In the texas 32nd congressional district, the incumbent democrat faces this challenger. They rate this race likely democratic. Democratic. Just want to review the rules of it. They are fairly simple. Two minutes for Opening Statements from the candidates. Nd for questions there will be a 92nd response for each candidate and a 45 second rebuttal for each candidate. Any further response or followup will be up to me. There the timekeeping, will be about four boxes on the one of those will have questions for use in this debate. When the candidate gets down to about 15 seconds left in their answer, that box will turn yellow. It will time is up, turn red. We will also have one minute closing statements in reverse order of opening. So, in keeping with the agreement reached between the two candidates, the opening genevievewill go to collins. Ms. Collins good evening. Thank you for hosting us. Thank you to the congressman for joining me and being flexible. Thank you to all of you for tuning in.
So lets begin. Senator menendez, the virtual floor is yours. Well thank you, nahal, very much. Good to see you again. And thank you all for joining us online for this release of the report entitled the costs of trumps Foreign Policy, the damaging consequences for u. S. And global security. Let me first explain why i thought undertaking this report was important. Much has been written about President Trumps failed Foreign Policy but i thought it was important to assess the damage of the past four years from a congressional perspective and to look at some of the starkest examples of how our president has engaged with the world and what his actions have met for the American People. My staff interviewed dozens of former u. S. Officials, many who served in senior positions in the Trump Administration. They traveled and met with Foreign Government officials and Foreign Policy expert speaking to people from more than 20 countries. And what we found was troubling. The consequences of both Dona
And thank you all for joining us online for this release of the report entitled the cost of the policy and damaging consequences for u. S. And global security. Let me first explain why i thought undertaking this report was important. Much has been written about President Trumps failed Foreign Policy but i thought it was important to assess from a congressional perspective and to look at some of the examples of how the president has engaged with the world and what his actions have meant for the American People. My staff interviewed dozens of former officials, many who served in senior positions in the Trump Administration. They traveled and met with officials and Foreign Policy experts speaking to people from more than 20 countries. What we found was struggling. The consequences of both Donald Trumps words and actions have been almost unequivocally negative for the American People and broad United States interest globally. Nearly four years since he took office, we see democratic democc
Online for this release of the report entitled the cost of the policy and damaging consequences for u. S. And global security. Let me first explain why i thought undertaking this report was important. Much has been written about President Trumps failed Foreign Policy but i thought it was important to assess from a congressional perspective and to look at some of the examples of how the president has engaged with the world and what his actions have meant for the American People. My staff interviewed dozens of former officials, many who served in senior positions in the Trump Administration. They traveled and met with officials and Foreign Policy experts speaking to people from more than 20 countries. What we found was struggling. The consequences of both Donald Trumps words and actions have been almost unequivocally negative for the American People and broad United States interest globally. Nearly four years since he took office, we see democratic democc decline and authoritarianism aro
We take you live now to a conversation with senator bob menendez. He is discussing a report put out by the committees democrats about the Trump Administrations Foreign Policy. I will be asking him some questions. The senator has a tight schedule and we may not have time at the end for audience questions. A number of you already sent me questions that you want asked. So lets begin. The virtual floor is yours. Thank you. Very much. Good to see you again. Thank you for joining us for the release of this online forum. Let he fell you why i thought undertaking this is right. Much has been written about his failed policy, but i thought it was important to assess the damage of the past four years from a congressional per sective and to look at the starkest examples of how he has engaged with the world. My staff interviewed dozens of former officials, many who served as senior officials in the Trump Administration. Speaking to people in more than 20 countries and what we found was troubling. H