1 00:00:07,500 --> 00:00:08,900 >> WELCOME TO THE IDAHO DEBATES. 2 00:00:08,900 --> 00:00:10,333 A LOOK AT THE CANDIDATES ON THE 3 00:00:10,333 --> 00:00:12,433 REPUBLICAN PRIMARY ELECTION 4 00:00:12,433 --> 00:00:13,734 BALLOT FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR. 5 00:00:13,734 --> 00:00:16,433 THE IDAHO DEBATES ARE A 6 00:00:16,433 --> 00:00:17,867 COLLABORATIVE EFFORT AMONG THE 7 00:00:17,867 --> 00:00:20,000 IDAHO PRESS CLUB, BOISE STATE 8 00:00:20,000 --> 00:00:21,967 UNIVERSITY'S SCHOOL OF PUBLIC 9 00:00:21,967 --> 00:00:23,266 SERVICE, UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO'S 10 00:00:23,266 --> 00:00:25,333 MCCLURE CENTER, IDAHO STATE 11 00:00:25,333 --> 00:00:26,900 UNIVERSITY'S DEPARTMENT OF 12 00:00:26,900 --> 00:00:28,500 POLITICAL SCIENCE, THE LEAGUE OF 13 00:00:28,500 --> 00:00:29,433 WOMEN VOTERS' VOTER EDUCATION 14 00:00:29,433 --> 00:00:30,533 FUND, AND IDAHO PUBLIC 15 00:00:30,533 --> 00:00:32,734 TELEVISION. 16 00:00:34,066 --> 00:00:35,433 FUNDING FOR THE IDAHO DEBATES IS 17 00:00:35,433 --> 00:00:36,867 PROVIDED BY THE FRIENDS OF IDAHO 18 00:00:36,867 --> 00:00:38,166 PUBLIC TELEVISION AND THE IDAHO 19 00:00:38,166 --> 00:00:42,000 PUBLIC TELEVISION ENDOWMENT. 20 00:00:42,000 --> 00:00:42,633 >> MELISSA DAVLIN: HELLO AND 21 00:00:42,633 --> 00:00:43,333 WELCOME TO THE IDAHO DEBATES ON 22 00:00:43,333 --> 00:00:44,800 IDAHO PUBLIC TELEVISION. 23 00:00:46,500 --> 00:00:47,500 TONIGHT THE REPUBLICAN 24 00:00:47,500 --> 00:00:48,433 CANDIDATES VYING TO BE LT. 25 00:00:48,433 --> 00:00:49,166 GOVERNOR TAKE THE STAGE TO ASK 26 00:00:49,166 --> 00:00:50,800 FOR YOUR VOTE. 27 00:00:51,900 --> 00:00:53,000 THE LT. GOVERNOR IS THE 28 00:00:53,000 --> 00:00:54,967 PRESIDENT OF THE STATE SENATE, 29 00:00:54,967 --> 00:00:56,266 PERFORMS THE DUTIES OF THE 30 00:00:56,266 --> 00:00:57,633 GOVERNOR WHEN THE GOVERNOR IS 31 00:00:57,633 --> 00:00:58,967 OUT OF THE STATE, AND ANY OTHER 32 00:00:58,967 --> 00:01:00,700 DUTIES DEEMED NECESSARY BY THE 33 00:01:00,700 --> 00:01:02,633 CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF 34 00:01:02,633 --> 00:01:04,333 IDAHO. THE MOST IMPORTANT THING 35 00:01:04,333 --> 00:01:06,266 HOWEVER IS THAT THE LT. GOVERNOR 36 00:01:06,266 --> 00:01:08,066 IS READY TO BECOME GOVERNOR AT 37 00:01:08,066 --> 00:01:09,166 ANY MOMENT. THE WINNER OF THE 38 00:01:09,166 --> 00:01:10,100 REPUBLICAN PRIMARY WILL FACE THE 39 00:01:10,100 --> 00:01:10,967 DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE FOR 40 00:01:10,967 --> 00:01:12,166 LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR IN THE 41 00:01:12,166 --> 00:01:12,734 NOVEMBER GENERAL ELECTON. 42 00:01:13,500 --> 00:01:17,500 I WANT TO WELCOME THE 43 00:01:17,500 --> 00:01:19,800 CANDIDATES: 44 00:01:19,800 --> 00:01:21,233 STEVE YATES, BOB NONINI, MARV 45 00:01:21,233 --> 00:01:22,533 HAGEDORN, JANICE MCGEACHIN, AND 46 00:01:22,533 --> 00:01:27,066 KELLEY PACKER, 47 00:01:27,066 --> 00:01:28,333 ASKING THEM QUESTIONS TONIGHT 48 00:01:28,333 --> 00:01:29,066 WILL BE REPORTERS SELECTED BY 49 00:01:29,066 --> 00:01:30,266 THE IDAHO PRESS CLUB: BETSY 50 00:01:30,266 --> 00:01:30,900 RUSSELL OF THE SPOKESMAN-REVIEW, 51 00:01:30,900 --> 00:01:31,633 SCOTT LOGAN OF KBOI 2 NEWS, AND 52 00:01:31,633 --> 00:01:32,233 BILL MANNY OF THE IDAHO 53 00:01:32,233 --> 00:01:33,533 STATESMAN. 54 00:01:34,266 --> 00:01:35,867 I'M MELISSA DAVLIN, HOST OF 55 00:01:35,867 --> 00:01:37,433 IDAHO REPORTS ON IDAHO PUBLIC 56 00:01:37,433 --> 00:01:39,700 TELEVISION. I'M MODERATING 57 00:01:39,700 --> 00:01:41,367 TONIGHT'S DEBATE AND WILL DO MY 58 00:01:41,367 --> 00:01:44,433 BEST TO MAKE SURE ALL THE 59 00:01:44,433 --> 00:01:45,700 CANDIDATES GET EQUAL TIME AND 60 00:01:45,700 --> 00:01:46,600 STAY ON POINT. TO HELP ME AND TO 61 00:01:46,600 --> 00:01:47,700 REMIND THE CANDIDATES HOW LONG 62 00:01:47,700 --> 00:01:48,633 THEY'VE BEEN TALKING IS A 63 00:01:48,633 --> 00:01:49,633 VOLUNTEER TIMEKEEPER FROM THE 64 00:01:49,633 --> 00:01:50,433 LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS KENDAL 65 00:01:50,433 --> 00:01:51,900 SHABER. 66 00:01:51,900 --> 00:01:53,700 WE'VE ASKED THE CANDIDATES TO 67 00:01:53,700 --> 00:01:55,266 ENGAGE EACH OTHER ON THE ISSUES 68 00:01:55,266 --> 00:01:56,367 - IN OTHER WORDS, LESS EMPHASIS 69 00:01:56,367 --> 00:01:58,800 ON A RIGID FORMAT AND MORE FOCUS 70 00:01:58,800 --> 00:01:59,533 ON INTELLIGENT DISCUSSION THAT 71 00:01:59,533 --> 00:02:00,633 HELPS YOU THE VOTER CAST A MORE 72 00:02:00,633 --> 00:02:02,266 INFORMED BALLOT. 73 00:02:03,333 --> 00:02:04,166 EACH CANDIDATE WILL BE GIVEN 90 74 00:02:04,166 --> 00:02:05,967 SECONDS FOR OPENING COMMENTS AND 75 00:02:05,967 --> 00:02:10,633 90 SECONDS FOR CLOSING. WE DREW 76 00:02:10,633 --> 00:02:14,100 NAMES AND REPRESENTATIVE PACKER 77 00:02:14,100 --> 00:02:16,233 WILL BEGIN WITH OPENING REMARKS. 78 00:02:16,233 --> 00:02:19,000 >> I LOOK FORWARD TO BEING YOUR 79 00:02:19,000 --> 00:02:20,433 LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR. 80 00:02:20,433 --> 00:02:22,266 I'VE BEEN MARRIED FOR 27 YEARS. 81 00:02:22,266 --> 00:02:25,000 WE HAVE SIX AMAZING CHILDREN AND 82 00:02:25,000 --> 00:02:26,233 THREE BEAUTIFUL GRANDCHILDREN. 83 00:02:26,233 --> 00:02:28,000 WE'RE SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS AND 84 00:02:28,000 --> 00:02:30,533 I'VE SERVED AS CITY COUNCIL 85 00:02:30,533 --> 00:02:33,433 WOMAN AS THE CHAIR OF THE REPUBLICAN 86 00:02:33,433 --> 00:02:35,333 COMMITTEE AS WELL AS MOST 87 00:02:35,333 --> 00:02:36,700 RECENTLY AS A REPRESENTATIVE IN 88 00:02:36,700 --> 00:02:37,734 THE IDAHO HOUSE. 89 00:02:37,734 --> 00:02:39,266 THE REASON I'M RUNNING FOR 90 00:02:39,266 --> 00:02:41,000 LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR IS I'D LIKE 91 00:02:41,000 --> 00:02:43,000 TO BE PART OF MAKING A POSITIVE 92 00:02:43,000 --> 00:02:43,266 INFLUENCE. 93 00:02:43,266 --> 00:02:44,533 I WANT TO WORK WITH OUR 94 00:02:44,533 --> 00:02:46,000 DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES TO 95 00:02:46,000 --> 00:02:47,633 ENSURE WEARY FISH ENT AND 96 00:02:47,633 --> 00:02:49,100 EFFECTIVE IN THE SERVICES WE'VE 97 00:02:49,100 --> 00:02:50,800 BEEN TASKED TO PROVIDE. 98 00:02:50,800 --> 00:02:52,900 I ALSO WANT TO GROW OUR ECONOMY. 99 00:02:52,900 --> 00:02:54,500 IT MEANS BETTER PAYING JOBS. 100 00:02:54,500 --> 00:02:56,166 AND I WANT TO HELP FOCUS AND 101 00:02:56,166 --> 00:03:00,266 BRING A MORE THOUGHTFUL APPROACH 102 00:03:00,266 --> 00:03:02,000 EVERY YEAR LIKE HEALTHCARE, 103 00:03:02,000 --> 00:03:05,233 EDUCATION, TAX POLICY AND 104 00:03:05,233 --> 00:03:06,066 INFRASTRUCTU 105 00:03:06,066 --> 00:03:06,433 INFRASTRUCTURE. 106 00:03:06,433 --> 00:03:08,433 I AM PRO GUN, PRO-LIFE, PRO 107 00:03:08,433 --> 00:03:10,633 SMALL GOVERNMENT, PRO LIMITED 108 00:03:10,633 --> 00:03:10,900 SPENDING. 109 00:03:10,900 --> 00:03:15,900 I'M PRO IDAHO AND I'M LOOKING 110 00:03:15,900 --> 00:03:18,233 FOR YOUR SUPPORT ON MAY 15TH. 111 00:03:18,233 --> 00:03:21,533 >> SENATOR NONINI, YOU ARE NEXT. 112 00:03:21,533 --> 00:03:24,000 >> I'M SENATOR BOB NONINI. 113 00:03:24,000 --> 00:03:25,266 AND THANK YOU FOR HOSTING 114 00:03:25,266 --> 00:03:26,633 TONIGHT'S DEBATES. 115 00:03:26,633 --> 00:03:29,333 I'VE GOT 30 YEARS EXPERIENCE IN 116 00:03:29,333 --> 00:03:30,533 THE REPUBLICAN PARTY AND I'M 117 00:03:30,533 --> 00:03:32,266 PROUD OF THAT EXPERIENCE. 118 00:03:32,266 --> 00:03:34,633 I'VE ALSO HAD A SUCCESSFUL 119 00:03:34,633 --> 00:03:36,367 INSURANCE PRACTICE FOR 35 YEARS 120 00:03:36,367 --> 00:03:38,100 SXCHLT FOR THE LAST 14 YEARS 121 00:03:38,100 --> 00:03:39,867 SERVED IN THE IDAHO LEGISLATURE 122 00:03:39,867 --> 00:03:41,800 IN THE HOUSE AND NOW IN THE 123 00:03:41,800 --> 00:03:44,900 SENATE FOR THE LAST SIX YEARS. 124 00:03:44,900 --> 00:03:49,900 IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THE 125 00:03:49,900 --> 00:03:52,066 LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR HAS TWO 126 00:03:52,066 --> 00:03:53,533 CONSTITUTIONAL DUTIES. 127 00:03:53,533 --> 00:03:55,367 PRESIDE OVER THE SENATE DURING 128 00:03:55,367 --> 00:03:56,700 THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION AND 129 00:03:56,700 --> 00:03:58,533 SEVE AS THE GOVERNOR WHEN THE 130 00:03:58,533 --> 00:03:59,900 GOVERNOR'S OUT OF STATE. 131 00:03:59,900 --> 00:04:01,166 THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR HAS 132 00:04:01,166 --> 00:04:03,700 OTHER DUTIES AND 133 00:04:03,700 --> 00:04:05,600 RESPONSIBILITIES AND ECONOMIC 134 00:04:05,600 --> 00:04:07,633 DEVELOPMENT HAS BEEN THE 135 00:04:07,633 --> 00:04:08,533 FOREFRONT OF THAT. 136 00:04:08,533 --> 00:04:10,066 WE'RE THE FASTEST GROWING STATE 137 00:04:10,066 --> 00:04:11,700 IN THE COUNTRY AND I'M PROUD OF 138 00:04:11,700 --> 00:04:12,166 THAT ALSO. 139 00:04:12,166 --> 00:04:14,800 MY EXPERIENCE IN SUCCESSFUL 140 00:04:14,800 --> 00:04:16,734 EDUCATION PLATFORM WILL HELP IN 141 00:04:16,734 --> 00:04:19,000 OUR CONSTITUTIONAL AND CONTINUED 142 00:04:19,000 --> 00:04:21,166 GROWTH IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. 143 00:04:21,166 --> 00:04:22,700 WHETHER THAT EDUCATION COMES IN 144 00:04:22,700 --> 00:04:31,266 THE FORM OF ACADAMIA. 145 00:04:31,266 --> 00:04:36,600 INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND 146 00:04:36,600 --> 00:04:38,333 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND MAJOR 147 00:04:38,333 --> 00:04:40,533 TRADING PARTNERS THAT WE WILL 148 00:04:40,533 --> 00:04:42,500 WORK WITH, WE CAN EVEN DO 149 00:04:42,500 --> 00:04:43,333 BETTER. 150 00:04:43,333 --> 00:04:45,000 NATURAL RESOURCES ARE VITAL TO 151 00:04:45,000 --> 00:04:46,100 THE ECONOMY. 152 00:04:46,100 --> 00:04:47,600 IT'S IMPORTANT WE FOCUS ON THOSE 153 00:04:47,600 --> 00:04:49,266 AND AT THE TOP OF THAT LIST IS 154 00:04:49,266 --> 00:04:50,800 WATER AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO ALL 155 00:04:50,800 --> 00:04:51,700 OF IDAHO. 156 00:04:51,700 --> 00:04:53,066 THANK YOU AND I LOOK FORWARD TO 157 00:04:53,066 --> 00:04:53,900 THE QUESTIONS TONIGHT. 158 00:04:53,900 --> 00:04:55,266 >> ALL RIGHT. 159 00:04:55,266 --> 00:04:56,367 THANK YOU. 160 00:04:56,367 --> 00:04:58,800 REPRESENTATIVE McGEACHIN, YOU 161 00:04:58,800 --> 00:04:59,367 ARE NEXT. 162 00:04:59,367 --> 00:05:01,100 >> I'M A SUCCESSFUL SMALL 163 00:05:01,100 --> 00:05:02,800 BUSINESS OWNER FROM IDAHO FALLS 164 00:05:02,800 --> 00:05:04,800 WHERE I'VE LIVED MOST OF MY 165 00:05:04,800 --> 00:05:05,166 LIFE. 166 00:05:05,166 --> 00:05:07,633 I'D LIKE TO THANK MELISSA AND 167 00:05:07,633 --> 00:05:09,266 IDAHO PUBLIC TELEVISION FOR 168 00:05:09,266 --> 00:05:11,166 HOSTING THE DEBATE TONIGHT AND 169 00:05:11,166 --> 00:05:13,000 HEART FELT CONDOLENCES TO THE 170 00:05:13,000 --> 00:05:16,333 BUSH FAMILY FOR THE LOSS OF 171 00:05:16,333 --> 00:05:18,500 BARBARA BUSH. 172 00:05:18,500 --> 00:05:20,734 RUNNING FOR THE LIEUTENANT 173 00:05:20,734 --> 00:05:22,700 GOVERNOR POSITION BECAUSE I'VE 174 00:05:22,700 --> 00:05:24,066 BECOME DEEPLY CONCERNED ABOUT 175 00:05:24,066 --> 00:05:25,433 WHAT I SEE HAPPENING IN OUR 176 00:05:25,433 --> 00:05:27,166 STATE IN THE LAST SIX YEARS. 177 00:05:27,166 --> 00:05:29,433 A GROWING DEPENDENCE ON THE 178 00:05:29,433 --> 00:05:31,100 FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DUE TO THE 179 00:05:31,100 --> 00:05:33,066 IMPLEMENTATION OF COMMON CORE 180 00:05:33,066 --> 00:05:35,333 AND OBAMACARE IN OUR STATE. 181 00:05:35,333 --> 00:05:38,266 SPECIAL INTEREST TAX INCENTIVES 182 00:05:38,266 --> 00:05:40,700 THAT FAVOR THE POLITICALLY 183 00:05:40,700 --> 00:05:41,000 CONNECTED. 184 00:05:41,000 --> 00:05:42,800 AND I BELIEVE IT'S TIME FOR US 185 00:05:42,800 --> 00:05:45,633 TO WORK TOGETHER TO RECLAIM OUR 186 00:05:45,633 --> 00:05:47,433 SOVEREIGNTY IN OUR STATE. 187 00:05:47,433 --> 00:05:49,800 MY HUSBAND AND I ARE PARTNERS IN 188 00:05:49,800 --> 00:05:50,433 LIFE. 189 00:05:50,433 --> 00:05:52,500 AND TOGETHER WITH BOTH OF OUR 190 00:05:52,500 --> 00:05:54,166 GROWN CHILDREN, PARTNERS IN 191 00:05:54,166 --> 00:05:56,500 BUSINESS, AND IT'S THROUGH OUR 192 00:05:56,500 --> 00:05:59,533 WHOLESALE BUSINESS THAT WE SEE 193 00:05:59,533 --> 00:06:01,367 FIRSTHAND HOW DIFFICULT IT HAS 194 00:06:01,367 --> 00:06:02,800 BECOME FOR THE SMALL BUSINESS 195 00:06:02,800 --> 00:06:04,600 COMMUNITY IN IDAHO AND FOR THE 196 00:06:04,600 --> 00:06:06,700 FAMILIES IN IDAHO TO BE ABLE TO 197 00:06:06,700 --> 00:06:10,633 BE SUCCESSFUL DUE TO THE 198 00:06:10,633 --> 00:06:12,266 SUCCESSIVE REGULATION AND 199 00:06:12,266 --> 00:06:12,734 TAXATION. 200 00:06:12,734 --> 00:06:14,533 SO I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING 201 00:06:14,533 --> 00:06:17,000 WITH THE FAMILIES OF IDAHO AS 202 00:06:17,000 --> 00:06:18,066 YOUR NEXT LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR 203 00:06:18,066 --> 00:06:19,734 AND I ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT ON 204 00:06:19,734 --> 00:06:21,066 MAY 15TH. 205 00:06:21,066 --> 00:06:21,633 >> THANK YOU. 206 00:06:21,633 --> 00:06:23,900 MR. YATES, YOU ARE NEXT. 207 00:06:23,900 --> 00:06:24,633 >> GOOD EVENING. 208 00:06:24,633 --> 00:06:27,233 MY NAME IS STEVE YATES AND I ASK 209 00:06:27,233 --> 00:06:29,266 FOR YOUR SUPPORT TO SERVE. 210 00:06:29,266 --> 00:06:31,100 FIRST A LITTLE ABOUT MY WORK AND 211 00:06:31,100 --> 00:06:31,800 FAMILY LIFE. 212 00:06:31,800 --> 00:06:35,266 I'M THE SON OF A CAR MECHANICAL 213 00:06:35,266 --> 00:06:35,633 I CAN. 214 00:06:35,633 --> 00:06:37,333 WE HAVE TWO WONDERFUL CHILDREN 215 00:06:37,333 --> 00:06:39,333 WHO COME TO US BY THE MIRACLE OF 216 00:06:39,333 --> 00:06:39,633 ADOPTION. 217 00:06:39,633 --> 00:06:41,734 I'VE BEEN BLESSED TO SERVE MY 218 00:06:41,734 --> 00:06:43,533 FAITH OVERSEAS TO SERVE OUR 219 00:06:43,533 --> 00:06:45,700 NATION IN THE DEFENSE DEPARTMENT 220 00:06:45,700 --> 00:06:53,333 AND IN THE WHITE HOUSE. 221 00:06:53,333 --> 00:06:56,433 BEST OF ALL, I HAD THE HONOR OF 222 00:06:56,433 --> 00:06:59,000 SERVING FOR THREE CONSEQUENTIAL 223 00:06:59,000 --> 00:07:01,900 YEARS AS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE 224 00:07:01,900 --> 00:07:06,233 PARTY WE ALL NOW SEEK 225 00:07:06,233 --> 00:07:06,533 NOMINATION. 226 00:07:06,533 --> 00:07:09,700 IT CALLS FOR A RARE COMBINATION 227 00:07:09,700 --> 00:07:11,900 OF EXPERIENCE AND LEADERSHIP TO 228 00:07:11,900 --> 00:07:12,800 MAKE THE MOST OF THE 229 00:07:12,800 --> 00:07:13,100 OPPORTUNITY. 230 00:07:13,100 --> 00:07:15,533 I BELIEVE THE TRUMP 231 00:07:15,533 --> 00:07:17,433 ADMINISTRATION CREATES A GREAT 232 00:07:17,433 --> 00:07:19,066 OPPORTUNITY FOR THE NEXT IDAHO 233 00:07:19,066 --> 00:07:21,533 GOVERNOR TO SEEK IDAHO 234 00:07:21,533 --> 00:07:21,967 SOLUTIONS. 235 00:07:21,967 --> 00:07:25,066 I PROPOSE THAT MY INTERNATIONAL 236 00:07:25,066 --> 00:07:26,633 EXPERIENCE, MY EXECUTIVE 237 00:07:26,633 --> 00:07:28,433 EXPERIENCE AND STATE-WIDE RECORD 238 00:07:28,433 --> 00:07:30,867 OF SERVICE AROUND THE STATE 239 00:07:30,867 --> 00:07:32,166 DISTINGUISH ME FROM THIS FIELD 240 00:07:32,166 --> 00:07:34,000 OF VERY GOOD PEOPLE ALL OF WHOM 241 00:07:34,000 --> 00:07:37,166 HAVE RECORDS OF SERVICE THAT I 242 00:07:37,166 --> 00:07:37,533 RESPECT. 243 00:07:37,533 --> 00:07:39,533 WE THE PEOPLE OF IDAHO HAVE A 244 00:07:39,533 --> 00:07:40,533 GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO WORK 245 00:07:40,533 --> 00:07:42,333 TOGETHER TO MAKE THIS AN EVEN 246 00:07:42,333 --> 00:07:43,867 GREATER STATE TO LIVE, WORK AND 247 00:07:43,867 --> 00:07:45,000 RAISE OUR FAMILIES. 248 00:07:45,000 --> 00:07:46,100 THANK YOU AND I LOOK FORWARD TO 249 00:07:46,100 --> 00:07:46,900 THE DISCUSSION. 250 00:07:46,900 --> 00:07:47,533 >> ALL RIGHT. 251 00:07:47,533 --> 00:07:48,800 THANK YOU. 252 00:07:48,800 --> 00:07:52,266 AND SENATOR HAGEDORN. 253 00:07:52,266 --> 00:07:55,533 >> I GREW UP IN NORTHERN IDAHO 254 00:07:55,533 --> 00:07:58,533 IN A LITTLE TOWN OUTSIDE OF 255 00:07:58,533 --> 00:07:59,000 POTLATCH. 256 00:07:59,000 --> 00:08:01,867 WORKED IN THE LUMBER MILL. 257 00:08:01,867 --> 00:08:03,900 I SPENT 20 YEARS IN THE NAVY 258 00:08:03,900 --> 00:08:04,900 DOING INTELLIGENCE. 259 00:08:04,900 --> 00:08:07,166 I STARTED A SPECIAL OPERATIONS 260 00:08:07,166 --> 00:08:07,333 TEAM. 261 00:08:07,333 --> 00:08:10,800 WHEN I RETIRED AND CAME HOME, 262 00:08:10,800 --> 00:08:12,333 THERE WASN'T MUCH WORK TO BE HAD 263 00:08:12,333 --> 00:08:13,600 IN NORTHERN IDAHO. 264 00:08:13,600 --> 00:08:14,533 IT WAS PRETTY TOUGH. 265 00:08:14,533 --> 00:08:18,000 SO I WENT TO WORK FOR AN 266 00:08:18,000 --> 00:08:19,066 ENGINEERING COMPANY AND TOOK 267 00:08:19,066 --> 00:08:21,066 CARE OF MICRON. 268 00:08:21,066 --> 00:08:23,700 I'VE DONE INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS 269 00:08:23,700 --> 00:08:25,600 EVERYWHERE AND JUST ABOUT EVERY 270 00:08:25,600 --> 00:08:27,333 CONTINENT IN THE MILLIONS OF 271 00:08:27,333 --> 00:08:27,633 DOLLARS. 272 00:08:27,633 --> 00:08:29,633 I'VE NEGOTIATED CONTRACTS. 273 00:08:29,633 --> 00:08:31,800 I THINK THE LARGEST CONTRACT I 274 00:08:31,800 --> 00:08:34,100 NEGOTIATED WAS A $200 MILLION 275 00:08:34,100 --> 00:08:34,367 CONTRACT. 276 00:08:34,367 --> 00:08:36,800 WHY AM I TELLING YOU THIS? 277 00:08:36,800 --> 00:08:38,800 IT'S BECAUSE OF WHAT ALL OF 278 00:08:38,800 --> 00:08:40,166 THESE FOLKS HAVE SAID. 279 00:08:40,166 --> 00:08:42,533 WE HAVE AN ELECTION COMING UP 280 00:08:42,533 --> 00:08:43,900 FOR THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR AND 281 00:08:43,900 --> 00:08:48,066 THE GOVERNOR AND TREASURER AND 282 00:08:48,066 --> 00:08:49,000 SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS. 283 00:08:49,000 --> 00:08:50,533 ALL OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL 284 00:08:50,533 --> 00:08:51,433 OFFICERS ARE UP. 285 00:08:51,433 --> 00:08:54,266 MY EXPERIENCES IN THE MILITARY, 286 00:08:54,266 --> 00:08:56,333 IN BUSINESS AND 12 YEARS IN THE 287 00:08:56,333 --> 00:08:58,166 LEGISLATURE, I WILL BE ABLE TO 288 00:08:58,166 --> 00:09:02,433 PROVIDE COUNCIL TO THAT NEW 289 00:09:02,433 --> 00:09:04,734 GOVERNOR TO MAKE SURE IT'S 290 00:09:04,734 --> 00:09:05,100 SUCCESSFUL. 291 00:09:05,100 --> 00:09:07,533 I ASK FOR YOUR VOTE MAY 15TH. 292 00:09:07,533 --> 00:09:08,233 >> THANK YOU. 293 00:09:08,233 --> 00:09:10,433 THE FIRST QUESTION IS GOING TO 294 00:09:10,433 --> 00:09:12,433 GO TO REPRESENTATIVE PACKER. 295 00:09:12,433 --> 00:09:13,433 >> GOOD EVENING. 296 00:09:13,433 --> 00:09:15,500 I WANT TO ASK YOU A LITTLE ABOUT 297 00:09:15,500 --> 00:09:17,367 THE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE 298 00:09:17,367 --> 00:09:17,700 GOVERNOR. 299 00:09:17,700 --> 00:09:20,900 FOR THE PAST 10 YEARS ALMOST 300 00:09:20,900 --> 00:09:22,900 BRAD LITTLE HAS BEEN LOYAL 301 00:09:22,900 --> 00:09:25,633 LIEUTENANT TO THE GOVERNOR 302 00:09:25,633 --> 00:09:25,867 OTTER. 303 00:09:25,867 --> 00:09:27,700 PERSONAL CHEMISTRY IS 304 00:09:27,700 --> 00:09:28,233 WELL-KNOWN. 305 00:09:28,233 --> 00:09:30,066 THE GOVERNOR LET LIEUTENANT 306 00:09:30,066 --> 00:09:32,066 GOVERNOR LITTLE HANDLE ECONOMIC 307 00:09:32,066 --> 00:09:33,433 DEVELOPMENT, CYBER SECURITY AND 308 00:09:33,433 --> 00:09:37,500 MOST RECENTLY HEALTHCARE. 309 00:09:37,500 --> 00:09:42,433 SO MY QUESTION FOR YOU IS WHICH 310 00:09:42,433 --> 00:09:43,633 CANDIDATE WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE 311 00:09:43,633 --> 00:09:46,066 WORKING WITH AS YOUR NEXT 312 00:09:46,066 --> 00:09:46,333 GOVERNOR? 313 00:09:46,333 --> 00:09:47,700 >> THAT'S ONE I'M GOING TO KEEP 314 00:09:47,700 --> 00:09:49,333 CLOSE TO MY BEST. 315 00:09:49,333 --> 00:09:51,500 ALL THREE OF THOSE GENTLEMAN 316 00:09:51,500 --> 00:10:00,867 HAVE STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES. 317 00:10:00,867 --> 00:10:02,700 THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME THAT'S 318 00:10:02,700 --> 00:10:04,633 EASIER TO WORK WITH THAN OTHERS. 319 00:10:04,633 --> 00:10:05,734 BUT I BELIEVE I CAN WORK WITH 320 00:10:05,734 --> 00:10:06,433 ALL THREE. 321 00:10:06,433 --> 00:10:08,734 ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S KEY IS 322 00:10:08,734 --> 00:10:11,533 WE NOT ONLY HAVE A PARTNERSHIP 323 00:10:11,533 --> 00:10:15,066 BUT THAT PARTNERSHIP ALLOWS FOR 324 00:10:15,066 --> 00:10:18,000 CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM, ALLOWS 325 00:10:18,000 --> 00:10:20,166 FOR PUSH BACK. 326 00:10:20,166 --> 00:10:22,266 IT'S GOING TO BE NECESSARY AND 327 00:10:22,266 --> 00:10:23,800 HEALTHY TO MAKE SURE THAT 328 00:10:23,800 --> 00:10:24,900 RELATIONSHIP IS STRONG ENOUGH TO 329 00:10:24,900 --> 00:10:26,266 HAVE OPEN DISCUSSIONS ON WHAT 330 00:10:26,266 --> 00:10:28,533 THE GOALS REALLY LOOK LIKE. 331 00:10:28,533 --> 00:10:30,967 >> SO HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT THE 332 00:10:30,967 --> 00:10:32,867 ROLE YOU'RE GOING TO ASK THE 333 00:10:32,867 --> 00:10:34,700 NEXT GOVERNOR TO GIVE YOU AS 334 00:10:34,700 --> 00:10:35,600 LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR? 335 00:10:35,600 --> 00:10:36,166 >> ABSOLUTELY. 336 00:10:36,166 --> 00:10:38,066 I HAVE A NUMBER OF GOALS I WANT 337 00:10:38,066 --> 00:10:39,900 TO WORK WITH. 338 00:10:39,900 --> 00:10:42,633 THE ONES THAT ARE CLEARLY 339 00:10:42,633 --> 00:10:44,333 DEFINED AND HAS BEEN MENTIONED 340 00:10:44,333 --> 00:10:46,000 BEFORE BY MELISSA, THE 341 00:10:46,000 --> 00:10:48,600 LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR CURRENTLY 342 00:10:48,600 --> 00:10:53,000 WORKED ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. 343 00:10:53,000 --> 00:10:54,633 THERE'S OTHER THINGS. 344 00:10:54,633 --> 00:10:56,066 I'VE WATCHED SPECIFIC AGENCIES 345 00:10:56,066 --> 00:10:57,900 DO REALLY WELL AT CUTTING COSTS 346 00:10:57,900 --> 00:10:59,900 AND APPLYING THAT BACK TO THE 347 00:10:59,900 --> 00:11:01,367 SERVICES THEY ARE REQUIRED TO 348 00:11:01,367 --> 00:11:01,633 PROVIDE. 349 00:11:01,633 --> 00:11:02,900 AND I THINK WE CAN DO THAT 350 00:11:02,900 --> 00:11:04,333 ACROSS THE BOARD AND I HOPE I 351 00:11:04,333 --> 00:11:05,800 HAVE THE FAITH OF THE GOVERNOR 352 00:11:05,800 --> 00:11:07,266 TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. 353 00:11:07,266 --> 00:11:08,734 >> IS THERE ONE ASPECT OF THE 354 00:11:08,734 --> 00:11:10,800 WAY THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR 355 00:11:10,800 --> 00:11:12,700 HANDLED THE JOB YOU EITHER 356 00:11:12,700 --> 00:11:14,533 DISAGREE WITH OR IMPROVE ON OR 357 00:11:14,533 --> 00:11:15,633 WOULD DO DIFFERENTLY? 358 00:11:15,633 --> 00:11:16,700 >> ABSOLUTELY NOT. 359 00:11:16,700 --> 00:11:17,967 I DON'T DISAGREE WITH THE 360 00:11:17,967 --> 00:11:18,633 RELATIONSHIP THEY HAVE. 361 00:11:18,633 --> 00:11:19,900 I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE 362 00:11:19,900 --> 00:11:21,800 DEFINED DEPENDING ON WHO THOSE 363 00:11:21,800 --> 00:11:23,633 TWO PEOPLE ARE IN OFFICE. 364 00:11:23,633 --> 00:11:25,333 I DO BELIEVE THAT I'VE SHOWN IN 365 00:11:25,333 --> 00:11:27,433 THE LEGISLATURE THAT I'M NOT 366 00:11:27,433 --> 00:11:28,900 AFRAID TO ASK THE TOUGH 367 00:11:28,900 --> 00:11:29,166 QUESTIONS. 368 00:11:29,166 --> 00:11:31,233 AND I'M NOT AFRAID TO PUSH BACK 369 00:11:31,233 --> 00:11:32,800 WHEN NECESSARY. 370 00:11:32,800 --> 00:11:34,166 AND NOT NECESSARILY ALWAYS 371 00:11:34,166 --> 00:11:35,266 BECAUSE I THINK WHAT THEY ARE 372 00:11:35,266 --> 00:11:36,734 DOING IS WRONG. 373 00:11:36,734 --> 00:11:38,367 SOMETIMES IT'S BECAUSE MAYBE I 374 00:11:38,367 --> 00:11:39,000 DON'T UNDERSTAND. 375 00:11:39,000 --> 00:11:40,600 SO I THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE PART 376 00:11:40,600 --> 00:11:42,900 OF THAT AS WELL. 377 00:11:42,900 --> 00:11:44,333 BEING ABLE TO HAVE A DISCUSSION 378 00:11:44,333 --> 00:11:45,533 SO WE UNDERSTAND WHERE WE WANT 379 00:11:45,533 --> 00:11:49,100 TO GO AND THE BEST ROUTE TO GET 380 00:11:49,100 --> 00:11:49,333 THERE. 381 00:11:49,333 --> 00:11:51,066 >> THANK YOU. 382 00:11:51,066 --> 00:11:52,266 >> SAME QUESTION TO YOU. 383 00:11:52,266 --> 00:11:53,266 DO YOU HAVE ONE OF THE 384 00:11:53,266 --> 00:11:55,000 CANDIDATES YOU WANT TO WORK WITH 385 00:11:55,000 --> 00:11:55,967 MOST CLOSELY? 386 00:11:55,967 --> 00:12:00,266 >> I ENDORSE IN JULY OF 16 OR 387 00:12:00,266 --> 00:12:02,900 OFFERED MY SUPPORT OF JULY OF 388 00:12:02,900 --> 00:12:04,734 2016 TO BRAD LITTLE. 389 00:12:04,734 --> 00:12:06,633 BRAD LITTLE WAS THE FIRST ONE TO 390 00:12:06,633 --> 00:12:07,967 ANNOUNCE HE WAS GOING TO RUN FOR 391 00:12:07,967 --> 00:12:09,633 THE GOVERNOR'S SPOT. 392 00:12:09,633 --> 00:12:12,066 AND I'M SURE HE CALLED ALL OF US 393 00:12:12,066 --> 00:12:13,800 IN THE SENATE FIRST ALONG WITH 394 00:12:13,800 --> 00:12:15,433 CLOSE FRIENDS LOOKING FOR THAT 395 00:12:15,433 --> 00:12:15,800 SUPPORT. 396 00:12:15,800 --> 00:12:18,633 AND I MADE THAT COMMITMENT THEN. 397 00:12:18,633 --> 00:12:22,066 I AM NOT OUT CAMPAIGNING 398 00:12:22,066 --> 00:12:23,967 HANDLING OUT LITERATURE. 399 00:12:23,967 --> 00:12:26,433 I THINK AMONGST THE CANDIDATES, 400 00:12:26,433 --> 00:12:28,100 I WILL HAVE THE BEST EXPERIENCE 401 00:12:28,100 --> 00:12:31,000 TO WORK WITH THE NEXT GOVERNOR. 402 00:12:31,000 --> 00:12:34,867 IF IT IS MR. LITTLE. 403 00:12:34,867 --> 00:12:37,066 THE REASON I SAY THAT IS BECAUSE 404 00:12:37,066 --> 00:12:39,166 MY 8 YEARS IN THE HOUSE AND 6 405 00:12:39,166 --> 00:12:40,700 YEARS IN THE SENATE. 406 00:12:40,700 --> 00:12:41,800 MR. LITTLE HAS A GREAT 407 00:12:41,800 --> 00:12:43,800 RELATIONSHIP WITH THE SENATE. 408 00:12:43,800 --> 00:12:45,633 HE DOESN'T HAVE A GOOD 409 00:12:45,633 --> 00:12:46,900 RELATIONSHIP OR AS GOOD OF A 410 00:12:46,900 --> 00:12:48,000 RELATIONSHIP WITH THE 411 00:12:48,000 --> 00:12:49,000 CONSERVATIVE MEMBERS OF THE 412 00:12:49,000 --> 00:12:50,900 HOUSE WHICH I HAVE A VERY STRONG 413 00:12:50,900 --> 00:12:52,000 RELATIONSHIP WITH. 414 00:12:52,000 --> 00:12:56,433 LET'S SAY IT'S MR. LABRADOR THAT 415 00:12:56,433 --> 00:12:58,800 GETS ELECTED GOVERNOR. 416 00:12:58,800 --> 00:12:59,533 DOESN'T HAVE AS GOOD 417 00:12:59,533 --> 00:13:00,700 RELATIONSHIP WITH THE MEMBERS OF 418 00:13:00,700 --> 00:13:02,000 THE SENATE. 419 00:13:02,000 --> 00:13:04,700 WHERE I HAVE A STRONG GOOD 420 00:13:04,700 --> 00:13:05,066 RELATIONSHIP. 421 00:13:05,066 --> 00:13:08,900 AND IF IT -- I DON'T THINK HE 422 00:13:08,900 --> 00:13:10,433 HAS A RELATIONSHIP WITH EITHER 423 00:13:10,433 --> 00:13:10,700 SIDE. 424 00:13:10,700 --> 00:13:12,333 I THINK I'M THE BEST CANDIDATE 425 00:13:12,333 --> 00:13:13,900 TO WORK WITH ANY OF THE THREE. 426 00:13:13,900 --> 00:13:14,900 >> DO YOU HAVE A SPECIFIC ROLE 427 00:13:14,900 --> 00:13:16,700 YOU ARE GOING TO ASK THE NEXT 428 00:13:16,700 --> 00:13:17,900 GOVERNOR TO LET YOU PLAY? 429 00:13:17,900 --> 00:13:19,500 >> YES, I DO. 430 00:13:19,500 --> 00:13:21,333 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, EDUCATION 431 00:13:21,333 --> 00:13:22,700 AND NATURAL RESOURCES. 432 00:13:22,700 --> 00:13:25,533 I THINK EDUCATION AND NATURAL 433 00:13:25,533 --> 00:13:28,633 RESOURCES GO HAND IN HAND. 434 00:13:28,633 --> 00:13:30,900 EDUCATION AND ECONOMIC 435 00:13:30,900 --> 00:13:32,433 DEVELOPMENT GO HAND IN HAND. 436 00:13:32,433 --> 00:13:33,900 WHETHER YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT 437 00:13:33,900 --> 00:13:35,700 THE NORTHERN PART OF THE STATE, 438 00:13:35,700 --> 00:13:37,533 THE GOVERN PART OF THE STATE, 439 00:13:37,533 --> 00:13:38,533 IT'S CRITICAL. 440 00:13:38,533 --> 00:13:40,967 I MENTIONED THAT IN MY OPENING 441 00:13:40,967 --> 00:13:41,800 COMMENTS WITH HOW IMPORTANT 442 00:13:41,800 --> 00:13:44,266 WATER IS TO EVERYTHING IN IDAHO. 443 00:13:44,266 --> 00:13:45,633 THOSE WOULD BE THE THREE THINGS 444 00:13:45,633 --> 00:13:47,000 I WOULD LIKE TO WORK ON. 445 00:13:47,000 --> 00:13:49,000 >> QUICKLY, CAN YOU TELL US WHAT 446 00:13:49,000 --> 00:13:51,433 YOU WOULD DO DIFFERENTLY THAN 447 00:13:51,433 --> 00:13:53,000 LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR LITTLE HAS 448 00:13:53,000 --> 00:13:53,166 DONE? 449 00:13:53,166 --> 00:13:56,233 >> I WOULD BE, I THINK, ON THE 450 00:13:56,233 --> 00:13:58,900 STATE AND NATIONAL LEVEL ON 451 00:13:58,900 --> 00:14:00,600 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, MY PASSION 452 00:14:00,600 --> 00:14:03,734 FOR EDUCATION, MY PASSION FOR 453 00:14:03,734 --> 00:14:04,000 STEM. 454 00:14:04,000 --> 00:14:07,533 MR. LITTLE INTRODUCED ME IN THE 455 00:14:07,533 --> 00:14:10,600 LEGISLATURE THE GOD FATHER OF 456 00:14:10,600 --> 00:14:16,367 STEM. 457 00:14:16,367 --> 00:14:20,166 AND MY WORK AND CAREER TECHNICAL 458 00:14:20,166 --> 00:14:21,166 AROUND IDAHO. 459 00:14:21,166 --> 00:14:22,100 AND THAT'S GOOD. 460 00:14:22,100 --> 00:14:23,734 WE HAVE SOME OF THE LOWEST 461 00:14:23,734 --> 00:14:26,266 UNEMPLOYMENT IN THE COUNTRY. 462 00:14:26,266 --> 00:14:30,533 AND WE NEED TO SATISFY OUR LOCAL 463 00:14:30,533 --> 00:14:32,734 PLAYERS FOR A SKILL TRAINED 464 00:14:32,734 --> 00:14:33,000 WORKFORCE. 465 00:14:33,000 --> 00:14:35,333 >> I DID NOT HEAR SOMETHING YOU 466 00:14:35,333 --> 00:14:38,166 WOULD DO THAT HE'S DONE NOT AS 467 00:14:38,166 --> 00:14:45,867 WELL AS HE COULD DONE. 468 00:14:45,867 --> 00:14:49,000 >> I'M A STRONG WILLED PERSON. 469 00:14:49,000 --> 00:14:51,533 I WOULD PROMOTE THE CBD OIL. 470 00:14:51,533 --> 00:14:53,266 I THINK IN THAT CASE, I'VE BEEN 471 00:14:53,266 --> 00:15:02,633 A CO-SPONSOR BOTH TIMES. 472 00:15:02,633 --> 00:15:06,433 AND I'VE BEEN A CO-SPONSOR BOTH 473 00:15:06,433 --> 00:15:06,867 TIMES. 474 00:15:06,867 --> 00:15:10,266 WE SHOULD BE FORCEFUL. 475 00:15:10,266 --> 00:15:15,166 >> SENATOR HAGEDORN. 476 00:15:15,166 --> 00:15:16,633 WHICH CANDIDATE DO YOU WANT TO 477 00:15:16,633 --> 00:15:18,367 BE WORKING WITH AS GOVERNOR? 478 00:15:18,367 --> 00:15:20,700 >> I'M GOING TO KEEP MY CHOICE 479 00:15:20,700 --> 00:15:21,800 CLOSE TO THE BEST. 480 00:15:21,800 --> 00:15:24,367 AS KELLEY MENTIONED, ALL OF 481 00:15:24,367 --> 00:15:27,533 THESE CANDIDATES BRING VALUABLE 482 00:15:27,533 --> 00:15:29,800 SKILLS TO THE TABLE. 483 00:15:29,800 --> 00:15:34,333 THEY ALSO HAVE SOME UNSKILLED 484 00:15:34,333 --> 00:15:34,533 AREAS. 485 00:15:34,533 --> 00:15:36,633 ONE OF THE THINGS I LEARNED IN 486 00:15:36,633 --> 00:15:38,900 THE MILITARY YOU DON'T HAVE A 487 00:15:38,900 --> 00:15:41,900 CHANCE TO PICK YOUR BOSS. 488 00:15:41,900 --> 00:15:43,500 YOU WORK WITH THE CARDS YOU ARE 489 00:15:43,500 --> 00:15:45,000 GIVEN AND THE PLAYERS YOU ARE 490 00:15:45,000 --> 00:15:45,166 GIVEN. 491 00:15:45,166 --> 00:15:47,533 ONE OF THE THINGS I LEARNED IN 492 00:15:47,533 --> 00:15:49,066 BUSINESS IS YOU CAN PICK YOUR 493 00:15:49,066 --> 00:15:49,266 BOSS. 494 00:15:49,266 --> 00:15:50,533 THIS SITUATION IS A LOT MORE 495 00:15:50,533 --> 00:15:51,867 LIKE THE MILITARY. 496 00:15:51,867 --> 00:15:53,633 WE ARE GOING TO END UP WITH THE 497 00:15:53,633 --> 00:15:56,166 GOVERNOR THE PEOPLE ELECT. 498 00:15:56,166 --> 00:15:58,533 I AM GOING TO MAKE THAT GOVERNOR 499 00:15:58,533 --> 00:16:00,700 SUCCESSFUL BY USING MY 500 00:16:00,700 --> 00:16:02,100 EXPERIENCES IN BOTH THE MILITARY 501 00:16:02,100 --> 00:16:04,734 AND EXPERIENCES IN BUSINESS AND 502 00:16:04,734 --> 00:16:07,233 THE EXPERIENCES IN BOTH THE 503 00:16:07,233 --> 00:16:10,433 HOUSE AND THE SENATE TO MAKE 504 00:16:10,433 --> 00:16:13,967 SURE WE DON'T MAKE MISTAKES WITH 505 00:16:13,967 --> 00:16:18,533 THE BUDGET WE JUST PASSED. 506 00:16:18,533 --> 00:16:21,100 THE LAWS WE HAVE PASSED IN THE 507 00:16:21,100 --> 00:16:21,433 PAST. 508 00:16:21,433 --> 00:16:23,800 I'M THE ONLY VETERAN THAT'S 509 00:16:23,800 --> 00:16:24,333 RUNNING. 510 00:16:24,333 --> 00:16:28,800 MY EXPERIENCE RIGHT THERE AS THE 511 00:16:28,800 --> 00:16:31,233 COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF OUR 512 00:16:31,233 --> 00:16:31,800 NATIONAL GUARD. 513 00:16:31,800 --> 00:16:33,900 I WILL BE ABLE TO HELP THAT 514 00:16:33,900 --> 00:16:35,000 GOVERNOR UNDERSTAND WHAT THOSE 515 00:16:35,000 --> 00:16:36,700 ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES ARE. 516 00:16:36,700 --> 00:16:39,333 >> YOU COULD HELP US CHOOSE YOUR 517 00:16:39,333 --> 00:16:41,800 NEXT BOSS IF YOU WANTED TO 518 00:16:41,800 --> 00:16:42,066 TONIGHT. 519 00:16:42,066 --> 00:16:43,333 >> I COULD. 520 00:16:43,333 --> 00:16:44,867 THERE WILL BE SOME THAT WILL BE 521 00:16:44,867 --> 00:16:47,433 EASIER TO WORK WITH THAN OTHERS. 522 00:16:47,433 --> 00:16:48,967 >> LIKE WHO? 523 00:16:48,967 --> 00:16:51,266 >> AS AN EXAMPLE, BRAD LITTLE. 524 00:16:51,266 --> 00:16:52,700 BRAD LITTLE HAS BEEN THERE FOR 525 00:16:52,700 --> 00:16:54,000 MANY YEARS. 526 00:16:54,000 --> 00:16:55,333 UNDERSTANDS HOW WE'VE GOTTEN TO 527 00:16:55,333 --> 00:16:57,800 THE POINT WE'VE GOTTEN TO WITH 528 00:16:57,800 --> 00:16:58,533 CBD OIL. 529 00:16:58,533 --> 00:17:01,000 THE POINT WE'VE GOTTEN TO WITH 530 00:17:01,000 --> 00:17:03,066 NATURAL PATHIC ISSUES. 531 00:17:03,066 --> 00:17:03,867 WATER LAWS. 532 00:17:03,867 --> 00:17:06,000 ALL OF THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. 533 00:17:06,000 --> 00:17:07,800 SO BRAD WOULD UNDERSTAND THAT. 534 00:17:07,800 --> 00:17:09,333 TOMMY WOULD BRING IN A FRESH 535 00:17:09,333 --> 00:17:11,433 LOOK OF THOSE ISSUES. 536 00:17:11,433 --> 00:17:13,433 I CAN HELP EXPLAIN TO HIM CAUSE 537 00:17:13,433 --> 00:17:15,266 I'M THE ONLY ONE THAT'S SERVED 538 00:17:15,266 --> 00:17:18,734 IN THE NATURAL RESOURCES 539 00:17:18,734 --> 00:17:19,000 COMMITTEE. 540 00:17:19,000 --> 00:17:23,533 HELP HIM TO UNDERSTAND THE WATER 541 00:17:23,533 --> 00:17:24,600 LAWS. 542 00:17:24,600 --> 00:17:26,066 RAUL HAS BEEN OUT OF THE 543 00:17:26,066 --> 00:17:27,166 LEGISLATIVE PROCESS. 544 00:17:27,166 --> 00:17:28,900 WE'VE SOLVED A LOT OF PROBLEMS. 545 00:17:28,900 --> 00:17:32,166 AND A LOT OF THOSE THINGS WE'VE 546 00:17:32,166 --> 00:17:34,500 HAD TO HAVE WRESTLING MATCHES 547 00:17:34,500 --> 00:17:36,100 OVER TO GET TO THE POINT OF 548 00:17:36,100 --> 00:17:38,500 RESOLUTION TO THOSE PROBLEMS. 549 00:17:38,500 --> 00:17:40,100 >> SO YOU'VE BEEN GOOD AT 550 00:17:40,100 --> 00:17:41,900 HELPING US SEE WHERE YOU WOULD 551 00:17:41,900 --> 00:17:43,233 LIKE THEM TO BE STRONGER. 552 00:17:43,233 --> 00:17:46,900 SO LET ME ASK YOU QUICKLY WHAT 553 00:17:46,900 --> 00:17:48,734 ROLE YOU WOULD ASK THAT GOVERNOR 554 00:17:48,734 --> 00:17:49,900 TO LET YOU PLAY? 555 00:17:49,900 --> 00:17:51,600 >> EDUCATION, WORKFORCE 556 00:17:51,600 --> 00:17:53,867 DEVELOPMENT AND ECONOMIC 557 00:17:53,867 --> 00:17:54,166 DEVELOPMENT. 558 00:17:54,166 --> 00:17:56,533 I LOVE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. 559 00:17:56,533 --> 00:17:59,266 I WAS ABLE TO BRING THE IDAHO 560 00:17:59,266 --> 00:18:03,166 COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE 561 00:18:03,166 --> 00:18:04,266 TO IDAHO. 562 00:18:04,266 --> 00:18:06,100 PRIVATE PUBLIC PARTNERSHIP WHERE 563 00:18:06,100 --> 00:18:08,266 IDAHO REALLY WINS WITH THAT WHEN 564 00:18:08,266 --> 00:18:09,500 WE'VE BEEN STRUGGLING WITH 565 00:18:09,500 --> 00:18:11,233 DOCTORS IN THE STATE. 566 00:18:11,233 --> 00:18:12,166 >> THANK YOU. 567 00:18:12,166 --> 00:18:12,800 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 568 00:18:12,800 --> 00:18:14,433 MR. YATES, SAME QUESTION TO YOU. 569 00:18:14,433 --> 00:18:16,266 DO YOU HAVE A CANDIDATE YOU WANT 570 00:18:16,266 --> 00:18:19,333 TO BE WORKING WITH TO BE 571 00:18:19,333 --> 00:18:19,633 GOVERNOR? 572 00:18:19,633 --> 00:18:21,066 >> I SAID FROM THE BEGINNING OF 573 00:18:21,066 --> 00:18:22,600 THE CAMPAIGN JUST LIKE I WAS 574 00:18:22,600 --> 00:18:24,367 CHAIRMAN, I WILL RESPECT THE 575 00:18:24,367 --> 00:18:26,266 WILL OF THE VOTERS AND THAT'S 576 00:18:26,266 --> 00:18:28,533 ONE OF THE BEAUTIES OF THE IDAHO 577 00:18:28,533 --> 00:18:30,533 SYSTEM WE HAVE SEPARATE RACES. 578 00:18:30,533 --> 00:18:31,800 WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO 579 00:18:31,800 --> 00:18:33,867 GO OUT AND CAMPAIGN AND SAY WHAT 580 00:18:33,867 --> 00:18:36,066 SOME OF OUR LIFE EXPERIENCES AND 581 00:18:36,066 --> 00:18:38,633 TO BASICALLY ADVOCATE A PLATFORM 582 00:18:38,633 --> 00:18:40,166 AND RECEIVE OUR OWN MANDATE FROM 583 00:18:40,166 --> 00:18:41,900 THE VOTERS. 584 00:18:41,900 --> 00:18:45,700 AND TO BE ABLE TO IN A FRIENDLY 585 00:18:45,700 --> 00:18:47,333 WAY MARRY THAT TOGETHER WITH 586 00:18:47,333 --> 00:18:49,433 WHOMEVER THE VOTERS CHOOSE TO 587 00:18:49,433 --> 00:18:50,533 COME OUT OF THE RACE. 588 00:18:50,533 --> 00:18:52,867 >> DO YOU HAVE A ROLE THAT YOU 589 00:18:52,867 --> 00:18:54,500 SPECIFICALLY WANT TO ASK THAT 590 00:18:54,500 --> 00:18:55,900 NEXT GOVERNOR TO PLAY? 591 00:18:55,900 --> 00:18:58,433 >> AS I TALKED WITH MANY OF THE 592 00:18:58,433 --> 00:19:01,066 FORMER LIEUTENANT GOVERNORS AND 593 00:19:01,066 --> 00:19:03,734 JUST IN GENERAL, THE POINT HAS 594 00:19:03,734 --> 00:19:05,233 BEEN MADE CLEARLY, IT'S A 595 00:19:05,233 --> 00:19:06,367 FUNCTION OF THE PEOPLE THAT COME 596 00:19:06,367 --> 00:19:07,333 INTO OFFICE. 597 00:19:07,333 --> 00:19:09,967 WHAT THEIR DIFFERENT LIFE 598 00:19:09,967 --> 00:19:10,700 EXPERIENCES ARE. 599 00:19:10,700 --> 00:19:13,533 THIS IS A UNIQUE TIME, UNIQUE 600 00:19:13,533 --> 00:19:13,867 OPPORTUNITY. 601 00:19:13,867 --> 00:19:15,967 WITH THE CHANGE IN THE 602 00:19:15,967 --> 00:19:17,066 ADMINISTRATION IN WASHINGTON, WE 603 00:19:17,066 --> 00:19:18,867 HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO OPEN UP A 604 00:19:18,867 --> 00:19:21,500 LOT OF NEW QUESTIONS. 605 00:19:21,500 --> 00:19:23,100 I HAVE SOME UNIQUE EXPERIENCE 606 00:19:23,100 --> 00:19:24,633 WHERE I THINK I MIGHT BE ABLE TO 607 00:19:24,633 --> 00:19:26,433 SERVE IN THE WAY TO HELP THE 608 00:19:26,433 --> 00:19:28,533 NEXT GOVERNOR BE ABLE TO GET 609 00:19:28,533 --> 00:19:30,633 RELIEF OR FEDERAL SUPPORT FOR 610 00:19:30,633 --> 00:19:32,900 IDAHO BEING ABLE TO GO ITS OWN 611 00:19:32,900 --> 00:19:34,333 WAY ON KEY ISSUES. 612 00:19:34,333 --> 00:19:37,000 I HAVE LIVED A GREAT DEAL OF MY 613 00:19:37,000 --> 00:19:37,233 LIFE. 614 00:19:37,233 --> 00:19:38,900 I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN TRADE AND 615 00:19:38,900 --> 00:19:40,800 SECURITY AND OTHER NEGOTIATIONS. 616 00:19:40,800 --> 00:19:41,900 THE CURRENT LIEUTENANT 617 00:19:41,900 --> 00:19:44,700 GOVERNOR'S BEEN CHAIRMAN OF THE 618 00:19:44,700 --> 00:19:45,433 LEADERSHIP COMMISSION DEALING 619 00:19:45,433 --> 00:19:48,100 WITH ISSUES RANGING FROM CYBER 620 00:19:48,100 --> 00:19:49,967 SECURITY TO ENERGY SECURITY TO A 621 00:19:49,967 --> 00:19:51,967 WHOLE HOST OF OTHER AREAS WHERE 622 00:19:51,967 --> 00:19:53,900 I'VE BEEN BLESSED TO SERVE IN A 623 00:19:53,900 --> 00:19:55,066 POLICY ROLE OVER THE COURSE OF 624 00:19:55,066 --> 00:19:55,900 MY CAREER. 625 00:19:55,900 --> 00:19:58,166 AND I THINK IT WOULD BE A 626 00:19:58,166 --> 00:19:59,433 NATURAL CONTINUITY. 627 00:19:59,433 --> 00:20:02,100 >> SO ONE THING YOU WOULD 628 00:20:02,100 --> 00:20:03,600 IMPROVE UPON ON LIEUTENANT 629 00:20:03,600 --> 00:20:05,533 GOVERNOR LITTLE'S PERFORMANCE? 630 00:20:05,533 --> 00:20:07,900 >> I'M LESS INTERESTED IN GOING 631 00:20:07,900 --> 00:20:09,800 OVER THE PAST AND LOOKING TOWARD 632 00:20:09,800 --> 00:20:11,000 THE FUTURE. 633 00:20:11,000 --> 00:20:13,700 WE DON'T HAVE AN OBAMA 634 00:20:13,700 --> 00:20:15,600 ADMINISTRATION THAT HAS COLORED 635 00:20:15,600 --> 00:20:17,233 A LOT OF THE CURRENT 636 00:20:17,233 --> 00:20:18,333 ADMINISTRATION'S TIME IN OFFICE 637 00:20:18,333 --> 00:20:18,533 HERE. 638 00:20:18,533 --> 00:20:19,967 I THINK WE HAVE A LOT OF 639 00:20:19,967 --> 00:20:25,166 OPPORTUNITY TO EXPAND THE 640 00:20:25,166 --> 00:20:25,800 CONVERSATION ABOUT GOVERNANCE 641 00:20:25,800 --> 00:20:27,900 BEYOND THE WALLS. 642 00:20:27,900 --> 00:20:31,333 AND TO OUR CONSTITUENTS AND OUR 643 00:20:31,333 --> 00:20:33,066 PARTY AND I WOULD LIKE TO 644 00:20:33,066 --> 00:20:35,433 CONTINUE THE SERVICE THAT I 645 00:20:35,433 --> 00:20:37,333 PROVIDED TRAVELING ALL 44 646 00:20:37,333 --> 00:20:39,100 COUNTIES MULTIPLE TIMES TRYING 647 00:20:39,100 --> 00:20:41,600 TO ENGAGE LOCAL GOVERNANCE AND 648 00:20:41,600 --> 00:20:45,700 MAKING SURE THOSE VIEWS HAVE AN 649 00:20:45,700 --> 00:20:47,900 IMPORTA 650 00:20:47,900 --> 00:20:48,533 IMPORTANTCY TO THE TABLE. 651 00:20:48,533 --> 00:20:51,700 >> THAT'S NOT A CRITICISM OF 652 00:20:51,700 --> 00:20:52,533 LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR LITTLE. 653 00:20:52,533 --> 00:20:54,266 >> DIFFERENT TIMES AND 654 00:20:54,266 --> 00:20:54,600 CIRCUMSTANCES. 655 00:20:54,600 --> 00:20:56,233 WITH A NEW GOVERNOR, THERE'S A 656 00:20:56,233 --> 00:20:57,800 NEW OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO TALK 657 00:20:57,800 --> 00:20:59,333 ABOUT DIFFERENT ROLES AND 658 00:20:59,333 --> 00:20:59,700 MISSIONS. 659 00:20:59,700 --> 00:21:01,633 BELIEVE ME, I SPENT FIVE YEARS 660 00:21:01,633 --> 00:21:03,700 OF MY LIFE WORKING FOR THE VICE 661 00:21:03,700 --> 00:21:04,734 PRESIDENT OF MY LIFE. 662 00:21:04,734 --> 00:21:06,600 VERY CLEAR VIEW OF WHAT IT MEANS 663 00:21:06,600 --> 00:21:07,967 TO BE NUMBER ONE AND WHAT IT 664 00:21:07,967 --> 00:21:09,100 MEANS TO BE NUMBER TWO. 665 00:21:09,100 --> 00:21:10,533 AND A LOYAL LIEUTENANT IS GOING 666 00:21:10,533 --> 00:21:11,967 TO BE THERE TO HELP THE NUMBER 667 00:21:11,967 --> 00:21:13,500 ONE BE THE BEST HE CAN BE TO 668 00:21:13,500 --> 00:21:15,433 SERVE THE VOTERS CONSISTENT WITH 669 00:21:15,433 --> 00:21:16,967 THE MANDATE THEY GIVE HIM. 670 00:21:16,967 --> 00:21:19,166 >> ALL RIGHT. 671 00:21:19,166 --> 00:21:20,867 THANK YOU. 672 00:21:20,867 --> 00:21:24,100 >> REPRESENTATIVE McGEACHIN. 673 00:21:24,100 --> 00:21:25,000 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. 674 00:21:25,000 --> 00:21:26,333 WHEN I BECOME YOUR NEXT 675 00:21:26,333 --> 00:21:28,600 LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, I WANT YOU 676 00:21:28,600 --> 00:21:31,333 TO KNOW WHO MY BOSS IS GOING TO 677 00:21:31,333 --> 00:21:33,800 BE YOU AND NOT WHO THE NEXT 678 00:21:33,800 --> 00:21:34,900 GOVERNOR IS. 679 00:21:34,900 --> 00:21:38,700 SO THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR ME -- 680 00:21:38,700 --> 00:21:40,700 FOR YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE 681 00:21:40,700 --> 00:21:41,867 ARE THREE GOOD MEN THAT ARE 682 00:21:41,867 --> 00:21:43,800 RUNNING FOR THE POSITION OF 683 00:21:43,800 --> 00:21:44,166 GOVERNOR. 684 00:21:44,166 --> 00:21:46,000 THEY ALL BRING DIFFERENT SKILLS. 685 00:21:46,000 --> 00:21:48,633 BUT THE ROLE OF THE LIEUTENANT 686 00:21:48,633 --> 00:21:50,000 GOVERNOR IS UNIQUE. 687 00:21:50,000 --> 00:21:51,800 WITH 1 FOOT IN THE LEGISLATE 688 00:21:51,800 --> 00:21:55,533 I'VE BEEN BRANCH OF GOVERNMENT, 689 00:21:55,533 --> 00:21:57,066 IT'S A DUAL ROLE. 690 00:21:57,066 --> 00:21:59,633 SO WITH TEN YEARS OF LEGISLATIVE 691 00:21:59,633 --> 00:22:03,000 EXPERIENCE ON POLICY ISSUES, THE 692 00:22:03,000 --> 00:22:04,700 VOTERS KNOW I HAVE A PROVEN 693 00:22:04,700 --> 00:22:07,600 RECORD ON ANY GIVEN POLICY AND 694 00:22:07,600 --> 00:22:10,900 THE VOTERS KNOW WHERE I STAND ON 695 00:22:10,900 --> 00:22:11,166 ISSUES. 696 00:22:11,166 --> 00:22:14,066 SO WORKING ON THE LEGISLATE I'VE 697 00:22:14,066 --> 00:22:18,233 BEEN BRANCH IN BOTH THE HOUSE 698 00:22:18,233 --> 00:22:21,367 AND THE SENATE TO IMPROVE 699 00:22:21,367 --> 00:22:22,800 COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE 700 00:22:22,800 --> 00:22:24,166 EXECUTIVE BRANCH OF GOVERNMENT 701 00:22:24,166 --> 00:22:26,066 AND THAT'S THE SEPARATE ROLE IS 702 00:22:26,066 --> 00:22:28,000 THE EXECUTIVE BRAN OF 703 00:22:28,000 --> 00:22:28,266 GOVERNMENT. 704 00:22:28,266 --> 00:22:30,900 IN THE CASE OF THE GOVERNOR 705 00:22:30,900 --> 00:22:34,633 BEING OUT OF THE STATE, I WISH 706 00:22:34,633 --> 00:22:37,100 THAT THE GOVERNOR WILL HAVE A 707 00:22:37,100 --> 00:22:38,700 CONFIDENCE IN MY ABILITIES AND 708 00:22:38,700 --> 00:22:40,967 MY PROVEN ADMINISTRATIVE RECORD 709 00:22:40,967 --> 00:22:42,000 FOR 30 YEARS. 710 00:22:42,000 --> 00:22:43,066 >> DO YOU HAVE A SPECIFIC 711 00:22:43,066 --> 00:22:47,066 GOVERNOR YOU WANT TO HAVE 712 00:22:47,066 --> 00:22:47,700 CONFIDEN 713 00:22:47,700 --> 00:22:48,000 CONFIDENCE? 714 00:22:48,000 --> 00:22:48,633 >> I'M GOING TO RESPECT THE 715 00:22:48,633 --> 00:22:50,900 VOTE OF THE PEOPLE AND PROMISE 716 00:22:50,900 --> 00:22:52,533 TO WORK WITH WHICH GOVERNOR YOU 717 00:22:52,533 --> 00:22:54,967 SEND TO THE STATE. 718 00:22:54,967 --> 00:22:57,066 WHICHEVER GENTLEMAN THAT IS, HE 719 00:22:57,066 --> 00:22:59,233 WILL BE FORTUNATE AND LUCKY TO 720 00:22:59,233 --> 00:23:02,066 HAVE ME WORKING WITH HIM. 721 00:23:02,066 --> 00:23:05,433 >> THERE IS A WOMAN RUNNING. 722 00:23:05,433 --> 00:23:07,333 >> I DO HAVE A HISTORY OF EVEN 723 00:23:07,333 --> 00:23:09,000 WORKING WITH MEMBERS OF THE 724 00:23:09,000 --> 00:23:10,700 OPPOSITE PARTY. 725 00:23:10,700 --> 00:23:12,066 >> THANK YOU. 726 00:23:12,066 --> 00:23:14,266 DO YOU HAVE A SENSE OF WHAT ROLE 727 00:23:14,266 --> 00:23:16,700 YOU'RE GOING TO ASK THAT NEXT 728 00:23:16,700 --> 00:23:19,633 GOVERNOR TO INVITE YOU TO PLAY? 729 00:23:19,633 --> 00:23:21,533 >> THE ROLE I SEE FOR 730 00:23:21,533 --> 00:23:24,333 LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR EVEN THOUGH 731 00:23:24,333 --> 00:23:27,333 IT'S LIMITED IN OUR 732 00:23:27,333 --> 00:23:29,700 CONSTITUTION, I VIEW THE ROLE AS 733 00:23:29,700 --> 00:23:31,734 JUST AN OPPORTUNIY TO PRESENT 734 00:23:31,734 --> 00:23:32,066 LEADERSHIP. 735 00:23:32,066 --> 00:23:36,000 NO MATTER WHERE THAT LEADERSHIP 736 00:23:36,000 --> 00:23:36,800 WILL POP UP. 737 00:23:36,800 --> 00:23:38,633 THERE'S BEEN LOTS OF 738 00:23:38,633 --> 00:23:40,000 OPPORTUNITIES FOR LEADERSHIP IN 739 00:23:40,000 --> 00:23:41,700 OUR STATE ESPECIALLY THIS PAST 740 00:23:41,700 --> 00:23:44,266 YEAR WHEN IT COMES TO HOW WE'RE 741 00:23:44,266 --> 00:23:45,800 MANAGING OUR NATURAL RESOURCES. 742 00:23:45,800 --> 00:23:48,433 THERE'S A FOREST IN IDAHO THAT 743 00:23:48,433 --> 00:23:50,000 IS UNDER FEDERAL ASSESSMENT 744 00:23:50,000 --> 00:23:51,367 RIGHT NOW AND IT'S LACKING 745 00:23:51,367 --> 00:23:53,333 CURRENT LEADERSHIP. 746 00:23:53,333 --> 00:23:56,266 IF IT WEREN'T FOR ONE 747 00:23:56,266 --> 00:23:57,633 INDIVIDUAL, ONE REPRESENTATIVE 748 00:23:57,633 --> 00:24:01,900 IN THE HOUSE, THE VOICES OF 749 00:24:01,900 --> 00:24:04,000 CITIZENS WOULD NOT BE HEARD 750 00:24:04,000 --> 00:24:05,800 RIGHT NOW. 751 00:24:05,800 --> 00:24:09,066 AND SO IT'S A QUESTION OF 752 00:24:09,066 --> 00:24:11,333 LEADERSHIP NO MATTER WHERE WE 753 00:24:11,333 --> 00:24:12,633 NEED LEADERSHIP. 754 00:24:12,633 --> 00:24:13,700 THAT'S WHERE I'LL BE. 755 00:24:13,700 --> 00:24:16,333 THAT'S WHAT I LIKE TO DO. 756 00:24:16,333 --> 00:24:18,533 LOVE TO GET RIGHT IN, DELVE INTO 757 00:24:18,533 --> 00:24:22,900 THE ISSUE AND BECOME EDUCATED OF 758 00:24:22,900 --> 00:24:25,533 WHAT IT IS WE'RE DEALING WITH TO 759 00:24:25,533 --> 00:24:29,500 PROVIDE SOLUTIONS THAT WORK FOR 760 00:24:29,500 --> 00:24:29,734 IDAHOIANS. 761 00:24:29,734 --> 00:24:30,967 >> IT IS TIME TO MOVE ON. 762 00:24:30,967 --> 00:24:33,633 THE NEXT QUESTION IS GOING TO BE 763 00:24:33,633 --> 00:24:36,233 FROM SCOTT LOGAN. 764 00:24:36,233 --> 00:24:39,000 >> GOOD EVENING, CANDIDATES. 765 00:24:39,000 --> 00:24:43,633 MY QUESTION IS YOU'VE ALIGNED 766 00:24:43,633 --> 00:24:49,066 YOURSELF WITH THE -- LIKE MINDED 767 00:24:49,066 --> 00:24:49,800 LEGISLATURES. 768 00:24:49,800 --> 00:24:51,734 IF YOU WERE TO BECOME GOVERNOR 769 00:24:51,734 --> 00:24:53,066 YOU WOULD BE IMPLEMENTING 770 00:24:53,066 --> 00:24:54,800 POLICIES YOU DON'T THINK SHOULD 771 00:24:54,800 --> 00:24:55,000 EXIST. 772 00:24:55,000 --> 00:24:56,900 HOW WOULD ELECTING YOU BE 773 00:24:56,900 --> 00:24:58,266 DIFFERENT FROM TURNING OVER THE 774 00:24:58,266 --> 00:25:00,100 OFFICE TO THE FREEDOM 775 00:25:00,100 --> 00:25:00,433 FOUNDATION? 776 00:25:00,433 --> 00:25:03,266 >> FIRST OF ALL, IN THE 777 00:25:03,266 --> 00:25:06,066 POSITION OF GOVERNOR, THAT'S 778 00:25:06,066 --> 00:25:07,900 WHAT YOU SAID. 779 00:25:07,900 --> 00:25:10,700 >> IF YOU WERE TO BECOME. 780 00:25:10,700 --> 00:25:14,000 >> THAT'S A DECISION MADE IN THE 781 00:25:14,000 --> 00:25:15,433 LEGISLATURE. 782 00:25:15,433 --> 00:25:17,734 THE GOVERNOR DOES HAVE A ROLE TO 783 00:25:17,734 --> 00:25:20,600 PROMOTE INITIATIVES AND 784 00:25:20,600 --> 00:25:20,867 POLICIES. 785 00:25:20,867 --> 00:25:25,600 AND I IDENTIFY WITH THE 786 00:25:25,600 --> 00:25:26,333 PRINCIPLES OF THE FREEDOM 787 00:25:26,333 --> 00:25:29,166 FOUNDATION AND SUPPORT THE 788 00:25:29,166 --> 00:25:29,800 ORGANIZATION BECAUSE I BELIEVE 789 00:25:29,800 --> 00:25:31,900 THOSE ARE THE PRINCIPLES THAT 790 00:25:31,900 --> 00:25:34,000 ARE BEST TO PROTECT OUR FREEDOMS 791 00:25:34,000 --> 00:25:38,066 AND OUR LIBERTIES AND THEREFORE 792 00:25:38,066 --> 00:25:40,000 INCREASING OUR PROSPERITY AND 793 00:25:40,000 --> 00:25:43,433 SUCCESS OF IDAHO FAMILIES. 794 00:25:43,433 --> 00:25:45,266 >> JUST QUICKLY, WHY ARE YOU 795 00:25:45,266 --> 00:25:46,533 BETTER QUALIFIED THAN THE OTHER 796 00:25:46,533 --> 00:25:47,867 FOUR CANDIDATES? 797 00:25:47,867 --> 00:25:49,433 >> I HAVE TEN YEARS OF 798 00:25:49,433 --> 00:25:50,700 LEGISLATIVE EXPERIENCE. 799 00:25:50,700 --> 00:25:54,266 PEOPLE KNOW WHERE I'M AT ON 800 00:25:54,266 --> 00:25:54,533 POLICIES. 801 00:25:54,533 --> 00:25:56,734 I HAVE 30 YEARS IN 802 00:25:56,734 --> 00:25:57,700 ADMINISTRATIVE AND SMALL 803 00:25:57,700 --> 00:25:57,967 BUSINESS. 804 00:25:57,967 --> 00:26:00,433 IT'S THAT OPPRESSIVE HAND OF 805 00:26:00,433 --> 00:26:01,900 GOVERNMENT ON OUR SMALL BUSINESS 806 00:26:01,900 --> 00:26:03,000 AND LARGE BUSINESS COMMUNITY 807 00:26:03,000 --> 00:26:04,900 THAT IS HOLDING US BACK RIGHT 808 00:26:04,900 --> 00:26:05,066 NOW. 809 00:26:05,066 --> 00:26:07,266 SO IF WE CAN FREE OURSELVES FROM 810 00:26:07,266 --> 00:26:09,266 THAT AND FROM THAT INTRUSIVE 811 00:26:09,266 --> 00:26:10,633 HAND OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT 812 00:26:10,633 --> 00:26:12,633 IN IDAHO, THERE WILL BE MORE 813 00:26:12,633 --> 00:26:14,000 OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL OF OUR 814 00:26:14,000 --> 00:26:15,433 FAMILIES IN IDAHO TO BE 815 00:26:15,433 --> 00:26:17,900 SUCCESSFUL. 816 00:26:17,900 --> 00:26:20,900 >> THE NEXT QUESTION IS FOR 817 00:26:20,900 --> 00:26:23,867 MR. YATES FROM SCOTT LOGAN. 818 00:26:23,867 --> 00:26:25,800 >> YOUR QUALIFICATIONS, WHAT 819 00:26:25,800 --> 00:26:29,900 MAKES YOU BETTER THAN THE OTHER 820 00:26:29,900 --> 00:26:30,166 CANDIDATES? 821 00:26:30,166 --> 00:26:30,900 >> EXCUSE ME. 822 00:26:30,900 --> 00:26:33,700 I THOUGHT YOU WERE POINTING AT 823 00:26:33,700 --> 00:26:33,867 ME. 824 00:26:33,867 --> 00:26:36,100 >> I'M LESS INTERESTED IN BETTER 825 00:26:36,100 --> 00:26:38,000 OR WORSE BUT LESS DIFFERENT. 826 00:26:38,000 --> 00:26:40,500 I PROPOSE I HAVE A UNIQUE RECORD 827 00:26:40,500 --> 00:26:43,333 OF SENIOR EXECUTIVE BRANCH 828 00:26:43,333 --> 00:26:44,166 EXPERIENCE. 829 00:26:44,166 --> 00:26:46,633 UNIQUE EXPERIENCE ON ALREADY 830 00:26:46,633 --> 00:26:48,333 ELECTED STATEWIDE OFFICER 831 00:26:48,333 --> 00:26:49,700 ENGAGING THE PEOPLE OF IDAHO. 832 00:26:49,700 --> 00:26:50,867 I HAVE A RECORD OF RELATIONSHIPS 833 00:26:50,867 --> 00:26:52,867 WITH THE LEADERS OF OUR MAJOR 834 00:26:52,867 --> 00:26:54,500 TRADE PARTNERS. 835 00:26:54,500 --> 00:26:56,533 UNIQUELY POSITIONED TO HELP 836 00:26:56,533 --> 00:26:58,000 ADVOCATE TRADE AND INVESTMENT 837 00:26:58,000 --> 00:27:00,333 OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE STATE. 838 00:27:00,333 --> 00:27:01,900 AND I HAVE A LONG RECORD OF 839 00:27:01,900 --> 00:27:05,333 WORKING IN PUBLIC POLICY, 840 00:27:05,333 --> 00:27:06,367 PERSONNEL AND OTHER ADMINISTRATE 841 00:27:06,367 --> 00:27:08,066 ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES THAT I 842 00:27:08,066 --> 00:27:09,066 THINK DISTINGUISH ME FROM THE 843 00:27:09,066 --> 00:27:09,700 REST OF THE FIELD. 844 00:27:09,700 --> 00:27:12,266 >> IF I MAY, YOU HAVE NO 845 00:27:12,266 --> 00:27:14,433 EXPERIENCE IN THE LEGISLATIVE 846 00:27:14,433 --> 00:27:14,867 BRANCH. 847 00:27:14,867 --> 00:27:17,000 WHY WOULD YOU BE A BETTER 848 00:27:17,000 --> 00:27:19,000 PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE THAN THE 849 00:27:19,000 --> 00:27:19,233 OTHERS? 850 00:27:19,233 --> 00:27:20,700 >> THE PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE 851 00:27:20,700 --> 00:27:21,800 CONDUCTS THE MEETING. 852 00:27:21,800 --> 00:27:24,700 I'VE BEEN THE CHAIRMAN OF A 853 00:27:24,700 --> 00:27:25,066 PARTY. 854 00:27:25,066 --> 00:27:26,900 I WAS THE CHAIRMAN OF A PARTY 855 00:27:26,900 --> 00:27:28,700 THAT WAS IN DISARRAY. 856 00:27:28,700 --> 00:27:30,233 PROVED WE CAN RUN ORDERLY 857 00:27:30,233 --> 00:27:32,500 MEETINGS FAIR AND EQUITABLE 858 00:27:32,500 --> 00:27:34,166 GIVING PEOPLE POINTS OF VIEW A 859 00:27:34,166 --> 00:27:36,066 FAIR CHANCE TO AIR THEIR VIEWS, 860 00:27:36,066 --> 00:27:38,066 HAVE A VOTE AND MOVE FORWARD 861 00:27:38,066 --> 00:27:39,900 TOWARDS MEASURABLE PROGRESS. 862 00:27:39,900 --> 00:27:42,333 FRANKLY, THOUGH, THE DUTIES ARE 863 00:27:42,333 --> 00:27:43,633 RARELY A VOTING ROLE. 864 00:27:43,633 --> 00:27:45,700 AND THERE'S A GREAT DEAL OF 865 00:27:45,700 --> 00:27:47,000 EXECUTIVE BRANCH RESPONSIBILITY 866 00:27:47,000 --> 00:27:48,600 THAT THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR HAS 867 00:27:48,600 --> 00:27:50,800 AND I SEE THAT AS A GREAT AREA 868 00:27:50,800 --> 00:27:52,233 OF OPPORTUNITY WHERE I CAN ADD 869 00:27:52,233 --> 00:27:54,000 VALUE TO THE NEXT GOVERNOR. 870 00:27:54,000 --> 00:27:58,734 >> NEXT QUESTION IS FOR SENATOR 871 00:27:58,734 --> 00:27:59,000 HAGEDORN. 872 00:27:59,000 --> 00:28:00,734 >> YOU'VE BEEN IN GOVERNMENT FOR 873 00:28:00,734 --> 00:28:02,367 OVER TEN YEARS AND YOUR 874 00:28:02,367 --> 00:28:12,533 ENDORSEMENTS READ LIKE A WHO'S 875 00:28:12,533 --> 00:28:12,867 WHO. 876 00:28:12,867 --> 00:28:15,266 WHY SHOULD WE THINK YOU WOULD 877 00:28:15,266 --> 00:28:17,367 STAND UP TO YOUR POWERFUL 878 00:28:17,367 --> 00:28:17,633 FRIENDS? 879 00:28:17,633 --> 00:28:19,867 >> I'M VERY HONEST, SINCERE AND 880 00:28:19,867 --> 00:28:20,967 I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM CALLING 881 00:28:20,967 --> 00:28:22,100 PEOPLE OUT IF THEY ARE NOT BEING 882 00:28:22,100 --> 00:28:26,066 THE SAME. 883 00:28:26,066 --> 00:28:28,533 I WORK WITH PEOPLE REGARDLESS IF 884 00:28:28,533 --> 00:28:30,066 THEY ARE MY FRIENDS OR NOT. 885 00:28:30,066 --> 00:28:33,367 I'VE REACHED ACROSS THE AISLE TO 886 00:28:33,367 --> 00:28:35,166 WORK WITH DEMOCRATS ON GOOD 887 00:28:35,166 --> 00:28:37,066 IDEAS THE DEMOCRATS HAVE HAD. 888 00:28:37,066 --> 00:28:39,166 GOOD IDEAS ARE NOT PARTISAN 889 00:28:39,166 --> 00:28:39,333 IDEAS. 890 00:28:39,333 --> 00:28:40,867 I HAVE NO PROBLEM REACHING OUT 891 00:28:40,867 --> 00:28:43,867 TO PEOPLE AND BRIDGING THE 892 00:28:43,867 --> 00:28:47,066 SITUATION TO GET TO YES. 893 00:28:47,066 --> 00:28:49,633 A LOT OF LEGISLATURES AND I WAS 894 00:28:49,633 --> 00:28:51,433 THE SAME WAY WHEN I STARTED. 895 00:28:51,433 --> 00:28:54,266 THEIR FIRST EXPERIENCE WAS NO IF 896 00:28:54,266 --> 00:28:55,533 I DON'T LIKE THIS, I'M JUST 897 00:28:55,533 --> 00:28:57,867 GOING TO SAY NO AND VOTE NO. 898 00:28:57,867 --> 00:29:01,000 WE CAN'T BE A NO GOVERNMENT. 899 00:29:01,000 --> 00:29:02,533 WE HAVE TO GOVERN THAT'S WHY 900 00:29:02,533 --> 00:29:03,433 WEARY ELECTED. 901 00:29:03,433 --> 00:29:05,000 I REACH OUT AND BRIDGE WITH 902 00:29:05,000 --> 00:29:07,533 PEOPLE TO GET TO YES, FIND WAYS 903 00:29:07,533 --> 00:29:08,633 WE CAN MOVE FORWARD. 904 00:29:08,633 --> 00:29:10,333 >> LET ME ASK YOU WHAT I'M 905 00:29:10,333 --> 00:29:12,000 ASKING EVERYONE THEN. 906 00:29:12,000 --> 00:29:13,066 WHY ARE YOU BETTER QUALIFIED 907 00:29:13,066 --> 00:29:14,533 THAN THE OTHER CANDIDATES? 908 00:29:14,533 --> 00:29:16,500 WHAT MAKES YOU THE BEST? 909 00:29:16,500 --> 00:29:19,433 >> AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, OUR 910 00:29:19,433 --> 00:29:20,700 COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF FOR OUR 911 00:29:20,700 --> 00:29:21,734 NATIONAL GUARD WE KNOW IS NOT 912 00:29:21,734 --> 00:29:23,633 GOING TO BE A VETERAN. 913 00:29:23,633 --> 00:29:25,600 NONE OF THEM HAVE ANY MILITARY 914 00:29:25,600 --> 00:29:25,900 EXPERIENCE. 915 00:29:25,900 --> 00:29:28,367 SO MY 20 YEARS IN THE MILITARY 916 00:29:28,367 --> 00:29:30,166 WILL PROVIDE THAT BRIDGE, THAT 917 00:29:30,166 --> 00:29:32,433 GAP, THAT KNOWLEDGE AND 918 00:29:32,433 --> 00:29:34,333 EXPERIENCE TO THAT 919 00:29:34,333 --> 00:29:35,433 COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF WHEN WE HAVE 920 00:29:35,433 --> 00:29:37,166 NATURAL DISASTERS. 921 00:29:37,166 --> 00:29:38,433 I HAVE LED PEOPLE THROUGH 922 00:29:38,433 --> 00:29:40,633 NATURAL DISASTERS. 923 00:29:40,633 --> 00:29:43,233 I HAVE MANAGED EARTHQUAKE 924 00:29:43,233 --> 00:29:43,967 SITUATIONS. 925 00:29:43,967 --> 00:29:45,533 TYPHOON SITUATIONS. 926 00:29:45,533 --> 00:29:47,333 I KNOW HOW TO RESPOND TO THOSE. 927 00:29:47,333 --> 00:29:48,900 I'VE HAD THE TRAINING TO DO 928 00:29:48,900 --> 00:29:49,266 THAT. 929 00:29:49,266 --> 00:29:50,233 I CAN PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION 930 00:29:50,233 --> 00:29:54,333 TO THE GOVERNOR. 931 00:29:54,333 --> 00:29:55,867 I'M THE ONLY CANDIDATE THAT HAS 932 00:29:55,867 --> 00:29:57,734 A HUNTING AND FISHING LICENSE. 933 00:29:57,734 --> 00:29:59,333 THAT MIGHT NOT MEAN A LOT. 934 00:29:59,333 --> 00:30:01,433 I'VE HAD ONE FOR OVER 45 YEARS. 935 00:30:01,433 --> 00:30:02,867 ALL AROUND THE STATE HUNTING AND 936 00:30:02,867 --> 00:30:04,900 FISHING AND I LOVE THE OUTDOORS. 937 00:30:04,900 --> 00:30:07,633 I'M THE ONLY CANDIDATE WHO SAT 938 00:30:07,633 --> 00:30:10,500 ON NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEES. 939 00:30:10,500 --> 00:30:12,233 AND UNDERSTAND WATER LAW, 940 00:30:12,233 --> 00:30:15,333 UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF ELK 941 00:30:15,333 --> 00:30:16,867 RECRUITMENT OR PREDATOR PITS AND 942 00:30:16,867 --> 00:30:20,633 WHAT THAT MEANS TO OUR NATURAL 943 00:30:20,633 --> 00:30:22,000 RESOURCES. 944 00:30:22,000 --> 00:30:24,333 I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM CALLING 945 00:30:24,333 --> 00:30:25,700 PEOPLE OUT WHEN THEY NEED TO BE 946 00:30:25,700 --> 00:30:27,633 CALLED OUT AND WORKING WITH THEM 947 00:30:27,633 --> 00:30:30,233 TO SOLVE THOSE PROBLEMS. 948 00:30:30,233 --> 00:30:34,433 >> SENATOR NONINI, THE QUESTION 949 00:30:34,433 --> 00:30:36,066 I'VE BEEN ASKING EVERYONE WHAT 950 00:30:36,066 --> 00:30:38,000 MAKES YOU THE BEST QUALIFIED OF 951 00:30:38,000 --> 00:30:40,066 THE CANDIDATES FOR THIS 952 00:30:40,066 --> 00:30:40,333 POSITION. 953 00:30:40,333 --> 00:30:42,433 >> MY EFFECTIVENESS IN MY 14 954 00:30:42,433 --> 00:30:45,000 YEARS IN THE LEGISLATURE. 955 00:30:45,000 --> 00:30:50,066 MY CONSERVATIVE RECORD. 956 00:30:50,066 --> 00:30:51,900 NO ONE HAS THE RECORD I HAVE. 957 00:30:51,900 --> 00:30:54,633 I WANT TO TAKE MY CONSERVATIVE 958 00:30:54,633 --> 00:30:56,633 RECORD, MY STRONG LEGISLATIVE 959 00:30:56,633 --> 00:30:58,166 EXPERIENCE TO THE EXECUTIVE 960 00:30:58,166 --> 00:30:59,266 BRANCH OF GOVERNMENT. 961 00:30:59,266 --> 00:31:01,967 I WANT TO PROMOTE EDUCATION, 962 00:31:01,967 --> 00:31:04,533 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND NATURAL 963 00:31:04,533 --> 00:31:08,433 RESOURCES AND TO ONE OF MY 964 00:31:08,433 --> 00:31:10,066 OPPONENTS WITH THE HUNTING AND 965 00:31:10,066 --> 00:31:11,066 FISHING LICENSE. 966 00:31:11,066 --> 00:31:13,000 I'M A NATIVE OF IDAHO AND I 967 00:31:13,000 --> 00:31:14,367 THINK THERE'S ONLY TWO OF US 968 00:31:14,367 --> 00:31:16,433 HERE THAT ARE NATIVES OF IDAHO. 969 00:31:16,433 --> 00:31:20,000 pBUT MY OUTDOORS IS I LIKE TO 970 00:31:20,000 --> 00:31:20,233 SKI. 971 00:31:20,233 --> 00:31:22,633 I LIKE TO GOLF AND I LIKE TO 972 00:31:22,633 --> 00:31:22,800 BOAT. 973 00:31:22,800 --> 00:31:24,333 DOES THAT EXCLUDE ME? 974 00:31:24,333 --> 00:31:25,867 NO, IT DOESN'T. 975 00:31:25,867 --> 00:31:27,867 I THINK WHAT IS IMPORTANT ARE 976 00:31:27,867 --> 00:31:32,734 THE MAIN THINGS WE'VE BEEN ABLE 977 00:31:32,734 --> 00:31:33,633 TO GET DONE. 978 00:31:33,633 --> 00:31:35,533 WHETHER IT'S CHARTER SCHOOL 979 00:31:35,533 --> 00:31:37,533 GROWTH, WHETHER IT'S HEALTHCARE 980 00:31:37,533 --> 00:31:41,867 ISSUES, WATER ADJUDICATION, I 981 00:31:41,867 --> 00:31:45,433 HAVE WORKED ON THE IDAHO 982 00:31:45,433 --> 00:31:48,233 ADJUDICATION PROCESS. 983 00:31:48,233 --> 00:31:50,266 THEY ARE WATER LEADERS IN THE 984 00:31:50,266 --> 00:31:51,266 STATE OF IDAHO. 985 00:31:51,266 --> 00:31:53,166 I UNDERSTAND THOSE ISSUES. 986 00:31:53,166 --> 00:31:55,800 ONE OF MY OPPONENTS JUST SAID 987 00:31:55,800 --> 00:31:57,433 THE ONLY CANDIDATES THAT SERVE 988 00:31:57,433 --> 00:31:59,166 ON NATURAL RESOURCES. 989 00:31:59,166 --> 00:32:01,000 DOESN'T SERVE THERE ANY MORE 990 00:32:01,000 --> 00:32:02,734 BECAUSE OF HOW COMMITTEES ARE 991 00:32:02,734 --> 00:32:03,100 PICKED. 992 00:32:03,100 --> 00:32:05,166 I AM THE ONLY CANDIDATE THAT HAS 993 00:32:05,166 --> 00:32:08,000 EVER SERVED INVOLUNTARILY AND 994 00:32:08,000 --> 00:32:09,900 WILL FULLY SERVED ON THE 995 00:32:09,900 --> 00:32:10,800 EDUCATION COMMITTEE. 996 00:32:10,800 --> 00:32:12,900 IT'S THE BIGGEST PART OF OUR 997 00:32:12,900 --> 00:32:13,266 BUDGET. 998 00:32:13,266 --> 00:32:15,800 EVERYONE TALKED ABOUT EDUCATION, 999 00:32:15,800 --> 00:32:18,266 NONE OF THEM HAVE EVER SERVED ON 1000 00:32:18,266 --> 00:32:18,533 EDUCATION. 1001 00:32:18,533 --> 00:32:18,734 I HAVE. 1002 00:32:18,734 --> 00:32:21,600 I'VE TAKEN ON THE HARD FIGHTS 1003 00:32:21,600 --> 00:32:23,433 DURING THE GREAT RECESSION, 1004 00:32:23,433 --> 00:32:24,900 DURING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE 1005 00:32:24,900 --> 00:32:25,633 STUDENTS COME FIRST. 1006 00:32:25,633 --> 00:32:29,533 I'VE SERVED ON THE GOVERNOR'S 1007 00:32:29,533 --> 00:32:31,533 HIGHER TASK FORCE. 1008 00:32:31,533 --> 00:32:36,700 I THINK I'M UNIQUELY QUALIFIED. 1009 00:32:36,700 --> 00:32:39,367 >> JUST A QUICK FOLLOW UP, THE 1010 00:32:39,367 --> 00:32:41,367 GOVERNOR OF IDAHO IS THE FACE OF 1011 00:32:41,367 --> 00:32:46,333 THE STATE AND ROLE MODEL. 1012 00:32:46,333 --> 00:32:47,633 THERE ARE SOME WHO SAY YOU'VE 1013 00:32:47,633 --> 00:32:52,100 HAD A BIT OF A CHECKERED PAST. 1014 00:32:52,100 --> 00:32:54,800 WHAT MAKES YOU A BETTER ROLE 1015 00:32:54,800 --> 00:32:55,000 MODEL? 1016 00:32:55,000 --> 00:32:58,233 >> CHECKERED PAST OF 35 YEARS 1017 00:32:58,233 --> 00:32:59,000 AGO. 1018 00:32:59,000 --> 00:33:01,967 YES, AND I'VE ADMITTED TO IT. 1019 00:33:01,967 --> 00:33:04,233 ONE OF THE PANELISTS HERE 1020 00:33:04,233 --> 00:33:05,533 TONIGHT, THE NEWSPAPERS HAVE 1021 00:33:05,533 --> 00:33:07,600 BROUGHT IT UP. 1022 00:33:07,600 --> 00:33:09,700 I'VE NEVER RUN FROM THAT. 1023 00:33:09,700 --> 00:33:15,266 I DISCLOSED IT IN ALL MY LIFE 1024 00:33:15,266 --> 00:33:15,633 APPLICATIONS. 1025 00:33:15,633 --> 00:33:17,967 MAYBE I MADE MISTAKES WHEN I WAS 1026 00:33:17,967 --> 00:33:20,533 28 YEARS OLD, 35 YEARS AGO. 1027 00:33:20,533 --> 00:33:22,433 I THINK I'VE CHANGED IN 35 YEARS 1028 00:33:22,433 --> 00:33:26,266 AND I THINK ALL OF US. 1029 00:33:26,266 --> 00:33:29,800 HE WHO DOESN'T HAVE ANY PAST CAN 1030 00:33:29,800 --> 00:33:31,000 THROW STONES. 1031 00:33:31,000 --> 00:33:33,066 THOSE WHO LIVE IN GLASS HOUSES 1032 00:33:33,066 --> 00:33:35,867 SHOULD BE CAREFUL ABOUT THROWING 1033 00:33:35,867 --> 00:33:37,867 STONES. 1034 00:33:37,867 --> 00:33:43,266 I HAVE LEARNED FROM MY TIME CH.T 1035 00:33:43,266 --> 00:33:45,600 AND MY SUCCESS I THINK IT'S ALL 1036 00:33:45,600 --> 00:33:48,867 PART OF MATURING IN LIFE. 1037 00:33:48,867 --> 00:33:50,333 >> THE NEXT QUESTION IS FOR 1038 00:33:50,333 --> 00:33:52,266 REPRESENTATIVE PACKER. 1039 00:33:52,266 --> 00:33:52,800 >> THANK YOU. 1040 00:33:52,800 --> 00:33:54,800 >> YOU WILL BE A HEART BEAT AWAY 1041 00:33:54,800 --> 00:33:58,266 FROM THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICE 1042 00:33:58,266 --> 00:33:58,900 OF THE STATE. 1043 00:33:58,900 --> 00:34:01,433 YOU STARTED ONE BUSINESS IN YOUR 1044 00:34:01,433 --> 00:34:03,867 LIFE AND IN LESS THAN FIVE YEARS 1045 00:34:03,867 --> 00:34:05,900 LATER, IT WAS CLOSED AND YOU 1046 00:34:05,900 --> 00:34:06,867 WALKED AWAY. 1047 00:34:06,867 --> 00:34:09,266 WITH THIS EXPERIENCE, WHY SHOULD 1048 00:34:09,266 --> 00:34:11,700 WE TRUST YOU WITH THE STATE? 1049 00:34:11,700 --> 00:34:13,633 >> WELL, I THINK YOU NEED TO 1050 00:34:13,633 --> 00:34:15,066 LOOK INTO THAT SITUATION 1051 00:34:15,066 --> 00:34:15,266 FURTHER. 1052 00:34:15,266 --> 00:34:17,533 I'VE ACTUALLY MANAGED MANY 1053 00:34:17,533 --> 00:34:17,800 BUSINESSES. 1054 00:34:17,800 --> 00:34:19,867 I MAY NOT HAVE STARTED THEM BUT 1055 00:34:19,867 --> 00:34:21,533 I'VE MANAGED MANY. 1056 00:34:21,533 --> 00:34:23,433 WE HAVE A BUSINESS PACKER 1057 00:34:23,433 --> 00:34:24,333 REMODELING THAT'S BEEN IN 1058 00:34:24,333 --> 00:34:25,800 BUSINESS FOR MANY YEARS AND I DO 1059 00:34:25,800 --> 00:34:27,533 THE BOOKS FOR THAT. 1060 00:34:27,533 --> 00:34:29,433 MOUNTAIN WEST FINANCIAL WAS A 1061 00:34:29,433 --> 00:34:30,367 MORTGAGE COMPANY AND WENT 1062 00:34:30,367 --> 00:34:31,367 THROUGH THE GREAT RECESSION. 1063 00:34:31,367 --> 00:34:33,433 ONE OF THE THINGS I PRIDE MYSELF 1064 00:34:33,433 --> 00:34:37,600 ON BECAUSE I HAVE A FINANCIAL 1065 00:34:37,600 --> 00:34:40,233 BACKGROUND IS THAT WHEN THOSE 1066 00:34:40,233 --> 00:34:42,000 THAT I WAS IN BUSINESS WITH 1067 00:34:42,000 --> 00:34:43,433 DECLARED BANKRUPTCY AND MOVED 1068 00:34:43,433 --> 00:34:46,266 ON, I MAINTAINED THAT BUSINESS 1069 00:34:46,266 --> 00:34:48,166 DEBT ON MY OWN PERSONALLY AND 1070 00:34:48,166 --> 00:34:50,633 NOT DECLARED BANKRUPTCY. 1071 00:34:50,633 --> 00:34:53,100 SOME OF THAT DEBT I'M STILL 1072 00:34:53,100 --> 00:34:54,166 PAYING FOR. 1073 00:34:54,166 --> 00:34:57,066 AND REARRANGED THINGS. 1074 00:34:57,066 --> 00:34:59,266 I KEPT MY WORD ON THE CONTRACTS 1075 00:34:59,266 --> 00:35:04,367 WE DEVELOPED AS A BUSINESS. 1076 00:35:04,367 --> 00:35:07,700 REALLY THE BUSINESS ITSELF 1077 00:35:07,700 --> 00:35:08,533 BECAUSE OF THE RECESSION THEY 1078 00:35:08,533 --> 00:35:11,100 ARE IN, YOU CAN'T DO MORTGAGES 1079 00:35:11,100 --> 00:35:12,967 WHEN HOMES ARE BEING FORECLOSED 1080 00:35:12,967 --> 00:35:13,266 ON. 1081 00:35:13,266 --> 00:35:14,000 MAKES IT HARD. 1082 00:35:14,000 --> 00:35:17,000 AND A LOT OF BUSINESSES IN THAT 1083 00:35:17,000 --> 00:35:18,700 SAME INDUSTRY AT THAT TIME 1084 00:35:18,700 --> 00:35:18,967 CLOSED. 1085 00:35:18,967 --> 00:35:21,700 IT WAS MORE OF THE TIMING THAN 1086 00:35:21,700 --> 00:35:23,166 IT WAS OF MY BUSINESS. 1087 00:35:23,166 --> 00:35:25,433 I HAVE RAN A LOT OF SUCCESSFUL 1088 00:35:25,433 --> 00:35:28,166 BUSINESSES FOR A NUMBER OF 1089 00:35:28,166 --> 00:35:30,700 ORGANIZATIONS AS WELL AS MY OWN 1090 00:35:30,700 --> 00:35:30,900 PRIVATE. 1091 00:35:30,900 --> 00:35:32,433 >> LET ME ASK YOU THE QUESTION 1092 00:35:32,433 --> 00:35:34,166 WHAT MAKES YOU THE BEST 1093 00:35:34,166 --> 00:35:35,433 QUALIFIED CANDIDATE. 1094 00:35:35,433 --> 00:35:36,800 WHAT DO YOU BRING TO THE TABLE? 1095 00:35:36,800 --> 00:35:38,533 >> ONE OF THE THINGS I HOPE 1096 00:35:38,533 --> 00:35:40,266 PEOPLE WILL LOOK AT IN THE LAST 1097 00:35:40,266 --> 00:35:45,333 SIX YEARS IS HOW ONE, HOW 1098 00:35:45,333 --> 00:35:47,066 APPROACHABLE I'VE BEEN. 1099 00:35:47,066 --> 00:35:50,967 AND I'VE HELPED THEM. 1100 00:35:50,967 --> 00:35:52,633 I'M HARD WORKING AND TRANSPARENT 1101 00:35:52,633 --> 00:35:53,500 AND HONEST. 1102 00:35:53,500 --> 00:35:55,433 AND NOT AFRAID TO TACKLE THE 1103 00:35:55,433 --> 00:35:56,633 TOUGH ISSUES. 1104 00:35:56,633 --> 00:35:59,066 EASY TO STAND UP HERE AND SAY 1105 00:35:59,066 --> 00:36:01,433 THERE ARE GREAT THINGS WE'VE 1106 00:36:01,433 --> 00:36:04,433 DONE AS LEGISLATURES AND THERE 1107 00:36:04,433 --> 00:36:07,333 ARE SOME THINGS I HAVEN'T 1108 00:36:07,333 --> 00:36:08,700 ACCOMPLISHED AND FINISHED. 1109 00:36:08,700 --> 00:36:11,533 NEVER BEEN ABLE TO TACKLE THE 1110 00:36:11,533 --> 00:36:19,233 BIG ISSUES. 1111 00:36:19,233 --> 00:36:21,734 NEED TO HAVE HONEST DISCUSSIONS 1112 00:36:21,734 --> 00:36:24,333 AND FIND REAL SOLUTION TO THE 1113 00:36:24,333 --> 00:36:25,734 MAJOR ISSUES. 1114 00:36:25,734 --> 00:36:26,700 LIKE HEALTHCARE. 1115 00:36:26,700 --> 00:36:28,266 HOW MANY YEARS HAVE WE TALKED 1116 00:36:28,266 --> 00:36:31,066 ABOUT THE NEEDS IN OUR STATE AND 1117 00:36:31,066 --> 00:36:33,233 THOSE PEOPLE THAT CAN'T GET 1118 00:36:33,233 --> 00:36:35,533 HEALTH COVERAGE TAKEN CARE OF? 1119 00:36:35,533 --> 00:36:37,333 ALWAYS BEEN PART OF THAT 1120 00:36:37,333 --> 00:36:39,000 DISCUSSION EVEN WHEN LEADERSHIP 1121 00:36:39,000 --> 00:36:40,066 HAS SAID NO. 1122 00:36:40,066 --> 00:36:43,000 I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT. 1123 00:36:43,000 --> 00:36:44,600 APPROACHABLE, HONEST, HARD 1124 00:36:44,600 --> 00:36:46,633 WORKING AND WILL GET THE JOB 1125 00:36:46,633 --> 00:36:46,867 DONE. 1126 00:36:46,867 --> 00:36:47,700 >> GREAT. 1127 00:36:47,700 --> 00:36:51,166 BEFORE WE MOVE ON, I WANTED TO 1128 00:36:51,166 --> 00:36:54,633 ASK SENATOR NONINI, YOU MADE 1129 00:36:54,633 --> 00:36:55,633 HEADLINES BECAUSE OF A 1130 00:36:55,633 --> 00:36:58,333 DISCUSSION ABOUT ABORTION. 1131 00:36:58,333 --> 00:37:04,166 AND WHETHER OR NOT WOMEN SHOULD 1132 00:37:04,166 --> 00:37:07,266 FACE PUNISHMENT FOR ABORTION. 1133 00:37:07,266 --> 00:37:09,533 YOU SAID YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH 1134 00:37:09,533 --> 00:37:11,433 PUNISHING WOMEN WITH THE DEATH 1135 00:37:11,433 --> 00:37:13,266 PEN AL TEECHLT I WANTED TO ASK 1136 00:37:13,266 --> 00:37:16,000 YOU VERY BRIEFLY, DO YOU AGREE 1137 00:37:16,000 --> 00:37:19,600 WITH PUNISHING WOMEN IF THEY GET 1138 00:37:19,600 --> 00:37:20,333 AN ABORTION? 1139 00:37:20,333 --> 00:37:21,867 WOULD YOU SIGN LEGISLATION IF 1140 00:37:21,867 --> 00:37:25,333 THE LEGISLATURE DID PASS IT TO 1141 00:37:25,333 --> 00:37:28,166 BE ABLE TO TRY WOMEN FOR MURDER 1142 00:37:28,166 --> 00:37:29,500 FOR GETTING AN ABORTION? 1143 00:37:29,500 --> 00:37:30,700 >> THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. 1144 00:37:30,700 --> 00:37:33,266 I THINK I MADE MY POINT VERY 1145 00:37:33,266 --> 00:37:36,800 CLEAR A COUPLE WEEKS AGO WHEN A 1146 00:37:36,800 --> 00:37:38,633 REPORTER WHO I'VE SEEN ON THIS 1147 00:37:38,633 --> 00:37:40,867 SHOW IN THE PAST AS A PANELIST 1148 00:37:40,867 --> 00:37:42,967 PUT WORDS IN MY MOUTH THAT I 1149 00:37:42,967 --> 00:37:43,700 NEVER SAID. 1150 00:37:43,700 --> 00:37:45,333 AND I LOOK AROUND THE ROOM 1151 00:37:45,333 --> 00:37:47,433 TONIGHT AND I SEE PEOPLE 1152 00:37:47,433 --> 00:37:47,700 NODDING. 1153 00:37:47,700 --> 00:37:50,333 IN FACT, I SEE ONE OF THE 1154 00:37:50,333 --> 00:37:51,967 PANELISTS NODDING AS PEOPLE 1155 00:37:51,967 --> 00:37:53,233 ACKNOWLEDGE CONVERSATIONS AND TO 1156 00:37:53,233 --> 00:37:56,800 PUT WORDS IN MY MOUTH NOT HERE. 1157 00:37:56,800 --> 00:37:59,333 PANELISTS NOT HERE TONIGH -- 1158 00:37:59,333 --> 00:38:01,433 >> NOT SURE ANY OF THE PANELISTS 1159 00:38:01,433 --> 00:38:03,233 WERE NODDING THE REPORTER IN 1160 00:38:03,233 --> 00:38:03,900 QUESTION -- 1161 00:38:03,900 --> 00:38:06,000 >> NO, I'M SAYING PEOPLE 1162 00:38:06,000 --> 00:38:07,333 ACKNOWLEDGE CONVERSATIONS AND 1163 00:38:07,333 --> 00:38:07,967 HAVE NODDING. 1164 00:38:07,967 --> 00:38:10,533 AND THE REPORTER IN QUESTION PUT 1165 00:38:10,533 --> 00:38:13,266 WORDS IN MY MOUTH BECAUSE I MADE 1166 00:38:13,266 --> 00:38:14,066 A NOD. 1167 00:38:14,066 --> 00:38:15,800 >> BUT THAT ASIDE, DO YOU AGREE 1168 00:38:15,800 --> 00:38:18,700 WITH PUNISHING WOMEN IF THEY GET 1169 00:38:18,700 --> 00:38:20,367 AN ABORTION. 1170 00:38:20,367 --> 00:38:22,700 >> I WOULD HAVE TO SEE IF IT GOT 1171 00:38:22,700 --> 00:38:25,166 PASSED THROUGH THE LEGISLATURE. 1172 00:38:25,166 --> 00:38:27,333 I'VE ISSUED MY POSITION A FEW 1173 00:38:27,333 --> 00:38:28,367 WEEKS AGO. 1174 00:38:28,367 --> 00:38:30,233 YOU CAN LOOK AT THE LEGISLATION 1175 00:38:30,233 --> 00:38:34,266 I SPONSORED IN MY PRO-LIFE 1176 00:38:34,266 --> 00:38:34,533 POSITION. 1177 00:38:34,533 --> 00:38:41,066 >> SENATOR H ASHAGEDORN? 1178 00:38:41,066 --> 00:38:42,533 >> NO. 1179 00:38:42,533 --> 00:38:44,266 IF I CAN ADD TO THIS. 1180 00:38:44,266 --> 00:38:45,867 YOU CAN'T GO THROUGH LIFE 1181 00:38:45,867 --> 00:38:47,166 APOLOGIZING FOR THE THINGS 1182 00:38:47,166 --> 00:38:49,000 YOU'VE APOLOGIZED FOR AND 1183 00:38:49,000 --> 00:38:50,333 MISTAKES YOU HAVE DONE. 1184 00:38:50,333 --> 00:38:53,066 YOU SAID YOU WOULD PUNISH WOMEN. 1185 00:38:53,066 --> 00:38:54,734 YOU SAID WOMEN SHOULD BE 1186 00:38:54,734 --> 00:38:55,000 PUNISHED. 1187 00:38:55,000 --> 00:38:56,533 THOSE WERE YOUR WORDS. 1188 00:38:56,533 --> 00:38:57,533 >> CAN I RESPOND? 1189 00:38:57,533 --> 00:38:58,700 >> BRIEFLY. 1190 00:38:58,700 --> 00:39:01,333 >> I THINK ABORTION WILL BE 1191 00:39:01,333 --> 00:39:01,800 ILLEGAL. 1192 00:39:01,800 --> 00:39:04,734 IT IS NOT RIGHT NOW BECAUSE OF A 1193 00:39:04,734 --> 00:39:08,166 1973 SUPREME COURT DECISION. 1194 00:39:08,166 --> 00:39:10,100 >> MY OVERRIDING AND ABIDING 1195 00:39:10,100 --> 00:39:12,266 PRIORITY IS TO TRY TO INCREASE 1196 00:39:12,266 --> 00:39:14,433 THE CULTURE OF LIFE THAT 1197 00:39:14,433 --> 00:39:16,066 ENCOURAGES PEOPLE IN HORRIBLE 1198 00:39:16,066 --> 00:39:18,333 CIRCUMSTANCES TO BRING THESE 1199 00:39:18,333 --> 00:39:20,100 BABIES INTO THE WORLD AND SEE WE 1200 00:39:20,100 --> 00:39:22,000 HAVE LOVING FAMILIES AND SUPPORT 1201 00:39:22,000 --> 00:39:23,800 OF INFRASTRUCTURE TO GIVE THEM A 1202 00:39:23,800 --> 00:39:25,967 SHOT AT SUCCESS. 1203 00:39:25,967 --> 00:39:29,066 THAT HAS TO BE OUR OVERRIDING 1204 00:39:29,066 --> 00:39:31,800 SPIRITUAL MORAL AND LEGAL 1205 00:39:31,800 --> 00:39:32,166 OBLIGATION. 1206 00:39:32,166 --> 00:39:34,266 I DO BELIEVE ABORTION IS MURDER. 1207 00:39:34,266 --> 00:39:36,533 IT ENDS A HUMAN LIFE. 1208 00:39:36,533 --> 00:39:39,266 I WILL RESPECT THE WILL OF THE 1209 00:39:39,266 --> 00:39:40,700 VOTERS ON HOW THEY CHOOSE 1210 00:39:40,700 --> 00:39:43,333 THROUGH THE LEGISLATURE TO 1211 00:39:43,333 --> 00:39:44,800 DEFINE WHAT CAN OR SHOULD BE 1212 00:39:44,800 --> 00:39:46,100 DONE ABOUT THAT. 1213 00:39:46,100 --> 00:39:48,867 LESS CONCERNED ABOUT PUNISHMENT 1214 00:39:48,867 --> 00:39:51,000 THAN I AM ABOUT HOW DO WE 1215 00:39:51,000 --> 00:39:52,166 ENCOURAGE THOSE SOULS TO BE 1216 00:39:52,166 --> 00:39:53,333 BROUGHT INTO THE WORLD. 1217 00:39:53,333 --> 00:39:55,333 I HAVE TWO ADOPTED CHILDREN. 1218 00:39:55,333 --> 00:39:56,500 THEY WERE BORN OF DIFFICULT 1219 00:39:56,500 --> 00:39:56,900 CIRCUMSTANCES. 1220 00:39:56,900 --> 00:39:58,633 OUR CULTURE WOULD HAVE SAID 1221 00:39:58,633 --> 00:40:00,367 THOSE PREGNANCIES SHOULD HAVE 1222 00:40:00,367 --> 00:40:01,433 BEEN TERMINATED. 1223 00:40:01,433 --> 00:40:04,433 I GAVE THANKS THOSE BIRTH 1224 00:40:04,433 --> 00:40:06,066 MOTHERS CHOSE THE WHAT MIGHT 1225 00:40:06,066 --> 00:40:07,900 HAVE BEEN INSTEAD OF WHAT WAS 1226 00:40:07,900 --> 00:40:08,633 CONVENIENT AT THE TIME. 1227 00:40:08,633 --> 00:40:11,000 >> I DO NOT SUPPORT PUNISHING 1228 00:40:11,000 --> 00:40:13,066 WOMEN FOR HAVING AN ABORTION. 1229 00:40:13,066 --> 00:40:14,433 THAT'S NOT WHERE WE'RE AT TODAY 1230 00:40:14,433 --> 00:40:15,900 IN AMERICA. 1231 00:40:15,900 --> 00:40:18,266 LIKE IT OR NOT, IT IS THE LAW OF 1232 00:40:18,266 --> 00:40:19,000 THE LAND. 1233 00:40:19,000 --> 00:40:20,166 I DISAGREE WITH IT. 1234 00:40:20,166 --> 00:40:22,967 WE'RE NOT IN A POSITION TO 1235 00:40:22,967 --> 00:40:25,367 PUNISH INDIVIDUALS FOR SOMETHING 1236 00:40:25,367 --> 00:40:27,233 THAT IS LEGAL IN AMERICA TODAY. 1237 00:40:27,233 --> 00:40:29,266 >> REPRESENTATIVE PACKER. 1238 00:40:29,266 --> 00:40:30,900 >> QUITE SIMPLY, ABORTIONS ARE 1239 00:40:30,900 --> 00:40:33,900 LEGAL IN THE U.S. AND WE SHOULD 1240 00:40:33,900 --> 00:40:35,700 BE FOCUSED ON TRYING TO FIND 1241 00:40:35,700 --> 00:40:41,333 WAYS TO PROTECT THE UNBORN. 1242 00:40:41,333 --> 00:40:43,000 SHOULD BE LOOKING AT WAYS TO FIX 1243 00:40:43,000 --> 00:40:44,800 THE POLICY AND NOT PUNISH PEOPLE 1244 00:40:44,800 --> 00:40:46,633 FOR DOING THINGS THAT ARE LEGAL. 1245 00:40:46,633 --> 00:40:49,800 >> THE NEXT QUESTION IS FOR 1246 00:40:49,800 --> 00:40:53,000 SENATOR HAGEDORN. 1247 00:40:53,000 --> 00:40:55,433 >> EARLIER, MENTIONED THE 1248 00:40:55,433 --> 00:40:56,166 HEALTHCARE ISSUE. 1249 00:40:56,166 --> 00:40:57,900 ONE THAT ALL OF YOU HAVE 1250 00:40:57,900 --> 00:40:58,433 WRESTLED WITH. 1251 00:40:58,433 --> 00:41:00,900 YOU PROPOSED LEGISLATION ON 1252 00:41:00,900 --> 00:41:03,500 HEALTHCARE IN 2017 BUT IT DIDN'T 1253 00:41:03,500 --> 00:41:03,800 PASS. 1254 00:41:03,800 --> 00:41:05,266 ON YOUR WEB SITE YOU TALKED 1255 00:41:05,266 --> 00:41:07,000 ABOUT LOWERING COSTS WITH IDAHO 1256 00:41:07,000 --> 00:41:08,100 SPECIFIC SOLUTIONS. 1257 00:41:08,100 --> 00:41:09,533 WHAT ARE THOSE AND HOW WOULD YOU 1258 00:41:09,533 --> 00:41:10,266 DO THAT? 1259 00:41:10,266 --> 00:41:11,433 >> THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. 1260 00:41:11,433 --> 00:41:16,700 I RAN A TASK FORCE IN 2016 TO 1261 00:41:16,700 --> 00:41:18,600 TRULY UNDERSTAND WHAT IDAHO 1262 00:41:18,600 --> 00:41:20,500 COSTS ARE AND GOING TO DRIVE 1263 00:41:20,500 --> 00:41:22,533 THOSE COSTS. 1264 00:41:22,533 --> 00:41:25,233 THE COST DRIVER IS THE DELIVERY 1265 00:41:25,233 --> 00:41:26,266 OF HEALTHCARE. 1266 00:41:26,266 --> 00:41:28,700 SPECIFICALLY THE DLIF REE OF 1267 00:41:28,700 --> 00:41:32,166 HEALTHCARE TO PEOPLE WHO DON'T 1268 00:41:32,166 --> 00:41:32,533 HAVE INSURANCE. 1269 00:41:32,533 --> 00:41:35,000 THE HOSPITALS MAKE THAT UP AS 1270 00:41:35,000 --> 00:41:38,266 WHAT THEY CONSIDER CHARITABLE 1271 00:41:38,266 --> 00:41:38,800 CARE. 1272 00:41:38,800 --> 00:41:40,000 THE MORE CHARITABLE CARE THEY 1273 00:41:40,000 --> 00:41:41,633 HAVE TO PAY FOR, THOSE PRICES 1274 00:41:41,633 --> 00:41:43,700 ARE PASSED ON TO THE INSURANCE 1275 00:41:43,700 --> 00:41:44,166 COMPANIES. 1276 00:41:44,166 --> 00:41:45,800 THE INSURANCE COMPANIES DON'T 1277 00:41:45,800 --> 00:41:46,433 ABSORB THAT. 1278 00:41:46,433 --> 00:41:48,266 THEY PASS THAT ON TO US. 1279 00:41:48,266 --> 00:41:50,433 SO WE ALL SEE HIGHER AND HIGHER 1280 00:41:50,433 --> 00:41:52,867 AND HIGHER PREMIUMS THE MORE WE 1281 00:41:52,867 --> 00:41:54,900 HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE UNINSURED. 1282 00:41:54,900 --> 00:41:58,600 SO THE LEGISLATION THAT I 1283 00:41:58,600 --> 00:42:03,166 PRESENTED IN 2017 WAS TO START 1284 00:42:03,166 --> 00:42:05,900 NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE FEDERAL 1285 00:42:05,900 --> 00:42:09,700 GOVERNMENT OVER WHAT WE CAN DO 1286 00:42:09,700 --> 00:42:14,500 TO COVER THOSE PEOPLE NOT 1287 00:42:14,500 --> 00:42:15,800 COVERED UNDER INSURANCE AND 1288 00:42:15,800 --> 00:42:17,066 ALLOW THE STATE TO HAVE SOME 1289 00:42:17,066 --> 00:42:19,600 TYPE OF CONTROL OVER IF WE COVER 1290 00:42:19,600 --> 00:42:21,900 YOU THROUGH MEDICAID, WE WANT 1291 00:42:21,900 --> 00:42:23,900 YOU TO BETTER YOUR LIFE BY GOING 1292 00:42:23,900 --> 00:42:25,533 THROUGH SOME KIND OF LABOR 1293 00:42:25,533 --> 00:42:28,600 TRAINING, EDUCATION TRAINING, GO 1294 00:42:28,600 --> 00:42:30,533 OUT AND FIND JOBS. 1295 00:42:30,533 --> 00:42:32,233 AND ALSO IT WAS ABOUT GETTING 1296 00:42:32,233 --> 00:42:35,100 RID OF THE MANDATES TO PURCHASE 1297 00:42:35,100 --> 00:42:36,734 INSURANCE BY THOSE WHO DON'T 1298 00:42:36,734 --> 00:42:38,066 WANT TO PURCHASE INSURANCE. 1299 00:42:38,066 --> 00:42:39,333 >> THE NEXT QUESTION IS FOR 1300 00:42:39,333 --> 00:42:40,066 MR. YATES. 1301 00:42:40,066 --> 00:42:43,533 >> YOU RAN FOR THE STATE 1302 00:42:43,533 --> 00:42:45,066 LEGISLATURE AGAINST JEFF 1303 00:42:45,066 --> 00:42:47,166 THOMPSON IN 2014 AND YOU MADE 1304 00:42:47,166 --> 00:42:49,266 HIS VOTE IN FAVOR OF THE STATE 1305 00:42:49,266 --> 00:42:51,166 INSURANCE EXCHANGE ONE OF THE 1306 00:42:51,166 --> 00:42:52,233 REASONS PEOPLE SHOULD VOTE FOR 1307 00:42:52,233 --> 00:42:53,967 YOU RATHER THAN HIM. 1308 00:42:53,967 --> 00:42:55,433 WHAT IS YOUR SOLUTION? 1309 00:42:55,433 --> 00:42:58,166 >> FUNDAMENTALLY, I WOULD 1310 00:42:58,166 --> 00:43:00,266 SUGGEST THE CHOICES WE'VE HAD IS 1311 00:43:00,266 --> 00:43:02,166 NOT THE CHOICES WE'RE GOING TO 1312 00:43:02,166 --> 00:43:05,700 HAVE OVER THE NEXT FOUR YEARS. 1313 00:43:05,700 --> 00:43:07,066 WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A NEW 1314 00:43:07,066 --> 00:43:09,867 GOVERNOR AND A NEW 1315 00:43:09,867 --> 00:43:10,800 ADMINISTRATION THAT I BELIEVE 1316 00:43:10,800 --> 00:43:14,800 WITH FRESH PROPOSALS AND ADDED 1317 00:43:14,800 --> 00:43:16,633 ELBOW GREASE WE CAN EXPAND THE 1318 00:43:16,633 --> 00:43:19,500 RANGE OF CHOICES AND GET THE 1319 00:43:19,500 --> 00:43:21,166 FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PUSHED BACK. 1320 00:43:21,166 --> 00:43:23,000 IT WAS A REACTION TO FEDERAL 1321 00:43:23,000 --> 00:43:23,333 POLICY. 1322 00:43:23,333 --> 00:43:25,266 THAT, I THINK, IS A MOVING WORK 1323 00:43:25,266 --> 00:43:27,600 IN PROGRESS IN DC. 1324 00:43:27,600 --> 00:43:31,900 SOME DEREGULATORY AREAS. 1325 00:43:31,900 --> 00:43:33,433 TALK ABOUT BUYING POLICIES 1326 00:43:33,433 --> 00:43:34,533 ACROSS STATE LINES. 1327 00:43:34,533 --> 00:43:37,900 THE MORE IMPORTANT DEREGULATION 1328 00:43:37,900 --> 00:43:39,633 IS LOOSEN UP HOW WE CAN FORM 1329 00:43:39,633 --> 00:43:40,700 RISK POOLS. 1330 00:43:40,700 --> 00:43:42,734 NO GOOD REASON OTHER THAN 1331 00:43:42,734 --> 00:43:44,533 REGULATION WHY PEOPLE CAN IN A 1332 00:43:44,533 --> 00:43:46,533 SMALL BUSINESS OF A CERTAIN SIZE 1333 00:43:46,533 --> 00:43:50,166 HAVE A RISK POOL BUT CHURCHES, 1334 00:43:50,166 --> 00:43:52,533 BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS, OTHER 1335 00:43:52,533 --> 00:43:53,734 GROUPS AREN'T ABLE TO ORGANIZE 1336 00:43:53,734 --> 00:43:56,000 TO FORM THEIR OWN RISK POOLS. 1337 00:43:56,000 --> 00:43:57,734 OPTIONS BESIDES INSURANCE. 1338 00:43:57,734 --> 00:44:00,066 META SHARES AND OTHER KINDS OF 1339 00:44:00,066 --> 00:44:01,967 THINGS THAT CAN MOVE FORWARD. 1340 00:44:01,967 --> 00:44:03,600 HEALTH INSURANCE CAN GO BACK TO 1341 00:44:03,600 --> 00:44:05,066 BEING MORE LIKE INSURANCE, LESS 1342 00:44:05,066 --> 00:44:07,900 LIKE ALL INCLUSIVE CARE AND THE 1343 00:44:07,900 --> 00:44:10,433 ONLY EYE OF THE NEEDLE SOMEONE 1344 00:44:10,433 --> 00:44:12,500 MUST GO THROUGH TO GET THE 1345 00:44:12,500 --> 00:44:14,433 SERVICE FROM THEIR DOCTOR. 1346 00:44:14,433 --> 00:44:16,600 CAN'T GO BACK TO MAYBERRY THE 1347 00:44:16,600 --> 00:44:19,633 WAY IT USED TO WORK. 1348 00:44:19,633 --> 00:44:20,800 OFFERING CHARITY CARE TO SOMEONE 1349 00:44:20,800 --> 00:44:22,266 WITHOUT HAVING TO RUN THE RISK 1350 00:44:22,266 --> 00:44:25,066 OF LOSING HIS HOUSE AND ENTIRE 1351 00:44:25,066 --> 00:44:26,333 PROFESSION AND HAS TO BE A PART 1352 00:44:26,333 --> 00:44:29,066 OF WHAT WE GET SERIOUS ABOUT. 1353 00:44:29,066 --> 00:44:30,633 >> REPRESENTATIVE McGE AND HE 1354 00:44:30,633 --> 00:44:37,367 RECOLLECTS -- McGEACHIN. 1355 00:44:37,367 --> 00:44:39,867 YOU FOUGHT AGAINST THE HEALTH 1356 00:44:39,867 --> 00:44:42,700 INSURANCE EXCHANGE AND WHAT DO 1357 00:44:42,700 --> 00:44:44,266 YOU BELIEVE IDAHO SHOULD DO NOW 1358 00:44:44,266 --> 00:44:45,000 IN HEALTHCARE. 1359 00:44:45,000 --> 00:44:47,700 AND IF YOU DID AWAY WITH THE 1360 00:44:47,700 --> 00:44:49,000 EXCHANGE, WHAT WOULD YOU PUT IN 1361 00:44:49,000 --> 00:44:49,800 ITS PLACE? 1362 00:44:49,800 --> 00:44:51,900 >> WE WERE SUCCESSFUL OF 1363 00:44:51,900 --> 00:44:53,000 PUTTING IT IN IMPLEMENTATION. 1364 00:44:53,000 --> 00:44:55,900 WE STUDIED THE DEVASTATING 1365 00:44:55,900 --> 00:44:57,734 EFFECTS OF THE LAW WE'RE ALL 1366 00:44:57,734 --> 00:44:59,633 SEEING NOW FROM 2014 TO TODAY. 1367 00:44:59,633 --> 00:45:02,266 WE'VE SEEN A 91% INCREASE IN 1368 00:45:02,266 --> 00:45:03,433 HEALTH INSURANCE PREMIUMS. 1369 00:45:03,433 --> 00:45:05,700 THE PROBLEM WITH THE LAW IS IT 1370 00:45:05,700 --> 00:45:07,600 HAS TOO MANY MANDATES IN IT, TOO 1371 00:45:07,600 --> 00:45:09,900 MANY REQUIREMENTS FOR COVERAGE. 1372 00:45:09,900 --> 00:45:11,433 YOU CAN ONLY ENTER INTO THE 1373 00:45:11,433 --> 00:45:12,700 MARKET ON CERTAIN DATES. 1374 00:45:12,700 --> 00:45:15,800 WE NEED TO GO BACK TO MORE OF A 1375 00:45:15,800 --> 00:45:23,367 FREE MARKET AND GIVE THE 1376 00:45:23,367 --> 00:45:26,166 IDAHOANS CHOICE TO HAVE OPTIONS 1377 00:45:26,166 --> 00:45:30,000 SUCH AS THE CHRISTIAN HEALTHCARE 1378 00:45:30,000 --> 00:45:35,867 MINISTRY THAT THAT'S INFERIOR 1379 00:45:35,867 --> 00:45:36,633 PRODUCT. 1380 00:45:36,633 --> 00:45:39,066 WHO DETERMINED WHAT'S INTERIOR 1381 00:45:39,066 --> 00:45:40,900 TO ONE PERSON OR THE OTHER? 1382 00:45:40,900 --> 00:45:42,900 REALLY A MATTER OF WHAT A PERSON 1383 00:45:42,900 --> 00:45:44,967 CAN AFFORD. 1384 00:45:44,967 --> 00:45:48,633 I'M FORTUNATE TO BE ABLE TO TAKE 1385 00:45:48,633 --> 00:45:52,533 CARE OF OUR HEALTH INSURANCE. 1386 00:45:52,533 --> 00:45:57,000 SO MANY PEOPLE THAT DON'T. 1387 00:45:57,000 --> 00:45:59,000 SMART PEOPLE ALL OVER THE STATE 1388 00:45:59,000 --> 00:46:01,066 TO PROVIDE THOSE CHOICES, 1389 00:46:01,066 --> 00:46:02,600 PROVIDE TRANSPARENCY. 1390 00:46:02,600 --> 00:46:04,000 BREAKTHROUGH THE MONOPOLY THAT 1391 00:46:04,000 --> 00:46:07,867 WE HAVE IN IDAHO AND GIVE PEOPLE 1392 00:46:07,867 --> 00:46:14,266 BETTER OPTIONS AND FOCUS ON 1393 00:46:14,266 --> 00:46:19,266 HEALTH, WHOLISTIC CARE AND MID 1394 00:46:19,266 --> 00:46:20,533 WIFERY. 1395 00:46:20,533 --> 00:46:23,233 THE USE OF ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE. 1396 00:46:23,233 --> 00:46:24,266 WE NEED TO HAVE THOSE AVAILABLE 1397 00:46:24,266 --> 00:46:25,867 TO THE PEOPLE OF IDAHO. 1398 00:46:25,867 --> 00:46:27,166 BECAUSE OF SOME OF THE 1399 00:46:27,166 --> 00:46:29,066 RESTRICTIVE LAWS WE HAVE IN OUR 1400 00:46:29,066 --> 00:46:32,000 STATE, THOSE OPTIONS ARE OFF THE 1401 00:46:32,000 --> 00:46:32,166 TABLE. 1402 00:46:32,166 --> 00:46:33,734 >> AMONG THE CHOICES THAT ARE 1403 00:46:33,734 --> 00:46:36,066 AVAILABLE NOW IS THE EXCHANGE 1404 00:46:36,066 --> 00:46:38,166 WHICH 100,000 HAVE PURCHASED 1405 00:46:38,166 --> 00:46:39,233 HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS FOR. 1406 00:46:39,233 --> 00:46:43,166 IS THAT A CHOICE YOU WANT TO 1407 00:46:43,166 --> 00:46:43,433 REMOVE? 1408 00:46:43,433 --> 00:46:44,233 >> WE HAVE TO. 1409 00:46:44,233 --> 00:46:47,166 IN THE LONG-TERM IT'S 1410 00:46:47,166 --> 00:46:47,800 UNSUSTAINABLE. 1411 00:46:47,800 --> 00:46:49,533 UNFUNDED ENTITLEMENT AND GOING 1412 00:46:49,533 --> 00:46:51,000 TO BREAK OUR COUNTRY. 1413 00:46:51,000 --> 00:46:52,166 >> NEXT QUESTION IS FOR 1414 00:46:52,166 --> 00:46:53,100 REPRESENTATIVE PACKER. 1415 00:46:53,100 --> 00:46:55,367 >> YOU FAVORED THE GOVERNOR'S 1416 00:46:55,367 --> 00:46:57,333 DUAL WAIVER PROPOSAL DURING THIS 1417 00:46:57,333 --> 00:46:58,633 YEAR'S SESSION AND MADE IT ONE 1418 00:46:58,633 --> 00:47:00,433 OF YOUR MAJOR ISSUES BUT IT 1419 00:47:00,433 --> 00:47:01,266 DIDN'T PASS. 1420 00:47:01,266 --> 00:47:03,533 IF THAT CAN'T PASS, WHAT 1421 00:47:03,533 --> 00:47:05,900 HEALTHCARE SOLUTION DO YOU 1422 00:47:05,900 --> 00:47:06,100 PROPOSE? 1423 00:47:06,100 --> 00:47:08,266 >> YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF 1424 00:47:08,266 --> 00:47:10,333 GREAT IDEAS OVER THE LAST FOUR 1425 00:47:10,333 --> 00:47:12,066 OR FIVE YEARS THAT HAVEN'T 1426 00:47:12,066 --> 00:47:12,700 PASSED. 1427 00:47:12,700 --> 00:47:15,700 AND I THINK THAT IT'S MORE THAT 1428 00:47:15,700 --> 00:47:19,166 WE HAVEN'T FOCUSED ON SOLUTIONS 1429 00:47:19,166 --> 00:47:20,433 IN THE INTERIM. 1430 00:47:20,433 --> 00:47:22,000 THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS I'D 1431 00:47:22,000 --> 00:47:26,000 LIKE TO SEE HAPPEN. 1432 00:47:26,000 --> 00:47:27,266 AND FINDING REAL SOLUTIONS. 1433 00:47:27,266 --> 00:47:29,700 GET THE RIGHT PEOPLE AT THE 1434 00:47:29,700 --> 00:47:32,734 TABLE THAT THEIR LEGISLATURES 1435 00:47:32,734 --> 00:47:34,000 CAN GET BEHIND THE FIRST DAY OF 1436 00:47:34,000 --> 00:47:35,734 THE SESSION AND GET THINGS MOVED 1437 00:47:35,734 --> 00:47:36,166 FORWARD. 1438 00:47:36,166 --> 00:47:38,066 SO OFTEN, SO MANY DIFFERENT 1439 00:47:38,066 --> 00:47:40,266 IDEAS THAT COME TO THE TABLE AT 1440 00:47:40,266 --> 00:47:43,266 ONCE THAT NOBODY CAN GET BEHIND 1441 00:47:43,266 --> 00:47:45,266 OR NOT ENOUGH PEOPLE GET BEHIND. 1442 00:47:45,266 --> 00:47:47,500 IF WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE 1443 00:47:47,500 --> 00:47:50,433 CALLING OURSELVES CONSERVATIVES 1444 00:47:50,433 --> 00:47:52,734 HAVE GOT TO START FINDING 1445 00:47:52,734 --> 00:47:53,800 ANSWERS. 1446 00:47:53,800 --> 00:47:55,166 WE CANNOT CONTINUE TO SAY NO. 1447 00:47:55,166 --> 00:47:56,500 THAT HAS TO STOP. 1448 00:47:56,500 --> 00:47:58,433 WE AS CONSERVATIVES CAN'T WAIT 1449 00:47:58,433 --> 00:48:00,433 FOR THINGS TO BE MORE COSTLY AND 1450 00:48:00,433 --> 00:48:04,433 TO BE A BIGGER PROBLEM BEFORE WE 1451 00:48:04,433 --> 00:48:06,000 START MANAGING THEM. 1452 00:48:06,000 --> 00:48:07,967 NEED TO START FINDING REAL 1453 00:48:07,967 --> 00:48:09,100 SOLUTIONS TO MOVE FORWARD. 1454 00:48:09,100 --> 00:48:13,266 >> SENATOR NONINI, WHAT IS YOUR 1455 00:48:13,266 --> 00:48:14,000 HEALTHCARE SOLUTION? 1456 00:48:14,000 --> 00:48:15,867 >> THINGS I'VE WORKED ON IN THE 1457 00:48:15,867 --> 00:48:17,433 PAST WHERE I DIDN'T HAVE THIS 1458 00:48:17,433 --> 00:48:19,967 FULL SUPPORT IN THE LEGISLATURE 1459 00:48:19,967 --> 00:48:22,734 TEN YEARS AGO WHEN I WORKED ON 1460 00:48:22,734 --> 00:48:25,967 TRANSPARENCY AND GOT IT TO THE 1461 00:48:25,967 --> 00:48:28,367 HOUSE BUSINESS COMMITTEE AND HAD 1462 00:48:28,367 --> 00:48:30,900 ALL THE INSURANCE COMPANIES 1463 00:48:30,900 --> 00:48:32,266 WORKING AGAINST ME AND TOOK 1464 00:48:32,266 --> 00:48:33,967 THOSE INSURANCE COMPANIES ON, 1465 00:48:33,967 --> 00:48:39,000 THAT IS A HARD TASK. 1466 00:48:39,000 --> 00:48:41,433 AND YOU ARE A SINGLE LEGISLATURE 1467 00:48:41,433 --> 00:48:42,867 TRYING TO BUILD THAT SUPPORT. 1468 00:48:42,867 --> 00:48:45,367 OR THE TWEAKING IN COMPETITION 1469 00:48:45,367 --> 00:48:47,000 WHERE WE DON'T HAVE CLOSED 1470 00:48:47,000 --> 00:48:49,266 NETWORKS IN IDAHO BUT THEY ARE 1471 00:48:49,266 --> 00:48:50,600 OPEN FOR COMPETITION. 1472 00:48:50,600 --> 00:48:52,900 THAT WAS SUCCESSFUL AND I LOST 1473 00:48:52,900 --> 00:48:54,633 THAT LEGISLATION BY THREE VOTES 1474 00:48:54,633 --> 00:48:59,734 ON THE HOUSE FLOOR YEARS AGO. 1475 00:48:59,734 --> 00:49:02,900 HSA ACCOUNTS, THOSE WOULD HELP. 1476 00:49:02,900 --> 00:49:04,000 THE INSURANCE COMPANY HAS DONE 1477 00:49:04,000 --> 00:49:06,066 THIS TO THEMSELVES AND TO THE 1478 00:49:06,066 --> 00:49:08,066 CONSUMERS ACROSS THIS COUNTRY 1479 00:49:08,066 --> 00:49:11,433 OVER THE LAST 60 YEARS BY SAYING 1480 00:49:11,433 --> 00:49:13,166 YOU CAN HAVE FIRST DOLLAR 1481 00:49:13,166 --> 00:49:13,433 SERVICES. 1482 00:49:13,433 --> 00:49:17,333 I USE AN ANALOGY THAT PEOPLE CAN 1483 00:49:17,333 --> 00:49:19,166 RELATE TO. 1484 00:49:19,166 --> 00:49:21,166 WHEN YOU FILL YOUR CAR UP WITH 1485 00:49:21,166 --> 00:49:22,800 GAS, DO YOU TURN IT INTO YOUR 1486 00:49:22,800 --> 00:49:23,800 INSURANCE COMPANY? 1487 00:49:23,800 --> 00:49:26,633 WHEN YOU CHANGE YOUR TIRES, DO 1488 00:49:26,633 --> 00:49:27,800 YOU TURN THAT IN? 1489 00:49:27,800 --> 00:49:28,066 NO. 1490 00:49:28,066 --> 00:49:31,266 BUT IF YOU GET T-BONED, THEN YOU 1491 00:49:31,266 --> 00:49:32,233 FILE A CLAIM. 1492 00:49:32,233 --> 00:49:34,800 WHY DOES A HEALTH INSURANCE 1493 00:49:34,800 --> 00:49:36,700 COMPANY WANT TO PROVIDE 1494 00:49:36,700 --> 00:49:37,700 FIRST-DOLLAR SERVICES? 1495 00:49:37,700 --> 00:49:41,633 THEY CAN'T DO IT ANY MORE. 1496 00:49:41,633 --> 00:49:43,700 YOU'LL PAY THOUSANDS AND 1497 00:49:43,700 --> 00:49:46,333 THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS UP TO 12 OR 1498 00:49:46,333 --> 00:49:50,000 $14,000 A YEAR FOR A 1499 00:49:50,000 --> 00:49:50,734 HIGH-DEDUCTIBLE PLAN. 1500 00:49:50,734 --> 00:49:52,633 >> I'M GOING TO CUT YOU OFF 1501 00:49:52,633 --> 00:49:52,867 THERE. 1502 00:49:52,867 --> 00:49:53,533 SO SORRY. 1503 00:49:53,533 --> 00:49:54,633 WE'RE OUT OF TIME. 1504 00:49:54,633 --> 00:49:56,333 TIME FOR CLOSING REMARKS. 1505 00:49:56,333 --> 00:49:58,533 START WITH REPRESENTATIVE 1506 00:49:58,533 --> 00:49:58,734 PACKER. 1507 00:49:58,734 --> 00:50:00,333 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HOSTING 1508 00:50:00,333 --> 00:50:02,367 US AND THE MODERATORS THAT HAVE 1509 00:50:02,367 --> 00:50:03,633 ASKED OUR QUESTIONS AND BEEN 1510 00:50:03,633 --> 00:50:04,433 PART OF THE DISCUSSION. 1511 00:50:04,433 --> 00:50:05,233 THANK YOU SO MUCH. 1512 00:50:05,233 --> 00:50:09,233 AS I'VE TRAVELED THE STATE I'VE 1513 00:50:09,233 --> 00:50:11,734 HIT 205 STOPS AND HAVE MET 1514 00:50:11,734 --> 00:50:14,500 THOUSANDS OF IDAHOANS WHO HAVE 1515 00:50:14,500 --> 00:50:16,000 HAD THE SAME CONCERNS AND DREAMS 1516 00:50:16,000 --> 00:50:16,900 AS I DO. 1517 00:50:16,900 --> 00:50:18,533 AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING 1518 00:50:18,533 --> 00:50:20,500 WITH YOU TO FIND THE REAL 1519 00:50:20,500 --> 00:50:20,734 SOLUTIONS. 1520 00:50:20,734 --> 00:50:21,900 TO FIND OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR 1521 00:50:21,900 --> 00:50:24,533 CHILDREN TO STAY AND BE 1522 00:50:24,533 --> 00:50:24,800 SUCCESSFUL. 1523 00:50:24,800 --> 00:50:28,166 TO BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN THIS 1524 00:50:28,166 --> 00:50:29,533 WONDERFUL LIFESTYLE. 1525 00:50:29,533 --> 00:50:32,533 I LOOK FORWARD TO BEING YOUR 1526 00:50:32,533 --> 00:50:34,000 LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR AND ASK YOU 1527 00:50:34,000 --> 00:50:36,066 TO BE A PACKER BACKER. 1528 00:50:36,066 --> 00:50:37,266 >> THANK YOU. 1529 00:50:37,266 --> 00:50:39,000 EXPERIENCE MATTERS AND 1530 00:50:39,000 --> 00:50:42,233 EXPERIENCE COUNTS. 1531 00:50:42,233 --> 00:50:44,066 COMPARE OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS HERE 1532 00:50:44,066 --> 00:50:45,333 TONIGHT. 1533 00:50:45,333 --> 00:50:48,533 I'VE GOT THE ENDORSEMENTS. 1534 00:50:48,533 --> 00:50:51,800 I'VE GOT MEMBERS OF THE NATURAL 1535 00:50:51,800 --> 00:50:54,100 RESOURCES INDUSTRY TO SUPPORT 1536 00:50:54,100 --> 00:50:56,867 ME. 1537 00:50:56,867 --> 00:51:01,500 IDAHO WATER LEADERS SUPPORT ME. 1538 00:51:01,500 --> 00:51:06,233 WELL-KNOWN NAMES IN THAT 1539 00:51:06,233 --> 00:51:07,900 INDUSTRY. 1540 00:51:07,900 --> 00:51:12,266 I SUCCESSFULLY SPONSORED 1541 00:51:12,266 --> 00:51:13,333 LEGISLATION. 1542 00:51:13,333 --> 00:51:15,333 NO ONE ELSE WOULD DO IT. 1543 00:51:15,333 --> 00:51:17,633 NOW WE'RE WAITING ON THE FEDERAL 1544 00:51:17,633 --> 00:51:19,734 GOVERNMENT'S ROLE. 1545 00:51:19,734 --> 00:51:22,734 RECENTLY LED EFFORT TO INTRODUCE 1546 00:51:22,734 --> 00:51:24,734 -- ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND 1547 00:51:24,734 --> 00:51:27,266 INFRASTRUCTURE WHERE A PRIVATE 1548 00:51:27,266 --> 00:51:29,367 SECTOR SPENT $25 MILLION TO 1549 00:51:29,367 --> 00:51:32,500 BUILD INFRASTRUCTURE IN IDAHO. 1550 00:51:32,500 --> 00:51:35,734 I'VE BEEN NAMED THE HOME SCHOOL 1551 00:51:35,734 --> 00:51:36,900 STATESMAN OF THE YEAR. 1552 00:51:36,900 --> 00:51:39,066 WORKED WITH PRIVATE PUBLIC 1553 00:51:39,066 --> 00:51:40,900 ENTITIES AND RECEIVED THE IDAHO 1554 00:51:40,900 --> 00:51:42,533 CHARTER SCHOOL AWARD EVERY YEAR 1555 00:51:42,533 --> 00:51:43,800 IT'S BEEN GIVEN OUT. 1556 00:51:43,800 --> 00:51:46,433 BEEN NAMED THE OUTSTANDING 1557 00:51:46,433 --> 00:51:47,800 LEGISLATURE OF THE YEAR. 1558 00:51:47,800 --> 00:51:49,600 THE ONLY ONE AT THIS PODIUM TO 1559 00:51:49,600 --> 00:51:51,433 EVER RECEIVE THAT AWARD. 1560 00:51:51,433 --> 00:51:53,533 I HAVE HAD AN A-PLUS RATING FROM 1561 00:51:53,533 --> 00:51:55,700 THE NRA. 1562 00:51:55,700 --> 00:51:57,900 100% RECORD FROM THE AMERICAN 1563 00:51:57,900 --> 00:51:58,900 CONSERVATIVE UNION. 1564 00:51:58,900 --> 00:52:01,800 EXPERIENCE MATTERS, EXPERIENCE 1565 00:52:01,800 --> 00:52:02,166 COUNTS. 1566 00:52:02,166 --> 00:52:04,533 I ASK FOR YOUR VOTE ON MAY 15TH. 1567 00:52:04,533 --> 00:52:06,066 THANK YOU. 1568 00:52:06,066 --> 00:52:10,500 >> REPRESENTATIVE. 1569 00:52:10,500 --> 00:52:11,800 >> THEY ALL HAVE BEEN PART OF 1570 00:52:11,800 --> 00:52:13,333 THIS SYSTEM IN ONE WAY OR THE 1571 00:52:13,333 --> 00:52:15,233 OTHER TO GET US WHERE WE ARE 1572 00:52:15,233 --> 00:52:16,633 TODAY IN IDAHO. 1573 00:52:16,633 --> 00:52:20,433 THAT IS 49TH LOWEST IN THE STATE 1574 00:52:20,433 --> 00:52:21,166 IN THE NATION. 1575 00:52:21,166 --> 00:52:25,967 WHICH IS A MEASURE OF WEALTH AND 1576 00:52:25,967 --> 00:52:27,166 PRODUCTIVITY OF THE STATE. 1577 00:52:27,166 --> 00:52:29,166 THESE POLICIES THAT HAVE BEEN 1578 00:52:29,166 --> 00:52:31,600 ACCEPTED INTO OUR STATE ARE 1579 00:52:31,600 --> 00:52:33,900 HAMPERING OUR ABILITIES WHETHER 1580 00:52:33,900 --> 00:52:42,100 IT'S OBAMACARE, COMMON CORE 1581 00:52:42,100 --> 00:52:44,600 HELPED USHER IN COMMON CORE. 1582 00:52:44,600 --> 00:52:46,433 AND I'VE LOVED TRAVELING AROUND 1583 00:52:46,433 --> 00:52:48,800 THE STATE OF IDAHO TALKING TO 1584 00:52:48,800 --> 00:52:53,333 PEOPLE LISTENING TO THEM ABOUT 1585 00:52:53,333 --> 00:52:56,900 WHAT WE CAN DO IN OUR STATE, 1586 00:52:56,900 --> 00:53:02,433 PROTECTING YOUR LIBERTIES OR 1587 00:53:02,433 --> 00:53:08,233 FREEDOMS THAT HAS RECEIVED THE 1588 00:53:08,233 --> 00:53:08,900 ENDORSEME 1589 00:53:08,900 --> 00:53:09,233 ENDORSEMENT. 1590 00:53:09,233 --> 00:53:11,533 MY ONLY SPECIAL INTEREST AS YOUR 1591 00:53:11,533 --> 00:53:13,633 LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR WILL BE OUR 1592 00:53:13,633 --> 00:53:13,967 CONSTITUTION. 1593 00:53:13,967 --> 00:53:16,066 I AM RUNNING FOR LIEUTENANT 1594 00:53:16,066 --> 00:53:18,967 GOVERNOR BECAUSE I WANT TO WORK 1595 00:53:18,967 --> 00:53:23,967 TO HELP MAKE IDAHOANS TO BE 1596 00:53:23,967 --> 00:53:24,600 SUCCESSFUL. 1597 00:53:24,600 --> 00:53:27,433 I ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT ON MAY 1598 00:53:27,433 --> 00:53:27,633 15TH. 1599 00:53:27,633 --> 00:53:28,967 >> MR. YATES, PLEASE. 1600 00:53:28,967 --> 00:53:31,000 >> THANK YOU FOREIGN GAUGING IN 1601 00:53:31,000 --> 00:53:32,333 THIS IMPORTANT CONVERSATION 1602 00:53:32,333 --> 00:53:32,700 TONIGHT. 1603 00:53:32,700 --> 00:53:35,500 I EMPHASIZE AT THE OPENING I 1604 00:53:35,500 --> 00:53:36,433 BELIEVE THIS IS AN IMPORTANT 1605 00:53:36,433 --> 00:53:37,900 TIME OF CHOOSING IN A RARE 1606 00:53:37,900 --> 00:53:39,000 MOMENT OF OPPORTUNITY IN IDAHO 1607 00:53:39,000 --> 00:53:41,800 AND CALLS FOR A RARE MIX OF 1608 00:53:41,800 --> 00:53:43,433 EXPERIENCE AND LEADERSHIP. 1609 00:53:43,433 --> 00:53:45,266 IF YOU AGREE WITH ME THAT THE 1610 00:53:45,266 --> 00:53:47,367 TRUMP ADMINISTRATION PRESENTS A 1611 00:53:47,367 --> 00:53:49,066 GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR IDAHO TO 1612 00:53:49,066 --> 00:53:51,066 PUSH ITS OWN CONSERVATIVE 1613 00:53:51,066 --> 00:53:52,900 SOLUTIONS, THEN LET'S ELECT THE 1614 00:53:52,900 --> 00:53:54,333 PERSON KNOWN TO THE 1615 00:53:54,333 --> 00:53:55,700 ADMINISTRATION WITH YEARS OF 1616 00:53:55,700 --> 00:53:57,266 WHITE HOUSE EXPERIENCE TO ENGAGE 1617 00:53:57,266 --> 00:53:58,633 THEM ON OUR BEHALF. 1618 00:53:58,633 --> 00:54:01,000 IF YOU AGREE WITH ME THAT SENIOR 1619 00:54:01,000 --> 00:54:03,633 EXECUTIVE BRANCH EXPERIENCE AND 1620 00:54:03,633 --> 00:54:06,266 PERSONNEL POLICY AND 1621 00:54:06,266 --> 00:54:08,800 ADMINISTRATION IS AN IMPORTANT 1622 00:54:08,800 --> 00:54:11,533 QUALIFICATION, LET'S ELECT A 1623 00:54:11,533 --> 00:54:13,800 CANDIDATE WITH THAT EXPERIENCE. 1624 00:54:13,800 --> 00:54:17,266 IF YOU AGREE WITH ME DECADES OF 1625 00:54:17,266 --> 00:54:20,066 RELATIONSHIPS ARE A GOOD WAY TO 1626 00:54:20,066 --> 00:54:22,800 HELP US CELINE MORE GREAT IDAHO 1627 00:54:22,800 --> 00:54:24,800 PRODUCTS, THEN LET'S ELECT THE 1628 00:54:24,800 --> 00:54:26,266 CANDIDATE WHO CAN HELP THIS 1629 00:54:26,266 --> 00:54:28,066 ECONOMY CONTINUE TO GROW. 1630 00:54:28,066 --> 00:54:31,633 IF YOU AGREE WITH ME STATEWIDE 1631 00:54:31,633 --> 00:54:33,867 SERVICE IS AN IMPORTANT 1632 00:54:33,867 --> 00:54:36,266 QUALIFICATION THEN LET'S ELECT 1633 00:54:36,266 --> 00:54:40,266 THE CANDIDATE TWICE ELECTED TO 1634 00:54:40,266 --> 00:54:42,000 THE LEADERSHIP. 1635 00:54:42,000 --> 00:54:44,000 THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY, 1636 00:54:44,000 --> 00:54:46,266 LET'S CEASE THIS OPPORTUNITY AND 1637 00:54:46,266 --> 00:54:48,266 TOGETHER WE CAN MAKE IDAHO AN 1638 00:54:48,266 --> 00:54:50,000 EVEN GREATER STATE TO LIVE, WORK 1639 00:54:50,000 --> 00:54:51,533 AND RAISE OUR FAMILIES. 1640 00:54:51,533 --> 00:54:54,266 I ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT. 1641 00:54:54,266 --> 00:54:55,600 >> THANK YOU. 1642 00:54:55,600 --> 00:54:57,367 >> THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THIS 1643 00:54:57,367 --> 00:54:57,700 ON. 1644 00:54:57,700 --> 00:55:00,367 I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO 1645 00:55:00,367 --> 00:55:02,433 UNDERSTAND AND RECOGNIZE THERE'S 1646 00:55:02,433 --> 00:55:05,100 A LOT OF RODERICK GOING ON IN 1647 00:55:05,100 --> 00:55:08,066 THIS CAMPAIGN AS WELL AS OTHER 1648 00:55:08,066 --> 00:55:09,700 CAMPAIGNS. 1649 00:55:09,700 --> 00:55:14,734 COLD WEATHER SURVIVAL TRAINING 1650 00:55:14,734 --> 00:55:15,800 WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE. 1651 00:55:15,800 --> 00:55:17,800 I WAS SERVING OUR COUNTRY TRYING 1652 00:55:17,800 --> 00:55:20,100 TO UNDERSTAND AND TRYING TO HELP 1653 00:55:20,100 --> 00:55:23,333 MAKE SURE WE PRESERVED OUR 1654 00:55:23,333 --> 00:55:23,700 CONSTITUTION. 1655 00:55:23,700 --> 00:55:26,700 WE CAN HAVE THE FREEDOMS WE HAVE 1656 00:55:26,700 --> 00:55:26,900 TODAY. 1657 00:55:26,900 --> 00:55:28,900 SOME THAT ARE PRETENDING THEY'VE 1658 00:55:28,900 --> 00:55:30,900 SERVED IN THE DEPARTMENT OF 1659 00:55:30,900 --> 00:55:31,600 DEFENSE. 1660 00:55:31,600 --> 00:55:33,700 SORRY, SOME OF US TAKE OFFENSE 1661 00:55:33,700 --> 00:55:34,533 TO THAT. 1662 00:55:34,533 --> 00:55:36,800 IF YOU ARE GOING TO BE AN 1663 00:55:36,800 --> 00:55:38,333 INTELLIGENCE OFFICER IN 1664 00:55:38,333 --> 00:55:40,166 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, YOU NEED 1665 00:55:40,166 --> 00:55:44,700 TO SERVE IN THE MILITARY. 1666 00:55:44,700 --> 00:55:47,266 THESE THINGS -- THIGHS TYPES OF 1667 00:55:47,266 --> 00:55:50,333 THINGS WE DON'T NEED IN IDAHO 1668 00:55:50,333 --> 00:55:50,700 POLITICS. 1669 00:55:50,700 --> 00:55:52,533 CALL THEM LIKE THEY SEE THEM. 1670 00:55:52,533 --> 00:55:54,734 YOU NEED A LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR 1671 00:55:54,734 --> 00:55:57,100 WHOSE EXPERIENCE NOT IN JUST 1672 00:55:57,100 --> 00:55:58,633 KNOWING PEOPLE OVERSEAS BUT 1673 00:55:58,633 --> 00:56:01,433 DOING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS 1674 00:56:01,433 --> 00:56:04,533 OVERSEAS AND UNDERSTANDING 1675 00:56:04,533 --> 00:56:05,900 LOGISTICS CHALLENGES. 1676 00:56:05,900 --> 00:56:08,533 UNDERSTANDING THE LANGUAGE AND 1677 00:56:08,533 --> 00:56:09,967 CULTURE CHALLENGES. 1678 00:56:09,967 --> 00:56:11,266 I HAVE DONE THOSE THINGS AND 1679 00:56:11,266 --> 00:56:13,000 DONE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. 1680 00:56:13,000 --> 00:56:14,800 I BROUGHT YOU A NEW SCHOOL FOR 1681 00:56:14,800 --> 00:56:16,367 DOCTORS AND I WANT TO CONTINUE 1682 00:56:16,367 --> 00:56:17,367 TO DO THAT. 1683 00:56:17,367 --> 00:56:19,333 I WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR VOTE ON 1684 00:56:19,333 --> 00:56:19,967 MAY 15TH. 1685 00:56:19,967 --> 00:56:20,967 >> ALL RIGHT. 1686 00:56:20,967 --> 00:56:21,633 THANK YOU SO MUCH. 1687 00:56:21,633 --> 00:56:24,266 I'M GOING TO DO SOMETHING 1688 00:56:24,266 --> 00:56:25,266 UNCONVENTIONAL NOW AND GIVE 1689 00:56:25,266 --> 00:56:27,500 STEVE YATES ABOUT 20 SECONDS TO 1690 00:56:27,500 --> 00:56:29,333 RESPOND TO THAT. 1691 00:56:29,333 --> 00:56:31,633 SENATOR NONINI ALREADY ADDRESSED 1692 00:56:31,633 --> 00:56:32,166 HIS PAST. 1693 00:56:32,166 --> 00:56:35,734 I WANTED TO GIVE STEVE YATES 20 1694 00:56:35,734 --> 00:56:36,000 SECONDS. 1695 00:56:36,000 --> 00:56:38,900 >> OWES AN APOLOGY TO THE 1696 00:56:38,900 --> 00:56:42,166 HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS CIVILIANS 1697 00:56:42,166 --> 00:56:44,333 WHO SWEAR THE SAME OATH AND MANY 1698 00:56:44,333 --> 00:56:45,700 PEOPLE FROM INTELLIGENCE 1699 00:56:45,700 --> 00:56:47,166 OFFICERS TO FIRST RESPONDERS TO 1700 00:56:47,166 --> 00:56:49,800 LAW ENFORCEMENT ALL OF WHOM GO 1701 00:56:49,800 --> 00:56:52,066 TOWARDS DANGER TO HELP KEEP 1702 00:56:52,066 --> 00:56:52,633 AMERICA SAFE. 1703 00:56:52,633 --> 00:56:57,000 THEY ALL DESERVE OUR RESPECT. 1704 00:56:57,000 --> 00:56:59,800 >> WHEN YOU GO TO WORK FOR THE 1705 00:56:59,800 --> 00:57:01,900 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE YOU DO 1706 00:57:01,900 --> 00:57:06,700 THAT IN MILITARY UNIFORM. 1707 00:57:06,700 --> 00:57:09,867 BY PRETENDING THAT YOU WERE IN 1708 00:57:09,867 --> 00:57:12,066 THE MILITARY. 1709 00:57:12,066 --> 00:57:16,333 A LOT OF US TAKE STOLEN VALOUR 1710 00:57:16,333 --> 00:57:16,633 SERIOUSLY. 1711 00:57:16,633 --> 00:57:20,533 >> A LOT OF YOUR CAMPAIGN 1712 00:57:20,533 --> 00:57:20,800 MATERIALS. 1713 00:57:20,800 --> 00:57:22,333 YOU WERE AN INTELLIGENCE OFFICER 1714 00:57:22,333 --> 00:57:25,367 IN THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. 1715 00:57:25,367 --> 00:57:28,100 YOU WERE HIRED ON AS 1716 00:57:28,100 --> 00:57:29,266 INTELLIGENCE ANALYST WHICH I 1717 00:57:29,266 --> 00:57:30,166 TRULY APPRECIATE. 1718 00:57:30,166 --> 00:57:31,000 >> WHICH IS UNDER THE DEPARTMENT 1719 00:57:31,000 --> 00:57:32,266 OF DEFENSE. 1720 00:57:32,266 --> 00:57:34,800 >> NSA IS DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 1721 00:57:34,800 --> 00:57:35,066 SECURITY. 1722 00:57:35,066 --> 00:57:35,900 >> NO, IT'S NOT. 1723 00:57:35,900 --> 00:57:37,700 >> I'M GOING TO CUT YOU OFF 1724 00:57:37,700 --> 00:57:37,967 THERE. 1725 00:57:37,967 --> 00:57:39,800 I WANT TO THANK ALL OF THE 1726 00:57:39,800 --> 00:57:47,900 CANDIDATES TONIGHT. 1727 00:57:47,900 --> 00:57:49,000 THANKS TO THE REPORTERS FOR THE 1728 00:57:49,000 --> 00:57:49,600 GREAT QUESTIONS AND TO OUR 1729 00:57:49,600 --> 00:57:50,166 VIEWERS AT HOME FOR WATCHING. 1730 00:57:50,166 --> 00:57:51,066 YOU CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT THESE 1731 00:57:51,066 --> 00:57:52,000 CANDIDATES ON OUR WEBSITE: 1732 00:57:52,000 --> 00:57:54,066 IDAHOPTV.ORG SLASH 1733 00:57:54,066 --> 00:57:55,734 ELECTIONS SLASH 2018 1734 00:57:55,734 --> 00:57:57,700 PLUS, YOU CAN STREAM ON DEMAND 1735 00:57:57,700 --> 00:57:59,500 ALL OF THE DEBATES AT ANY TIME 1736 00:57:59,500 --> 00:58:00,533 AFTER THEY AIRED. 1737 00:58:00,533 --> 00:58:02,700 AND MOST IMPORTANTLY...GO VOTE. 1738 00:58:02,700 --> 00:58:04,000 THE ELECTION IS TUESDAY, MAY 1739 00:58:04,000 --> 00:58:05,000 15TH. YOU CAN FIND OUT WHERE TO 1740 00:58:05,000 --> 00:58:06,166 VOTE...WHAT'S ON YOUR LOCAL 1741 00:58:06,166 --> 00:58:08,500 BALLOT AND MUCH MORE AT 1742 00:58:08,500 --> 00:58:09,600 IDAHOVOTES.GOV 1743 00:58:09,600 --> 00:58:10,233 THANKS AGAIN, GOOD NIGHT, AND 1744 00:58:10,233 --> 00:58:13,734 WE'LL SEE YOU AT THE POLLS 1745 00:58:13,734 --> 00:58:21,633 . 1746 00:58:22,367 --> 00:58:23,166 THE IDAHO DEBATES ARE A 1747 00:58:23,166 --> 00:58:24,533 COLLABORATIVE EFFORT AMONG THE 1748 00:58:24,533 --> 00:58:27,433 IDAHO PRESS CLUB, BOISE STATE 1749 00:58:27,433 --> 00:58:29,000 UNIVERSITY'S SCHOOL OF PUBLIC 1750 00:58:29,000 --> 00:58:30,000 SERVICE, UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO'S 1751 00:58:30,000 --> 00:58:32,266 MCCLURE CENTER, IDAHO STATE 1752 00:58:32,266 --> 00:58:33,266 UNIVERSITY'S DEPARTMENT OF 1753 00:58:33,266 --> 00:58:34,700 POLITICAL SCIENCE, THE LEAGUE OF 1754 00:58:34,700 --> 00:58:35,700 WOMEN VOTERS' VOTER EDUCATION 1755 00:58:35,700 --> 00:58:36,367 FUND, AND IDAHO PUBLIC 1756 00:58:36,367 --> 00:58:37,967 TELEVISION. 1757 00:58:38,800 --> 00:58:41,867 FUNDING FOR THE IDAHO DEBATES IS 1758 00:58:41,867 --> 00:58:43,900 PROVIDED BY THE FRIENDS OF IDAHO 1759 00:58:43,900 --> 00:58:44,533 PUBLIC TELEVISION AND THE IDAHO 1760 00:58:44,533 --> 00:58:47,500 PUBLIC TELEVISION ENDOWMENT.