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 State and arming rebels in syria to engage directly the Islamic State. President obama said he does not want to put boots on the ground but each day it seems we are hearing more negative news to advances that isis is making. Do you think at some point the u. S. Is going to have to put troops on the ground to directly combat the Islamic State . Like everybody here im deeply concerned, im alarmed by the turmoil we see in the middle east, by the violence by americans and citizens of other countries being beheaded by isis. This say terrible threat. We have a real problem in the United States because there has been a lack of leadership by the president. It is a problem not only for us but for the world. What we need the president to do is art late a clear strategic goal, a clear National Interest certainly can do. When we say something, we will do it. We need an exit strategy. That is crucial. We need a plan for victory and an exit strategy and accountability to the public. Until the president has led on these crucial issues, its very hard to have confidence in what he is doing. And on the second point. Congressman maloney failed to stand up to the president on issues like that th and thats a problem in addition. On the second part, do you think the military is going to have to put troops on the ground if we really want to combat isis . There are military experts who have said that. Unless we have leadership and a clear vision that has goals and an exit strategy so we are protecting our troops, yes, i am concerned about it. But i dont want to commit troops unless we have that clear leadership from the president. We dont have that clear leadership and the congressman on not chaled the president issues like this. That is ridiculous. I voted against the president s request for authorization to do this action. I stood up to my own party and the leadership of my own party. Thats why im in the top three members of congress for bipartisan. Im working for you. I dont think we had a good plan on this and every day that goes by proves it. Putting troops on the ground is a terrible idea. We need a Real Coalition and Real Partners and they dont exist. Where is turkey . Do not support putting American Kids there. I stood up to the president on this and think it was the right thing to do. I want our kids here getting good jobs, going to school, starting a business. I want to take your tax dollars if you have to spend them on washington and pour them back into our communities. I dont want our taxes going to all the other countries in the world. I want to invest in the United States of america. We do not have a plan for success in this conflict. But we can kill the people who hurt our citizens. We have tools in our kit. I support going after the guys who hurt these americans and capture, killing them, bringing them to justice. No one has stood up to the president more than i have and thats facts. Is the e hudson river Indian Point Energy center. This question is for congressman maloney. Should it be recertified and what should replace the power as a source of energy for the new york city area . What i have said is we need a responsible plan. This say big difference between us. Congresswoman says let it go forever. Might have to do with the fact she received more money from the Nuclear Industry than any other when she was in office. As a parent, as a member of the community, i think we have to ask tough questions about whether we can keep it going. We have all kind of new generation coming online, we have renewable projects like the one shes been criticizing that i support. There are all kind of ways we can replace that 2,000 mega watts. And we know where this has been done communities have created jobs by transitioning these plants and grown the economy in the surrounding area. Im concerned about the workers and economy there. But no one would ever put a Nuclear Power plant in the middle of our region today. Its a ticking time bomb. The congresswoman says let it go forever. I believe we can transition it away from indian point and keep Energy Prices low and keep the economy going and get that thing offline. Indian Point Energy Center if closed would closing indian point as the congressman advocates and im not surprised because he wants to you pay more for your energy. You could imagine what it would be like if we shut down indian point which would result in a 30 strike in our Energy Prices. People cant afford that congressman. And 2,000 people would lose their jobs. Not only, that but indian point only emits steam into the air, just water vapor. No carbon. If you want to talk about a low Carbon Footprint. Talk a zero Carbon Footprint from this energy center. Would we put it there today . No. But do we operate it safely . Absolutely. They are doing their best to make sure its safe and reliable. Its a great clean source of energy for us. It would be a terrible burden on the people of the Hudson Valley and our environment if it were shut. If you could be more specific about what Transition Opportunities are available right now. The congresswoman received more money from the owners of the indian point than any other member of congress. She visited. She was probably there to pick up a check. Even the people who support indian point will tell you in 20 years its going away. We have to plan for a new source of energy that the location. If you look at natural gas coming online. If you look at the transition nish theyve the governor put on the table to bring more power into the region. If you look at the opportunities through conservation. I have a bill called the pace bill that would allow home owners to make Energy Efficient improvements. The best generation is conser is vation. We can do better on that. If you look at the Renewable Technologies that have come and gone. And things like wind and solar. There is every reason to believe we can over time responsibly move away from indian point and remove forever the threat of a Nuclear Accident in the middle of the Hudson Valley. I do want to give her a quick chance to respond and i believe we are going to closing statements. I support an all of the above energy plan that will lower our Energy Prices, not raise them the way the congressman l. When he takes credit for the pace protection act that is classic congressman maloney. Because i was the original sponsor of that bill in the house of representatives. I put it together. Nice to fail to credit the folks ho came up with the pace plan. Great democratic councilman with whom i worked in a bipartisan way to make sure we got that bill on the floor. We need to have Energy Prices we can afford, not 200 million poured into a project that makes no sense and will only pollute. Up. Have to ask you to wrap have you one minutes for closing both of you. I want to thank the college, Time Warner Cable news and ourst host and congressman maloney for joining us tonight. There is a very clear contrast here in where the candidates here stand. I stand with you. I stand with the Hudson Valley. I stand for jobs here in the Hudson Valley. Real jobs that mean we can put people to work because our mom and pop businesses that have endorsed me will have fewer burdens, lower Energy Prices, lower taxes and less regulation. Congressman maloney wants washington to make decisions. He want towline his pocket with Campaign Dollars so he can direct money to you, including 200 million worth of hard earned money from folks here to go forward not an energy generator. Its just a shame that the folks in the Hudson Valley have someone standing with washington right now instead of with them but i will stand with you. Thank you all for a lively debate. Listen folks, you gave me a chance to represent you in washington. I want to say thank you for that. Its been the honor of my life to do. So im proud we listened to you and the solutions we worked on came from you. We listened to our vets so we lowered wait times. We passed the farm bill and reformed the crop bill. We listened to folks that said fix the dams and local infrastructure. Thats what im doing. We have so much work to do together. I promised i wouldnt forget im a product of the middle class. I am proud i built one of the most bipartisan records in congress. Top 3 . Here we are again with a choice to make. Are we Going Forward together. Keep this progress up, keep someone in washington who is fighting for you, listening to you or go with a radical agenda of congresswoman . We rejected that two years ago and it was a good choice. We need to create jobs and build a Hudson Valley where our kids will want to stay here and where they can be free and have an equal opportunity. 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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. 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 fsh. 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 changed . Nothing has changed. I dont believe ive pivotted at all. Ive been clear since i was a candidate for this office and since ive been serving. I would be for repealing and replacing and ive led the charge to make fixing to the Affordable Care act and im going to continue do do that. My latest fix was a hire more heroes act. Came from my Advisory Board to ensure veterans who are receiving their healthcare wouldnt count toward the Affordable Care act 50 employee limit and that would incentivize Small Businesses to hire more heroes that. Went to legislation. It passed the house of representatives with only one no vote. You cant get much more bipartisan than that. Its waiting in the senate to be heard. It passed the house again as part of a larger package and it sits in the senate with over 380 good pieces of legislation, many common sense fixes to the Affordable Care act. Spevingically what would you change or repeal . Thats one change i led the charge on. Im proud to be talking about that change. I want to make sure we put together a plan thats not going to cost consumers more. When you look at the Affordable Care act, there were many in illinois that signed up for private policies. 185,000 individuals were estimated to have lost their coverage before the Affordable Care act. The coverage they were promised they could keep. Those are the types of changes why we need a system thats going to cover preexisting conditions. To make sure we have no lifetime caps. Make sure that youngsters who cant find a job are able to stay on their parents insurance plans until they are 26. We cant continue to see families have to pay more. And in the first year, besides the fact that 2 billion was spent on a website, many families, especially women over the age of 55 are paying an average of 2100 to 2800 more per year for coverage tifpblet crease on families has to stop and i want to make the fixes that are necessary and many of those is it stalled in the United States senate and they need to move to the president s desk. Same question to you. Are there parts of the law youd like to see changed . I think mr. Davis has developed political amnesia because he voted 50 times to repeal at this time a. C. A. And shut down our government to the tune of 24 billion because he didnt like the law. But traveling around our district people do like parts of it and people ive heard as it unfolds having become a candidate when it first came out and now traveling around that people like they can stay on their parents insurance policy until they are 26 since we have nine colleges and universities in this district. Seniors like the Prescription Drug savings close to 2,000 a year and no discrimination against preexisting conditions. They do like that. And i hear more and more stories, for instance a woman came to my office about a month ago and five or six years ago her son had developed nonhodge kins limp foam massachusetts he as aged out of her insurance and she shopped around to get him treatment. It was expensive and her son finally passed away. And she believes if the a. C. A. Were in place at the her son would be alive. I hear stories like that. We have to keep in place what works. 14,000 people in our district in the 13th Congressional District have insurance now that didnt before the a. C. A. Was passed. So to take congressman davis and his partys position to rip that away from 14,000 people isnt what we should do. We should see what works and what i would do is travel around the district and listen. Have office hours. Listen to what people are saying so anecdotele evidence would turn into impeer cal evidence and we can fix what doesnt work. Are there any things you dont think work . If people want to stay on their own insurance policy they should be able to. I hear that a lot. I hear about some Small Businesses would like to increase the size instead of 50 to receive the subsidy. So i do hear that. Those are two specific things i would try to start working on and of course lowering the cost for middle class and our working families. Thats how i would listen and see how it unfolds and get right to work. We want to get to cost. If one of the goals of the Affordable Care act is to make healthcare more affordable to cover more people, we have people who are signing up for medicaid and subsidies but for those that dont qualify but see their premiums rising, what can congress do to make it more afford snble one woman came up to me and sh