The three of us are on stage, the two candidates and myself, and people from southwest texas junior college. We are thrilled to wring this to from the heart of district 23. We have a timekeeper to my right who is going to keep time and she is from this area so, sandra, im glad we could cut down on your commute. Let me the candidates. Two people who want to take over the Office Currently have i urd, who chosell h not to run for reelection. Jones, amongtiz her endorsements, joe biden. Her opponent, republican Tony Gonzales back by our current president , donald trump. Tonight, these two square off face to face. I want to welcome Gina Ortiz Jones and Tony Gonzales. Thank you both for being here tonight. Thank you. Thank you. The debate is simple. I have got over the rules with the campaigns. I will be giving the campaigns but we have questions submitted online from viewers. For most questions the respondents will have one minute to answer. Then i as moderator have the option to expand on
The key is to think about it order by quarter. You had a deep drop in the economy last quarter, and you are back up to where 95 of the economy is restored, and then we all work out the high net was one point 2 a 1 to 2 of the economy, it will take a while to grind through that. The audi is every at the reality is every estimate has gotten better rather than worse. Why is that . Consumer activity stayed strong. The fiscal stimulus, the monetary stimulus, the programs the fed has between the government and congress, between what the fed did. To bring the hole economy back up to the level and now we have to let it work out from there and we probably need more stimulus for defined places still in difficulty. Restaurants, state and local governments, schools, performing events, venues, some of the Industries Airlines and other things that you cannot have people do at the rate we have before. The rest of the businesses, Dentists Office are busier than theyve ever been. We saw Consumer Spendi
Devoting more of their dwindling salaries to monthly housing costs. If these problems persist, Affordable Housing is a going concern, one that could be a factor in the election. We will look at the policy measures that can be put in place to ensure all americans, especially those that are vulnerable, have access to affordable homes. I would like to think the Enterprise Community partners for their support of the conversation. We have a fantastic lineup of speakers, including two mayors from very different regions of the u. S. Advocates and housing experts. A few housekeeping notes. T can tweet us using hehillhousing2020. We are broadcasting live. We will take your questions throughout the program. You can experience occasional trouble with the video. Refreshing the page should in most cases fix the problem. Giles of guest is john mesa, arizona. He has been focused on his next mesa vision which attempts to take his city to the next level. I will call this the hills lair. Lair. E to the
The sunday before, we had the. Omens drop in announcer confined this coverage online at cspan. Org. We will take you live to an indepth preview of the second day of the Republican National convention. This could affect many more in the next few months. That is Affordable Housing. Americans go to the polls and many will feel the economic fallout of the covid crisis. Mass evictions are looming and americans are devoting more of their dwindling salaries to monthly housing costs. As these problems persist Affordable Housing is a growing concern, one that could be a factor in the elections. We are going to take a look at the policy measures that can be put into place to ensure all americans, especially those who are vulnerable, have access to affordable homes. I would like to thank the Enterprise Community partners for their support of the event. We have a fantastic lineup of speakers. Two mayors from very different advocates and housing experts. Thehillevents us hillhousing2020. As with an
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