Rodney davis faces ann callis. The race leans republican. Up next, a debate between the candidates. [applause] welcome to the 13th Congressional District candidates debate. We wanted to make this debate different from others youve seen. We are going in depth on a few topics to get to the heart of what these candidates believe. There are no podiums, just two people who want to represent you in congress. Let me introduce them now. Republican rodney davis and democrat ann callis. Asking the questions tom case sis. My role is asking for clarification when need, making sure things keep moving for you and our studio audience. Were going to take questions for the candidates from our viewers and listeners on twitter and facebook. Lets get to it. Its been about a year since the launch of insurance exchanges under the Affordable Care act. We drew straws and quongman davis gets the first question. Congressman davis you pivotted from wanting to repeal and replace the Affordable Care act. What has
This country have been by Health Care Workers who were treating a very sick ebola patient. So to the extent there is panic, i would encourage panicked individuals to consult the scientific facts and understand that the risk that is facing the average american, as dr. Fauci said yesterday, is vanishingly low. Does ron klain have any plans to go to new york or new jersey to meet with officials there . I dont anticipate that he has plans and just one more, josh. According to polls three of the hardestfought states, iowa, colorado and arkansas, show republicans with a onepoint lead. How much responsibility does president obama bear for this moment, the fact that democrats are [inaudible] [laughter] i think, as i mentioned onepoint lead eight days out. Yeah. I guarantee if democrats had a onepoint lead in those states, i wouldnt be bragging about it. What i will tell you is even though theyre states that, at least one of them that you named is a state that is considered a red state, but let
Are in. Its a terrible bill. It is a terrible bill. The league of conservation voters called it a radical attempt to destroy safety and environmental regulation. Right now we are in need of putting whole new regulations in place to count ter ebola crisis. The bill she supports would sthaubt to a vote in congress. If you think congress is working, great, you should listen to her on this. Its a way to let the most radical people in congress veto l kind of progress on safety and health that keep your food safe and allow us to respond to crisis like the ebola epidemic. Its a radical attempt. I passed a bill with chris gibson to stop this energy price hike and we got it passed through the house that. Is more than anyone has ever done on this. We started from behind because she left a mess and we are trying to clean it up and we are going to win this thing. Lets move on to Foreign Policy specifically in the middle east. We are engaging in air strikes in iraq and syria to combat the Islamic S
Be considered a cut. If we can get away from that process, you will not have things like across the board cuts and sequestration. He will let a rankandfile member of congress who is a freshman to have a say in spending and make sure the college is affordable. I am proud that i actually voted to stop the student Loan Interest rates from doubling in june and july of 2013. This is something that should never have happened because, at that time, that is something that should never have happened because, at that time, congress was in the business of setting student loan rates. Congress should not be in the business of setting student loan rates. Sam is should be able to take advantage of student loan rates that are at historical lows. We have to change the debate for how much a student will pay for for everincreasing debt at the end of College Education and what Interest Rate it going to be because we stopped them from doubling. And we need to do what i have been doing is a member of colleg