is a state issue. Federal mandates, i dont know of any federal mandate i agree with with the paperwork and regulations out of washington and taking over states rights. But with abortion, and you have to move past it . I think that is unconscionable. I really do. Justice roberts when he was in his confirmation hearing referred to this issue as settled law. I think it is. It is an port in question but i think weve spent a lot of time debating it and it is time to start debating other important issues as well. Thank you. It isnt settled. We had a great fight over hobby lobby. The rights of individual Business People to say im sorry we are not going to send obamacare because it strikes at our religious beliefs. The hobby lobby one. It isnt settled law. Not by a long shot. That is why i am proud to receive the
The center of strategic and budgetary assessment. We always appreciate your time. And that is our show for today on the washington journal. We will see you at 7 a. M. Eastern, 4 a. M. Pacific. [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2014] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] only a handful of days left on the congressional calendar before members recess to campaign for the midterm election. Both chambers are set to consider a bill the government passed at the end of the september deadline, as well as forceszation for Syrian Fighting against isis. Legislative business will get underway at 2 00. They will be dealing with 18 suspension builds, suspension bills. You can see the house always here on cspan. The Senate Returns at two eastern today. At 5 30 lawmakers will vote on a bill ensuring men and women receive equal pay for the same work. Follow the senate to live on our. Ompanion network of a series of hearings get under way tomorrow as defense secretary c
Be able to write their own destiny when it comes to medical marijuana or should we keep the war on drugs in place in the federal system . The states are doing it regardless of the federal laws. That is happening. I have a number of parents who have tried every effective means of therapy to help their child with epilepsy and i want them to have the most safe and effective products available. If that is medical marijuana, but i believe we need make sure the fda has a roll to make sure it is safe and effective. Candidates i want to mention the Veterans Affairs administration. Would you allow a veteran to have a voucher and go get medical care anywhere . If so, why have the va . I pass by the iowa veteran cemetery and pass by and think about the men and women who served our country and what we just witnessed with what has been happening with the va program. It didnt just happen under this administration. We a new director with secretary mcdonald and he gave it 90 days to turn it around cha