Thank you. Good evening everybody. And i want to thank the aarp for sponsoring this debate and the voters and people in the seventh district for giving me the opportunity to serve them in and congress over these number of years. Ive been there long enough so i was able to move up to the head of the Agricultural Committee and ive been chair man twice and probably the only person thats ever done that. Weve been able to do some good work. Weve kept the Committee Bipartisan which was important to me. We got the usmc a trade agreement done that people were concerned about. We made that happen and got a good democratic vote so i look forward to going back to congress and continuing the bipartisan work that ive done over the number of years. Michelle fischbach, one minute opening statement. Thank you very much to matt and aarp for putting this together tonight. Im Michelle Fischbach. I served in the Minnesota Senate and first female president of the senate and worked as Lieutenant Governor fo
Coverage of election 2020. This is the debate between the candidates for minnesotas seventh district congressional seat. My guests tonight are democrat peterson and republican, Michelle Fischbach. Based on the coin flip, peterson will go first. Thank you. Good evening everybody. And i want to thank the aarp for sponsoring this debate and the voters and people in the seventh district for giving me the opportunity to serve them in and congress over these number of years. Ive been there long enough so i was able to move up to the head of the Agricultural Committee and ive been chair man twice and probably the only person thats ever done that. Weve been able to do some good work. Weve kept the Committee Bipartisan which was important to me. We got the usmc a trade agreement done that people were concerned about. We made that happen and got a good democratic vote so i look forward to going back to congress and continuing the bipartisan work that ive done over the number of years. Michelle f
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Between for discussion. Based in the coin flip, Collin Peterson will go first on his Opening Statement. Torgerson peterson. Good evening matt, hello everyone what to think the public and aarp for sponsoring this debate. Give me the opportunity to serve them and congress over these last number of years. Is able to move up to the Agricultural Committee in 2005. And ive been chairman twice, are the only person thats ever done that. Weve been able to do some good work, was kept the committee bipartisan. Ive been rated the most bipartisan member of congress cgot the mca trade agreement done the people were concerned about, had a good democratic vote. Site look forward to going back to congress to continue the bipartisan work ive done over the number of years. Alright michele one minute Opening Statement respect thank you very much matt, aarp and for the public for putting this together tonight. I served to the Minnesota Senate, i was the first female president of the Minnesota Senate i work
Regarding a democratic motion to begin work on a bill dropping the Justice Department from supporting lawsuits to strike the Affordable Care act. Live now to the floor of the u. S. Senate on cspan 2. Eternal god, our heavenly father, we cry to you, but sometimes you seem so far away. In our despair you sometimes seem distant, and we are tempted to surmise that we are all alone. When we shout, we seem to hear the echoes of our anguish. Nonetheless, we know that you are holy, mighty, and good. We have trusted you too long to let go. Empower our senators for these challenging times. Remove from their minds all bitterness and contempt for one another. Keep their hearts clean, their spirits courageous, and their minds clear, as they face these daunting times. We pray in your omnipotent name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in the pledge of allegiance. The pledge of allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation unde