Coverage of election 2020. This is the debate between the candidates for minnesotas seventh district congressional seat. My guests tonight are democrat peterson and republican, Michelle Fischbach. Based on the coin flip, peterson will go first. Thank you. Good evening everybody. And i want to thank the aarp for sponsoring this debate and the voters and people in the seventh district for giving me the opportunity to serve them in and congress over these number of years. Ive been there long enough so i was able to move up to the head of the Agricultural Committee and ive been chair man twice and probably the only person thats ever done that. Weve been able to do some good work. Weve kept the Committee Bipartisan which was important to me. We got the usmc a trade agreement done that people were concerned about. We made that happen and got a good democratic vote so i look forward to going back to congress and continuing the bipartisan work that ive done over the number of years. Michelle f
Between for discussion. Based in the coin flip, Collin Peterson will go first on his Opening Statement. Torgerson peterson. Good evening matt, hello everyone what to think the public and aarp for sponsoring this debate. Give me the opportunity to serve them and congress over these last number of years. Is able to move up to the Agricultural Committee in 2005. And ive been chairman twice, are the only person thats ever done that. Weve been able to do some good work, was kept the committee bipartisan. Ive been rated the most bipartisan member of congress cgot the mca trade agreement done the people were concerned about, had a good democratic vote. Site look forward to going back to congress to continue the bipartisan work ive done over the number of years. Alright michele one minute Opening Statement respect thank you very much matt, aarp and for the public for putting this together tonight. I served to the Minnesota Senate, i was the first female president of the Minnesota Senate i work
Congressman and welcome to the audience. I might say we are not in the News Business developments are reported and as everybody knows, i understand there may be a democrat stimulus package and maybe some good news from the 66 chairman of the committee on ways and means. I say chairman because i if youe the chairman of the ways and Means Committee, you are always the fed chairman. I will be very brief. Thanks for letting me join you this is unique in the more than four decades you but republicans and democrats together former policymakers and Business Leaders and innovators from around the country to these comfortable situations whether tax reform Social Security all those issues congress has to deal with and then to be incredibly helpful to be first and foremost thank you for the work you have been doing for so long it doesnt always get the attention it deserves and with that i would just say im eager to get to questions it is the unprecedented challenge certainly by local healthcare l
Thanks as always, mike and , welcome congressman brady. Welcome to our audience. I might say the accf is not in the News Business but as everybody knows, dr. Fauci testified today. There may be a democratic phase stimulus package and some good chairman one 66th the committee for ways and means. I say chairman because if you are chairman of the ways and Means Committee, you are always the chairman. The oldest committee and congress. Mr. Brady, i wasnt there but i remember it was december 21, 1795 that the committee was set up with the greatest legislative authority, which is relevant now as there are so many pieces of the covid challenge. Mr. Brady is the Ranking Member of the committee. Before we begin, i want to thank all of those courageous selfless americans who are helping not only their neighbors but strangers who want to return to work safely. Congressman brady would you like , to say a few words . Gov. Cuomo rep. Brady first, thank you for letting me join you. You have brought r
Fauci testified today there may be a democratic phase process and thank you to everybody thanks to the chairman of the committee of ways and means. I say chairman because if you are chairman of the ways and Means Committee, you are always the chairman. Brady, i wasnt there but i remember that it was september 21, 1795 that the committee was set up with the greatest legislative authority which is relevant now as there are so many pieces of the covid challenge. Begin, i want to thank all of those courageous selfless americans for helping not only their neighbors but strangers. Congers been brady, would you like to say a few words . First, thank you for letting me join you. You have brought republicans and democrats together, former policy makers and current ones, business leaders, innovators from around the country into ,hese comfortable situations Social Security and medicare, and all of those big issues that congress has to deal with. Those always found conversations to be helpful. It