Like economic development. I know we are not going to agree on every issue tonight, but i want to go to washington to find common ground. We are facing some tough problems right now with the pandemic, the economy, with health care, and with education. The way to get to the best solution is to do it together. Moderator senator, 60 questions for you seconds for you . Ms. Millermeeks i would like to thank the cedar rapids gazette. , am Mariannette Millermeeks my father was a Master Sergeant in the air force, my mother had gotten a ged. No one in my family had been College Educated though they valued education. Burnt in a16, i was kitchen fire and in that hospitalization, i had an epiphany about my future. I was going to become a doctors i left home at 16, got a job, and rolled in san antonio junior college, enlisted at 18 and worked and went to school until i got a degree in nursing, masters in education, and was able to go to medical school and i came to iowa to do my residency in ophtha
Democrats and republicans are vying to replace him. Tv nine and the gazette, this is the iu second Congressional District debate, your voice, your vote. Welcome to the second congressional debate here in cedar rapids. This is the first of a twopart debate. We are also partnering with the gazette and quad city times. Is october 15. We will focus on different topics. We have plenty to work our way through the next hour. Lynch,ined by james longtime political reporter with the gazette. We are moderators tonight. Because of the pandemic, we are without an audience. We are trying to keep socially distance with the candidates. Now its time to meet our candidates. Rita hart is a former teacher and served as an iowa state senator for six years, covering clinton and scott counties. On the right, republican marion , current state senator. Thank you both for joining us tonight. We appreciate it. You get to lead us off. For 60 seconds, talk about why you are the best choice for this seat in congre
And longtime political reporter with the gazette in cedar rapids, serving as the moderator tonight. Because of the pennant, we are without an audience know it is time to meet our two candidates for the Second District of congress. Former teacher. Covering clinton and scott counties. Senator, thank you both for joining us tonight. We appreciate it. You get to lead us off. For 60 seconds, talk about why you are the best choice for this seat in congress. Thank you so much and it is a great pleasure to be here. Farmer,ormer teacher, a and a long life rhode island or. And also took that to the state senate, working on important issues like Economic Development. I know we are not going to agree on every issue tonight, but i want to go to washington to find common ground. We are facing some tough problems right now with the pandemic, the economy, with health care, and with education. Many more. I know that the way to get to the best solution is to do it together. You. Nator, 60 seconds or i w
A deal worked out i think with walmart is going to buy it along with oracle Larry Ellison its going to be an incredible combination and i said you know do me a favor could you put up 5000000000. 00 into a fund for education so we could educate people as do real history of our country the really. Great. Turning us now to discuss our boom bust cohost spence juan and christie i christie break this all down for us what changed between friday and saturday. Nothing really changed the only thing that changed was that trump ran out of time due to the deadlines that he even south set in place so he announced that this deal was approved in theory in mind and so a lot can still happen because remember last year the trade war a we have an agreement now we dont but a were really close now but oh no theres one more provision that we want so that kind of back and forth went on and on and blew through every single of deadline during the trade war so the same thing is happening here if. I was deadline
Ellison its going to be an incredible combination and i said you know do me a favor could you put up 5000000000. 00 into a fund for education so we could educate people as do real history of our country the really. Great. Turning us now to discuss our boom bust cohost spence juan and chrystia i kristie break this all down for us what changed between friday and saturday. Nothing really changed the only thing that changed was that trump ran out of time due to the deadlines that he consults set in place so he announced that this deal was approved in theory in mind and so a lot can still happen because remember last year the trade war a we have an agreement now we dont but a were really close now but oh no theres one more provision that we want so that kind of back and forth went on and on and blew through every single deadline during the trade war so the same thing is happening here if. I was deadline that would be the end of it no more negotiation and no big win for him he might say that