WEBVTT 00:05.438 --> 00:06.272 >>> WELCOME TO THE IDAHO DEBATES. 00:06.272 --> 00:09.542 A LOOK AT THE CANDIDATES ON THE 2014 BALLOT.DAHO DEBATES IS A 00:09.542 --> 00:12.345 COLLABORATIVE PROJECT OF THE IDAHO PRESS CLUB, THE LEAGUE OF 00:12.345 --> 00:16.182 WOMEN VOTERS OF IDAHO, AND IDAHO PUBLIC TELEVISION. 00:16.182 --> 00:19.352 THE IDAHO DEBATES ARE MADE POSSIBLE BY BOISE STATE 00:19.352 --> 00:22.255 UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC SERVICE, DEVOTED TO BUILDING 00:22.255 --> 00:25.625 FUTURE CIVIC AND COMMUNITY LEADERS THROUGH 00:25.625 --> 00:29.029 INTERDISCIPLINARY PROBLEM SOLVING, REAL WORLD RESEARCH AND 00:29.029 --> 00:31.464 POLICY STUDY, AND HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE YOU CAN ONLY GET HERE 00:31.464 --> 00:33.767 AT THE STATE CAPITOL. 00:33.767 --> 00:36.670 THE IDAHO DEBATES ARE ALSO BROUGHT TO YOU BY YOUR 00:36.670 --> 00:39.472 CONTRIBUTION TO THE IDAHO PUBLIC TELEVISION ENDOWMENT. 00:39.472 --> 00:40.940 THANK YOU. 00:42.375 --> 00:44.678 >>> HELLO AND WELCOME TO THE IDAHO DEBATES AT THE IDAHO 00:44.678 --> 00:46.579 PUBLIC TELEVISION STUDIOS. 00:46.579 --> 00:49.749 THIS IS THE LAST OF SEVEN DEBATES WE'RE HOSTING BEFORE THE 00:49.749 --> 00:50.950 NOVEMBER 4th ELECTION. 00:50.950 --> 00:53.753 TONIGHT THE TWO CANDIDATES FOR CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT TWO TAKE 00:53.753 --> 00:56.056 THE STAGE TO ASK FOR YOUR VOTE. 00:56.056 --> 00:58.692 IDAHO'S CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT TWO STRETCHES FROM EAST BOISE TO 00:58.692 --> 01:01.995 THE WYOMING BOARDER AND INCLUDES TWIN FALLS, IDAHO 01:01.995 --> 01:02.629 FALLS, AND POICT. 01:02.629 --> 01:05.799 I WANT TO WELCOME THE CANDIDATES, MIKE SIMPSON AND 01:05.799 --> 01:08.435 RICHARD STALLINGS. 01:08.435 --> 01:10.437 CONGRESSMAN MIKE SIMPSON WAS ELECTED IN 1998. 01:10.437 --> 01:13.373 HE IS ON THE HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE, THE 01:13.373 --> 01:16.443 CHAIRMAN FOR THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND WATER DEPARTMENTH 01:16.443 --> 01:16.910 DEVELOPMENT. 01:16.910 --> 01:19.713 HE SERVED AS SPEAKER OF THE IDAHO HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 01:19.713 --> 01:22.349 AND PRACTICED DENTISTRY. 01:22.349 --> 01:24.818 RICHARD STALLINGS SERVED IN CONGRESS FOR EIGHT YEARS AND WAS 01:24.818 --> 01:28.655 THE UNITED STATES NUCLEAR WASTE NEGOTIATOR FROM 1993 TO 1995. 01:28.655 --> 01:31.391 HE ALSO SERVED IN THE IDAHO LEGISLATURE. 01:31.391 --> 01:33.193 STALLINGS TAUGHT HISTORY IN COLLEGE. 01:33.193 --> 01:37.030 I ALSO WANT TO THANK OUR REPORTERS WHO WILL ASK THE 01:37.030 --> 01:44.771 CANDIDATES QUESTIONS. 01:44.771 --> 01:47.674 I'M MELISSA DAVLIN, COHOST OF IDAHO REPORTS HERE ON IDAHO 01:47.674 --> 01:49.209 PUBLIC 2E8 VISION. 01:49.209 --> 01:52.545 I'M MODERATING AND TO REMIND THE CANDIDATES HOW LONG THEY'VE BEEN 01:52.545 --> 01:55.682 TALKING IS GAIL WILD VOLUNTEER TIMEKEEPER FROM THE LEAGUE OF 01:55.682 --> 01:56.316 WOMEN VOTERS. 01:56.316 --> 01:59.352 EACH CANDIDATE WILL BE GIVEN ONE MINUTE FOR OPENING COMMENTS AND 01:59.352 --> 02:00.320 90 SECONDS FOR CLOSE. 02:00.320 --> 02:03.690 WE FLIPPED A COIN TO SEE WHO WOULD GO FIRST AND CONGRESSMAN 02:03.690 --> 02:05.258 SIMPSON YOU HAVE THE HONOR. 02:05.258 --> 02:06.793 >> THANK YOU. 02:06.793 --> 02:09.529 THANK IDAHO PUBLIC TELEVISION AND THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS 02:09.529 --> 02:14.000 FOR HOSTING THIS DEBATE AND THANK YOU ALSO FOR AGREEING TO 02:14.000 --> 02:17.003 DELAYING IT FOR A WEEK FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS SO I COULD BE 02:17.003 --> 02:17.237 HERE. 02:17.237 --> 02:20.740 I APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH. 02:20.740 --> 02:23.009 I'M RUNNING FOR REELECTION FOR TWO REASONS. 02:23.009 --> 02:26.646 ONE IS BECAUSE OF THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS I'VE BEEN ABLE 02:26.646 --> 02:28.748 TO ACHIEVE FOR IDAHO AND THE THINGS WE'VE DONE. 02:28.748 --> 02:31.651 AND I HOPE WE'LL GET INTO THOSE ISSUES DURING THE DEBATE. 02:31.651 --> 02:34.921 THE SYED REASON I'M RUNNING AND THE MORE IMPORTANT REASON IS 02:34.921 --> 02:36.723 THES BAWFTS CHALLENGES THAT LAY AHEAD. 02:36.723 --> 02:41.261 THIS COUNTRY FACES SOME VERY DAUNTING CHALLENGES WHETHER IT'S 02:41.261 --> 02:44.297 THE DEBT AND DECH IT IS, TRYING TO FIX THE HEALTH CARE LAW, 02:44.297 --> 02:48.902 WHETHER IT'S REFORMING THE TAX CODE, TRYING TO MAKE SURE THE 02:48.902 --> 02:51.738 ENTITLEMENT PROGRAMS ARE THERE FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHOSE YOUNG 02:51.738 --> 02:55.675 PEOPLE STARTING TO ENTER THE WORK FORCE, SO WHEN THEY RETIRE 02:55.675 --> 02:56.910 THOSE PROGRAMS EXIST. 02:56.910 --> 02:59.612 THESE ARE TOUGH CHALLENGES AND IT'S GOING TO TAKE PEOPLE 02:59.612 --> 03:02.682 WILLING TO TAKE DIFFICULT VOTES TO ADDRESS THESE CHALLENGES. 03:02.682 --> 03:04.517 THAT'S WHY I'M RUNNING FOR REELECTION. 03:04.517 --> 03:06.519 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, CONGRESSMAN STALLINGS, YOUR 03:06.519 --> 03:07.354 OPENING REMARKS. 03:07.354 --> 03:09.155 >> THANK YOU. 03:09.155 --> 03:12.992 TO THE IDAHO PUBLIC TELEVISION, LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS, I'M 03:12.992 --> 03:14.094 GRATEFUL FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. 03:14.094 --> 03:16.429 FOR THE RECORD, DISCRIMINATED NOT SERVE IN THE LEGISLATURE, I 03:16.429 --> 03:20.000 HAVEN'T BEEN PAINTED, I'M STILL PURE. 03:20.000 --> 03:24.871 I DID SERVE ON POCATELLO CITY COUNCIL WHICH WAS MUCH MORE 03:24.871 --> 03:28.375 GRATIFYING THAN THE IDAHO LEGISLATURE. 03:28.375 --> 03:31.544 THIS IS BY FAR THE STRANGEST CAMPAIGN I'VE EVER BEEN INVOLVED 03:31.544 --> 03:34.547 N I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN A NUMBER. 03:34.547 --> 03:38.184 USUALLY THE CAMPAIGNS ARE WHICH THE TWO CANDIDATES TALK ABOUT A 03:38.184 --> 03:39.452 VISION FOR THE FUTURE. 03:39.452 --> 03:42.989 THEY TALK ABOUT THEIR -- THE PROBLEMS OF THE NATION, BUT 03:42.989 --> 03:45.658 THEY ALSO TALK ABOUT SOLUTIONS TO THE PROBLEMS. 03:45.658 --> 03:50.096 WE TALK ABOUT THE KIND OF THINGS WE'D LIKE TO SEE IN THE FUTURE, 03:50.096 --> 03:52.098 LIKE THE DIRECTION WE'D LIKE OUR NATION TO GO. 03:52.098 --> 03:56.102 THIS CAMPAIGN THAT HAS NOT BEEN AT ALL PART OF IT. 03:56.102 --> 03:59.873 I HAVE CAMPAIGNED CONSTANTLY ON THE FACT THIS IS THE WORST 03:59.873 --> 04:03.043 CONGRESS EVER, AND MR. SIMPSON HASN'T SEEMED TO DISAGREE. 04:03.043 --> 04:07.414 BY FAR THE WORST CONGRESS OUR NATION HAS EVER EXPERIENCED. 04:07.414 --> 04:08.348 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. 04:08.348 --> 04:14.054 THE FIRST QUESTION IS FOR CONGRESSMAN SIMPSON. 04:14.054 --> 04:17.057 >> YOU'VE TBHEN D.C. FOR 16 YEARS I BELIEVE IT IS. 04:17.057 --> 04:22.429 AND YOU'VE SEEN THE SYSTEM OF GOVERNING GO FROM BEING ONE OF 04:22.429 --> 04:25.899 WHERE THERE WAS SOME LEVEL OF COMPROMISE TO INCREASING 04:25.899 --> 04:28.001 GRIDLOCK ALL THE TIME. 04:28.001 --> 04:32.272 WHY SHOULD -- WHY CAN'T PEOPLE IN CONGRESS 04:32.272 --> 04:33.873 REACH AN AGREEMENT? 04:33.873 --> 04:35.175 THEY'RE GROWN MEN AND WOMEN. 04:35.175 --> 04:38.645 WHY CAN'T THEY REACH COMPROMISE AND WHY SHOULD WE TRUST YOU TO 04:38.645 --> 04:40.447 FIX THE PROBLEM? 04:40.447 --> 04:43.550 >> WELL, THINGS I'VE BEEN WORKING ON, AND I'VE WORKED IN A 04:43.550 --> 04:46.553 BIPARTISAN MANNER, I CAN TELL YOU THE LEGISLATION THAT I'VE 04:46.553 --> 04:49.289 HAD BEFORE CONGRESS, THE ISSUES I'M WORKING ON, WHETHER IT'S 04:49.289 --> 04:53.927 FIXING THE DEBT AND DEFICIT, I'M THE COCHAIR OF THE GO BIG 04:53.927 --> 04:55.462 COALITION TO TRY TO ADDRESS THAT. 04:55.462 --> 04:59.766 I'M THE COCHAIR, THE COSPONSOR OF THE WILDFIRE FIGHTING BILL 04:59.766 --> 05:02.502 THAT HAS BOTH REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS WORKING TOGETHER TO 05:02.502 --> 05:03.570 TRY TO SOLVE THAT. 05:03.570 --> 05:06.139 THERE ARE THINGS WE'RE WORKING ON, BUT WHEN RICHARD SAYS THIS 05:06.139 --> 05:09.509 IS THE WORST CONGRESS EVER AND THAT I HAVE NOT DISAGREED WITH 05:09.509 --> 05:11.411 HIM, I STRONGLY DISAGREE WITH HIM. 05:11.411 --> 05:14.314 WE HAVEN'T HAD PEOPLE FIST FIGHTING ON THE FLOOR, WE 05:14.314 --> 05:18.518 HAVEN'T HAD ANYBODY THAT'S BEEN CANED, WE HAVEN'T HAD HAD THE 05:18.518 --> 05:22.055 SPEAKER RESIGN BECAUSE OF ETHICAL VIOLATIONS, WE 05:22.055 --> 05:26.059 ADOLESCENT A SCANDAL, A HOUSE POST OFFICE SCANDAL OR ANY OF 05:26.059 --> 05:26.693 THOSE THINGS. 05:26.693 --> 05:30.497 SO ACTUALLY, THIS HAS BEEN A CONGRESS THAT HAS TRIED TO GET 05:30.497 --> 05:32.732 THINGS DONE BUT WE'RE DIVIDED. 05:32.732 --> 05:35.268 THE REPUBLICANS CONTROL THE HOUSE, THE DEMOCRATS CONTROL THE 05:35.268 --> 05:35.702 SENATE. 05:35.702 --> 05:39.639 THE HOUSES HAS PASSED 370 PIECES OF LEGISLATION THAT ARE NOW 05:39.639 --> 05:41.808 SITTING ON HARRY REID'S DESK IN THE SENATE. 05:41.808 --> 05:43.710 HE WILL NOT BRING UP FOR CONSIDERATION. 05:43.710 --> 05:46.112 BILLS THAT WOULD HELP OUR ECONOMY, AND HELP GROW OUR 05:46.112 --> 05:46.446 ECONOMY. 05:46.446 --> 05:50.250 IF WE CAN'T GET THOSE -- THE SENATE'S TAKE OFF 05:50.250 --> 05:54.187 LEGISLATION WE'VE PASSED, HOW MANY SENATES BILLS HAVE THEY 05:54.187 --> 05:56.022 PASSED THAT HAVE BEEN THROUGHOUT HOUSE? 05:56.022 --> 05:57.657 ONE, THE IMMIGRATION BILL. 05:57.657 --> 05:59.959 THE SENATE HASN'T BEEN DOING ANYTHING. 05:59.959 --> 06:04.130 THE HOUSE HAS CONTINUED TO DO OUR WORK AND AS SOON AS WE GO 06:04.130 --> 06:07.567 BACK WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO OUR WORK. 06:07.567 --> 06:08.702 >> CONGRESSMAN STALLINGS? 06:08.702 --> 06:14.407 >> THIS IS REALLY KIND OF A SAD RESPONSE, BECAUSE THIS CONGRESS 06:14.407 --> 06:18.411 HAS WORKED A TOTAL OF I BELIEVE 92 DAYS THIS YEAR. 06:18.411 --> 06:22.315 FOLKS, THAT'S ONLY THREE MONTHS FOR 174,000, YOU'VE GOT A 06:22.315 --> 06:27.420 PART-TIME CONGRESS, 52 DAYS OF THAT THEY SPENT REPEALING 06:27.420 --> 06:27.687 OBAMACARE. 06:27.687 --> 06:30.724 YOU HAVE TO ASK, HOW MANY TIMES DOES ONE HAVE TO REPEAL 06:30.724 --> 06:33.159 OBAMACARE BEFORE THEY GET MESSAGE THEY DON'T LIKE THIS 06:33.159 --> 06:33.993 PARTICULAR HEALTH CARE BILL? 06:33.993 --> 06:36.329 LET ME TELL YOU WHAT THEY'RE NOT DOING. 06:36.329 --> 06:39.733 THEY'RE NOT DEALING WITH ISSUES LIKE MINIMUM WAGE IN WHICH THEY 06:39.733 --> 06:45.171 KEEP 176,000 PEOPLE IN IDAHO IN IDAHO BELOW THE POVERTY LINE. 06:45.171 --> 06:49.075 WHERE A SIMPLE UP OR DOWN VOTE WOULD CHANGE THAT JUST ALMOST 06:49.075 --> 06:49.442 INSTANTLY. 06:49.442 --> 06:51.711 THEY HAVEN'T DEALT WITH IMMIGRATION REFORM AS 06:51.711 --> 06:53.013 MR. SIMPSON HAS ALLUDED TO. 06:53.013 --> 06:55.815 THE SENATE PASSED A GOOD BIPARTISAN VERSION. 06:55.815 --> 06:58.318 I'M NOT TOTALLY THRILLED WITNESS, BUT WE COULD DO BETTER. 06:58.318 --> 06:59.219 I WOULD ACCEPT THAT. 06:59.219 --> 07:02.455 THEY HAVE NOT DEALT WITH ISSUES ABOUT WOMEN BEING PAID 07:02.455 --> 07:06.026 CONSIDERABLY LESS THAN MEN AND MOST OF ALL, I KNOW OF NO OTHER 07:06.026 --> 07:09.863 CONGRESS THAT'S DONE SOMETHING SO STUPID AS TO CLOSE DOWN THE 07:09.863 --> 07:10.697 GOVERNMENT. 07:10.697 --> 07:13.867 MR. SIMPSON HAS SAID HE DIDN'T VOTE FOR THAT CLOSURE. 07:13.867 --> 07:14.134 HOGWASH. 07:14.134 --> 07:16.603 HE VOTED FOR IT JUST LIKE THE REST OF THE REPUBLICANS DID. 07:16.603 --> 07:21.675 AND AS A RESULT WE SPENT $240 BILLION WITH 16 DAYS IN 07:21.675 --> 07:22.876 WHICH GOVERNMENT SHUT DOWN. 07:22.876 --> 07:26.946 AND THE TRAGEDY OF IT IS, THE TRAGEDY IS THAT WE HAD SOME 07:26.946 --> 07:31.051 PEOPLE DIE, WHEY TWO WOMEN LOST OUT IN THE DESERT BY THE CRATERS 07:31.051 --> 07:34.054 OF THE MOON AND WHEN THEY CALLED TO GET HELICOPTERS, THE 07:34.054 --> 07:36.089 GOVERNMENT WAS SHUT DOWN SO THEY COULDN'T DELIVER. 07:36.089 --> 07:39.492 I DON'T KNOW IF THESE FOLKS EVER CONSIDER THAT KIND OF LOGS OF 07:39.492 --> 07:39.726 PEOPLE. 07:39.726 --> 07:42.262 BUT TWO WOMEN DIED NEEDLESSLY. 07:42.262 --> 07:46.266 BUT GOVERNMENT SHUT DOWN, SO THESE GUYS COULD SHOW THEIR MASH 07:46.266 --> 07:50.503 0NESS AND MR. SIMPSON SAYS I VOTED TO REOPEN THE GOVERNMENT. 07:50.503 --> 07:54.174 I'LL TELL -- IF HE'D TOLD HIS FRIENDS NOT TO 07:54.174 --> 07:56.009 SHUT IT DOWN IN THE FIRST PLACE. 07:56.009 --> 07:57.377 >> WE HAVE A FOLLOW-UP. 07:57.377 --> 08:00.113 >> DO I GET TO RESPOND TO THAT? 08:00.113 --> 08:01.214 >> PLEASE DO, ACTUALLY. 08:01.214 --> 08:02.582 THEN WE'LL GET TO THE FOLLOW-UP. 08:02.582 --> 08:04.384 >> THAT'S A BUNCH OF NONSENSE. 08:04.384 --> 08:10.557 IT DIDN'T COST $240 BILLION -- >> EXCUSE ME. 08:10.557 --> 08:15.028 >> THE REALITY IS THE HOUSE PASSED A BILL THAT FUNDED ALL OF 08:15.028 --> 08:18.131 GOVERNMENT, ALL OF GOVERNMENT, IT DID NOT FUND OBAMACARE 08:18.131 --> 08:18.932 BECAUSE GUESS WHAT? 08:18.932 --> 08:21.401 WE DON'T LIKE OBAMACARE AND WE DON'T THINK IT'S GOOD FOR THE 08:21.401 --> 08:21.668 COUNTRY. 08:21.668 --> 08:25.305 WE TOOK AT THIS TIME OVER TO THE SENATE, AND THE SENATE DECIDED 08:25.305 --> 08:26.840 THEY WEREN'T GOING TO TAKE IT UP. 08:26.840 --> 08:29.843 I PRETTY MUCH KNEW THAT FROM THE START AND WE TOLD THEM IT WAS 08:29.843 --> 08:30.777 NOT A GOOD STRATEGY. 08:30.777 --> 08:32.479 WE WEREN'T GOING TO ACCOMPLISH THAT. 08:32.479 --> 08:36.316 THEN WE SAID, OK, IF YOU WON'T TAKE THAWP, HOW ABOUT JUST 08:36.316 --> 08:40.987 REPEALING THE MEDICAL DEVICE TAX AND WE WILL FUND ALL OF 08:40.987 --> 08:41.321 GOVERNMENT? 08:41.321 --> 08:43.089 HARRY REID WOULDN'T EVEN GO FOR THAT. 08:43.089 --> 08:47.260 REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS ALIKE AGREE THAT REPEALING THE MEDICAL 08:47.260 --> 08:49.963 DEVICE TAX IS IMPORTANT AND NEEDS TO GET DONE AND IT WILL 08:49.963 --> 08:51.231 GET DONE. 08:51.231 --> 08:53.700 SO WHO CLOSED THE GOVERNMENT DOWN? 08:53.700 --> 08:55.702 HUMAN PAPILLOMA VIRUS OR HARRY REID AND THE SENATE? 08:55.702 --> 08:59.639 >> YOUR FOLLOW-UP? 08:59.639 --> 09:02.208 >> CONGRESSMAN STALLINGS, WE'VE HEARD YOU LOUD AND CLEAR ABOUT 09:02.208 --> 09:04.110 YOUR CRITICISMS OF THE CONGRESS. 09:04.110 --> 09:07.480 YOU'VE CONTINUED TO HAMMER AT THAT POINT. 09:07.480 --> 09:11.217 BUT WHAT CAN YOU REALLY -- REALISTICALLY DO IF WE -- 09:11.217 --> 09:16.222 IF IDAHOANS REMOVE CONGRESSMAN SIMPSON FROM OFFICE, AND YOU'RE 09:16.222 --> 09:20.193 PUT THERE IN HIS PLACE, WHAT CAN ONE PERSON REALISTICALLY DO TO 09:20.193 --> 09:24.931 SORT OF CHANGE IT ALL? 09:24.931 --> 09:28.134 >> I FEEL VERY STRONGLY THAT I HAVE THE ABILITY TO REACH ACROSS 09:28.134 --> 09:28.501 THE AISLE. 09:28.501 --> 09:31.871 WHEN I WAS IN THE CONGRESS FOR THE EIGHT YEARS I PASSED A 09:31.871 --> 09:32.672 NUMBER OF BIPARTISAN BILLS. 09:32.672 --> 09:37.877 WHEN I PASSED THE BILL THAT CREATED HYDROPROJECTS ON HENRY'S 09:37.877 --> 09:41.081 FORT, IT -- [BLEEP] REACH ACROSS A DEMOCRAT 09:41.081 --> 09:45.518 WITH REPUBLICAN OF MR. CHENEY'S CALIBER, THAT SHOWS SOME REAL 09:45.518 --> 09:45.785 EFFORT. 09:45.785 --> 09:48.788 I THINK THERE ARE ENOUGH LIKE-MINDED REPUBLICANS THAT 09:48.788 --> 09:52.158 WOULD BE RESPONSIVE TO MY ISSUES OF MINIMUM WAGE IMMIGRATION 09:52.158 --> 09:54.160 REFORM, THAT I WOULD REACH ACROSS TO THEM. 09:54.160 --> 09:57.530 AND I THINK THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS IS THESE GUYS DON'T GET 09:57.530 --> 10:02.102 THEIR ACT TOGETHER, THEY'RE GOING TO BE DELIVERED A 10:02.102 --> 10:04.237 BLOODBATH LIKE NOTHING WE'VE SEEN BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE FED UP 10:04.237 --> 10:06.806 WITH THIS WHOLE SYSTEM MR. SIMPSON IS TALKING ABOUT. 10:06.806 --> 10:10.643 WHEN YOU HAVE ONLY 10% APPROVAL RATING, WHEN 90% OF THE 10:10.643 --> 10:13.546 POPULATION THINK THESE ARE A BUNCH OF BUFFOONS THAT ARE NOT 10:13.546 --> 10:16.816 DOING THEIR JOB, NOT DOING WHAT THEY WERE ELECTED TO DO, YOU'VE 10:16.816 --> 10:17.350 GOT PROBLEMS. 10:17.350 --> 10:20.020 ANY ONE OF YOU FROM YOUR NEWSPAPER, OR YOUR TELEVISION 10:20.020 --> 10:22.922 SHOWS, IF YOU HAD ONLY 10% RATINGS, THEY WOULD BE LOOKING 10:22.922 --> 10:24.290 FOR NEW MANAGEMENT. 10:24.290 --> 10:27.727 SO I THINK THERE IS A WAY TO MAKE THINGS HAPPEN. 10:27.727 --> 10:30.530 I HAVE DONE IT BEFORE, I HAVE A GOOD TRACK RECORD. 10:30.530 --> 10:34.000 I KNOW HIS PARTY IS SORELY DIVIDED, IT'S NOT JUST DEMOCRATS 10:34.000 --> 10:36.636 AND REPUBLICANS, IT'S REPUBLICANS AND TEA PARTY 10:36.636 --> 10:37.003 REPUBLICANS. 10:37.003 --> 10:40.273 BUT THERE'S STILL A MAJORITY OF REPUBLICANS THAT ARE 10:40.273 --> 10:42.942 DISINTERESTED ENOUGH THAT WOULD HELP US, BECAUSE I THINK -- 10:42.942 --> 10:45.545 WE CAN NOT LET PEOPLE CONTINUE TO STAFER TO MINIMUM WAGE. 10:45.545 --> 10:49.683 WE CAN'T LET WOMEN CONTINUE TO TRY TO RAISE TWO KIDS ON $7.25 10:49.683 --> 10:50.316 AN HOUR. 10:50.316 --> 10:52.919 IT'S CRIMINAL FOR WHAT THESE GUYS ARE DOING FOR THE PEOPLE 10:52.919 --> 10:55.488 THEY WERE ELECTED TO SERVE. 10:55.488 --> 10:56.690 >> CONGRESSMAN SIMPSON DID YOU WANT TO RESPOND? 10:56.690 --> 10:56.856 IT. 10:56.856 --> 11:00.627 >> WOULD BE INTERESTING TO SEE MR. STALLINGS GO BACK AND WORK 11:00.627 --> 11:03.063 IN CONGRESS WITH THE REPUBLICANS HE'S CALLING CRIMINALS AND 11:03.063 --> 11:03.630 EVERYTHING ELSE. 11:03.630 --> 11:05.632 THAT'S NOT HOW YOU REACH ACROSS THE AISLE. 11:05.632 --> 11:09.803 I'VE BEEN DOING THE HARD WORK OF REACHING ACROSS THE AISLE, I WAS 11:09.803 --> 11:13.640 ON A COMMITTEE THAT WORKS IN A BIPARTISAN FASHION TO FORM THE 11:13.640 --> 11:14.107 APPROPRIATION BILLS. 11:14.107 --> 11:17.077 WE TRY TO ADDRESS THE CONCERNS OF DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS. 11:17.077 --> 11:18.812 IT'S THE MOST BIPARTISAN COMMITTEE IN CONGRESS. 11:18.812 --> 11:21.281 AND IT'S ALSO THE COMMITTEE THAT'S ACTUALLY DOING THE WORK, 11:21.281 --> 11:23.717 THE HARD WORK OF TRYING TO ADDRESS THE DEBT AND DEFICIT IN 11:23.717 --> 11:24.651 THIS COUNTRY. 11:24.651 --> 11:27.354 WE'VE REDUCED SPENDING OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS WE'VE BEEN IN 11:27.354 --> 11:29.255 THE MAJORITY. 11:29.255 --> 11:33.026 SO I KNOW HOW TO WORK IN A BIPARTISAN MANNER AND I HAVE 11:33.026 --> 11:33.360 DONE THAT. 11:33.360 --> 11:36.996 AND I KNOW HOW TO STAND UP FOR THE PRINCIPLES THE PEOPLE OF 11:36.996 --> 11:38.398 IDAHO ELECTED ME FOR. 11:38.398 --> 11:42.002 >> WE HAVE A RELATED QUESTION. 11:42.002 --> 11:45.105 >> CONGRESSMAN STALLINGS, YOU SAID THE PRIMARY CAMPAIGN 11:45.105 --> 11:50.043 BETWEEN CONGRESSMAN SIMPSON AND BRIAN SMITH WAS THE NASTIEST 11:50.043 --> 11:52.579 YOU'VE SEEN, BUT YOU'VE ALSO SAID THINGS THAT PEOPLE COULD 11:52.579 --> 11:54.848 TAKE AS NASTY. 11:54.848 --> 11:58.051 LIKE SAYING REPUBLICANS ACTIVELY WANT TO PUNISH POOR PEOPLE, 11:58.051 --> 11:58.852 THINGS LIKE THAT. 11:58.852 --> 12:03.056 WHY IT IS OK FOR TO YOU LOBBY THOSE GRENADES AT CONGRESSMAN 12:03.056 --> 12:06.493 SIMPSON BUT NOT FOR HIM TO LOB THEM AT BRIAN SMITH? 12:06.493 --> 12:09.262 >> I HAVE NO MALICE TOWARDS CONGRESSMAN SIMPSON. 12:09.262 --> 12:12.365 I JUST THINK HE NEEDS TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE. 12:12.365 --> 12:15.802 I'VE HAD A COUPLE PEOPLE TEXT ME AND SAY I WAS TOO MEAN TO HIM 12:15.802 --> 12:16.636 LAST TIME. 12:16.636 --> 12:19.172 I WANT IT CLEAR DISCRIMINATED NOT PUT HIM IN THE HOSPITAL. 12:19.172 --> 12:20.373 KIDNEY STONES DID THAT. 12:20.373 --> 12:23.810 I DON'T THINK THERE WAS A -- >> OK, LET'S -- 12:23.810 --> 12:28.081 LET'S MOVE ON FROM THAT. 12:28.081 --> 12:32.452 >> I BELIEVE MY COMMENTS HAVE BEEN ABOUT THE PRODUCT, NOT 12:32.452 --> 12:33.353 ABOUT INDIVIDUALS. 12:33.353 --> 12:40.093 WHEN MR. SIMPSON REFERS TO BRIAN CLARK AS A DEBT COLLECTOR OF 12:40.093 --> 12:43.196 WIDOWS AND VETERANS, THAT WAS NONSENSE. 12:43.196 --> 12:43.463 NONSENSE. 12:43.463 --> 12:44.097 IT DIDN'T HAPPEN. 12:44.097 --> 12:48.668 YET WHEN I SAY CONGRESS PUNISHES POOR PEOPLE, I THINK YOU CAN 12:48.668 --> 12:53.306 BUILD A TREMENDOUS CASE, WHY ELSE WOULD YOU DENY 176,000 12:53.306 --> 12:54.207 PEOPLE MINIMUM WAGE INCREASES? 12:54.207 --> 12:57.043 WHY WOULD YOU KEEP THEM LIVING IN THAT KIND OF SQUALOR HAVING 12:57.043 --> 13:00.980 TO WORK TWO JOBS, HAVING TO SPEND MOST OF THEIR LIFE GOING 13:00.980 --> 13:03.883 TO AND FROM WORK AND PUTTING THEIR KIDS IN DAY CARE? 13:03.883 --> 13:08.888 WHEN A SIMPLE VOTE OF WHICH THERE ARE THE VOTES TO DO, 13:08.888 --> 13:11.224 MR. SIMPSON AND MR. BOEHNER WON'T THREAT COME TO THE 13:11.224 --> 13:13.693 FLOORMENT WE COULD RAISE THE MINIMUM WAGE IN A MOMENT. 13:13.693 --> 13:17.630 I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO CALL THEM OTHER THAN CRUEL AND 13:17.630 --> 13:19.899 INFLICTING PAIN AND SUFFERING ON THE PEOPLE THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO 13:19.899 --> 13:20.367 SERVE. 13:20.367 --> 13:23.436 >> HE'S BEEN THE ONLY INDIVIDUAL IN THIS CAMPAIGN, THREE TIMES BY 13:23.436 --> 13:28.274 THREE PAPERS BEEN CRITICIZED FOR USING LANGUAGE THAT WAS PROBABLY 13:28.274 --> 13:28.641 INAPPROPRIATE. 13:28.641 --> 13:30.610 WHEN YOU SAY THE REASON I VOTED -- 13:30.610 --> 13:34.280 THAT I HAVEN'T VOTED TO INCREASE THE MAJOR MY OPPOSITION TO IT IS 13:34.280 --> 13:37.117 PROBABLY BECAUSE THE PRESIDENT'S -- 13:37.117 --> 13:39.185 I'VE GOT A PROBLEM WITH THAT. 13:39.185 --> 13:40.086 THAT'S OUT OF BOUNDS. 13:40.086 --> 13:44.924 HE SAID THINGS LIKE THAT REPEATEDLY, THAT FRANKLY AREN'T 13:44.924 --> 13:45.525 TRUE. 13:45.525 --> 13:49.362 >> THE NEXT QUESTION IS FROM BRIAN CLARK FOR CONGRESSMAN 13:49.362 --> 13:50.830 SIMPSON. 13:50.830 --> 13:53.033 >> CONGRESSMAN SIMPSON, YOU'RE CLOSE WITH THE CONGRESSIONAL 13:53.033 --> 13:56.369 LEADERSHIP, NOTABLY WITH JOHN BOEHNER, THE HOUSE SPEAKER. 13:56.369 --> 14:00.974 I IMAGINE IF WE CHECKED YOUR PHONE YOU'D HAVE HIM ON SPEED 14:00.974 --> 14:03.209 DIAL, HE WOULD PROBABLY BE UNDER JOHN. 14:03.209 --> 14:06.312 DESPITE IN THE MAJORITY OF IDAHOANS DON'T TRUST CONGRESS OR 14:06.312 --> 14:09.215 THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, THEY DON'T BELIEVE YOU AND YOUR 14:09.215 --> 14:11.785 FRIENDS CAN SOLVE THE BIGs PROBLEMS FACING THIS COUNTRY. 14:11.785 --> 14:15.055 HOW DO YOU AND SPEAKER BOEHNER PLAN TO GET THE TRUST OF 14:15.055 --> 14:15.889 IDAHOANS BACK? 14:15.889 --> 14:19.359 >> THEY HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO BE MISTRUSTFUL OF CONGRESS AND THE 14:19.359 --> 14:20.894 UNABILITY TO GET ANYTHING DONE. 14:20.894 --> 14:23.329 FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS, FOUR YEARS IT'S BEEN VERY, VERY 14:23.329 --> 14:26.232 DIFFICULT TO GET ANYTHING DONE IN CONGRESS. 14:26.232 --> 14:29.002 AS I SAID, WE'VE PASSED -- WE CONTINUE TO DO OUR WORK IN 14:29.002 --> 14:29.703 THE HOUSE. 14:29.703 --> 14:34.174 WE PASSED 370 BILLS ON THE SENATOR'S DESK THAT THE SENATE 14:34.174 --> 14:35.008 WON'T PICK UP. 14:35.008 --> 14:38.244 WE'VE PASSED APPROPRIATION BILLS THAT I SERVE ON, WE'VE PASSED 14:38.244 --> 14:41.348 ALL OF THE APPROPRIATION BILLS THROUGH THE FULL COMMITTEE, AND 14:41.348 --> 14:42.649 SEVEN OF THEM ON THE FLOOR. 14:42.649 --> 14:44.651 GUESS HOW MANY THE SENATE'S DONE? 14:44.651 --> 14:47.187 GUESS HOW MANY THE SENATE APPROPRIATION BILLS HAVE PASS IN 14:47.187 --> 14:48.621 THE LAST FOUR YEARS? 14:48.621 --> 14:49.389 ZERO. 14:49.389 --> 14:50.357 THEY'RE NOT WORKING. 14:50.357 --> 14:55.095 IT IS HARD TO GET A PRODUCT OUT AND TO DO OUR JOB WHEN THE 14:55.095 --> 14:57.564 SENATE IS FRANKLY DYSFUNCTIONAL. 14:57.564 --> 14:59.332 >> DID YOU WANT TO RESPOND TO THAT? 14:59.332 --> 15:02.869 >> I THINK IT'S GREAT THAT WE HAVE A SENATE TO BLAME. 15:02.869 --> 15:06.773 THE FACT THAT 52 OF THOSE BILLS WE SENT TO THE SENATE ARE BILLS 15:06.773 --> 15:08.508 TO REPEAL OBAMACARE. 15:08.508 --> 15:12.045 YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A ROCKET SCIENTIST TO REALIZE THAT'S NOT 15:12.045 --> 15:14.881 GOING TO PASS THE SENATE, AND IF IT DID, THE PRESIDENT WOULD VETO 15:14.881 --> 15:15.048 IT. 15:15.048 --> 15:17.050 HOW MANY TIMES DO YOU HAVE TO REPEAL SOMETHING LIKE THAT? 15:17.050 --> 15:20.487 I THINK THERE'S A NUMBER OF BILLS TO ELIMINATE EPA, TO 15:20.487 --> 15:23.957 CHANGE SOME OF THE REGULATORY AGENCIES, SO THEY'RE KINDER TO 15:23.957 --> 15:26.359 THEIR BUSINESS FRIENDS, TO DEAL WITH THE TAX STRUCTURE SO YOU 15:26.359 --> 15:28.328 GET MORE MONEY TO THE RICH. 15:28.328 --> 15:30.330 AFL THOSE ARE ISSUES THEY PASSED. 15:30.330 --> 15:32.632 AND YET NONE OF THEM ARE GOING TO PASS THE SENATE BECAUSE THAT 15:32.632 --> 15:35.635 IS NOT WHAT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WANT. 15:35.635 --> 15:39.906 AND THERE ARE SOME DYSFUNCTION IN THE JALAL TALABANI BUT 15:39.906 --> 15:43.009 NOTHING LIKE WHAT WE HAVE IN THE HOUSE, WHEN YOU HAVE A MAJORITY 15:43.009 --> 15:45.812 OF PEOPLE THAT WOULD SUPPORT RAISING MINIMUM WAGE, THAT WOULD 15:45.812 --> 15:48.648 SUPPORT IMMIGRATION REFORM, WHEN YOU HAVE THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE 15:48.648 --> 15:54.020 THAT WOULD VOTE TO GIVE WOMEN EQUAL PAY FOR EQUAL WORK, AND 15:54.020 --> 15:55.755 YET THEY WON'T DEAL WITH THOSE. 15:55.755 --> 15:58.692 I WISH THAT THIS GROUP THANE STEAD OF LOOKING AT THE SENATE 15:58.692 --> 16:02.395 AS THEIR PROBLEM WOULD LOOK IN HOUSE, BECAUSE AS LONG AS YOU 16:02.395 --> 16:06.866 LET 40 TEA PARTY REPUBLICANS FIGHT THE STUFFINGS OUT OF THESE 16:06.866 --> 16:09.302 GUYS YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET ANY KIND OF LEGISLATION BECAUSE EACH 16:09.302 --> 16:13.306 ONE OF THEM, I CALLED A FRIEND OF MINE THAT BOTH OF US KNOW, I 16:13.306 --> 16:16.409 ASKED FOR HIS SUPPORT AND HE SAID I CAN'T, SIMPSON IS TOO 16:16.409 --> 16:18.144 GOOD FOR MY BUSINESS. 16:18.144 --> 16:21.414 AND I SAID THIS IS THE WORST CONGRESS EVER, AND HE SAID I 16:21.414 --> 16:21.681 KNOW. 16:21.681 --> 16:24.884 SIMPSON IS BETTER THAN HIS RECORD REFLECTS, HE'S JUST 16:24.884 --> 16:25.151 AFRAID. 16:25.151 --> 16:28.722 I WOULD NEVER STAND STILL FOR THAT KIND OF CALLING OF ME, 16:28.722 --> 16:31.958 BECAUSE I'M NOT AFRAID, I'M NOT INTIMIDATE AND I DON'T WORRY 16:31.958 --> 16:34.694 ABOUT A PRIMARY ELECTION BECAUSE I HAVE MORE IMPORTANT THINGS 16:34.694 --> 16:36.996 THAN TO WORRY ABOUT REELECTION. 16:36.996 --> 16:40.600 >> THE NEXT QUESTION -- IT'S TIME TO MOVE ON. 16:40.600 --> 16:42.535 WE HAVE TO -- IT'S TIME TO MOVE ON. 16:42.535 --> 16:48.274 THE NEXT QUESTION IS FOR CONGRESSMAN SIMPSON FROM MARCIA 16:48.274 --> 16:48.808 FRANKLIN. 16:48.808 --> 16:52.012 >> ASK ME THE SAME QUESTION, I NEED TO RESPOND TO THAT. 16:52.012 --> 16:54.647 >> YOU'LL HAVE TO COMPROMISE I GUESS. 16:54.647 --> 17:01.121 BOTH OF YOU TALK ELOQUENTLY, WAX ELOQUENTLY ABOUT YOUR ABILITY TO 17:01.121 --> 17:04.758 WORK IN A BIPARTISAN FASHION AND TO COMPROMISE. 17:04.758 --> 17:08.495 CAN YOU GIVE US A SPECIFIC EXAMPLE WHERE THAT WAS REALLY 17:08.495 --> 17:13.833 HARD FOR YOU, WHERE YOU REALLY HAD TO YESES WEST NILE YOUR OWN 17:13.833 --> 17:18.238 IDEALS IN ORDER TO MAKE THAT COMPROMISE? 17:18.238 --> 17:22.042 I'M THINKING OF THE REAL BIG ISSUES HERE. 17:22.042 --> 17:23.209 >> VOTING ON TARP. 17:23.209 --> 17:25.945 THE REST OF THE DELEGATION VOTED AGAINST TARP. 17:25.945 --> 17:29.349 TWO OF THE DELEGATION VOTED AGAINST BUT LARRY CRAIG AND I 17:29.349 --> 17:30.150 VOTED FOR IT. 17:30.150 --> 17:33.253 WHEN YOU LOOKED AT THE ECONOMY AT THE TIME AND WHAT ECONOMISTS 17:33.253 --> 17:36.222 WERE TELLING US, THE ECONOMY WAS GOING THROUGH THE FLOOR 23 WE 17:36.222 --> 17:37.223 DIDN'T DO ANYTHING SOMETHING. 17:37.223 --> 17:40.260 WOULD IT HAVE BEEN THE GREAT DEPRESSION ONLY MANY TIMES WORSE 17:40.260 --> 17:41.161 FROM WHAT EVERYBODY SAID. 17:41.161 --> 17:43.096 IT WAS NOT A POPULAR VOTE. 17:43.096 --> 17:46.366 I'VE BEEN WILLING TO TAKE VOTES THAT I THINK ARE IN THE BEST 17:46.366 --> 17:51.604 INTEREST OF THE STATE AND THE COUNTRY AND HAD THE COURAGE, 17:51.604 --> 17:54.341 CONTRARY TO WHAT MR. STALLINGS SAID, TO TAKE SOME OF THOSE 17:54.341 --> 17:58.378 TOUGH VOTES THAT SOMETIMES GO CONTRARY TO MY PARTY. 17:58.378 --> 18:00.580 BECAUSE I THOUGHT THEY WERE IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE STATE 18:00.580 --> 18:01.214 AND THE COUNTRY. 18:01.214 --> 18:03.183 I CAN -- THERE ARE OTHER EXAMPLES OF 18:03.183 --> 18:06.653 THINGS I'M WORKING ON THAT WILL -- 18:06.653 --> 18:11.491 THAT A LOT OF MEMBERS IN MY PARTY DON'T AGREE WITH. 18:11.491 --> 18:15.195 THERE ARE MEMBERS OF MY PARTY THAT DON'T AGREE WITH ME BECAUSE 18:15.195 --> 18:18.765 WE HAVE TO RAISE REVENUE THE WAY YOU RAISE REVENUE IS BY LOWERING 18:18.765 --> 18:20.767 TAX RATES AND EXPANDING THE BASE. 18:20.767 --> 18:21.768 THAT'S HOW YOU DO IT. 18:21.768 --> 18:24.237 YOU CAN'T HAVE THE HIGHEST CORPORATE TAX RATE IN THE WORLD 18:24.237 --> 18:26.206 AND BE COMPETITIVE. 18:26.206 --> 18:27.607 SO -- AND THERE ARE PEOPLE ON THE 18:27.607 --> 18:30.944 OTHER SIDE OF THE AISLE THAT DON'T LIKE IT BECAUSE IT 18:30.944 --> 18:32.512 INVOLVES ENTITLEMENT REFORM. 18:32.512 --> 18:35.415 SO I'VE BEEN WORKING IN A BIPARTISAN WAY AND ANYONE THAT 18:35.415 --> 18:39.986 SAYS THAT RICHARD NEEDS TO CALL HIS COLLEAGUES BACK IN 18:39.986 --> 18:41.488 WASHINGTON. 18:41.488 --> 18:45.625 >> FIRST OF ALL, I THINK I CONGRATULATE HIM FOR THE TARP 18:45.625 --> 18:45.892 VOTE. 18:45.892 --> 18:46.860 WOULD I HAVE DON'T SAME THING. 18:46.860 --> 18:50.163 THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS, TARP WAS REQUESTED BY MR. BUSH. 18:50.163 --> 18:55.535 I WOULD BET $100 THAT IF OBAMA HAD ASKED FOR TARP HE WOULD HAVE 18:55.535 --> 18:58.204 BEEN FLIEG FLEEING FROM THAT VOTE AND SAID ABSOLUTELY NOT. 18:58.204 --> 18:59.639 REGARDLESS OF THE STATUS OF THE ECONOMY. 18:59.639 --> 19:03.009 BECAUSE THIS IS NOT ABOUT PRINCIPLES, THIS IS ABOUT 19:03.009 --> 19:05.011 PARTIES AND PARTISANSHIP. 19:05.011 --> 19:08.214 AND IF OBAMA SUGGESTS IT'S NIGHT, THEY'LL VOTE IT'S DAY. 19:08.214 --> 19:09.582 >> WHEN HAVE YOU COMPROMISED? 19:09.582 --> 19:11.851 >> I HAVE COMPROMISE ORDER VIRTUALLY ALL OF THE LEGISLATION 19:11.851 --> 19:13.653 I WORK ORDER WHEN I WAS IN CONGRESS. 19:13.653 --> 19:19.926 WHEN I DID THE -- I HAD TO WORK WITH THE STATES, I 19:19.926 --> 19:23.296 THISH TO WORK WITH THE INTERIOR COMMITTEE AND WE HAD TO 19:23.296 --> 19:23.596 COMPROMISE. 19:23.596 --> 19:26.332 JIM JONES, WHO HAS BEEN ATTORNEY GENERAL SAID THESE ARE THE 19:26.332 --> 19:27.033 THINGS WE NEED. 19:27.033 --> 19:29.035 I DIDN'T LIKE THEM. 19:29.035 --> 19:33.306 BUT SITTING DOWN WITH JIM MCCLURE, WE IRONED THEM OUT AND 19:33.306 --> 19:35.508 CAME OUT WITH AN AGREEMENT THAT IS PRECEDENT. 19:35.508 --> 19:38.678 IT BECOMES A WAY THAT MANY STATES ARE LOOKING AT HOW TO 19:38.678 --> 19:43.049 DEAL WITH WATER RIGHTS IN WHICH YOU HAVE TRIBES, STATE, WATER 19:43.049 --> 19:45.885 USERS, AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT INVOLVED. 19:45.885 --> 19:49.989 YOU CAN MAKE COMPROMISES BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO GO INTO THE SYSTEM 19:49.989 --> 19:52.325 UNDERSTANDING YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET THE WHOLE PIE. 19:52.325 --> 19:57.797 AND IF YOU GET JUST A PIECE OF IT, THAT'S MOVING THE SYSTEM 19:57.797 --> 19:58.064 FORWARD. 19:58.064 --> 19:59.599 THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TO DO. 19:59.599 --> 20:03.536 >> THERE WERE OTHER ISSUES LIKE THAT, ON THE PAY RAISE BILL, 20:03.536 --> 20:04.871 LIKE SOME OF THOSE THINGS. 20:04.871 --> 20:08.375 BUT I VOTED FOR THEM BECAUSE I THOUGHT IT WAS IN THE BEST 20:08.375 --> 20:10.176 INTERESTS OF THE PEOPLE OF IDAHO. 20:10.176 --> 20:11.644 >> FOR CONGRESSMAN STALLINGS O. 20:11.644 --> 20:15.348 IMMIGRATION FROM MARCIA FRANKLIN. 20:15.348 --> 20:18.551 >> WELL, I'M PICKING UP ON THIS THEME. 20:18.551 --> 20:20.754 ASIDE FROM THE FACT BOTH OF YOU AGREE SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE 20:20.754 --> 20:23.723 DONE, LET'S STAY ON THE COMPROMISE THEME HERE. 20:23.723 --> 20:29.195 WHERE DO YOU BELIEVE THE TWO OF YOU HAVE AGREEMENT ON 20:29.195 --> 20:31.097 IMMIGRATION REFORM? 20:31.097 --> 20:34.467 WHERE IS AN AREA YOU TWO CAN COME TOGETHER AND COMPROMISE? 20:34.467 --> 20:37.837 >> IF YOU CAN KEEP YOUR ANSWER BRIEF. 20:37.837 --> 20:41.307 >> I THINK WE DO AGREE WITH A COUPLE OF EXCEPTIONS. 20:41.307 --> 20:45.745 I THINK WE BOTH AGREE THAT WE SHOULD NOT TRY TO DEPORT 12 OR 20:45.745 --> 20:48.281 13 OR 14 MILLION UNDOCUMENTED WORKERS. 20:48.281 --> 20:52.052 THAT IS INSANE, IT WOULD DESTROY A BIG PART OF IDAHO'S ECONOMY. 20:52.052 --> 20:55.288 I THINK YOU WILL NOT GET ANY RESISTANCE FROM HIM ON THAT. 20:55.288 --> 20:58.258 I THINK WHERE WE DIFFER IS I WANT TO PASS THE CITIZEN 14EU7. 20:58.258 --> 21:01.327 HE SAYS HE WANTS TO KEEP THEM HERE AND LET THEM CONTINUE TO 21:01.327 --> 21:04.698 WORK AND STAND IN LINE FOR ANOTHER 15 OR 20 OR 25 YEARS FOR 21:04.698 --> 21:04.998 CITIZENSHIP. 21:04.998 --> 21:07.600 WE DON'T HAVE TWO CLASSES OF CITIZENS IN THIS COUNTRY. 21:07.600 --> 21:11.171 WE DON'T HAVE THOSE WITH POWER AND THOSE RESTRICTED AS WORKERS 21:11.171 --> 21:12.706 ONLY. 21:12.706 --> 21:13.807 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. 21:13.807 --> 21:16.276 SAME QUESTION FOR YOU, CONGRESSMAN SIMPSON. 21:16.276 --> 21:20.246 >> I SUSPECT WE AGREE ON BORDER SECURITY BUT FIRST LET ME SAY 21:20.246 --> 21:23.450 WHEN HE SAYS THAT I PROBABLY WOULDN'T VOTE FOR TARP IF 21:23.450 --> 21:27.253 PRESIDENT OBAMA WAS PRESIDENT, I VOTED TO OVERRIDE PRESIDENT 21:27.253 --> 21:28.888 BUSH'S VETO OF S-CHIP. 21:28.888 --> 21:32.826 SO I'VE WORKED IN A BIPARTISAN WAY AND HIS STATEMENTS TO THE 21:32.826 --> 21:34.828 CONTRARY ARE BULL. 21:34.828 --> 21:38.031 BUT I THINK THE BORDER SECURITY IS WHAT YOU'VE GOT TO DO FIRST 21:38.031 --> 21:40.000 AND WE PROBABLY AGREE WITH THAT. 21:40.000 --> 21:44.037 BUT THE REALITY IS YOU'RE NOT GOING TO DEPORT 14 MILLION 21:44.037 --> 21:44.838 ILLEGAL ALIENS. 21:44.838 --> 21:45.939 THAT'S THE REALITY. 21:45.939 --> 21:47.774 WE WOULD BE DEVASTATED TO OUR ECONOMY. 21:47.774 --> 21:49.275 WHAT DO YOU DO IN THE MEANTIME? 21:49.275 --> 21:53.480 I WOULD SAY YOU GIVE THEM GREEN CARD STATUS SO THEY CAN STAY AND 21:53.480 --> 21:58.251 WORK AND THEN YOU ALLOW THEM IF THEY CHOOSE TO BECOME CITIZENS, 21:58.251 --> 22:01.254 TO APPLY TO THE REGULAR PROCESS, THEY DON'T HAVE TO LEAVE THE 22:01.254 --> 22:04.791 COUNTRY TO APPLY, BUT THEY APPLY THROUGHOUT REGULAR PROCESS. 22:04.791 --> 22:08.795 YOU CANNOT GIVE SOMEONE AN ADVANTAGE FOR COMING ILLEGALLY. 22:08.795 --> 22:12.899 YOU CANNOT REWARD ILLEGAL BEHAVIOR OR YOU WILL JUST 22:12.899 --> 22:17.604 ENCOURAGE MORE ILLEGAL BEHAVIOR JUST AS HAPPENED IN 1986 WHEN 22:17.604 --> 22:21.975 MR. STALLINGS VOTED FOR SIMPSON ME SOLELY THAT LEGALIZED ALL 22:21.975 --> 22:24.344 THESE PEOPLE AND WE GOT MORE AND MORE. 22:24.344 --> 22:26.613 THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM. 22:26.613 --> 22:27.113 IT DIDN'T. 22:27.113 --> 22:29.649 BECAUSE WE REWARDED ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION. 22:29.649 --> 22:33.086 >> WE HAVE A FOLLOW-UP ON THAT, THE SAME QUESTION FOR BOTH OF 22:33.086 --> 22:34.888 YOU. 22:34.888 --> 22:37.390 START WITH CONGRESSMAN SIMPSON. 22:37.390 --> 22:42.262 >> SO HOW DO YOU FASHION AN IMMIGRATION POLICY THAT IS FAIR 22:42.262 --> 22:48.001 BOTH TIME GRANTS WHO CAME HERE LEGALLY BUT ENSURES A SUPPLY OF 22:48.001 --> 22:52.305 WORKERS FOR AMERICAN BUSINESSES WHILE AT THE SAME TIME STOPPING 22:52.305 --> 22:56.109 THE ABUSE OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS WHO LET'S FACE IT, SOMETIMES 22:56.109 --> 22:58.878 THEY'RE UNDERPAID AND THEY HAVE NO VOTING RIGHTS. 22:58.878 --> 23:02.148 >> WELL, AS I SAID, I THINK YOU NEED TO BRING THEM OUT OF THE 23:02.148 --> 23:02.415 SHADOWS. 23:02.415 --> 23:05.251 THEY HAVEN'T BE IN FEAR OF BEING DEPORTED EVERY DAY, AND PEOPLE 23:05.251 --> 23:09.889 CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THEM IF THEY ARE UNDER THOSE SORTS OF 23:09.889 --> 23:10.256 CIRCUMSTANCES. 23:10.256 --> 23:12.859 SO I THINK THAT YOU GIVE THEM GREEN CARD STATUS SO THEY CAN 23:12.859 --> 23:15.895 STAY AND WORK, PAY TAXES, THEY CAN DO ALL OF THAT KIND OF STUFF 23:15.895 --> 23:19.165 AND THEN IF THEY WANT TO BECOME CITIZENS THEY GO THROUGH THE 23:19.165 --> 23:22.168 REGULAR PROCESS LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE HAS TO DO. 23:22.168 --> 23:24.337 BUT YOU DON'T REWARD ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION. 23:24.337 --> 23:24.871 I THINK YOU. 23:24.871 --> 23:27.240 >>> REACH A COMPROMISE, AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT YOU'LL SEE 23:27.240 --> 23:30.076 WHEN THE NEXT CONGRESS TAKES UP IMMIGRATION REFORM, AND THE 23:30.076 --> 23:32.178 HOUSE IS GOING TO TAKE IT UP. 23:32.178 --> 23:32.879 >> CONGRESSMAN STALLINGS. 23:32.879 --> 23:35.815 >> FIRST OF ALL, THERE IS NO REGULAR WAY OF EMIGRATION -- 23:35.815 --> 23:39.285 OF IMMIGRATION TO GET CITIZENSHIP. 23:39.285 --> 23:41.354 IT REALLY DOESN'T EXIST THERE. 23:41.354 --> 23:44.257 ARE DIFFERENT STEPS AND PHASES BUT FOR THESE UNDOCUMENTED 23:44.257 --> 23:46.760 FOLKS, IT CAN BE ANOTHER 20 YEARS. 23:46.760 --> 23:49.929 IT'S JUST A HODGEPODGE OF STUPIDITY. 23:49.929 --> 23:52.999 MOST OF THE PEOPLE DON'T COME ACROSS THE BORDER SO BORDER 23:52.999 --> 23:55.468 SECURITY IS TALKING ABOUT REALLY IS NOT A MAJOR ISSUE. 23:55.468 --> 23:58.672 THE SENATE PUT TOGETHER ONE THAT'S NOT BAD, MOST OF THE 23:58.672 --> 24:02.242 UNDOCUMENTED COME HERE ON STUDENT VISAS OR WORK VISA, AND 24:02.242 --> 24:03.243 JUST DON'T GO HOME. 24:03.243 --> 24:05.712 I THINK WE NEED A BETTER SYSTEM FOR TRACKING. 24:05.712 --> 24:10.583 I DON'T THINK PUTTING IN MORE BORDER GUARDS IS GOING TO MAKE A 24:10.583 --> 24:10.884 DIFFERENCE. 24:10.884 --> 24:15.155 I THINK YOU NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB OF TRACKING THEM. 24:15.155 --> 24:17.791 BUT WE'VE NEVER DONE THAT, NOT AS THOROUGHLY AS WE SHOULD. 24:17.791 --> 24:24.097 THE IDEA WE LET THEM STAY AND WORK IS A BOOM TO THE 24:24.097 --> 24:24.864 AGRICULTURAL INDUSTRY. 24:24.864 --> 24:28.902 THEN THEY CAN WORK THEM TO DEATH AND NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THEM 24:28.902 --> 24:29.703 HAVING POLITICAL CLOUT. 24:29.703 --> 24:32.906 HE'S RIGHT, THEY HAVE BROKEN THE LAW, BUT THE LAW THEY BROKE WAS 24:32.906 --> 24:36.976 A MISDEMEANOR AND THERE ARE NO JAIL SENTENCES FOR MOST 24:36.976 --> 24:37.344 MISDEMEANORS. 24:37.344 --> 24:41.014 SO YOU HAVE A PENALTY, IT MIGHT BE A FINE, IT MIGHT BE A TWO OR 24:41.014 --> 24:43.650 THREE-YEAR WAITING PERIOD, A YEAR OR TWO OF PUBLIC SERVICE. 24:43.650 --> 24:46.653 I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT BUT THE FIRST GROUP YOU HAVE TO 24:46.653 --> 24:50.457 DEAL WITH ARE THE DREAMERS, BECAUSE MR. SIMPSON WHO CLAIMS 24:50.457 --> 24:52.092 TO BE IN SUPPORT OF THE DREAMERS, THESE ARE THE FOLKS 24:52.092 --> 24:57.297 WHO CAME OVER AS CHILDREN, HE VOTED TO CUT THE FUNDING OF THE 24:57.297 --> 24:59.499 AGENT STAY THAT HANDLES THEM AND AT THE SAME TIME INCREASE 24:59.499 --> 25:00.834 FUNDING FOR DEPORTATION. 25:00.834 --> 25:03.770 SO I THINK WE'RE SEEING A LITTLE BIT OF A SOFT SHOE IN WHICH HE 25:03.770 --> 25:07.974 SAYS I'M FOR THIS, BUT I'M GOING TO VOTE FOR SOMETHING ELSE. 25:07.974 --> 25:09.976 >> CONGRESSMAN SIMPSON DID YOU WANT TO RESPOND? 25:09.976 --> 25:14.948 >> THE REALITY IS THE EXPANSION OF THE DACA PROGRAM OBAMA 25:14.948 --> 25:17.784 ADMINISTRATION DID, DID IT WITHOUT CONSULTING CONGRESS, 25:17.784 --> 25:19.319 JUST LIKE HE SAYS AFTER THIS ELECTION. 25:19.319 --> 25:21.521 WHY WOULDN'T HE DO IT BEFORE THE ELECTION? 25:21.521 --> 25:24.691 BECAUSE HE KNOWS PEOPLE WOULD REJECT WHAT HE'S GOING TO DO BUT 25:24.691 --> 25:28.595 LET'S GOING TO LEGALIZE A WHOLE BUNCH OF PEOPLE AS SOON AS THIS 25:28.595 --> 25:32.799 ELECTION -- USING HIS SKEETIVE POWER AND -- 25:32.799 --> 25:36.069 EXECUTIVE POWER AND CHALLENGE CONGRESS TO TRY AND STOP HIM. 25:36.069 --> 25:38.505 AND THAT'S GOING TO BE A FIGHT AS SOON AS THE ELECTION IS OVER. 25:38.505 --> 25:40.807 >> YOU HAD A FOLLOW-UP GHE. 25:40.807 --> 25:44.811 >> CONGRESSMAN SIMPSON, I WANT TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND YOU 25:44.811 --> 25:48.181 CLEARLY, ARE YOU PROPOSING THEN THAT FOR PEOPLE WHO ENTERED THE 25:48.181 --> 25:50.650 COUNTRY ILLEGALLY WHRRKS THEY HAVE A JOB HERE OR WHATEVER 25:50.650 --> 25:54.087 THEY'RE DOING HERE, THERE WOULD BE SOME SYSTEM FOR THEM TO GET A 25:54.087 --> 25:58.191 GREEN CARD WITHOUT ACTUALLY LEAVING THE COUNTRY AND THEN 25:58.191 --> 25:59.025 REENTERING LEGALLY? 25:59.025 --> 25:59.693 >> RIGHT. 25:59.693 --> 26:00.326 >> OK. 26:00.326 --> 26:06.666 ANY OTHER SPECIFICS YOU CAN TELL ME ON AN IMMIGRATION POLICY THAT 26:06.666 --> 26:09.035 WOULD ALLOW -- HOW WOULD THEY GET TO THE 26:09.035 --> 26:09.402 CITIZENSHIP? 26:09.402 --> 26:12.572 THAT'S A BIG STEP. 26:12.572 --> 26:15.608 FROM GOING TO A 10-YEAR GREEN CARD TO GOING TO CITIZENSHIP. 26:15.608 --> 26:18.678 >> YOU WOULD ALLOW THEM TO APPLY FOR CITIZENSHIP -- 26:18.678 --> 26:21.047 NOW F. THEY APPLY FOR CITIZENSHIP TODAY THEY'VE GOT TO 26:21.047 --> 26:22.082 LEAVE THE COUNTRY. 26:22.082 --> 26:24.784 AND APPLY IN THE COUNTRY FROM WHICH THEY CAME. 26:24.784 --> 26:26.886 AND GET AT THE BACK OF THE LINE. 26:26.886 --> 26:30.357 REMEMBER, WE HAVE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ACROSS THIS WORLD WANTING 26:30.357 --> 26:33.059 TO BECOME AMERICANS AND THEY'RE DOING IT THE LEGAL WAY. 26:33.059 --> 26:36.062 THEY'RE APPLYING THROUGH THEIR COUNTRY, AND SO FORTH. 26:36.062 --> 26:40.266 SO WHY ARE WE GOING TO DISADVANTAGE THEM BY GIVING AN 26:40.266 --> 26:43.169 ADVANTAGE TO PEOPLE WHO CAME ILLEGALLY? 26:43.169 --> 26:45.005 THAT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME. 26:45.005 --> 26:47.273 YOU'RE REWARDING ILLEGAL BEHAVIOR. 26:47.273 --> 26:50.977 WHAT I WOULD DO IS SAY, OK, IF YOU WANT TO BECOME A CITIZEN, 26:50.977 --> 26:54.247 AND NOT ALL OF THESE PEOPLE WANT TO BECOME CITIZENS, I'VE TALKED 26:54.247 --> 27:00.387 TO A LOT OF THEM WHO SAY I JUST WANT TO WORK, TO NOT FEAR BEING 27:00.387 --> 27:00.687 DEPORTED. 27:00.687 --> 27:04.024 BUT WHAT YOU WOULD DO IS SAY IF YOU WANT TO APPLY FOR 27:04.024 --> 27:06.760 CITIZENSHIP YOU DON'T HAVE TO LEAVE, YOU CAN STAY HERE UNDER 27:06.760 --> 27:11.031 YOUR GREEN CARD STATUS, BUT YOU APPLY JUST AS IF YOU WERE IN 27:11.031 --> 27:13.133 THAT EXPUN GOING TO COME THIS THIS COUNTRY. 27:13.133 --> 27:14.968 >> THE NEXT QUESTION IS FOR CONGRESSMAN STALLINGS FROM 27:14.968 --> 27:19.205 MARCIA FRANKLIN. 27:19.205 --> 27:22.042 >> I'M -- THE WAR IN AFGHANISTAN IS 27:22.042 --> 27:25.311 SUPPOSEDLY OVER, THE WAR IN IRAQ, NOW WE HAVE POTENTIAL 27:25.311 --> 27:30.884 THREAT FROM THE SO-CALLED ISLAMIC STATE RISING. 27:30.884 --> 27:36.790 WE COULD BE ON THE PRECIPICE OF YOU KNOW, ANOTHER WAR AT LEAST 27:36.790 --> 27:38.692 MILITARY ACTION. 27:38.692 --> 27:43.897 TAKE US THROUGHOUT STEPS THAT GO THROUGH YOUR MIND IF YOU WERE 27:43.897 --> 27:48.635 CALLED UPON TO MAKE A DECISION ABOUT ENGAGE OUR TROOPS AGAIN. 27:48.635 --> 27:51.438 >> I WOULD BE GRATEFUL IF CONGRESS WOULD DEAL WITH THIS 27:51.438 --> 27:53.340 ISSUE IN WHICH THEY HAVE FAILED. 27:53.340 --> 27:56.643 THEY FLED WHEN PRESIDENT OBAMA SAID PLEASE DEBATE THE ISSUE AND 27:56.643 --> 27:58.745 GIVE US SOME AUTHORITY. 27:58.745 --> 28:01.481 THE PRESIDENT OFFERED TWO POSSIBILITIES. 28:01.481 --> 28:05.819 HE SAID FIRST OF ALL WE'D LIKE TO SELECT THE GOOD SYRIANS AND 28:05.819 --> 28:06.386 ARM THEM. 28:06.386 --> 28:09.823 AND THEY DID DEAL WITH THAT. 28:09.823 --> 28:15.028 I'D PROBABLY HAVE VOTED THE SAME WAY. 28:15.028 --> 28:17.497 THE SECOND ONE TO GIVE THE PRESIDENT AUTHORITY TO DO WHAT 28:17.497 --> 28:21.134 HE'S DOING IN SYRIA, WHEN THE BRITISH DECIDED TO MAKE THAT 28:21.134 --> 28:25.138 DECISION THEY CALLED PARLIAMENT IN TO DEBATE IT AND THEY HAD A 28:25.138 --> 28:25.405 POLICY. 28:25.405 --> 28:26.706 OUR GUYS WENT HOME. 28:26.706 --> 28:29.309 THEY DIDN'T STAY AROUND. 28:29.309 --> 28:33.046 THEY'VE GIVEN THE PRESIDENT NO AUTHORITY TO DO WHAT HE'S DOING. 28:33.046 --> 28:37.217 HE'S OPERATING UNDER LAWS PASSED IN 2001-2002 DEALING WITH IRAQ. 28:37.217 --> 28:41.321 >> I'M CURIOUS, ASIDE FROM YOUR CRITICISM OF WHAT HAS HAPPENED, 28:41.321 --> 28:46.259 HOW WOULD YOU PERSONALLY MAKE YOUR DECISION SHOULD YOU BE IN 28:46.259 --> 28:47.227 THE SAME SITUATION? 28:47.227 --> 28:49.529 >> WOULD I DEMAND A CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT. 28:49.529 --> 28:53.967 WOULD I DEMAND CONGRESS DO WHAT IS CONSTITUTIONALLY MANDATED TO 28:53.967 --> 28:54.167 DO. 28:54.167 --> 28:55.702 THAT IS DEAL WITH THESE ISSUES. 28:55.702 --> 28:57.604 CONGRESS AND THE CONSTITUTION DEALS WITH WAR. 28:57.604 --> 29:02.909 AND I WOULD HAVE JUST RAISE HELL TO GET CONGRESS TO COME TOGETHER 29:02.909 --> 29:05.011 AND DECIDE WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO ABOUT THIS. 29:05.011 --> 29:07.847 MAYBE THE PRESIDENT IS RIGHT, MAYBE HE'S WRONG, I DON'T KNOW. 29:07.847 --> 29:10.383 UNLESS WE HAVE A FORMAL DEBATE IN WHICH WE'D BRING IN THE 29:10.383 --> 29:13.920 EXPERTS AND LISTEN TO THE BEST MINDS IN THE COUNTRY, GIVE US 29:13.920 --> 29:17.023 INSTRUCTIONS, I WOULD BE VERY RELUCTANT TO ALLOW THE PRESIDENT 29:17.023 --> 29:19.059 TO CONTINUE WITH THIS POLICY. 29:19.059 --> 29:19.859 I THINK IT'S WRONG. 29:19.859 --> 29:22.562 I THINK IT'S ILLEGAL AND I'M CRITICAL OF THE CONGRESS OF 29:22.562 --> 29:26.032 MR. BOEHNER AND MR. SIMPSON OF BREAKING AND RUNNING RATHER THAN 29:26.032 --> 29:28.868 DEALING WITH M THIS MASSIVE ISSUE OF WAR AND PEACE. 29:28.868 --> 29:31.604 MR. BOEHNER HAS SAID MAYBE WE NEED BOOTS ON THE GROUND. 29:31.604 --> 29:33.039 THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S EXCITING. 29:33.039 --> 29:35.675 I DON'T KNOW IF MR. SIMPSON AGREE WAS, THAT BUT I WOULD 29:35.675 --> 29:39.245 TOTALLY OPPOSE BOOTS ON THE GROUND OF AMERICANS IN THAT 29:39.245 --> 29:41.247 BATTLE, BECAUSE THAT IS NOT OUR FIGHT AT THIS POINT. 29:41.247 --> 29:44.417 >> LET'S FIND OUT WHAT CONGRESSMAN SIMPSON THINKS. 29:44.417 --> 29:47.420 >> FIRST OF ALL, PRESIDENT OBAMA NEVER ASKED US TO TAKE IT UP AND 29:47.420 --> 29:49.489 GIVE HIM AUTHORITY. 29:49.489 --> 29:53.059 EVERY PRESIDENT HAS BELIEVED THEY HAVE THE AUTHORITY UNDER 29:53.059 --> 29:55.061 THE AUTHORIZATION TO USE MILITARY FORCE. 29:55.061 --> 29:59.599 UNDER THEIR POWERS AS THE SUPREME COMMANDER TO ENGAGE IN 29:59.599 --> 30:00.533 THESE THINGS. 30:00.533 --> 30:03.970 CONGRESS HAS OFTEN TIMES PASTED AUTHORIZATIONS FOR USE OF 30:03.970 --> 30:05.905 MILITARY FORCE AND THE PRESIDENT HAS SAID THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR 30:05.905 --> 30:09.175 YOUR SUPPORT BUT I DON'T NEED THIS, I CAN DO IT ON MY OWN. 30:09.175 --> 30:10.744 I THINK THAT'S A QUESTION OF DEBATE. 30:10.744 --> 30:13.013 I THINK CONGRESS SHOULD HAVE DEBATED IT AND CONGRESS SHOULD 30:13.013 --> 30:17.283 DEBATE WHEN IT WE GET BACK AND THE AUTHORIZATION TO HELP THE 30:17.283 --> 30:21.388 FREE SYRIAN REBELS WHOEVER THE HECK THAT IS, RUNS OUT ON 30:21.388 --> 30:23.089 DECEMBER 11th. 30:23.089 --> 30:25.025 SO THAT -- >> WHAT'S GOING THROUGH YOUR 30:25.025 --> 30:27.660 HEAD RIGHT NOW -- >> WHAT WOULD I DO. 30:27.660 --> 30:30.663 >> WHAT FACTORS ARE YOU CONSIDERING? 30:30.663 --> 30:36.302 >> FIRST YOU HAVE TO DECIDE WHETHER ISIL IS A TRUE THREAT TO 30:36.302 --> 30:37.203 THE UNITED STATES. 30:37.203 --> 30:38.738 ARE THEY BAD? 30:38.738 --> 30:40.206 THERE'S BAD PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD. 30:40.206 --> 30:42.308 DO WE NEED TO GET RID OF THEM? 30:42.308 --> 30:43.376 YEAH, WE DO. 30:43.376 --> 30:47.013 YOU CAN'T HAVE PEOPLE BEHEADING AMERICANS AND OTHER PEOPLE TODAY 30:47.013 --> 30:51.685 THEY KILLED, I DON'T KNOW, 50 PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY WERE MORE 30:51.685 --> 30:52.919 SUPPORTIVE OF THE UNITED STATES AND STUFF. 30:52.919 --> 30:54.421 WE NEED TO GET RID OF THEM. 30:54.421 --> 30:57.490 HOW DO YOU AS A PRESIDENT GIVE A SPEECH AND SAY THESE ARE BAD 30:57.490 --> 31:00.160 PEOPLE, THESE ARE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO THE UNITED STATES AND 31:00.160 --> 31:02.896 WE'RE NOT GOING TO PUT ANY BOOTS ON THE GROUND. 31:02.896 --> 31:05.999 WE'LL BOMB THEM AND WE HOPE SOMEBODY ELSE COMES IN WITH 31:05.999 --> 31:09.703 BOOTS ON THE GROUND F THEY ARE INDEED A THREAT TO THE UNITED 31:09.703 --> 31:12.339 STATES, AND THE INTERESTS OF THE UNITED STATES, THEN DO YOU 31:12.339 --> 31:14.808 WHATEVER IS NECESSARY TO GET RID OF THEM. 31:14.808 --> 31:19.112 >> IT'S TIME TO MOVE ON, THE NEXT QUESTION IS FROM BRIAN TO 31:19.112 --> 31:21.381 CONGRESSMAN SIMPSON. 31:21.381 --> 31:25.452 >> CONGRESSMAN SIMPSON, YOU AND OTHER CONGRESSIONAL REPUBLICANS 31:25.452 --> 31:30.190 HAVE PUT A LOT OF FOCUS ON THE DEBT AND DEFICIT IN RECENT 31:30.190 --> 31:30.457 YEARS. 31:30.457 --> 31:33.526 RUNAWAY SPENDING, THINGS LIKE THIS THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET 31:33.526 --> 31:36.663 OFFICE THIS YEAR PROJECTS THE BUDGET DEFICIT WILL BE LESS THAN 31:36.663 --> 31:42.836 3% OF GDP AND LESS OF A PERCENTAGE THAN OVER THE AVERAGE 31:42.836 --> 31:44.104 OF THE LAST 40 YEARS. 31:44.104 --> 31:46.306 IT'S EXPECTED TO BE LOWER NEXT YEAR. 31:46.306 --> 31:49.943 WHY SHOULD WE BE CONCERNED ABOUT THE DEAF IT? 31:49.943 --> 31:56.116 >> BECAUSE AT $17.5 TRILLION, WE SPEND $250 BILLION EVERY YEAR 31:56.116 --> 31:58.051 JUST PAYING INTEREST ON THE DEBT. 31:58.051 --> 32:00.086 WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO FIX THE ROADS AND BRIDGES IN 32:00.086 --> 32:02.422 THIS COUNTRY, WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO DO OTHER THINGS 32:02.422 --> 32:06.359 IN THIS COUNTRY, AND WE PAY $250 BILLION IN INTEREST. 32:06.359 --> 32:08.328 WHO'S GOING TO BE SADDLED WITH THAT? 32:08.328 --> 32:09.996 YOUNG PEOPLE. 32:09.996 --> 32:14.334 WE CAN'T CONTINUE DOWN THIS ROAD OF SPENDING MONEY WE DON'T HAVE 32:14.334 --> 32:17.237 BORROWING IT FROM CHINA TO DO OTHER THINGS. 32:17.237 --> 32:22.175 IT IS AS COMMANDER HAYDEN SAID, THE BIGGEST NATIONAL SECURITY 32:22.175 --> 32:24.377 ISSUE THAT FACES US IS OUR DEBT AND DEFICIT. 32:24.377 --> 32:30.350 WE DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TODAY IF A WORLD WAR II SORT OF 32:30.350 --> 32:33.353 SCENARIO WERE TO BREAK OUT, WE WERE ABLE TO MORE LIES THIS 32:33.353 --> 32:35.889 COUNTRY AND USE THE RESOURCES BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE THE DEBT 32:35.889 --> 32:38.124 AND DEFICIT WE HAD AT THAT TIME. 32:38.124 --> 32:40.527 THAT WE HAVE AT THIS TIME BACK THEN. 32:40.527 --> 32:44.664 WE WOULDN'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO MOBILIZE THOSE FORCES AND THE 32:44.664 --> 32:47.300 AMERICAN ECONOMY BECAUSE OF THE DEBT AND DEFICIT. 32:47.300 --> 32:50.570 IT IS THE BIGGEST THREAT FACE 24-G EXPUN OUR FUTURE. 32:50.570 --> 32:51.771 >> CONGRESSMAN STALLINGS? 32:51.771 --> 32:57.143 >> I'M SORT OF A JOHNNY COME LATELY ANSWER THAT WE'VE HEARD. 32:57.143 --> 33:00.347 BECAUSE WHEN BILL CLINTON LEFT OFFICE, WE NOT ONLY HAD MOST OF 33:00.347 --> 33:03.850 THE DEBT REDUCED BUT WE WERE STARTING TO LIVE WITH SURPLUSES. 33:03.850 --> 33:09.356 AND MR. BUSH AND MR. SIMPSON GOT AHOLD OF THAT AND BLEW THAT 33:09.356 --> 33:10.623 RIGHT OUT OF THE WATER. 33:10.623 --> 33:14.527 SO WE TBRENT A SURPLUS TO MESSY DEBTS IN THE FIRST AND SECOND 33:14.527 --> 33:16.062 GEORGE BUSH TERMS. 33:16.062 --> 33:20.066 THEY FIRST OF ALL PASSED TWO MASSIVE TAX CUTS THAT DIDN'T 33:20.066 --> 33:23.636 BENEFIT YOU AND I, BUT IT WAS VERY BENEFICIAL TO THE RICH. 33:23.636 --> 33:25.005 MR. SIMPSON DIDN'T FLINCH. 33:25.005 --> 33:26.439 VOTED FOR THOSE. 33:26.439 --> 33:31.177 THEN WE FOUGHT TWO WARS, DECIDED WE DON'T HAVE TO PAY FOR THEM, 33:31.177 --> 33:34.280 THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE BUDGET RELATED SO YOU FIGHT TWO WARS IN 33:34.280 --> 33:38.284 AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ, AND DON'T COUNT THE COST OF THAT. 33:38.284 --> 33:42.088 AND THEN YOU PASS UNDER BUSH'S MISLEADING RHETORIC THAT THIS 33:42.088 --> 33:46.826 THING IS NOT GOING TO COST AS MUCH AND IN FACT THE REPUBLICANS 33:46.826 --> 33:51.998 REFUSED TO EVEN DEBATE THE COST OF THIS PLAN OR PART D OF 33:51.998 --> 33:58.405 MEDICARE, THE DRUG CONNECTION TO IT, AND SO NOW WE TURN A SURPLUS 33:58.405 --> 34:00.874 BILL CLINTON LEFT TO A DEFICIT NO. 34:00.874 --> 34:03.977 KIT CRISP ABOUT HOW THIS IS GOING TO HURT US, BECAUSE THEY 34:03.977 --> 34:11.151 BLEW UP THE SURPLUS AND TURNED THIS PATHWAY INTO PROSPERITY 34:11.151 --> 34:15.221 THAT WE'RE ON, INTO THIS MASSIVE DEFICIT. 34:15.221 --> 34:18.258 WHEN BUSH LEFT OFFICE HE LEFT US IN A MASSIVE 40E8 IN WHICH HE 34:18.258 --> 34:21.594 SAID WAS SIMILAR TO THE GREAT DEPRESSION, AND SO WE PASSED 34:21.594 --> 34:23.863 TARP AND CONTINUED TO SPEND TO GET OUT OF IT. 34:23.863 --> 34:28.001 WE ARE TURNING IT AROUND AND IT IS SERIOUS, BUT WHEN HE PONTIFF 34:28.001 --> 34:32.005 INDICATES ABOUT HOW THE DEFICIT IS KILLING US, HE JUST NEEDS 34:32.005 --> 34:35.709 LOOK IN THE MIRROR BECAUSE HE IS AS MUCH RESPONSIBLE AS THAT 34:35.709 --> 34:38.645 DEFICIT AS ANY MODERN POLITICIAN. 34:38.645 --> 34:39.979 >> CONGRESSMAN DID YOU WANT TO RESPOND? 34:39.979 --> 34:40.647 >> OH, YEAH. 34:40.647 --> 34:41.348 OH, YEAH. 34:41.348 --> 34:46.019 THAT'S PART OF HISTORY, AND IT'S -- 34:46.019 --> 34:50.123 FOR BEING A HISTORY TEACHER YOU SURE FORGET ABOUT HISTORY. 34:50.123 --> 34:52.092 WHEN CLINTON WAS STARTING TO LEAVE OFFICE AT THE END OF HIS 34:52.092 --> 34:54.361 TERM THE ECONOMY WAS GOING THROUGH THE FLOOR AND THEN WE 34:54.361 --> 34:58.965 HAD A LITTLE EVENT, WE HAD A LITTLE EVENT, IT'S CALLED 9-11. 34:58.965 --> 35:02.569 AND OUR ECONOMY WENT REALLY THROUGH THE FLOOR. 35:02.569 --> 35:05.038 AND WE -- AND CONSEQUENTLY WHEN THE 35:05.038 --> 35:07.607 ECONOMY GOES THROUGH THE FLOOR WE DON'T TAKE IN AS MUCH 35:07.607 --> 35:07.874 REVENUE. 35:07.874 --> 35:11.978 AND WE HAD PASSED TAX CUTS PRIOR TO ALL OF THAT HAPPENING. 35:11.978 --> 35:15.482 I ACTUALLY VOTED AGAINST THE EXTENSION OF THE TAX CUTS AT ONE 35:15.482 --> 35:18.518 TIME BECAUSE I DIDN'T THINK IT WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO FOR 35:18.518 --> 35:22.322 OUR ECONOMY, BUT HE HAS A TENDENCY TO FORGET ALL THESE 35:22.322 --> 35:22.622 THINGS. 35:22.622 --> 35:25.625 I SAT ON THE BUDGET COMMITTEE WHEN THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION AND 35:25.625 --> 35:31.164 HE'S RIGHT, NEVER PUT THE COST OF THE WAR IN THEIR BUDGET WHEN 35:31.164 --> 35:32.332 THEY CAME TO US. 35:32.332 --> 35:33.700 GUESS WHO CRITICIZED HIM? 35:33.700 --> 35:34.601 I DID. 35:34.601 --> 35:37.704 AND EVENTUALLY THEY STARTED PUTTING COSTS OF THE WAR IN 35:37.704 --> 35:38.638 THEIR ANNUAL BUDGET. 35:38.638 --> 35:41.341 BUT THEY ALWAYS SAID THAT WAS SUPPLEMENTAL SPENDING THEY COULD 35:41.341 --> 35:42.542 ASK FOR. 35:42.542 --> 35:49.716 SO I'VE BEEN CONSISTENT ON IN, AND IT HAS BEEN BOTH REPUBLICANS 35:49.716 --> 35:52.719 AND DEMOCRATS THAT HAVE CREATED THE SITUATION WE'RE IN, AND WE 35:52.719 --> 35:55.555 NEED TO GET OUT OF A SITUATION AND IT'S GOING TO TAKE TOUGH 35:55.555 --> 35:55.989 VOTES. 35:55.989 --> 35:57.023 >> IT'S TIME TO MOVE ON. 35:57.023 --> 36:00.760 THE NEXT QUESTION IS FOR CONGRESSMAN SIMPSON. 36:00.760 --> 36:04.931 >> SHIFTING GEARS A LITTLE HERE, WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW WITH 36:04.931 --> 36:10.870 ONE OF THE BIGGEST ISSUES IN FACING IDAHO SPECIFICALLY, 36:10.870 --> 36:13.506 WASHINGTON, DC WEIGHS IN ON QUITE HEAVILY AND THAT'S THE 36:13.506 --> 36:14.974 ISSUE OF WOLVES. 36:14.974 --> 36:17.344 HOW MANY -- WHERE DO YOU THINK WE'RE AT WITH 36:17.344 --> 36:20.613 THIS AND WITH THE WOLVES -- THE NUMBERS OF WOLVES WE HAVE 36:20.613 --> 36:24.718 HERE AND SHOULD THE STATE BE CONTINUED -- 36:24.718 --> 36:27.420 SHOULD THE STATE OF IDAHO BE ALLOWED TO CONTINUE MANAGING 36:27.420 --> 36:31.157 WOLVES AS A GAME SPEES ?IS HOW MANY WOLVES SHOULD WE MANAGE DO, 36:31.157 --> 36:32.625 WE HAVE TOO MANY OR NOT ENOUGH? 36:32.625 --> 36:37.330 >> AS YOU KNOW, WHEN THE WOLF REINTRODUCTION, AND THEY WERE 36:37.330 --> 36:40.900 REINTRODUCED AS A NONEXPERIMENTAL POPULATION, NOT 36:40.900 --> 36:45.972 AN ENDANGERED SPECIES. 36:45.972 --> 36:49.642 WHEN THERE WAS AN AGREEMENT WHEN THEY GOT 30 BREEDING PAIR THE 36:49.642 --> 36:50.643 STATES COULD TAKE OVER MT. . 36:50.643 --> 36:54.914 WE HAD FAR MORE THAN 30 BREEDING PAIR BUT A JUDGE IN MONTANA 36:54.914 --> 36:59.219 SAID, WELL, IT'S GOT TO BE IN IDAHO, WYOMING, AND MONTANA. 36:59.219 --> 37:01.021 MONTANA AND IDAHO WERE DOING THE RIGHT THING. 37:01.021 --> 37:05.392 SO I ASKED ACTUALLY THROUGH LEGISLATION PASSED A PROVISION 37:05.392 --> 37:09.662 THAT RETURNED THE WOLVES TO THE MANAGEMENT OF THE STATE OF IDAHO 37:09.662 --> 37:14.401 AS THE FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE HAD ORIGINALLY INTENDED. 37:14.401 --> 37:18.672 IF THE NUMBER OF WOLVES FALL BELOW A CERTAIN LEVEL, I'M NOT A 37:18.672 --> 37:21.508 WOLF BIOLOGIST, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT LEVEL OUGHT TO BE, BUT 37:21.508 --> 37:24.077 IF IT FALLS BELOW A CERTAIN LEVEL, THEN THE FEDERAL 37:24.077 --> 37:27.781 GOVERNMENT WILL STEP BACK IN UNDER THE ESPERANCA AND TAKE 37:27.781 --> 37:31.084 CONTROL -- UNDER THE ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT 37:31.084 --> 37:34.220 AND TAKE THE MANAGEMENT OVER. 37:34.220 --> 37:35.989 >> CONGRESSMAN STALLINGS, WOULD YOU LIKE TO RESPOND? 37:35.989 --> 37:39.159 >> I DON'T DISAGREE, I THINK HE'S ESSENTIALLY RIGHT, THE 37:39.159 --> 37:42.328 STATE IS IN THE BEST POSITION TO MANAGE THEM, HOWEVER I THINK 37:42.328 --> 37:44.798 THERE'S GOING TO BE OVERSIGHT BECAUSE OF THE NUMBERS GET TOO 37:44.798 --> 37:46.599 LOW THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WILL STEP IN. 37:46.599 --> 37:49.636 BUT I BELIEVE THE STATE IS IN THE BEST POSITION TO MANAGE IT. 37:49.636 --> 37:51.237 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. 37:51.237 --> 37:53.606 NEXT QUESTION FOR CONGRESSMAN STALLINGS. 37:53.606 --> 37:56.509 >> THERE'S BEEN A WELL-DOCUMENTED RISE IN 37:56.509 --> 38:00.914 INEQUALITY IN THE UNITED STATES ESPECIALLY IN RECENT DECADES. 38:00.914 --> 38:03.283 ACCORDING TO CENSUS DATA THE INCOME AFTER FAMILY IN THE 38:03.283 --> 38:07.287 MIDDLE HAS INCREASED BY LESS THAN ONE-FIFTH IN THE LAST HALF 38:07.287 --> 38:07.587 CENTURY. 38:07.587 --> 38:11.491 BUT THE INCOME OF A FAMILY IN THE 95th PERCENTILE THAT'S 38:11.491 --> 38:14.828 RICHER THAN 95% OF OTHER FAMILIES HAS GROWN BY TWO-THIRDS 38:14.828 --> 38:15.662 IN THE SAME PERIOD. 38:15.662 --> 38:17.764 IS GROWING INEQUALITY A PROBLEM? 38:17.764 --> 38:19.199 WHAT SHOULD BE DONE? 38:19.199 --> 38:21.601 >> FIRST YOU NEED TO STOP THE GROWTH. 38:21.601 --> 38:24.604 THIS CONGRESS, WHICH I'VE CONTINUED TO ARGUE IS THE WORST 38:24.604 --> 38:29.409 EVER, HAS DONE NOTHING BUT -- THEY HAVE CONTINUED TO MAKE SURE 38:29.409 --> 38:32.612 THE RICH GOT EVERYTHING THEY WANTED, WE CONTINUE TO GIVE 38:32.612 --> 38:37.350 SOCIALISM TO THE RICH BY HANDOUTS TO BIG OIL LIKE EXXON, 38:37.350 --> 38:39.719 WE DON'T FORCE G.E. TO PAY ANY TAXES. 38:39.719 --> 38:42.889 WE LET A NUMBER OF THESE BIG COMPANIES GO OVERSEAS AND GIVE 38:42.889 --> 38:45.992 THEM TAX BREAKS FOR MOVING JOBS OVERSEAS. 38:45.992 --> 38:49.262 IT'S BEEN A CONSTANT BARRAGE OF BEATING ON THE MIDDLE AND LOWER 38:49.262 --> 38:53.333 INCOME CLASSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE VERY RICH. 38:53.333 --> 38:54.267 YOUR NUMBERS ARE RIGHT. 38:54.267 --> 38:57.637 THE RICH HAS DONE VERY WELL UNDER THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION. 38:57.637 --> 38:58.471 UNDER THIS CONGRESS. 38:58.471 --> 39:01.541 AND I CAN SEE WHY THEY'VE INVESTED SO MUCH IN THEIR 39:01.541 --> 39:03.209 REELECTION BECAUSE THEY'RE ON A GRAVY TRAIN. 39:03.209 --> 39:05.912 BUT THEY ARE ELIMINATING THE MIDDLE CLASS AND WHEN THAT 39:05.912 --> 39:13.687 HAPPENS THIS ECONOMY WILL SURE ECONOMY WIL L SUFFER. 39:13.687 --> 39:16.956 IT'S NOT THE RICH THAT CREATE JOBS, IT'S THE CONSUMERS. 39:16.956 --> 39:19.926 THE RICH BUY YACHTS AND EXPLEANS TAKE LONG VACATIONS. 39:19.926 --> 39:24.964 9 MIDDLE CLASS BUY CLOTHES, AND FOOD, CONSUMER GOODS, AND THAT'S 39:24.964 --> 39:26.066 WHERE THE JOB CREATION IS. 39:26.066 --> 39:30.570 WHEN YOU CONTINUE TO ROB THESE PEOPLE OF MONEY, TO ACTIVELY 39:30.570 --> 39:33.039 INVOLVE THEMSELVES IN THIS ECONOMY, THE ECONOMY IS HEADED 39:33.039 --> 39:37.677 OVER A CLIFF AND I THINK UNTIL MR. SIMPSON AND MR. BOEHNER GET 39:37.677 --> 39:42.148 THE MESSAGE YOU'VE GOT TO QUIT PANDERING TO THE VERY RICH AND 39:42.148 --> 39:46.686 DEAL WITH THE PEOPLE WHO -- THEIR PROPOSALS HELP TWO OR 39:46.686 --> 39:52.092 THREE REPUBLICANS IN IDAHO WHILE 176 -- 39:52.092 --> 39:54.961 AND PEOPLE CONTINUE TO LIVE IN POVERTY. 39:54.961 --> 39:58.064 >> CONGRESSMAN SIMPSON, WOULD YOU LIKE TO RESPOND? 39:58.064 --> 40:01.701 >> OH, YIERKS THAT'S JUST SILLY WHAT HE SAYS. 40:01.701 --> 40:04.537 I DON'T THINK HE MEANT YOU'VE GOT TO STOP THIS GROWTH WHEN HE 40:04.537 --> 40:05.271 SAID THAT. 40:05.271 --> 40:08.074 THE REALITY IS GROWING THE ECONOMY IS IMPORTANT. 40:08.074 --> 40:11.611 AND WE'VE DONE THINGS TO TRY TO HELP GROW THE ECONOMY THAT ARE 40:11.611 --> 40:15.448 AS I SAID EARLIER, SITTING OVER ON HARRY REID'S DESK. 40:15.448 --> 40:18.918 WHEN HE SAID EARLIER THAT DURING THE BUSH TAX CUTS ALL WE DID IS 40:18.918 --> 40:23.556 GIVE TAX CUTS TO THE WEALTH REE, DO YOU NOTE WEALTHIEST 10% OF 40:23.556 --> 40:26.760 THE AMERICANS IN THIS COUNTRY PAY THE HIGHER PERCENTAGE OF THE 40:26.760 --> 40:33.566 TOTAL TAXES PAID THAN THE LOWER 20% AFTER THE BUSH TAX CUTS? 40:33.566 --> 40:35.902 >> THE NEXT -- >> THEY PAID A HIGHER PERCENTAGE 40:35.902 --> 40:37.303 OF THE TAXES. 40:37.303 --> 40:39.105 >> I DO GET A SHOT? 40:39.105 --> 40:40.373 >> YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT THIS. 40:40.373 --> 40:45.311 YOU DON'T MAKE THE WEALTH -- YOU DON'T MAKE THE POOR WEALTHY 40:45.311 --> 40:48.548 BY TRYING TO RESTRICT THE GROWTH OF WEALTHY PEOPLE. 40:48.548 --> 40:52.218 AND DO I THINK WE NEED TO RORMT TAX CODE? 40:52.218 --> 40:53.219 YOU BET WE DO. 40:53.219 --> 40:57.123 DO YOU KNOW WHY WE'VE -- WE GOT TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS 40:57.123 --> 41:00.627 SITTING OVERSEAS BECAUSE WE'RE THE ONLY COUNTRY THAT HAS A 41:00.627 --> 41:01.494 REPATE RATION TAX. 41:01.494 --> 41:04.164 THEY CAN'T BRING THAT REVENUE BACK INTO THIS COUNTRY WITHOUT 41:04.164 --> 41:06.266 BEING TAXED AGAIN ON IT. 41:06.266 --> 41:08.368 THEY'VE ALREADY BEEN TAXED ON THE COUNTRY IT'S IN. 41:08.368 --> 41:10.904 WE NEED TO 58 LOU THEM TO BRING THE MONEY BACK. 41:10.904 --> 41:12.539 DO WE NEED TO DO OTHER THINGS? 41:12.539 --> 41:15.642 I THINK THE TAX CODE IS FUFL THINGS THAT OUGHT TO BE 41:15.642 --> 41:18.745 REPEALED, THAT HAVE BEEN PUT THERE OVER THE 200 YEARS, THE 41:18.745 --> 41:21.614 HUNDRED YEARS WE'VE HAD A FEDERAL INCOME TAX. 41:21.614 --> 41:23.283 >> CONGRESSMAN STALLINGS? 41:23.283 --> 41:25.885 >> DURING THE EISENHOWER ADMINISTRATION, THE TAX ON THE 41:25.885 --> 41:28.355 WEALTHY WAS 90%. 41:28.355 --> 41:30.757 WE'VE CUT THAT DOWN TO DRAMATICALLY. 41:30.757 --> 41:33.827 TODAY MITT ROMNEY PAYS LESS TAXES IN PERCENTAGE THAN HIS 41:33.827 --> 41:34.461 SECRETARY DOES. 41:34.461 --> 41:37.731 IF THAT'S FAIR, ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE THINKS THAT'S FAIR, 41:37.731 --> 41:39.366 SUPPORT MR. SIMPSON. 41:39.366 --> 41:42.836 I THINK IT'S OUTRAGEOUS THAT WE PUT PEOPLE IN THE WORKING CLASS 41:42.836 --> 41:46.840 THAT SPEND MOST OF THEIR TIME TRYING TO KEEP AHEAD OF THE 41:46.840 --> 41:50.477 BILLS AND THE SAME TIME TURN AROUND AND GIVE THE RICH THESE 41:50.477 --> 41:55.749 ONGOING BENEFITS THAT THEY DON'T NEED, THEY ARE IRRESPONSIBLE AND 41:55.749 --> 41:58.785 THEY'RE DEALING WITH THE MIDDLE AND LOWER CLEAS, AND I THINK -- 41:58.785 --> 42:00.520 THAT'S WHAT I BELIEVE SHOULD STOP. 42:00.520 --> 42:04.257 >> I HAVE TO -- THE ORIGINAL QUESTION IS THE 42:04.257 --> 42:07.060 GROWING INCOME DISPARITY A PROBLEM NEW BET. 42:07.060 --> 42:09.629 IT'S HAPPENING UNDER THIS ADMINISTRATION. 42:09.629 --> 42:11.898 THIS ADMINISTRATION HA WAS GOING TO CLOSE THAT, THAT WAS GOING 42:11.898 --> 42:15.368 BRING US TOGETHER, THAT WE WERE ALL GOING TO BE ONE, THE OCEAN 42:15.368 --> 42:16.970 WAS STOP RISING, ETC. 42:16.970 --> 42:20.006 IT'S BEEN THE MOST PARTISAN ADMINISTRATION IN HISTORY. 42:20.006 --> 42:22.742 AND THIS INCOME GROWTH HAS GROWN UNDER THEIR -- 42:22.742 --> 42:24.377 HIS ADMINISTRATION. 42:24.377 --> 42:27.647 >> DID YOU WANT -- >> YES, I THINK ANY TIME YOU 42:27.647 --> 42:30.183 GIVE THE TAX BREAKS TO THE RICH DURING THE BENEFICIARY 42:30.183 --> 42:33.186 ADMINISTRATION, NOT ONCE BUT TWICE, YOU START THIS ON THE 42:33.186 --> 42:35.088 DOWNWARD TRAJECTORY. 42:35.088 --> 42:37.390 AND SOMEHOW HE BLAMES IT ON THIS ADMINISTRATION. 42:37.390 --> 42:41.828 THIS ADMINISTRATION HAS BEEN STOPPED EVERY TURN BY THIS 42:41.828 --> 42:50.036 PARTISAN NONSENSE. 42:50.036 --> 42:51.738 THEY DIDN'T -- THEY DON'T WANT TO DO ANYTHING 42:51.738 --> 42:55.475 THAT WILL DAMAGE, THAT WILL TAKE REVENUE AWAY FROM THE VERY RICH, 42:55.475 --> 42:57.844 BECAUSE SOMEHOW THAT IS THE FIRST CONSTITUENCY. 42:57.844 --> 42:58.978 >> IT'S TIME TO MOVE ON. 42:58.978 --> 43:04.684 THE NEXT QUESTION IS FROM MARCIA FRANKLIN. 43:04.684 --> 43:11.524 >> FOR CONGRESSMAN STALLINGS, I'M CURIOUS TO KNOW, HARKENING 43:11.524 --> 43:16.062 BACK TO THE ISSUE THAT YOU MENTIONED ABOUT CONGRESSMAN 43:16.062 --> 43:19.232 SIMPSON ABOUT HOW HOUSE HAS DONE A LOT OF WORK BUT A LOT OF IT IS 43:19.232 --> 43:22.235 SITTING WAITING FOR ACTION IN THE SENATE SOR BEING STALLED IN 43:22.235 --> 43:28.708 THE SENATE, YOU'VE GOT REVAMPED PROPOSAL FOR THE BOULDER WHITE 43:28.708 --> 43:34.280 CLOUDS, AND SOME PEOPLE EVEN ON THE FURTHER LEFT THAN YOU HAVE 43:34.280 --> 43:37.917 SAID DON'T DO IT, IT'S NOT GOING TO GET THROUGH THE SENATE. 43:37.917 --> 43:42.288 I'M CURIOUS FIRST FOR YOU SINCE I'M TO ADDRESS YOU FIRST 43:42.288 --> 43:46.192 CONGRESSMAN STALLINGS, WHAT DO YOU THINK OF CONGRESSMAN 43:46.192 --> 43:48.461 SIMPSON'S LATEST ATTEMPT TO DO -- 43:48.461 --> 43:52.198 MAKE A WILDERNESS DESIGNATION AS OPPOSED TO A NATIONAL MONUMENT 43:52.198 --> 43:54.834 FOR THE BOULDER WHITE CLOUDS? 43:54.834 --> 43:57.370 >> I THINK -- IN THE BEGINNING IT WAS A GOOD 43:57.370 --> 43:57.837 POSITION. 43:57.837 --> 43:58.838 I DIDN'T DISAGREE. 43:58.838 --> 44:01.841 I THOUGHT HE WAS TAKING IT IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. 44:01.841 --> 44:03.777 UNFORTUNATELY WHEN HE TALKS ABOUT BEING ABLE TO REACH ACROSS 44:03.777 --> 44:07.614 THE AISLE, HE CAN'T REACH ACROSS HIS OWN DELEGATION, BECAUSE HIS 44:07.614 --> 44:10.216 OPPOSITION IS NOT COMING FROM DEMOCRATS, IT'S COMING FROM HIS 44:10.216 --> 44:11.418 OWN PARTY. 44:11.418 --> 44:16.956 MR. IRISH SAID ON THE DEBATE THAT HE HAD WITH NELS MITCHELL 44:16.956 --> 44:20.427 BECAUSE SIMPSON HAD ALLOWED THIS TO BE WATERED DOWN, HE COULD NO 44:20.427 --> 44:21.528 LONGER SUPPORT IT. 44:21.528 --> 44:24.064 MR. SIMPSON SAID THE OTHER DAY THAT'S NOT TRUE, IT'S NEVER BEEN 44:24.064 --> 44:24.731 WATERED DOWN. 44:24.731 --> 44:27.500 ONE OF THESE TWO GUYS IS NOT TELL US THE TRUTH. 44:27.500 --> 44:30.170 >> WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE PROPOSAL? 44:30.170 --> 44:33.006 >> I THINK IT'S -- I THINK I WOULD HAVE DONE MORE 44:33.006 --> 44:35.742 TO PROTECT THE INTERESTS IN CUSTER COUNTY. 44:35.742 --> 44:39.546 THEY'RE GOING TO GET THE SHORTENED OF THE STICK. 44:39.546 --> 44:42.182 >> DO YOU SUPPORT A WILDERNESS DESIGNATION? 44:42.182 --> 44:42.449 >> YES. 44:42.449 --> 44:44.918 I DID WHEN I WAS THERE BEFORE AND IN THE FUTURE. 44:44.918 --> 44:47.253 >> IF PRESIDENT OBAMA DECIDED TO MAKE IT A MONUMENT -- 44:47.253 --> 44:50.523 >> MR. SIMPSON'S REELECTED HE'S GOING TO TRY AGAIN. 44:50.523 --> 44:52.926 HE'S ASKED FOR ONE MORE TRY. 44:52.926 --> 44:56.663 HE'S DONE IT FOR -- HOW MANY, 16 YEARS NOW? 44:56.663 --> 44:58.598 HE'S TRADE IT AND FAILED EVERY TIME. 44:58.598 --> 45:02.235 HE'S GOING TO TRY ONE MORE TIME AND IF HE'S SUCCESSFUL OBAMA 45:02.235 --> 45:06.606 SATISFIED WE'LL GO -- WE HAVE A NATIONAL MONUMENT IF 45:06.606 --> 45:08.308 MR. SIMPSON IS REELECTED. 45:08.308 --> 45:11.978 >> HOW ARE YOU GOING TO GET PAST YOUR OWN PARTY ON THIS, YOU -- 45:11.978 --> 45:16.516 AS MENTIONED EVEN AT THE FRANK CHURCH CONFERENCE YOU SAID IT'S 45:16.516 --> 45:18.518 GOING TO BE TOUGH. 45:18.518 --> 45:19.352 >> IT IS TOUGH. 45:19.352 --> 45:22.088 IF IT WAS EASY RICHARD WOULD HAVE DONE IT WHEN HE WAS IN 45:22.088 --> 45:23.256 CONGRESS, BUT IT'S TOUGH WORK. 45:23.256 --> 45:26.059 WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON IT FOR 12 YEARS. 45:26.059 --> 45:28.895 AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK ON IT, AND I WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH 45:28.895 --> 45:32.599 FOR A WILDERNESS THE HIGHEST DESIGNATION YOU CAN. 45:32.599 --> 45:33.266 CAN I GET IT? 45:33.266 --> 45:36.436 I THINK I CAN GET IT THROUGH THE HOUSE NOW. 45:36.436 --> 45:39.439 >> YOU'VE MENTIONED, THAT BUT HOW DO YOU GET IT THROUGH THE 45:39.439 --> 45:39.706 SENATE? 45:39.706 --> 45:42.275 >> I GOT IT THROUGH THE HOUSE WITH A REPUBLICAN MAJORITY. 45:42.275 --> 45:45.812 AND ACTUALLY IT FELL APART IN THAT LAST DEAL AT THE END OF A 45:45.812 --> 45:48.982 SESSION AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF. 45:48.982 --> 45:51.351 THE DEMOCRATS TOOK CONTROL, AND I COULDN'T GET THE DEMOCRATS TO 45:51.351 --> 45:52.652 DO IT. 45:52.652 --> 45:57.557 AND I COULD GO INTO WHY, BUT THEN WE HAD A REPUBLICAN 45:57.557 --> 45:59.859 CHAIRMAN OF THE RESOURCES COMMITTEE WHO DOESN'T LIKE ANY 45:59.859 --> 46:02.395 WELDNESS AND THEY HAVEN'T DONE ANY WILDERNESS BILLS IN THE LAST 46:02.395 --> 46:02.962 FOUR YEARS. 46:02.962 --> 46:07.133 BUT WE WILL THIS YEAR GET IT DOFNLT I'VE MADE IN ROADS WITH 46:07.133 --> 46:10.236 THE COMMITTEE AND I THINK ONCE IT GETS TO THE SENATE WILL THRB 46:10.236 --> 46:13.306 A CHANCE, WILL IT BE A NATIONAL MONUMENT OR WILDERNESS? 46:13.306 --> 46:14.974 THAT'S THE REALITY. 46:14.974 --> 46:18.578 >> IT'S TIME TO MOVE ON. 46:18.578 --> 46:19.713 >> EVERYBODY -- I DON'T THINK THE MONUMENT IS 46:19.713 --> 46:20.613 THE WAY TO GO. 46:20.613 --> 46:21.981 >> WILL YOU SUPPORT IT? 46:21.981 --> 46:22.248 >> NO. 46:22.248 --> 46:23.483 I DON'T THINK IT'S THE WAY TO GO. 46:23.483 --> 46:25.585 >> IT'S TIME TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT QUESTION. 46:25.585 --> 46:29.055 IT'S TIME TO MOVE ON. 46:29.055 --> 46:31.524 CONGRESSMAN -- [TALKING AT ONCE] 46:31.524 --> 46:34.794 >> IT'S TIME TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT QUESTION FOR CONGRESSMAN 46:34.794 --> 46:35.895 SIMPSON. 46:35.895 --> 46:39.866 >> CONGRESSMAN, YOU COSPONSORED A BILL THAT WOULD RELAX EPA 46:39.866 --> 46:43.069 STANDARDS FOR ARSENIC IN DRINKING WATER IN SMALL TOWNS 46:43.069 --> 46:48.508 THAT HAVE TROUBLE AFFORDING VERY EXPENSIVE NEW WATER SYSTEM 46:48.508 --> 46:48.908 INFRASTRUCTURE. 46:48.908 --> 46:53.546 WHY NOT FIGHT FOR MORE FUNDING INSTEAD FOR THOSE -- 46:53.546 --> 46:58.651 SOME OF THOSE TOWNS SO THEY CAN AFFORD THAT INFRASTRUCTURE, AND 46:58.651 --> 47:03.123 DON'T PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN SMALL TOWNS DESERVE JUST AS GOOD A 47:03.123 --> 47:04.958 WATER AS PEOPLE LIVING IN OTHER BIG CITIES? 47:04.958 --> 47:05.925 >> YOU BET THEY DO. 47:05.925 --> 47:08.461 THE DIFFERENCE IS IN IDAHO AND A LOT OF THE WEST WE HAVE 47:08.461 --> 47:12.332 COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE NATURAL OCCURRING ARSENIC IN THEIR LEVEL 47:12.332 --> 47:15.301 AND THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION DECIDED THEY WERE GOING TO 47:15.301 --> 47:20.507 REDUCE THE STANDARD OF 50 PARTS PER BILLION THAT EXISTED FOR 47:20.507 --> 47:23.143 CENTURIES -- EVER SINCE EPA DID IT, FROM 50 47:23.143 --> 47:27.681 PARTS TO BILLION DOWN TO 10 PARTS PER BILLION. 47:27.681 --> 47:31.084 I'VE FOUGHT FOR FUNDING FOR THOSE COMMUNITIES TO BE ABLE TO 47:31.084 --> 47:35.422 MEET THOSE STANDARDS, CASTLEFORD WAS GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE THE 47:35.422 --> 47:38.692 DECISION DO WE MAKE THE STANDARD OR DO WE GET RID OF OUR ONE 47:38.692 --> 47:39.693 POLICE OFFICER? 47:39.693 --> 47:44.531 THAT'S THE DECISION YOU'RE MAKING THESE SMALL COMMUNITIES 47:44.531 --> 47:46.733 PAY. 47:46.733 --> 47:49.269 AND THOSE ARE -- THEY HAD A TOUGH CHOICE. 47:49.269 --> 47:52.639 I GOT FUNDING, SO THEY COULD MEET THAT STANDARD BUT THERE'S 47:52.639 --> 47:55.642 HUNDREDS ACROSS THE COUNTRY THAT ARE ALSO HAVING VERY, VERY 47:55.642 --> 48:00.113 DIFFICULT TIMES MEETING A VERY AGGRESSIVE EPA. 48:00.113 --> 48:02.015 >> YOUR POINT IS WELL TAKEN. 48:02.015 --> 48:05.218 I THINK HE WAS WRONG, I THINK WE SHOULD DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO 48:05.218 --> 48:05.852 REDUCE ARSENIC. 48:05.852 --> 48:07.754 I THINK IT'S HARMFUL TO CHILDREN. 48:07.754 --> 48:10.857 BUT I THINK THIS WHOLE IDEA THAT SOMEHOW IT'S OK FOR KIDS IN THE 48:10.857 --> 48:14.694 RURAL AREAS TO SUFFER WITH MORE ARSENIC IN THE WATER, THERE ARE 48:14.694 --> 48:15.328 OTHER WAYS. 48:15.328 --> 48:17.864 IT'S NOT JUST THE CITY HAS TO DO THAT. 48:17.864 --> 48:20.934 IN POCATELLO WE HAD A NUMBER OF ISSUES IN WHICH WE WERE ABLE THE 48:20.934 --> 48:22.302 RESOLVE WITH FEDERAL GRANTS THERE. 48:22.302 --> 48:25.772 ARE FEDERAL GRANTS AVAILABLE AND I ANY MR. SIMPSON WAS DOING HIS 48:25.772 --> 48:31.611 JOB HE WOULD -- I THINK CHILDREN'S HEALTH IS 48:31.611 --> 48:34.247 MORE IMPORTANT THAN ANYTHING ELSE DO YOU IN A COMMUNITY F WE 48:34.247 --> 48:37.417 KNOW ARSENIC IS DOING DAMAGE TO THEM, WE DISCOVERING WE CAN. 48:37.417 --> 48:40.620 AND IF SMALL TOWN CAN'T AFFORD IT, YOU FIND ADDITIONAL 48:40.620 --> 48:42.722 RESOURCES TO HELP THEM TOMORROW ME THAT'S THE JOB OF THE 48:42.722 --> 48:43.056 CONGRESSMAN. 48:43.056 --> 48:46.059 NOT TO SAY, WE'LL JUST LET THESE KIDS SUFFER BECAUSE THEY CAN'T 48:46.059 --> 48:47.794 AFFORD IT. 48:47.794 --> 48:49.729 WHY DO YOU WANT TO PUNISH PEOPLE LIKE THAT IT? 48:49.729 --> 48:53.700 SEEMS TO ME THE SOLUTION IS TO FIND SOME RESOURCES SOME 48:53.700 --> 48:54.801 ADDITIONAL RESOURCE,. 48:54.801 --> 48:58.004 IF YOU HAVE TO GO TO THE FOLKS PUTTING THAT IN THE WATER, THEN 48:58.004 --> 48:58.938 HAVE THEM PAY. 48:58.938 --> 49:02.108 IF IT'S NATURALLY OCCURRING, FIND OTHER SOURCES FOR THE 49:02.108 --> 49:02.308 MONEY. 49:02.308 --> 49:03.476 THERE ARE SOLUTIONS. 49:03.476 --> 49:09.382 THESE ARE NOT ROCKET SCIENCE, THE MONEY NEED SECOND DEGREE NOT 49:09.382 --> 49:11.384 HORRENDOUSLY SIGNIFICANT. 49:11.384 --> 49:12.452 YOU CAN SOLVE IT. 49:12.452 --> 49:13.853 IT'S VERY EASILY DONE. 49:13.853 --> 49:16.756 >> -- NATURALLY OCCURRING ARSENIC IN THE WEST. 49:16.756 --> 49:20.493 DO YOU TO NEW DALE, IDAHO, THEY KEPT TRACK OF THEIR ARSENIC 49:20.493 --> 49:24.764 LEVELS, IT WAS EIGHT, NINE, 10 PARTS PER BILLION, SOMETIMES 12. 49:24.764 --> 49:26.833 YOU COULDN'T BELIEVE THE ADDITIONAL COST IT -- 49:26.833 --> 49:30.136 BECAUSE OCCASIONAMLY IT JUMPED TO 12 BUT THEIR AVERAGE WAS LIKE 49:30.136 --> 49:30.603 A 10. 49:30.603 --> 49:32.072 THAT DIDN'T COUNT FOR THE EPA. 49:32.072 --> 49:35.241 THEY HAD TO REDUCE IT SO IT WAS BELOW 10 ALL OF THE TIME. 49:35.241 --> 49:38.845 ASK THE PEOPLE OF NEW DALE IF THEY THINK IT WAS WORTH IT. 49:38.845 --> 49:42.048 ASK THE PEOPLE OF CASTLEFORD IF THEY THINK IT WAS WORTH IT. 49:42.048 --> 49:45.685 >> WE HAVE LESS THAN THREE MINUTES LEFT. 49:45.685 --> 49:49.589 ONE QUICK QUESTION FOR CONGRESSMAN STALLING. 49:49.589 --> 49:52.258 >> MANY OF THE JOBS IN THE LABORATORY AND DESERT SITE ARE 49:52.258 --> 49:55.061 LINKED TO THE CLEAN-UP OF RADIOACTIVE WASTE THAT'S BEEN 49:55.061 --> 49:55.595 LEFT THERE. 49:55.595 --> 49:58.998 WHEN THAT TASK IS FINISHED THE JOBS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT 49:58.998 --> 50:00.166 CLEAN-COUP GO AWAY. 50:00.166 --> 50:04.004 WHAT ARE SOME NEW VISIONS FOR INL THAT YOU CAN SEE IN THE 50:04.004 --> 50:07.240 FUTURE THAT COULD HELP STEM ANY JOB LOSS ?ES. 50:07.240 --> 50:12.278 >> LET ME FIRST POINT OUT IT WAS MYSELF AND GOVERNOR ANDREWS WHO 50:12.278 --> 50:15.015 PUT PRESSURE ON 2K-6789OE TO CLEAN THAT FACILITY UP. 50:15.015 --> 50:18.718 WHEN I WAS THRT BUDGET WAS OVER A BILLION DOLLARS FOR INL. 50:18.718 --> 50:22.655 WHEN I WAS THERE THEY HAD 13,000 EMPLOYEES OUT THERE. 50:22.655 --> 50:26.393 UNDER MR. SIMILAR SEASON AND MR. CRAPO'S STEWARDSHIP THOSE 50:26.393 --> 50:29.195 NUMBERS DROPPED 6789 I THINK THIS CLEAN-UP IS GOING TO GO ON 50:29.195 --> 50:31.631 FOR ANOTHER YEARS AND I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT, IT WILL BE AN 50:31.631 --> 50:31.931 ISSUE. 50:31.931 --> 50:34.734 THE OTHER POINT I FIND FASCINATING IS THAT MR. SIMPSON 50:34.734 --> 50:37.370 IS PROBLEM IT WILL ONLY MEMBER OF THE DELEGATION FIGHTING FOR 50:37.370 --> 50:37.570 THEM. 50:37.570 --> 50:43.276 THE OTHER THREE, CRAPO IS HOT AND COLD, THE OTHER TWO OPPOSE 50:43.276 --> 50:43.476 IT. 50:43.476 --> 50:44.678 I THINK THIS IS WHY. 50:44.678 --> 50:51.051 I THINK IT'S BECAUSE THE OTHER ROLE IS ALTERNATE ENERGY, AND 50:51.051 --> 50:53.920 ALTERNATE ENERGY IN THE DOE'S MIND IS TO DEAL WITH GLOBAL 50:53.920 --> 50:54.154 WARMING. 50:54.154 --> 50:55.755 THESE GUYS DON'T BELIEVE IN GLOBAL WARMING. 50:55.755 --> 50:56.956 IT DOESN'T EXIST. 50:56.956 --> 50:59.325 MAYBE THEY'RE RIGHT NATASHA WHEATLEY IN OPPOSING IT, BECAUSE 50:59.325 --> 51:02.996 WHY SHOULD YOU SPEND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ON AN ISSUE THAT DOESN'T 51:02.996 --> 51:03.263 EXIST? 51:03.263 --> 51:05.899 THAT'S THEIR ARYAN NATIONS GLIEWMENT WE'RE ALMOST -- 51:05.899 --> 51:09.436 >> I'VE NEVER DENIED GLOBAL WARMING IS OCCURRING. 51:09.436 --> 51:11.705 THE QUESTION IS WHAT CAN YOU DO ABOUT IT. 51:11.705 --> 51:15.175 THAT'S RIGHT, RICHARD IS RIGHT, THERE WERE 13,000 EMPLOYEES OUT 51:15.175 --> 51:17.277 THERE BUT THERE WERE HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE THAT 51:17.277 --> 51:21.748 WORKED FOR THE PONY EXPRESS WHEN YOU WORKED IN CONGRESS BUT 51:21.748 --> 51:23.249 THEY'RE NOT THERE ANYMORE. 51:23.249 --> 51:26.886 >> I'M -- >> THAT'S A JOKE. 51:26.886 --> 51:29.022 I'M TRYING TO BRING LEVITY. 51:29.022 --> 51:32.892 THE REALITY IS, WHAT WE'VE DONE IS FOCUS A MISSION FOR THE 51:32.892 --> 51:33.360 LABORATORY PART. 51:33.360 --> 51:37.831 WHEN THIS CLEAN-UP IS DONE, THOSE EMPLOYEES GO AWAY BECAUSE 51:37.831 --> 51:39.733 YOU'VE CLEANED IT UP. 51:39.733 --> 51:41.301 THEY'RE WORKING THEMSELVES OUT AFTER JOSH. 51:41.301 --> 51:42.369 THEY KNOW THAT. 51:42.369 --> 51:44.204 WE'VE CREATE ADMISSION FOR THE SITE. 51:44.204 --> 51:46.539 IT IS THE LEAD NUCLEAR LAB IN THE COUNTRY. 51:46.539 --> 51:50.543 AND IF YOU GO LOOK AT THE SITE TODAY, AND THE LABORATORIES 51:50.543 --> 51:53.580 THAT ARE OUT THERE, IF YOU'RE GOING TO ATTRACT THE BEST 51:53.580 --> 51:55.949 SCIENTISTS YOU GOT TO HAVE THE RESEARCH FACILITIES OUT THERE. 51:55.949 --> 51:59.252 WHEN RICHARD WAS IN CONGRESS THEY WERE WORKING IN THE 51:59.252 --> 52:02.489 STOREFRONT OF OLD ALBERTSONS STORES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. 52:02.489 --> 52:06.626 WE'VE ACTUALLY FOCUSED ON REBUILDING THE LAB WITH A 52:06.626 --> 52:06.893 MISSION. 52:06.893 --> 52:09.529 THEY WERE TRYING TO ACTUALLY BUILD -- 52:09.529 --> 52:12.265 >> ALL RIGHT I'M GOING TO HAVE TO CUT YOU OFF, WE'RE OUT OF 52:12.265 --> 52:14.367 TIME -- >> A WIND TUNNEL -- 52:14.367 --> 52:18.905 >> IT IS TIME FOR CLOSE REMARKS AND CONGRESSMAN SIMPSON YOU ARE 52:18.905 --> 52:19.105 FIRST. 52:19.105 --> 52:20.006 >> THANK YOU. 52:20.006 --> 52:22.909 AGAIN, THANKS ALL OF YOU FOR BEING HERE, THANK THE LEAGUE OF 52:22.909 --> 52:29.082 WOMEN VOTERS AND THE IDAHO PUBLIC TELEVISION AND THE 52:29.082 --> 52:31.017 CAPITOL CORRESPONDENTS FOR HOSTING THIS DEBATE. 52:31.017 --> 52:34.354 I THINK THIS IS AN IMPORTANT DEBATE AND I DON'T THINK I HAVE 52:34.354 --> 52:36.389 TO GO THROUGH THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN RICHARD AND I. 52:36.389 --> 52:40.093 YOU'VE SEEN THOSE HERE TODAY. 52:40.093 --> 52:44.764 I WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR VOTE ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4th. 52:44.764 --> 52:49.102 LET ME SAY IN CLOSING, RICHARD AND I HAVE RUN AGAINST EACH 52:49.102 --> 52:52.472 OTHER THIS, IS TWICE NOW, IN 1998, AND I THINK WE DEBATED 52:52.472 --> 52:57.377 THREE OR FOUR TIMES, THREE TIMES DURING THIS DEBATE. 52:57.377 --> 53:01.681 IN ALL LIKELIHOOD, THIS WILL BE THE LAST TIME RICHARD AND I EVER 53:01.681 --> 53:04.150 DEBATE EACH OTHER REGARDLESS OF HOW THIS ELECTION TURNS OUT. 53:04.150 --> 53:06.619 AND NOBODY KNOWS HOW IT'S GOING TO TURN OUT UNTIL THE VOTERS 53:06.619 --> 53:07.420 HAVE SPOKEN. 53:07.420 --> 53:11.257 I DO WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO PERSONALLY THANK 53:11.257 --> 53:13.993 RICHARD FOR HIS SERVICE FOR EIGHT YEARS AS A UNITED STATES 53:13.993 --> 53:18.698 CONGRESSMAN AND FOR HIS SERVICE ON THE POCATELLO CITY COUNCIL. 53:18.698 --> 53:22.068 I RESPECT ANYONE WHO IS WILLING TO THROW THEIR HAT IN THE 53:22.068 --> 53:25.505 AREBOUND WRAW AND SUFFER THE SLINGS AND ARROWS OF SOMETIMES 53:25.505 --> 53:26.072 OUTRAGEOUS FORTUNE. 53:26.072 --> 53:28.508 YOU'RE NEVER GOING TO PLEASE EVERYBODY. 53:28.508 --> 53:30.643 BUT RICHARD KNOWS THAT, AND HE'S BEEN THROUGH IT. 53:30.643 --> 53:33.279 SO I RESPECT THAT AND I THANK YOU FOR THAT, FOR THOSE -- 53:33.279 --> 53:36.082 THAT SERVICE YOU'VE GIVEN TO THE STATE OF IDAHO, RICHARD. 53:36.082 --> 53:39.886 AND YOU OUT THERE LISTENING, MAKE SURE YOU GET OUT THERE AND 53:39.886 --> 53:40.920 VOTE DAY AFTER TOMORROW. 53:40.920 --> 53:41.721 THANK YOU. 53:41.721 --> 53:43.923 >> CONGRESSMAN STALLINGS. 53:43.923 --> 53:46.292 >> AGAIN, LIKE CONGRESSMAN SIMPSON, I APPRECIATE THIS 53:46.292 --> 53:49.629 OPPORTUNITY TOKES PRESS MYSELF AND TO LAY OUT MY ISSUES. 53:49.629 --> 53:53.199 I GAMBLED WHEN I GOT IN THIS ELECTION THAT FOLKS THAT WERE 53:53.199 --> 53:56.536 GETTING MINIMUM WAGE WOULD BE RESPONSIVE TO MY PLEA TO RAISE 53:56.536 --> 53:57.470 THAT MINIMUM WAGE. 53:57.470 --> 54:02.475 I GAMBLED ON THE FACT THAT HUNDREDS AND THOUSANDS OF 54:02.475 --> 54:07.514 LATINOS, HISPANICS ARE DENIED CITIZENSHIP AND ARE KEPT UND IN 54:07.514 --> 54:08.415 THE SHADOWS. 54:08.415 --> 54:13.153 AND I THOUGHT MAYBE IF I MADE AN APPEAL TO THEM WE COULD ATRIENG 54:13.153 --> 54:15.255 GET SEVERAL THOUSAND MORE REGISTERED AND VOTING. 54:15.255 --> 54:19.059 I GAMBLED THAT WOMEN WHO ARE MAKING LESS THAN MEN WOULD BE 54:19.059 --> 54:21.995 RESPONSIVE TO MY -- AND I MAY LOSE THAT GAMBLE, I 54:21.995 --> 54:22.328 DON'T KNOW. 54:22.328 --> 54:23.863 I THINK WE MADE A GOOD CASE. 54:23.863 --> 54:25.432 I THINK THE DESCHUTES ARE ON MY SIDE. 54:25.432 --> 54:29.002 I THINK PUBLIC OPINION IS ON MY SIDE. 54:29.002 --> 54:32.639 BY MORE THAN 70% IDAHOANS THINK MINIMUM WAGE SHOULD BE RAISED. 54:32.639 --> 54:37.077 BY MORE THAN 50% IDAHOANS BELIEVE IMMIGRATION REFORM 54:37.077 --> 54:39.446 SHOULD INCLUDE A PATHWAY TO CITIZENSHIP. 54:39.446 --> 54:40.714 I'M ON THE SIDE OF THOSE ISSUES. 54:40.714 --> 54:44.918 I'M OPPOSED BY VERY FORMIDABLE WELL FUNDED CONGRESSMAN SITTING 54:44.918 --> 54:47.721 ON HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS, MOST OF IT CAME FROM 54:47.721 --> 54:52.192 THE PACs, AND YET I HAVE BEEN COMPETITIVE IN THIS RACE BECAUSE 54:52.192 --> 54:58.765 MY ISSUES ARE HONEST AND TRUTHFUL, MR. SIMPSON SAID THE 54:58.765 --> 55:01.968 DIFFERENCE TO ME AND MR. SIMPSON IS I'M HON OWES AND I TOOK THAT 55:01.968 --> 55:05.672 AS A HIGH COMPLIMENT AND I BELIEVE STRONGLY PEOPLE HAVE A 55:05.672 --> 55:08.141 CHOICE THEY CAN CONTINUE THE MISERY OF THE LAST TWO YEARS 55:08.141 --> 55:12.345 WITH MR. SIMPSON, OR THEY CAN HOLD OUT HOPE FOR THE FUTURE FOR 55:12.345 --> 55:14.948 ME. 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