WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:10.533 position:10% line:85% size:80% A LOOK AT THE CANDIDATES ON THE GENERAL ELECTION BALLOT FOR 00:10.533 --> 00:13.600 position:10% line:85% size:80% LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR. 00:13.600 --> 00:17.066 position:10% line:85% size:80% THE IDAHO DEBATES ARE A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT AMONG THE 00:17.066 --> 00:18.266 position:10% line:85% size:80% IDAHO PRESS CLUB, BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC 00:18.266 --> 00:20.700 position:10% line:85% size:80% SERVICE, UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO'S MCCLURE CENTER, IDAHO STATE 00:20.700 --> 00:24.166 position:10% line:85% size:80% UNIVERSITY'S DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE, THE LEAGUE OF 00:24.166 --> 00:28.433 position:10% line:85% size:80% WOMEN VOTERS' VOTER EDUCATION FUND, AND IDAHO PUBLIC 00:28.433 --> 00:31.266 position:10% line:85% size:80% TELEVISION. 00:31.266 --> 00:34.600 position:10% line:85% size:80% FUNDING FOR THEY IDAHO DEBATES IS PROVIDED BY THE FRIENDS OF 00:34.600 --> 00:40.100 position:10% line:85% size:80% PUBLIC TELEVISION AND THE IDAHO PUBLIC TELEVISION ENDOWMENT. 00:41.166 --> 00:42.600 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Melissa: HELLO AND WELCOME TO THE IDAHO DEBATES ON IDAHO 00:42.600 --> 00:44.333 position:10% line:85% size:80% PUBLIC TELEVISION. 00:44.333 --> 00:50.333 position:10% line:85% size:80% TONIGHT THE CANDIDATES VYING TO BE YOUR CONGRESSMAN FOR IDAHO'S 00:50.333 --> 00:59.700 position:10% line:85% size:80% -- LIEUTENANT GOVERNMENT BE HERE TO ASK FOR YOUR VOTE. 00:59.700 --> 01:02.000 position:10% line:85% size:80% I WANT TO WELCOME THE CANDIDATES: DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE 01:02.000 --> 01:04.333 position:10% line:85% size:80% KRISTIN COLLUM AND REPUBLICAN NOMINEE REPRESENTATIVE JANICE 01:04.333 --> 01:05.533 position:10% line:85% size:80% MCGEACHIN, WHO WILL INTRODUCE THEMSELVES IN JUST A MINUTE. 01:05.533 --> 01:08.000 position:10% line:85% size:80% ASKING THEM QUESTIONS TONIGHT WILL BE REPORTERS SELECTED BY 01:08.000 --> 01:10.166 position:10% line:85% size:80% THE IDAHO PRESS CLUB: DOUG PETCASH OF KTVB CHANNEL 7, JAMES 01:10.166 --> 01:12.000 position:10% line:85% size:80% DAWSON OF BOISE STATE PUBLIC RADIO, AND REBECCA BOONE OF THE 01:12.000 --> 01:12.367 position:10% line:85% size:80% ASSOCIATED PRESS. 01:12.367 --> 01:13.533 position:10% line:85% size:80% I'M MELISSA DAVLIN, HOST OF "IDAHO REPORTS" HERE ON IDAHO 01:13.533 --> 01:14.867 position:10% line:85% size:80% PUBLIC TELEVISION. 01:14.867 --> 01:16.867 position:10% line:85% size:80% I'M MODERATING TONIGHT'S DEBATE AND WILL DO MY BEST TO MAKE SURE 01:16.867 --> 01:20.433 position:10% line:85% size:80% ALL THE CANDIDATES GET EQUAL TIME AND STAY ON POINT. 01:20.433 --> 01:23.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% TO HELP ME AND TO REMIND THE CANDIDATES HOW LONG THEY'VE BEEN 01:23.633 --> 01:26.066 position:10% line:85% size:80% TALKING IS A VOLUNTEER TIMEKEEPER FROM THE LEAGUE OF 01:26.066 --> 01:28.000 position:10% line:85% size:80% WOMEN VOTERS, KENDAL SHABER. 01:28.000 --> 01:31.233 position:10% line:85% size:80% WE'VE ASKED THE CANDIDATES TO ENGAGE EACH OTHER ON THE ISSUES, 01:31.233 --> 01:33.166 position:10% line:85% size:80% IN OTHER WORDS, LESS EMPHASIS ON A RIGID FORMAT AND MORE FOCUS ON 01:33.166 --> 01:36.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% AN INTELLIGENT DISCUSSION THAT HELPS YOU THE VOTER CAST A MORE 01:36.633 --> 01:39.700 position:10% line:85% size:80% INFORMED BALLOT. 01:39.700 --> 01:41.700 position:10% line:85% size:80% EACH CANDIDATE WILL BE GIVEN 90 SECONDS FOR OPENING COMMENTS AND 01:41.700 --> 01:42.900 position:10% line:85% size:80% 90 SECONDS FOR CLOSING. 01:42.900 --> 01:46.233 position:10% line:85% size:80% WE FLIPPED A COIN A FEW MINUTES AGO AND REPRESENTATIVE MCGEACHIN 01:46.233 --> 01:50.000 position:10% line:85% size:80% WILL BEGIN WITH THEIR OPENING REMARKS. 01:50.000 --> 01:55.066 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Rep. McGeachin: A FAMOUS AUTHOR ONCE SAID THERE ARE TWO 01:55.066 --> 01:59.233 position:10% line:85% size:80% WAYS OF GETTING HOME AND ONE OF THEM IS TO STAY THERE. 01:59.233 --> 02:04.100 position:10% line:85% size:80% IDAHO IS EXPERIENCING AN INFLUX OF NEW RESIDENTS, MANY WHO ARE 02:04.100 --> 02:08.000 position:10% line:85% size:80% FLEEING STATES WHO HAVE WANDERED WELL KNOWN FROM THE AMERICAN 02:08.000 --> 02:11.533 position:10% line:85% size:80% STANDARD OF LIFE, LIBERTY AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS. 02:11.533 --> 02:15.700 position:10% line:85% size:80% WEIR FORTUNATE ALREADY TO BE RIGHT HERE IN IDAHO, OUR HOME, 02:15.700 --> 02:20.000 position:10% line:85% size:80% BUILT ON TRADITIONAL VALUES AND SOLID CONSERVATIVE PRINCIPLES. 02:20.000 --> 02:22.266 position:10% line:85% size:80% I WANT TO HELP KEEP IDAHO CONSERVATIVE. 02:22.266 --> 02:26.000 position:10% line:85% size:80% GOOD EVENING, MELISSA, PANELISTS, KRISTIN AND THE 02:26.000 --> 02:28.233 position:10% line:85% size:80% FELLOW IDAHOANS ACROSS THE STATE. 02:28.233 --> 02:33.433 position:10% line:85% size:80% IDAHO MORE FULLY EMBRACES THE PRINCE PETS CONTAINED WITHIN OUR 02:33.433 --> 02:33.900 position:10% line:85% size:80% FOUNDING DOCUMENTS. 02:33.900 --> 02:37.433 position:10% line:85% size:80% WE TAKE A MORE THOUGHTFUL AND MEASURED APPROACH TO THE LAWS WE 02:37.433 --> 02:41.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% PASS AND THE IMPACT THOSE LAWS HAVE ON OUR INDIVIDUAL 02:41.633 --> 02:41.900 position:10% line:85% size:80% LIBBERTYS. 02:41.900 --> 02:45.333 position:10% line:85% size:80% WITH MY TEN YEARS OF LEGISLATIVE EXPERIENCE, HELPING TO SOLVE 02:45.333 --> 02:50.233 position:10% line:85% size:80% STATEWIDE PROBLEMS, MY FORMAL EDUCATION IN FINANCE, MY 02:50.233 --> 02:54.533 position:10% line:85% size:80% SUCCESSFUL SMALL BUSINESS BACKGROUND, I WILL HELP PROVIDE 02:54.533 --> 02:57.533 position:10% line:85% size:80% A PROSPEROUS FUTURE FOR ALL IDAHOANS. 02:57.533 --> 03:01.100 position:10% line:85% size:80% I HAVE THE WISDOM AND KNOW-HOW TO GET THIS DONE. 03:01.100 --> 03:05.266 position:10% line:85% size:80% MY FAMILY AND I ARE DEDICATED TO ONE ANOTHER AND OUR GREAT STATE. 03:05.266 --> 03:08.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE ALWAYS CALLED IDAHO HOME AND TO OUR 03:08.633 --> 03:12.600 position:10% line:85% size:80% NEWEST IDAHOANS, WE ARE AT A FORK IN THE ROAD. 03:12.600 --> 03:16.367 position:10% line:85% size:80% WE EITHER HOLD FAST TO OUR IDAHO VALUES OR BECOME LOST, TRAVELING 03:16.367 --> 03:17.700 position:10% line:85% size:80% DOWN THE PROGRESSIVE PATH. 03:17.700 --> 03:20.066 position:10% line:85% size:80% IDAHO IS GREAT, AND I LOVE IDAHO. 03:20.066 --> 03:23.500 position:10% line:85% size:80% PLEASE HELP KEEP IDAHO CONSERVATIVE. 03:23.500 --> 03:28.800 position:10% line:85% size:80% I'M JANICE McGEACHIN CANDIDATE FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR. 03:28.800 --> 03:34.333 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Melissa: AND MS. COLLUM, YOUR THOUGHTS. 03:34.333 --> 03:35.900 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Ms. Collum: GOOD EVENING. 03:35.900 --> 03:39.367 position:10% line:85% size:80% I'M KRISTIN COLLUM, ARMY VETERAN, TECH SECTOR LEADER, 03:39.367 --> 03:41.600 position:10% line:85% size:80% WIFE AND MOTHER OF FOUR. 03:41.600 --> 03:45.533 position:10% line:85% size:80% I'M RUNNING FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR AS A MODERATE AND 03:45.533 --> 03:48.266 position:10% line:85% size:80% PRAGMATIC LEADER WHO FEELS DEEP LOYALTY TO OUR STATE AND COUNTRY 03:48.266 --> 03:51.266 position:10% line:85% size:80% AND SEEKS TO PULL US BACK INTO THE MIDDLE IN THESE DIVISIVE 03:51.266 --> 03:54.533 position:10% line:85% size:80% TIMES AND PUT PEOPLE BEFORE PARTY. 03:54.533 --> 03:57.900 position:10% line:85% size:80% FROM GREAT FALLS, MONTANA, I JOINED THE ARMY OUT OF HIGH 03:57.900 --> 04:01.867 position:10% line:85% size:80% SCHOOL AND LEFT WITH A MASTERS DEGREE, JOINED AS ENLISTED AND 04:01.867 --> 04:03.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% LEFT AS AN OFFICER. 04:03.633 --> 04:09.000 position:10% line:85% size:80% I SERVED IN NATO, WORKED IN THE PNTAGON FOR COLIN POWELL AND 04:09.000 --> 04:12.000 position:10% line:85% size:80% LED AS AN OFFICER PLATOON LEADER. 04:12.000 --> 04:15.700 position:10% line:85% size:80% FOR 21 YEARS I'VE LIVED IN IDAHO AND WORKED IN THE TECH SECTOR 04:15.700 --> 04:18.533 position:10% line:85% size:80% ACCIDENT SUCCESSFULLY LEADING DOZENS OF TEAMS AND 04:18.533 --> 04:19.600 position:10% line:85% size:80% INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS. 04:19.600 --> 04:23.600 position:10% line:85% size:80% I PULL TOGETHER THE STAKEHOLDERS ISSUE THE EXPERTS, AND THE 04:23.600 --> 04:27.433 position:10% line:85% size:80% OPPOSING SIDES TO ALIGN ON WINNING GOALS AND ACCOMPLISH THE 04:27.433 --> 04:28.166 position:10% line:85% size:80% MISSION. 04:28.166 --> 04:33.166 position:10% line:85% size:80% I SUPPORT PROP 2, MEDICAID EXPANSION THAT HELPS WORKING 04:33.166 --> 04:37.533 position:10% line:85% size:80% PEOPLE KEEP WORKING, AND INCLUDES 5,000 VETERANS AND 04:37.533 --> 04:38.166 position:10% line:85% size:80% THEIR FAMILIES. 04:38.166 --> 04:42.600 position:10% line:85% size:80% I WANT TO HELP STRENGTHEN THE STATE'S CYBERSECURITY PROGRAM TO 04:42.600 --> 04:46.533 position:10% line:85% size:80% PROTECT OUR PRIVATE DATA. 04:46.533 --> 04:49.533 position:10% line:85% size:80% IDAHO, EXTREMISTS FROM EITHER SIDE ARE THE PROBLEM. 04:49.533 --> 04:51.000 position:10% line:85% size:80% LET'S MEET IN THE MIDDLE. 04:51.000 --> 04:55.100 position:10% line:85% size:80% I ASK FOR YOUR VOTE FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR. 04:55.100 --> 04:55.700 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Melissa: ALL RIGHT. 04:55.700 --> 04:57.500 position:10% line:85% size:80% THANK YOU SO MUCH. 04:57.500 --> 05:03.266 position:10% line:85% size:80% AND THE FIRST QUESTION IS FOR MS. COLLUM FROM DOUG PETCASH. 05:03.266 --> 05:04.800 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> THANK YOU, MELISSA. 05:04.800 --> 05:09.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% IF ELECTED, WHAT IS YOUR VISION FOR WHAT YOU SEE AS YOUR ROLE AS 05:09.633 --> 05:10.500 position:10% line:85% size:80% LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR? 05:10.500 --> 05:12.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% HOW WOULD YOU APPROACH THAT POSITION? 05:12.633 --> 05:16.333 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Ms. Collum: WELL, SO AS PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, IT'S 05:16.333 --> 05:20.266 position:10% line:85% size:80% ALL ABOUT THAT PROCESS, THAT PARLIAMENTARY RULE AND BEING 05:20.266 --> 05:22.700 position:10% line:85% size:80% VERY EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT. 05:22.700 --> 05:26.367 position:10% line:85% size:80% AS THE ACTING GOVERNOR, IT'S STEPPING IN AND LEARNING QUICKLY 05:26.367 --> 05:31.333 position:10% line:85% size:80% HOW TO BE THAT FILL-IN FOR WHICHEVER GOVERNOR THE IDAHOANS 05:31.333 --> 05:32.900 position:10% line:85% size:80% VOTE FOR. 05:32.900 --> 05:35.533 position:10% line:85% size:80% THERE'S TWO SPECIAL THINGS I'M LOOKING TO WORK MORE IN. 05:35.533 --> 05:37.734 position:10% line:85% size:80% FIRST IT'S BEING THE VETERAN. 05:37.734 --> 05:41.433 position:10% line:85% size:80% IT'S HELPING THE GOVERNOR WHO IS THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE 05:41.433 --> 05:47.000 position:10% line:85% size:80% IDAHO NATIONAL GUARD, AND HAS NOT YET -- HAS NEVER WORN THE 05:47.000 --> 05:47.266 position:10% line:85% size:80% UNIFORM. 05:47.266 --> 05:50.000 position:10% line:85% size:80% AND IT'S ALSO VETERAN PROGRAMS. 05:50.000 --> 05:53.433 position:10% line:85% size:80% I HAVE CROSSED THE STATE AND BEEN TO ALL 44 COUNTIES. 05:53.433 --> 05:57.166 position:10% line:85% size:80% THERE ARE SO MANY VETERANS, SO MANY VETERAN PROGRAMS, BUT 05:57.166 --> 05:59.266 position:10% line:85% size:80% THEY'RE NOT REALLY MEETING TOGETHER. 05:59.266 --> 06:01.166 position:10% line:85% size:80% THERE'S A WAY THAT WE CAN CONNECT THEM BETTER. 06:01.166 --> 06:04.266 position:10% line:85% size:80% THE OTHER THING WOULD BE CYBERSECURITY. 06:04.266 --> 06:08.066 position:10% line:85% size:80% WITH MY TECHNICAL BACKGROUND, I'M HOPING TO HELP THE STATE 06:08.066 --> 06:11.500 position:10% line:85% size:80% INSURE THAT OUR PRIVATE DATA STAYS PRIVATE. 06:11.500 --> 06:14.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> THERE'S A GOOD CHANCE OR A CHANCE I SHOULD SAY THAT THE 06:14.633 --> 06:17.333 position:10% line:85% size:80% GOVERNOR COULD BE FROM A DIFFERENT PARTY AND YOU WOULD BE 06:17.333 --> 06:20.367 position:10% line:85% size:80% SERVING WITH A GOVERNOR AS OPPOSITE POLITICAL PARTIES. 06:20.367 --> 06:22.333 position:10% line:85% size:80% HOW WOULD YOU APPROACH THAT SITUATION? 06:22.333 --> 06:27.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% WOULD YOU SUPPORT THE GOVERNOR IN HIS OR HER AGENDA? 06:27.633 --> 06:32.266 position:10% line:85% size:80% AND EVEN IF THERE ARE DEEP IDEALOGICAL DIFFERENCES? 06:32.266 --> 06:34.433 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Ms. Collum: FIRST AND FOREMOST I'M A PROFESSIONAL. 06:34.433 --> 06:38.367 position:10% line:85% size:80% I SHOW UP EVERY DAY AND WORK HARD, AND ONCE WE'RE TOGETHER, 06:38.367 --> 06:40.500 position:10% line:85% size:80% WE'RE TEAM IDAHO. 06:40.500 --> 06:44.066 position:10% line:85% size:80% AND SO THAT'S THE IMPORTANT THING, THAT WE MAY NOT AGREE ON 06:44.066 --> 06:46.600 position:10% line:85% size:80% EVERYTHING, BUT WE'RE BOTH ON THE SAME TEAM, AND WE'RE GOING 06:46.600 --> 06:48.066 position:10% line:85% size:80% TO GET THE JOB DONE. 06:48.066 --> 06:51.333 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> AND FOR REPRESENTATIVE McGEACHIN, SAME QUESTION FOR 06:51.333 --> 06:51.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% YOU. 06:51.633 --> 06:55.700 position:10% line:85% size:80% HOW DO YOU ENVISION THE POSITION OF LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR AND YOUR 06:55.700 --> 06:57.066 position:10% line:85% size:80% ROLE IN IT? 06:57.066 --> 07:01.867 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Rep. McGeachin: THE VICE CEO OF THE STATE OF IDAHO IS NOT A 07:01.867 --> 07:03.166 position:10% line:85% size:80% ROLE FOR AN APPRENTICE. 07:03.166 --> 07:06.533 position:10% line:85% size:80% THIS IS WHAT ESTABLISHES A CLEAR DISTINCTION BETWEEN MYSELF AND 07:06.533 --> 07:07.333 position:10% line:85% size:80% MY OPPONENT. 07:07.333 --> 07:10.867 position:10% line:85% size:80% THE EXPERIENCE THAT I SERVED IN THE LEGISLATURE HAVING 1 FOOT IN 07:10.867 --> 07:14.433 position:10% line:85% size:80% THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH OF GOVERNMENT AND ONE BRANCH IN THE 07:14.433 --> 07:15.500 position:10% line:85% size:80% EXECUTIVE BRANCH OF GOVERNMENT. 07:15.500 --> 07:19.433 position:10% line:85% size:80% THE PRIORITIES THAT I WOULD HAVE IN THAT CAPACITY, THE VOTERS 07:19.433 --> 07:23.700 position:10% line:85% size:80% KNOW WHERE I STAND ON ANY GIVEN ISSUE, WHETHER IT'S TAX POLICY, 07:23.700 --> 07:29.533 position:10% line:85% size:80% SPENDING, HEALTH CARE, LIFE, THE VOTER KNOWS I HAVE A PROVEN 07:29.533 --> 07:30.367 position:10% line:85% size:80% RECORD THERE. 07:30.367 --> 07:35.600 position:10% line:85% size:80% AND SO YOU CAN HELP -- YOU CAN HELP UNDERSTAND HOW I WILL 07:35.600 --> 07:37.700 position:10% line:85% size:80% GOVERN IN THAT CAPACITY. 07:37.700 --> 07:41.233 position:10% line:85% size:80% IN THE CAPACITY OF EXECUTIVE BRANCH OF GOVERNMENT, I WOULD 07:41.233 --> 07:44.066 position:10% line:85% size:80% LIKE TO -- THERE'S THREE THINGS I'D LIKE TO DO. 07:44.066 --> 07:48.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% I'D LIKE TO BE ABLE TO ADVISE AND CONSENT THE GOVERNOR ON BOTH 07:48.633 --> 07:54.600 position:10% line:85% size:80% AGENCY AND COMMISSION APPOINTMENTS, BECAUSE CUSTOMER 07:54.600 --> 08:01.333 position:10% line:85% size:80% SERVICE AND ORIENTATION AND TAKING A LOOK AT BUDGET THROUGH 08:01.333 --> 08:05.233 position:10% line:85% size:80% ZERO BASE BUDGETS IS CRITICAL TO MAKE SURE WE'RE SPENDING 08:05.233 --> 08:07.166 position:10% line:85% size:80% TAXPAYERS' DOLLARS EFFICIENTLY. 08:07.166 --> 08:13.233 position:10% line:85% size:80% SECONDLY I'D LIKE TO BE AN ADVOCATE OF THE INL AS A 08:13.233 --> 08:13.967 position:10% line:85% size:80% COCHAIR. 08:13.967 --> 08:18.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% THE INL IS A NATIONAL GEM WHERE IDAHO CAN LEAD THE NATION ON 08:18.633 --> 08:26.066 position:10% line:85% size:80% ENERGY POLICY INCLUDING RENEWABLE ENERGY AND SMALL CELL 08:26.066 --> 08:26.600 position:10% line:85% size:80% NUCLEAR REACTOR. 08:26.600 --> 08:31.700 position:10% line:85% size:80% I'D LIKE TO CLOSE THE SKILLS GAP IN IDAHO THROUGH INTERNSHIP AND 08:31.700 --> 08:35.166 position:10% line:85% size:80% APPRENTICESHIP TRAINING SO OUR KIDS CAN HAVE A HOPE FOR A 08:35.166 --> 08:37.700 position:10% line:85% size:80% FUTURE AND GREATER OPPORTUNITIES IN OUR STATE. 08:37.700 --> 08:41.367 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> IF PAULETTE JORDAN WIN, WILL YOU BE ABLE TO WORK WITH HER? 08:41.367 --> 08:43.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% AND HOW WOULD YOU APPROACH THAT WORKING RELATIONSHIP? 08:43.633 --> 08:46.333 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Rep. McGeachin: I WOULD PREFER TO SERVE WITH BRAD 08:46.333 --> 08:51.600 position:10% line:85% size:80% LITTLE, BUT I WILL SERVE WITH WHICHEVER PERSON THE VOTER SENDS 08:51.600 --> 08:53.266 position:10% line:85% size:80% IT TO BE OUR NEXT GOVERNOR. 08:53.266 --> 08:57.900 position:10% line:85% size:80% I HAVE DEMONSTRATED AN ABILITY TO WORK WITH THOSE ACROSS THE 08:57.900 --> 09:01.867 position:10% line:85% size:80% AISLE ON A NUMBER OF ISSUES DURING MY TEN YEARS IN THE 09:01.867 --> 09:03.600 position:10% line:85% size:80% LEGISLATIVE SERVICE. 09:03.600 --> 09:06.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Melissa: THE NEXT QUESTION IS FROM REBECCA BOONE. 09:06.633 --> 09:10.266 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> REPRESENTATIVE McGEACHIN, VOTERS WILL DECIDE NEXT MONTH 09:10.266 --> 09:16.734 position:10% line:85% size:80% WHETHER OR NOT TO EXPAND MEDICAID COVERAGE TO ROUGHLY 09:16.734 --> 09:19.533 position:10% line:85% size:80% 62,000 IDAHOANS WHO DON'T QUALIFY FOR MEDICAID BUT DON'T 09:19.533 --> 09:24.800 position:10% line:85% size:80% MAKE ENOUGH TO AFFORD HEALTH CARE INSURANCE. 09:24.800 --> 09:29.800 position:10% line:85% size:80% YOU'VE BEEN OUTSPOKEN IN TO PROP 2. 09:29.800 --> 09:34.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% YOU HAVE URGED REPUBLICANS TO FIGHT AGAINST MEDICAID EXPANSION 09:34.633 --> 09:35.066 position:10% line:85% size:80% IN IDAHO. 09:35.066 --> 09:39.100 position:10% line:85% size:80% IF PROP 2 PASSES AND YOU'RE CALLED ON TO BREAK A TIE VOTE IN 09:39.100 --> 09:42.900 position:10% line:85% size:80% THE SENATE ON LEGISLATION THAT WOULD MOVE THAT FORWARD, WOULD 09:42.900 --> 09:47.900 position:10% line:85% size:80% YOUR VOTE REFLECT THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE OR YOUR PERSONAL 09:47.900 --> 09:48.233 position:10% line:85% size:80% PREFERENCE? 09:48.233 --> 09:51.433 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Rep. McGeachin: I AM OPPOSED TO PROPOSITION TWO. 09:51.433 --> 09:56.500 position:10% line:85% size:80% IT IS A PEOPLE ISSUE THAT MUST BE EXPRESSED BUT IT'S AN 09:56.500 --> 09:59.900 position:10% line:85% size:80% EXPANSION OF OBAMA CARE IN OUR STATE THAT I HAVE ALWAYS 09:59.900 --> 10:00.166 position:10% line:85% size:80% OPPOSED. 10:00.166 --> 10:03.000 position:10% line:85% size:80% AS CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE, I MADE SURE MY COMMITTEE HAD THE 10:03.000 --> 10:06.367 position:10% line:85% size:80% OPPORTUNITY TO CAREFULLY STUDY THE LAW, UNLIKE MEMBERS OF 10:06.367 --> 10:10.533 position:10% line:85% size:80% CONGRESS WHO COBBLED THE LAW TOGETHER AND PASSED IT. 10:10.533 --> 10:16.066 position:10% line:85% size:80% WE WERE LIED TO ABOUT BEING ABLE TO KEEP OUR DOCTOR AND INSURANCE 10:16.066 --> 10:17.900 position:10% line:85% size:80% COSTS GOING DOWN. 10:17.900 --> 10:21.166 position:10% line:85% size:80% IT IS A FUTURE FISCAL CATASTROPHE. 10:21.166 --> 10:25.066 position:10% line:85% size:80% THERE IS NO FUNDING MECHANISM ATTACHED TO THE PROPOSAL, AND 10:25.066 --> 10:30.100 position:10% line:85% size:80% THERE WILL BE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF DEBT DOLLARS IN COST 10:30.100 --> 10:30.600 position:10% line:85% size:80% OVERRUNS. 10:30.600 --> 10:36.266 position:10% line:85% size:80% I'M CONCERNED THAT THIS INITIATIVE WILL WORK TO TAKE 10:36.266 --> 10:39.900 position:10% line:85% size:80% DOLLARS, PRECIOUS TAXPAYER DOLLARS AWAY FROM ALL OTHER 10:39.900 --> 10:42.700 position:10% line:85% size:80% RESOUR RESOURCES SUCH AS EDUCATION AND 10:42.700 --> 10:43.066 position:10% line:85% size:80% TRANSPORTATION. 10:43.066 --> 10:46.533 position:10% line:85% size:80% AND WE'RE SEEING THAT IN OUR BUDGET EVEN TODAY BEFORE THE 10:46.533 --> 10:48.266 position:10% line:85% size:80% EXPANSION OF OBAMA CARE. 10:48.266 --> 10:53.600 position:10% line:85% size:80% SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT I WOULD USE MY 10:53.600 --> 10:58.433 position:10% line:85% size:80% VOTE TO OVERTURN THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE, I AM THE CANDIDATE WHO 10:58.433 --> 11:02.266 position:10% line:85% size:80% WALKS THE WALK AND NOT TALKS THE TALK. 11:02.266 --> 11:05.600 position:10% line:85% size:80% I AM THE ONE WHO HONORED THE VOTE OF THE PEOPLE ON TERM 11:05.600 --> 11:08.500 position:10% line:85% size:80% LIMITS BECAUSE I DO NOT BELIEVE IN CAREER POLITICIANS. 11:08.500 --> 11:13.066 position:10% line:85% size:80% SO AFTER SERVING MY TEN YEARS OF TIME IN THE LEGISLATURE, I TERM 11:13.066 --> 11:15.967 position:10% line:85% size:80% LIMITED MYSELF AND WENT BACK HOME AND STARTED A SMALL 11:15.967 --> 11:16.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% BUSINESS. 11:16.633 --> 11:21.800 position:10% line:85% size:80% I HONESTLY CANNOT RESPOND TO THAT QUESTION, BECAUSE IT 11:21.800 --> 11:25.433 position:10% line:85% size:80% WILL -- AND I'M NOT TRYING TO EVADE THE QUESTION, BUT THE WAY 11:25.433 --> 11:30.066 position:10% line:85% size:80% THAT THIS -- IF PROP 2 PASSES IN IDAHO, THE WAY THAT THE 11:30.066 --> 11:35.734 position:10% line:85% size:80% LEGISLATIVE POLICY BODY CHOOSES TO IMPLEMENT THAT, I DON'T KNOW 11:35.734 --> 11:37.000 position:10% line:85% size:80% WHAT THAT IS GOING TO BE. 11:37.000 --> 11:43.500 position:10% line:85% size:80% I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE GOING TO CHOOSE TO IMPLEMENT THE PROGRAM, 11:43.500 --> 11:46.734 position:10% line:85% size:80% AND REDUCE FUNDING IN ALL OTHER AREAS OF OUR STATE BUDGET. 11:46.734 --> 11:51.166 position:10% line:85% size:80% I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE GOING TO CHOOSE TO RAISE A TAX OR WHICH 11:51.166 --> 11:53.100 position:10% line:85% size:80% TAX THAT MIGHT BE. 11:53.100 --> 11:56.066 position:10% line:85% size:80% SO HONESTLY, I CANNOT ANSWER THAT QUESTION. 11:56.066 --> 12:02.066 position:10% line:85% size:80% IT WILL BE UP TO THE LEGISLATIVE BODY TO DETERMINE IF IT PASSES, 12:02.066 --> 12:03.433 position:10% line:85% size:80% HOW TO MAKE IT WORK. 12:03.433 --> 12:07.000 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> AS A FOLLOW-UP, ARE THERE ANY STEPS YOU'D BE WILLING TO TAKE 12:07.000 --> 12:09.433 position:10% line:85% size:80% IF IT PASSES TO ENACT THAT LEGISLATION? 12:09.433 --> 12:12.266 position:10% line:85% size:80% OR HOW FAR WOULD YOU GO TO STOP IT? 12:12.266 --> 12:17.333 position:10% line:85% size:80% WOULD YOU BLOCK ANY OF THE SAY THE FUNDING PIECES FROM GOING TO 12:17.333 --> 12:18.266 position:10% line:85% size:80% THE SENATE FLOOR? 12:18.266 --> 12:19.367 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Rep. McGeachin: NO. 12:19.367 --> 12:21.100 position:10% line:85% size:80% THAT'S NOT HOW A OPERATE. 12:21.100 --> 12:25.800 position:10% line:85% size:80% I DO WORK COLLABORATIVELY TO TRY TO SOLVE PROBLEMS, AND I'VE 12:25.800 --> 12:27.600 position:10% line:85% size:80% DEMONSTRATED THAT ABILITY IN MY SERVICE. 12:27.600 --> 12:32.533 position:10% line:85% size:80% WHAT I WOULD DO IS WORK WITH MY FRIENDS IN THE LEGISLATURE, AND 12:32.533 --> 12:35.700 position:10% line:85% size:80% THERE ARE A NUMBER OF CONCERNED LEGISLAT 12:35.700 --> 12:38.333 position:10% line:85% size:80% LEGISLATO LEGISLATORS, ABOUT THIS 12:38.333 --> 12:38.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% INITIATIVE. 12:38.633 --> 12:42.533 position:10% line:85% size:80% I WOULD WORK WITH THEM TO TRY TO FIND A SOLUTION THAT WOULD WORK 12:42.533 --> 12:44.800 position:10% line:85% size:80% BEST FOR IDAHO. 12:44.800 --> 12:51.900 position:10% line:85% size:80% THE CONCERN WITH THE PROPOSITION 2 AND THE EXPANSION OF MEDICAID, 12:51.900 --> 12:56.800 position:10% line:85% size:80% WITHOUT THE ABILITY OF THE STATE TO DO ANY KIND OF PRIORITIZING, 12:56.800 --> 12:59.233 position:10% line:85% size:80% THAT'S WHERE WE PUT EVERYTHING AT RISK. 12:59.233 --> 13:03.533 position:10% line:85% size:80% WE COULD APPLY TO THE FEDERA GOVERNMENT FOR A WAIVER PROGRAM 13:03.533 --> 13:10.000 position:10% line:85% size:80% THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO PRIORITIZE SO THAT UNDER THIS 13:10.000 --> 13:13.433 position:10% line:85% size:80% PROPOSAL, AND MANY PEOPLE IN IDAHO MAY NOT KNOW THIS, BUT A 13:13.433 --> 13:19.700 position:10% line:85% size:80% WIDOW WITH SEVERAL KIDS WILL BE LESS ADVANTAGED TO BENEFIT FROM 13:19.700 --> 13:24.066 position:10% line:85% size:80% THE PROGRAM THAN A SINGLE ABLE-BODIED ADULT. 13:24.066 --> 13:29.734 position:10% line:85% size:80% WHAT WE NEED TO DO AS A STATE IS CAREFULLY AND CAUTIOUSLY 13:29.734 --> 13:32.700 position:10% line:85% size:80% CONSIDER THIS AS WE HAVE IN THE PAST AND MAKE SURE THAT WHAT WE 13:32.700 --> 13:38.166 position:10% line:85% size:80% DO FOR OUR STATE SERVES OUR PEOPLE BEST, THAT THE STATE OF 13:38.166 --> 13:42.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% IDAHO, A SOVEREIGN STATE COMES UP WITH A SOLUTION AND DOESN'T 13:42.633 --> 13:48.100 position:10% line:85% size:80% HAVE TO HAVE EVERY ONE OF OUR DECISIONS DICTATED TO US BY THE 13:48.100 --> 13:48.600 position:10% line:85% size:80% FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. 13:48.600 --> 13:53.066 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> SO JUST TO CLARIFY, ARE YOU SAYING YOU WOULD LOOK -- IF PROP 13:53.066 --> 13:57.066 position:10% line:85% size:80% 2 PASSES YOU WOULD LOOK FOR NOT NECESSARILY MEDICAID EXPANSION 13:57.066 --> 13:58.433 position:10% line:85% size:80% BUT OTHER STEPS TO TAKE? 13:58.433 --> 13:59.066 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Rep. McGeachin: ABSOLUTELY. 13:59.066 --> 14:04.800 position:10% line:85% size:80% THE FIRST THING I SAID, THIS IS A PEOPLE PROBLEM, AND WE DO NEED 14:04.800 --> 14:07.967 position:10% line:85% size:80% TO ADDRESS THIS, BUT NOT JUST FOR THIS POPULATION. 14:07.967 --> 14:14.900 position:10% line:85% size:80% WE NEED TO ADDRESS THIS PROBLEM, THES A 14:14.900 --> 14:18.800 position:10% line:85% size:80% THE EXACERBATING HEALTH CARE COSTS THAT WE ALL SUFFER FROM, 14:18.800 --> 14:20.800 position:10% line:85% size:80% AND I HAVE SOME IDEAS IN THAT AREA. 14:20.800 --> 14:22.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% I HOPE WE GET TO TALK ABOUT THEM TONIGHT. 14:22.633 --> 14:26.533 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> MS. COLLUM, YOU'VE BEEN CAMPAIGNING ALONGSIDE -- 14:26.533 --> 14:31.066 position:10% line:85% size:80% PROMOTING PROP TIGZOSITION TWO THROUGHOUT YOUR CAMPAIGN. 14:31.066 --> 14:35.266 position:10% line:85% size:80% IF YOU'RE ELECTED LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, AND PROP 2 PASS, WHAT 14:35.266 --> 14:38.600 position:10% line:85% size:80% ROLE WILL YOU PAY IN MEDICAID EXPANSION? 14:38.600 --> 14:41.266 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Ms. Collum: ONCE IT PASSES AND GOES INTO THE DEPARTMENT OF 14:41.266 --> 14:45.066 position:10% line:85% size:80% HEALTH AND WELFARE TO GET RAMPED UP AND OPENED UP. 14:45.066 --> 14:47.800 position:10% line:85% size:80% I WOULD JUST INSURE THAT THAT HELPS. 14:47.800 --> 14:54.166 position:10% line:85% size:80% I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE POINTS THAT MY OPPONENT 14:54.166 --> 14:55.266 position:10% line:85% size:80% MADE. 14:55.266 --> 15:01.800 position:10% line:85% size:80% CAREFUL AND CAUTIOUS APPROACHES SHOULDN'T TAKE SIX YEARS. 15:01.800 --> 15:06.900 position:10% line:85% size:80% YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN SIX YEARS AND MULTIPLE OPPORTUNITIES HAVE 15:06.900 --> 15:12.000 position:10% line:85% size:80% COME ACROSS TO THE LEGISLATORS, TO THE GOVERNOR, AND IT'S FAILED 15:12.000 --> 15:13.066 position:10% line:85% size:80% EVERY YEAR. 15:13.066 --> 15:14.533 position:10% line:85% size:80% PEOPLE ARE DYING. 15:14.533 --> 15:15.333 position:10% line:85% size:80% PEOPLE ARE SICK. 15:15.333 --> 15:17.700 position:10% line:85% size:80% PEOPLE ARE FALLING THROUGH THE CRACKS. 15:17.700 --> 15:20.000 position:10% line:85% size:80% AND THIS IS WRONG. 15:20.000 --> 15:25.233 position:10% line:85% size:80% SO THE PEOPLE ACROSS THIS STATE HAVE GOTTEN THIS ON THE BALLOT 15:25.233 --> 15:26.066 position:10% line:85% size:80% THIS YEAR. 15:26.066 --> 15:28.900 position:10% line:85% size:80% AND THEY ARE READY TO VOTE IT IN. 15:28.900 --> 15:33.333 position:10% line:85% size:80% THIS IS GOING TO BRING IN NEW MONEY, 5,000 JOBS AT AN AVERAGE 15:33.333 --> 15:36.533 position:10% line:85% size:80% OF $51,000. 15:36.533 --> 15:41.900 position:10% line:85% size:80% IT'S GOING -- WHICH COMES OUT TO $27.8 MILLION IN TAX REVENUE. 15:41.900 --> 15:46.333 position:10% line:85% size:80% IT'S BRINGING BACK OUR FEDERAL TAX DOLLARS BACK INTO OUR STATE 15:46.333 --> 15:50.000 position:10% line:85% size:80% WHERE IT HASN'T BEEN COMING IN, AND THESE ARE -- THE PEOPLE WHO 15:50.000 --> 15:52.533 position:10% line:85% size:80% HAVE ENDORSED THIS, THE IDAHO SHERI 15:52.533 --> 15:56.967 position:10% line:85% size:80% SHERIFFS ASSOCIATION, THE IACE, THE IDAHO SCHOOL BOARD. 15:56.967 --> 16:00.166 position:10% line:85% size:80% THEY'RE ALL SAYING THAT THESE WILL HELP EVEN OUR CHILDREN, 16:00.166 --> 16:04.000 position:10% line:85% size:80% BECAUSE WHEN THEIR PARENTS ARE HEALTHY, THEN THE CHILDREN WILL 16:04.000 --> 16:04.233 position:10% line:85% size:80% THRIVE. 16:04.233 --> 16:08.166 position:10% line:85% size:80% IT IS NOT TAKING AWAY MONEY LIKE SHE'S INDICATING. 16:08.166 --> 16:13.500 position:10% line:85% size:80% IT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO BE A NET AND EVEN A NET PLUS IN THE END, 16:13.500 --> 16:15.100 position:10% line:85% size:80% AND WE NEED TO APPROVE IT. 16:15.100 --> 16:18.900 position:10% line:85% size:80% IT'S BEEN A TRAVESTY IT'S GONE SIX YEARS. 16:18.900 --> 16:23.233 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> YOU'VE SAID IT WOULD ULTIMATELY SAVE THE STATE MOAN. 16:23.233 --> 16:27.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% IF IT PASSES AND YOU'RE ASKED TO HELP IMPLEMENT IT IN THE ROLE AS 16:27.633 --> 16:30.333 position:10% line:85% size:80% LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR AND THE LEGISLATURE STARTS WORKING TO 16:30.333 --> 16:33.700 position:10% line:85% size:80% GET THE FUNDS, WHERE SHOULD THEY GO TO FIND THAT CASH? 16:33.700 --> 16:35.433 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Ms. Collum: IT WILL BE COMING FROM THE GENERAL FUND. 16:35.433 --> 16:38.700 position:10% line:85% size:80% I WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW, IF WE NEED TO LOOK AT SOMETHING, IT 16:38.700 --> 16:43.333 position:10% line:85% size:80% WOULD BE LIKE MAYBE FROM THE TOBACCO TAX OR SOMETHING LIKE 16:43.333 --> 16:43.533 position:10% line:85% size:80% THAT. 16:43.533 --> 16:46.900 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> REPRESENTATIVE McGEACHIN, YOU WANTED TO RESPOND. 16:46.900 --> 16:48.266 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Rep. McGeachin: YES, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 16:48.266 --> 16:51.367 position:10% line:85% size:80% MY OPPONENT MENTIONED IT'S BEEN SIX YEARS SINCE THE IDAHO 16:51.367 --> 16:53.500 position:10% line:85% size:80% LEGISLATURE HAS ADDRESSED THIS PROBLEM. 16:53.500 --> 16:55.233 position:10% line:85% size:80% THAT'S NOT THE TRUTH. 16:55.233 --> 16:58.900 position:10% line:85% size:80% MY FRIENDS IN THE LEGISLATURE HAVE MADE SEVERAL EFFORTS TO 16:58.900 --> 17:04.900 position:10% line:85% size:80% ADDRESS THIS AND OFFER SOLUTIO SOLUTIONS SOLUTIONS. 17:04.900 --> 17:07.734 position:10% line:85% size:80% PRIOR TO TWO YEARS AGO, THEY WERE DEALING WITH A DIFFERENT 17:07.734 --> 17:12.533 position:10% line:85% size:80% ADMINISTRATION THAT WAS HOSTILE TO ANY CHANKIND OF CHANGES TO THE 17:12.533 --> 17:14.100 position:10% line:85% size:80% OBAMA CARE LAW. 17:14.100 --> 17:18.333 position:10% line:85% size:80% SECONDLY, THE DISCUSSION THAT WE'RE BRINGING DOLLARS BACK INTO 17:18.333 --> 17:23.066 position:10% line:85% size:80% OUR STATE, THOSE DOLLARS ARE OUR KIDS' DOLLARS. 17:23.066 --> 17:27.734 position:10% line:85% size:80% THEY'RE OUR KIDS' KIDS' GRAND KIDS' DOLLARS. 17:27.734 --> 17:30.900 position:10% line:85% size:80% THIS IS DEBT FINANCED. 17:30.900 --> 17:32.800 position:10% line:85% size:80% IT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT. 17:32.800 --> 17:35.734 position:10% line:85% size:80% THERE'S ALSO A 10% MATCH RATE THAT THE STATE WILL BE 17:35.734 --> 17:38.066 position:10% line:85% size:80% RESPONSIBLE FOR. 17:38.066 --> 17:41.900 position:10% line:85% size:80% AND THAT WILL BE -- THEY WILL NEED TO FIND A WAY TO PAY FOR 17:41.900 --> 17:43.066 position:10% line:85% size:80% THAT 10%. 17:43.066 --> 17:45.533 position:10% line:85% size:80% AND THAT HAS NOT BEEN ADDRESSED. 17:45.533 --> 17:47.367 position:10% line:85% size:80% SO IT IS A MATTER OF CHOICES. 17:47.367 --> 17:50.333 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> DID YOU WANT TO RESPOND BRIEFLY, MS. COLLUM? 17:50.333 --> 17:54.600 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Ms. Collum: I WOULD BE SURPRISED THAT YOU HAVE VERY 17:54.600 --> 17:55.433 position:10% line:85% size:80% MUCH SUPPORT. 17:55.433 --> 17:59.600 position:10% line:85% size:80% EVEN REPRESENTATIVE FRED WOOD, CHAIRMAN OF THE HOUSE HEALTH AND 17:59.600 --> 18:06.233 position:10% line:85% size:80% WELFARE COMMITTEE SPONSORS AND SUPPORTS PROP 2. 18:06.233 --> 18:11.533 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> AT LEAST 30 OTHER LEGISLATORS IN THE HOUSE WHO IS FORMERLY 18:11.533 --> 18:15.967 position:10% line:85% size:80% SIGNED A RESOLUTION IN OPPOSITION TO THIS. 18:15.967 --> 18:21.800 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> IF PROP 2 DOESN'T PASS, WILL YOU CONSIDER THE MATTER SETTLE 18:21.800 --> 18:24.533 position:10% line:85% size:80% OR WORK TO FIND ANOTHER WAY TO EXPAND MEDICAID? 18:24.533 --> 18:27.000 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Ms. Collum: I'D LIKE TO SEE WHAT MADE IT NOT PASS AND SEE IF 18:27.000 --> 18:29.500 position:10% line:85% size:80% THERE'S MORE WORK THAT WE CAN DO THERE, ABSOLUTELY. 18:29.500 --> 18:34.433 position:10% line:85% size:80% IT IS A GAP POPULATION THAT NEEDS TO BE SERVED. 18:34.433 --> 18:41.700 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Melissa: THE NEXT QUESTION FOR MS. COLLUM FROM JAMES 18:41.700 --> 18:41.967 position:10% line:85% size:80% DAWSON. 18:41.967 --> 18:46.166 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> DO YOU THINK THAT WOMEN HAVE THE RIGHT TO SAFE AND EASILY 18:46.166 --> 18:46.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% ACCESSIBLE ABORTIONS? 18:46.633 --> 18:47.166 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Ms. Collum: YES. 18:47.166 --> 18:50.333 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> WHAT WOULD DO YOU IF A BILL FROM THE LEGISLATURE 18:50.333 --> 18:54.533 position:10% line:85% size:80% CRIMINALIZING OR RESTRICTING ANY ASPECT OF ABORTION SERVICES CAME 18:54.533 --> 18:55.266 position:10% line:85% size:80% BEFORE THE SENATE? 18:55.266 --> 19:00.333 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Ms. Collum: SO IDAHO IS FIERCELY INDEPENDENT, AND THE 19:00.333 --> 19:05.166 position:10% line:85% size:80% LAST THING WE WANT IS OUR GOVERNMENT GETTING INTO OUR A 19:05.166 --> 19:09.867 position:10% line:85% size:80% PERSONAL AND INTIMATE DECISION AS THAT, AND I WOULD BE OPPOSED 19:09.867 --> 19:10.166 position:10% line:85% size:80% TO THAT. 19:10.166 --> 19:12.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% WE'RE TOO INDEPENDENT FOR THAT. 19:12.633 --> 19:16.800 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> REPRESENTATIVE McGEACHIN, YOU'VE SAID THAT YOU ARE 19:16.800 --> 19:19.900 position:10% line:85% size:80% ANTIABORTION, PRO LIFE, AND WITH THE CURRENT MAKEUP OF THE 19:19.900 --> 19:24.100 position:10% line:85% size:80% SUPREME COURT, THERE MAY BE A CHANCE TO OVERTURN ROE V. WADE 19:24.100 --> 19:28.166 position:10% line:85% size:80% OR AT LEAST RESTRICT ACCESS TO ABORTION OR CERTAIN TYPES EVER 19:28.166 --> 19:28.533 position:10% line:85% size:80% BIRTH CONTROL. 19:28.533 --> 19:33.800 position:10% line:85% size:80% WHAT POLICIES WOULD YOU LIKE TO IMPLEMENT IN IDAHO IF ROWE V 19:33.800 --> 19:37.367 position:10% line:85% size:80% WADE WERE TO BE WEAKENED? 19:37.367 --> 19:43.066 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Rep. McGeachin: THAT'S ANOTHER BETWEEN ME AND MY 19:43.066 --> 19:43.333 position:10% line:85% size:80% OPPONENT. 19:43.333 --> 19:47.900 position:10% line:85% size:80% I BELIEVE THAT LIFE BEGINS AT THE MOMENT OF CONCEPTION AND THE 19:47.900 --> 19:51.533 position:10% line:85% size:80% STATE HAS A VESTED INTEREST TO PROTECT NOT JUST THE LIFE AND 19:51.533 --> 19:55.367 position:10% line:85% size:80% HEALTH OF THE MOTHER BUT ALSO THE UNBORN CHILD. 19:55.367 --> 20:01.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% ROE V. WADE IS A LAW THAT WAS PASSED WHICH PERMITS ABORTION ON 20:01.633 --> 20:01.867 position:10% line:85% size:80% DEMAND. 20:01.867 --> 20:06.066 position:10% line:85% size:80% WHAT MY OPPONENT MAYBE DOESN'T UNDERSTAND IS THERE WAS ANOTHER 20:06.066 --> 20:12.367 position:10% line:85% size:80% CASE THAT WENT BEFORE THE SUPREME COURT, THE CASEY CASE, 20:12.367 --> 20:18.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% WHICH GAVE THE STATES THE RIGHT TO MAKE PLACE RESTRICTIONS 20:18.633 --> 20:21.900 position:10% line:85% size:80% BECAUSE OF THE TECHNOLOGY AND THE CHANGING ATTITUDE IN OUR 20:21.900 --> 20:23.734 position:10% line:85% size:80% COUNTRY ABOUT LIFE. 20:23.734 --> 20:28.967 position:10% line:85% size:80% THAT AT A CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME IN THE WOMB, THE STATES DO HAVE 20:28.967 --> 20:33.166 position:10% line:85% size:80% A VESTED INTEREST TO PROTECT THE LIFE, THE HEALTH, AND THE SAFETY 20:33.166 --> 20:38.066 position:10% line:85% size:80% OF THE UNBORN MOTHER AND THE CHILD. 20:38.066 --> 20:42.700 position:10% line:85% size:80% TO ANSWER YOUR -- FOLLOW UP ON YOUR QUESTION ABOUT IF THIS -- 20:42.700 --> 20:48.900 position:10% line:85% size:80% IF ROE V. WADE IS OVERTURNED ON THE SUPREME COURT, IF IT IS, 20:48.900 --> 20:53.433 position:10% line:85% size:80% THEN IT WILL RETURN BACK TO THE STA 20:53.433 --> 20:59.700 position:10% line:85% size:80% STATES AS IT SHOULD, AND AT THAT POINT OF PROCESS, THE 20:59.700 --> 21:03.900 position:10% line:85% size:80% LEGISLATIVE BODY WOULD WORK TO DETERMINE WHICH RULES AND 21:03.900 --> 21:08.100 position:10% line:85% size:80% REGULATIONS ARE APPROPRIATE FOR OUR STATE, HAVING RECEIVED 21:08.100 --> 21:13.600 position:10% line:85% size:80% APPROPRIATE PUBLIC INPUT AND TO INSURE CONSTITUTIONAL STRENGTH. 21:13.600 --> 21:16.333 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> AND MS. COLLUM, YOU WANTED TO RESPOND. 21:16.333 --> 21:18.433 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Ms. Collum: YES. 21:18.433 --> 21:25.000 position:10% line:85% size:80% SO MY OPPONENT IS ALL ABOUT LIFE AT SOME POINTS BUT NOT ABOUT 21:25.000 --> 21:28.600 position:10% line:85% size:80% LIFE WHEN IT'S MEDICAID EXPANSION AND PROP 2 WHERE 21:28.600 --> 21:31.166 position:10% line:85% size:80% PEOPLE CAN DIE AND HAVE. 21:31.166 --> 21:37.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% SO IT'S FUNNY THAT IT COUNTS MORE IN SOME CASES AND NOT IN 21:37.633 --> 21:37.900 position:10% line:85% size:80% OTHERS. 21:37.900 --> 21:40.867 position:10% line:85% size:80% IT'S JUST THAT DICHOTOMY. 21:40.867 --> 21:46.533 position:10% line:85% size:80% BEING PRO CHOICE IS NOT SAYING THAT ANYONE WANTS AN ABORTION. 21:46.533 --> 21:51.266 position:10% line:85% size:80% IT'S JUST SAYING THAT IT HAS TO BE SOMEWHERE ON THE LIST OF 21:51.266 --> 21:53.166 position:10% line:85% size:80% OPTIONS, BUT WE DO EVERYTHING WE CAN. 21:53.166 --> 21:57.100 position:10% line:85% size:80% WE HAVE A LOT IN COMMON THAT WE CAN DO GOODNESS FOR WOMEN, 21:57.100 --> 21:58.500 position:10% line:85% size:80% GOODNESS FOR YOUNG FAMILIES. 21:58.500 --> 22:02.100 position:10% line:85% size:80% WE CAN HELP THEM WITH PLANNING PARENTHOOD AND HELP THEM WITH 22:02.100 --> 22:04.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% BIRTH CONTROL AND SAFE HEALTH CARE ACCESS. 22:04.633 --> 22:09.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% BUT MAN, YOU KNOW, TO TAKE THAT OFF THE LIST, AND WHEN IT'S SO 22:09.633 --> 22:10.166 position:10% line:85% size:80% PRIVATE. 22:10.166 --> 22:14.333 position:10% line:85% size:80% IT'S NOT ANYONE'S BUSINESS ESPECIALLY NOT THE GOVERNMENT. 22:14.333 --> 22:17.700 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> MS. COLLUM, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU. 22:17.700 --> 22:22.600 position:10% line:85% size:80% OFTEN LIEUTENANT GOVERNORS END UP ACTING GOVERNOR AND SOMETIMES 22:22.600 --> 22:23.266 position:10% line:85% size:80% SIGN LEGISLATION. 22:23.266 --> 22:26.333 position:10% line:85% size:80% IF YOU WERE ACTING GOVERNOR WHEN AN ANTIABORTION PIECE OF 22:26.333 --> 22:31.333 position:10% line:85% size:80% LEGISLATION CROSSED YOUR DESK, WOULD YOU VETO IT EVEN IF IT WAS 22:31.333 --> 22:33.000 position:10% line:85% size:80% AGAINST THE GOVERNOR'S WISHES? 22:33.000 --> 22:35.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Ms. Collum: A LOT OF -- NOT KNOWING THE LEGISLATION AND ALL 22:35.633 --> 22:40.734 position:10% line:85% size:80% EXACTLY WHAT IT SAYS, BUT I WOULD HAVE TO CONSIDER IT, AND 22:40.734 --> 22:49.233 position:10% line:85% size:80% GENERALLY, I WOULD SAY THAT IF IT'S FINANCIALLY RESPONSIBLE, IF 22:49.233 --> 22:55.166 position:10% line:85% size:80% IT WON'T BE LI-TITIGIOUS, AND WE HAVE TALKED, I MAY HAVE. 22:55.166 --> 23:00.700 position:10% line:85% size:80% I WOULD HAVE TO CONSIDER IT VERY HEAVILY AT THAT TIME. 23:00.700 --> 23:04.533 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> REPRESENTATIVE McGEACHIN, YOU'RE AHEAD ON TIME. 23:04.533 --> 23:06.433 position:10% line:85% size:80% I'LL GIVE YOU 15 SECONDS. 23:06.433 --> 23:08.000 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Rep. McGeachin: IT'S UNFORTUNATE. 23:08.000 --> 23:11.266 position:10% line:85% size:80% ANY PROPOSAL WORKS ITS WAY THROUGH THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS 23:11.266 --> 23:12.533 position:10% line:85% size:80% TO GET TO THE GOVERNOR'S DESK. 23:12.533 --> 23:16.600 position:10% line:85% size:80% FOR YOU TO IMPOSE YOUR WILL OVER THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE OF THIS 23:16.600 --> 23:19.433 position:10% line:85% size:80% STATE, THAT'S NOT KIND OF LEADER THAT WE NEED. 23:19.433 --> 23:21.166 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> YOU HAD A FOLLOW-UP QUESTION. 23:21.166 --> 23:22.433 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> I DID. 23:22.433 --> 23:24.066 position:10% line:85% size:80% FOR REPRESENTATIVE McGEACHIN. 23:24.066 --> 23:26.800 position:10% line:85% size:80% SHOULD ROE V. WADE BE OVERTURNED? 23:26.800 --> 23:29.900 position:10% line:85% size:80% WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE WOMEN OR DOCTORS BE PUNISHED FOR 23:29.900 --> 23:34.100 position:10% line:85% size:80% PROVIDING OR RECEIVING AN A ABORTION, AND IF NOT, HOW WOULD 23:34.100 --> 23:41.900 position:10% line:85% size:80% YOU PREVENT ABORG ON ABORTIONS IN IDAHO IF THERE WAS NO 23:41.900 --> 23:42.266 position:10% line:85% size:80% PUNITIVE MEASURE. 23:42.266 --> 23:48.967 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Rep. McGeachin: I'VE MADE MY POSITION CRYSTAL-CLEAR IN THE 23:48.967 --> 23:49.333 position:10% line:85% size:80% PRIMARY. 23:49.333 --> 23:51.433 position:10% line:85% size:80% I DON'T BELIEVE IN PENALIZING THE WOMEN. 23:51.433 --> 23:53.800 position:10% line:85% size:80% I DON'T BELIEVE IN MAKING TWO WOMENS OUT OF AN ISSUE. 23:53.800 --> 23:54.867 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. 23:54.867 --> 23:57.700 position:10% line:85% size:80% THE NEXT QUESTION IS FROM REBECCA BOONE. 23:57.700 --> 24:04.700 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> GOVERNOR ANDRUS CALLED PUBLIC LANDS THE SECOND PAYCHECK. 24:04.700 --> 24:09.533 position:10% line:85% size:80% THEY ATTRACTED SKILLED WORKERS TO COME HERE AND STAY HERE. 24:09.533 --> 24:12.900 position:10% line:85% size:80% WHAT DO YOU SEE PUBLIC LAND SERVING IDAHO? 24:12.900 --> 24:16.900 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Ms. Collum: PUBLIC LANDS DRIVE IDAHOANS TO IDAHO. 24:16.900 --> 24:17.700 position:10% line:85% size:80% WE'RE OUTDOORS PEOPLE. 24:17.700 --> 24:20.333 position:10% line:85% size:80% WE HUNT AND FISH AND HIKE AND RAFT. 24:20.333 --> 24:22.333 position:10% line:85% size:80% IT'S WHAT MAKES US SO SPECIAL. 24:22.333 --> 24:25.900 position:10% line:85% size:80% SO WE NEED TO PROTECT OUR PUBLIC LANDS. 24:25.900 --> 24:29.367 position:10% line:85% size:80% WE NEED TO KEEP THEM PUBLIC AND KEEP THEM ACCESSIBLE. 24:29.367 --> 24:34.700 position:10% line:85% size:80% SO MANY TIMES RECENTLY IN THE NEWS, AUTHORITHERE'S BEEN WRITE-UPS 24:34.700 --> 24:37.600 position:10% line:85% size:80% ABOUT HOW ROADS ARE BEING BLOCKED OFF. 24:37.600 --> 24:41.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% THEY'RE BEING SOLD OFF OR PRIVATE LANDS ARE BEING SOLD TO 24:41.633 --> 24:47.266 position:10% line:85% size:80% PRIVATE ENTITIES, BILLIONAIRES FROM TEXAS, BUT WE'RE NOT BEING 24:47.266 --> 24:50.433 position:10% line:85% size:80% ABLE TO GET TO OUR PUBLIC LAND BEHIND THAT. 24:50.433 --> 24:54.533 position:10% line:85% size:80% WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP OUR PUBLIC LANDS, AND THEY 24:54.533 --> 24:56.600 position:10% line:85% size:80% STAY ACCESSIBLE TO IDAHOANS. 24:56.600 --> 24:59.333 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> SO THEN WHO MANAGES THESE LANDS? 24:59.333 --> 25:00.233 position:10% line:85% size:80% THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT? 25:00.233 --> 25:01.000 position:10% line:85% size:80% THE STATE? 25:01.000 --> 25:02.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% PRIVATE INDUSTRY? 25:02.633 --> 25:04.900 position:10% line:85% size:80% HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE THEM HANDLED? 25:04.900 --> 25:06.900 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Ms. Collum: IT'S A COLLABORATION AND PARTNERSHIP 25:06.900 --> 25:09.266 position:10% line:85% size:80% BETWEEN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND THE STATE. 25:09.266 --> 25:11.333 position:10% line:85% size:80% EVEN THE LOCAL IN SOME CASES. 25:11.333 --> 25:13.266 position:10% line:85% size:80% IT'S A COLLABORATION. 25:13.266 --> 25:16.900 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> CAN YOU BE MORE SPECIFIC? 25:16.900 --> 25:22.800 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Ms. Collum: I'VE SEEN CASES WHERE THE BLM AND THE U.S. 25:22.800 --> 25:26.600 position:10% line:85% size:80% FOREST SERVICE AND THE STATE CAN WORK -- WHEN THEY'RE 25:26.600 --> 25:31.800 position:10% line:85% size:80% COMMUNICATING AND SHARING RESPONSIBILITY, AND THAT THEY'RE 25:31.800 --> 25:35.266 position:10% line:85% size:80% WORKING TOGETHER, THEN IT'S ALL WORKING. 25:35.266 --> 25:37.867 position:10% line:85% size:80% IT'S WHEN THEY STOP TALKING TO EACH OTHER AND STOP WORKING 25:37.867 --> 25:42.233 position:10% line:85% size:80% TOGETHER THAT THINGS HAVE GOTTEN BAD WITHIN THIS STATE. 25:42.233 --> 25:45.900 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> REPRESENTATIVE McGEACHIN, WHAT FUNCTIONS DO YOU SEE PUBLIC 25:45.900 --> 25:47.266 position:10% line:85% size:80% LANDS SERVING IN IDAHO? 25:47.266 --> 25:51.100 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Rep. McGeachin: AS AN OUTDOOR ENTHUSIAST MYSELF AND MY FAMILY 25:51.100 --> 25:56.333 position:10% line:85% size:80% WHERE WE ENJOY HIKING, BIKING, SKIING, FISHING, BOATING, IT'S 25:56.333 --> 26:00.700 position:10% line:85% size:80% CRITICAL THAT WE KEEP OUR PUBLIC LANDS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. 26:00.700 --> 26:05.166 position:10% line:85% size:80% THERE IS NO DISPUTE THERE, AND AS A LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, I WILL 26:05.166 --> 26:06.900 position:10% line:85% size:80% WORK TO PROTECT THAT. 26:06.900 --> 26:12.367 position:10% line:85% size:80% ON THE ISSUE OF HOW WE CAN MANAGE OUR RESOURCES, I 26:12.367 --> 26:17.367 position:10% line:85% size:80% ABSOLUTELY WOULD ADVOCATE THAT THE STATE BE MORE INVOLVED IN 26:17.367 --> 26:19.700 position:10% line:85% size:80% HELPING TO MANAGE THOSE RESOURCES. 26:19.700 --> 26:28.266 position:10% line:85% size:80% I'M PART OF A CITIZEN ADVISORY COMMITTEE IN THE CHALICE SALMON 26:28.266 --> 26:31.433 position:10% line:85% size:80% FOREST THAT IS BEING RECONSIDERED BY THE U.S. FOREST 26:31.433 --> 26:31.700 position:10% line:85% size:80% SERVICE. 26:31.700 --> 26:36.734 position:10% line:85% size:80% UNFORTUNATELY WHAT WE HAVE SEEN OVER THE PAST EIGHT YEARS IS A 26:36.734 --> 26:40.166 position:10% line:85% size:80% CONTINUAL SHUTDOWN OF THESE LANDS, A CONTINUAL EROSION OF 26:40.166 --> 26:43.800 position:10% line:85% size:80% THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THOSE WHO LIVE IN OUR RURAL COMMUNITIES. 26:43.800 --> 26:50.700 position:10% line:85% size:80% WE HAVE SEEN A REDUCTION IN REVENUE-SHARING MONEY BECAUSE 26:50.700 --> 26:56.233 position:10% line:85% size:80% THE HISTORIC INDUSTRIES OF SHEEP HERDING, GRAZING, HARVESTY OF 26:56.233 --> 27:00.500 position:10% line:85% size:80% OUR TIMBER AND MINING HAS BEEN SHUT DOWN MORE AND MORE. 27:00.500 --> 27:03.533 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> GRAZING HAS CERTAINLY BEEN A FLASH POINT WHEN IT COMES TO 27:03.533 --> 27:04.967 position:10% line:85% size:80% DISCUSSIONS ON PUBLIC LANDS. 27:04.967 --> 27:10.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% FOR INSTANCE, THE BUNDY FAMILY, AND THEIR VARIOUS PROTESTS 27:10.633 --> 27:14.433 position:10% line:85% size:80% INCLUDING THE OCCUPATION OF FEDERAL LAND NOW HERE IN OREGON. 27:14.433 --> 27:18.266 position:10% line:85% size:80% DO YOU SUPPORT THE BUNDYS AND THEIR ANTIGOVERNMENT PROTEST? 27:18.266 --> 27:19.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Rep. McGeachin: ABSOLUTELY I DO. 27:19.633 --> 27:22.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% AND FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO DON'T KNOW ALL THE FACTS OF WHAT 27:22.633 --> 27:25.600 position:10% line:85% size:80% HAPPEN HAPPENED, THEN I WOULD JUST 27:25.600 --> 27:29.066 position:10% line:85% size:80% SUGGEST THAT YOU DO SOME RESEARCH, BECAUSE THERE ARE 27:29.066 --> 27:32.433 position:10% line:85% size:80% INDIVIDUALS THAT WENT ALL OVER -- CAME FROM ALL OVER THE 27:32.433 --> 27:38.533 position:10% line:85% size:80% COUNTRY TO GO DEFEND THE BUNDY FAMILY AND WAS PROVEN DURING THE 27:38.533 --> 27:44.500 position:10% line:85% size:80% TRIALS THAT OUR VERY OWN FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WAS PREPARED TO KILL 27:44.500 --> 27:52.166 position:10% line:85% size:80% AND LAUNCH WEAPONS ON RESIDENTS IN THAT AREA. 27:52.166 --> 27:56.233 position:10% line:85% size:80% SO I'M PROUD THAT THERE ARE VERY MANY PEOPLE THAT WILL GO AND 27:56.233 --> 28:02.900 position:10% line:85% size:80% STAND UP AGAINST THIS TYRANNICAL GOVERNMENT THAT IS TAKING OVER 28:02.900 --> 28:07.233 position:10% line:85% size:80% MORE AND MORE OF OUR BEAUTIFUL RESOURCES AND OUR LANDS AND 28:07.233 --> 28:12.233 position:10% line:85% size:80% ROBBING FAMILIES FROM THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE FOR 28:12.233 --> 28:12.533 position:10% line:85% size:80% THEMSELVES. 28:12.533 --> 28:16.700 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> I WAS ACTUALLY AT THE WILDLIFE REFUGE AND TALKED TO A 28:16.700 --> 28:19.266 position:10% line:85% size:80% LOT OF THE PEOPLE THERE INCLUDING SOME MEMBERS OF THE 28:19.266 --> 28:20.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% BUNDY FAMILY. 28:20.633 --> 28:24.700 position:10% line:85% size:80% CERTAINLY THEIR FRUSTRATIONS WITH GRAZING AND THE WAY LAND 28:24.700 --> 28:26.700 position:10% line:85% size:80% WAS MANAGED IS PALPABLE. 28:26.700 --> 28:30.900 position:10% line:85% size:80% I DIDN'T SEE A WHOLE LOT OF ARM ARMED AT LEAST AT THE REFUGE 28:30.900 --> 28:35.000 position:10% line:85% size:80% ITSELF, I DIDN'T SEE A WHOLE LOT OF ARMED FEDERAL OR LOCAL AGENTS 28:35.000 --> 28:39.066 position:10% line:85% size:80% GETTING READY TO LAUNCH ANY WEAPONS AS A POINT TO MAKE 28:39.066 --> 28:39.266 position:10% line:85% size:80% THERE. 28:39.266 --> 28:43.433 position:10% line:85% size:80% THERE CERTAINLY WAS -- WE'RE IN EASTERN OREGON. 28:43.433 --> 28:44.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% WE'RE IN IDAHO. 28:44.633 --> 28:46.900 position:10% line:85% size:80% A LOT OF PEOPLE OWN WEAPONS. 28:46.900 --> 28:48.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Rep. McGeachin: THERE HAVE BEEN SOME OTHER CASE WHERE IS 28:48.633 --> 28:54.734 position:10% line:85% size:80% THAT HAS OCCURRED, AND JUST ALSO FOR THE PUBLIC TO KNOW, THAT THE 28:54.734 --> 29:02.100 position:10% line:85% size:80% BUNDYS HAVE BEEN GIVEN -- THEIR CHARGES AGAINST THEM HAVE BEEN 29:02.100 --> 29:05.333 position:10% line:85% size:80% TAKEN AWAY BY OUR CURRENT PRESIDENT. 29:05.333 --> 29:11.100 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> ONE OF THE -- SPEAKING OF GRAZING, HISTORICALLY GRAZING 29:11.100 --> 29:14.900 position:10% line:85% size:80% RATES HAVE BEEN SIGNIFICANTLY BRE 29:14.900 --> 29:15.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% BELOW MARKET VALUE. 29:15.633 --> 29:20.000 position:10% line:85% size:80% WOULD YOU FAVOR RAISING GRAZING FEES TO MARKET VALUE AND MONEY 29:20.000 --> 29:21.800 position:10% line:85% size:80% GOING TO EDUCATION? 29:21.800 --> 29:24.433 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Rep. McGeachin: TYPICALLY THE WAY THAT WORKS IS THESE 29:24.433 --> 29:31.367 position:10% line:85% size:80% LANDOWNERS HAVE A RIGHT -- IT'S A PROPERTY RIGHT THAT IS 29:31.367 --> 29:32.100 position:10% line:85% size:80% DEFINED. 29:32.100 --> 29:33.800 position:10% line:85% size:80% IT'S A CONTRACT THEY HAVE WITH THE GOVERNMENT. 29:33.800 --> 29:39.533 position:10% line:85% size:80% AND SO FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO PULL AWAY FROM THEIR CONTRACT 29:39.533 --> 29:42.066 position:10% line:85% size:80% WITH THE LANDOWNER, I DON'T THINK THAT'S FAIR. 29:42.066 --> 29:42.900 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> ALL RIGHT. 29:42.900 --> 29:47.900 position:10% line:85% size:80% THE NEXT QUESTION IS FROM DOUG PETCASH FOR MS. COLLUM. 29:47.900 --> 29:54.433 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> MS. COLLUM, THE ECONOMY SEEMS TO BE DOING PRETTY WELL. 29:54.433 --> 29:59.533 position:10% line:85% size:80% THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IN IDAHO IS UNDER 3%, A RATE WE HAVEN'T 29:59.533 --> 30:01.166 position:10% line:85% size:80% SEEN IN MORE THAN A DECADE. 30:01.166 --> 30:03.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% GROWTH IS THROUGH THE ROOF. 30:03.633 --> 30:06.867 position:10% line:85% size:80% 18,000 PEOPLE A YEAR MOVING TO THE TREASURE VALLEY ALONE, NOT 30:06.867 --> 30:09.333 position:10% line:85% size:80% TO MENTION THE REST OF THE STATE OF IDAHO. 30:09.333 --> 30:13.700 position:10% line:85% size:80% CONSIDERING THOSE FACTORS WITH THE LOW UNEMPLOYMENT RATE, THE 30:13.700 --> 30:16.900 position:10% line:85% size:80% RAPID GROWTH WE'RE SEEING, WHAT SECTOR OF THE ECONOMY DO YOU 30:16.900 --> 30:22.600 position:10% line:85% size:80% FEEL NEEDS TO BE ZEROED IN ON FOR JOB CREATION OR BETTER JOB 30:22.600 --> 30:26.433 position:10% line:85% size:80% CREATION OF HIGHER-PAYING JOBS I SHOULD SAY? 30:26.433 --> 30:30.000 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Ms. Collum: COMING FROM THE TECH SECTOR, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY 30:30.000 --> 30:35.000 position:10% line:85% size:80% THAT IT NEEDS TO BE THE TEKT -- TECH SECTOR. 30:35.000 --> 30:37.367 position:10% line:85% size:80% THERE ARE SO MANY OPPORTUNITY THERE IS AND SO MANY WE HAVEN'T 30:37.367 --> 30:38.533 position:10% line:85% size:80% TAPPED INTO YET. 30:38.533 --> 30:41.734 position:10% line:85% size:80% IT'S VERY IMPORTANT, FIRST OF ALL, TO GET A BETTER 30:41.734 --> 30:43.433 position:10% line:85% size:80% INFRASTRUCTURE CREATED WITHIN OUR STATE. 30:43.433 --> 30:49.900 position:10% line:85% size:80% WE HAVE BEEN PRETTY REACTIVE TO THE GROWTH AND NOT BUILDING UP 30:49.900 --> 30:53.000 position:10% line:85% size:80% OUR INFRASTRUCTURE, WHETHER IT'S EDUCATION, ROADS OR BRIDGES OR 30:53.000 --> 30:54.233 position:10% line:85% size:80% EVEN BROADBAND INTERNET. 30:54.233 --> 30:58.233 position:10% line:85% size:80% ONE OF THE THINGS WE NEED TO DRAW IN THESE TECH COMPANIES IS 30:58.233 --> 31:04.734 position:10% line:85% size:80% TO HAVE THROUGHOUT OUR STATE HAVE BROADBAND AT A RELIABLE 31:04.734 --> 31:07.533 position:10% line:85% size:80% SPEED THAT'S SIGNIFICANT ENOUGH THAT THEY'LL COME. 31:07.533 --> 31:10.066 position:10% line:85% size:80% SO I'D LIKE TO SEE MORE IN THAT AREA. 31:10.066 --> 31:15.367 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> A LARGE PORTION OF IDAHO'S ECONOMY IS ALSO TOURISM. 31:15.367 --> 31:15.967 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Ms. Collum: YES. 31:15.967 --> 31:19.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> WE'VE SEEN STRUGGLES AND MANY OF OUR WONDERFUL TOWNS AND 31:19.633 --> 31:23.433 position:10% line:85% size:80% CITIES ACROSS THE STATE WITH KEEPING -- GETTING WORKERS 31:23.433 --> 31:28.266 position:10% line:85% size:80% BECAUSE OF NOT BEING ABLE TO PAY THEM ENOUGH OR UNAFFORDABLE 31:28.266 --> 31:28.500 position:10% line:85% size:80% HOUSING. 31:28.500 --> 31:31.367 position:10% line:85% size:80% YOUR CAMPAIGN WEBSITE STATES THAT IDAHO LEADS THE NATION IN 31:31.367 --> 31:34.734 position:10% line:85% size:80% THE PERCENTAGE OF MINIMUM-WAGE JOBS. 31:34.734 --> 31:38.000 position:10% line:85% size:80% HOW WOULD YOU WORK TO INCREASE THE MINIMUM WAGE IF THAT'S WHAT 31:38.000 --> 31:40.367 position:10% line:85% size:80% YOU FEEL NEEDS TO BE DONE? 31:40.367 --> 31:44.533 position:10% line:85% size:80% CAN YOU CONVINCE THE LEGISLATURE TO DO THAT? 31:44.533 --> 31:49.600 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Ms. Collum: SO MINIMUM WAGE HASN'T BEEN RAISED IN TEN YEARS, 31:49.600 --> 31:52.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% AND YET THE COST OF LIVING CONTINUES TO RISE. 31:52.633 --> 31:58.433 position:10% line:85% size:80% AND SO WHAT IT'S ENTITLING CORPORATIONS TO DO IS ACTUALLY 31:58.433 --> 32:03.333 position:10% line:85% size:80% PAY WORKERS SO LITTLE THAT THEY HAVE TO BE ON GOVERNMENT 32:03.333 --> 32:03.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% SUBSIDIES. 32:03.633 --> 32:08.166 position:10% line:85% size:80% THEY ARE ESSENTIALLY ALLOWING CORPORATE WELFARE. 32:08.166 --> 32:09.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% AND THAT IS NOT RIGHT. 32:09.633 --> 32:15.166 position:10% line:85% size:80% SO WE HAVE GOT TO RAISE THE MINIMUM WAGE TO A LIVING WAGE, 32:15.166 --> 32:20.800 position:10% line:85% size:80% AND IT SHOULD BE SOMETHING THAT IS GRADUAL AND CONSIDERED MAYBE 32:20.800 --> 32:27.000 position:10% line:85% size:80% EVEN JUST A LOCAL OPTION WHERE THE HIGHER COST OF LIVING AREAS 32:27.000 --> 32:31.433 position:10% line:85% size:80% CAN RAISE IT MORE, BUT THE RURAL AREAS CAN KEEP AT THIS TIME 32:31.433 --> 32:31.800 position:10% line:85% size:80% SAME. 32:31.800 --> 32:35.233 position:10% line:85% size:80% IT DOES NEED TO INCREASE, AND IT DOES NEED TO BE A LIVING WAGE. 32:35.233 --> 32:39.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> YOU DON'T THINK IT SHOULD BE A STATE-WIDE MANDATE BUT AS YOU 32:39.633 --> 32:43.066 position:10% line:85% size:80% MENTIONED MORE OF A -- >> Ms. Collum: IT COULD EVEN BE 32:43.066 --> 32:43.867 position:10% line:85% size:80% A MIX OF BOTH. 32:43.867 --> 32:46.900 position:10% line:85% size:80% I'M NOT GOING TO EXCLUDE ANYTHING. 32:46.900 --> 32:49.867 position:10% line:85% size:80% 7.25 AN HOUR IS NOT ACCEPTABLE. 32:49.867 --> 32:53.800 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> ONE OF THE BIG CONCERNS ABOUT RAISING THE MINIMUM WAGE IS ITS 32:53.800 --> 32:56.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% IMPACT ON SMALL BUSINESSES WHO MAYBE DON'T HAVE LARGE WORK 32:56.633 --> 33:00.433 position:10% line:85% size:80% FORCES AND THEY'RE THE LIFEBLOOD AS WE HEAR OFTEN FOR THE ECONOMY 33:00.433 --> 33:02.100 position:10% line:85% size:80% IN OUR STATE AND MANY OTHERS. 33:02.100 --> 33:06.066 position:10% line:85% size:80% HOW WOULD YOU WORK TO LESSEN THAT IMPACT ON BUSINESS WHO IS 33:06.066 --> 33:08.066 position:10% line:85% size:80% MAYBE CAN'T AFFORD TO PAY THAT MUCH? 33:08.066 --> 33:08.533 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Ms. Collum: YEAH. 33:08.533 --> 33:11.900 position:10% line:85% size:80% SO THAT'S ALL A MATTER OF COMMUNICATION AND WORKING OUT 33:11.900 --> 33:16.333 position:10% line:85% size:80% FAR ENOUGH IN ADVANCE SO THEY'RE AWARE OF THAT AND CAN PLAN. 33:16.333 --> 33:19.266 position:10% line:85% size:80% YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT TO DO THIS. 33:19.266 --> 33:22.600 position:10% line:85% size:80% IT LIFTS ALL BOATS WHEN THE MINIMUM WAGE GOES UP. 33:22.600 --> 33:24.867 position:10% line:85% size:80% IT HELPS EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY. 33:24.867 --> 33:28.066 position:10% line:85% size:80% AND THEY CAN TAKE THAT TOO. 33:28.066 --> 33:32.266 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR TYPICALLY WORKS TO PROMOTE 33:32.266 --> 33:35.700 position:10% line:85% size:80% ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN IDAHO, TRADE MISSIONS, THINGS LIKE 33:35.700 --> 33:37.333 position:10% line:85% size:80% THAT, CONFERENCES. 33:37.333 --> 33:41.800 position:10% line:85% size:80% DO YOU FEEL THAT THAT IS AN IMPORTANT ROLE OF A LIEUTENANT 33:41.800 --> 33:47.100 position:10% line:85% size:80% GOVERNOR, AND WOULD YOU FOCUS ON TOSE TYPES OF EFFORTS TO 33:47.100 --> 33:48.900 position:10% line:85% size:80% ATTRACT BUSINESS, TO CREATE JOBS? 33:48.900 --> 33:50.100 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Ms. Collum: OH, ABSOLUTELY. 33:50.100 --> 33:54.000 position:10% line:85% size:80% AND I THINK WITH MY 21 YEARS IN THE TECH SECTOR, I WOULD BE SUCH 33:54.000 --> 33:58.900 position:10% line:85% size:80% A BOONE -- BOON TO THAT. 33:58.900 --> 34:02.333 position:10% line:85% size:80% IF IT'S TECHNICAL JOBS AND TECHNICAL COMPANIES, I'M GOING 34:02.333 --> 34:04.066 position:10% line:85% size:80% TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK THAT LANGUAGE AND UNDERSTAND WHAT 34:04.066 --> 34:07.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% THEY'RE SAYING AND FIND THAT SWEET SPOT WHERE WE CAN BRING 34:07.633 --> 34:08.533 position:10% line:85% size:80% THEM IN TO IDAHO. 34:08.533 --> 34:12.066 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> THANK YOU. 34:12.066 --> 34:16.900 position:10% line:85% size:80% REPRESENTATIVE McGEACHIN, AS I MENTIONED THE UN. 34:16.900 --> 34:17.367 position:10% line:85% size:80% . 34:17.367 --> 34:20.700 position:10% line:85% size:80% RATE BEING SO LOW, WHAT DO YOU THINK IS THE SECTOR OF THE 34:20.700 --> 34:24.533 position:10% line:85% size:80% ECONOMY THAT SHOULD BE ZEROED IN ON, FOCUSED CREATE JOBS AND KEEP 34:24.533 --> 34:25.600 position:10% line:85% size:80% THE WHEELS TURNING? 34:25.600 --> 34:27.700 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Rep. McGeachin: ANOTHER AREA OF CLEAR DISTINCTION BETWEEN 34:27.700 --> 34:35.600 position:10% line:85% size:80% MYSELF AND MY OPPONENT, AND THAT IS -- IT'S UNNERVING TO THINK 34:35.600 --> 34:41.700 position:10% line:85% size:80% THAT POLICY MAKERS OF OUR STATE ARE LOOKING AT SAMPLE DATA THAT 34:41.700 --> 34:47.900 position:10% line:85% size:80% DOES NOT APPLY STATEWIDE AND THAT HAS NO REAL EXPERIENCE KNOW 34:47.900 --> 34:52.000 position:10% line:85% size:80% KNOWING WHAT TRUE WAGES ARE. 34:52.000 --> 34:58.066 position:10% line:85% size:80% EVEN THOUGH 7.25 IS THE MINIMUM FEDERAL WAGE, WITH THE ECONOMY 34:58.066 --> 35:02.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% THAT WE HAVE IN IDAHO, LESS THAN 3% UNEMPLOYMENT RATE. 35:02.633 --> 35:08.700 position:10% line:85% size:80% IF YOU WERE A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER, IF YOU WERE A JOB CRET 35:08.700 --> 35:11.900 position:10% line:85% size:80% CREATOR, YOU WOULD KNOW IN THIS ECONOMY, YOU CAN'T HIRE SOMEONE 35:11.900 --> 35:15.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% FOR LESS THAN $TEN PER HOUR. 35:15.633 --> 35:20.867 position:10% line:85% size:80% WHEN YOU DO REMOVE THAT 7.25 PER HOUR, THE POPULATION THAT THAT 35:20.867 --> 35:25.967 position:10% line:85% size:80% HURTS MOST IS OUR HIGH SCHOOL KIDS WHO ARE JUST TRYING TO GET 35:25.967 --> 35:32.266 position:10% line:85% size:80% ENTRY-LEVEL JOB AND TRY TO EARN A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY. 35:32.266 --> 35:34.967 position:10% line:85% size:80% THE GOVERNMENT HAS NO ROLE IN DETERMINING WAGES. 35:34.967 --> 35:39.066 position:10% line:85% size:80% THE AREAS WE COULD WORK TO IMPROVE OUR ECONOMY HAS ALL TO 35:39.066 --> 35:41.433 position:10% line:85% size:80% DO WITH PRODUCTION AND OUTPUT. 35:41.433 --> 35:47.166 position:10% line:85% size:80% WHAT WE DO IN IDAHO TO TURN -- TO MAKE SOMETHING OUT OF NOTHING 35:47.166 --> 35:51.433 position:10% line:85% size:80% IN SUFFERING, IN THE WAY THAT WE UTILIZE OUR RESOURCES, BECAUSE 35:51.433 --> 35:57.600 position:10% line:85% size:80% THAT IS HOW WE BECOME WEALTHY IN OUR STATE IS TAKING SOMETHING 35:57.600 --> 35:58.967 position:10% line:85% size:80% OUT OF NOTHING. 35:58.967 --> 36:04.100 position:10% line:85% size:80% AND THERE'S A LOT OF AREAS THAT WE CAN APPLY THAT TO, BUT HOW TO 36:04.100 --> 36:06.800 position:10% line:85% size:80% GET THERE, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT 36:06.800 --> 36:11.233 position:10% line:85% size:80% THAT WE WORK TOGETHER TO CLOSE THAT SKILLS GAP, TO MAKE SURE 36:11.233 --> 36:15.700 position:10% line:85% size:80% THAT OUR KIDS ARE EARNING THE SKILLS THEY NEED FOR THOSE JOBS. 36:15.700 --> 36:18.066 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> MS. COLLUM, YOU WANTED TO RESPOND. 36:18.066 --> 36:19.233 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Ms. Collum: YES. 36:19.233 --> 36:22.867 position:10% line:85% size:80% IF WE COULD RELY ON CORPORATIONS, SMALL BUSINESSES, 36:22.867 --> 36:27.166 position:10% line:85% size:80% TO PAY PEOPLE WHAT THEY WERE WORTH, WE WOULD BE WAITING A 36:27.166 --> 36:29.967 position:10% line:85% size:80% LONG TIME. 36:29.967 --> 36:36.066 position:10% line:85% size:80% WE, AS A STATE, ARE LAST -- WE HAVE THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE OF 36:36.066 --> 36:39.367 position:10% line:85% size:80% LOW-WAGE EARNERS. 36:39.367 --> 36:42.333 position:10% line:85% size:80% 42% ARE EARNING MINIMUM WAGE, AND THAT'S OBVIOUSLY NOT 36:42.333 --> 36:44.066 position:10% line:85% size:80% WORKING, EVEN WITH SUPPLY AND DEMAND. 36:44.066 --> 36:50.533 position:10% line:85% size:80% SOMETHING'S BROKEN THERE IF THAT MANY PEOPLE ARE NOT EVEN ABLE TO 36:50.533 --> 36:52.000 position:10% line:85% size:80% SURVIVE. 36:52.000 --> 36:54.533 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> THE NEXT QUESTION IS FROM JAMES DAWSON. 36:54.533 --> 37:00.367 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> REPRESENTATIVE McGEACHIN, IN HIS ASSENT FOR LEGALIZING 37:00.367 --> 37:03.800 position:10% line:85% size:80% SAME-SEX MARRIAGE, CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS CATEGORIZED THE DECISION 37:03.800 --> 37:07.066 position:10% line:85% size:80% AS ONLY ABOUT THE RIGHT TO MARRIAGE, NOT THE OTHER LEGAL 37:07.066 --> 37:09.500 position:10% line:85% size:80% BENEFITS ASSOCIATED WITH THE UNION. 37:09.500 --> 37:12.900 position:10% line:85% size:80% SO NOW THAT THE COURT HAS SWUNG A LITTLE BIT FURTHER TO THE 37:12.900 --> 37:17.533 position:10% line:85% size:80% RIGHT, AND ALREADY EXPRESSED AN INTEREST IN NARROWING THE 37:17.533 --> 37:21.333 position:10% line:85% size:80% EFFECTS OF GAY MARRIAGE DECISION, WOULD YOU BE IN FAVOR 37:21.333 --> 37:27.000 position:10% line:85% size:80% OF LEGISLATION TO RESTRICT THE OF MARRIED SAME-SEX COUPLES? 37:27.000 --> 37:29.166 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Rep. McGeachin: IT'S PUBLIC RECORD THATSA A STATE 37:29.166 --> 37:33.900 position:10% line:85% size:80% REPRESENTATIVE, I DID VOTE TO SUPPORT THE DEFINITION OF 37:33.900 --> 37:36.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% MARRIAGE AS BETWEEN A MAN AND A WOMAN. 37:36.633 --> 37:38.066 position:10% line:85% size:80% THAT'S HOW I WAS RAISED TO BELIEVE. 37:38.066 --> 37:39.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% THAT'S WHO I AM. 37:39.633 --> 37:42.900 position:10% line:85% size:80% AND BECAUSE IT WAS A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT, IT HAD 37:42.900 --> 37:47.266 position:10% line:85% size:80% TO GO BEFORE THE VOTERS OF IDAHO WHO OVERWHELMINGLY SUPPORTED 37:47.266 --> 37:52.900 position:10% line:85% size:80% THAT VOTE BY A MEASURE OF OVER 60% APPROVAL. 37:52.900 --> 37:58.000 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> DOES THAT MEAN THAT YOU WOULD SUPPORT ROLLING BACK THE ABILITY 37:58.000 --> 38:02.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% OF A SPOUSE TO VISIT HIS OR HER PARTNER IN THE HOSPITAL OR 38:02.633 --> 38:04.433 position:10% line:85% size:80% SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS? 38:04.433 --> 38:05.900 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Rep. McGeachin: ABSOLUTELY NOT. 38:05.900 --> 38:06.266 position:10% line:85% size:80% ABSOLUTELY NOT. 38:06.266 --> 38:11.166 position:10% line:85% size:80% AND THERE'S NO REASON -- THERE ARE TOOLS THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE 38:11.166 --> 38:15.433 position:10% line:85% size:80% TODAY, THE MEDICAL DIRECTIVE, THE HEALTH CARE INITIATIVE, 38:15.433 --> 38:18.266 position:10% line:85% size:80% DRAWING UP CLEARLY DEFINED WILLS. 38:18.266 --> 38:22.066 position:10% line:85% size:80% THOSE ARE TOOLS THAT ARE ALREADY AVAILABLE TO IDAHOANS SO THEY 38:22.066 --> 38:24.333 position:10% line:85% size:80% CAN PROTECT THEIR INTERESTS IN THOSE AREAS. 38:24.333 --> 38:28.333 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> MS. COLLUM, WOULD YOU LIKE TO RESPOND? 38:28.333 --> 38:30.233 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Ms. Collum: YES. 38:30.233 --> 38:33.166 position:10% line:85% size:80% IT'S SO KIND OF YOU TO ALLOW THAT POSSIBILITY THAT THEY COULD 38:33.166 --> 38:37.266 position:10% line:85% size:80% SEE THEIR LOVED ONES IN THE HOSPITAL, BUT THAT DENIES THEM 38:37.266 --> 38:44.867 position:10% line:85% size:80% THEIR RIGHT TO LOVE WHO THEY LOVE AND TO -- IT'S -- WOW! 38:44.867 --> 38:49.066 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> YOU HAD A QUESTION FOR MOS. 38:49.066 --> 38:49.266 position:10% line:85% size:80% COLLUM. 38:49.266 --> 38:51.500 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> HOW WOULD YOU TREAT LEGISLATIVE ATTEMPTS TO ROLL 38:51.500 --> 38:57.700 position:10% line:85% size:80% BACK THE RIGHTS OF SAME-SEX MARRIED COUPLES IF YOU ARE VOTED 38:57.700 --> 38:58.600 position:10% line:85% size:80% LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR? 38:58.600 --> 39:04.266 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Ms. Collum: SO TECHNICALLY, I AM THERE AS A COLLABORATOR, AS 39:04.266 --> 39:07.333 position:10% line:85% size:80% AN OVERSEEING PARLIAMENTARY RULE. 39:07.333 --> 39:10.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% I DON'T FEEL THAT IT'S MY PLACE TO GET TOO INVOLVED IN THAT. 39:10.633 --> 39:14.233 position:10% line:85% size:80% I WOULD STAY TO MY JOB. 39:14.233 --> 39:18.166 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Melissa: IS THAT ONE YOU WOULD CONSIDER A VETO IF YOU 39:18.166 --> 39:19.600 position:10% line:85% size:80% WERE ACTING GOVERNOR? 39:19.600 --> 39:22.433 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Ms. Collum: THAT'S SUCH A FAR CASE. 39:22.433 --> 39:26.800 position:10% line:85% size:80% I WOULD ALWAYS RESPECT THE VOTE OF -- THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE. 39:26.800 --> 39:27.367 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Melissa: ALL RIGHT. 39:27.367 --> 39:29.266 position:10% line:85% size:80% THE NEXT QUESTION IS FROM REBECCA. 39:29.266 --> 39:31.600 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> ALL RIGHT. 39:31.600 --> 39:35.066 position:10% line:85% size:80% MS. COLLUM, YOU'VE SAID YOU'RE PRO GUN OWNERSHIP AND WOULDN'T 39:35.066 --> 39:36.800 position:10% line:85% size:80% TAKE ANYONE'S GUNS AWAY. 39:36.800 --> 39:38.000 position:10% line:85% size:80% WHAT SPECIFICALLY DOES THAT MEAN? 39:38.000 --> 39:40.867 position:10% line:85% size:80% ARE THERE ANY RESTRICTIONS ON FIREARMS YOU SUPPORT LIKE 39:40.867 --> 39:44.166 position:10% line:85% size:80% RAISING THE AGE TO BUY CERTAIN GUNS TO 21 OR UNIVERSAL 39:44.166 --> 39:45.867 position:10% line:85% size:80% BACKGROUND CHECKS? 39:45.867 --> 39:48.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Ms. Collum: I BELIEVE -- COMING FROM MY MILITARY 39:48.633 --> 39:52.066 position:10% line:85% size:80% BACKGROUND, IN THE MILITARY, WE NEVER JUST HANDED GUNS OUT. 39:52.066 --> 39:53.333 position:10% line:85% size:80% PEOPLE HAD TO BE TRAINED. 39:53.333 --> 39:55.900 position:10% line:85% size:80% WE DIDN'T HAVE AMMUNITION AVAILABLE. 39:55.900 --> 39:56.800 position:10% line:85% size:80% WE SIGNED THAT OUT. 39:56.800 --> 39:58.166 position:10% line:85% size:80% WE KEPT TRACK OF IT. 39:58.166 --> 40:01.800 position:10% line:85% size:80% THERE'S SAFETY AND RESPONSIBILITY. 40:01.800 --> 40:06.166 position:10% line:85% size:80% SO I LIKE TO SEE THOSE TWO COMPONENTS IN ANY KIND OF GUN 40:06.166 --> 40:07.500 position:10% line:85% size:80% OWNERSHIP AND USE. 40:07.500 --> 40:12.066 position:10% line:85% size:80% IF THERE'S A LACK OF THAT IN SOME CASE, I MIGHT BE MORE 40:12.066 --> 40:17.066 position:10% line:85% size:80% FAVORABLE TO LETTING A GUN LAW PASS, BUT RIGHT NOW, I DON'T SEE 40:17.066 --> 40:21.066 position:10% line:85% size:80% A PROBLEM IN IDAHO FOR MOST GUN OWNERS. 40:21.066 --> 40:21.967 position:10% line:85% size:80% THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE. 40:21.967 --> 40:28.500 position:10% line:85% size:80% THEY'RE HUNTERS, AND THEY'RE NOT TRYING TO GO OUT OF MY WAY TO 40:28.500 --> 40:29.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% TAKE AWAY THEIR GUNS. 40:29.633 --> 40:32.734 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CONCERNS IN THE PUBLIC EYE 40:32.734 --> 40:37.734 position:10% line:85% size:80% RECENTLY WITH SCHOOL SHOOTINGS, PA 40:37.734 --> 40:39.266 position:10% line:85% size:80% MASS SHOOTING AT WORKPLACE. 40:39.266 --> 40:45.266 position:10% line:85% size:80% ARE THERE ANY TWEAKS THAT NEED TO BE MADE TO PREVENT INCIDENTS 40:45.266 --> 40:47.867 position:10% line:85% size:80% LIKE THAT HAPPENING IN IDAHO? 40:47.867 --> 40:49.433 position:10% line:85% size:80% DO YOU BELIEVE THAT THE RESPONSIBLE GUN OWNERS WILL 40:49.433 --> 40:52.800 position:10% line:85% size:80% REMAIN RESPONSIBLE AND NOT GET IN THE WRONG HANDS. 40:52.800 --> 40:57.333 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Ms. Collum: ARE YOU TALKING SCHOOL SHOOTING SPECIFICALLY? 40:57.333 --> 40:58.800 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> GUN VIOLENCE IN GENERAL. 40:58.800 --> 41:02.800 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Ms. Collum: WE ALL NEED TO BE -- YEAH, I THINK WE'RE ALL -- 41:02.800 --> 41:07.500 position:10% line:85% size:80% SO FAR, MAYBE WE'RE LUCKY, BUT I THINK WE'RE DOING WELL, AND I'M 41:07.500 --> 41:11.700 position:10% line:85% size:80% NOT LOOKING TO STRENGTHEN ANY GUN LAWS. 41:11.700 --> 41:15.900 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> REPRESENTATIVE McGEACHIN, ON YOUR WEBSITE, YOU SAID YOU FIGHT 41:15.900 --> 41:19.333 position:10% line:85% size:80% ANY AND EVERY ENCROACHMENT ON THE SECOND AMENDMENT. 41:19.333 --> 41:25.700 position:10% line:85% size:80% WITH GUN SILENCE -- VIOLENCE IN THE PUBLIC CONSCIOUSNESS, THERE 41:25.700 --> 41:29.900 position:10% line:85% size:80% ANY TWEAKS THAT NEED TO BE TO PREVENT MASS SHOOTINGS IN IDAHO 41:29.900 --> 41:37.166 position:10% line:85% size:80% OR ARE YOU CONFIDENT THAT ALL GUN OWNERSHIP SHULZ -- ALWAYS 41:37.166 --> 41:39.066 position:10% line:85% size:80% BE LEGAL. 41:39.066 --> 41:43.066 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Rep. McGeachin: THAT'S WHAT OUR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT SAYS 41:43.066 --> 41:47.600 position:10% line:85% size:80% THAT WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS NOR SHALL ANY LAW PERMIT 41:47.600 --> 41:51.433 position:10% line:85% size:80% THE CONFISCATION OF FIREARMS EXCEPT FOR THOSE USED IN THE 41:51.433 --> 41:52.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% COMMISSION OF A FELONY. 41:52.633 --> 41:54.166 position:10% line:85% size:80% I SUPPORT OUR CONSTITUTION. 41:54.166 --> 42:02.000 position:10% line:85% size:80% AND I WILL ADVOCATE AND STRONGLY PROTECT YOUR RIGHT TO KEEP AND 42:02.000 --> 42:03.700 position:10% line:85% size:80% BEAR ARMS IN OUR STATE. 42:03.700 --> 42:06.367 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Melissa: THE NEXT QUESTION IS FROM DOUG PETCASH. 42:06.367 --> 42:09.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> REPRESENTATIVE McGEACHIN, WE'LL START WITH YOU ON THIS 42:09.633 --> 42:09.867 position:10% line:85% size:80% ONE. 42:09.867 --> 42:15.433 position:10% line:85% size:80% THE TEACHER CAREER PAY LADDER RAISE PROGRAM HAS ONE MORE YEAR 42:15.433 --> 42:16.700 position:10% line:85% size:80% TO GO. 42:16.700 --> 42:21.066 position:10% line:85% size:80% IDAHO STILL FACES A TEACHER SHORTAGE AND CHALLENGES WITH 42:21.066 --> 42:23.000 position:10% line:85% size:80% RECRUITING AND RETAINING GOOD TEACHERS. 42:23.000 --> 42:26.333 position:10% line:85% size:80% THE WAGES HAVE GONE UP SUBSTANTIALLY OVER THE LAST FOUR 42:26.333 --> 42:26.533 position:10% line:85% size:80% YEARS. 42:26.533 --> 42:29.433 position:10% line:85% size:80% WILL YOU PUSH TO CONTINUE THE CAREER LADDER PROGRAM OR 42:29.433 --> 42:30.600 position:10% line:85% size:80% SOMETHING SIMILAR? 42:30.600 --> 42:31.233 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Rep. McGeachin: ABSOLUTELY. 42:31.233 --> 42:36.500 position:10% line:85% size:80% I TOTALLY SUPPORT THE EFFORTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE TO BRING 42:36.500 --> 42:40.967 position:10% line:85% size:80% TEACHERS' PAY BACK UP, AND I WISH TO THANK THE TAXPAYERS OF 42:40.967 --> 42:47.333 position:10% line:85% size:80% IDAHO WHO HAVE, SINCE OUR DEEP RECESSION IN 2008 WHEN MANY 42:47.333 --> 42:51.100 position:10% line:85% size:80% IDAHO FAMILIES LOST JOBS AND WE HAD A 20% REDUCTION IN TAX 42:51.100 --> 42:55.166 position:10% line:85% size:80% REVENUES INTO OUR STATE, SINCE THAT TIME, THE TAXPAYERS OF 42:55.166 --> 43:01.533 position:10% line:85% size:80% IDAHO HAVE GIVEN ALMOST -- MORE THAN HALF A BILLION DOLLARS BACK 43:01.533 --> 43:06.800 position:10% line:85% size:80% INTO OUR SCHOOLS, AND SO FOR THAT, I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE 43:06.800 --> 43:10.533 position:10% line:85% size:80% SUPPORT OF THE IDAHO TAXPAYERS FOR OUR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY IN 43:10.533 --> 43:14.967 position:10% line:85% size:80% IDAHO, AND THAT IS PROPERLY EDUCATING OUR KIDS AND PREPARING 43:14.967 --> 43:16.433 position:10% line:85% size:80% THEM FOR THEIR FUTURE. 43:16.433 --> 43:22.100 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> THAT BEING SAID, THERE WAS A $100 MILLION TAX CUT LAST YEAR. 43:22.100 --> 43:26.166 position:10% line:85% size:80% IS THERE A CONCERN THERE WILL STILL BE MONEY TO CONTINUE TO 43:26.166 --> 43:30.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% RAISE TEACHER PAY AND TO FUND AND CONTINUE BUMPING UP K-12 43:30.633 --> 43:32.166 position:10% line:85% size:80% FUNDING? 43:32.166 --> 43:39.900 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Rep. McGeachin: I BELIEVE WE'RE ON AN ECONOMIC BOON. 43:39.900 --> 43:43.000 position:10% line:85% size:80% LESS THAN 3% UNEMPLOYMENT. 43:43.000 --> 43:48.000 position:10% line:85% size:80% AS LONG AS WE REMAIN PRUDENT AND DILIGENT WITH OUR SPENDING, 43:48.000 --> 43:53.000 position:10% line:85% size:80% UNDER REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP, WE HAVE BUILT -- YOUR TAXPAYER 43:53.000 --> 43:56.166 position:10% line:85% size:80% DOLLARS HAVE BEEN BUILT BACK UP TO HALF A BILLION DOLLARS IN 43:56.166 --> 43:57.533 position:10% line:85% size:80% VARIOUS SAVINGS ACCOUNTS. 43:57.533 --> 44:02.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% WE'RE VERY WELL PREPARED FOR GOING INTO THE FUTURE, 44:02.633 --> 44:07.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% CONTINUING OUR COMMITMENT OF EDUCATION, PROTECTING THE 44:07.633 --> 44:09.166 position:10% line:85% size:80% TAXPAYERS' DOLLARS. 44:09.166 --> 44:10.166 position:10% line:85% size:80% THANK YOU. 44:10.166 --> 44:12.900 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> AND YOU WANTED TO RESPOND MS. 44:12.900 --> 44:13.266 position:10% line:85% size:80% COLLUM. 44:13.266 --> 44:16.266 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Ms. Collum: OUR IDAHO CONSTITUTION SAYS THAT WE 44:16.266 --> 44:24.433 position:10% line:85% size:80% PROVIDEEDUCATION UNIFORMLY AND THOROUGHLY, AND THAT SEEMS TO BE 44:24.433 --> 44:29.700 position:10% line:85% size:80% NOT HAPPENING BECAUSE WE'RE FORCING THESE RURAL COUNTIES TO 44:29.700 --> 44:33.433 position:10% line:85% size:80% COME UP WITH THEIR OWN BONDS AND LEVIES, AND THEY'RE SUFFERING. 44:33.433 --> 44:38.166 position:10% line:85% size:80% THEY HAVE FAILED TO PASS YEAR AFTER YEAR, AND THE WEALTHIER 44:38.166 --> 44:41.900 position:10% line:85% size:80% COUNTIES PASS THEM AND ARE SUPPLEMENTING. 44:41.900 --> 44:43.600 position:10% line:85% size:80% IT'S NO LONGER EVEN. 44:43.600 --> 44:47.000 position:10% line:85% size:80% IT'S NO LONGER UNIFORM, AND IT'S NOT PROVIDING THE COVERAGE THAT 44:47.000 --> 44:51.433 position:10% line:85% size:80% OUR CONSTITUTION REQUIRES US TO PROVIDE. 44:51.433 --> 44:53.100 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Melissa: YOU WANTED TO BRIEFLY RESPOND. 44:53.100 --> 44:55.800 position:10% line:85% size:80% YOU'RE A BIT AHEAD OF TIME. 44:55.800 --> 44:59.533 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Rep. McGeachin: THE REASON WHY OUR RURAL COMMUNITIES ARE 44:59.533 --> 45:04.867 position:10% line:85% size:80% HAVING A HARD TIME PASSING LEVIES IS BECAUSE THEY'RE 45:04.867 --> 45:05.367 position:10% line:85% size:80% SUFFERING. 45:05.367 --> 45:08.700 position:10% line:85% size:80% IT'S BECAUSE OF THE LIBERAL POLICIES THAT ARE THREATENING 45:08.700 --> 45:12.000 position:10% line:85% size:80% THE TRADITIONAL INDUSTRIES IN OUR RURAL COMMUNITIES. 45:12.000 --> 45:17.700 position:10% line:85% size:80% AND THAT CONTINUAL EROSION OF THAT VERY IMPORTANT SECTOR OF 45:17.700 --> 45:19.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% OUR ECONOMY. 45:19.633 --> 45:22.433 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Melissa: . 45:22.433 --> 45:24.066 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Ms. Collum: THE CONSERVATIVES HAVE BEEN IN CHARGE OF OUR 45:24.066 --> 45:25.700 position:10% line:85% size:80% GOVERNMENT FOR DECADES. 45:25.700 --> 45:30.900 position:10% line:85% size:80% HOW CAN IT BE THE LIBERAL POLICIES THAT HAVE CAUSED THIS 45:30.900 --> 45:31.100 position:10% line:85% size:80% DAMAGE? 45:31.100 --> 45:35.066 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Rep. McGeachin: IT'S THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT UNDER THE 45:35.066 --> 45:37.266 position:10% line:85% size:80% PRIOR ADMINISTRATION. 45:37.266 --> 45:43.600 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Melissa: DOUG HUYOU HAD A FOLLOW-UP QUESTION. 45:43.600 --> 45:48.800 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> WHAT WAS THE ON THE TAX CUT LAST YEAR. 45:48.800 --> 45:53.100 position:10% line:85% size:80% DO YOU THINK IT WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DID AT THE TIME? 45:53.100 --> 45:54.000 position:10% line:85% size:80% JUD >> Ms. Collum: IT WAS 45:54.000 --> 45:54.433 position:10% line:85% size:80% INTERESTING TODAY. 45:54.433 --> 45:58.433 position:10% line:85% size:80% A REPORT CAME OUT JUST TODAY SAYING HOW THE POORER PEOPLE IN 45:58.433 --> 46:02.000 position:10% line:85% size:80% IDAHO ARE ACTUALLY PAYING A HIGHER TAX BURDEN THAN THE 46:02.000 --> 46:04.367 position:10% line:85% size:80% WEALTHIER, AND THAT'S A PROBLEM. 46:04.367 --> 46:05.000 position:10% line:85% size:80% THERE'S A 2% DIFFERENCE. 46:05.000 --> 46:09.700 position:10% line:85% size:80% WE ARE NOT SUPPORTING OUR COMMUNI 46:09.700 --> 46:13.734 position:10% line:85% size:80% COMMUNITIES EQUALLY, AND THE TAX CUT SHOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED. 46:13.734 --> 46:17.367 position:10% line:85% size:80% I AM VERY FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE. 46:17.367 --> 46:19.066 position:10% line:85% size:80% I HAVE A BIG DAY ON FRIDAY. 46:19.066 --> 46:22.233 position:10% line:85% size:80% MY FINAL MORTGAGE FINAL IS HAPPENING. 46:22.233 --> 46:23.700 position:10% line:85% size:80% AND I WILL OWN MY HOME. 46:23.700 --> 46:27.734 position:10% line:85% size:80% I WORKED THROUGH MY DEBT, AND I ALWAYS SAVE FOR THE FUTURE, AND 46:27.734 --> 46:28.533 position:10% line:85% size:80% INVEST IN THINGS. 46:28.533 --> 46:31.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% I WOULD HAVE PUT IT BACK INTO INFRASTRUCTURE, WHICH IS 46:31.633 --> 46:35.433 position:10% line:85% size:80% EDUCATION AND OUR ROADS AND BRIDGES AND THINGS LIKE THAT, 46:35.433 --> 46:38.700 position:10% line:85% size:80% BUT WE'RE ALREADY USING MORE AND MORE RESOURCES. 46:38.700 --> 46:42.266 position:10% line:85% size:80% WE KNOW THAT WE'RE THE THIRD FASTEST-GROWING STATE RIGHT NOW, 46:42.266 --> 46:43.867 position:10% line:85% size:80% AND WE'RE NOT PREPARED FOR IT. 46:43.867 --> 46:46.500 position:10% line:85% size:80% WE'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING ABOUT IT. 46:46.500 --> 46:49.800 position:10% line:85% size:80% WE'RE GIVING THE MONEY BACK TO CORPORATIONS AND THE WEALTHY. 46:49.800 --> 46:51.367 position:10% line:85% size:80% LIKE THAT IS NOT PRUDENT. 46:51.367 --> 46:54.266 position:10% line:85% size:80% THAT IS NOT FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE. 46:54.266 --> 46:56.166 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Melissa: THE NEXT QUESTION IS FROM JAMES. 46:56.166 --> 46:59.800 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> MS. COLLUM, BEFORE THE DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY, YOU AND 46:59.800 --> 47:03.100 position:10% line:85% size:80% REPRESENTATIVE PAULETTE JORDAN ANNOUNCED YOU WERE RUNNING ON A 47:03.100 --> 47:05.367 position:10% line:85% size:80% JOINT TICKET WITH HER SEEKING THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE. 47:05.367 --> 47:07.066 position:10% line:85% size:80% ARE YOU STILL RUNNING TOGETHER? 47:07.066 --> 47:11.367 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Ms. Collum: SO I'VE BEEN TOLD EVER SINCE MAY 8 WHEN WE DID 47:11.367 --> 47:15.333 position:10% line:85% size:80% THAT, YOU KNOW, KRISTIN, THAT'S REALLY NOT A THING HERE IN 47:15.333 --> 47:15.533 position:10% line:85% size:80% IDAHO. 47:15.533 --> 47:20.500 position:10% line:85% size:80% AND SO APPARENTLY IT'S NOT A THING IN IDAHO, AND ANYONE CAN 47:20.500 --> 47:24.433 position:10% line:85% size:80% VOTE FOR EITHER GOVERNOR, AND THEY CAN ALWAYS VOTE FOR ME. 47:24.433 --> 47:28.000 position:10% line:85% size:80% SO I DON'T THINK IT'S A THING. 47:28.000 --> 47:33.233 position:10% line:85% size:80% I WILL GO WITH WHOEVER THE VOTERS VOTE IN IS WHO I'M 47:33.233 --> 47:35.734 position:10% line:85% size:80% WORKING WITH, BECAUSE I'M A PROFESSIONAL, AND I SHOW UP 47:35.734 --> 47:36.100 position:10% line:85% size:80% EVERY DAY. 47:36.100 --> 47:38.166 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> IT WAS A THING WHEN YOU DID ANNOUNCE IT. 47:38.166 --> 47:41.266 position:10% line:85% size:80% YOU HAD A WHOLE PRESS ROLL-OUT. 47:41.266 --> 47:42.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% IT WAS A VERY BIG DEAL. 47:42.633 --> 47:45.800 position:10% line:85% size:80% ARE YOU STILL RUNNING TOGETHER? 47:45.800 --> 47:50.166 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> WE HAVE SEPARATE CAMPAIGNS AND SEPARATE BANK ACCOUNTS AND 47:50.166 --> 47:50.900 position:10% line:85% size:80% SEPARATE STAFF. 47:50.900 --> 47:52.266 position:10% line:85% size:80% WE HAVE GONE DIFFERENT PLACES. 47:52.266 --> 47:53.700 position:10% line:85% size:80% SHE HAS A DIFFERENT OPPONENT. 47:53.700 --> 47:59.166 position:10% line:85% size:80% SO WE ARE NOT CAMPAIGNING TOGETHER, AND WE HAVEN'T -- WE 47:59.166 --> 48:03.066 position:10% line:85% size:80% RUN INTO EACH OTHER OCCASIONALLY AT EVENTS. 48:03.066 --> 48:05.333 position:10% line:85% size:80% VERY FEW WORDS HAVE PASSED. 48:05.333 --> 48:09.166 position:10% line:85% size:80% I WOULDN'T QUITE CALL US THAT NO. 48:09.166 --> 48:12.066 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> WHY ARE YOU DISTANCING YOURSELF FROM PAULETTE JORDAN AT 48:12.066 --> 48:13.266 position:10% line:85% size:80% THIS MOMENT? 48:13.266 --> 48:15.800 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Ms. Collum: I WOULD SAY IT'S A MATTER OF FACT LOOKING BACK 48:15.800 --> 48:18.734 position:10% line:85% size:80% OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS AND SAYING YEAH, IT DIDN'T HAPPEN. 48:18.734 --> 48:23.266 position:10% line:85% size:80% I'VE BEEN VERY BUSY ON MY OWN CAMPAIGN, GOING TO EVERY SINGLE 48:23.266 --> 48:28.233 position:10% line:85% size:80% COUNTY ACROSS THE STATE, MEETING PEOPLE, AND BEING AND 48:28.233 --> 48:32.233 position:10% line:85% size:80% ESTABLISHING MY OWN REPUTATION FOR LEADERSHIP, AND SHOWING WHAT 48:32.233 --> 48:35.600 position:10% line:85% size:80% A VETERAN LOOKS LIKE AND SHOWING WHAT A TECHNICAL PROFESSIONAL 48:35.600 --> 48:39.333 position:10% line:85% size:80% LOOKS LIKE AND SHOWING THE IDEAS OF HOW I CAN LEAD AS LIEUTENANT 48:39.333 --> 48:43.000 position:10% line:85% size:80% GOVERNOR, AND IF I WERE TO GO WITH HER, THAT WOULD TAKE ME OFF 48:43.000 --> 48:46.000 position:10% line:85% size:80% MY CAMPAIGN STRATEGY. 48:46.000 --> 48:49.333 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Melissa: REPRESENTATIVE McGEACHIN, YOU WANTED TO 48:49.333 --> 48:49.600 position:10% line:85% size:80% RESPOND. 48:49.600 --> 48:52.700 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Rep. McGeachin: HOW CONVENIENT AFTER PAULETTE 48:52.700 --> 48:55.166 position:10% line:85% size:80% JORDAN'S CAMPAIGN STARTS FALLING APART THIS YOU DISTANCE YOURSELF 48:55.166 --> 48:59.700 position:10% line:85% size:80% FROM HER WHEN AT A LOCAL RADIO STATION IN MY HOME COMMUNITY, 48:59.700 --> 49:03.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% YOU WERE PRESSED, IS THERE ANY SPACE BETWEEN YOU AND PAULETTE 49:03.633 --> 49:03.867 position:10% line:85% size:80% JORDAN. 49:03.867 --> 49:09.734 position:10% line:85% size:80% AND YOUR VERY WORDS WERE NO, I CAN'T THINK OF ANY, NO. 49:09.734 --> 49:10.066 position:10% line:85% size:80% IDEALOGICALLY. 49:10.066 --> 49:16.700 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Ms. Collum: I'M N-- >> Rep. McGeachin: I'M NOT DONE 49:16.700 --> 49:16.900 position:10% line:85% size:80% TALK. 49:16.900 --> 49:22.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% YOU'VE BEEN PHOTOGRAPHED TOGETHER AT RECENT EVENTS. 49:22.633 --> 49:27.367 position:10% line:85% size:80% > Reporter: IT'S A BITS DISINGENUOUS TO BE WALKING BACK 49:27.367 --> 49:28.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% FROM WHAT YOU SAID PRIOR. 49:28.633 --> 49:29.533 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Melissa: PLEASE RESPOND. 49:29.533 --> 49:30.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Ms. Collum: YES. 49:30.633 --> 49:33.100 position:10% line:85% size:80% WE SHOW UP AT MANY EVENTS TOGETHER. 49:33.100 --> 49:34.066 position:10% line:85% size:80% IT HAPPENS. 49:34.066 --> 49:39.734 position:10% line:85% size:80% AND I'M NOT DENYING THAT SHE'S MY GOVERNOR CANDIDATE, BUT WE 49:39.734 --> 49:41.000 position:10% line:85% size:80% DON'T TALK THAT MUCH. 49:41.000 --> 49:44.700 position:10% line:85% size:80% WE ACTUALLY DON'T. 49:44.700 --> 49:49.900 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> REPRESENTATIVE McGEACHIN, IN A CONTENTIOUS 5-WAY PRIMARY, YOU 49:49.900 --> 49:59.000 position:10% line:85% size:80% ALIGNED YOURSELF WITH GROUPS LIKE THE LIBERTY CAUCUS AND EYED 49:59.000 --> 50:04.700 position:10% line:85% size:80% IDAHO FREEDOM FOUNDATION THAT KOENT -- HOW WILL YOU WORK 50:04.700 --> 50:14.166 position:10% line:85% size:80% YOURSELF WITH MODERATE REPS -- REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS? 50:14.166 --> 50:17.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Rep. McGeachin: I ALIGN THEMSELVES WITH THEM. 50:17.633 --> 50:22.433 position:10% line:85% size:80% THEY WANT A DELICATE GOVERNMENTAL TOUCH. 50:22.433 --> 50:26.533 position:10% line:85% size:80% I HAVE TEN YEARS WORKING IN THAT GOVERNMENTAL BODY. 50:26.533 --> 50:28.800 position:10% line:85% size:80% I UNDERSTAND THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO ANY GIVEN ISSUE 50:28.800 --> 50:30.900 position:10% line:85% size:80% TO TRY TO WISHING TOGETHER TO SOLVE THE PROBLEMS. 50:30.900 --> 50:35.700 position:10% line:85% size:80% I HAVE DONE IT IN THE PAST, AND I WILL DO IT AGAIN AS YOUR NEXT 50:35.700 --> 50:37.800 position:10% line:85% size:80% LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR. 50:37.800 --> 50:41.333 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Melissa: DID YOU WANT TO RESPOND TO THAT? 50:41.333 --> 50:44.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Ms. Collum: IT FROM WHAT I SEE, IT'S AN EXTREME, WHETHER 50:44.633 --> 50:51.000 position:10% line:85% size:80% IT'S THE RIGHT OR THE LEFT, IT'S THE EXTREME EYE IDEOLOGY THAT 50:51.000 --> 50:54.066 position:10% line:85% size:80% TAKES US AWAY FROM MOVING FORWARD. 50:54.066 --> 50:58.333 position:10% line:85% size:80% WE ARE FEELING LIKE RIGHT NOW, EVERYONE IS FEELING THE 50:58.333 --> 50:58.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% DIVISIVENESS. 50:58.633 --> 51:01.734 position:10% line:85% size:80% AS I HAVE TRAVELED THE STATE, THAT'S THE NUMBER ONE CONCERN 51:01.734 --> 51:04.333 position:10% line:85% size:80% OUT OF EVERYONE I MEET IS THEY'RE FEELING THAT STRETCH, 51:04.333 --> 51:06.066 position:10% line:85% size:80% THAT RIP IN THE FABRIC. 51:06.066 --> 51:09.734 position:10% line:85% size:80% IT'S BECAUSE THERE'S DIVISIVENESS ON BOTH SIDES 51:09.734 --> 51:11.266 position:10% line:85% size:80% STRETCHING IT LIKE A RUBBER BAND. 51:11.266 --> 51:12.166 position:10% line:85% size:80% IT'S GOING TO BREAK. 51:12.166 --> 51:16.533 position:10% line:85% size:80% WE NEED MORE IN THE MIDDLE, MORE COLLABORATION, AND I DON'T THINK 51:16.533 --> 51:20.900 position:10% line:85% size:80% SOMEONE WITH HER EXTREME CONSERVATIVE VALUES WHO IS 51:20.900 --> 51:25.166 position:10% line:85% size:80% ALIGNED WITH THE IDAHOAN CAN ACTUALLY EVEN WORK WITH OTHERS, 51:25.166 --> 51:27.433 position:10% line:85% size:80% EVEN WITHIN HER OWN PARTY. 51:27.433 --> 51:30.000 position:10% line:85% size:80% SHE CANNOT WORK WITH THEM. 51:30.000 --> 51:33.100 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Rep. McGeachin: I'VE GOT TO RESPOND TO THAT. 51:33.100 --> 51:34.967 position:10% line:85% size:80% WE'RE TALKING ABOUT EXTREMISM. 51:34.967 --> 51:36.333 position:10% line:85% size:80% WHO IS THE EXTREME PERSON HERE? 51:36.333 --> 51:40.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% I SUPPORT LIFE THAT BEGINS AT THE MOMENT OF CONCEPTION, AND WE 51:40.633 --> 51:42.533 position:10% line:85% size:80% SHOULD RESPECT LIFE AT ALL STAGES. 51:42.533 --> 51:48.800 position:10% line:85% size:80% MY OPPONENT IS SUPPORTED BY NOW THAT WANTS TO TARGET CRISIS 51:48.800 --> 51:50.533 position:10% line:85% size:80% PREGNANCY CENTERS HERE IN IDAHO. 51:50.533 --> 51:54.266 position:10% line:85% size:80% I SUPPORT AND DEFEND OUR RIGHT TO KEEP AND BEAR ARMS. 51:54.266 --> 52:01.100 position:10% line:85% size:80% I'M ENDORSED BY THE NRA AND HAVE RECEIVED 100% RATING WITH THE 52:01.100 --> 52:02.266 position:10% line:85% size:80% IDAHO SECOND AMENDMENT ALLIANCE. 52:02.266 --> 52:06.066 position:10% line:85% size:80% MY OPPONENT HAS REFUSED TO ANSWER THE CANDIDATE SURVEY ON 52:06.066 --> 52:07.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% GUN RIGHTS. 52:07.633 --> 52:13.066 position:10% line:85% size:80% AND SHE DOES ALIGN HERSELF WITH THE GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATE WHO 52:13.066 --> 52:18.000 position:10% line:85% size:80% FAMOUSLY QUOTED THAT THERY IS NO PLACE FOR THE AR-15 IN IDAHO. 52:18.000 --> 52:22.600 position:10% line:85% size:80% I ALSO BELIEVE IN HEALTH CARE THAT WE NEED TO SOLVE THAT. 52:22.600 --> 52:28.500 position:10% line:85% size:80% BUT I DO NOT BELIEVE IN UNIFERAL HEALTH CARE OR MASSIVE 52:28.500 --> 52:31.800 position:10% line:85% size:80% GOVERNMENT PROGRAM IN HEALTH CARE BUT RATHER SUPPORT THE FREE 52:31.800 --> 52:32.333 position:10% line:85% size:80% MARKET. 52:32.333 --> 52:36.500 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Melissa: WE CAN FIND YOUR POSITION STATEMENTS ON YOUR 52:36.500 --> 52:36.700 position:10% line:85% size:80% WEBSITE. 52:36.700 --> 52:40.900 position:10% line:85% size:80% MS. COLLUM, I WANTED TO GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO RESPOND. 52:40.900 --> 52:42.266 position:10% line:85% size:80% WE'RE ALMOST THE OUT OF TIME. 52:42.266 --> 52:44.166 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Ms. Collum: ALL THE THINGS SHE DOESN'T SUPPORT LIKE 52:44.166 --> 52:47.900 position:10% line:85% size:80% MEDICAID EXPANSION AND THE BASIC THINGS WE NEED IN OUR STATE TO 52:47.900 --> 52:50.734 position:10% line:85% size:80% HELP BRING MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS AND HEALTH CARE BACK TO OUR 52:50.734 --> 52:52.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% STATE AND TO A LEVEL THAT'S ACCEPTABLE. 52:52.633 --> 52:53.100 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Melissa: ALL RIGHT. 52:53.100 --> 52:57.100 position:10% line:85% size:80% WE HAVE TIME FOR ABOUT ONE MORE TOPIC AND THAT WILL COME FROM 52:57.100 --> 52:57.500 position:10% line:85% size:80% REBECCA BOONE. 52:57.500 --> 52:59.166 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> I THINK THIS WILL BE A QUICKER ONE. 52:59.166 --> 53:02.700 position:10% line:85% size:80% THE IDAHO DARY AND RANCHING INDUSTRIES ARE SOME OF THE 53:02.700 --> 53:06.266 position:10% line:85% size:80% LARGEST CREATORS OF CARBON IN THE STATE AND WE'VE BEEN TOLD WE 53:06.266 --> 53:11.266 position:10% line:85% size:80% NEED TO CUT CARBON EMISSIONS BY HALF IN THE NEXT 12 YEARS TO 53:11.266 --> 53:14.266 position:10% line:85% size:80% STAVE OFF CATASTROPHE. 53:14.266 --> 53:17.266 position:10% line:85% size:80% MS. COLLUM, DO YOU BELIEVE IN HUMAN-CAUSED CLIMATE CHANGE AND 53:17.266 --> 53:25.734 position:10% line:85% size:80% IF SO WOULD YOU ATTEMPT TO REGULATE THE CARBON EMISSIONS IN 53:25.734 --> 53:26.700 position:10% line:85% size:80% THESE TWO INDUSTRIES? 53:26.700 --> 53:29.433 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Ms. Collum: I BELIEVE IN HUMAN-CAUSED CLIMATE CHANGE. 53:29.433 --> 53:32.900 position:10% line:85% size:80% I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WOULD IMPOSE ANYTHING. 53:32.900 --> 53:36.266 position:10% line:85% size:80% I WOULD CONSULT THE STAKEHOLDERS AND THE EXPERTS, AND WE WOULD 53:36.266 --> 53:40.066 position:10% line:85% size:80% COME UP WITH OPTIONS AND SEE HOW WE WOULD APPROACH THAT. 53:40.066 --> 53:40.533 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Melissa: ALL RIGHT. 53:40.533 --> 53:44.166 position:10% line:85% size:80% AND REPRESENTATIVE McGEACHIN, I WILL GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO 53:44.166 --> 53:44.433 position:10% line:85% size:80% RESPOND. 53:44.433 --> 53:46.433 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Rep. McGeachin: I BELIEVE WE NEED TO BE RESPONSIBLE WITH OUR 53:46.433 --> 53:50.533 position:10% line:85% size:80% ENVIRONMENT AND PROTECT THE QUALITY OF OUR AIR FOR OUR 53:50.533 --> 53:51.100 position:10% line:85% size:80% FUTURE GENERATIONS. 53:51.100 --> 53:57.433 position:10% line:85% size:80% AND SO WITH THAT IN MIND, I DO SUPPORT THE EFFORTS, THE 53:57.433 --> 54:01.266 position:10% line:85% size:80% WONDERFUL EFFORTS THAT ARE HAPPENING AT THE IDAHO NATIONAL 54:01.266 --> 54:05.734 position:10% line:85% size:80% LABORATORY TO FIND ALTERNATIVE, RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES, 54:05.734 --> 54:13.433 position:10% line:85% size:80% BUILDING WITH THESE SMALL MODULAR REACTORS, BUILDING THESE 54:13.433 --> 54:19.333 position:10% line:85% size:80% ENERGY MODELS THAT CAN UTILIZE ALL THESE DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF 54:19.333 --> 54:20.266 position:10% line:85% size:80% ENERGY. 54:20.266 --> 54:23.266 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Melissa: WE KNOW YOU'RE PRO INL. 54:23.266 --> 54:26.600 position:10% line:85% size:80% WOULD YOU WORK TO REGULATE ANY OF THE CARBON EMISSIONS COMING 54:26.600 --> 54:28.433 position:10% line:85% size:80% FROM THE AG INDUSTRY. 54:28.433 --> 54:29.066 position:10% line:85% size:80% YES OR NO? 54:29.066 --> 54:30.000 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Rep. McGeachin: NO. 54:30.000 --> 54:31.700 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Melissa: IT IS ABOUT TIME FOR CLOSING REMARKS. 54:31.700 --> 54:33.700 position:10% line:85% size:80% WE'LL BEGIN WITH REPRESENTATIVE McGEACHIN. 54:33.700 --> 54:37.166 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Rep. McGeachin: THANK YOU, MELISSA AND TO THE VOTERS OF 54:37.166 --> 54:37.600 position:10% line:85% size:80% IDAHO. 54:37.600 --> 54:41.100 position:10% line:85% size:80% TONIGHT WE HAVE ENGAGED IN A VERY IMPORTANT CONVERSATION FOR 54:41.100 --> 54:42.867 position:10% line:85% size:80% VOTERS ACROSS OUR STATE. 54:42.867 --> 54:46.600 position:10% line:85% size:80% LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MY HEART IS FOR IDAHO, OUR HOME. 54:46.600 --> 54:48.533 position:10% line:85% size:80% WE HAVE A BINARY CHOICE TO MAKE. 54:48.533 --> 54:51.900 position:10% line:85% size:80% WE ARE DECIDING NOW THE DIRECTION OUR STATE WILL EMBRACE 54:51.900 --> 54:53.900 position:10% line:85% size:80% AND PROMOTE FOR YEARS TO COME. 54:53.900 --> 54:58.066 position:10% line:85% size:80% IN IDAHO, WE HAVE EMBRACED THE ORIGINAL DESIGN OF OUR 54:58.066 --> 55:02.166 position:10% line:85% size:80% GOVERNMENT, A CONSTITUTIONAL REPUBLIC WHERE CITIZENS ARE 55:02.166 --> 55:05.500 position:10% line:85% size:80% GOVERNED WITH A LIGHT TOUCH, FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS LIMITED, 55:05.500 --> 55:15.600 position:10% line:85% size:80% AND OUR GOD-GIVEN UNALIENABLE RIGHTS ARE SANK RO SACROSANCT. 55:15.600 --> 55:18.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% THEY HAVE WORKED TO PRESERVE THE AMERICA WE GREW UP IN AND WANT 55:18.633 --> 55:21.900 position:10% line:85% size:80% TO PASS DOWN TO OUR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN. 55:21.900 --> 55:24.333 position:10% line:85% size:80% THESE CONSERVATIVE VALUES ARE NOW AT RISK. 55:24.333 --> 55:29.066 position:10% line:85% size:80% WE MUST STAND FIRM AND KEEP IDAHO CONSERVATIVE, DESPITE THE 55:29.066 --> 55:30.066 position:10% line:85% size:80% ATTACKS FROM THE LEFT. 55:30.066 --> 55:34.233 position:10% line:85% size:80% IF YOU AGREE, PLEASE VOTE FOR ME, JANICE McGEACHIN ON 55:34.233 --> 55:34.967 position:10% line:85% size:80% NOVEMBER 6. 55:34.967 --> 55:36.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% THANK YOU AND GOOD NIGHT. 55:36.633 --> 55:37.367 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Melissa: ALL RIGHT. 55:37.367 --> 55:40.800 position:10% line:85% size:80% THANK YOU SO MUCH, REPRESENTATIVE McGEACHIN. 55:40.800 --> 55:43.433 position:10% line:85% size:80% MS. COLLUM, YOUR CLOSING REMARKS PLEASE. 55:43.433 --> 55:46.600 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Ms. Collum: THANK TO YOU IDAHO DEBATES AND ALL 55:46.600 --> 55:50.233 position:10% line:85% size:80% PARTICIPANTS AND ESPECIALLY JANICE McGEACHIN. 55:50.233 --> 55:56.266 position:10% line:85% size:80% THIS LET'S IDAHO CLEARLY SEE AND KNOW WHO OUR CHOICES ARE FOR 55:56.266 --> 55:57.266 position:10% line:85% size:80% LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR. 55:57.266 --> 55:58.600 position:10% line:85% size:80% HERE'S WHY I ASK FOR YOUR VOTE. 55:58.600 --> 56:02.700 position:10% line:85% size:80% I'M A PROFESSIONAL, A MODERATE FOR TEAM IDAHO WHOSE FIRST 56:02.700 --> 56:05.066 position:10% line:85% size:80% PRIORITY IS THE PEOPLE OF IDAHO, ALL PEOPLE. 56:05.066 --> 56:08.333 position:10% line:85% size:80% I'M IN THE MIDDLE LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING UP, DOWN, AND 56:08.333 --> 56:12.800 position:10% line:85% size:80% ACROSS, TO GET THINGS DONE EFFECTIVELY AND EFFICIENTLY. 56:12.800 --> 56:17.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% AS A VETERAN, THE VALUES OF HARD WORK, RESPONSIBILITY, AND 56:17.633 --> 56:20.867 position:10% line:85% size:80% INTEGRITY ARE BAKED INTO MY DNA. 56:20.867 --> 56:24.734 position:10% line:85% size:80% I'M WITH THE PEOPLE OF IDAHO WHO ARE VOTING FOR PROP 2 MEDICAID 56:24.734 --> 56:29.433 position:10% line:85% size:80% EXPANSION ON NOVEMBER 6, BECAUSE THEY WANT WORKING PEOPLE TO KEEP 56:29.433 --> 56:33.900 position:10% line:85% size:80% WORKING, RURAL HOSPITALS TO STAY OPEN, AND OUR TAX DOLLARS TO BE 56:33.900 --> 56:38.000 position:10% line:85% size:80% SPENT WISELY AND COMING BACK TO IDAHO. 56:38.000 --> 56:42.500 position:10% line:85% size:80% AS THE ONLY LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR OR CANDIDATE WHO HAS SERVED IN 56:42.500 --> 56:46.433 position:10% line:85% size:80% UNIFORM, I'LL GLADLY ASSIST THE GOVERNOR WHO IS 56:46.433 --> 56:50.233 position:10% line:85% size:80% COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE IDAHO NATIONAL GUARD AND PROUDLY 56:50.233 --> 56:52.333 position:10% line:85% size:80% REPRESENT IDAHO VETERANS AND OUR FAMILIES. 56:52.333 --> 56:57.433 position:10% line:85% size:80% I BRING A UNIQUE TECHNICAL SKILL TO THIS OFFICE AT A TIME WHEN 56:57.433 --> 57:00.734 position:10% line:85% size:80% CYBERSECURITY WITHIN OUR STATE NEEDS TO GET A LOT STRONGER TO 57:00.734 --> 57:02.900 position:10% line:85% size:80% KEEP OUR PRIVATE DATA SAFE. 57:02.900 --> 57:08.100 position:10% line:85% size:80% I'M KRISTIN COLLUM, RUNNING FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, AND I ASK 57:08.100 --> 57:09.433 position:10% line:85% size:80% FOR YOUR VOTE. 57:09.433 --> 57:12.266 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Melissa: THANK YOU ALL FOR THE TIME TONIGHT, AND THANKS TO 57:12.266 --> 57:14.367 position:10% line:85% size:80% THE REPORTERS FOR THE GREAT QUESTIONS AND TO OUR VIEWERS AT 57:14.367 --> 57:16.700 position:10% line:85% size:80% HOME FOR WATCHING. 57:16.700 --> 57:18.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% YOU CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT THESE CANDIDATES ON OUR WEBSITE 57:18.633 --> 57:23.967 position:10% line:85% size:80% IDAHOPTV.ORG/ELECTIONS. 57:23.967 --> 57:27.233 position:10% line:85% size:80% WE HAVE ONE MORE LEFT ON OCTOBER 29. 57:27.233 --> 57:31.500 position:10% line:85% size:80% CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT ONE BETWEEN RUSS FULCHER AND 57:31.500 --> 57:32.533 position:10% line:85% size:80% CHRISTINA CRISTINA McNEIL. 57:32.533 --> 57:33.800 position:10% line:85% size:80% PLUS, YOU CAN STREAM ON DEMAND ALL OF THE DEBATES AT ANY TIME 57:33.800 --> 57:34.266 position:10% line:85% size:80% AFTER THEY AIRED. 57:34.266 --> 57:34.900 position:10% line:85% size:80% AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, GO VOTE. 57:34.900 --> 57:43.266 position:10% line:85% size:80% THE ELECTION IS TUESDAY, TUNE IN TO OUR TWO-HOUR SPECIALS 57:43.266 --> 57:49.266 position:10% line:85% size:80% THIS FRIDAY OCTOBER 19 AND NEXT FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26. 57:49.266 --> 57:50.867 position:10% line:85% size:80% NOVEMBER 6TH. YOU CAN FIND OUT WHERE TO VOTE, WHAT'S ON YOUR 57:50.867 --> 57:53.166 position:10% line:85% size:80% LOCAL BALLOT AND MUCH MORE AT IDAHOVOTES.GOV. 57:53.166 --> 58:04.900 position:10% line:85% size:80% THANKS AGAIN, GOOD NIGHT, AND WE'LL SEE YOU AT THE POLLS. 58:10.233 --> 58:17.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% * >> THE IDAHO DEBATES ARE A 58:17.633 --> 58:19.700 position:10% line:85% size:80% COLLABORATIVE EFFORT AMONG THE IDAHO PRESS CLUB, BOISE STATE 58:19.700 --> 58:24.233 position:10% line:85% size:80% UNIVERSITY'S SCHOOL OF PUBLIC SERVICE, UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO'S 58:24.233 --> 58:28.600 position:10% line:85% size:80% MCCLURE CENTER, IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY'S DEPARTMENT OF 58:28.600 --> 58:31.700 position:10% line:85% size:80% POLITICAL SCIENCE, THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS' VOTER EDUCATION 58:31.700 --> 58:35.900 position:10% line:85% size:80% FUND, AND IDAHO PUBLIC TELEVISION. 58:35.900 --> 58:38.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% FUNDING FOR THE IDAHO DEBATES IS PROVIDED BY THE FRIENDS OF IDAHO 58:38.633 --> 58:43.800 position:10% line:85% size:80% PUBLIC TELEVISION AND THE IDAHO PUBLIC TELEVISION ENDOWMENT.