1 00:00:03,967 --> 00:00:06,533 WELCOME TO THE IDAHO DEBATES A LOOK AT THE CANDIDATES ON THE 2 00:00:06,533 --> 00:00:08,633 REPUBLICAN PRIMARY ELECTION BALLOT FOR CONGRESSIONAL 3 00:00:08,633 --> 00:00:10,700 DISTRICT 1. 4 00:00:10,700 --> 00:00:13,867 THE IDAHO DEBATES ARE A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT AMONG THE 5 00:00:13,867 --> 00:00:18,000 IDAHO PRESS CLUB, BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY'S SCHOOL OF PUBLIC 6 00:00:18,000 --> 00:00:21,700 SERVICE, UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO'S MCCLURE CENTER, IDAHO STATE 7 00:00:21,700 --> 00:00:25,800 UNIVERSITY'S DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE, THE LEAGUE OF 8 00:00:25,800 --> 00:00:27,900 WOMEN VOTERS' VOTER EDUCATION FUND, AND IDAHO PUBLIC 9 00:00:27,900 --> 00:00:30,000 TELEVISION. 10 00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:34,166 FUNDING FOR THE IDAHO DEBATES IS PROVIDED BY THE FRIENDS OF IDAHO 11 00:00:34,166 --> 00:00:39,867 PUBLIC TELEVISION AND THE IDAHO PUBLIC TELEVISION ENDOWMENT... 12 00:00:39,867 --> 00:00:43,700 >> HELLO AND WELCOME TO THE IDAHO DEBATES ON IDAHO PUBLIC 13 00:00:43,700 --> 00:00:46,533 TELEVISION. 14 00:00:46,533 --> 00:00:48,166 TONIGHT THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES VYING TO REPRESENT 15 00:00:48,166 --> 00:00:50,100 CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 1 TAKE THE STAGE TO ASK FOR YOUR VOTE. 16 00:00:50,100 --> 00:00:52,266 THE WINNER OF THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY WILL FACE THE DEMOCRATIC 17 00:00:52,266 --> 00:00:54,333 NOMINEE FOR CD1 IN THE NOVEMBER GENERAL ELECTION. 18 00:00:54,333 --> 00:01:11,333 CANDIDATES: ALEX GALLEGOS, CHRISTY PERRY, MICHAEL SNYDER, 19 00:01:11,333 --> 00:01:16,166 DAVID LEROY, AND RUSS FULCHER. 20 00:01:16,166 --> 00:01:17,700 ASKING THEM QUESTIONS TONIGHT WILL BE REPORTERS SELECTED BY 21 00:01:17,700 --> 00:01:19,800 THE IDAHO PRESS CLUB: BETSY RUSSELL OF THE SPOKESMAN-REVIEW, 22 00:01:19,800 --> 00:01:21,900 CAMERON RASMUSSON OF THE SANDPOINT READER, AND BILL 23 00:01:21,900 --> 00:01:22,900 SPENCE OF THE LEWISTON TRIBUNE. 24 00:01:22,900 --> 00:01:25,000 I'M MELISSA DAVLIN, HOST OF "IDAHO REPORTS" ON IDAHO PUBLIC 25 00:01:25,000 --> 00:01:26,066 TELEVISION. 26 00:01:26,066 --> 00:01:28,100 I'M MODERATING TONIGHT'S DEBATE AND WILL DO MY BEST TO MAKE SURE 27 00:01:28,100 --> 00:01:30,166 ALL THE CANDIDATES GET EQUAL TIME AND STAY ON POINT. 28 00:01:30,166 --> 00:01:31,900 TO HELP ME AND TO REMIND THE CANDIDATES HOW LONG THEY'VE BEEN 29 00:01:31,900 --> 00:01:33,867 TALKING IS A VOLUNTEER TIMEKEEPER FROM THE LEAGUE OF 30 00:01:33,867 --> 00:01:34,900 WOMEN VOTERS, BARB WOOD. 31 00:01:34,900 --> 00:01:36,600 WE'VE ASKED THE CANDIDATES TO ENGAGE EACH OTHER ON THE ISSUES. 32 00:01:36,600 --> 00:01:39,066 IN OTHER WORDS, LESS EMPHASIS ON A RIGID FORMAT AND MORE FOCUS ON 33 00:01:39,066 --> 00:01:41,700 INTELLIGENT DISCUSSION THAT HELPS YOU THE VOTER CAST A MORE 34 00:01:41,700 --> 00:01:43,266 INFORMED BALLOT. 35 00:01:43,266 --> 00:01:46,333 EACH CANDIDATE WILL BE GIVEN 90 SECONDS FOR OPENING COMMENTS AND 36 00:01:46,333 --> 00:01:49,500 90 SECONDS FOR CLOSING. 37 00:01:49,500 --> 00:01:59,567 WE DREW NAMES A FEW MINUTES AGO AND COLONEL GALLEGOS WILL BEGIN 38 00:01:59,567 --> 00:02:00,166 WITH HIS OPENING REMARKS. 39 00:02:00,166 --> 00:02:01,700 >> THANKS. 40 00:02:01,700 --> 00:02:06,066 I'M LIEUTENANT COLONEL RETIRED ALEX GALLEGOS, NATIVE OF CANYON 41 00:02:06,066 --> 00:02:06,333 COUNTY. 42 00:02:06,333 --> 00:02:08,800 I ENLISTED IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY STRAIGHT OUT OF HIGH 43 00:02:08,800 --> 00:02:09,000 SCHOOL. 44 00:02:09,000 --> 00:02:13,166 DURING MY CAREER, I DEPLOYED SIX TIMES, I EARNED THREE DEGREES, 45 00:02:13,166 --> 00:02:19,166 AND I SERVED AT EVERY LEVEL OF THE ARMY, INCLUDING TWICE AT THE 46 00:02:19,166 --> 00:02:19,433 PENTAGON. 47 00:02:19,433 --> 00:02:22,433 MY WIFE IS A COLONEL ON ACTIVE DUTY. 48 00:02:22,433 --> 00:02:26,433 TOGETHER, WE HAVE NEARLY HALF A CENTURY OF ACTIVE SERVICE. 49 00:02:26,433 --> 00:02:31,800 I'M RUNNING FOR CONGRESS BECAUSE I DEEPLY CARE ABOUT OUR NATION. 50 00:02:31,800 --> 00:02:35,166 I KNOW THAT CONGRESS HAS FAILED THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND IS 51 00:02:35,166 --> 00:02:36,600 HURTING IDAHOANS. 52 00:02:36,600 --> 00:02:47,800 THE LACK OF DISCIPLINE IN CONGRESS IS PLACING IN JEOPARDY 53 00:02:47,800 --> 00:02:49,100 OUR QUALITY OF LIFE, OUR CHILDREN'S FUTURE, AND/ OUR 54 00:02:49,100 --> 00:02:50,166 AMERICAN VALUES. 55 00:02:50,166 --> 00:02:51,266 WE HAVE TO CHANGE WHO WE ELECT. 56 00:02:51,266 --> 00:02:54,800 WE NEED TO ELECT LEADERS WHO HAVE DISCIPLINE, COURAGE, AND 57 00:02:54,800 --> 00:02:55,266 HAVE COMMON SENSE. 58 00:02:55,266 --> 00:03:00,266 IN THE CASE OF NATIONAL SECURITY, WE NEED LEADERS WITH 59 00:03:00,266 --> 00:03:01,600 REAL-WORLD EXPERIENCE. 60 00:03:01,600 --> 00:03:04,967 OUR FAMILY UNDERSTANDS SACRIFICE. 61 00:03:04,967 --> 00:03:10,867 OUR CHILDREN'S FATHER, A REAL AMERICAN HERO, CAPTAIN DAN 62 00:03:10,867 --> 00:03:13,433 AGERS, PAID THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE. 63 00:03:13,433 --> 00:03:17,867 WITH YOUR CONFIDENCE, I PROMISE TO DEFEND AND PROTECT OUR 64 00:03:17,867 --> 00:03:22,166 FREEDOM AND HONOR THE SACRIFICES OF OUR FALLEN BY RESTORING 65 00:03:22,166 --> 00:03:23,633 DISCIPLINE IN CONGRESS. 66 00:03:23,633 --> 00:03:24,000 THANK YOU. 67 00:03:24,000 --> 00:03:24,333 >> ALL RIGHT. 68 00:03:24,333 --> 00:03:25,433 THANK YOU SO MUCH. 69 00:03:25,433 --> 00:03:26,333 REPRESENTATIVE PERRY. 70 00:03:26,333 --> 00:03:27,000 >> THANK YOU. 71 00:03:27,000 --> 00:03:30,533 THANK YOU TO IDAHO PUBLIC TELEVISION AND FOR EVERYONE WHO 72 00:03:30,533 --> 00:03:34,166 PARTICIPATED IN MAKING THESE DEBATES POSSIBLE TONIGHT. 73 00:03:34,166 --> 00:03:36,266 I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK MY HUSBAND AND MY FAMILY FOR 74 00:03:36,266 --> 00:03:38,066 JOINING US IN THE AUDIENCE TODAY AS WELL. 75 00:03:38,066 --> 00:03:41,433 FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE NEVER MET ME, MY NAME IS CHRISTY 76 00:03:41,433 --> 00:03:45,000 PERRY, AND I'M A STRONG CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN 77 00:03:45,000 --> 00:03:48,700 CHRISTIAN WOMAN FROM CANYON COUNTY WHO, ALONG WITH MY 78 00:03:48,700 --> 00:03:53,900 HUSBAND, OWN AND OPERATE A GUN SHOP HERE IN IDAHO. 79 00:03:53,900 --> 00:03:55,633 I'M THE GIRL WITH ALL THE GUNS. 80 00:03:55,633 --> 00:03:59,200 I COME FROM HARD-WORKING CHRISTIAN PEOPLE WHO HAVE NEVER 81 00:03:59,200 --> 00:04:00,600 BEEN HANDED A THING. 82 00:04:00,600 --> 00:04:06,233 I'M THE FIRST PERSON IN MY FAMILY TO GRADUATE FROM COLLEGE. 83 00:04:06,233 --> 00:04:07,233 I HAVE A BACHELOR'S DEGREE, A MASTER'S DEGREE. 84 00:04:07,233 --> 00:04:11,900 I HAVE SERVED AS A REPUBLICAN PRECINCT COMMITTEEMAN, AND I'M A 85 00:04:11,900 --> 00:04:17,000 FOUR-TERM REPUBLICAN LEGISLATOR FROM THE AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT 86 00:04:17,000 --> 00:04:18,800 OF CANYON COUNTY. 87 00:04:18,800 --> 00:04:28,734 I'M HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE I WANT TO BE YOUR NEXT CONGRESSIONAL 88 00:04:28,734 --> 00:04:34,734 REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT 1. 89 00:04:34,734 --> 00:04:39,233 MY ONE QUESTION FOR YOU TONIGHT IS, WHAT HAVE THESE GOOD OLE 90 00:04:39,233 --> 00:04:42,000 BOYS DONE FOR YOU LATELY? 91 00:04:42,000 --> 00:04:42,333 I'LL TELL YOU. 92 00:04:42,333 --> 00:04:46,333 THEY'VE GIVEN US A $21 TRILLION DEFICIT. 93 00:04:46,333 --> 00:04:48,333 THEY HAVE BANKRUPTED THE SOCIAL SECURITY TRUST FUND. 94 00:04:48,333 --> 00:04:50,333 THEY HAVE NO SOLUTION FOR OUR HEALTH CARE CRISIS OR 95 00:04:50,333 --> 00:04:51,233 IMMIGRATION CRISIS. 96 00:04:51,233 --> 00:04:55,533 RIGHT NOW, THEY'RE WORKING ON RULES TO INFRINGE ON YOUR SECOND 97 00:04:55,533 --> 00:04:56,433 AMENDMENT RIGHTS. 98 00:04:56,433 --> 00:04:57,900 WE NEED SOMETHING DIFFERENT. 99 00:04:57,900 --> 00:05:02,000 WE NEED A STRONG CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN CHRISTIAN WOMAN IN 100 00:05:02,000 --> 00:05:05,533 CONGRESS, AND I'M ASKING YOU TO SEND ME, CHRISTY PERRY, THE GIRL 101 00:05:05,533 --> 00:05:08,433 WITH ALL THE GUNS TO FIGHT FOR YOU. 102 00:05:08,433 --> 00:05:08,867 >> ALL RIGHT. 103 00:05:08,867 --> 00:05:10,266 THANK YOU SO MUCH. 104 00:05:10,266 --> 00:05:11,266 SENATOR FULCHER. 105 00:05:11,266 --> 00:05:12,266 >> HI. 106 00:05:12,266 --> 00:05:13,066 I'M RUSS FULCHER. 107 00:05:13,066 --> 00:05:16,700 I'M A HUSBAND, A FATHER, AN INTERNATIONAL BUSINESSMAN, A 108 00:05:16,700 --> 00:05:20,800 REAL ESTATE BROKER, AND A FORMER STATE SENATOR. 109 00:05:20,800 --> 00:05:24,433 I'M DOING THIS BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS 110 00:05:24,433 --> 00:05:27,700 FORGOTTEN THAT THEY ARE HERE TO SERVE THE PEOPLE, NOT THE OTHER 111 00:05:27,700 --> 00:05:28,166 WAY AROUND. 112 00:05:28,166 --> 00:05:31,266 AND I WANT TO PLAY A PART IN SHIFTING SOME OF THAT CONTROL 113 00:05:31,266 --> 00:05:34,700 FROM THE GOVERNMENT BACK TO THE PEOPLE. 114 00:05:34,700 --> 00:05:37,700 I'VE BEEN VERY BLESSED TO HAVE DEEP ROOTS IN THIS STATE. 115 00:05:37,700 --> 00:05:42,533 THE FIRST 20 YEARS OF MY LIFE WAS SPENT ON A DAIRY FARM IN 116 00:05:42,533 --> 00:05:42,800 MERIDIAN. 117 00:05:42,800 --> 00:05:46,166 THE NEXT 20-PLUS YEARS WAS SPENT TRAVELING ALL OVER THE WORLD. 118 00:05:46,166 --> 00:05:49,734 WHEN YOU DO THAT, YOU GET JUST A LITTLE BIT OF AN APPRECIATION 119 00:05:49,734 --> 00:05:52,700 FOR SOME OF THE THINGS THAT MAKE GOVERNMENT WORK AND SOME OF THE 120 00:05:52,700 --> 00:05:53,900 THINGS THAT JUST DON'T. 121 00:05:53,900 --> 00:05:57,834 FROM THERE, I WAS BLESSED AGAIN TO BE IN THE IDAHO STATE SENATE 122 00:05:57,834 --> 00:06:00,433 FOR TEN YEARS WHILE RUNNING A REAL ESTATE BUSINESS. 123 00:06:00,433 --> 00:06:05,000 I WANT TO TAKE THAT EXPERIENCE, BUT I WANT TO USE IT ON YOUR 124 00:06:05,000 --> 00:06:05,333 BEHALF. 125 00:06:05,333 --> 00:06:08,533 I WANT TO HELP PUT A PLAN IN PLACE TO SECURE OUR BORDER. 126 00:06:08,533 --> 00:06:13,333 I WANT TO HELP PUT A PLAN IN PLACE TO ENABLE THE FREE MARKET 127 00:06:13,333 --> 00:06:16,000 SYSTEM AND OUR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM SO THAT WE CAN HAVE LOWER 128 00:06:16,000 --> 00:06:17,066 COSTS AND BETTER CARE. 129 00:06:17,066 --> 00:06:23,000 AND I WANT TO HELP PUT A PLAN IN PLACE TO EMPOWER WISE MANAGEMENT 130 00:06:23,000 --> 00:06:26,333 OF OUR LANDS, PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT AND OUR ACCESS. 131 00:06:26,333 --> 00:06:30,367 MY FRIENDS, EXPERIENCE REALLY DOES MATTER. 132 00:06:30,367 --> 00:06:33,500 A POSITIVE MESSAGE REALLY DOES MATTER. 133 00:06:33,500 --> 00:06:36,500 I WILL BE YOUR CHAMPION IN CONGRESS, AND I HAVE THE RECORD 134 00:06:36,500 --> 00:06:38,066 TO PROVE IT. 135 00:06:38,066 --> 00:06:38,533 THANK YOU. 136 00:06:38,533 --> 00:06:39,233 >> ALL RIGHT. 137 00:06:39,233 --> 00:06:42,333 MR. SNYDER, YOUR REMARKS, PLEASE. 138 00:06:42,333 --> 00:06:42,867 >> THANK YOU. 139 00:06:42,867 --> 00:06:44,600 MY NAME IS MICHAEL SNYDER. 140 00:06:44,600 --> 00:06:51,500 I'M ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR CONSERVATIVE AUTHORS IN THE 141 00:06:51,500 --> 00:06:53,266 ENTIRE COUNTRY. 142 00:06:53,266 --> 00:06:56,734 I'VE TOUCHED MORE PEOPLE FOR CONSERVATIVE CAUSES THAN 143 00:06:56,734 --> 00:07:01,100 EVERYBODY ELSE ON THIS STAGE COMBINED, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO 144 00:07:01,100 --> 00:07:05,367 CONGRATULATE ALL OF MY FELLOW CANDIDATES HERE TONIGHT FOR 145 00:07:05,367 --> 00:07:09,166 ADOPTING PRO-TRUMP MESSAGING FOR THEIR CAMPAIGN AND FOLLOWING MY 146 00:07:09,166 --> 00:07:14,066 LEAD IN DOING SO, BUT SHOULD WE TRUST THE LATE BANDWAGON 147 00:07:14,066 --> 00:07:14,367 JUMPERS? 148 00:07:14,367 --> 00:07:17,800 WE KNOW ORIGINALLY ALL THE OTHER LEADING CONTENDERS IN THIS RACE 149 00:07:17,800 --> 00:07:19,900 TRIED TO KEEP DONALD TRUMP OUT OF THE WHITE HOUSE. 150 00:07:19,900 --> 00:07:23,100 THEY DID NOT WANT DONALD TRUMP WHILE FROM THE VERY BEGINNING I 151 00:07:23,100 --> 00:07:28,700 WAS A TRUMP SUPPORTER EVEN BEFORE DONALD TRUMP GOT IN THE 152 00:07:28,700 --> 00:07:28,900 RACE. 153 00:07:28,900 --> 00:07:30,433 I RESONATED WITH HIS MESSAGE. 154 00:07:30,433 --> 00:07:31,633 I WAS TALKING ABOUT A WALL. 155 00:07:31,633 --> 00:07:36,333 I WAS TALKED ABOUT OUR IMBALANCED TRADE WITH CHINA. 156 00:07:36,333 --> 00:07:41,233 WHEN HE CAME ALONG, ME AND MY WIFE JUMPED ON BOARD RIGHT AWAY. 157 00:07:41,233 --> 00:07:44,367 THESE GUYS, THEY'RE LATE TO THE GAME. 158 00:07:44,367 --> 00:07:45,967 THEY SAY TRUST US. 159 00:07:45,967 --> 00:07:47,800 LET ME GIVE YOU ONE CLUE. 160 00:07:47,800 --> 00:07:50,266 IF SOMEONE SURROUNDED THEMSELVES WITH PEOPLE WHO HATE DONALD 161 00:07:50,266 --> 00:07:54,100 TRUMP, PROBABLY NOT A PRO-TRUMP CANDIDATE, SO WE DON'T LIKE FAKE 162 00:07:54,100 --> 00:07:55,066 TANS. 163 00:07:55,066 --> 00:08:00,266 WE DON'T LIKE FAKE NEWS, AND WE CERTAINLY DON'T WANT TO SEND A 164 00:08:00,266 --> 00:08:05,633 FAKE PRO-TRUMP KRCANDIDATE TO WASHINGTON. 165 00:08:05,633 --> 00:08:05,967 LISTEN TO US. 166 00:08:05,967 --> 00:08:06,266 EVALUATE US. 167 00:08:06,266 --> 00:08:06,867 COMPARE. 168 00:08:06,867 --> 00:08:09,266 IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH ME, COMPARE WHAT WE BELIEVE TO THE 169 00:08:09,266 --> 00:08:10,166 OTHER GUYS. 170 00:08:10,166 --> 00:08:14,333 WHEN YOU DO, I THINK YOU'LL VOTE FOR THE PRO-TRUMP CANDIDATE, THE 171 00:08:14,333 --> 00:08:17,633 MOST CONSERVATIVE CANDIDATE IN THIS CASE, AND THE PERSON THAT'S 172 00:08:17,633 --> 00:08:22,700 MOST OUT FRONT ABOUT TAKING CHRISTIAN VALUES BACK TO 173 00:08:22,700 --> 00:08:24,533 WASHINGTON, D.C. 174 00:08:24,533 --> 00:08:28,233 >> LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR LEROY. 175 00:08:28,233 --> 00:08:28,700 >> GOOD EVENING, IDAHO. 176 00:08:28,700 --> 00:08:30,333 I'M DAVID LEROY. 177 00:08:30,333 --> 00:08:39,600 117 YEARS AGO MY AN SCESTORS CAME TO IDAHO TO FARM. 178 00:08:39,600 --> 00:08:44,233 I SPENT A NUMBER OF GLORIOUS SUMMERS ON THE LAKE. 179 00:08:44,233 --> 00:08:49,533 I'M A TWO-TERM COUNTY PROSECUTOR, WAS FORMERLY THE 180 00:08:49,533 --> 00:08:52,333 YOUNGEST ATTORNEY GENERAL IN THE COUNTRY, APPEARING THREE TIMES 181 00:08:52,333 --> 00:08:53,633 BEFORE THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT. 182 00:08:53,633 --> 00:08:56,433 FOR FOUR YEARS, I WAS LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR OF IDAHO PRESIDING OVER 183 00:08:56,433 --> 00:08:57,834 THE SENATE. 184 00:08:57,834 --> 00:09:02,266 WHEN THE GOVERNOR WAS OUT OF STATE FOR 254 DAYS, I WAS ACTING 185 00:09:02,266 --> 00:09:04,600 GOVERNOR OF IDAHO. 186 00:09:04,600 --> 00:09:09,500 IN THE FORMER ADMINISTRATION, I SERVE ED AS A PRESIDENTIAL 187 00:09:09,500 --> 00:09:12,100 APPOINTEE, BUT NOW I'M CITIZEN DAVE. 188 00:09:12,100 --> 00:09:13,533 BEEN OUT OF POLITICS FOR 20 YEARS. 189 00:09:13,533 --> 00:09:15,000 WHY WOULD I COME BACK? 190 00:09:15,000 --> 00:09:18,066 BECAUSE DONALD TRUMP IS A CHANGE AGENT. 191 00:09:18,066 --> 00:09:21,066 IF WE PUT CONSERVATIVE LEGISLATION IN FRONT OF HIM, 192 00:09:21,066 --> 00:09:22,266 HE'LL PASS IT. 193 00:09:22,266 --> 00:09:23,633 HE'LL SIGN IT. 194 00:09:23,633 --> 00:09:26,100 AND HE'LL ENACT IT INTO LAW. 195 00:09:26,100 --> 00:09:35,533 YOU SEE, WITH MY CONSIDERABLE BACKGROUND, I'M PREPARED TO MAKE 196 00:09:35,533 --> 00:09:37,900 A CONTRIBUTION IN CONGRESS FROM DAY ONE. 197 00:09:37,900 --> 00:09:42,433 AS SOMEONE WHO HAS RUN A FEDERAL AGENCY, I HAVE GOOD IDEAS ABOUT 198 00:09:42,433 --> 00:09:44,333 THE BUDGET PROCESS AND HOW TO IMPROVE IT. 199 00:09:44,333 --> 00:09:47,266 AS SOMEONE WHO HAS TESTIFIED FREQUENTLY BEFORE CONGRESS, I 200 00:09:47,266 --> 00:09:52,433 WILL LEARN HOW TO ASK QUESTIONS, LISTEN TO THE ANSWERS, AND MAKE 201 00:09:52,433 --> 00:09:52,800 PUBLIC POLICY. 202 00:09:52,800 --> 00:09:56,867 IF YOU'LL SEND MY WIFE NANCY, LEROY, AND I TOGETHER AS A TEAM 203 00:09:56,867 --> 00:10:01,433 TO CONGRESS, WE'LL REPRESENT YOU HONORAB 204 00:10:01,433 --> 00:10:03,800 HONORABLY, ETHICALLY, AGGRESSIVELY, EFFECTIVELY. 205 00:10:03,800 --> 00:10:06,800 IT'S OUR TURN AND OUR TIME TO PRESERVE THE REPUBLIC. 206 00:10:06,800 --> 00:10:08,333 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. 207 00:10:08,333 --> 00:10:09,266 REPRESENT MALEK. 208 00:10:09,266 --> 00:10:10,533 >> THANK YOU, MELISSA. 209 00:10:10,533 --> 00:10:13,900 MY NAME IS LUKE MALEK, AND I'M RUNNING FOR CONGRESS. 210 00:10:13,900 --> 00:10:18,166 I'M RUNNING FOR CONGRESS TO FIGHT FOR OUR SECOND AMENDMENT 211 00:10:18,166 --> 00:10:22,367 RIGHTS, TO FIGHT TO PROTECT THE LIFE OF THE UNBORN, TO FIGHT TO 212 00:10:22,367 --> 00:10:25,500 PRESERVE OUR INDEPENDENT WAY OF LIFE IN THE STATE OF IDAHO, AND 213 00:10:25,500 --> 00:10:29,266 TO DEFEND AGAINST THE HEAVY HAND OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. 214 00:10:29,266 --> 00:10:33,333 I FIGHT BECAUSE, LIKE YOU, I FIGHT FOR WHAT I LOVE, AND I 215 00:10:33,333 --> 00:10:34,533 LOVE OUR COUNTRY. 216 00:10:34,533 --> 00:10:36,734 I LOVE THE STATE OF IDAHO. 217 00:10:36,734 --> 00:10:42,600 I LOVE MY FAMILY, AND I LOVE OUR CONSERVATIVE VALUES. 218 00:10:42,600 --> 00:10:44,100 HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT I'LL FIGHT? 219 00:10:44,100 --> 00:10:47,333 BECAUSE ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS. 220 00:10:47,333 --> 00:10:50,100 I'VE FOUGHT AND I HAVE WON. 221 00:10:50,100 --> 00:10:54,700 WHEN OBAMA WAS SPYING ON US USING OUR CELL PHONES, I SUED 222 00:10:54,700 --> 00:10:57,000 HIM TO DEFEND OUR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS. 223 00:10:57,000 --> 00:11:01,333 WHEN OBAMACARE THREATENED TO BANKRUPT IDAHOANS, I FOUGHT TO 224 00:11:01,333 --> 00:11:03,700 MAKE SURE OUR HEALTH CARE DECISIONS REMAINED IN OUR HANDS. 225 00:11:03,700 --> 00:11:12,100 I FIGHT FOR IDAHOANS, WHICH IS WHY I HAVE BEEN ENDORSED BY OUR 226 00:11:12,100 --> 00:11:13,867 FIREFIGHTERS, BY OUR POLICE OFFICERS, BY MANY NMAYORS, BY 227 00:11:13,867 --> 00:11:16,700 MANY PROSECUTORS, BY MEMBERS OF THE AGRICULTURE INDUSTRY, THE 228 00:11:16,700 --> 00:11:21,633 TIMBER INDUSTRY, THE MINING INDUSTRY, AND MANY MORE. 229 00:11:21,633 --> 00:11:26,633 AND I AM AUTHENTIC TRUE CONSERVATIVE, AND I FIGHT FOR 230 00:11:26,633 --> 00:11:27,900 WHAT I LOVE. 231 00:11:27,900 --> 00:11:35,266 AND I CAN'T BE BOUGHT, WHICH IS WHY I AM RUNNING FOR CONGRESS TO 232 00:11:35,266 --> 00:11:39,600 MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE AUTHENTIC LEADERSHIP IN WASHINGTON, D.C. 233 00:11:39,600 --> 00:11:40,166 >> ALL RIGHT. 234 00:11:40,166 --> 00:11:42,333 THANK YOU SO MUCH. 235 00:11:42,333 --> 00:11:45,600 WE HAVE 90 MINUTES OF DEBATE AHEAD OF US. 236 00:11:45,600 --> 00:11:51,600 THE FIRST QUESTION IS FROM CAMERON TO COLONEL GALLEGOS. 237 00:11:51,600 --> 00:12:00,433 >> COLONEL GALLEGOS, GIVEN THE DISTINCT ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL 238 00:12:00,433 --> 00:12:05,600 DYNAMICS THROUGHOUT YOUR CONTROL pFOR REPRESENTING THE COMMUNITY? 239 00:12:05,600 --> 00:12:08,100 >> THANK YOU FIRST OF ALL FOR THE QUESTION. 240 00:12:08,100 --> 00:12:08,533 WE HAVE TO LISTEN. 241 00:12:08,533 --> 00:12:10,700 AS LEADERS, WE HAVE TO LISTEN AND OBSERVE WHAT'S GOING ON IN 242 00:12:10,700 --> 00:12:11,900 THE COMMUNITIES. 243 00:12:11,900 --> 00:12:13,100 IDAHO IS HURTING RIGHT NOW. 244 00:12:13,100 --> 00:12:17,700 IT'S CLEAR THAT THERE'S A SKILLS GAP IN JOBS. 245 00:12:17,700 --> 00:12:20,100 IT'S CLEAR THAT EDUCATION IS ATTRIBUTED TO THAT AS WELL. 246 00:12:20,100 --> 00:12:23,233 WE HAVE TO GO TO THE COMMUNITIES AND FIND OUT WHAT WORKS FOR 247 00:12:23,233 --> 00:12:23,433 THEM. 248 00:12:23,433 --> 00:12:25,333 OUR AG INDUSTRY IS VERY IMPORTANT IN IDAHO. 249 00:12:25,333 --> 00:12:28,100 WE HAVE TO, AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE UNITED STATES, MAKE SURE 250 00:12:28,100 --> 00:12:31,333 THAT WE ARE REPRESENTING OUR RANCHERS AND FARMERS. 251 00:12:31,333 --> 00:12:36,000 IT'S VERY DIFFICULT FOR THEM, AND TO SUSTAIN THE INCOME THEY 252 00:12:36,000 --> 00:12:36,734 NEED, THAT'S IMPORTANT. 253 00:12:36,734 --> 00:12:41,533 I WILL TELL YOU MY FAMILY FARMS IN WISCONSIN, AND I KNOW HOW 254 00:12:41,533 --> 00:12:43,533 DIFFICULT THE CHALLENGES WE FACE ARE. 255 00:12:43,533 --> 00:12:46,800 I WILL TELL YOU THERE WILL BE NO ONE BETTER THAN ME TO REPRESENT 256 00:12:46,800 --> 00:12:51,000 YOU IN CONGRESS BECAUSE I KNOW WHAT THE CHALLENGES ARE THAT WE 257 00:12:51,000 --> 00:12:51,266 FACE. 258 00:12:51,266 --> 00:12:52,967 >> VERY GOOD. 259 00:12:52,967 --> 00:12:58,266 AND GIVEN THAT IDAHO IS JUST TWO REPRESENTATIVES IN CONGRESS AND 260 00:12:58,266 --> 00:13:02,867 SOMETIMES THE INTEREST BETWEEN THE DISTRICTS CONFLICT WITH EACH 261 00:13:02,867 --> 00:13:06,700 OTHER, WHAT IS YOUR DUTY TO REPRESENT ALL OF IDAHO -- THAT 262 00:13:06,700 --> 00:13:13,100 IS TO SAY, IS IT YOUR DUTY TO REPRESENT ALL OF IDAHO AND NOT 263 00:13:13,100 --> 00:13:14,166 JUST CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 1? 264 00:13:14,166 --> 00:13:18,700 >> AS A SERVICE MEMBER, WHAT WE LEARN IS TEAMWORK IS PARAMOUNT. 265 00:13:18,700 --> 00:13:22,700 YOU HAVE TO OPERATE AS A TEAM TO ACHIEVE ANY OBJECTIVE. 266 00:13:22,700 --> 00:13:26,000 THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS SPLITTING IDAHO IN HALF AND 267 00:13:26,000 --> 00:13:27,533 CREATING TWO SEPARATE IDAHOS. 268 00:13:27,533 --> 00:13:31,166 WE HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER IN BOTH DISTRICTS TO REACH COMMON 269 00:13:31,166 --> 00:13:31,800 OBJECTIVES. 270 00:13:31,800 --> 00:13:33,633 THAT'S IMPORTANT. 271 00:13:33,633 --> 00:13:39,533 FARMERS AND RANCHERS ON ONE SIDE OF THE STATE AREN'T ANY 272 00:13:39,533 --> 00:13:43,633 DIFFERENT THAN FARMERS AND RANCHERS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF 273 00:13:43,633 --> 00:13:44,233 THE STATE. 274 00:13:44,233 --> 00:13:47,166 >> REPRESENTATIVE PERRY, SAME QUESTION. 275 00:13:47,166 --> 00:13:51,166 >> IN THAT REGARD, I THINK WHAT'S INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT BOTH 276 00:13:51,166 --> 00:13:54,333 FOR ALL PARTS OF IDAHO ARE THE FACT THAT WE HAVE GOT TO PUT 277 00:13:54,333 --> 00:13:56,867 SOME INVESTMENT INTO OUR S.T.E.M. EDUCATION ACROSS THE 278 00:13:56,867 --> 00:14:00,900 STATE AND EDUCATION AND TECHNOLOGY ACROSS THE STATE. 279 00:14:00,900 --> 00:14:04,333 AS I'VE TRAVELED UP AND DOWN THE DISTRICT, THERE'S SOME CONCERNS 280 00:14:04,333 --> 00:14:05,233 THAT CONSISTENTLY COME UP. 281 00:14:05,233 --> 00:14:09,533 ONE OF THEM IS THIS QUESTION OF THIS URBAN/RURAL DIVIDE. 282 00:14:09,533 --> 00:14:13,533 RURAL IDAHO TRULY FEELS LEFT OUT OF THE EQUATION. 283 00:14:13,533 --> 00:14:17,266 THAT'S REALLY UNFORTUNATE, SO WE HAVE GOT TO PUT SOME TIME INTO 284 00:14:17,266 --> 00:14:19,967 FIGURING OUT HOW DO WE ENSURE THAT RURAL IDAHO AND THEIR 285 00:14:19,967 --> 00:14:26,266 CHILDREN HAVE THE SAME ECONOMIC VIABILITY AND SUSTAINABILITY AND 286 00:14:26,266 --> 00:14:28,066 OPPORTUNITIES AS URBAN IDAHO DOES. 287 00:14:28,066 --> 00:14:32,066 THOSE ARE THINGS AT THE IDAHO LEGISLATURE WE HAVE CERTAINLY 288 00:14:32,066 --> 00:14:35,633 ALREADY BEEN WORKING ON. 289 00:14:35,633 --> 00:14:39,533 UNLIKE MR. GALLEGOS HERE, WE'VE WORKED ON THOSE. 290 00:14:39,533 --> 00:14:43,333 WE KNOW FIRSTHAND WHAT THESE ISSUES ARE. 291 00:14:43,333 --> 00:14:46,367 WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THOSE KINDS OF THINGS, SO IT IS 292 00:14:46,367 --> 00:14:49,333 EDUCATION AND IT IS THE INVESTMENT IN S.T.E.M. 293 00:14:49,333 --> 00:14:51,800 AND IT IS ALSO INVESTMENT IN TRANSPORTATION BECAUSE IN ORDER 294 00:14:51,800 --> 00:14:55,433 FOR BUSINESSES ALL ACROSS IDAHO TO BE SUCCESSFUL WE HAVE GOT TO 295 00:14:55,433 --> 00:14:58,834 HAVE A VIABLE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM. 296 00:14:58,834 --> 00:15:02,633 NORTHERN IDAHO CAN'T BE TAKING A HELICOPTER AND HAULING THE TREES 297 00:15:02,633 --> 00:15:03,000 OUT OF THERE. 298 00:15:03,000 --> 00:15:06,633 WE'VE GOT TO BUILD SOME INFRASTRUCTURE SO THEY CAN 299 00:15:06,633 --> 00:15:07,433 SUCCEED. 300 00:15:07,433 --> 00:15:14,066 TO RESPOND TO THAT BRIEFLY.NTED >> I DON'T THINK ANYBODY HERE 301 00:15:14,066 --> 00:15:14,533 WOULD CONTEST THAT. 302 00:15:14,533 --> 00:15:17,734 PEOPLE ON THIS PANEL HAVE SERVED THE STATE OF IDAHO. 303 00:15:17,734 --> 00:15:20,333 I WOULD JUST ASK YOURSELF -- IT'S INTERESTING THAT WE TALK 304 00:15:20,333 --> 00:15:24,000 ABOUT S.T.E.M. EDUCATION, BUT IDAHO HAS A HORRIBLE RECORD OF 305 00:15:24,000 --> 00:15:24,266 EDUCATION. 306 00:15:24,266 --> 00:15:26,533 IT'S GOOD TO HEAR THESE THINGS. 307 00:15:26,533 --> 00:15:31,700 YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR A LOT OF HIYPERBOLE TONIGHT. 308 00:15:31,700 --> 00:15:37,000 I HOPE WE HEAR HUMILITY AND AUTHENTICITY AS WELL. 309 00:15:37,000 --> 00:15:40,600 >> REPRESENTATIVE PERRY, WHAT COMMITTEES WOULD YOU LIKE TO 310 00:15:40,600 --> 00:15:43,533 SERVE ON AND HOW WOULD THEY IMPROVE THE COMMITTEE? 311 00:15:43,533 --> 00:15:46,600 >> THE COMMITTEE IS OBVIOUSLY NATURAL RESOURCES. 312 00:15:46,600 --> 00:15:48,900 THAT'S INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT TO IDAHO. 313 00:15:48,900 --> 00:15:51,100 AGRICULTURE IS ALSO INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT. 314 00:15:51,100 --> 00:15:54,700 THE ENERGY AND COMMERCE COMMITTEE, WHICH REALLY ALTHOUGH 315 00:15:54,700 --> 00:15:59,934 THE NAME SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHING ELSE, IT REALLY DEALS WITH 316 00:15:59,934 --> 00:16:05,000 HEALTH CARE. 317 00:16:05,000 --> 00:16:07,066 ID IDAHO O 318 00:16:07,066 --> 00:16:10,066 IDAHOANS ARE STRUGGLING WITH THE HEALTH CRISIS. 319 00:16:10,066 --> 00:16:13,533 THEY'RE STRUGGLING TO EVEN MAKE THE PREMIUMS. 320 00:16:13,533 --> 00:16:17,600 IF THEY CAN'T, THEY'RE BEING PRICED OUT OF THE MARKET, SO 321 00:16:17,600 --> 00:16:21,066 THIS IS SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE DEALT WITH ON A NATIONAL 322 00:16:21,066 --> 00:16:21,266 LEVEL. 323 00:16:21,266 --> 00:16:24,633 I'VE WORKED AN AWFUL LOT IN THAT ARENA, AND I WOULD LIKE TO 324 00:16:24,633 --> 00:16:27,000 CONTINUE TO DO THAT TO HELP THE CITIZENS OF IDAHO. 325 00:16:27,000 --> 00:16:30,433 >> SENATOR FULCHER, YOU'RE USED TO WORKING IN A DEEP RED STATE, 326 00:16:30,433 --> 00:16:35,333 BUT WHEN YOU GET TO CONGRESS, IT'S GOING TO BE A MUCH MORE 327 00:16:35,333 --> 00:16:36,266 EVEN DIVIDE. 328 00:16:36,266 --> 00:16:40,533 HOW DO YOU PLAN TO WORK WITH THE OTHER SIDE IF YOU ARE ELECTED? 329 00:16:40,533 --> 00:16:45,433 >> ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WAS ABLE TO DO DURING MY SERVICE IN 330 00:16:45,433 --> 00:16:50,333 THE IDAHO STATE SENATE WAS GAIN THE CONFIDENCE OF MY COLLEAGUES 331 00:16:50,333 --> 00:16:51,533 ACROSS THE STATE. 332 00:16:51,533 --> 00:16:56,000 SO MUCH SO THAT THEY ELECTED ME AS ONE OF THEIR LEADERS FOR SIX 333 00:16:56,000 --> 00:16:57,834 OF THE TEN YEARS THAT I SERVED. 334 00:16:57,834 --> 00:17:04,900 YOU DON'T DO THAT WITHOUT BEING ABLE TO WORK ACROSS A BROAD 335 00:17:04,900 --> 00:17:05,166 SCALE. 336 00:17:05,166 --> 00:17:10,900 MANY OF THE BILLS I SPONSORED OR DEALT WITH, THERE WAS CO-SPONSOR 337 00:17:10,900 --> 00:17:13,533 CO-SPONSORS FROM THE MINORITY PARTY. 338 00:17:13,533 --> 00:17:16,700 I THINK THAT WILL SERVE ME WELL IN A PLACE LIKE WASHINGTON, D.C. 339 00:17:16,700 --> 00:17:19,800 THE OTHER THING THAT I'M A LITTLE BIT EXCITED ABOUT, TO BE 340 00:17:19,800 --> 00:17:24,433 HONEST, IS I THINK I MIGHT KNOW JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW THIS 341 00:17:24,433 --> 00:17:25,367 PRESIDENT THINKS. 342 00:17:25,367 --> 00:17:31,000 THE REASON OF THAT IS IN MY EARLY DAYS AT MICRON TECHNOLOGY 343 00:17:31,000 --> 00:17:35,600 I WAS ONE OF THE PEOPLE THAT WOULD INTERACT WITH A LOT OF 344 00:17:35,600 --> 00:17:36,166 HIGH-PROFILE PEOPLE. 345 00:17:36,166 --> 00:17:37,967 NOT AT THE TIME, BUT LATER. 346 00:17:37,967 --> 00:17:42,533 THE STEVE JOBS OF THE WORLD AND THAT MIND-SET AND HAVE SOME 347 00:17:42,533 --> 00:17:43,533 COMMON THOUGHT PROCESSES. 348 00:17:43,533 --> 00:17:50,000 IMAGE THERE'S JUST A LITTLE BIT OF COMMONALITY THERE. 349 00:17:50,000 --> 00:17:53,166 >> MR. SNYDER, LET'S GO WITH THE SAME QUESTION. 350 00:17:53,166 --> 00:17:57,100 >> SURE, BUT I HAVE A DIFFERENT APPROACH THAN THESE GUYS. 351 00:17:57,100 --> 00:18:02,433 GOING TO CONGRESS, I'LL WORK WITH ANYBODY THAT WORKS WITH ME 352 00:18:02,433 --> 00:18:03,166 ON ANY ISSUE. 353 00:18:03,166 --> 00:18:06,266 SYSTEM UPSIDE DOWN.TURN THE - LET ME EXPLAIN. 354 00:18:06,266 --> 00:18:13,166 WE JUST GOT DONE WITH A TWO-WEEK TOUR ALL AROUND THE DISTRICT. 355 00:18:13,166 --> 00:18:14,700 WE'RE DOING TWO OR THREE OF THOSE A DAY. 356 00:18:14,700 --> 00:18:17,433 I WOULD ASK THE AUDIENCE A VERY SIMPLE QUESTION. 357 00:18:17,433 --> 00:18:21,100 I SAID, IF YOU APPROVE OF THE JOB CONGRESS IS DOING, GO AHEAD 358 00:18:21,100 --> 00:18:22,166 AND RAISE A HAND. 359 00:18:22,166 --> 00:18:25,500 IN ALL THOSE MEETINGS, NOT A SINGLE PERSON RAISED A HAND, 360 00:18:25,500 --> 00:18:29,000 WHICH IS A BIG PROBLEM BECAUSE I WAS TALKING TO REPUBLICAN 361 00:18:29,000 --> 00:18:29,333 AUDIENCES. 362 00:18:29,333 --> 00:18:34,233 I WAS TALKING TO CONSERVATIVE AUDIENCES, BUT REPUBLICANS ARE 363 00:18:34,233 --> 00:18:39,700 ALREADY IN CONTROL IN WASHINGTON, D.C., BUT EVERYBODY 364 00:18:39,700 --> 00:18:40,433 HATES CONGRESS. 365 00:18:40,433 --> 00:18:43,233 CONGRESS HAS A 15% APPROVAL RATING TODAY. 366 00:18:43,233 --> 00:18:45,700 IN THIS ELECTION, WE HAVE A VERY CLEAR CHOICE. 367 00:18:45,700 --> 00:18:49,633 WE CAN CHOOSE A CONVENTIONAL CAREER POLITICIAN WHO IS NOT 368 00:18:49,633 --> 00:18:51,333 GOING TO MAKE ANY WAVES IN WASHINGTON. 369 00:18:51,333 --> 00:18:56,266 IF WE ELECT ONE OF THESE GUYS, NOTHING IS GOING TO CHANGE. 370 00:18:56,266 --> 00:18:58,734 IN TWO YEARS FROM NOW, WE'LL COME BACK AND EVERYBODY WILL 371 00:18:58,734 --> 00:19:02,000 TALK ABOUT HOW THEY HATE CONGRESS, BUT I'M GOING THERE IN 372 00:19:02,000 --> 00:19:02,967 THE LAST DEBATE. 373 00:19:02,967 --> 00:19:08,734 WE NEED TO SEND A FIREBALL TO WASHINGTON LIKE DONALD TRUMP. 374 00:19:08,734 --> 00:19:09,867 I AM THAT FIREBALL. 375 00:19:09,867 --> 00:19:13,066 I'M GOING THERE TO EXPOSE THE CORRUPTION AND TAKE ON THE 376 00:19:13,066 --> 00:19:15,500 LEADERSHIP OF BOTH PARTIES AND SAY, NO, WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO 377 00:19:15,500 --> 00:19:17,333 IT THIS WAY ANY LONGER. 378 00:19:17,333 --> 00:19:22,233 >> JUST TO FOLLOW UP HERE, YOU KNOW, HOW WOULD YOU WORK WITH A 379 00:19:22,233 --> 00:19:24,700 POTENTIAL DEMOCRATIC MAJORITY IN CONGRESS? 380 00:19:24,700 --> 00:19:28,100 >> ON CERTAIN ISSUES, THERE'S COMMON GROUNDS, BUT ON CERTAIN 381 00:19:28,100 --> 00:19:30,700 ISSUES THERE'LL NEVER BE COMMON GROUND. 382 00:19:30,700 --> 00:19:33,633 FOR EXAMPLE, FUNDING PLANNED PARENTHOOD. 383 00:19:33,633 --> 00:19:37,000 I HAVE MADE A PLEDGE THAT I WILL NEVER, EVER VOTE FOR ANY BILL 384 00:19:37,000 --> 00:19:43,266 THAT HAS FUNDING FOR PLANNED PARENTHOOD EVEN IF IT IS $1. 385 00:19:43,266 --> 00:19:45,700 IT'S AN AUTOMATIC NO VOTE FOR ME. 386 00:19:45,700 --> 00:19:48,800 THERE'S SOME THINGS YOU CAN COMPROMISE ON. 387 00:19:48,800 --> 00:19:52,333 FOR EXAMPLE, HOW MUCH MONEY ARE WE GOING TO SPEND ON REPAIRING 388 00:19:52,333 --> 00:19:56,000 ROADS THIS YEAR, BUT THERE ARE OTHER THINGS WHERE WE MUST STAND 389 00:19:56,000 --> 00:19:56,800 ON PRINCIPLE. 390 00:19:56,800 --> 00:20:00,433 UNLIKE THE OTHER CANDIDATES IN THIS RACE, I HAVE A BACKBONE. 391 00:20:00,433 --> 00:20:02,166 >> ALL RIGHT. 392 00:20:02,166 --> 00:20:05,166 LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR LEROY, I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE SOME THOUGHTS 393 00:20:05,166 --> 00:20:07,900 ABOUT COMMITTEES YOU'D LIKE TO SERVE ON. 394 00:20:07,900 --> 00:20:09,333 CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT? 395 00:20:09,333 --> 00:20:10,266 >> I DO. 396 00:20:10,266 --> 00:20:14,367 THE COMMITTEES I WOULD LIKE TO SERVE ON RELATES BACK TO YOUR 397 00:20:14,367 --> 00:20:19,333 QUESTIONS, ONE, TWO, AND THREE, HOW DO YOU BRIDGE TOGETHER THE 398 00:20:19,333 --> 00:20:22,700 NORTH AND THE SOUTH, THE RURAL AND URBAN, THE FIRST AND SECOND 399 00:20:22,700 --> 00:20:22,967 DISTRICT. 400 00:20:22,967 --> 00:20:28,633 I WOULD LIKE TO SERVE ON THE JEW JUDICIARY COMMITTEE AND THE 401 00:20:28,633 --> 00:20:32,800 HOUSE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE OF GOVERNMENT AND REFORM. 402 00:20:32,800 --> 00:20:35,533 THEY HAVE THEIR TENTACLES WRAPPED AROUND ALL THE LAWS OF 403 00:20:35,533 --> 00:20:36,900 THE UNITED STATES AND REGULATIONS OF THE UNITED 404 00:20:36,900 --> 00:20:37,333 STATES. 405 00:20:37,333 --> 00:20:42,266 MANY OF THE THINGS THAT IMPACT US IN A PUBLIC LAND STATE WITH 406 00:20:42,266 --> 00:20:46,867 62% OR 63% PUBLIC FEDERAL LAND AND TIMBER INDUSTRIES WITH 407 00:20:46,867 --> 00:20:51,433 ACCESS TO RECREATION, BACKCOUNTRY AIRPORTS INCLUDED, 408 00:20:51,433 --> 00:21:01,333 ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE WRAPPED UP IN REGULATIONS AND LAWS. 409 00:21:01,333 --> 00:21:02,700 THOSE TWO COMMITTEES CAN BE INSTANTLY AVAILABLE TO HELP ALL 410 00:21:02,700 --> 00:21:04,900 OF IDAHO, ALL OF THE INDUSTRIES, ALL OUR CITIZENS. 411 00:21:04,900 --> 00:21:09,266 IT IS PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT, IN MY OPINION, IN THIS TRUMP 412 00:21:09,266 --> 00:21:12,700 ADMINISTRATION WHERE ON FIRST YEAR'S PERFORMANCE THE TRUMP 413 00:21:12,700 --> 00:21:15,900 ADMINISTRATION CUT 22 REGULATIONS FOR EVERY 1. 414 00:21:15,900 --> 00:21:20,433 UNLESS WE CHANGE THE STATUTES, WHICH DATE BACK TO THE 70s AND 415 00:21:20,433 --> 00:21:25,000 80s, EVEN THE 60s UNDER WHICH THESE REGULATIONS WERE INITIALLY 416 00:21:25,000 --> 00:21:28,633 ADOPTED, THEY'LL BLOOM AGAIN UNLESS WE NARROW THE DEFINITIONS 417 00:21:28,633 --> 00:21:29,867 AND NARROW THE AUTHORITIES. 418 00:21:29,867 --> 00:21:30,433 >> ALL RIGHT. 419 00:21:30,433 --> 00:21:34,433 AND JUST TO CONTINUE WITH THAT, HOW WOULD THAT AFFECT ALL 420 00:21:34,433 --> 00:21:34,700 IDAHOANS? 421 00:21:34,700 --> 00:21:36,533 CAN YOU REFERENCE THAT A LITTLE BIT? 422 00:21:36,533 --> 00:21:39,000 COULD YOU KIND OF CONTINUE WITH THAT? 423 00:21:39,000 --> 00:21:40,433 >> ABSOLUTELY. 424 00:21:40,433 --> 00:21:46,734 FOR INSTANCE, UNLESS WE HAVE A CHANGE IN EPA REGULATIONS OR A 425 00:21:46,734 --> 00:21:54,600 WAIVER FROM EPA REGULATIONS, EVERY SINGLE CITIZEN OF NAPA, 426 00:21:54,600 --> 00:21:59,166 IDAHO, MEN, WOMEN, AND CHILDREN, WILL BE PAYING $111 PER MONTH 427 00:21:59,166 --> 00:22:05,700 MORE FOR SEWER ACCESS AND SEWER FEES BECAUSE OF AFFLUENT 428 00:22:05,700 --> 00:22:09,333 REGULATIONS DUMPING OUT OF THEIR WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, SO 429 00:22:09,333 --> 00:22:14,533 WE NEED TO, IN THE CASE OF NAPA, GET AN IMMEDIATE ACTION ON THAT. 430 00:22:14,533 --> 00:22:18,367 IF NOT IN THIS CONGRESS, THEN CERTAINLY EARLY IN THE 116th 431 00:22:18,367 --> 00:22:18,633 CONGRESS. 432 00:22:18,633 --> 00:22:21,233 >> ALL RIGHT. 433 00:22:21,233 --> 00:22:21,533 >> ALL RIGHT. 434 00:22:21,533 --> 00:22:27,166 REPRESENTATIVE MALEK, LET'S GO BACK TO THE QUESTION ABOUT THE 435 00:22:27,166 --> 00:22:31,533 DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE NORTH AND THE SOUTHWEST AND HOW YOU WOULD 436 00:22:31,533 --> 00:22:34,000 REPRESENT BOTH OF THOSE DIFFERING REGIONS. 437 00:22:34,000 --> 00:22:36,166 >> THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION, CAMERON. 438 00:22:36,166 --> 00:22:39,233 IF I AM ELECTED IN CONGRESS, WHEN I'M ELECTED TO CONGRESS, 439 00:22:39,233 --> 00:22:46,700 I'LL BE THE FIRST CONGRESSMAN FROM KUTNEY COUNTY SINCE THE 440 00:22:46,700 --> 00:22:47,367 1950s. 441 00:22:47,367 --> 00:22:51,266 THE NORTH HAS BEEN IGNORED, BUT I CAN TELL YOU I HAVE BUILT 442 00:22:51,266 --> 00:22:54,433 RELATIONSHIPS FROM THE CANADIAN BORDER DOWN TO THE NEVADA 443 00:22:54,433 --> 00:22:56,533 BORDER. 444 00:22:56,533 --> 00:22:59,100 THIS DISTRICT IS 600 MILES LONG AND TAKES ABOUT TEN HOURS TO 445 00:22:59,100 --> 00:23:05,266 DRIVE FROM ONE END TO THE OTHER, AND I DO ON A REGULAR BASIS. 446 00:23:05,266 --> 00:23:07,800 IT'S A BEAUTIFUL STATE, AND I KNOW PEOPLE WITHOUT. 447 00:23:07,800 --> 00:23:14,700 THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BONNERS FERRY AND 448 00:23:14,700 --> 00:23:14,967 ORIANA. 449 00:23:14,967 --> 00:23:17,800 THE ISSUES ARE DIFFERENT. 450 00:23:17,800 --> 00:23:19,500 THE LANDSCAPE IS DIFFERENT. 451 00:23:19,500 --> 00:23:26,266 WHAT RUNS THROUGH THIS DISTRICT IS AN INTENSE DEDICATION, FIERCE 452 00:23:26,533 --> 00:23:27,900 FIERCELY INDEPENDENT PEOPLE WHO DON'T WANT THE GOVERNMENT IN 453 00:23:27,900 --> 00:23:33,166 THEIR LIVES AND WANT SOMEONE WHO UNDERSTANDS THAT INDEPENDENCE, 454 00:23:33,166 --> 00:23:36,700 WHO IS ACCESSIBLE TO THEM, WHO WILL FIGHT FOR WHAT THEY BELIEVE 455 00:23:36,700 --> 00:23:37,000 IN. 456 00:23:37,000 --> 00:23:41,333 I BELIEVE THAT I WILL BE UNIQUELY SUITED AND REPRESENT 457 00:23:41,333 --> 00:23:42,600 THE ENTIRE DISTRICT VERY WELL. 458 00:23:42,600 --> 00:23:43,066 >> ALL RIGHT. 459 00:23:43,066 --> 00:23:45,867 WE'RE GOING TO STAY WITH REPRESENTATIVE MALEK. 460 00:23:45,867 --> 00:23:48,800 THE NEXT QUESTION IS -- >> CAN I ADDRESS THE COMMITTEE 461 00:23:48,800 --> 00:23:50,700 QUESTION REAL QUICK BECAUSE THEY ALL GOT TO? 462 00:23:50,700 --> 00:23:53,066 >> WE CAN GET TO THAT IN JUST A SECOND. 463 00:23:53,066 --> 00:23:54,000 WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON. 464 00:23:54,000 --> 00:23:55,900 >> THAT'S A DISTINCTION THAT WE HAVE. 465 00:23:55,900 --> 00:23:57,834 >> BRIEFLY, REAL QUICK. 466 00:23:57,834 --> 00:23:58,467 >> SURE. 467 00:23:58,467 --> 00:24:01,433 I'LL START WITH A BECAUSE I'M ALEX. 468 00:24:01,433 --> 00:24:04,600 AGRICULTURE AND RESOURCES ARE IMPORTANT TO IDAHO. 469 00:24:04,600 --> 00:24:06,433 THEN WE CAN START WITH APPROPRIATIONS. 470 00:24:06,433 --> 00:24:08,700 APPROPRIATIONS IS ARGUABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT COMMITTEE IN THE 471 00:24:08,700 --> 00:24:10,700 GOVERNMENT BECAUSE THEY GIVE MONEY. 472 00:24:10,700 --> 00:24:12,000 WHY WOULDN'T WE WANT TO DO THAT? 473 00:24:12,000 --> 00:24:16,367 AS A SERVICE MEMBER, THE ARMED FORCES AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS 474 00:24:16,367 --> 00:24:18,000 COMMITTEE IS SO IMPORTANT. 475 00:24:18,000 --> 00:24:21,800 THERE'S NO ONE MORE QUALIFIED ON THAT PANEL TO REPRESENT VETERANS 476 00:24:21,800 --> 00:24:24,000 IN IDAHO THAN I AM. 477 00:24:24,000 --> 00:24:27,700 >> REPRESENTATIVE MALEK, OVER THE LAST 40 YEARS, CONGRESS HAS 478 00:24:27,700 --> 00:24:33,166 TRIED MULTIPLE TIMES TO TIE ITS OWN HANDS AND FORCE SOME LEVEL 479 00:24:33,166 --> 00:24:35,900 OF FISCAL DISCIPLINE UPON ITSELF. 480 00:24:35,900 --> 00:24:38,433 NONE OF THOSE MECHANISMS HAVE WORKED. 481 00:24:38,433 --> 00:24:40,900 THEY CONTINUE TO DEFICIT SPEND. 482 00:24:40,900 --> 00:24:44,633 WOULD YOU SUPPORT A CONSTITUTIONAL BALANCED BUDGET 483 00:24:44,633 --> 00:24:49,166 AMENDMENT TO ADDRESS THAT ISSUE AND IF SO, WHAT KIND OF 484 00:24:49,166 --> 00:24:51,633 EXCEPTIONS WOULD YOU INCLUDE IN THAT? 485 00:24:51,633 --> 00:24:52,066 >> THANK YOU, BILL. 486 00:24:52,066 --> 00:24:56,433 I WOULD NOT BE ACTIVELY LOOKING FOR A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT. 487 00:24:56,433 --> 00:24:57,433 I BELIEVE CONGRESS NEEDS TO DO ITS JOB. 488 00:24:57,433 --> 00:25:00,166 ONE OF THE ONLY JOBS OF CONGRESS, WHO IS ELECTED BY THE 489 00:25:00,166 --> 00:25:02,900 PEOPLE, IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PASS A BUDGET ON A REGULAR 490 00:25:02,900 --> 00:25:03,066 BASIS. 491 00:25:03,066 --> 00:25:07,333 I CAN TELL YOU AS A MEMBER OF THE BUDGET COMMITTEE I 492 00:25:07,333 --> 00:25:10,000 UNDERSTAND THE TOUGH DECISIONS THAT HAVE TO BE MADE IN ORDER TO 493 00:25:10,000 --> 00:25:12,500 MAKE SURE THAT A BUDGET IS BALANCED. 494 00:25:12,500 --> 00:25:15,433 IN IDAHO, WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THINGS AND SAY, YEAH, THAT WOULD 495 00:25:15,433 --> 00:25:19,600 BE REALLY NICE FOR THE STATE OF IDAHO, BUT OUR REALITY MEANS WE 496 00:25:19,600 --> 00:25:22,266 HAVE TO DEAL WITH WHAT IS NECESSARY. 497 00:25:22,266 --> 00:25:25,633 WE NEED THAT SORT OF PRAGMATISM IN WASHINGTON, D.C. 498 00:25:25,633 --> 00:25:29,900 >> REPRESENTATIVE, YOU AND I HAVE TALKED BEFORE ABOUT THIS, 499 00:25:29,900 --> 00:25:33,100 THAT MEMBERS OF CONGRESS, THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT THE PROBLEMS 500 00:25:33,100 --> 00:25:33,266 ARE. 501 00:25:33,266 --> 00:25:35,166 THEY KNOW SOME OF THE SOLUTIONS. 502 00:25:35,166 --> 00:25:39,800 THE ISSUE IS THEY DON'T TRUST THEMSELVES TO HAVE THE 503 00:25:39,800 --> 00:25:43,233 DISCIPLINE TO ACTUALLY ABIDE BY FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY. 504 00:25:43,233 --> 00:25:44,166 IT'S TOO HARD. 505 00:25:44,166 --> 00:25:45,533 HOW DO YOU OVERCOME THAT? 506 00:25:45,533 --> 00:25:48,900 >> WELL, I THINK TOO HARD IS AN EXCUSE. 507 00:25:48,900 --> 00:25:52,100 MAYBE I'M NAIVE TO THINK I CAN GO BACK THERE AND BE DIFFERENT, 508 00:25:52,100 --> 00:25:54,734 BUT I CAN TELL YOU I'M NOT GOING BACK THERE TO BE PART OF THE 509 00:25:54,734 --> 00:25:55,000 SYSTEM. 510 00:25:55,000 --> 00:25:56,266 I LOVE THE STATE OF IDAHO. 511 00:25:56,266 --> 00:25:57,633 I LOVE WHERE I LIVE. 512 00:25:57,633 --> 00:25:59,567 MY WIFE AND I OWN A BUSINESS HERE. 513 00:25:59,567 --> 00:26:02,800 WE HAVE NO DESIRE TO LIVE IN WASHINGTON, D.C. 514 00:26:02,800 --> 00:26:04,600 I'M GOING BACK THERE TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT, AND THE RIGHT THING TO 515 00:26:04,600 --> 00:26:07,734 DO IS TO MAKE SURE CONGRESS DOES ITS JOB. 516 00:26:07,734 --> 00:26:10,166 I'M GOING BACK THERE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PASS A BUDGET, AND 517 00:26:10,166 --> 00:26:12,967 THAT WE DO THE OTHER JOBS THAT CONGRESS NEEDS TO BE DOING. 518 00:26:12,967 --> 00:26:16,166 I DON'T THINK THAT MY POLITICAL CAREER IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN 519 00:26:16,166 --> 00:26:20,867 THE VERY, VERY PERTINENT ISSUES THAT ARE FACING THIS COUNTRY. 520 00:26:20,867 --> 00:26:22,867 I'M NOT GOING TO PRETEND LIKE I'M TOO IMPORTANT TO BE INVOLVED 521 00:26:22,867 --> 00:26:26,800 IN THE IMMIGRATION DEBATE OR TOO IMPORTANT TO BE INVOLVED IN 522 00:26:26,800 --> 00:26:27,734 SOLVING OUR SOCIAL SECURITY CRISIS. 523 00:26:27,734 --> 00:26:30,633 I'M GOING BACK THERE TO FIX THESE PROBLEMS. 524 00:26:30,633 --> 00:26:34,700 >> YOU TALK ABOUT CONGRESS NEEDS TO GET A HANDLE ON IT WITHOUT A 525 00:26:34,700 --> 00:26:36,266 CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT. 526 00:26:36,266 --> 00:26:44,166 LAST DECEMBER, THEY APPROVED THE TAX REFORM PACKAGE BY SOME 527 00:26:44,166 --> 00:26:48,066 ESTIMATES THAT ADDS $1.5 TRILLION TO THE NATIONAL DEBT. 528 00:26:48,066 --> 00:26:51,000 THAT'S ON TOP OF ANOTHER 10 TRILLION THAT'S ALREADY GOING TO 529 00:26:51,000 --> 00:26:53,166 HAPPEN UNDER THE STATUS QUO. 530 00:26:53,166 --> 00:26:55,533 WOULD YOU HAVE SUPPORTED THAT PLAN? 531 00:26:55,533 --> 00:26:57,834 >> I ABSOLUTELY WOULD HAVE SUPPORTED THE TAX BILL THAT WAS 532 00:26:57,834 --> 00:26:59,467 PASSED IN DECEMBER. 533 00:26:59,467 --> 00:27:03,333 OUR TAXES ARE UNIVERSALLY RECOGNIZED AS BEING TOO 534 00:27:03,333 --> 00:27:04,000 COMPLICATED. 535 00:27:04,000 --> 00:27:09,600 THEY'RE UNIVERSALLY RECOGNIZED AS BEING TOO ONEROUS IN A GLOBAL 536 00:27:09,600 --> 00:27:09,800 ECONOMY. 537 00:27:09,800 --> 00:27:13,266 WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO COMPETE IN A GLOBAL ECONOMY. 538 00:27:13,266 --> 00:27:14,800 I WOULD HAVE SUPPORTED THAT BILL. 539 00:27:14,800 --> 00:27:19,266 IF EVERYTHING STAYS THE SAME, THIS IS GOING TO REDUCE REVENUE, 540 00:27:19,266 --> 00:27:24,433 BUT WE HAVE ALLOWED EMPLOYERS, JOB CREATORS, TO CREATE MORE 541 00:27:24,433 --> 00:27:28,900 pEMPLOYEES, SO I BELIEVE THE LONG RUN WILL SHOW THIS TAX REFORM 542 00:27:28,900 --> 00:27:31,600 HAS CREATED A MORE HEALTHY UNITED STATES. 543 00:27:31,600 --> 00:27:34,166 >> REPRESENTATIVE PERRY, YOU WANTED TO RESPOND TO THAT. 544 00:27:34,166 --> 00:27:35,066 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 545 00:27:35,066 --> 00:27:37,700 I WANTED TO RESPOND TO MR. 546 00:27:37,700 --> 00:27:40,633 SPENCE'S DISCUSSION AND QUESTION REGARDING THE BALANCED BUDGET 547 00:27:40,633 --> 00:27:42,633 AMENDMENT BECAUSE I HAVE ACTUALLY WORKED ON THAT FOR A 548 00:27:42,633 --> 00:27:45,700 NUMBER OF YEARS ACTUALLY IN THE IDAHO LEGISLATURE. 549 00:27:45,700 --> 00:27:51,266 I'M ONE OF A FEW LEGISLATORS WHO WENT DOWN TO ARIZONA WHEN THEY 550 00:27:51,266 --> 00:27:54,800 ACTUALLY DID A CALL TO DO A CONVENTION OF STATES TO DISCUSS 551 00:27:54,800 --> 00:27:57,000 THAT VERY ISSUE. 552 00:27:57,000 --> 00:27:59,533 THAT WAS IN ITSELF HISTORIC BECAUSE YOU HAVE STATES NOW 553 00:27:59,533 --> 00:28:02,700 RECOGNIZING THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS INEPT AT BEING 554 00:28:02,700 --> 00:28:04,333 ABLE TO CONTROL ITS SPENDING. 555 00:28:04,333 --> 00:28:05,600 THEY ARE ADDICTED TO IT. 556 00:28:05,600 --> 00:28:09,800 WHEN WE TALK ABOUT CONGRESS NOT BEING ABLE TO TRUST THEMSELVES, 557 00:28:09,800 --> 00:28:11,867 I DON'T BELIEVE IT'S NOT THAT THEY TRUST THEMSELVES. 558 00:28:11,867 --> 00:28:15,500 I BELIEVE THAT THEY'RE PUTTING THEMSELVES AHEAD OF THE PEOPLE 559 00:28:15,500 --> 00:28:19,066 THAT THEY SERVE, AND THE DEBT IS ABSOLUTELY DESTROYING AMERICA 560 00:28:19,066 --> 00:28:22,700 FROM THE INSIDE OUT, SO I JUST KIND OF WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT 561 00:28:22,700 --> 00:28:25,066 IT IS ON RECORD THAT I HAVE WORKED WITH THAT FOR A NUMBER OF 562 00:28:25,066 --> 00:28:27,867 YEARS IN THE IDAHO LEGISLATURE. 563 00:28:27,867 --> 00:28:31,533 THE HOUSE HAS ALREADY USUALLY BEEN POISED TO PASS A HOUSE 564 00:28:31,533 --> 00:28:32,066 BUDGET AMENDMENT. 565 00:28:32,066 --> 00:28:35,800 IF WE DO AN AMENDMENT, THAT'S THE PEOPLE SPEAKING. 566 00:28:35,800 --> 00:28:38,900 THAT'S THE PEOPLE BEING ABLE TO ENGAGE INTO THIS PROCESS, AND 567 00:28:38,900 --> 00:28:41,734 THEY CAN START TAKING IT OVER AND START TELLING CONGRESS WHAT 568 00:28:41,734 --> 00:28:43,266 THEY WANT TO SEE DONE. 569 00:28:43,266 --> 00:28:46,533 I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO WORK WITH THE PUBLIC TO HELP GET THAT 570 00:28:46,533 --> 00:28:46,867 DONE. 571 00:28:46,867 --> 00:28:47,433 >> ALL RIGHT. 572 00:28:47,433 --> 00:28:50,533 DID YOU HAVE A FOLLOW-UP FOR REPRESENTATIVE PERRY? 573 00:28:50,533 --> 00:28:53,867 >> REPRESENTATIVE -- SO, THAT'S A BALANCED BUDGET AMENDMENT, BUT 574 00:28:53,867 --> 00:28:58,433 THAT'S STILL GOING TO TAKE TIME, EVEN IF CONGRESS WERE TO APPROVE 575 00:28:58,433 --> 00:28:58,667 IT. 576 00:28:58,667 --> 00:29:03,600 IN THE INTERIM, AS REPRESENTATIVE MALEK WAS SAYING, 577 00:29:03,600 --> 00:29:04,900 CONGRESS NEEDS TO DEAL WITH IT ITSELF. 578 00:29:04,900 --> 00:29:09,433 THE HOUSE IS ALREADY TALKING ABOUT ADDITIONAL TAX CUTS ON TOP 579 00:29:09,433 --> 00:29:10,900 OF WHAT WAS APPROVED LAST YEAR. 580 00:29:10,900 --> 00:29:14,633 WOULD YOU SUPPORT TAX CUTS THAT EXPAND THE SIZE OF THE DEFICIT? 581 00:29:14,633 --> 00:29:17,367 >> AND KEEP YOUR ANSWER BRIEF, PLEASE. 582 00:29:17,367 --> 00:29:18,533 >> I WOULD. 583 00:29:18,533 --> 00:29:21,800 I WOULD SUPPORT THE TAX CUTS, BUT I WOULD DEMAND CUTS IN 584 00:29:21,800 --> 00:29:24,967 PROGRAMS TO HELP OFFSET THAT AND THEN LET THE ECONOMY GROW BY 585 00:29:24,967 --> 00:29:29,600 HAVING THE EXTRA MONEY IN THE PUBLIC'S HANDS AND POCKETBOOKS. 586 00:29:29,600 --> 00:29:31,533 >> LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, LET'S GO BACK TO THE -- 587 00:29:31,533 --> 00:29:33,500 >> I WANT TO VOLUNTEER ON YOUR LAST ONE. 588 00:29:33,500 --> 00:29:36,800 AFTER AN HOUR AND 20 IN YOUR BASEMENT LAST WEEK, I NEVER 589 00:29:36,800 --> 00:29:38,533 THOUGHT I WOULD VOLUNTEER ON ANOTHER ONE. 590 00:29:38,533 --> 00:29:40,967 HOWEVER, I DO SUPPORT A BALANCED BUDGET AMENDMENT. 591 00:29:40,967 --> 00:29:46,433 I WOULD HAVE VOTED FOR THE TAX CUT BILL SIMPLY BECAUSE THE 592 00:29:46,433 --> 00:29:49,066 DEFICIT THERE -- YOU SAID 1.5 TRILLION. 593 00:29:49,066 --> 00:29:51,266 OTHERS SAY 1.3 TRILLION. 594 00:29:51,266 --> 00:29:57,367 IT'S BASED ON STATIC COMPETITIONS, NOT DYNAMIC 595 00:29:57,367 --> 00:29:57,700 COMPETITIONS. 596 00:29:57,700 --> 00:30:03,100 BUT THE REAL KEY TO YOUR QUESTION HERE IS WHAT DOES 597 00:30:03,100 --> 00:30:03,967 CONGRESS DO IN THE MEANTIME. 598 00:30:03,967 --> 00:30:06,166 FOR THE LAST YEAR, I'VE BEEN ADVOCATING THAT WE ADOPT 599 00:30:06,166 --> 00:30:08,333 SOMETHING CALLED THE PENNY PLAN. 600 00:30:08,333 --> 00:30:13,633 IF WE WILL SIMPLY TRIM ONE PENNY OUT OF EVERY DOLLAR, 1% OUT OF 601 00:30:13,633 --> 00:30:16,800 EVERY BUDGET ACROSS THE BOARD, WITHIN A PERIOD OF FIVE YEARS, 602 00:30:16,800 --> 00:30:18,800 WE CAN ACHIEVE A BALANCED BUDGET. 603 00:30:18,800 --> 00:30:24,100 NOT REDUCING THE TOTAL DEBT, BUT A BALANCED BUDGET NOT 604 00:30:24,100 --> 00:30:26,100 ACCUMULATING ANY MORE DEBT. 605 00:30:26,100 --> 00:30:29,700 INTERESTINGLY, SENATOR RAND PAUL JUST TEN DAYS AGO INTRODUCED A 606 00:30:29,700 --> 00:30:31,433 BRAND-NEW 2018 PENNY PLAN. 607 00:30:31,433 --> 00:30:33,100 I HAVE HIGH ASPIRATIONS FOR THAT. 608 00:30:33,100 --> 00:30:33,800 >> OKAY. 609 00:30:33,800 --> 00:30:36,633 MR. SNYDER, I WANT TO GET YOUR VIEWS ON THE BALANCED BUDGET 610 00:30:36,633 --> 00:30:36,967 AMENDMENT. 611 00:30:36,967 --> 00:30:37,533 >> YEAH. 612 00:30:37,533 --> 00:30:41,700 VERY MUCH IN FAVOR OF A BALANCED BUDGET AMENDMENT. 613 00:30:41,700 --> 00:30:49,233 LET'S TALK ABOUT THE $1.3 TRILLION OMNIBUS BILL THAT WENT 614 00:30:49,233 --> 00:30:49,633 THROUGH CONGRESS. 615 00:30:49,633 --> 00:30:55,867 MOST REPUBLICANS VOTED IN FAVOR OF IT, AND IT EXPLODED SPENDING 616 00:30:55,867 --> 00:30:57,367 LEVELS, WHICH WE CAN'T DO. 617 00:30:57,367 --> 00:31:02,000 WE JUST DID TAX CUTS, WHICH IS GOOD, BUT WE CAN'T EXPLODE THE 618 00:31:02,000 --> 00:31:04,066 SIZE OF GOVERNMENT AT THE SAME TIME. 619 00:31:04,066 --> 00:31:04,900 THAT'S INSANITY. 620 00:31:04,900 --> 00:31:07,700 I IMMEDIATELY CAME OUT AND SAID I WOULD HAVE BEEN A RESOUNDING 621 00:31:07,700 --> 00:31:08,867 NO VOTE TO THAT BILL. 622 00:31:08,867 --> 00:31:12,266 AND I REPEATED MY PLEDGE THAT I WOULD NEVER VOTE FOR PAUL RYAN 623 00:31:12,266 --> 00:31:18,633 FOR SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE BECAUSE HE WAS THE AUTHOR AT THE TIP OF 624 00:31:18,633 --> 00:31:20,433 THE SPEAR ON THAT BILL. 625 00:31:20,433 --> 00:31:24,066 I CAME OUT WITH THAT PLEDGE. 626 00:31:24,066 --> 00:31:26,233 I URGED AT LEAST ONE OTHER MEMBER OF THE PEOPLE RUNNING 627 00:31:26,233 --> 00:31:28,166 AGAINST ME TO JOIN THAT PLEDGE. 628 00:31:28,166 --> 00:31:30,266 I WISH ONE OF THEM WOULD HAVE AT THAT TIME. 629 00:31:30,266 --> 00:31:32,900 WE FOUND OUT LATER PAUL RYAN WAS STEPPING AWAY. 630 00:31:32,900 --> 00:31:35,900 I WAS VERY, VERY HAPPY ABOUT THAT, BUT WE CAN'T KEEP DOING 631 00:31:35,900 --> 00:31:37,700 WHAT WE'RE DOING IN WASHINGTON. 632 00:31:37,700 --> 00:31:40,233 FOR EXAMPLE, SINCE BARACK OBAMA ENTERED THE WHITE HOUSE, WE'VE 633 00:31:40,233 --> 00:31:44,433 BEEN STEALING MORE THAN $100 MILLION EVERY SINGLE HOUR OF 634 00:31:44,433 --> 00:31:47,066 EVERY SINGLE DAY FROM OUR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN. 635 00:31:47,066 --> 00:31:49,100 WHAT WE'RE DOING IS BEYOND CRIMINAL. 636 00:31:49,100 --> 00:31:52,800 IT'S A RECIPE FOR NATIONAL SUICIDE, AND WE MUST STOP -- 637 00:31:52,800 --> 00:31:57,834 THAT'S WHY WE'VE TO SEND SOMEBODY WITH A BACKBONE TO 638 00:31:57,834 --> 00:31:58,166 WASHINGTON. 639 00:31:58,166 --> 00:32:01,433 >> I WANT TO GET YOUR VIEWS ON THE BALANCED BUDGET AMENDMENT. 640 00:32:01,433 --> 00:32:04,166 >> YES, I WOULD SUPPORT THAT CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT. 641 00:32:04,166 --> 00:32:07,800 I WOULD ENCOURAGE ONE THAT IS PAIRED WITH IT, AND THAT HAS TO 642 00:32:07,800 --> 00:32:08,900 DO WITH TERM LIMITS. 643 00:32:08,900 --> 00:32:12,700 SOME OF THE ISSUES WE'RE STRUGGLING WITH IS DO THE 644 00:32:12,700 --> 00:32:15,500 PERPETUAL SITUATION WHERE WE'VE GOT THE SAME PEOPLE YEAR AFTER 645 00:32:15,500 --> 00:32:17,266 YEAR, DECADE AFTER DECADE. 646 00:32:17,266 --> 00:32:20,900 I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GOOD PAIRING IN ORDER TO HELP TRY TO 647 00:32:20,900 --> 00:32:23,433 PUT SOME OF THAT SYSTEM IN CHECK. 648 00:32:23,433 --> 00:32:26,900 I WOULD ALSO ADD ON THE TAX CUT I WOULD HAVE SUPPORTED THE TAX 649 00:32:26,900 --> 00:32:27,800 CUT THAT WENT THROUGH. 650 00:32:27,800 --> 00:32:32,367 IN FACT, I THINK IT SHOULD HAVE GONE FURTHER BECAUSE ONCE 651 00:32:32,367 --> 00:32:36,900 THAT -- ONCE THE PEOPLE OUR BUSINESSES AND OUR INDIVIDUALS 652 00:32:36,900 --> 00:32:40,967 AND FAMILIES HAVE THE ABILITY TO HANG ON TO MORE OF THEIR MONEY, 653 00:32:40,967 --> 00:32:42,233 THEY'RE GOING TO DO SOMETHING WITH IT. 654 00:32:42,233 --> 00:32:43,066 THEY'RE GOING TO INVEST IT. 655 00:32:43,066 --> 00:32:44,266 THEY'RE GOING TO SPEND IT. 656 00:32:44,266 --> 00:32:48,066 THEY'RE GOING TO CIRCULATE THAT THROUGH THE ECONOMY, SO I 657 00:32:48,066 --> 00:32:50,700 BELIEVE THAT'S A TRIGGER FOR AN ECONOMIC ENGINE THAT WILL HELP 658 00:32:50,700 --> 00:32:52,333 WITH THIS WHOLE DEBT SITUATION. 659 00:32:52,333 --> 00:32:55,367 >> TALK TO ME ABOUT THAT IN A LITTLE MORE DETAIL. 660 00:32:55,367 --> 00:32:58,734 YOU TALK ABOUT CUTTING TAXES, CUTTING SPENDING, BUT YOU ALSO 661 00:32:58,734 --> 00:33:01,433 TALK ABOUT FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY. 662 00:33:01,433 --> 00:33:05,533 THIS YEAR, THE FEDERAL DEFICIT IS GOING TO BE SOMEWHERE IN THE 663 00:33:05,533 --> 00:33:08,700 NEIGHBORHOOD OF $450 BILLION. 664 00:33:08,700 --> 00:33:13,734 THAT'S ROUGHLY HALF OF ALL NONDEFENSE DISCRETIONARY 665 00:33:13,734 --> 00:33:14,700 SPENDING. 666 00:33:14,700 --> 00:33:18,433 HOW DO YOU BRING THAT BACK INTO BALANCE? 667 00:33:18,433 --> 00:33:20,867 >> I UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION. 668 00:33:20,867 --> 00:33:23,700 THERE HAS TO BE AN ATTACK ON BOTH SIDES OF THE EQUATION. 669 00:33:23,700 --> 00:33:27,533 THERE NEEDS TO BE AN AGGRESSIVE STANCE ON THE REDUCTION IN 670 00:33:27,533 --> 00:33:27,800 SPENDING. 671 00:33:27,800 --> 00:33:31,100 THERE'S A REAL GOOD PLACE TO START, AND THAT'S THE FEDERAL 672 00:33:31,100 --> 00:33:33,900 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, POTENTIALLY THE ELIMINATION OR 673 00:33:33,900 --> 00:33:38,367 REDUCTION OF THE EPA, AND A LOT OF THE FOREIGN AID THAT DOES NOT 674 00:33:38,367 --> 00:33:41,900 HAVE TO DO WITH HOMELAND SECURITY FOR AMERICA OR MILITARY 675 00:33:41,900 --> 00:33:42,533 SUPPORT FOR AMERICA. 676 00:33:42,533 --> 00:33:45,166 ON THE SPENDING SIDE, THERE'S A GOOD PLACE TO START. 677 00:33:45,166 --> 00:33:49,533 WHAT I JUST LISTED OFF, THERE'S A BIG, BIG NUMBER. 678 00:33:49,533 --> 00:33:57,000 ON THE ECONOMIC ENGINE START, BILL, WE'VE GOT TREMENDOUS 679 00:33:57,000 --> 00:33:57,266 POTENTIAL. 680 00:33:57,266 --> 00:34:03,266 WE'VE GOT A TURBO CHARGED V-8 IN THIS POTENTIAL ECONOMY, AND 681 00:34:03,266 --> 00:34:04,533 WE'RE RUNNING ON THREE CYLINDERS. 682 00:34:04,533 --> 00:34:07,367 THERE'S A NUMBER OF ISSUES WHY THAT'S THE CASE. 683 00:34:07,367 --> 00:34:12,266 BUT AMONG THEM IS JUST SO MANY REGULATIONS AND SO MUCH 684 00:34:12,266 --> 00:34:17,266 BUREAUCRACY THAT IT IS HAMPERING OUR BUSINESSES AND OUR FAMILIES. 685 00:34:17,266 --> 00:34:23,700 JUST WITH THE TAX REFORM THAT WAS RECENTLY PLANNED, THAT HAS 686 00:34:23,700 --> 00:34:29,533 INFUSED A CONFIDENCE WITHIN MUCH OF THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY TO 687 00:34:29,533 --> 00:34:30,633 REINVEST IN AMERICA, REINVEST IN JOBS. 688 00:34:30,633 --> 00:34:32,433 I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT CONTINUE AND EXPAND. 689 00:34:32,433 --> 00:34:33,533 >> OKAY. 690 00:34:33,533 --> 00:34:36,633 REPRESENTATIVE PERRY, AGAIN, THAT $450 BILLION DEFICIT, WHAT 691 00:34:36,633 --> 00:34:39,900 DO YOU CUT TO GET BACK INTO BALANCE? 692 00:34:39,900 --> 00:34:43,333 >> YOU NEED TO GO BACK, JUST LIKE WE DO HERE IN IDAHO -- WE 693 00:34:43,333 --> 00:34:47,700 HAVE TO DECIDE WHAT DO WE WANT VERSUS WHAT DO WE TRULY NEED. 694 00:34:47,700 --> 00:34:50,066 THOSE ARE THOSE TOUGH DECISIONS THAT HAVE TO BE MADE. 695 00:34:50,066 --> 00:34:53,233 WE KNOW THERE ARE PROGRAMS THAT DO NOT WORK, BUT ONCE THEY WERE 696 00:34:53,233 --> 00:34:56,700 PUT IN PLACE, THEY CONTINUE TO BE FUNDED. 697 00:34:56,700 --> 00:34:58,266 WE'VE GOT TO GO BACK THROUGH EVERY AGENCY. 698 00:34:58,266 --> 00:35:01,333 WE NEED TO START PAIRING DOWN THOSE AGENCIES, AND WE NEED TO 699 00:35:01,333 --> 00:35:04,800 START TRANSFERRING THE DUTIES OF AN AGENCY MORE TO THE STATE AND 700 00:35:04,800 --> 00:35:07,433 STOP MAKING THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT BE THE LARGEST 701 00:35:07,433 --> 00:35:08,800 EMPLOYER IN THE NATION. 702 00:35:08,800 --> 00:35:10,900 WE CANNOT RELY ON THE GOVERNMENT. 703 00:35:10,900 --> 00:35:14,333 JOBS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE CREATED BY THE SMALL BUSINESSES AND THE 704 00:35:14,333 --> 00:35:17,800 BUSINESSES OF THIS NATION, AND WE'VE GOT TO START CUTTING THOSE 705 00:35:17,800 --> 00:35:21,734 REGULATIONS AND ALLOWING THAT GROWTH AND SOME BREATHING ROOM 706 00:35:21,734 --> 00:35:23,633 SO THAT THEY CAN. 707 00:35:23,633 --> 00:35:24,900 THAT'S WHERE I WOULD BEGIN ON THAT. 708 00:35:24,900 --> 00:35:27,433 AGAIN, WE'VE GOT TO MAKE SURE THAT BOTH SIDES ARE EQUAL. 709 00:35:27,433 --> 00:35:29,367 I'M ALWAYS FOR THE TAX CUTS. 710 00:35:29,367 --> 00:35:32,166 I THINK THAT PUMPING MONEY BACK INTO THE ECONOMY IS IMPORTANT. 711 00:35:32,166 --> 00:35:36,533 AS A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER, MY HUSBAND AND I CERTAINLY SEE THAT 712 00:35:36,533 --> 00:35:39,433 WHEN PEOPLE RECEIVE A BONUS, WHEN PEOPLE HAVE A LITTLE EXTRA 713 00:35:39,433 --> 00:35:40,633 MONEY IN THEIR PAYCHECK. 714 00:35:40,633 --> 00:35:43,333 THEY'RE COMING IN TO SPEND IT. 715 00:35:43,333 --> 00:35:46,000 THAT MONEY GOES THEN TO THE PEOPLE WE EMPLOY. 716 00:35:46,000 --> 00:35:47,600 THIS IS REALLY HOW IT IS SUPPOSED TO WORK. 717 00:35:47,600 --> 00:35:48,867 THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO SEE. 718 00:35:48,867 --> 00:35:52,867 >> COLONEL, SIMILAR QUESTION FOR YOU. 719 00:35:52,867 --> 00:35:56,900 IF FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY WERE EASY, CONGRESS PROBABLY WOULD 720 00:35:56,900 --> 00:35:58,367 HAVE DONE IT BY NOW. 721 00:35:58,367 --> 00:36:02,166 THE REASON IT'S HARD IS BECAUSE FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY INCURS 722 00:36:02,166 --> 00:36:02,367 PAIN. 723 00:36:02,367 --> 00:36:05,600 IN YOUR VIEW, WHO BEARS THE BURDEN OF FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY? 724 00:36:05,600 --> 00:36:06,333 >> ABSOLUTELY. 725 00:36:06,333 --> 00:36:08,633 I THINK IT'S AN IMPORTANT QUESTION. 726 00:36:08,633 --> 00:36:11,266 I THINK THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT QUESTION IN PROBABLY 727 00:36:11,266 --> 00:36:12,700 THIS ELECTION. 728 00:36:12,700 --> 00:36:17,800 I THINK THE DEFICIT OR THE DEBT IS AN EXISTENTIAL THREAT TO OUR 729 00:36:17,800 --> 00:36:22,266 NATIONAL SECURITY FOR A LOT OF REASONS BECAUSE MONEY TRANSCENDS 730 00:36:22,266 --> 00:36:26,066 EVERY ASPECT OF OUR GOVERNMENT. 731 00:36:26,066 --> 00:36:30,800 WE HAVE $19 TRILLION -- GDP IS ABOUT $19 TRILLION. 732 00:36:30,800 --> 00:36:32,700 YET WE SPEND $21 TRILLION. 733 00:36:32,700 --> 00:36:34,600 WE'RE $21 TRILLION IN DEBT. 734 00:36:34,600 --> 00:36:35,533 THIS IS A PROBLEM. 735 00:36:35,533 --> 00:36:36,433 WE HAVE TO LIMIT GOVERNMENT. 736 00:36:36,433 --> 00:36:38,500 BY FAR, WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THE AGENCIES. 737 00:36:38,500 --> 00:36:44,433 I WOULD CALL FOR AN AUDIT OF THE AGENCIES IMMEDIATELY AND THEN 738 00:36:44,433 --> 00:36:47,266 CUT OFF ALL THE -- OVERSTRENGTHEN THOSE AGENCIES, 739 00:36:47,266 --> 00:36:48,000 BECAUSE THAT'S IMPORTANT. 740 00:36:48,000 --> 00:36:56,000 WE NEED TO LOOK AT RESTORING -- MY CAMPAIGN IS ABOUT DISCIPLINE. 741 00:36:56,000 --> 00:36:57,467 DO YOU KNOW CONGRESS HASN'T PASSED A BUDGET ON TIME IN THE 742 00:36:57,467 --> 00:36:59,033 FISCAL YEAR IN 20 YEARS? 743 00:36:59,033 --> 00:37:01,100 YOU NEED TO SEND A REPRESENTATIVE TO CONGRESS 744 00:37:01,100 --> 00:37:03,867 THAT'S GOING TO HOLD OTHER MEMBERS OF CONGRESS RESPONSIBLE. 745 00:37:03,867 --> 00:37:04,633 THAT'S WHAT I WOULD DO. 746 00:37:04,633 --> 00:37:09,433 BETSY RUSSELL TO LIEUTENANT - GOVERNOR LEROY. 747 00:37:09,433 --> 00:37:12,266 >> LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR LEROY, IT IS COMMON FOR MEMBERS OF 748 00:37:12,266 --> 00:37:17,233 CONGRESS TO BE HIGHLY CRITICAL OF A PRESIDENT AND THAT 749 00:37:17,233 --> 00:37:20,000 PRESIDENT'S ADMINISTRATION WHEN THAT PRESIDENT IS OF A DIFFERENT 750 00:37:20,000 --> 00:37:21,533 PARTY THAN THE MEMBER OF CONGRESS. 751 00:37:21,533 --> 00:37:24,533 WHEN THE PRESIDENT IS OF THE SAME PARTY, SOMETIMES THE 752 00:37:24,533 --> 00:37:29,000 SILENCE IS DEAFENING. 753 00:37:29,000 --> 00:37:32,266 ARE YOU WILLING TO HOLD THIS PRESIDENT, SHOULD YOU BE ELECTED 754 00:37:32,266 --> 00:37:36,500 TO CONGRESS, AND HIS CABINET TO THE SAME STANDARDS YOU WOULD 755 00:37:36,500 --> 00:37:40,967 HAVE FOR A DEMOCRATIC ADMINISTRATION AND BE VOCAL IN 756 00:37:40,967 --> 00:37:43,800 YOUR CRITCRITICISM? 757 00:37:43,800 --> 00:37:46,266 >> I DON'T THINK I WOULD HAVE ANY PROBLEM BEING 758 00:37:46,266 --> 00:37:50,266 STRAIGHTFORWARD WITH ANY PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES 759 00:37:50,266 --> 00:37:54,233 WERE I TO SWEAR TO UPHOLD THE SAME CONSTITUTION THAT HE DOES 760 00:37:54,233 --> 00:37:55,266 OR SHE DOES. 761 00:37:55,266 --> 00:38:00,633 I BELIEVE THAT APPROACHING THAT IN AN OBJECTVE AND IMPARTIAL A 762 00:38:00,633 --> 00:38:02,166 WAY IS VERY USEFUL. 763 00:38:02,166 --> 00:38:06,367 ON THE OTHER HAND, OF COURSE, PARTISANSHIP IS PART AND PARCEL 764 00:38:06,367 --> 00:38:07,266 TO WASHINGTON, D.C. 765 00:38:07,266 --> 00:38:11,166 DONALD TRUMP HAS BEEN AN UNCONVENTIONAL PRESIDENT IN 766 00:38:11,166 --> 00:38:18,266 SEVERAL REGARDS, AND THAT UNCONVENTIONALITY IS PAYING 767 00:38:18,266 --> 00:38:22,500 SIGNIFICANT DIVIDENDS FROM TIME TO TIME, SUCH AS IN NORTH AND 768 00:38:22,500 --> 00:38:23,233 SOUTH KOREA TODAY. 769 00:38:23,233 --> 00:38:26,900 I THINK APPROACHING THE PEOPLE'S BUSINESS FROM THE PEOPLE'S BEST 770 00:38:26,900 --> 00:38:30,266 INTEREST AND BEING CANDID ABOUT IS IT VERY USEFUL. 771 00:38:30,266 --> 00:38:35,433 I DO DETEST THE AMOUNT OF PARTISANSHIP THAT'S RANK IN 772 00:38:35,433 --> 00:38:39,500 BETWEEN THE CANDIDACIES, IN BETWEEN THE POLITICS, BETWEEN 773 00:38:39,500 --> 00:38:42,333 THE PARTIES IN THE CONGRESS AND IN THE SENATE. 774 00:38:42,333 --> 00:38:47,000 IT SEEMS TO ME THAT WE WOULD BETTER BE SERVED BY HAVING A 775 00:38:47,000 --> 00:38:50,233 JOINT PRESS CONFERENCE EVERY WEEK WITH THE MINORITY LEADER 776 00:38:50,233 --> 00:38:54,533 AND THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE STANDING AT THE SAME PODIUM THAN 777 00:38:54,533 --> 00:39:00,800 HAVING THESE VERY DIVERSE, VERY CAUSTIC HEARINGS AND PRESS 778 00:39:00,800 --> 00:39:05,800 CONFERENCES THAT WE HAVE NOW, BUT I'M WILLING TO COMMIT TO BE 779 00:39:05,800 --> 00:39:07,433 PARTIAL WITH A POLITICAL OVERLAY. 780 00:39:07,433 --> 00:39:11,066 >> HAVE YOU SEEN ANY COMMENTS OR BEHAVIOR FROM PRESIDENT TRUMP 781 00:39:11,066 --> 00:39:14,100 THAT RAISED ETHICAL CONCERNS FOR YOU? 782 00:39:14,100 --> 00:39:20,533 >> THE ETHICAL CONCERNS THAT ARE ALLEGED AGAINST THIS PRESIDENT 783 00:39:20,533 --> 00:39:31,000 HAVE ALL FAIRLY WELL SHOWN NOT TO BE EXISTENT IN A YEAR OR 784 00:39:31,000 --> 00:39:34,433 MORE'S WORTH OF INVESTIGATION. 785 00:39:34,433 --> 00:39:36,734 FOR EXAMPLE, RUSSIAN COLLUSION. 786 00:39:36,734 --> 00:39:41,500 THAT HAS JUST COLLAPSED IN THE HOUSE OF INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE 787 00:39:41,500 --> 00:39:45,066 REPORT THAT FOUND NO EVIDENCE OF COLLUSION. 788 00:39:45,066 --> 00:39:47,000 I DON'T SEE ANYTHING ETHICAL. 789 00:39:47,000 --> 00:39:49,066 I DON'T APPROVE OF NAME CALLING. 790 00:39:49,066 --> 00:39:51,700 I DON'T ALWAYS AGREE WITH EVERY ACTION OF THE PRESIDENT, BUT I 791 00:39:51,700 --> 00:39:55,166 DO APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT HE IS BOLD, THAT HE'S TAKING THE 792 00:39:55,166 --> 00:39:59,533 INITIATIVE, THAT HE'S THE KIND OF LEADER THAT AMERICA SEEMS TO 793 00:39:59,533 --> 00:40:02,533 APPRECIATE AND HAS CERTAINLY ELECTED AND RESPONDED TO 794 00:40:02,533 --> 00:40:02,900 SUBSEQUENTLY. 795 00:40:02,900 --> 00:40:06,700 I THOUGHT IT WAS OUTSTANDING LAST NIGHT WHEN NANCY AND I WERE 796 00:40:06,700 --> 00:40:10,967 WATCHING TELEVISION TO SEE THE PRESIDENT ON ONE HAND IN 797 00:40:10,967 --> 00:40:14,066 MICHIGAN SPEAKING TO 30,000 PEOPLE AND EXPLAINING WHERE HE 798 00:40:14,066 --> 00:40:20,734 WAS AND EXPLAINING HOW HE'D BEEN DISADVANTAGED BY, WITH ALL DUE 799 00:40:20,734 --> 00:40:27,967 RESPECT, THE MEDIA AND CONTRASTING THAT TO THE WHITE 800 00:40:27,967 --> 00:40:28,533 HOUSE'S BLACK TIE DINNER. 801 00:40:28,533 --> 00:40:31,867 THIS PRESIDENT DOES HAVE TOUCH WITH THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. 802 00:40:31,867 --> 00:40:34,900 HE DOES HAVE A CORE OF GOOD SOLID ETHICS. 803 00:40:34,900 --> 00:40:38,433 THE ALLEGATIONS AGAINST HIM HAVE REMAINED UNPROVEN. 804 00:40:38,433 --> 00:40:40,600 >> MR. SNYDER, THE SAME QUESTION. 805 00:40:40,600 --> 00:40:43,800 WOULD YOU HOLD THIS ADMINISTRATION ACCOUNTABLE IN 806 00:40:43,800 --> 00:40:47,900 THE SAME WAY YOU WOULD OF AN ADMINISTRATION IN ANOTHER PARTY? 807 00:40:47,900 --> 00:40:51,100 >> IN TERMS OF DONALD TRUMP, EVERYONE WANTS TO CRITICIZE HIM. 808 00:40:51,100 --> 00:40:53,967 WHY DON'T WE TALK ABOUT ALL THE GREAT THINGS THAT HE'S DOING? 809 00:40:53,967 --> 00:40:57,533 LOOK ON THE KOREAN PENINSULA. 810 00:40:57,533 --> 00:41:01,700 WE HAVE PEACE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN DECADES. 811 00:41:01,700 --> 00:41:06,100 WE'VE GOTTEN THOUSANDS OF PAGES OF REGULATIONS THAT ARE BEING 812 00:41:06,100 --> 00:41:06,533 ELIMINATED. 813 00:41:06,533 --> 00:41:10,000 WE'VE GOT AN ECONOMY THAT'S GROWING AGAIN, BUT PRESIDENT 814 00:41:10,000 --> 00:41:11,900 TRUMP HAS DONE AN AMAZING JOB. 815 00:41:11,900 --> 00:41:13,867 HIS APPROVAL RATINGS ARE RISING. 816 00:41:13,867 --> 00:41:18,433 THAT'S WHY I'M VERY, VERY PROUD TO STAND WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP. 817 00:41:18,433 --> 00:41:23,967 YOU'LL SEE RIGHT AT THE TOP OF MY SIGNS, "VOTE PRO-TRUMP." 818 00:41:23,967 --> 00:41:28,700 ON OUR CAMPAIGN BROCHURES AND WEBSITE, EVERYTHING SAYS 819 00:41:28,700 --> 00:41:32,633 PRO-TRUMP BECAUSE THE WAY THIS PRESIDENCY HAS STARTED IS THE 820 00:41:32,633 --> 00:41:36,000 GREATEST START WE'VE SEEN TO A PRESIDENT IN THE POST-WORLD WAR 821 00:41:36,000 --> 00:41:36,700 II ERA. 822 00:41:36,700 --> 00:41:37,867 WE SHOULD BE APPLAUDING HIM. 823 00:41:37,867 --> 00:41:41,433 LET'S TALK ABOUT THE INVESTIGATION, THE MUELLER 824 00:41:41,433 --> 00:41:41,900 INVESTIGATION. 825 00:41:41,900 --> 00:41:46,100 I'M ON RECORD AS SAYING ROBERT MUELLER SHOULD BE FIRED 826 00:41:46,100 --> 00:41:46,433 IMMEDIATELY. 827 00:41:46,433 --> 00:41:49,433 I WOULD LIKE ONE OF THE OTHER GENTLEMAN UP HERE TO JOIN WITH 828 00:41:49,433 --> 00:41:53,700 ME IN THAT PLEDGE, IF THEY'RE WILLING TO, BUT LET ME GO ON 829 00:41:53,700 --> 00:41:54,700 RECORD AGAIN. 830 00:41:54,700 --> 00:41:55,700 ROBERT MUELLER SHOULD BE FIRED. 831 00:41:55,700 --> 00:42:03,333 THE INVESTIGATION INTO THIS RUSSIAN COLLUSION THING, TOTAL 832 00:42:03,333 --> 00:42:04,066 WHI WITCH HUNT. 833 00:42:04,066 --> 00:42:06,433 IT NEEDS TO END. 834 00:42:06,433 --> 00:42:09,066 HILLARY CLINTON NEEDS TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE. 835 00:42:09,066 --> 00:42:13,367 MOST CONSERVATIVES HERE IN THE DISTRICT WOULD VERY MUCH AGREE 836 00:42:13,367 --> 00:42:14,433 WITH ME ON THAT. 837 00:42:14,433 --> 00:42:18,333 >> WHAT, IF ANYTHING, WOULD CAUSE YOU TO WITHDRAW YOUR 838 00:42:18,333 --> 00:42:19,066 SUPPORT FROM PRESIDENT TRUMP? 839 00:42:19,066 --> 00:42:21,066 IS THERE ANYTHING HE WOULD DO? 840 00:42:21,066 --> 00:42:24,333 >> AS LONG AS DONALD TRUMP STICKS TO THE MAKE AMERICA GREAT 841 00:42:24,333 --> 00:42:27,000 AGAIN AGENDA AND DOES WHAT HE SAYS HE'S GOING TO DO, THERE'S 842 00:42:27,000 --> 00:42:29,533 NO REASON TO WITHDRAW SUPPORT. 843 00:42:29,533 --> 00:42:32,500 I'M NOT GOING TO WITHDRAW MY SUPPORT FROM THE PRESIDENT 844 00:42:32,500 --> 00:42:32,967 BECAUSE I TRUST HIM. 845 00:42:32,967 --> 00:42:34,900 HE'S A MAN OF HIS WORD. 846 00:42:34,900 --> 00:42:37,867 HE'S FOLLOWING HIS AGENDA. 847 00:42:37,867 --> 00:42:38,000 NO. 848 00:42:38,000 --> 00:42:41,266 WHY SHOULD ANY OF US BE THINKING ABOUT WITHDRAWING SUPPORT? 849 00:42:41,266 --> 00:42:45,500 WE SHOULD BE THINKING ABOUT HOW CAN WE GET MORE ON THE BANDWAGON 850 00:42:45,500 --> 00:42:48,900 AND GET MORE BEHIND TRUMP? 851 00:42:48,900 --> 00:42:52,500 THAT'S WHY SOMEONE FROM TRUMP'S NATIONAL CAMPAIGN TEAM CAME AND 852 00:42:52,500 --> 00:42:55,533 JOINED MY CAMPAIGN, IS HELPING RUN MY CAMPAIGN, BECAUSE THEY 853 00:42:55,533 --> 00:42:56,600 KNOW WE'RE WITH TRUMP. 854 00:42:56,600 --> 00:43:00,266 TRUMP SUPPORTERS IN THE DISTRICT AND IN THE STUDIO TODAY WHO 855 00:43:00,266 --> 00:43:05,100 JOINED MY CAMPAIGN BECAUSE I'M THE TRUMP CANDIDATE, SO NO. 856 00:43:05,100 --> 00:43:06,166 I'M NOT GOING TO CRITICIZE THE PRESIDENT. 857 00:43:06,166 --> 00:43:09,600 I'M GOING TO APPLAUD HIM FOR THE START OF A TREMENDOUS 858 00:43:09,600 --> 00:43:09,900 PRESIDENCY. 859 00:43:09,900 --> 00:43:14,333 >> YOU HAVE PORTRAYED YOURSELF AS THE MOST PRO-TRUMP CANDIDATE, 860 00:43:14,333 --> 00:43:16,633 THE ONE THAT WAS WITH TRUMP FROM THE BEGINNING, BUT YOU DIDN'T 861 00:43:16,633 --> 00:43:22,900 CAST A VOTE IN IDAHO'S PRESIDENTIAL PREFERENCE PRIMARY 862 00:43:22,900 --> 00:43:24,266 WHEN DONALD TRUMP WAS RUNNING FOR PRESIDENCY. 863 00:43:24,266 --> 00:43:24,700 WHY NOT? 864 00:43:24,700 --> 00:43:29,066 >> I DID A LOT OF TRAVELING FOR TELEVISION AT THE TIME. 865 00:43:29,066 --> 00:43:32,100 I WAS CALLED AWAY UNEXPECTEDLY. 866 00:43:32,100 --> 00:43:34,633 I WAS TRAVELING A LOT DURING THAT TIME, BUT CERTAINLY YOU CAN 867 00:43:34,633 --> 00:43:37,500 GO BACK AND LOOK AT MY WRITING. 868 00:43:37,500 --> 00:43:41,734 ALL THROUGHOUT 2016, YOU'LL SEE I PROMOTED DONALD TRUMP 869 00:43:41,734 --> 00:43:42,900 EXTREMELY STRONG. 870 00:43:42,900 --> 00:43:46,000 THAT SAME TIME FRAME ALL THE OTHER LEADING CONTENDERS UP HERE 871 00:43:46,000 --> 00:43:47,700 WANTED TO KEEP DONALD TRUMP OUT OF THE WHITE HOUSE. 872 00:43:47,700 --> 00:43:48,800 THEY WERE BACKING OTHER PEOPLE. 873 00:43:48,800 --> 00:43:50,166 THE RECORD SPEAKS FOR ITSELF. 874 00:43:50,166 --> 00:43:53,166 I WORKED EXTREMELY HARD ALL THROUGHOUT 2016 TO PROMOTE 875 00:43:53,166 --> 00:43:55,700 DONALD TRUMP, AND I'M VERY PROUD TO HAVE DONE SO. 876 00:43:55,700 --> 00:43:57,633 >> SENATOR FULCHER, THE SAME QUESTION. 877 00:43:57,633 --> 00:44:03,266 WOULD YOU HOLD PRESIDENT TRUMP AND HIS ADMINISTRATION AS 878 00:44:03,266 --> 00:44:05,433 ACCOUNTABLE AS YOU WOULD A DEMOCRATIC ADMINISTRATION? 879 00:44:05,433 --> 00:44:08,734 >> YES, AND I'VE GOT A HISTORY OF DOING EXACTLY THAT. 880 00:44:08,734 --> 00:44:12,333 WHEN I WAS SERVING AS A SENATE LEADER, THERE WAS A COUPLE OF 881 00:44:12,333 --> 00:44:15,800 DIFFERENT ADMINISTRATIONS THAT I WAS HAVING TO DEAL WITH SOME OF 882 00:44:15,800 --> 00:44:16,367 THAT FALLOUT. 883 00:44:16,367 --> 00:44:20,500 ONE OF THEM WAS THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION WITH A HORRENDOUS 884 00:44:20,500 --> 00:44:23,233 FEDERAL MANDATE ON HEALTH CARE. 885 00:44:23,233 --> 00:44:26,633 THAT WAS A DIRECT IMPACT ON US AT THE STATE LEVEL THAT WE 886 00:44:26,633 --> 00:44:28,600 HAVEN'T RECOVERED FROM STILL. 887 00:44:28,600 --> 00:44:34,367 WHEN GEORGE H.W. BUSH WAS IN PLACE, HE HAD A PROFICIENCY FOR 888 00:44:34,367 --> 00:44:36,100 SPENDING, SPENDING TOO MUCH. 889 00:44:36,100 --> 00:44:39,867 THAT HAD AN IMPACT ON US AS WELL HERE IN IDAHO BECAUSE MORE 890 00:44:39,867 --> 00:44:46,633 THAN 1/3 OF THE BUDGET THAT COMES TO THE STATE OF IDAHO IS 891 00:44:46,633 --> 00:44:48,633 FROM SOME FEDERAL KIND OF A SUBSIDY. 892 00:44:48,633 --> 00:44:50,500 YES, I WOULD, AND YES, I HAVE. 893 00:44:50,500 --> 00:44:54,433 I WOULD BACK THAT UP IN THIS CASE BY SAYING, HOWEVER, THAT 894 00:44:54,433 --> 00:44:58,200 THIS PRESIDENT HAS INFUSED SOME CONFIDENCE IN THE ECONOMY 895 00:44:58,200 --> 00:45:03,900 BECAUSE HE'S TAKEN A VERY UNCON UNCONVENTIONAL APPROACH. 896 00:45:03,900 --> 00:45:06,700 HE DOESN'T LOOK AT THE WORLD THE SAME AS YOU AND I DO. 897 00:45:06,700 --> 00:45:09,367 HE SEES EVERYTHING AS A COST CENTER AND PROFIT CENTER. 898 00:45:09,367 --> 00:45:11,166 THAT'S JUST HOW HE FUNCTIONS. 899 00:45:11,166 --> 00:45:15,633 IF YOU KNOW THAT AND YOU KNOW HOW TO COMMUNICATE ON THOSE 900 00:45:15,633 --> 00:45:19,367 TERMS, THEN I THINK THAT THERE'S SOME EXCITING THINGS YOU CAN DO 901 00:45:19,367 --> 00:45:21,333 WITH THIS PARTICULAR TIME FRAME. 902 00:45:21,333 --> 00:45:25,533 IN ADDITION TO THAT, BETSY, JUST TO -- THERE'S ANOTHER EXCITING 903 00:45:25,533 --> 00:45:25,800 COMPONENT. 904 00:45:25,800 --> 00:45:29,266 THAT IS WE'RE ABOUT TO HAVE THE LARGEST TURNOVER IN THE UNITED 905 00:45:29,266 --> 00:45:34,166 STATES CONGRESS IN PROBABLY ABOUT 50 YEARS. 906 00:45:34,166 --> 00:45:37,600 IF YOU INFUSE ALL THOSE NEW MINDS AND A PRESIDENT THAT'S 907 00:45:37,600 --> 00:45:39,700 WILLING TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT, THERE'S SOME EXCITING 908 00:45:39,700 --> 00:45:41,166 THINGS THAT CAN HAPPEN. 909 00:45:41,166 --> 00:45:45,800 >> THE SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE RECENTLY VOTED TO 910 00:45:45,800 --> 00:45:50,734 PROTECT JUSTICE DEPARTMENT SPECIAL COUNSEL ROBERT MUELLER, 911 00:45:50,734 --> 00:45:55,800 WHO YOUR OPPONENT MR. SNYDER WANTS TO FIRE, FROM BEING FIRED 912 00:45:55,800 --> 00:45:57,100 BY PRESIDENT TRUMP. 913 00:45:57,100 --> 00:45:58,367 HOW WOULD YOU HAVE VOTED? 914 00:45:58,367 --> 00:46:00,533 >> TO ME, THOSE ARE DISTRACTIONS. 915 00:46:00,533 --> 00:46:04,000 THEY'RE DISTRACTIONS FROM GOVERNING. 916 00:46:04,000 --> 00:46:09,333 THEY'RE DISTRACTIONS AS TRYING TO TAKE AWAY FROM THE POSITIVE 917 00:46:09,333 --> 00:46:13,533 THINGS THAT CONGRESS IS TRYING TO DO, TRYING TO TAKE AWAY FROM 918 00:46:13,533 --> 00:46:16,000 THE POSITIVE THINGS THAT THE PRESIDENT IS TRYING TO DO. 919 00:46:16,000 --> 00:46:20,166 TO BE PERFECTLY HONEST, I HAVEN'T EVEN BEEN FOLLOWING IT 920 00:46:20,166 --> 00:46:20,967 THAT CLOSELY. 921 00:46:20,967 --> 00:46:23,800 THE ATTENTION NEEDS TO BE ON THE THINGS THAT ARE REALLY IMPORTANT 922 00:46:23,800 --> 00:46:25,266 TO IDAHO. 923 00:46:25,266 --> 00:46:28,433 IF YOU GO TOP TO BOTTOM, IT'S REALLY CLEAR. 924 00:46:28,433 --> 00:46:31,000 IT'S IMMIGRATION. 925 00:46:31,000 --> 00:46:31,433 IT'S HEALTH CARE. 926 00:46:31,433 --> 00:46:34,066 IT IS THINGS TO DO WITH OUR RESOURCE BASE AND REGULATIONS. 927 00:46:34,066 --> 00:46:36,700 THAT'S WHERE MY ATTENTION IS GOING. 928 00:46:36,700 --> 00:46:38,867 I'M NOT FOLLOWING A LOT OF THIS PROPAGANDA. 929 00:46:38,867 --> 00:46:45,333 >> YOU THINK THE SENATE JUDICIARY'S VOTE TO PROTECT 930 00:46:45,333 --> 00:46:47,900 MUELLER WAS PROPAGANDA? 931 00:46:47,900 --> 00:46:48,333 >> NOT PROPAGANDA. 932 00:46:48,333 --> 00:46:49,367 A DISTRACTION. 933 00:46:49,367 --> 00:46:51,266 THIS WHOLE THING IS A DISTRACTION. 934 00:46:51,266 --> 00:46:54,633 OUR FOCUS NEEDS TO BE ON THE THINGS THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO 935 00:46:54,633 --> 00:46:56,000 IDAHO AND TO AMERICA. 936 00:46:56,000 --> 00:46:57,467 THAT'S MY POSITION ON IT. 937 00:46:57,467 --> 00:46:59,734 I HAVEN'T EVEN BEEN FOLLOWING IT THAT CLOSELY. 938 00:46:59,734 --> 00:47:02,066 >> YOU DON'T BELIEVE THAT CONGRESS SHOULD TAKE ANY ROLE IN 939 00:47:02,066 --> 00:47:04,000 THAT MATTER? 940 00:47:04,000 --> 00:47:06,800 >> IN WHAT MATTER? 941 00:47:06,800 --> 00:47:11,633 >> IN WHETHER OR NOT THE SPECIAL COUNSEL SHOULD BE FIRED BY THE 942 00:47:11,633 --> 00:47:11,900 PRESIDENT? 943 00:47:11,900 --> 00:47:13,600 >> I THINK CONGRESS SHOULD BE WORRIED ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS 944 00:47:13,600 --> 00:47:19,166 THAT MR. SPENCE BROUGHT UP, AND THAT IS THE FISCAL HEALTH OF 945 00:47:19,166 --> 00:47:23,734 THIS NATION AND GO ABOUT THE PROCESS OF GOVERNING. 946 00:47:23,734 --> 00:47:27,166 THAT'S WHERE CONGRESS SHOULD BE FOCUSING ITS EFFORTS. 947 00:47:27,166 --> 00:47:28,700 >> OKAY. 948 00:47:28,700 --> 00:47:30,533 LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR LEROY WANTED TO RESPOND. 949 00:47:30,533 --> 00:47:32,266 KEEP IT BRIEF, PLEASE. 950 00:47:32,266 --> 00:47:33,100 >> YES. 951 00:47:33,100 --> 00:47:40,266 FRANKLY, BETSY, I THINK YOU'VE GOT RUSS ON A KEY ISSUE. 952 00:47:40,266 --> 00:47:44,700 THE MUELLER INVESTIGATION ON THE POSITION OF SENATE COUNSEL AND 953 00:47:44,700 --> 00:47:47,433 SPECIAL COUNSEL IS A VERY IMPORTANT ONE AND POTENTIALLY A 954 00:47:47,433 --> 00:47:51,166 CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS FOR THIS NATION. 955 00:47:51,166 --> 00:47:54,066 THAT INVESTIGATION NEEDS TO BE WRAPPED UP VERY SWIFTLY. 956 00:47:54,066 --> 00:48:02,166 IT NEEDS TO COME TO A SPECIFIC AND FULLY DETAILED CONCLUSORY 957 00:48:02,166 --> 00:48:03,000 REPORT. 958 00:48:03,000 --> 00:48:07,333 AND WHEN IT DOES AND AS I EXPECT IT TO DO, IT CLEARS THE 959 00:48:07,333 --> 00:48:10,066 PRESIDENT OF ANY FINDINGS OF CRIMINALITY IN THE 960 00:48:10,066 --> 00:48:10,500 ADMINISTRATION. 961 00:48:10,500 --> 00:48:16,000 THEN WE HAVE DONE OURSELVES A SOUTHBOU 962 00:48:16,000 --> 00:48:17,900 SERVICE, AND WE CAN GET BACK TO THE BUSINESS OF IDAHO AND 963 00:48:17,900 --> 00:48:18,333 EVERYTHING ELSE. 964 00:48:18,333 --> 00:48:20,233 THAT'S NOT JUST A DISTRACTION. 965 00:48:20,233 --> 00:48:21,867 THAT'S A POTENTIAL CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS. 966 00:48:21,867 --> 00:48:24,066 THE BILL BEFORE THE SENATE IS UNNECESSARY. 967 00:48:24,066 --> 00:48:28,000 THE DYNAMICS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, THE PRESIDENT, AND 968 00:48:28,000 --> 00:48:32,633 AN OCCASIONAL SPECIAL COUNSEL WORKING OR COOPERATING WITH THE 969 00:48:32,633 --> 00:48:34,633 CONGRESS OF THE THE UNITED STATES, THE SENATE AND THE 970 00:48:34,633 --> 00:48:36,700 HOUSE, IS AN IMPORTANT FEATURE OF GOVERNMENT. 971 00:48:36,700 --> 00:48:39,166 IT'S NOT JUST A DISTRACTION. 972 00:48:39,166 --> 00:48:42,000 >> SINCE I WAS MENTIONED -- >> PLEASE BRIEFLY. 973 00:48:42,000 --> 00:48:44,533 >> I WILL BE BRIEF. 974 00:48:44,533 --> 00:48:46,233 I'M NOT PUCKERED OVER THAT. 975 00:48:46,233 --> 00:48:50,600 I'M SIMPLY MAKING THE POINT IF THE ATTENTION OF CONGRESS AND 976 00:48:50,600 --> 00:48:54,333 THE ATTENTION OF THE EXECUTIVE, LEGISLATIVE, AND JUDICIAL BRANCH 977 00:48:54,333 --> 00:48:56,967 WAS WHERE IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE, WE WOULDN'T BE DEALING WITH THIS 978 00:48:56,967 --> 00:48:57,734 KIND OF THING. 979 00:48:57,734 --> 00:48:59,834 WE WOULD BE ABOUT THE BUSINESS OF THE HEALTH OF THIS NATION. 980 00:48:59,834 --> 00:49:01,600 THAT'S WHERE OUR FOCUS HAS GOD TO BE. 981 00:49:01,600 --> 00:49:03,633 >> REPRESENTATIVE MALEK, YOU HAD SOMETHING TO SAY. 982 00:49:03,633 --> 00:49:04,734 >> THANK YOU, MELISSA. 983 00:49:04,734 --> 00:49:08,367 I'M JUST A LITTLE BIT SHOCKED THAT SENATOR FULCHER IS NOT 984 00:49:08,367 --> 00:49:12,800 PAYING ATTENTION TO WHAT'S HAPPENING IN CONGRESS WITH THIS. 985 00:49:12,800 --> 00:49:17,700 I DIDN'T HEAR AN ANSWER TO BETSY'S QUESTION ON THAT. 986 00:49:17,700 --> 00:49:20,533 I APPRECIATE WHAT LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR LEROY SAID HERE BECAUSE 987 00:49:20,533 --> 00:49:23,166 WE ABSOLUTELY NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S A SEPARATION OF 988 00:49:23,166 --> 00:49:23,600 POWERS. 989 00:49:23,600 --> 00:49:28,967 WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE MAINTAINING CONSTITUTIONAL 990 00:49:28,967 --> 00:49:30,500 INTEGRITY ON THESE ISSUES. 991 00:49:30,500 --> 00:49:34,900 I CAN'T SECOND GUESS WHERE THE SENATOR IS AT ON THIS, BUT WE 992 00:49:34,900 --> 00:49:37,700 NEED TO MAKE SURE THERE'S INTEGRITY IN THE PROCESS SO WE 993 00:49:37,700 --> 00:49:38,734 HAVE FULL FAITH IN THE PRESIDENT AND THE PROCESS. 994 00:49:38,734 --> 00:49:41,367 I'M JUST A LITTLE BIT SHOCKED THAT THE SENATOR WAS NOT PAYING 995 00:49:41,367 --> 00:49:42,433 ATTENTION TO THAT ISSUE. 996 00:49:42,433 --> 00:49:45,066 >> SINCE I WAS MENTIONED AGAIN, I DON'T WANT TO SHOCK 997 00:49:45,066 --> 00:49:48,633 REPRESENTATIVE MALEK TOO MUCH. 998 00:49:48,633 --> 00:49:51,734 I DON'T THINK WHAT I'M TRYING TO COMMUNICATE IS THAT DIFFICULT TO 999 00:49:51,734 --> 00:49:52,066 UNDERSTAND. 1000 00:49:52,066 --> 00:49:56,700 MY POINT ONCE AGAIN IS THAT IF THE BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT WERE 1001 00:49:56,700 --> 00:49:59,967 FOCUSED ON WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING IN THE FIRST PLACE, 1002 00:49:59,967 --> 00:50:03,700 WE WOULDN'T BE RUNNING DOWN THESE RABBIT TRAILS NOW. 1003 00:50:03,700 --> 00:50:05,333 >> WOULD YOU LIKE TO RESPOND? 1004 00:50:05,333 --> 00:50:09,433 >> ENSURING WE'RE DEFENDING THE CONSTITUTION IS AN ABSOLUTELY 1005 00:50:09,433 --> 00:50:14,266 FUNDAMENTAL ROLE OF THE GOVERNMENT. 1006 00:50:14,266 --> 00:50:15,066 >> THE NEXT QUESTION IS FROM BETSY. 1007 00:50:15,066 --> 00:50:16,700 >> REPRESENTATIVE MALEK, THE SAME QUESTION THAT I'VE OPPOSED 1008 00:50:16,700 --> 00:50:18,233 TO YOUR OPPONENTS HERE. 1009 00:50:18,233 --> 00:50:21,800 WOULD YOU HOLD THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION ACCOUNTABLE IN 1010 00:50:21,800 --> 00:50:25,166 THE SAME WAY THAT YOU WOULD AN ADMINISTRATION OF THE OTHER 1011 00:50:25,166 --> 00:50:25,333 PARTY? 1012 00:50:25,333 --> 00:50:27,266 >> THANKS, BETSY. 1013 00:50:27,266 --> 00:50:29,633 NO ONE IS ABOVE REPROACH, INCLUDING MYSELF. 1014 00:50:29,633 --> 00:50:32,266 I'VE BEEN QUITE VOCAL ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I DON'T AGREE 1015 00:50:32,266 --> 00:50:36,533 WITH THE PRESIDENT ON, AND I'VE BEEN CRITICIZED FOR BEING TOO 1016 00:50:36,533 --> 00:50:37,100 CRITICAL OF THE PRESIDENT. 1017 00:50:37,100 --> 00:50:41,266 BUT ODDLY ENOUGH WHEN IT COMES TO THE SUBSTANCE OF THE ISSUES 1018 00:50:41,266 --> 00:50:44,967 THAT THE PRESIDENT IS DOING TO MAKE SURE THIS COUNTRY IS MOVING 1019 00:50:44,967 --> 00:50:50,066 FORWARD, I AGREE WITH HIM MORE THAN ANYBODY ELSE ON THIS STAGE. 1020 00:50:50,066 --> 00:50:52,900 I HAVE BEEN CRITICIZED FOR THE THINGS THAT I HAVE AGREED WITH 1021 00:50:52,900 --> 00:50:55,000 THE PRESIDENT ON. 1022 00:50:55,000 --> 00:50:57,266 WHEN IT CAME TO MAKING SURE THAT WE DON'T HAVE A LOOPHOLE IN OUR 1023 00:50:57,266 --> 00:50:59,200 LAWS WITH GUN STOCKS, I STAND WITH THE PRESIDENT. 1024 00:50:59,200 --> 00:51:02,166 WHEN IT CAME TO MAKING SURE WE KEPT THE GOVERNMENT MOVING 1025 00:51:02,166 --> 00:51:06,633 FORWARD WITH AN OMNIBUS BILL WHICH I WILL ADMIT IS A COMPLETE 1026 00:51:06,633 --> 00:51:10,900 ATROCITY, I'M THE ONLY ONE ON THE STAGE WHO STOOD WITH THE 1027 00:51:10,900 --> 00:51:13,734 PRESIDENT ON THIS ISSUE, SAYING WE NEED TO FIX OUR FISCAL AND 1028 00:51:13,734 --> 00:51:17,800 CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS IN THIS COUNTRY, BUT WE NEED TO MAKE 1029 00:51:17,800 --> 00:51:19,433 SURE WE'RE MOVING THE BUSINESS FORWARD. 1030 00:51:19,433 --> 00:51:24,800 pFIX ONE PROBLEM.E BUSINESS TO YOU NEED TO BE ABLE TO WALK AND 1031 00:51:24,800 --> 00:51:25,533 CHEW GUM AT THE SAME TIME. 1032 00:51:25,533 --> 00:51:30,533 THOSE THE THINGS I'VE BEEN CRITICIZED FROM MY OPPONENTS 1033 00:51:30,533 --> 00:51:30,734 HERE. 1034 00:51:30,734 --> 00:51:34,867 I STAND WITH THE PRESIDENT ON MORE ISSUES THAN I DON'T AND 1035 00:51:34,867 --> 00:51:37,066 MORE THAN ANYBODY ELSE ON THIS STAGE. 1036 00:51:37,066 --> 00:51:42,800 >> HAVE YOU SEEN ANY COMMENTS OR BEHAVIOR FROM PRESIDENT TRUMP 1037 00:51:42,800 --> 00:51:46,066 THAT FOR YOU RAISES ETHICAL ISSUES? 1038 00:51:46,066 --> 00:51:48,166 >> WELL, THERE'S ACCUSATIONS THAT GO WITH EVERY 1039 00:51:48,166 --> 00:51:48,533 ADMINISTRATION. 1040 00:51:48,533 --> 00:51:52,100 THE ETHICAL ISSUES THAT BEEN RAISED -- I BELIEVE IN THE RULE 1041 00:51:52,100 --> 00:51:52,633 OF LAW. 1042 00:51:52,633 --> 00:51:53,533 I BELIEVE IN DUE PROCESS. 1043 00:51:53,533 --> 00:51:58,266 I'M NOT ABOUT TO JUMP ON ANY BANDWAGON CONDEMNING THE 1044 00:51:58,266 --> 00:52:02,900 PRESIDENT OF SOMETHING OF THAT THERE'S NO PROOF. 1045 00:52:02,900 --> 00:52:08,266 THERE ARE THINGS THAT THE PRESIDENT HAS SAID IN THE PAST 1046 00:52:08,266 --> 00:52:10,967 THAT HAS GOTTEN UNDER MY SKIN. 1047 00:52:10,967 --> 00:52:13,533 I WAS RAISED IN A HOUSEHOLD WHERE YOU RESPECT WOMEN. 1048 00:52:13,533 --> 00:52:19,633 SOME OF THE THINGS THE PRESIDENT HAS SAID IN THE PAST ABOUT WOMEN 1049 00:52:19,633 --> 00:52:21,967 HAS REALLY GOTTEN UNDER MY SKIN, BUT I AGREE WITH HIM WHERE HE'S 1050 00:52:21,967 --> 00:52:23,066 TAKING THE COUNTRY. 1051 00:52:23,066 --> 00:52:34,700 THE FACT THAT HE'S BEEN ABLE TO DO WHAT HE'S DONE ON THE KOREAN 1052 00:52:34,700 --> 00:52:39,900 PENINSULA -- I'M NOT ABOVE HOLDING ANYBODY ACCOUNTABLE, BUT 1053 00:52:39,900 --> 00:52:41,700 I'M ALSO VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THE GOOD THINGS THE PRESIDENT IS 1054 00:52:41,700 --> 00:52:42,800 DOING FOR OUR COUNTRY. 1055 00:52:42,800 --> 00:52:44,900 >> REPRESENTATIVE PERRY, THE SAME QUESTION. 1056 00:52:44,900 --> 00:52:47,066 HOW WOULD YOU HOLD THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION ACCOUNTABLE AND 1057 00:52:47,066 --> 00:52:52,266 WOULD YOU DO IT IN THE SAME WAY THAT YOU WOULD HOLD A DEMOCRATIC 1058 00:52:52,266 --> 00:52:53,600 ADMINISTRATION ACCOUNTABLE? 1059 00:52:53,600 --> 00:52:57,567 >> I THINK THAT'S ONLY FAIR THAT YOU HAVE TO HOLD THE 1060 00:52:57,567 --> 00:52:59,300 PRESIDENTIAL ADMINISTRATION ACCOUNTABLE, BUT PART OF THE 1061 00:52:59,300 --> 00:53:02,000 CONVERSATION IS IF CONGRESS IS WILLING TO POINT FINGERS 1062 00:53:02,000 --> 00:53:04,967 SOMEWHERE ELSE, THEY ALSO HAVE TO POINT FINGERS AT THEMSELVES 1063 00:53:04,967 --> 00:53:08,266 AND THEY NEED TO HOLD THEMSELVES ACCOUNTABLE. 1064 00:53:08,266 --> 00:53:11,000 THEY NEED TO STOP ARGUING OVER THINGS LIKE YOU HAVE SEEN HERE 1065 00:53:11,000 --> 00:53:13,734 ALREADY AND START DEALING WITH THOSE THINGS THAT REALLY MATTER. 1066 00:53:13,734 --> 00:53:17,333 IN REGARDS TO TRUMP AND SOME OF THESE ACCUSATINS THAT ARE 1067 00:53:17,333 --> 00:53:21,433 AGAINST HIM AND WHETHER THE SENATE IS DOING THEIR THING WITH 1068 00:53:21,433 --> 00:53:25,333 ROBERT MUELLER CORRECTLY, I THINK THAT TRUMP IS FULLY IN 1069 00:53:25,333 --> 00:53:27,000 CHARGE OF HIS EXECUTIVE BRANCH. 1070 00:53:27,000 --> 00:53:30,633 IF HE WANTED TO GET RID OF HIM, HE WOULD HAVE ALREADY, BUT I 1071 00:53:30,633 --> 00:53:33,433 BELIEVE HE ALLOWS THESE THINGS TO GO THROUGH, AS HE SHOULD, 1072 00:53:33,433 --> 00:53:35,900 BECAUSE I BELIEVE IN THE END HE'S GOING TO BE VINDICATED. 1073 00:53:35,900 --> 00:53:39,066 I THINK A LOT OF WHAT IS GOING ON UP THERE RIGHT NOW IS REALLY 1074 00:53:39,066 --> 00:53:40,266 SMOKE AND MIRRORS. 1075 00:53:40,266 --> 00:53:43,800 WE'RE DISTRACTING EVERYBODY ELSE, AND WE'RE NOT PAYING 1076 00:53:43,800 --> 00:53:45,633 ATTENTION TO THE THINGS THAT REALLY MATTER. 1077 00:53:45,633 --> 00:53:49,734 CONGRESS HAS BROUGHT IN MARK ZUCKERBERG BASICALLY TO EDUCATE 1078 00:53:49,734 --> 00:53:53,367 THEM ON HOW THE INTERNET WORKS WHEN THEY REALLY OUGHT TO BE 1079 00:53:53,367 --> 00:53:58,000 HOLDING HEARINGS ON HOW TO BALANCE THIS BUDGET AND 1080 00:53:58,000 --> 00:54:01,800 REINSTATING A BUDGET PROCESS SO WE'RE NOT BEING FACED WITH 1081 00:54:01,800 --> 00:54:08,000 OMNIBUS BILLS LESS THAN 24 HOURS WHEN YOU'RE EXPECTED TO VOTE. 1082 00:54:08,000 --> 00:54:10,333 YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO HOLD YOURSELF ACCOUNTABLE. 1083 00:54:10,333 --> 00:54:13,800 I WANT TO SAY ONE THING CERTAINLY ABOUT PRESIDENT TRUMP. 1084 00:54:13,800 --> 00:54:20,800 YES, HE IS UNCONVENTIONAL, BUT I HAVE TO SAY HOW EXCITING IT WAS 1085 00:54:20,800 --> 00:54:21,967 TO WATCH WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE KOREAN PENINSULA. 1086 00:54:21,967 --> 00:54:25,600 FOR ALL OUR MEMBERS OF THE ARMED SERVICES WHO SERVED IN THE 1087 00:54:25,600 --> 00:54:29,700 KOREAN CONFLICT, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. 1088 00:54:29,700 --> 00:54:32,066 I HOPE THEY FEEL VINDICATED AND FEEL THAT THEIR SERVICE WAS WELL 1089 00:54:32,066 --> 00:54:34,166 DONE BECAUSE IT WAS. 1090 00:54:34,166 --> 00:54:36,100 >> COLONEL GALLEGOS, THE SAME QUESTION. 1091 00:54:36,100 --> 00:54:40,100 HOW WOULD YOU HOLD THIS ADMINISTRATION ACCOUNTABLE IN 1092 00:54:40,100 --> 00:54:42,000 THE SAME WAY THAT YOU WOULD HOLD ACCOUNTABLE AN ADMINISTRATION 1093 00:54:42,000 --> 00:54:42,633 FROM THE OTHER PARTY? 1094 00:54:42,633 --> 00:54:45,700 >> I THINK IT'S A GREAT QUESTION, AND I AGREE WITH MY 1095 00:54:45,700 --> 00:54:46,066 PEERS. 1096 00:54:46,066 --> 00:54:50,433 NO ONE IS BEYOND REPROACH WHEN IT COMES TO INTEGRITY AND 1097 00:54:50,433 --> 00:54:50,700 CHARACTER. 1098 00:54:50,700 --> 00:54:53,433 I THINK WE HAVE TO HOLD THE ADMINISTRATION ACCOUNTABLE, ANY 1099 00:54:53,433 --> 00:54:55,367 ADMINISTRATION ACCOUNTABLE FOR THAT MATTER. 1100 00:54:55,367 --> 00:54:59,166 I WOULD TELL YOU I KEEP GETTING THROWN IN A GROUP OF FOLKS 1101 00:54:59,166 --> 00:55:02,734 HERE -- BUT I WOULD HAVE SUPPORTED THE OMNIBUS BILL AS 1102 00:55:02,734 --> 00:55:10,633 WELL EVEN THOUGH I HATE THE SPENDING IT HAD. 1103 00:55:10,633 --> 00:55:15,166 ARE WHAT OUR GOVERNMENT SHOULD HOLD IN HIGH ESTEEM. 1104 00:55:15,166 --> 00:55:17,633 IF THEY DON'T DO THAT, WE HAVE A PROBLEM IN GOVERNMENT. 1105 00:55:17,633 --> 00:55:18,734 IT IS A CONSTITUTION ISSUE. 1106 00:55:18,734 --> 00:55:22,100 MORE IMPORTANTLY, I LOOK AT THINGS FROM A DIFFERENT LENS. 1107 00:55:22,100 --> 00:55:24,633 IT IS ALSO A MATTER OF NATIONAL SECURITY. 1108 00:55:24,633 --> 00:55:27,734 WHEN WE HAVE OTHER GOVERNMENTS AND OTHER COUNTRIES INTERFERING 1109 00:55:27,734 --> 00:55:33,100 WITH OUR ELECTIONS, WE HAVE TO HAVE DUE DILIGENCE TO MAKE SURE 1110 00:55:33,100 --> 00:55:36,734 THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN. 1111 00:55:36,734 --> 00:55:38,900 CYBER WARFARE IS REAL. 1112 00:55:38,900 --> 00:55:41,700 IT'S A LITTLE BIT ABOUT A LOT OF THINGS. 1113 00:55:41,700 --> 00:55:44,700 MOSTLY IMPORTANT IS JUST HOLDING EVERYONE ACCOUNTABLE AND 1114 00:55:44,700 --> 00:55:49,233 STOPPING THE PARTISAN POLITICS BECAUSE ACCOUNTABILITY AND 1115 00:55:49,233 --> 00:55:49,734 DISCIPLINE ARE PARAMOUNT. 1116 00:55:49,734 --> 00:55:53,600 >> HAVE YOU SEEN ANY COMMENTS OR BEHAVIOR FROM PRESIDENT TRUMP 1117 00:55:53,600 --> 00:55:56,533 THAT RAISES ETHICAL QUESTIONS FOR YOU? 1118 00:55:56,533 --> 00:55:59,000 >> I'M NOT GOING TO GET INTO THE ALLEGATIONS OF ANYONE. 1119 00:55:59,000 --> 00:56:01,166 I WILL TELL YOU I LIKE WHAT MR. 1120 00:56:01,166 --> 00:56:02,166 SNYDER SAID. 1121 00:56:02,166 --> 00:56:04,066 I THINK EVERYONE SHOULD COALESCE AROUND THE PRESIDENT OF THE 1122 00:56:04,066 --> 00:56:05,600 UNITED STATES AND THE COMMANDER AND CHIEF. 1123 00:56:05,600 --> 00:56:08,700 HE HAS AN IMPORTANT JOB, AND HE'S REPRESENTING THE PEOPLE OF 1124 00:56:08,700 --> 00:56:09,066 AMERICA. 1125 00:56:09,066 --> 00:56:12,066 AMERICANS DECIDED THAT THEY WANTED TO ELECT A COMMANDER AND 1126 00:56:12,066 --> 00:56:15,533 CHIEF AND A CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER WITH A DIFFERENT SET OF 1127 00:56:15,533 --> 00:56:18,800 TALENT SKILLS AND ABILITIES. 1128 00:56:18,800 --> 00:56:19,800 THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE. 1129 00:56:19,800 --> 00:56:22,533 I WOULD BE THE FIRST TO SUPPORT THE PRESIDENT. 1130 00:56:22,533 --> 00:56:25,734 AS COMMANDER AND CHIEF, I'M USED TO DOING THAT. 1131 00:56:25,734 --> 00:56:28,233 >> THE NEXT QUESTION IS FROM BILL SPENCE FOR REPRESENTATIVE 1132 00:56:28,233 --> 00:56:28,433 PERRY. 1133 00:56:28,433 --> 00:56:31,166 WE ARE GETTING ALREADY SHORT ON TIME. 1134 00:56:31,166 --> 00:56:35,533 IF YOU KEEP YOUR ANSWERS BRIEF,TOPICS. 1135 00:56:35,533 --> 00:56:41,000 >> ON THIS ISSUE, I DO WANT TO TALK TO THE COLONEL FIRST ON IT 1136 00:56:41,000 --> 00:56:46,000 BECAUSE IF I'M CORRECT, IT IS EITHER YOUR PARENTS OR 1137 00:56:46,000 --> 00:56:48,000 GRANDPARENTS WHO EMIGRATED TO THIS COUNTRY. 1138 00:56:48,000 --> 00:56:51,967 TALK TO ME ON YOUR VIEWS ON WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE WITH OUR 1139 00:56:51,967 --> 00:56:53,266 IMMIGRATION SYSTEM. 1140 00:56:53,266 --> 00:56:56,700 >> MY GRANDMOTHER CAME HERE IN A LEGAL WAY. 1141 00:56:56,700 --> 00:57:00,800 SHE IS THE EPITOME OF THE AMERICAN DREAM. 1142 00:57:00,800 --> 00:57:02,233 I'M A SECOND-GENERATION AMERICAN. 1143 00:57:02,233 --> 00:57:03,166 SHE WORKED HARD. 1144 00:57:03,166 --> 00:57:06,367 SHE RETIRED FROM A CAREER. 1145 00:57:06,367 --> 00:57:10,066 SHE WAS ABLE TO BUILD A FOUNDATION FOR OUR FAMILY, WHICH 1146 00:57:10,066 --> 00:57:10,533 WE BUILT UPON OURSELVES. 1147 00:57:10,533 --> 00:57:12,900 THE FIRST THING IS ABOUT THE RULE OF LAW. 1148 00:57:12,900 --> 00:57:14,633 THERE'S NO ONE ABOVE THE RULE OF LAW. 1149 00:57:14,633 --> 00:57:18,900 I THINK IMMIGRATION IS A MATTER OF NATIONAL SECURITY. 1150 00:57:18,900 --> 00:57:21,100 MAKE NO MISTAKE ABOUT IT WE ARE A SOVEREIGN NATION. 1151 00:57:21,100 --> 00:57:23,100 WE HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT AND SECURE OUR FREEDOM 1152 00:57:23,100 --> 00:57:24,533 AND THE SAFETY OF AMERICANS. 1153 00:57:24,533 --> 00:57:28,000 I SEE IMMIGRATION A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY AGAIN BECAUSE I KNOW 1154 00:57:28,000 --> 00:57:29,000 THAT THERE ARE THREATS. 1155 00:57:29,000 --> 00:57:35,800 THERE'S THREATS FROM CRIMINALS, CARTELS, DRUG TRAFFICKERS, HUMAN 1156 00:57:35,800 --> 00:57:36,066 TRAFFICKERS. 1157 00:57:36,066 --> 00:57:38,166 IT IS ABOUT SEAPORTS AND AIRPORTS AS WELL. 1158 00:57:38,166 --> 00:57:39,633 WE CAN TALK ABOUT IMMIGRATION. 1159 00:57:39,633 --> 00:57:42,533 I'M SURE A LOT OF PEOPLE WANT TO JUMP IN ON THIS CONVERSATION, 1160 00:57:42,533 --> 00:57:44,900 BUT I WOULD TELL YOU NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW. 1161 00:57:44,900 --> 00:57:46,700 WE HAVE TO ADHERE TO THE LAW. 1162 00:57:46,700 --> 00:57:48,600 THAT'S WHAT OUR NATION WAS FOUNDED UPON. 1163 00:57:48,600 --> 00:57:51,633 >> COLONEL, I'M NOT SURE WHAT IMMIGRATION POLICIES BEFORE IN 1164 00:57:51,633 --> 00:57:53,500 PLACE WHEN YOUR GRANDPARENTS EMIGRATED. 1165 00:57:53,500 --> 00:57:57,433 THE CONGRESS AND THE PRESIDENT HAVE TALKED ABOUT, LOOK, WE NEED 1166 00:57:57,433 --> 00:58:03,233 TO FOCUS ON THE BEST AND THE BRIGHTEST AND NOT JUST THE 1167 00:58:03,233 --> 00:58:03,500 RIFFRAFF. 1168 00:58:03,500 --> 00:58:06,533 IS THAT AN APPROACH THAT YOU WOULD SUPPORT? 1169 00:58:06,533 --> 00:58:06,867 >> FOR SURE. 1170 00:58:06,867 --> 00:58:09,533 FIRST OF ALL, WE CAN'T ALLOW AMNES 1171 00:58:09,533 --> 00:58:09,734 AMNESTY. 1172 00:58:09,734 --> 00:58:10,533 WE HAVE DONE THAT. 1173 00:58:10,533 --> 00:58:14,867 THE REAL PROBLEM THAT CONGRESS HAS TO ADDRESS IN THE 116th 1174 00:58:14,867 --> 00:58:18,266 CONGRESS IS THE 11 MILLION ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS THAT WE HAVE. 1175 00:58:18,266 --> 00:58:22,533 SAY NOTHING ABOUT THE DACA APPLICANTS. 1176 00:58:22,533 --> 00:58:23,533 WE HAVE TO HAVE A PROGRAM. 1177 00:58:23,533 --> 00:58:26,600 WE HAVE TO GET RID OF CHAIN MIGRATION. 1178 00:58:26,600 --> 00:58:27,333 I BELIEVE THAT AS WELL. 1179 00:58:27,333 --> 00:58:28,533 THOSE THINGS ARE IMPORTANT. 1180 00:58:28,533 --> 00:58:34,433 THOSE ARE TOUGH POLICY ISSUE THAT THE NEXT CONGRESS HAS TO 1181 00:58:34,433 --> 00:58:35,633 DEAL WITH. 1182 00:58:35,633 --> 00:58:39,367 >> REPRESENTATIVE PERRY, THE CONCEPT OF A BORDER WALL WITH 1183 00:58:39,367 --> 00:58:41,734 MEXICO WAS A BIG ISSUE DURING THE LAST PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN. 1184 00:58:41,734 --> 00:58:42,967 DO YOU SUPPORT THAT CONCEPT? 1185 00:58:42,967 --> 00:58:43,800 >> I DO. 1186 00:58:43,800 --> 00:58:47,166 I DO SUPPORT BEING ABLE TO PROTECT OUR BORDERS IN THE WAY 1187 00:58:47,166 --> 00:58:48,633 THAT WE FIND NECESSARY. 1188 00:58:48,633 --> 00:58:51,533 I ALSO KNOW THAT IT IS NOT JUST BUILDING A WALL UP ON TOP. 1189 00:58:51,533 --> 00:58:54,367 WE KNOW THAT THE TUNNEL SYSTEMS EXIST. 1190 00:58:54,367 --> 00:58:57,367 ISRAEL HAS CERTAINLY BEEN A COUNTRY THAT HAS BEEN SUBJECTED 1191 00:58:57,367 --> 00:59:00,700 TO THAT, AND THEY HAVE BEEN DEVELOPING TECHNOLOGY IN ORDER 1192 00:59:00,700 --> 00:59:02,266 TO FIND THOSE TUNNELS. 1193 00:59:02,266 --> 00:59:06,500 I BELIEVE THAT TECHNOLOGY THAT WE SHOULD BE SHARING THAT 1194 00:59:06,500 --> 00:59:09,433 INFORMATION WITH ISRAEL AND BEING ABLE TO IMPLEMENT THAT 1195 00:59:09,433 --> 00:59:09,700 OURSELVES. 1196 00:59:09,700 --> 00:59:12,000 I THINK IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT WE DO THAT. 1197 00:59:12,000 --> 00:59:18,333 I THINK THAT VETTING IMMIGRANTS IS ALSO AN IMPORTANT PART OF OUR 1198 00:59:18,333 --> 00:59:19,533 IMMIGRATION SYSTEM IN MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE DOCUMENTING 1199 00:59:19,533 --> 00:59:22,800 THEIR PAST HISTORY AND WHO THEY'RE RELATED TO AND WHO THEY 1200 00:59:22,800 --> 00:59:25,900 ARE NOT AND WHO THEY ARE COOPERATING WITH AND WHO THEY'RE 1201 00:59:25,900 --> 00:59:26,166 NOT. 1202 00:59:26,166 --> 00:59:28,700 IT'S INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT. 1203 00:59:28,700 --> 00:59:33,967 I KNOW IN THIS DISTRICT, IN THE FIRST CD, THAT'S BEEN AN 1204 00:59:33,967 --> 00:59:35,734 INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT TOPIC TO THEM. 1205 00:59:35,734 --> 00:59:38,233 PEOPLE WANT TO FEEL SAFE, BUT THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT 1206 00:59:38,233 --> 00:59:39,700 PEOPLE ARE HERE BECAUSE THEY WANT TO BE HERE. 1207 00:59:39,700 --> 00:59:41,000 THEY WANT TO BE PART OF AMERICA. 1208 00:59:41,000 --> 00:59:43,800 THEY WANT TO COME AND JOIN, AND THEY WANT TO WORK FOR THE 1209 00:59:43,800 --> 00:59:44,533 AMERICAN DREAM. 1210 00:59:44,533 --> 00:59:48,000 THEY'RE ALSO VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THAT. 1211 00:59:48,000 --> 00:59:48,233 >> OKAY. 1212 00:59:48,233 --> 00:59:49,266 SENATOR FULCHER, SIMILAR QUESTION. 1213 00:59:49,266 --> 00:59:53,433 YOUR VIEWS ON THE WALL, BUT I ALSO WANT TO FOCUS YOU ON THE 1214 00:59:53,433 --> 00:59:53,700 COST. 1215 00:59:53,700 --> 00:59:57,800 WHEN THIS IDEA WAS ORIGINALLY PRESENTED, IT WAS MEXICO IS 1216 00:59:57,800 --> 00:59:59,734 GOING TO PAY FOR IT. 1217 00:59:59,734 --> 01:00:01,266 THAT HASN'T MATERIALIZED. 1218 01:00:01,266 --> 01:00:03,600 HOW MUCH ARE YOU WILLING TO PAY FOR THAT CONCEPT? 1219 01:00:03,600 --> 01:00:04,333 >> SURE. 1220 01:00:04,333 --> 01:00:08,800 FIRST OF ALL, BILL, WITH THE WHOLE IMMIGRATION ISSUE, THE 1221 01:00:08,800 --> 01:00:11,600 BORDER SECURITY IS FUNDAMENTAL. 1222 01:00:11,600 --> 01:00:16,600 THAT'S THE BUILDING BLOCK THAT YOU REALLY HAVE TO PUT IN PLACE. 1223 01:00:16,600 --> 01:00:19,734 I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF TRAVELING A LOT AROUND THE 1224 01:00:19,734 --> 01:00:20,000 WORLD. 1225 01:00:20,000 --> 01:00:25,166 I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE REST OF THE WORLD PUTS A HIGH PRIORITY 1226 01:00:25,166 --> 01:00:27,266 ON THEIR BORDER SECURITY FOR A GOOD REASON. 1227 01:00:27,266 --> 01:00:29,700 THAT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT HASN'T BEEN AS MUCH OF A 1228 01:00:29,700 --> 01:00:31,233 PRIORITY HERE AS IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN. 1229 01:00:31,233 --> 01:00:33,633 THE BORDER SECURITY IS ABSOLUTELY PARAMOUNT. 1230 01:00:33,633 --> 01:00:39,367 I DO SUPPORT THAT, AND THEN THERE'S SOME OTHER PROGRESS THAT 1231 01:00:39,367 --> 01:00:45,266 APPEARS TO BE COMING ALONG THAT HAS TO GO WITH THAT IN JUST THE 1232 01:00:45,266 --> 01:00:50,700 CHANGE IN THE IMMIGRATION SITUATION, THE ELIMINATION OF 1233 01:00:50,700 --> 01:00:51,734 CHAIN MIGRATION. 1234 01:00:51,734 --> 01:00:55,433 BY FAR THE MOST DIFFICULT IS DEALING WITH THE DACA SITUATION. 1235 01:00:55,433 --> 01:00:57,000 THERE APPEARS TO BE SOME PROGRESS ON THAT. 1236 01:00:57,000 --> 01:01:01,867 NOBODY WANTS TO SEE FAMILIES SPLIT UP, BUT ON THE OTHER HAND 1237 01:01:01,867 --> 01:01:08,367 YOU HAVE TO RESPECT THE CITIZENS HERE AND THEIR PROFICIENCY TO 1238 01:01:08,367 --> 01:01:11,367 HAVE TO PAY AND JUST SECURITY CONCERNS. 1239 01:01:11,367 --> 01:01:16,000 WHEN IT COMES TO THE COST, I THINK THAT WAS THE SECOND PART 1240 01:01:16,000 --> 01:01:20,100 OF YOUR QUESTION, THAT'S SOMETHING WHERE I THINK THE 1241 01:01:20,100 --> 01:01:23,867 PRESIDENT'S FIRST COMMENTS ABOUT THAT AND HAVING MEXICO PAY FOR 1242 01:01:23,867 --> 01:01:26,900 THAT WITH THE TRADE IMBALANCE, I THINK THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT HE 1243 01:01:26,900 --> 01:01:29,266 NEEDS TO GO REVISIT AGAIN. 1244 01:01:29,266 --> 01:01:30,900 >> OKAY. 1245 01:01:30,900 --> 01:01:34,066 MR. SNYDER, KIND OF A RELATED QUESTION. 1246 01:01:34,066 --> 01:01:40,166 IF YOU GO BACK A GENERATION, FRANKLY, ONE OF THE GREAT 1247 01:01:40,166 --> 01:01:44,367 MOMENTS OF FOREIGN POLICY WAS PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN SAYING 1248 01:01:44,367 --> 01:01:48,066 MR. GORBACHEV, TEAR DOWN THIS WALL. 1249 01:01:48,066 --> 01:01:52,533 WHY ISN'T THAT APPROACH AND THAT PHILOSOPHY APPLY TO US AS WELL 1250 01:01:52,533 --> 01:01:53,700 AS TO RUSSIA? 1251 01:01:53,700 --> 01:01:56,600 >> IN TERMS OF THE BERLIN WALL, THE COLD WAR WAS ENDING. 1252 01:01:56,600 --> 01:01:59,000 IT WAS NO LONGER NEEDED. 1253 01:01:59,000 --> 01:02:04,333 WE SENSED SEEING GERMANY REUNIFIED, BUT NOBODY SUGGESTS 1254 01:02:04,333 --> 01:02:07,066 THAT THE UNITED STATES AND MEXICO ARE GOING TO UNIFY. 1255 01:02:07,066 --> 01:02:11,700 ON OUR SOUTHERN BORDER, WE HAVE SEEN MILLIONS UPON MILLIONS UPON 1256 01:02:11,700 --> 01:02:15,900 MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ILLEGALLY CROSS THAT BORDER FOR DECADES, 1257 01:02:15,900 --> 01:02:19,266 WHETHER IT HAS BEEN THE DEMOCRATIC ADMINISTRATION OR THE 1258 01:02:19,266 --> 01:02:19,967 REPUBLICAN ADMINISTRATION. 1259 01:02:19,967 --> 01:02:22,000 THEY HAVE NOT SECURED OUR BORDER. 1260 01:02:22,000 --> 01:02:26,367 COME ON IN, DRUG DEALERS, GANG MEMBERS, PEOPLE WHO WANT TO 1261 01:02:26,367 --> 01:02:29,800 ABUSE THE SYSTEM, EVEN ISLAMIC TERRORISTS. 1262 01:02:29,800 --> 01:02:32,367 WE NEED TO BRING AN END TO SANCTUARY CITIES. 1263 01:02:32,367 --> 01:02:36,433 WE NEED TO HOLD PUBLIC OFFICIALS THAT HAVE SET UP SANCTUARY AREAS 1264 01:02:36,433 --> 01:02:39,000 ACCOUNTABLE, AND WE NEED TO BUILD THE WALL. 1265 01:02:39,000 --> 01:02:41,533 I'VE BEEN WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP ON THIS SINCE DAY ONE, UNLIKE 1266 01:02:41,533 --> 01:02:44,867 THE OTHERS UP HERE, BECAUSE WE HAVE AN IMMIGRATION SYSTEM THAT 1267 01:02:44,867 --> 01:02:47,333 IS TOTALLY BACKWARDS. 1268 01:02:47,333 --> 01:02:50,633 WE'RE ALWAYS GOING TO NEED SOME IMMIGRATION TO THIS COUNTRY, BUT 1269 01:02:50,633 --> 01:02:55,734 OUR SYSTEM OF LEGAL IMMIGRATION IS TOTALLY MIESSED UP. 1270 01:02:55,734 --> 01:02:59,166 IT IS INCREDIBLY COMPLICATED AND EXPENSIVE. 1271 01:02:59,166 --> 01:03:02,900 MEANWHILE, WE HAVE LEFT THE BACK DOOR WIDE OPEN FOR ILLEGAL 1272 01:03:02,900 --> 01:03:03,266 IMMIGRATION. 1273 01:03:03,266 --> 01:03:06,633 WE NEED TO SLAM THE BACK DOOR SHUT WITH A WALL, MAKE SURE 1274 01:03:06,633 --> 01:03:08,333 EVERYONE COMES IN THE RIGHT WAY. 1275 01:03:08,333 --> 01:03:11,000 PRESIDENT TRUMP'S WIFE IS A LEGAL IMMIGRANT. 1276 01:03:11,000 --> 01:03:13,000 WE'RE NOT AGAINST IMMIGRANTS. 1277 01:03:13,000 --> 01:03:15,867 WE JUST WANT EVERYONE TO FOLLOW THE LAW. 1278 01:03:15,867 --> 01:03:19,000 >> LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR LEROY, YOUR THOUGHTS ON RONALD REAGAN. 1279 01:03:19,000 --> 01:03:22,867 >> WELL, YOU ASKED MICHAEL TO GO BACK A GENERATION. 1280 01:03:22,867 --> 01:03:25,066 I'M GOING TO GO BACK A QUESTION. 1281 01:03:25,066 --> 01:03:27,166 NOBODY ANSWERED SPECIFICALLY YOUR QUESTIONS ABOUT THE WALL 1282 01:03:27,166 --> 01:03:28,000 AND THE COST. 1283 01:03:28,000 --> 01:03:30,800 LET ME START THERE. 1284 01:03:30,800 --> 01:03:34,900 DECEMBER 29th, I WANTED TO KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION, SO 1285 01:03:34,900 --> 01:03:41,967 I SPENT A DAY, SIX HOURS IN FACT, DRIVING AND WALKING ALONG 1286 01:03:41,967 --> 01:03:55,066 THE MEXICO BORDER WITH THE I ASKED HIM HOW MUCH MORE . 1287 01:03:55,066 --> 01:03:58,266 PHYSICAL STRUCTURE DO YOU WANT, EXPECTING HIM TO SAY 10 MILES, 1288 01:03:58,266 --> 01:03:59,367 20 MILES. 1289 01:03:59,367 --> 01:04:01,433 HE SAID ANOTHER MILE WOULD DO. 1290 01:04:01,433 --> 01:04:05,867 A HALF A MILE ON EITHER SIDE OF PORT OF ENTRY. 1291 01:04:05,867 --> 01:04:11,433 THE RIO GRANDE THERE IS ABOUT 100 METERS WIDE, 90 FEET DEEP. 1292 01:04:11,433 --> 01:04:15,066 HE ALSO HAS A ROAD SYSTEM ALONG THAT BORDER WITH CHECKPOINTS 1293 01:04:15,066 --> 01:04:16,867 EVERY 30 MILES. 1294 01:04:16,867 --> 01:04:21,333 IN A BEND TO THE RIO GRANDE, A CH 1295 01:04:21,333 --> 01:04:24,700 CAMERA LOOKING ONE MILE EACH WAY AND A MILE THE OTHER WAY COULD 1296 01:04:24,700 --> 01:04:25,266 SUFFICE. 1297 01:04:25,266 --> 01:04:30,700 HE HAS A 60 TO 90-MILE IMPASSABLE DESERT BEHIND THE 1298 01:04:30,700 --> 01:04:30,900 TOWN. 1299 01:04:30,900 --> 01:04:38,233 AT THE JUNCTION WITH THE PECOS RIVER, THERE'S A NATURAL WALL, A 1300 01:04:38,233 --> 01:04:40,800 SHEER CLIFF, ALONG THE RIVER. 1301 01:04:40,800 --> 01:04:45,800 WHAT THE SHERIFF TOLD ME WAS IF WE WOULD ASK OUR LOCAL SHERIFFS 1302 01:04:45,800 --> 01:04:52,000 AND POLICE CHIEFS WHAT WOULD BEST SERVE, WE COULD HAVE AN 1303 01:04:52,000 --> 01:04:56,166 EFFECTIVE BORDER SECURITY SYSTEM WITHOUT THINK KIND OF MEGA 1304 01:04:56,166 --> 01:05:02,166 TRILLION DOLLAR COST, MEGA BILLION DOLLAR COST. 1305 01:05:02,166 --> 01:05:03,266 IT COULD BE ACHIEVED. 1306 01:05:03,266 --> 01:05:08,000 >> YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE WALL AND THE COST OF IT, SENATOR MALEK? 1307 01:05:08,000 --> 01:05:10,600 >> WE HAVE AN IMMIGRATION CRISIS IN THE COUNTRY. 1308 01:05:10,600 --> 01:05:13,433 IT IS AN CONSTITUTIONAL DUTY OF CONGRESS THAT THEY HAVE 1309 01:05:13,433 --> 01:05:13,700 ABDICATED. 1310 01:05:13,700 --> 01:05:16,166 THEY HAVE NOT DONE THEIR JOB ON MAKING SURE WE HAVE SUFFICIENT 1311 01:05:16,166 --> 01:05:18,600 IMMIGRATION POLICY IN THIS COUNTRY, AND THAT IS 1312 01:05:18,600 --> 01:05:18,900 COMPREHENSIVE. 1313 01:05:18,900 --> 01:05:22,533 THAT MEANS WE HAVE TO ABSOLUTELY MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE SECURE AS 1314 01:05:22,533 --> 01:05:25,633 A COUNTRY. 1315 01:05:25,633 --> 01:05:29,633 IF WE HAVE A OPEN BORDER, WE HAVE NO WAY OF KEEPING OUT 1316 01:05:29,633 --> 01:05:32,533 CRIMINALS OR KEEPING OUT THREATS TO OUR NATIONAL SECURITY. 1317 01:05:32,533 --> 01:05:36,266 WE HAVE PEOPLE OVERSEAS FIGHTING FOR OUR COUNTRY, AND WE HAVE TO 1318 01:05:36,266 --> 01:05:38,800 MAINTAIN OUR SAFETY HERE AT HOME AS WELL. 1319 01:05:38,800 --> 01:05:43,266 WE ALSO HAVE TO HAVE GOOD LAWS FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO COME TO 1320 01:05:43,266 --> 01:05:43,600 THIS COUNTRY. 1321 01:05:43,600 --> 01:05:44,800 THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S VERY PERSONAL TO ME. 1322 01:05:44,800 --> 01:05:48,533 MY WIFE AND HER FAMILY EMIGRATED TO THIS COUNTRY, AND THEY DID IT 1323 01:05:48,533 --> 01:05:51,066 LEGALLY, WHICH MEANT THEY SPENT THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF 1324 01:05:51,066 --> 01:05:56,633 DOLLARS AND YEARS TRYING TO DO IT THE RIGHT WAY. 1325 01:05:56,633 --> 01:05:57,200 AND IT'S A COMPLICATED SYSTEM. 1326 01:05:57,200 --> 01:05:59,900 WE NEED A WAY FOR PEOPLE WHO WANT TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE 1327 01:05:59,900 --> 01:06:04,100 DIVERSE FABRIC OF OUR NATION AND BE AMERICANS TO BE AMERICANS. 1328 01:06:04,100 --> 01:06:07,700 RIGHT NOW, OUR LAWS -- MANY PEOPLE DON'T HAVE ANY IDEA 1329 01:06:07,700 --> 01:06:10,734 WHETHER THEY'RE GOING TO BE ENFORCED ON ONE DAY OR NOT ON 1330 01:06:10,734 --> 01:06:14,333 THE NEXT, WHICH MEANS WE ARE COMPLETELY UNDERMINING THE RULE 1331 01:06:14,333 --> 01:06:14,700 OF LAW. 1332 01:06:14,700 --> 01:06:18,700 CONGRESS NEEDS TO DO ITS JOB AND FIX THE IMMIGRATION CRISIS IN 1333 01:06:18,700 --> 01:06:19,333 THIS COUNTRY. 1334 01:06:19,333 --> 01:06:21,900 AND IS IT GOING TO COST MONEY TO DO THAT? 1335 01:06:21,900 --> 01:06:24,900 ABSOLUTELY, JUST LIKE IT COSTS MONEY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE 1336 01:06:24,900 --> 01:06:28,734 SUPPORTING OUR TROOPS OVERSEAS. 1337 01:06:28,734 --> 01:06:32,700 THIS IS GETTING VERY PERSONAL TO ME BECAUSE I HAVE A BROTHER 1338 01:06:32,700 --> 01:06:36,533 THAT'S CURRENTLY FLYING HELICOPTERS IN AFGHANISTAN FOR 1339 01:06:36,533 --> 01:06:37,166 THE AIR FORCE OVERSEAS. 1340 01:06:37,166 --> 01:06:39,600 I GET TOUCHY ON THIS ISSUE BECAUSE WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE 1341 01:06:39,600 --> 01:06:40,800 THAT WE'RE DEFENDING OUR NATION. 1342 01:06:40,800 --> 01:06:41,333 >> ALL RIGHT. 1343 01:06:41,333 --> 01:06:46,166 THE NEXT QUESTION IS FROM CAMERON FOR COLONEL GALLEGOS. 1344 01:06:46,166 --> 01:06:50,800 >> COLONEL GALLEGOS, YOU'VE PROBABLY HEARD OF SENATOR JIM 1345 01:06:50,800 --> 01:06:56,734 RICH'S PROPOSAL TO DECLARE SCOTCHMAN PEAKS AS DESIGNATED 1346 01:06:56,734 --> 01:06:57,033 WILDERNESS. 1347 01:06:57,033 --> 01:06:59,567 CAN YOU SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT PROPOSAL AND PERHAPS YOU 1348 01:06:59,567 --> 01:07:02,600 CAN ALSO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON PUBLIC LANDS IN A GENERAL SENSE? 1349 01:07:02,600 --> 01:07:03,800 >> FOR SURE. 1350 01:07:03,800 --> 01:07:08,266 YOU KNOW, I READ ALL THE ARTICLE ABOUT THE ISSUE WITH THE OMNIBUS 1351 01:07:08,266 --> 01:07:10,800 BILL AND OUR REPRESENTATIVES GETTING INVOLVED IN THAT. 1352 01:07:10,800 --> 01:07:12,500 THIS IS PETTY TO ME. 1353 01:07:12,500 --> 01:07:16,734 I THINK WE HAVE BIG PROBLEMS IN CONGRESS, AND WE HAVE TO REQUIRE 1354 01:07:16,734 --> 01:07:17,900 CONGRESS TO HAVE DISCIPLINE. 1355 01:07:17,900 --> 01:07:19,233 PUBLIC LANDS ARE IMPORTANT. 1356 01:07:19,233 --> 01:07:24,100 WE NEED TO TAKE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OUT OF OUR MANAGEMENT 1357 01:07:24,100 --> 01:07:25,333 OF FEDERAL LANDS. 1358 01:07:25,333 --> 01:07:26,333 THEY OWN TOO MUCH OF IT. 1359 01:07:26,333 --> 01:07:31,600 IF WE WANT OUR FARMERS AND RANCHERS TO GRAZE AND HAVE WATER 1360 01:07:31,600 --> 01:07:35,266 RIGHTS, WE WANT THEM TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE ABUNDANCE OF 1361 01:07:35,266 --> 01:07:38,266 RESOURCES WE HAVE IN IDAHO, THEN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS TO 1362 01:07:38,266 --> 01:07:39,367 COME OUT OF THAT. 1363 01:07:39,367 --> 01:07:43,533 NAMING PUBLIC LANDS AND HISTORICAL MONUMENTS, THOSE ARE 1364 01:07:43,533 --> 01:07:46,700 IMPORTANT ISSUES FOR SURE, BUT WE NEED TO LOOK AT ARTICLE 1 1365 01:07:46,700 --> 01:07:50,433 SECTION 8 OF THE CONSTITUTION ELIMINATING THE FEDERAL 1366 01:07:50,433 --> 01:07:53,266 GOVERNMENT'S OVERREACH INTO STATE POLICIES AND LAWS. 1367 01:07:53,266 --> 01:07:54,333 >> ALL RIGHT. 1368 01:07:54,333 --> 01:07:56,433 REPRESENTATIVE PERRY, SAME QUESTION. 1369 01:07:56,433 --> 01:07:59,266 >> I THINK WHEN IT COMES TO THOSE TYPES OF THINGS WHAT I 1370 01:07:59,266 --> 01:08:02,867 WOULD LIKE TO SEE IS MORE OF A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT AND 1371 01:08:02,867 --> 01:08:05,333 CONVERSATIONS HAPPENING WITH THE VARIOUS STAKEHOLDERS ACROSS THE 1372 01:08:05,333 --> 01:08:07,700 STATE BEFORE WE GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD. 1373 01:08:07,700 --> 01:08:11,633 LAND USE IN IDAHO IS TREMENDOUS. 1374 01:08:11,633 --> 01:08:12,967 IT'S OF GREAT IMPORTANCE. 1375 01:08:12,967 --> 01:08:17,266 THAT HAS BEEN TALKED ABOUT UP AND DOWN THIS DISTRICT AS I HAVE 1376 01:08:17,266 --> 01:08:18,967 TRAVELED UP AND DOWN THERE, AND THEY WANT TO BE SURE THAT THE 1377 01:08:18,967 --> 01:08:21,266 LANDS HERE IN IDAHO ARE MULTIPLE USE. 1378 01:08:21,266 --> 01:08:24,433 THEY WANT TO BE SURE THAT THE STATE OF IDAHO HAS THE 1379 01:08:24,433 --> 01:08:28,700 OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY MANAGE THOSE LANDS AND NOT HAVE THE 1380 01:08:28,700 --> 01:08:30,800 FEDERAL OVERREACH AND TELL US HOW TO DO THAT. 1381 01:08:30,800 --> 01:08:33,433 THEY WANT TO HAVE ACCESS TO THE RESOURCES. 1382 01:08:33,433 --> 01:08:36,166 THEY WANT TO BE ABLE TO HARVEST THE TIMBER, ESPECIALLY AFTER THE 1383 01:08:36,166 --> 01:08:38,900 FOREST FIRES HAVE DEVASTATED THE FOREST. 1384 01:08:38,900 --> 01:08:40,533 THEY WANT TO BE ABLE TO DO THE MINING. 1385 01:08:40,533 --> 01:08:44,433 THEY WANT TO HAVE ACCESS TO RECREATION ACTIVITIES AS WELL, 1386 01:08:44,433 --> 01:08:48,066 AND SO ANY CONVERSATIONS, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO OUR 1387 01:08:48,066 --> 01:08:52,700 FORESTS AND OUR FOREST USE, MUST BE COLLABORATIVE IN NATURE AND 1388 01:08:52,700 --> 01:08:55,800 ABSOLUTELY MUST INCLUDE MULTIPLE USE ON ANY OF THE LANDS. 1389 01:08:55,800 --> 01:08:56,867 >> ALL RIGHT. 1390 01:08:56,867 --> 01:09:00,166 SENATOR FULCHER, I GUESS FOLLOWING UP ON THAT, PERHAPS 1391 01:09:00,166 --> 01:09:05,266 YOU CAN SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON LAND MANAGEMENT, PARTICULARLY 1392 01:09:05,266 --> 01:09:08,900 FOREST MANAGEMENT GIVEN THE WILDFIRES AND OTHER ISSUES THAT 1393 01:09:08,900 --> 01:09:10,967 WE'VE SEEN THERE. 1394 01:09:10,967 --> 01:09:18,900 >> CAMERON, RIGHT NOW, WE KIND OF ARE OPERATING UNDER A 1395 01:09:18,900 --> 01:09:20,700 LOSE-LOSE SCENARIO. 1396 01:09:20,700 --> 01:09:22,867 THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR 2/3 OF THE LAND 1397 01:09:22,867 --> 01:09:24,066 WITHIN OUR BORDERS. 1398 01:09:24,066 --> 01:09:28,066 THEY DON'T HAVE THE RESOURCES TO MANAGE IT, SO THEY DON'T. 1399 01:09:28,066 --> 01:09:35,000 AS A RESULT OF THAT, THE FUEL LOAD IN OUR FORESTS GETS BUILT 1400 01:09:35,000 --> 01:09:35,166 UP. 1401 01:09:35,166 --> 01:09:37,800 IT GETS DISEASED, AND OUR PRIVATE INDUSTRY IS KEPT FROM 1402 01:09:37,800 --> 01:09:41,633 CLEANING THAT UP AND REMOVING THE FUEL LOAD. 1403 01:09:41,633 --> 01:09:44,734 A LIGHTNING STRIKE HITS, AND THE NEXT THING YOU KNOW WE'RE GOING 1404 01:09:44,734 --> 01:09:50,600 TO BURN A HALF MILLION ACRES A YEAR OR MORE AND IN THE MEANTIME 1405 01:09:50,600 --> 01:09:53,867 KICK A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF CARBON UP INTO THE ATMOSPHERE 1406 01:09:53,867 --> 01:09:56,100 AND DECIMATE WILDLIFE. 1407 01:09:56,100 --> 01:10:00,734 RIGHT NOW, WE'RE OPERATING IN A LOSE-LOSE SCENARIO, BUT THERE'S 1408 01:10:00,734 --> 01:10:02,900 HOPE ON THE HORIZON. 1409 01:10:02,900 --> 01:10:08,266 BECAUSE I THINK THE STATES THAT ARE SUBSIDIZING US, WHICH IS 1410 01:10:08,266 --> 01:10:12,533 GENERALLY THE EAST, I THINK THEY'RE STARTING TO FIGURE THAT 1411 01:10:12,533 --> 01:10:12,867 OUT. 1412 01:10:12,867 --> 01:10:17,533 THERE'S MORE AND MORE PRESSURE TO ALLOW FOR THE WEST TO BE MORE 1413 01:10:17,533 --> 01:10:25,900 ACTIVE IN MANAGING THE RESOURCE BASE THAT IS UNDER OUR FEET. 1414 01:10:25,900 --> 01:10:32,066 WHOEVER CONTROLS THE LAND, WHOEVER CONTROLS THE RESOURCES, 1415 01:10:32,066 --> 01:10:32,967 CONTROLS THE ECONOMIC DESTINY. 1416 01:10:32,967 --> 01:10:34,800 THAT WOULD BE A REAL BIG ISSUE FOR ME. 1417 01:10:34,800 --> 01:10:38,367 I WANT TO GET OUR STAKEHOLDERS INVOLVED AND PUT SOME WISDOM IN 1418 01:10:38,367 --> 01:10:42,166 HOW THAT'S DONE AND MAKE SURE THAT ACCESS IS KEPT OPEN AND THE 1419 01:10:42,166 --> 01:10:42,900 ENVIRONMENT IS CLEAN. 1420 01:10:42,900 --> 01:10:43,533 >> VERY GOOD. 1421 01:10:43,533 --> 01:10:47,433 MR. SNYDER, WATERWAY ISSUES ARE INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT IN NORTH 1422 01:10:47,433 --> 01:10:50,867 IDAHO, AND THESE ARE AFFECTED BY INTERSTATE ISSUES. 1423 01:10:50,867 --> 01:10:54,066 WE HAVE A PROPOSED SMELTER IN EASTERN WASHINGTON. 1424 01:10:54,066 --> 01:10:58,266 WE HAVE PROPOSED MINES IN WESTERN MONTANA. 1425 01:10:58,266 --> 01:11:01,433 CAN YOU SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON HOW YOU WOULD TACKLE THOSE 1426 01:11:01,433 --> 01:11:03,166 INTERSTATE ISSUES IF YOU'RE ELECTED? 1427 01:11:03,166 --> 01:11:06,333 >> YEAH, THE SMELTER IN WASHINGTON STATE IS VERY CLOSE 1428 01:11:06,333 --> 01:11:10,266 TO OUR BORDER, SO IT IS GOING TO AFFECT NORTH IDAHO VERY DEEPLY. 1429 01:11:10,266 --> 01:11:14,266 I'M FROM NORTH IDAHO SO I'VE TALKED WITH PEOPLE EXTENSIVELY 1430 01:11:14,266 --> 01:11:16,066 ABOUT THIS. 1431 01:11:16,066 --> 01:11:21,100 I DID A FULL INTERVIEW WELL OVER AN HOUR WHERE WE TALKED ABOUT 1432 01:11:21,100 --> 01:11:23,266 ISSUES WITH THE SMELTER. 1433 01:11:23,266 --> 01:11:25,333 I DON'T KNOW WHAT PEOPLE THINK ABOUT IT BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN SO 1434 01:11:25,333 --> 01:11:30,000 QUIET ABOUT IT, BUT I'M 100% AGAINST THAT SMELTER. 1435 01:11:30,000 --> 01:11:33,633 I'LL DO WHATEVER I CAN TO SHUT THAT SMELTER DOWN BECAUSE IT IS 1436 01:11:33,633 --> 01:11:36,333 GOING TO AFFECT THE ENVIRONMENT IN NORTH IDAHO, AFFECTING OUR 1437 01:11:36,333 --> 01:11:36,967 WAY OF LIFE. 1438 01:11:36,967 --> 01:11:40,000 IN TERMS OF GETTING BACK TO FEDERAL LANDS, YOU HAVE TO GO 1439 01:11:40,000 --> 01:11:41,533 BACK TO THE U.S. CONSTITUTION. 1440 01:11:41,533 --> 01:11:45,066 NOWHERE IN THE U.S. CONSTITUTION DOES IT AUTHORIZE THE FEDERAL 1441 01:11:45,066 --> 01:11:48,266 GOVERNMENT TO CONTROL ANY OF OUR LAND. 1442 01:11:48,266 --> 01:11:50,800 CONSTITUTION CONSTITUTIONALLY, WE HAVE A 1443 01:11:50,800 --> 01:11:51,100 PROBLEM. 1444 01:11:51,100 --> 01:11:56,367 I KNOW DAVE LEROY DISAGREES WITH ME ON THAT, BUT I WOULD LIKE 1445 01:11:56,367 --> 01:12:00,633 ANYONE TO SHOW ME ANYWHERE IN THE CONSTITUTION WHERE IT 1446 01:12:00,633 --> 01:12:04,100 AUTHORIZES THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO CONTROL OUR LAND. 1447 01:12:04,100 --> 01:12:07,867 WE'VE GOT OIL AND NATURAL GAS AND PRECIOUS METALS. 1448 01:12:07,867 --> 01:12:08,900 WE HAVE RARE EARTH ELEMENTS. 1449 01:12:08,900 --> 01:12:11,500 WE SHOULD BE A GLOBAL CENTER FOR THE RARE EARTH INDUSTRY. 1450 01:12:11,500 --> 01:12:13,900 RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE TO RELY ON CHINA. 1451 01:12:13,900 --> 01:12:17,100 THEY HAVE US OVER A BARREL BECAUSE WE IMPORT RARE EARTHS 1452 01:12:17,100 --> 01:12:17,533 FROM CHINA. 1453 01:12:17,533 --> 01:12:23,633 >> WE HAVE TO MOVE ON, I THINK. 1454 01:12:23,633 --> 01:12:24,700 YOU DID MENTION LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR LEROY THERE. 1455 01:12:24,700 --> 01:12:25,700 WOULD YOU LIKE TO RESPOND TO THAT? 1456 01:12:25,700 --> 01:12:30,800 >> MICHAEL REFERRED TO THE FACT THAT DURING THE TIME I WAS 1457 01:12:30,800 --> 01:12:34,533 ATTORNEY GENERAL ON IDAHO I SERVED ON THE STATE LAND BOARD 1458 01:12:34,533 --> 01:12:39,800 KEEPING OUR TIMBER MILLS FLOWING, OUR SMALL TOWNS AND OUR 1459 01:12:39,800 --> 01:12:42,100 MINERS HEALTHY, HAPPY, AND WELL ADJUSTED. 1460 01:12:42,100 --> 01:12:46,967 AS A PART OF THAT, I ALSO WAS LOOKING AT THE SAGE BRUSH REBEL 1461 01:12:46,967 --> 01:12:49,500 REBELLI REBELLION, THE ISSUE OF FEDERAL 1462 01:12:49,500 --> 01:12:51,166 AND LAND STATE TITLE MANAGEMENT. 1463 01:12:51,166 --> 01:12:53,734 WHAT I DIDN'T HEAR ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES MENTION WAS THE FACT 1464 01:12:53,734 --> 01:12:57,367 THAT WE ALREADY HAVE A VERY SIGNIFICANT JOINT MANAGEMENT 1465 01:12:57,367 --> 01:12:59,734 AUTHORITY CALLED THE GOOD NEIGHBOR AUTHORITY BY WHICH 1466 01:12:59,734 --> 01:13:03,000 STATE GOVERNMENTS ARE NOW MANAGING THE RESOURCES ON 1467 01:13:03,000 --> 01:13:08,100 FEDERAL LAND AND PROPOSING CUTS IN COLLABORATIVE WITH PRIVATE 1468 01:13:08,100 --> 01:13:08,533 INDUSTRY. 1469 01:13:08,533 --> 01:13:11,700 OF THE 12 MILLION ACRES AVAILABLE FOR THAT KIND OF LAND 1470 01:13:11,700 --> 01:13:15,433 MANAGEMENT IN IDAHO, 4 MILLION ARE BEING MANAGED BY THE STATE 1471 01:13:15,433 --> 01:13:16,800 OF IDAHO DEPARTMENT OF LANDS. 1472 01:13:16,800 --> 01:13:20,500 ON THE WATERWAYS ISSUE, THEY'RE CRITICAL TO NORTH IDAHO. 1473 01:13:20,500 --> 01:13:26,266 I WANT PORT OF LEWISTON TO BE OF USE TO WHEAT FARMERS AND THE 1474 01:13:26,266 --> 01:13:27,233 PEOPLE AT THE MILL. 1475 01:13:27,233 --> 01:13:31,600 IN ADDITION, LIKE MICHAEL, I AM VERY SUSPICIOUS OF ANY STATE 1476 01:13:31,600 --> 01:13:36,900 THAT PROPOSES TO LOCATE A NOXIOUS FACILITY ON THE VERY 1477 01:13:36,900 --> 01:13:43,166 DOWN WIND BORDER OF THAT STATE. 1478 01:13:43,166 --> 01:13:44,166 SQ >> WE ARE RUNNING SHORT ON TIME. 1479 01:13:44,166 --> 01:13:48,000 REPRESENTATIVE MALEK, LET'S STAY ON LAND USE. 1480 01:13:48,000 --> 01:13:50,700 >> I JUST WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR ON THE RECORD. 1481 01:13:50,700 --> 01:13:55,166 I'M SUPPORTIVE OF SENATOR RICH AND THE WORK HE'S DONE. 1482 01:13:55,166 --> 01:13:59,300 WHEN I WAS A KID WORKING ON HIS STAFF, WE WERE DOING THE PUBLIC 1483 01:13:59,300 --> 01:14:00,066 HEARINGS AROUND THAT. 1484 01:14:00,066 --> 01:14:05,100 IT FITS SO WELL INTO A MATRIX OF LAND MANAGEMENT IN IDAHO THAT IS 1485 01:14:05,100 --> 01:14:10,233 THE ENVY OF THE ENTIRE NATION BECAUSE OF GOOD PROJECTS LIKE 1486 01:14:10,233 --> 01:14:16,533 THE GOOD NEIGHBOR AUTHORITY. 1487 01:14:16,533 --> 01:14:19,266 MANY PEOPLE LIKE MYSELF HAVE HAD SOME OF THE MOST FORMATIVE 1488 01:14:19,266 --> 01:14:22,900 EXPERIENCES OF MY LIFE ON THE LANDS OF IDAHO. 1489 01:14:22,900 --> 01:14:25,633 I'LL NEVER FORGET THE FIRST TIME I KILLED AN ELK HERE IN THE 1490 01:14:25,633 --> 01:14:27,066 STATE OF IDAHO. 1491 01:14:27,066 --> 01:14:29,266 I LOOK BACK AT THAT MOMENT AND I THINK THAT WAS THE MOMENT THAT 1492 01:14:29,266 --> 01:14:32,633 MADE ME A MAN, SO WE NEED TO PRESERVE THAT FOR FUTURE 1493 01:14:32,633 --> 01:14:36,500 GENERATIONS, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE DO ANYTHING THAT 1494 01:14:36,500 --> 01:14:37,700 HARMS OUR TIMBER INDUSTRY. 1495 01:14:37,700 --> 01:14:43,867 IN FACT, I WAS JUST UP IN OROFINO ON FRIDAY MORNING 1496 01:14:43,867 --> 01:14:47,233 TALKING TO THE ASSOCIATED LOGGING CONTRACTORS ABOUT THESE 1497 01:14:47,233 --> 01:14:47,433 ISSUES. 1498 01:14:47,433 --> 01:14:52,900 THEY UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S A BROAD WAY OF MANAGING LAND FROM 1499 01:14:52,900 --> 01:14:56,800 WILDERNESS AREAS LIKE THE SCOTTSMAN PEAK TO MANAGING 1500 01:14:56,800 --> 01:15:01,266 FEDERAL LANDS WITH THE STATE OF IDAHO AND THE STATE OF IDAHO TO 1501 01:15:01,266 --> 01:15:06,066 MAKE SURE WE'RE MANAGING DISEASE, MAKING SURE WE'RE 1502 01:15:06,066 --> 01:15:10,266 MANAGING THE BUGS THAT ARE INFESTING OUR FOREST. 1503 01:15:10,266 --> 01:15:11,266 THIS IS A COOPERATIVE EFFORT. 1504 01:15:11,266 --> 01:15:13,333 THE TIMBER INDUSTRY IS SUPPORTING WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH 1505 01:15:13,333 --> 01:15:15,800 THE WILDERNESS UP THERE. 1506 01:15:15,800 --> 01:15:19,367 LIKEWISE, THE ADVOCATES OF WILDERNESS ARE SUPPORTIVE OF THE 1507 01:15:19,367 --> 01:15:22,533 TIMBER INDUSTRY BECAUSE OF THE CONTRIBUTIONS THEY'RE MAKING TO 1508 01:15:22,533 --> 01:15:23,066 LAND MANAGEMENT. 1509 01:15:23,066 --> 01:15:26,266 >> WE HAVE ABOUT THREE MINUTES UNTIL CLOSING COMMENTS, SO 1510 01:15:26,266 --> 01:15:29,734 YOU'RE GOING TO GET BONUS POINTS FOR KEEPING IT BRIEF. 1511 01:15:29,734 --> 01:15:31,000 DON'T MAKE ME CUT YOU OFF. 1512 01:15:31,000 --> 01:15:33,066 >> VERY, VERY BRIEFLY. 1513 01:15:33,066 --> 01:15:37,333 EACH OF YOU SAID OBAMACARE WAS A BAD IDEA AND SHOULD BE REPLACED 1514 01:15:37,333 --> 01:15:38,533 WITH SOMETHING BETTER. 1515 01:15:38,533 --> 01:15:40,533 VERY BRIEFLY TELL US. 1516 01:15:40,533 --> 01:15:42,900 DESCRIBE WHAT IS THAT SOMETHING BETTER. 1517 01:15:42,900 --> 01:15:43,800 REPRESENTATIVE MALEK? 1518 01:15:43,800 --> 01:15:47,166 >> WE NEED MORE LOCAL AND STATE CONTROL. 1519 01:15:47,166 --> 01:15:49,433 THE MORE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WE PUT INTO HEALTH CARE, THE LESS 1520 01:15:49,433 --> 01:15:50,633 SUCCESSFUL WE'LL BE. 1521 01:15:50,633 --> 01:15:53,533 >> FREE MARKET HEALTH CARE WITH HIGH RISK POOLS AT THE STATE 1522 01:15:53,533 --> 01:15:53,734 LEVEL. 1523 01:15:53,734 --> 01:15:56,900 >> MR. SNYDER? 1524 01:15:56,900 --> 01:15:58,367 >> WE BELIEVE IN DIRECT PRIMARY CARE. 1525 01:15:58,367 --> 01:16:01,066 WE BELIEVE IN ASSOCIATION BIND GROUPS. 1526 01:16:01,066 --> 01:16:03,233 WE BELIEVE FREE MARKETS WORK. 1527 01:16:03,233 --> 01:16:06,633 IF WE GO BACK TO A FREE MARKET HEALTH CARE SYSTEM, IT WILL 1528 01:16:06,633 --> 01:16:06,867 WORK. 1529 01:16:06,867 --> 01:16:09,700 >> I WISH I WAS FIRST ON THAT. 1530 01:16:09,700 --> 01:16:10,867 IT'S THE FREE MARKET ANSWER. 1531 01:16:10,867 --> 01:16:14,633 IT'S PUTTING THOSE DOLLARS BACK IN THE POCKETS OF THE INDIVIDUAL 1532 01:16:14,633 --> 01:16:18,333 AND TRANSPARENCY SO YOU CAN SHOP WISELY AND YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE 1533 01:16:18,333 --> 01:16:21,433 GOING TO PAY BEFORE YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH A PROCEDURE. 1534 01:16:21,433 --> 01:16:22,600 THE FREE MARKET ANSWER. 1535 01:16:22,600 --> 01:16:25,000 >> REPRESENTATIVE PERRY? 1536 01:16:25,000 --> 01:16:27,100 >> FROM THE AVERAGE PUBLIC PERSPECTIVE, IT IS FREE MARKET 1537 01:16:27,100 --> 01:16:29,233 AND BEING ABLE TO HAVE YOUR CHOICE OF HEALTH CARE. 1538 01:16:29,233 --> 01:16:32,066 HOWEVER, WE CAN'T IGNORE THE FACT THAT WE DO HAVE A MEDICAID 1539 01:16:32,066 --> 01:16:36,266 SYSTEM TO HELP THOSE WHO ARE DISABLED AND WHO NEED FULL-TIME 1540 01:16:36,266 --> 01:16:37,900 AROUND THE CLOCK CARE. 1541 01:16:37,900 --> 01:16:41,066 IN THAT REGARD, WE HAVE TO REFORM OUR MEDICAID PROGRAM SO 1542 01:16:41,066 --> 01:16:45,233 THAT IT IS NO LONGER OPERATING UNDER A FEE-FOR-SERVICE MODEL, 1543 01:16:45,233 --> 01:16:47,900 THAT IT IS ACTUALLY PAYING FOR THE OUTCOMES. 1544 01:16:47,900 --> 01:16:54,633 WE NEED TO STOP PAYING ATTENTION TO OUTPUTS AND PUT OUR EMPHASIS 1545 01:16:54,633 --> 01:16:56,900 ON OUTCOMES. 1546 01:16:56,900 --> 01:17:00,900 >> I AGREE FREE MARKET SYSTEM OBVIOUSLY, BUT THERE'S A BIGGER 1547 01:17:00,900 --> 01:17:04,633 PROBLEM THAT CONGRESS HAS TO DEAL WITH AND THAT'S SPECIAL 1548 01:17:04,633 --> 01:17:04,900 INTERESTS. 1549 01:17:04,900 --> 01:17:06,500 A LOT OF FOLKS WILL ACCEPT SPECIAL INTEREST MONEY. 1550 01:17:06,500 --> 01:17:09,900 WE NEED TO LOOK AT THE INSURANCE AGENCIES AND PHARMACEUTICALS. 1551 01:17:09,900 --> 01:17:12,433 AS A VETERAN, I HAVE TO PAY FOR MY MEDICATION. 1552 01:17:12,433 --> 01:17:13,867 IT IS VERY EXPENSIVE. 1553 01:17:13,867 --> 01:17:17,867 SO FAR SENIORS OUT THERE, I WOULD TAKE ON THE PHARMACEUTICAL 1554 01:17:17,867 --> 01:17:18,100 COMPANIES. 1555 01:17:18,100 --> 01:17:20,166 YOU CAN BET FOR THAT. 1556 01:17:20,166 --> 01:17:23,333 >> I FULLY EXPECTED ALL OF YOU TO TALK A LOT LONGER THAN THAT, 1557 01:17:23,333 --> 01:17:26,066 SO I HAVE ONE MORE YES OR NO QUESTION. 1558 01:17:26,066 --> 01:17:31,734 WOULD YOU VOTE FOR AN AFFORDABLE CARE ACT REPEAL WITHOUT A SOLID 1559 01:17:31,734 --> 01:17:32,233 REPLACEMENT? 1560 01:17:32,233 --> 01:17:36,166 >> FIRST OF ALL, IT'S SHAMEFUL THAT THE CONGRESS HASN'T PASSED 1561 01:17:36,166 --> 01:17:38,900 OR REPEALED THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT. 1562 01:17:38,900 --> 01:17:39,700 WE HAVE TO DO THAT. 1563 01:17:39,700 --> 01:17:40,367 IT'S OBVIOUS. 1564 01:17:40,367 --> 01:17:44,600 WOULD I SUPPORT ONE WITHOUT -- WE HAVE TO HAVE A REPLACEMENT. 1565 01:17:44,600 --> 01:17:48,900 WE CAN'T ALLOW CONGRESS NOT TO HAVE A REPLACEMENT. 1566 01:17:48,900 --> 01:17:50,433 >> REPRESENTATIVE PERRY? 1567 01:17:50,433 --> 01:17:53,533 >> I WOULD NOT SUPPORT REPEALING IT WITHOUT HAVING A REPLACEMENT. 1568 01:17:53,533 --> 01:17:57,467 I WOULD PUT IN THE FACT THAT THE DUAL WAIVER BILL THAT I BROUGHT 1569 01:17:57,467 --> 01:18:01,066 TO THE FLOOR TWICE DURING THE IDAHO LEGISLATURE WOULD BE A 1570 01:18:01,066 --> 01:18:03,100 GREAT REPLACEMENT IDEA TO WORK FROM. 1571 01:18:03,100 --> 01:18:07,166 >> I WOULD SUPPORT IT BECAUSE IT WOULD FORCE THE CONTROL WHERE IT 1572 01:18:07,166 --> 01:18:08,266 BELONGS, MORE LOCAL. 1573 01:18:08,266 --> 01:18:09,266 >> ALL RIGHT. 1574 01:18:09,266 --> 01:18:13,066 >> YES, AN IMMEDIATE REPEAL OF OBAMACARE I WOULD VOTE FOR. 1575 01:18:13,066 --> 01:18:15,800 OF COURSE, WE HAVE MUCH MORE WORK TO DO AFTER THAT. 1576 01:18:15,800 --> 01:18:16,800 YES, I WOULD VOTE FOR IT. 1577 01:18:16,800 --> 01:18:19,166 >> YES, I WOULD AS WELL. 1578 01:18:19,166 --> 01:18:24,633 I HAVE BEEN ENSURED BY INSURANCE COMPANIES AND INSURERS AND 1579 01:18:24,633 --> 01:18:27,333 MEDICAL PROVIDERS AND OUR OWN DEPARTMENT THEY COULD BE UP AND 1580 01:18:27,333 --> 01:18:29,900 RUNNING WITHIN TWO MONTHS ON THEIR OWN REPLACEMENT. 1581 01:18:29,900 --> 01:18:33,500 >> I WOULD HAVE SUPPORTED THE REPEAL BILL THAT THE FREEDOM 1582 01:18:33,500 --> 01:18:37,867 CAUCUS TANKED, THE FREEDOM CAUCUS THAT HAS ENDORSED SENATOR 1583 01:18:37,867 --> 01:18:38,100 FULCHER. 1584 01:18:38,100 --> 01:18:40,633 I WOULD HAVE SUPPORTED THAT BILL THAT THEY TANKED. 1585 01:18:40,633 --> 01:18:42,367 >> THAT WAS QUITE AN END STATEMENT. 1586 01:18:42,367 --> 01:18:43,600 IT IS TIME FOR CLOSING REMARKS. 1587 01:18:43,600 --> 01:18:47,066 WE'RE GOING TO START WITH COLONEL GALLEGOS. 1588 01:18:47,066 --> 01:18:49,066 >> THANK YOU, MELISSA AND AGAIN IDAHO PUBLIC TELEVISION. 1589 01:18:49,066 --> 01:18:51,066 THE NUMBER ONE THING I HAVE HEARD THROUGHOUT THIS CAMPAIGN 1590 01:18:51,066 --> 01:18:53,166 IS THAT I FACE AN IMPOSSIBLE CHALLENGE. 1591 01:18:53,166 --> 01:18:57,800 THE PEOPLE THAT TOLD ME THAT MUST NOT BE FROM IDAHO BECAUSE 1592 01:18:57,800 --> 01:19:01,867 IDAHOANS THRIVE ON CHALLENGES, AND WE APPRECIATE HARD WORK. 1593 01:19:01,867 --> 01:19:06,867 I BELIEVE THE MOST IMPORTANT ATTRIBUTE OF ANY LEADER IS 1594 01:19:06,867 --> 01:19:07,166 AUTHENTICITY. 1595 01:19:07,166 --> 01:19:10,266 I'M NOT A LAWYER OR A BUSINESSMAN, BUT I'VE SPENT MY 1596 01:19:10,266 --> 01:19:14,633 LIFE DEPLOYING AND PROSECUTING OUR NATION'S GLOBAL WAR ON 1597 01:19:14,633 --> 01:19:14,867 TERROR. 1598 01:19:14,867 --> 01:19:23,700 I'M NOT A SMALL BUSINESSER O EE EE EER -- SMALL BUSINESS OWNER, BUT I'VE 1599 01:19:23,700 --> 01:19:25,867 FACED GUNS TOWARDS THE ENEMY. 1600 01:19:25,867 --> 01:19:27,700 IN 2016, AMERICANS MADE A CHOICE. 1601 01:19:27,700 --> 01:19:30,633 THEY DECIDED TO GO A DIFFERENT WAY. 1602 01:19:30,633 --> 01:19:33,066 IDAHOANS HAVE A SIMILAR OPPORTUNITY. 1603 01:19:33,066 --> 01:19:36,967 AS YOU CONSIDER THE DIRECTION OF OUR GOVERNMENT, I ASK YOU TO ASK 1604 01:19:36,967 --> 01:19:38,000 YOURSELF ONE QUESTION. 1605 01:19:38,000 --> 01:19:41,433 ARE WE BETTER TODAY THAN WE WERE YESTERDAY? 1606 01:19:41,433 --> 01:19:43,066 IS OUR EDUCATION BETTER? 1607 01:19:43,066 --> 01:19:44,700 IS HEALTH CARE BETTER? 1608 01:19:44,700 --> 01:19:52,600 DO WE HAVE HIGH-PAYING JOBS THAT IS COMMISERATE WITH THE INFLUX 1609 01:19:52,600 --> 01:19:53,333 OF PEOPLE? 1610 01:19:53,333 --> 01:19:57,734 MANY OF THESE CABINETS HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO IMPROVE OUR 1611 01:19:57,734 --> 01:19:57,967 LIVES. 1612 01:19:57,967 --> 01:19:59,500 NOW THEY WANT TO REPRESENT YOU IN WASHINGTON. 1613 01:19:59,500 --> 01:20:02,266 I'M NOT A SEASONED POLITICIAN, WHICH IS CLEAR. 1614 01:20:02,266 --> 01:20:05,867 MY PASSION TO SERVE STEMS FROM TWO THINGS -- LOVE OF GOD AND 1615 01:20:05,867 --> 01:20:08,500 COUNTRY. 1616 01:20:08,500 --> 01:20:13,100 AS A CAREER CIVIL SERVANT, I'VE PREPARED MYSELF FOR THIS MOMENT. 1617 01:20:13,100 --> 01:20:15,500 IT WOULD BE AN HONOR TO REPRESENT EVERYONE AND THE 1618 01:20:15,500 --> 01:20:17,233 PEOPLE OF IDAHO. 1619 01:20:17,233 --> 01:20:20,533 >> REPRESENTATIVE PERRY. 1620 01:20:20,533 --> 01:20:22,066 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. 1621 01:20:22,066 --> 01:20:25,333 I WANT TO THANK IDAHO PUBLIC TELEVISION AND ALL THOSE WHO 1622 01:20:25,333 --> 01:20:27,166 PARTICIPATED AND WATCHING THE DEBATES TONIGHT. 1623 01:20:27,166 --> 01:20:29,266 IT'S BEEN A LONG TOUGH CAMPAIGN. 1624 01:20:29,266 --> 01:20:30,233 IT'S A BIG DISTRICT. 1625 01:20:30,233 --> 01:20:33,734 I CAN ONLY IMAGINE HOW TOUGH IT'S BEEN FOR RUSS HERE BECAUSE 1626 01:20:33,734 --> 01:20:35,800 HE DIDN'T EVEN WANT TO RUN FOR THIS SEAT. 1627 01:20:35,800 --> 01:20:37,166 HE WAS RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR. 1628 01:20:37,166 --> 01:20:38,800 HE RAN FOR GOVERNOR LAST TIME. 1629 01:20:38,800 --> 01:20:40,600 HE RAN FOR GOVERNOR THIS TIME. 1630 01:20:40,600 --> 01:20:45,500 AND HE HAD ALL HIS SIGNS MADE OUT FOR GOVERNOR. 1631 01:20:45,500 --> 01:20:49,066 THEN LABRADOR AND SOME SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS CAME IN AND 1632 01:20:49,066 --> 01:20:50,100 WOULDN'T ALLOW HIM TO DO THAT, SO HE FOLDED. 1633 01:20:50,100 --> 01:20:54,600 BUT THE PROBLEM IS HIS SIGN STILL SAID FOR GOVERNOR. 1634 01:20:54,600 --> 01:21:00,266 AS WE WENT AROUND THE DISTRICT, HE PUT TAPE OVER THEM AND SAID 1635 01:21:00,266 --> 01:21:00,533 CONGRESS. 1636 01:21:00,533 --> 01:21:05,066 AS THE TAPE PEELED BACK, IT SAID GOV GRIS. 1637 01:21:05,066 --> 01:21:06,100 THAT'S THE REAL JOKE. 1638 01:21:06,100 --> 01:21:13,266 IF HE DIDN'T HAVE THE GUTS TO STAND UP AND STAY IN THE RACE HE 1639 01:21:13,266 --> 01:21:19,333 WANTED TO, HOW IS HE GOING TO HAVE TO THE GUTS TO STAND UP FOR 1640 01:21:19,333 --> 01:21:20,000 YOU? 1641 01:21:20,000 --> 01:21:24,867 WHAT HE DIDN'T TELL YOU WAS THAT THE VOTERS REJECTED HIM BACK IN 1642 01:21:24,867 --> 01:21:29,066 '86 WHEN HE LOST TO A DEMOCRAT AND AGAIN IN '94 WHEN HE LOST TO 1643 01:21:29,066 --> 01:21:32,800 A STRONG CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN WOMAN FROM THIS DISTRICT. 1644 01:21:32,800 --> 01:21:37,000 HE'S KIND OF 0 FOR 2 AND THIS IS HIS LAST BREATH. 1645 01:21:37,000 --> 01:21:38,166 THAT'S NOT REALLY FAIR TO US. 1646 01:21:38,166 --> 01:21:43,166 WE KNOW THAT THE AVERAGE CONGRESSMAN IS A 58-YEAR-OLD 1647 01:21:43,166 --> 01:21:43,600 WHITE MALE, RIGHT? 1648 01:21:43,600 --> 01:21:45,333 WHAT HAVE THEY GIVEN US? 1649 01:21:45,333 --> 01:21:48,967 $21 TRILLION IN DEBT, A BANKRUPT SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEM. 1650 01:21:48,967 --> 01:21:52,066 WE HAVE NO SOLUTIONS FOR A HEALTH CARE CRISIS. 1651 01:21:52,066 --> 01:21:55,533 WE NEED TO SEND A STRONG REPUBLICAN OF CONSERVATIVE AND 1652 01:21:55,533 --> 01:21:56,500 CHRISTIAN WOMAN TO CONGRESS. 1653 01:21:56,500 --> 01:22:00,367 I'M ASKING YOU TO SEND THE GIRL WITH ALL THE GUNS, CHRISTY PERRY 1654 01:22:00,367 --> 01:22:00,633 PERRY. 1655 01:22:00,633 --> 01:22:01,166 THANK YOU. 1656 01:22:01,166 --> 01:22:02,900 >> SENATOR FULCHER. 1657 01:22:02,900 --> 01:22:04,000 >> THANK YOU. 1658 01:22:04,000 --> 01:22:08,900 THANK YOU, REPRESENTATIVE PERRY FOR THE INACCURATE HISTORY 1659 01:22:08,900 --> 01:22:09,166 LESSON. 1660 01:22:09,166 --> 01:22:12,100 THE SHORT LESSON IS IT IS CALLED SERVANT LEADERSHIP. 1661 01:22:12,100 --> 01:22:13,433 I'LL CLOSE WITH THIS. 1662 01:22:13,433 --> 01:22:15,734 FOLKS, ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS. 1663 01:22:15,734 --> 01:22:20,433 THERE IS A REASON THAT I'VE BEEN ENDORSED BY CONGRESSMAN LABRADOR 1664 01:22:20,433 --> 01:22:26,633 AND THE LIKES OF SENATOR TED CRUZ AND SECOND AMENDMENT 1665 01:22:26,633 --> 01:22:30,333 CHAMPION DICK HELLER AND CLUB FOR GROWTH. 1666 01:22:30,333 --> 01:22:35,800 IT'S BECAUSE WITH YOUR HELP I'VE ACTUALLY BEEN ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH 1667 01:22:35,800 --> 01:22:36,166 SOMETHING. 1668 01:22:36,166 --> 01:22:40,700 WITH ME, YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO GET. 1669 01:22:40,700 --> 01:22:43,433 SOMEONE WITH DEEP ROOTS IN IDAHO WHO KNOWS THIS STATE. 1670 01:22:43,433 --> 01:22:47,166 SOMEONE WITH GLOBAL EXPERIENCE IN BUSINESS AND ALSO IN THE 1671 01:22:47,166 --> 01:22:47,433 LEGISLATURE. 1672 01:22:47,433 --> 01:22:51,867 AND AN OPTIMIST, QUITE FRANKLY, THAT'S EXCITED ABOUT MOVING 1673 01:22:51,867 --> 01:22:52,533 FORWARD WITH THIS. 1674 01:22:52,533 --> 01:22:56,900 I WANT TO POINT OUT SPECIFICALLY ALL OF OUR ADVERTISEMENTS HAVE 1675 01:22:56,900 --> 01:22:59,467 BEEN POSITIVE, AND THAT'S ON PURPOSE. 1676 01:22:59,467 --> 01:23:01,333 FRIENDS, THIS IS AN EXCITING TIME. 1677 01:23:01,333 --> 01:23:04,900 WE'RE IN A NEW ERA OF HISTORY. 1678 01:23:04,900 --> 01:23:08,166 CONGRESS IS ABOUT TO HAVE THE LARGEST TURNOVER IT'S HAD IN 50 1679 01:23:08,166 --> 01:23:08,533 YEARS. 1680 01:23:08,533 --> 01:23:11,867 WE'VE GOT A PRESIDENT WHO IS WILLING TO LOOK AT THINGS IN A 1681 01:23:11,867 --> 01:23:14,100 DIFFERENT WAY. 1682 01:23:14,100 --> 01:23:16,734 RIGHT NOW, I'M ON A JOB INTERVIEW. 1683 01:23:16,734 --> 01:23:18,066 WE CAN MAKE THINGS BETTER. 1684 01:23:18,066 --> 01:23:18,633 I BELIEVE IT. 1685 01:23:18,633 --> 01:23:21,367 IF YOU HIRE ME, I WILL NOT LET YOU DOWN. 1686 01:23:21,367 --> 01:23:23,633 I'M RUSS FULCHER. 1687 01:23:23,633 --> 01:23:23,900 THANK YOU. 1688 01:23:23,900 --> 01:23:25,000 AND GOD BLESS. 1689 01:23:25,000 --> 01:23:26,100 >> MR. SNYDER. 1690 01:23:26,100 --> 01:23:29,433 >> WITH ALL DUE RESPECT TO THE OTHER CANDIDATES, PEOPLE ALL 1691 01:23:29,433 --> 01:23:32,900 OVER SOCIAL MEDIA DURING THIS PROGRAM AND THROUGHOUT THE WEEKS 1692 01:23:32,900 --> 01:23:35,367 HAVE BEEN DEBATING ONE THING. 1693 01:23:35,367 --> 01:23:39,800 RUSS FULCHER VERSUS MICHAEL SNYDER. 1694 01:23:39,800 --> 01:23:41,867 MANY PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT'S WHAT IT'S GOING TO COME DOWN TO IN 1695 01:23:41,867 --> 01:23:42,367 THIS CAMPAIGN. 1696 01:23:42,367 --> 01:23:45,266 NUMBER ONE, I WAS THE ORIGINAL PRO-TRUMP CANDIDATE. 1697 01:23:45,266 --> 01:23:52,500 RUSS FULCHER, EVEN THOUGH WE KNEW HE WAS AGAINST TRUMP AND 1698 01:23:52,500 --> 01:23:56,433 NOW HE IS FOR TRUMP, BUT IF YOU GO TO HIS WEBSITE, HIS CAMPAIGN 1699 01:23:56,433 --> 01:23:59,166 TEAM IS FULL OF NEVER TRUMPERS. 1700 01:23:59,166 --> 01:24:03,533 NUMBER TWO, BOTH OF US ARE CONSIDERED TO BE CONSERVATIVE, 1701 01:24:03,533 --> 01:24:06,633 BUT THE PRESS SAYS THAT I'M THE MOST CONSERVATIVE CANDIDATE IN 1702 01:24:06,633 --> 01:24:08,800 THIS RACE, BUT DON'T TAKE THEIR WORD FOR IT. 1703 01:24:08,800 --> 01:24:13,266 COMPARE WHAT I BELIEVE ON MY WEBSITE AND THEN GO TO RUSS' 1704 01:24:13,266 --> 01:24:15,800 WEBSITE AND TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT HE BELIEVES. 1705 01:24:15,800 --> 01:24:18,700 YOU'LL COME TO THE SAME pI HAVEN'T HAD ONE VOTER EVER 1706 01:24:18,700 --> 01:24:28,633 COME BACK TO ME SINCE I'VE BEEN RUNNING JULY 4th AND SAY, RI 1707 01:24:28,633 --> 01:24:32,100 ACTUALLY THINK RUSSELL IS A LOT MORE CONSERVATIVE. 1708 01:24:32,100 --> 01:24:34,233 I WANT TO TAKE CHRISTIAN VALUES BACK TO WASHINGTON, D.C. 1709 01:24:34,233 --> 01:24:42,734 FOR DECADES, WE'VE BEEN MARCHING DOWN THE ROAD TO SOCIALISM AND 1710 01:24:42,734 --> 01:24:44,333 A ATHEI 1711 01:24:44,333 --> 01:24:44,600 ATHEISM. 1712 01:24:44,600 --> 01:24:46,333 WE NEED TO SEND A FIREBALL. 1713 01:24:46,333 --> 01:24:48,900 WE NEED TO SEND A FIGHTER. 1714 01:24:48,900 --> 01:24:50,900 I'M ASKING FOR YOUR VOTE ON MAY 15th. 1715 01:24:50,900 --> 01:24:57,300 GO TO MICHAELSNYDER MICHAELSNYDERFORCONGRESS.COM. 1716 01:24:57,300 --> 01:24:58,300 WE ARE GOING TO WIN THIS THING ON MAY 15th. 1717 01:24:58,300 --> 01:24:59,633 THANK YOU FOR YOUR VOTE. 1718 01:24:59,633 --> 01:25:01,100 >> LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR LEROY. 1719 01:25:01,100 --> 01:25:06,800 >> WITH MY LAST BREATH -- [ LAUGHTER ] 1720 01:25:06,800 --> 01:25:09,066 >> -- LET ME THANK YOU FOR WATCHING TONIGHT. 1721 01:25:09,066 --> 01:25:13,533 MY HERO ABRAHAM LINCOLN SAID AMERICA IS THE LAST BEST HOPE OF 1722 01:25:13,533 --> 01:25:14,233 EARTH. 1723 01:25:14,233 --> 01:25:19,900 HIS HERO, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, SAID THAT WE HAVE A REPUBLIC, IF 1724 01:25:19,900 --> 01:25:20,700 WE CAN KEEP IT. 1725 01:25:20,700 --> 01:25:26,900 I THINK WE SHOULD NOT ONLY KEEP IT, BUT WE SHOULD ENHANCE IT AND 1726 01:25:26,900 --> 01:25:31,333 PRESERVE IT BY RETURNING TO THE PRINCIPLES OF FAMILY, FREEDOM, 1727 01:25:31,333 --> 01:25:34,500 LIBERTY AND GOVERNMENT, AND PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY. 1728 01:25:34,500 --> 01:25:37,533 THE TRUMP PRESIDENCIES OFFERS US A UNIQUE POSSIBILITY OF DOING 1729 01:25:37,533 --> 01:25:38,266 EXACTLY THAT. 1730 01:25:38,266 --> 01:25:40,533 I HAVE THOROUGHLY ENJOYED THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET THESE 1731 01:25:40,533 --> 01:25:45,867 COLLEAGUES AND EXCHANGE STORIES AND PRINCIPLES BACK AND FORTH. 1732 01:25:45,867 --> 01:25:47,333 WE ALL TALK ABOUT EXPERIENCE. 1733 01:25:47,333 --> 01:25:51,266 BUT WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, THE EXPERIENCE THAT WASHINGTON NEEDS 1734 01:25:51,266 --> 01:25:53,900 RIGHT NOW IS NOT ANOTHER INTERNATIONAL BUSINESSMAN OR 1735 01:25:53,900 --> 01:25:55,967 EVEN A GIRL WITH A GUN. 1736 01:25:55,967 --> 01:26:00,367 THE EXPERIENCE WASHINGTON NEEDS RIGHT NOW IS A LITTLE GRAY HAIR, 1737 01:26:00,367 --> 01:26:03,700 A LOT OF GOOD JUDGMENT, AND PERHAPS A TOUCH OF 1738 01:26:03,700 --> 01:26:04,433 STATESMANSHIP. 1739 01:26:04,433 --> 01:26:09,266 I OFFER THAT. 1740 01:26:09,266 --> 01:26:11,000 DONALD TRUMP HAD A HECK OF A WEEK. 1741 01:26:11,000 --> 01:26:13,100 305 TREASURY REGULATIONS WERE CANCELLED. 1742 01:26:13,100 --> 01:26:17,266 THE LOWEST UNEMPLOYMENT APPLICATION LEVEL IN 48 YEARS. 1743 01:26:17,266 --> 01:26:29,166 IN KOREA, DENUMENT. 1744 01:26:29,166 --> 01:26:34,433 IF YOU SEND NANCY TO WASHINGTON, I'LL GO WITH HER. 1745 01:26:34,433 --> 01:26:35,433 >> REPRESENTATIVE MALEK? 1746 01:26:35,433 --> 01:26:39,900 >> DAVID, I DON'T THINK WASHINGTON NEEDS MORE HAIR. 1747 01:26:39,900 --> 01:26:41,000 [ LAUGHTER ] >> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I'M 1748 01:26:41,000 --> 01:26:42,000 LIKE YOU. 1749 01:26:42,000 --> 01:26:45,433 I FIGHT FOR WHAT I LOVE, AND I LOVE OUR COUNTRY. 1750 01:26:45,433 --> 01:26:51,700 I LOVE OUR WAY OF LIFE, AND I LOVE OUR CONSERVATIVE VALUES. 1751 01:26:51,700 --> 01:26:56,233 IF YOU'RE LIKE ME, YOU'RE OFFENDED THAT D.C. SPECIAL 1752 01:26:56,233 --> 01:27:02,633 INTERESTS ARE SENDING NEARLY $1 MILLION INTO THIS STATE TO BUY 1753 01:27:02,633 --> 01:27:04,633 THIS RACE. 1754 01:27:04,633 --> 01:27:08,633 A GROUP CALLED THAT MIKE HUCKABEE CALLS THE CLUB FOR 1755 01:27:08,633 --> 01:27:15,166 AGREED HAS DECIDED THAT RUSS FULCHER, THE GUY WHO GAVE A LONG 1756 01:27:15,166 --> 01:27:17,700 RAMBLING ANSWER ON IMMIGRATION AND DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS GOING 1757 01:27:17,700 --> 01:27:23,533 ON IN THE SENATE, BUT CAN TALK ABOUT EXPERIENCES AND 1758 01:27:23,533 --> 01:27:26,367 ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND CAN'T NAME A SINGLE ONE, THEY HAVE DECIDED HE 1759 01:27:26,367 --> 01:27:33,867 SHOULD BE THE NEXT CONGRESSMAN FOR IDAHO. 1760 01:27:33,867 --> 01:27:41,066 MY NAME IS LUKE MALEK, AND I'M RUNNING FOR CONGRESS TO FIGHT 1761 01:27:41,066 --> 01:27:46,433 FOR OUR CONSERVATIVE VALUES. 1762 01:27:46,433 --> 01:27:48,633 I AM THE CANDIDATE WHO HAS A PROVEN EFFECTIVE HISTORY. 1763 01:27:48,633 --> 01:27:52,166 I CANNOT BE BOUGHT. 1764 01:27:52,166 --> 01:27:55,233 I'M RUNNING TO PROTECT THE SECOND AMENDMENT TO FIGHT FOR 1765 01:27:55,233 --> 01:27:59,467 THE LIVES THAT ARE UNBORN, TO FIGHT FOR OUR INDEPENDENT 1766 01:27:59,467 --> 01:28:02,600 SPIRIT, AND TO FIGHT BACK AGAINST THE HEAVY HAND OF THE 1767 01:28:02,600 --> 01:28:03,000 FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. 1768 01:28:03,000 --> 01:28:08,100 YOU CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT ME AT LUKEMAL 1769 01:28:08,100 --> 01:28:08,433 LUKEMALEK.COM. 1770 01:28:08,433 --> 01:28:10,066 YOU CAN LEARN ABOUT MY HISTORY AS A PROSECUTOR. 1771 01:28:10,066 --> 01:28:13,233 I WOULD LOVE FOR YOUR VOTE ON MAY 15th. 1772 01:28:13,233 --> 01:28:14,800 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH TO THE CANDIDATES AND REPORTERS. 1773 01:28:14,800 --> 01:28:16,066 THNK YOU FOR WATCHING. 1774 01:28:16,066 --> 01:28:17,333 ELECTION DAY IS MAY 15th. 1775 01:28:17,333 --> 01:28:26,633 WE'LL SEE YOU AT THE POLLS. 1776 01:28:26,633 --> 01:28:28,233 THE IDAHO DEBATES ARE A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT AMONG THE 1777 01:28:28,233 --> 01:28:35,533 IDAHO PRESS CLUB, BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY'S SCHOOL OF PUBLIC 1778 01:28:35,533 --> 01:28:37,633 SERVICE, UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO'S MCCLURE CENTER, IDAHO STATE 1779 01:28:37,633 --> 01:28:39,700 UNIVERSITY'S DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE, THE LEAGUE OF 1780 01:28:39,700 --> 01:28:41,266 WOMEN VOTERS' VOTER EDUCATION FUND, AND IDAHO PUBLIC 1781 01:28:41,266 --> 01:28:42,266 TELEVISION. 1782 01:28:42,266 --> 01:28:44,333 FUNDING FOR THE IDAHO DEBATES IS PUBLIC TELEVISION AND THE IDAHO 1783 01:28:44,333 --> 01:28:46,900 PUBLIC TELEVISION ENDOWMENT...