General election. This is under one hour. Now your moderator latoya edwards. Latoya welcome to this democratic senator primary debate. Andre the home of nbc 10, we would like to thank our guests. We will start with the incumbent, senator ed markey. He served massachusetts in the senate since 2013. Before that he served the seventh district in the house of representatives since 1976. We also welcome congressman joe kennedy. He served in 2013, and then as an assistant District Attorney. We are following social distancing guidelines during the debate. Everyone including the candidates are spread out more than six feet apart, and our panelists are not in the studio with us. They are in different coat different places in the media center. Before we get started, here are the rules for the debate. Both candidates will get one , and 45 seconds for individual questions with a 32nd rebuttal in a rapidfire round. They will have one minute for closing statements. You can join and now, use debate.
Be conducted as fiveminute votes. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, the Unfinished Business is the vote on the motion of the gentleman from rhode island, mr. Cicilline, to suspend the rules nd pass s. 1678. On which the yeas and nays are ordered. The clerk will report the title. The clerk senate 1678. An act to express United States support for taiwan diplomatic alliances around the world. The speaker pro tempore the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass s. 1678. Members will record their votes by electronic device. This is a 15minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc. , in cooperation with the United States house of representatives. Any use of the closedcaptioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u. S. House of representatives. ] the speaker pro tempore on this vote, the yeas are 415, the nays are 0. 2 3 being in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill
I live in west liberty and im so proud to be on stage in support of Kamala Harris and i am very happy to be caucusing for her this year the iowa caucuses. I believe we all have a responsibility to place someone in the white house who represents both me, my daughter, and my community. It is time we give back respect, equity, and intelligence at the top. [applause] people justly,at not based on their race, religion orientation. Stage,set on the debate justices on the ballot. There is so much at stake in this election and we must use our voices to elect someone who will do just that. She is my choice and i will share my voice for her now and at the caucuses and i hope you will too. Iter donald trump was elected saw my community, my friends and my family felt like they no longer had a voice. Most of this was in part by the rhetoric that was happening and repealing forward thinking policies that were put in place to protect us in the first place. I feel like we needed a leader who was stron
Steyer, and kamala harris. Please welcome to the stage mayor pete to judge pete to judge pete buttigieg. Mayor buttigieg thank you. Mayor buttigieg thank you. Mayor buttigieg thank you, iowa. Mayor buttigieg thank you so much. [cheers and applause] mayor buttigieg thank you. [cheers and applause] mayor buttigieg thank you, iowa. Thank you, Iowa Democratic party. Thank you, fellow democrats. [cheers and applause] mayor buttigieg the first time i came to this state was as a volunteer, to knock on doors for a president ial candidate, a young man with a funny name. [cheers and applause] mayor pete and we knew the stakes were high then. The stakes are colossal now. [applause] mayor pete this country cannot afford four more years of donald trump. We will not recognize it if he gets reelected. [applause] mayor pete we know what is at stake. And we know that hes going to do everything he can to hold onto power. But if you nominate me, his workook isnt going to this time around. [cheers and app
Ready to get started. We have the after lunch session. Vicki and i happen tasked with getting everyone really ready to go. Do not embarrass us. My mom is watching. All right. Im excited to start the second part of our program today. We still have a time of candidates to hear from. I am so, because they are not just articulating how they will protect access. They are talking about expanding it and getting bolding getting visionary. Exactly. Do you feel like you are hearing what you want to hear . [applause] ok. A couple reminders on our ground rules. Make sure our storytellers who are being so brave and sharing arer testimony, that we listening to those folks. Second ground rule. We are on the record, so our hair is right and tight because we are getting good love on social media from folks watching all across the country. Number three, this is a glitter, not shade environment. If youre not feeling moved, you do not have to cheer, but we will save the shade for the ballot box, all right