abstinence education programs when they do not seem to be working? we have the third highest teenage pregnancy rate in the country. abstinence works. we have the highest rate among all states in the country. it does not seem to be working. it works. maybe it is the way it is being taught or that it this way or the way it is being applied. it is the best form to teach our children. can you tell me how it works? i am going to tell you from my own personal life. abstinence works. if we are not teaching it and if we are not impressing it upon them, then no. it being point is we are going to stand up and say y all go have sex or whatever is going on and we will worry with that and here are the ways to have safe sex, i am sorry. call me old-fashioned. that is not what i m going to stand up in front of the people. with respect, that is not what the question is asking. they are saying we are spending money on abstinence education with the third highest teenage pregnancy
in new mexico. we fought hard to make sure our teachers are getting fairly paid. third, we began to but the building blocks in place for new, emerging industries in new mexico. solar, wind, biomass, geothermal new mexico has an opportunity to do it all in the energy industry. we can stand shoulder to shoulder with the new emerging industries in new mexico. we need to invest in those industries. we invested in the film industry. 10,000 people are employed full or part-time in the film industry. that is what matters. here is something that went wrong. three years ago, we said we needed an independent ethics commission. if i am governor, i will not wait for the legislature. they dragged their feet. its fishing pole but they have not passed an independent ethics commission. i am it will have an independent ethics commission that can request subpoenas from the district court so you, as a private citizen, can know that if you have a serious complaint that it will be investigated.
economy because the debate is geared toward a western massachusetts audience. the part of the state has really struggled. ho: jon keller, thank you 4 previewing tonight s debate. live coverage here run c-span. for me information, go to our the debate started a moment ago. i will be the moderator this evening. the candidates are deval patrick, jill stein, charlie baker, and tim cahill. the names were drawn in order. thank you and thanks to the panelists and to the viewers. thank you for participating. i promised to serve as governor of the whole state and i have kept that promise. i have been a friend to western massachusetts. i have been here in the schools and businesses, have been here on the farms and in the streets. [unintelligible] massachusetts has man included. you and i know that is how we re going to build a stronger and better commonwealth. to lift ourselves out of the hole we re in but also to leave a better common welfare. we re growing faster than 48 other