And good evening. For those of you watching here on kob4tv, the santa fe new mexico. Com or las cruces, if youre listening across new mexico, welcome. And we welcome tonights moderating team and were delighted to have the candidates who will appear on your ballot running for the open u. S. Senate seat. They will be joining us tonight. Tonight the candidates are appearing from three locations, Mark Ronchetti is with us in the studio. And Ben Ray Lujan and bob walsh. Theres a camera for time keeping, enforce the rules and broadcast out of the location and the time keeper has been provided to mr. Ronchetti in the studios. Candidates will have one minute for opening remarks and then have 90 seconds to answer questions. Rebuttals are the moderators discretion and no more than 45 seconds and candidates will have 90 seconds for closing remarks. Moderators may disrupt candidates who exceed the agreed time limit. Well take one break halfway through the debate and candidates agree to come in wit
Order to ensure everyone safety the candidates and panelist are participating from their homes the press club gives a special thank you to georgia public broadcasting to help organize the online debate. Its me the candidates. Now medical order, libertarianel hazel, a marine corps veteran and cohost of the rebellion podcast analyzing politics from a local School Global level. Serving as ceo Media Production company to investigate corruption and organized crime for international newsn. Organizations republican david purdue serving in the senate since 2015 before being elected to the senate he sat on the board of five major corporations dallas meet the panel. And tom baxter and a reporter with the news now lets get started. Candidates will have 60 seconds to answer their questions and 32nd to respond to h rebuttals i will hold up a piece of paper so they know when there are ten secondsem remaining please go to the Atlanta Press club website. Each candidate will be asked to questions you g
To be here with the Vice President , with the honorable david young, who will be coming up after me. This whole concept of people coming along saying america was never great, i wonder where those people came from because do they recognize that this defended by a ragtag bunch of militiamen became the most3 powerful nation in the world in record time . That does not happen to a nation that is not great. And what was the world like before the United States of america . Stop and think about what the world was like. There were despotic leaders trampling over other people. They have to think twice about that now. Then, think about the innovation , the entrepreneurship, the hard makingat went into america into a great place. That is what makes us the kind of place that works for everybody. Some people say, well, america was good some groups, but maybe not so good for other groups. Again, maybe they need a history lesson. Say nothing ever happened for africanamericans in this country and that
Sufficient significant discussion about veteran suicides today, let me start by sharing the Veterans Crisis line. If you were a veteran you know are struggling, please contact the Veterans Crisis line 24 hours a day, seven days a week at 182738255 and select option number one or text 838255. I want to thank everybody joining us today. Weve made Suicide Prevention or top priority and today 25 to 31 bills we will discuss or related to improving access and reducing suicide in the veteran population. The issues surrounding Mental Health care are broad and complex. Let me address some of the remarks made by the Senate Counterparts at the hearing yesterday. The committee has been trying to work with the senate for six month is a end after promising staff conversations we are pleased to hear they are committed to moving forward with meaningful improvements to help reduce veteran suicide and help prevent veterans from falling into crisis. I look forward to speaking with chairman mao ran direct
Line. If you were a veteran you know are struggling, please contact the Veterans Crisis line 24 hours a day, seven days a week at 182738255 and select option number one or text 838255. I want to thank everybody joining us today. Weve made Suicide Prevention or top priority and today 25 to 31 bills we will discuss or related to improving access and reducing suicide in the veteran population. The issues surrounding Mental Health care are broad and complex. Let me address some of the remarks made by the Senate Counterparts at the hearing yesterday. The committee has been trying to work with the senate for six month is a end after promising staff conversations we are pleased to hear they are committed to moving forward with meaningful improvements to help reduce veteran suicide and help prevent veterans from falling into crisis. I look forward to speaking with chairman mao ran directly since we havent had the opportunity yet and to discuss further his commitment to pass the houses bipartis