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.
Slog, which we are in right now. Slog, that is a pretty good way stalling economic recovery. Pandemic fatigue setting in. It is hard to swallow. The worlds better with covid, such a long way to go. Today we saw the pressure put on as investors left without a new stimulus deal and see a spike in cases of covid. Joe, were going to be digging into this slog. Joe it sort of feels like today is the day that its really daunting on people. This is really real. There really is a surge here. If you want to call it a different way. Kind of besides the point whether it is in europe where we are seeing hospitalizations, deaths, and of course cases on the rise. Hospitals in the u. S. Starting to see strains again i capacity. Of course, this is a major theme of the spring surge. Utah hospital starting to prepare to ration care. Reports out of texas, wisconsin, elsewhere. It seems like today was a day a lot of this set in. A lot of opening trade having a bad day. Romaine it is interesting to bring up
Screen, and one of those will have the address where you can send questions for use in this debate. When the candidate gets down to about 15 seconds left in their answer, that box will turn yellow. 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. This has been a tough year for all of us and its time we come together. I am born and raised here in dallas. I went to school here. I had a business here. And i worked with every School District in the congressional district. I helped build my Family Business to over 300 employees serving 5 Million Students nationwide. My committee is focused on teaching kids how to read and how to
Serving 5 Million Students nationwide. My committee is focused on teaching kids how to read and how to close the achievement gap in schools. As your congresswoman, i am going to focus on jobs and getting us back to school quickly and safely, focusing on and fully funding and supporting our police. Hear my you will opponent talk about how bipartisan he is. In reality, he votes with nancy pelosi 100 of the time. He is an ineffective partyline politician who has passed zero bills in office. Tonight, you will hear him attempt to take credit for everyone elses work, including a myriad of health care policies. My opponent just two weeks ago, he voted to defund the police by 600 million. And he supports raising taxes on our Small Businesses. These are not texas values. These are d. C. Values. Colin allred believes the federal government knows what to do better for your life than you do. I disagree. Thank you. Opening statement from congressman colin allred. Rep. Allred thank you and thank im
Authorized to declare a recess at any time. I want to thank everyone, especially our witnesses, for joining us today for our committees hearing. I want to make sure to note some important requirements. By saying standing house and Committee Rules and practice will commit continue to apply through hybrid proceedings. Regulations require members to be visible through a video connection throughout the proceedings. Please keep your cameras on. Member to remain muted until you are recognized to minimize background noise. In accordance with the rules established under hr 965, stafford been advised to meet participants only in the event there is inadvertent background noise. For those members here in the room, i urge members and staff to wear masks while in the hearing room. I thank you in advance for your commitment to a safe environment for all here today. Mnuchin, administrator carranza, thank you for being here today. I want to give a sincere thank you of both agencies who have worked tir