Good day, everyone the day welcome to the kansas u. S. Senate debate on the Kansas Agriculture Network and Information Network and fm news one oh four. Nine the flagship for the Kansas Radio Networks i will be serving as moderator of todays debate. Traditionally during Election Year we hold the debates during the first saturday of the kansas state. Hutchison covid19 cause the cancellation of the 2020 kansas state fair but we continue with their tradition of posting that debate we also welcome those that are watching the debate through facebook and youtube pages we will introduce you to the candidates. First the republican candidate doctor Roger Marshall the congressman for the congressional district, a veteran and physician who practiced for nearly 30 years until he was sworn into congress in 2017. Doctor marshall has been married 37 years, four children, two grandchildren , one on the way. Democratic candidate kansas state senator doctor Barbara Bollier a Public Servant and retire doc
Pasture, and get things done. [applause] the next question comes from nick, managing editor of the hays daily news. It will be addressed to mr. Orman first. The winner of this election will likely play a significant role in the development of the next farm bill. Tot do you see as necessary feed a growing and hungry world . First and foremost, the farmers i have talked to around this date the state say it is the Crop Insurance policy be they need to be able to plant their crops with certainty. We have significantly more uncertain weather patterns. I think that is vital to the inelopment of the economy kansas and the farmers in kansas. The other issue we face is water. Thetor roberts referred to 50year water plan. We also have to look at the farm bill and make sure we are not inadvertently encouraging or discouraging the planting of lowwaterintensity crops. In kansaso farmers who said they would like to plant more, but the cost of insuring it is significantly more expensive than planting
Is chasing the drug demand in the United States, doing it with the currency of the United States and weaponry largely produced in the United States. One of the things we could do to help the Mexican Government is to help drive up the demand for Illegal Drugs by recognizing the demand that drives much of the controversy is within the United States. The second thing we could do to help secure the border is to recognize that when people are less desperate they dont crash borders. They use lawful processes to apply for new opportunities, they go places peacefully to try to emigrate the ways many of our parents emigrated peacefully. It has to be affordable, it has to be understandable and it has to be we should give people who come to the United States because they love our opportunities, committed no crimes where they came from men tried to live here without documents, a pathway to complete citizenship and welcome them. At the last debate mr. Sasse said congress was too dysfunctional to do
The center of strategic and budgetary assessment. We always appreciate your time. And that is our show for today on the washington journal. We will see you at 7 a. M. Eastern, 4 a. M. Pacific. [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2014] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] only a handful of days left on the congressional calendar before members recess to campaign for the midterm election. Both chambers are set to consider a bill the government passed at the end of the september deadline, as well as forceszation for Syrian Fighting against isis. Legislative business will get underway at 2 00. They will be dealing with 18 suspension builds, suspension bills. You can see the house always here on cspan. The Senate Returns at two eastern today. At 5 30 lawmakers will vote on a bill ensuring men and women receive equal pay for the same work. Follow the senate to live on our. Ompanion network of a series of hearings get under way tomorrow as defense secretary c
At the last debate he said congress was too dysfunctional to do anything then focus on border security. Is Worker Visa Program antiquated and leaving out a solution to do with the 11 or 12 million illegal workers. All of them are connected. What he does not appear to know is all the illegal immigration in this country is a result of people overstaying the visa program. You cannot deal with the situation by focusing as he wants to on the border only. Also what he has to understand or should understand, in order to secure the border you will have to get a compromise. Democrats and republicans in the senate and house we have a compromise. In the senate and enough in the house to pass Immigration Reform. Ll notane or boehner wi bring it up to vote. Had a program and the right wing is supporting m actually torpedoed it. His approach is to do nothing only by closing the border and not doing anything else on the other aspects. This was a question related to border security. I want to hear wha