Opportunity at the end to thank both candidates were with us tonight. We will begin with opening remarks by the senators and proceed from there. Senator strange . Thank you very much i cannot tell you how much i appreciate the opportunity to discuss the issues that are so important to our country at this historic time i went recognize my wife who would be here with us but our second grandson was born the day before yesterdays so she is in washington with our son and daughterinlaws so i have a great pleasure to sit with them in the hospital and a whole that young man as it puts that into perspective why we care about the next generation she wished she could be here our first date was that a nascar race and i knew we would have a long and happy marriage. So this is a historic election in coming have been the States History of lot of gay issues are at stake so who is the most qualified the president s agenda . To make America Great again . The president supports me if you have not followed the president on twitter pages put out a great tweet about his enthusiasm for my campaign. And then to come to haunt spill in the afternoon in campaign for me. Because wed deliver a close friendship and we are people of accomplishment and we bonded. Learning the ways of washington the hard way but nobody is more determined than the president s award is the Vice President s stand . Who does he think would be the best . Of Vice President pence has endorsed me and he said james so anxious to go into the fight with you shoulder to shoulder how can i do that . Piece that i will be an alabama and this weekend. The president of the United States in the Vice President could choose anyone in this race. My opponent or the primary but they got into the race because they know what is at stake. Who will help the president . Could knows something about immigration . Building a wall . In forcing a wall . Infrastructure . Jobs and the economy . As a concrete record to get things done. I do. I will talk about those issues. Were past the time of speeches and empty promises we have to have results this is why the president has endorsed me and why we have become friends i did talk to the president and for about half an hour he said howre things going . There is a lot of things youre in the country and we see that. Ruling greek angry for lack of process progress to think through divine intervention he was elected by spend fighting the Obama Administration as a last line of defense of the constitution. We protected religious liberties we want those cases you can imagine the anger and frustration. That is why we bonded he said basket something done in washington. I need you at my side. You have common sense, you have been in the fight. The look forward to being an alabama this weekend. Thank you. I like to start by introducing my wife married 33 years with four children and five grandchildren and about four days the future course of our nation will be determined even in the form of the debate could become a new norm of political discourse across the country with the special Interest Group washington d. C. Is waiting to see what happens in the state of alabama with regard to the race with millions of dollars and then to control the people that were false or malicious advertising takes the place in the political arena. And think the people of alabama are ready and informed. That my wife has been criticized the election of donald trump november 2016 gave americans a new hope in new inspiration for the future of this country. Those are not happy with his election would protest but the establishment decided to take that easy course and do nothing obamacare has not been fully repealed all those steps have been made in the right direction and i support the bill. We have got to do more. Politics goes on as usual and we get frustrated was a graduate of the military academy of west point i want to work our military strong again. With experimentation to be inclusive and one to support the troops that have fought overseas and revitalize our economy the greatest difficulty is the federal government will need to return to free market enterprise and regulations need to be kept and bureaucratic policies need to be raised. Made in america of mean something again i want to bring in those federal judges who think they are above the constitution and supremacy must be stopped and finally want to see virtue and morality we turn to our country so the first president said it was day necessary spring to popular government to collect data indifference the foundation has been shaken with crime and corruption and abortion and sodomy sexual perversions we pearland sweep our land where liberty and justice for all comes across our land we will be good again per girl and then we will be straight. [applause] i would ask again that we try to refrain from the applause until the very end. I agree with those principles laid out but the difference is i have accomplished many of those in the arena. A lot of things that we would agree on but the president made a choice he picked me as a person who could get that done. So lets talk about the issues that we care about and what have we done to a finance those issues . The one that caught fire here in alabama of god into politics because of Jeff Sessions i was monitored in mentored he served as attorney general before i did and i consulted with him as i was running for the senate to take his place because he said the us standard they have fought the best to washington but the signature issue was immigration that is a critical issue. Who is the best person to ensure that we enforce the law . Because i have a record i have worked with Jeff Sessions over years and since he came into office and said we will do something that hasnt forced the law that is a novel concept. Jeff is doing that i have supported him 100 percent and border crossings are down 70 because we have an attorney general who will enforce the law and the president knows our record and alabamas law going after illegal immigration we were as support as we could be but he knows when president and her barack obama said i will justice side i will not enforce them i went to court with the president S Administration and we won. The amnestied of president who would disregard the constitution of the United States. And then to say we will help you do that. We took an oath to uphold the constitution of the United States in the rule of law everyone. The president knows that. I could give a speech about this all day for girl with this is why he has endorsed me. And those to hear him talk about a person here in the senate race. Other people want to talk about agendas and Mitch Mcconnell and everything under the sun except the issue. That sessions spent 20 years of his life devoted to help the president be elected to make America Great again. It is so critically important to get something done. I am not backing down on immigration i am all in and have supported him 100 percent of the time since he has been in washington and i am frustrated hour conservative republicans are not. John mckean said thumbs down. Talk about frustration after spending six years doing that to protect the constitution and winning. So just talking about daca the signature issue he will remove the obama rule. He knows that that is why he has endorsed me. I am certainly glad im not running as the president and Vice President of the United States. I can say what the president thinks or when he goes to the bathroom or what moves he makes. But lets talk about the wall was a vietnam veteran i defended our country in combat. I am the only combat veteran in this race includes securing the borders illegal aliens were a threat to our country that includes building a wall. Now leading up the rest of the conversation i always mentioned we could stop illegal aliens from crossing the borders because i was in the United States military and i know we can build the wall we cannot sit and wait for the al wall is built before reduce something about immigration. Sonat add day made is totally false. On september 19 healthcare. Gov confirmed the finding the benefits financially from a program to the foreign nationals. In with those Financial Disclosure form with that 16 percent sheriff with a company that offers residency. In exchange but according to attract grassley it is wrought with fraud and mismanagement with security problems. So why wait on congress . Obviously they did not do their duty so we have to look at what has to be done. Not to be used as originally intended. And has received revenues to the wealthy chinese investors. But they denied do their duty from the department of Homeland Security which violated the law. Deferment and deferred action on childhood arrivals is very simple dreamer education, there is no such thing as a dreamer because it was never passed by congress for a guide when it didnt obama himself through homeless security decided to implement the program to violate the law and that is why were here today. I submit further with their strange has the same obligation to rectify his own company. If we wait on congress to do everything we will lose. Daca is wrong dreamer is wrong. We need to look at the reforms embracing American Immigration and. The need to look at vetting the people coming into our country. That is what Jeff Sessions says. In that a lot of people daca are not qualified. And where they stand. And i support firmly and the sooner the better. For somebody who is complaining because we care about the issues the campaign was on. The second was making the economy great again. So people need jobs and employment and provide for their families with the most generous state in the union in terms of what the gift that we cannot do that with their working two jobs. You may get tired of hearing this or is supporting me in this race but think it is a good thing because he is a personal relationship with the junior senator from alabama. That is why he is coming here friday night. But he knows my record on the economy. I dont know of any jobs that was created to the personal foundation of and i have worked to create jobs in this state. And 12 years ago and the car manufacturer wanted to come and the company hired me to represent them to see if i could make it home in alabama and a travel to korea and learned about the business and represented to the process and there was 2500 people and the suppliers would ripple through thousands and thousands of jobs throughout the state for areas for people that need jobs that are at home desperate to work but the president knows that there is a fantastic facility called the institute it Research Park outside of the console and then they decided to make it worldclass. So they hired me to represent them to see if they could make the dream becomes a real. And that has a top scientist in the world and their curing diseases right now and they are brilliant scientists. Thatd is putting people to work that is a huge benefit but the thing ill say briefly but it ties together with the privilege i have had but i appreciate the fact of the service to this country with the greatest people in the military the sergeants their private is and to build those weapons to make them safe from that command with a greater force college through those combat ships and he said i need another ship for the navy. And working together we got that ship this week with the National Defense authorization act. Thousands of people over the next decade it will help to keep the nation safe the strong bids military and is all part of the economy that is why the president is so enthusiastic it all comes back so will we make America Great again . Who he knows of getting things done. Again im sorry it another president person i havent been to washington i havent been able to talk to a him sort of know where he is thinking so that is where the lobbyist does to say i am a career politician. I have been a judge for 14. 5 years and was a prosecutor before that as a judge i have a hard job and it is very difficult now it was over 20 years ago but eventually as a circuit judge first elected as 61 percent ever. I served as a judge eight years and did all the jobs. I have served two terms at two separate times my entire political career my opponent on either hand is a professional lobbyist over 23 years. 1980 through 2003 was 6. 6 Million Dollars over a nine year period with that lobbying disclosure period. So they didnt have the money to pay me. At was the key is a professional lobbyists because there was a condo with over half a Million Dollars but they dont want to walk six or seven blocks from the capital so as 23 years as a lobbyist in washington d. C. What do lobbyists to . They represent special interests and isnt it strange on behalf of the Russell CorporationChurch Congress to pass the Central AmericaFree Trade Association costing the United States over 4,240 jobs. Mexico, honduras, the sewing plants were closed President Trump had a right to say you do not get rid of a lobbyist by sitting in the United States senate. This is pure hypocrisy in this race. Recently this debate was supposed to be held at the eye and we discover that the president coincidentally happened to be the Senate Leadership fund that were making the bad ads about me. Ben lee found out the board did not know anything about it. So politely behindthescenes told them we were not coming to get out by saving face because something was rigged. And they came back to say it does not give a reason. And then at the end the campaign for another debate. What is you water the more afraid of . If they listen to their concerns from elected office . Those eight of 12 forearms forums that is eight and out of 12 that is why we canceled the debate and i will tell you that is why this was set up so you can understand the qualifications of the office this is the only forum that the would agree to because lincoln and douglas talks about the issues over what he has accomplished about the difference between the candidates for somebody new complaints about personal tax that is all i have heard so far tonight so one issue that distinguishes me is my record in this area. That is why the present endorses me. And with our traditional values. He knows i was the last line of defense literally to protect the constitution and rule of law. For six years when congress did nothing. With harry reid and those people i was in the fight and winning case is. But with the Environmental Protection agency with this is a nation we should be governed to be ruled by the Obama Administration. We were in the fight. The epa decided it becomes a navigable water if water backs up after rain that is a power grab it from the Obama Administration and is out of control and illegal and we sue them and one. They stop that. We stop that egregious grabbed from the government. And that was cooked up to put called out of business. Local miners are in tears because somebody tries to put the amount of business due to a political agenda. They would be the ones that suffered need to know about Economic Development so some very conservative as attorneys general were not afraid of a fight and we stopped that. We won. We were the only ones to stop obama and who were willing to do it or could do it. With that precious religious liberty. When nothing is more important to me. Has my young lord and savior my life and my family life and my professional life. Religious liberty was threatened. I was then the court room when it was unjustly held constitutional. But a group that believes the have a right to choose about their personal lives without religious Broadcasting Institute so they would make them pay contraceptives, they said we will not do that. We have to fire a readier credit providing insurance we will not violate their religious principles and we went to court on their behalf. You remember bobby lott the case and really in the middle of that. To make sure hour religious liberties were protected. Now we have a president that will. He is confirming am proposing judges that believe in the constitution and was proud to sit in the chair of the senate when justice abortions each name was brought up and we confirmed him. And to the government to get the nod of the way. But to get the government out of though way be have to support the president and get more conservative judges i am glad he believes in the man to do that. [applause] my opponent said his major accomplishments was being removed from office tries he didnt mention a was removed once and suspended but standing up for religious liberty. [applause] what did he do . Acknowledged United StatesSupreme Court decision was binding is that all state agencies will comply with the same sex marriage provision. He caved when that verdict came down. When they upheld their injunctions the only state in the union that has upheld the injunction before and after, and first character is an issue in every case. Was talked about cleaning up corruption. Because we are both prosecutors. And one principle be both here do it is highly improper to except give us from someone if you are charged with murder i want to read something to send a letter to the legislative body to delay the work of the House Judiciary Committee and tell i am able to report that has been co