WEBVTT 00:05.905 --> 00:09.576 position:10% line:85% size:80% WELCOME TO THE IDAHO DEBATES. TONIGHT, A LOOK AT THE 00:09.576 --> 00:13.346 position:10% line:85% size:80% CANDIDATES FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL. THE IDAHO DEBATES IS ORGANIZED 00:13.346 --> 00:19.686 position:10% line:85% size:80% BY THESE PARTNERS: FUNDING PROVIDED BY THE FRIENDS 00:19.686 --> 00:21.755 position:10% line:85% size:80% OF IDAHO PUBLIC TELEVISION. THE IDAHO PUBLIC TELEVISION 00:21.755 --> 00:24.457 position:10% line:85% size:80% ENDOWMENT. AND THE CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC 00:24.457 --> 00:29.729 position:10% line:85% size:80% BROADCASTING. HELLO AND WELCOME TO THE IDAHO 00:29.729 --> 00:32.866 position:10% line:85% size:80% DEBATES, AT THE IDAHO PUBLIC TELEVISION STUDIOS IN BOISE. 00:32.866 --> 00:35.502 position:10% line:85% size:80% THIS IS ONE OF FOUR DEBATES WE'RE HOSTING BEFORE THE 00:35.502 --> 00:38.671 position:10% line:85% size:80% NOVEMBER 8TH GENERAL ELECTION. TONIGHT, THE CANDIDATES FOR 00:38.671 --> 00:42.409 position:10% line:85% size:80% ATTORNEY GENERAL TAKE THE STAGE TO ASK FOR YOUR VOTE. 00:42.409 --> 00:46.646 position:10% line:85% size:80% THE ATTORNEY GENERAL DEFENDS IDAHO LAWS IN COURT. 00:46.646 --> 00:48.748 position:10% line:85% size:80% THEY SIT ON THE STATE LAND BOARD, AND OVERSEES DEPUTY 00:48.748 --> 00:51.184 position:10% line:85% size:80% ATTORNEYS GENERAL, WHO PROVIDE LEGAL REPRESENTATION TO IDAHO 00:51.184 --> 00:52.452 position:10% line:85% size:80% STATE AGENCIES. I WANT TO WELCOME THE 00:52.452 --> 01:06.800 position:10% line:85% size:80% CANDIDATES RAUL LABRADOR AND TOM ARKOOSH. 01:06.800 --> 01:08.935 position:10% line:85% size:80% TOM ARKOOSH HAS PRIMARILY WORKED IN PRIVATE PRACTICE, THOUGH HE 01:08.935 --> 01:10.203 position:10% line:85% size:80% ALSO HAS EXPERIENCE AS A COUNTY PROSECUTOR AND IN THE WASHINGTON 01:10.203 --> 01:11.771 position:10% line:85% size:80% ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE. HE SPECIALIZES IN WATER LAW, 01:11.771 --> 01:17.777 position:10% line:85% size:80% CIVIL LITIGATION, ADMINISTRATIVE LAW, AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS. 01:17.777 --> 01:20.213 position:10% line:85% size:80% CONGRESSMAN RAUL LABRADOR SPECIALIZES IN IMMIGRATION LAW 01:20.213 --> 01:26.085 position:10% line:85% size:80% AND SITS ON THE SPECIAL DISTRICT BOARD OF HEALTH. 01:26.085 --> 01:29.122 position:10% line:85% size:80% HE WAS IN THE IDAHO STATEHOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. 01:29.122 --> 01:31.257 position:10% line:85% size:80% I ALSO WANT TO INTRODUCE OUR PANEL OF REPORTERS WHO WILL ASK 01:31.257 --> 01:33.927 position:10% line:85% size:80% THE CANDIDATES QUESTIONS: KELCIE MOSELEY MORRIS OF THE 01:33.927 --> 01:42.435 position:10% line:85% size:80% IDAHO CAPITAL SUN AND JAKE GARCIA OF IDAHO NEWS 6. 01:42.435 --> 01:44.037 position:10% line:85% size:80% I'M MELISSA DAVLIN, HOST OF IDAHO REPORTS HERE ON IDAHO 01:44.037 --> 01:46.105 position:10% line:85% size:80% PUBLIC TELEVISION. I'M MODERATING TONIGHT'S DEBATE. 01:46.105 --> 01:47.307 position:10% line:85% size:80% HELPING US KEEP TIME IS MACEE UTECHT, VOLUNTEER TIMEKEEPER 01:47.307 --> 01:50.376 position:10% line:85% size:80% FROM THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS EDUCATION FUND. 01:50.376 --> 01:53.546 position:10% line:85% size:80% EACH CANDIDATE WILL BE GIVEN 90 SECONDS FOR OPENING COMMENTS AND 01:53.546 --> 01:56.749 position:10% line:85% size:80% 60 SECONDS FOR CLOSING STATEMENTS. 01:56.749 --> 01:58.852 position:10% line:85% size:80% CANDIDATES ALSO HAVE 90 SECONDS TO ANSWER QUESTIONS, AND 60 01:58.852 --> 02:05.358 position:10% line:85% size:80% SECONDS FOR REBUTTALS. I'LL ALLOW SOME BACK AND FORTH 02:05.358 --> 02:07.660 position:10% line:85% size:80% IF I THINK THE CONVERSATION IS PRODUCTIVE AND EDUCATIONAL FOR 02:07.660 --> 02:09.395 position:10% line:85% size:80% VOTERS, WHILE TRYING TO MAKE SURE EACH CANDIDATE GETS ABOUT 02:09.395 --> 02:15.735 position:10% line:85% size:80% EQUAL TIME. WE FLIPPED A COIN TO SEE WHO 02:15.735 --> 02:20.974 position:10% line:85% size:80% WOULD GO FIRST. AND MR. ARKOOSH, YOU HAVE THAT 02:20.974 --> 02:27.780 position:10% line:85% size:80% HONOR. >> Tom Arkoosh: GOOD EVENING. 02:27.780 --> 02:30.083 position:10% line:85% size:80% I'M A FOURTH GENERATION IDAHOAN RUNNING FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL. 02:30.083 --> 02:32.819 position:10% line:85% size:80% I WANT TO THANK IDAHO PUBLIC TELEVISION AND YOUR VIEWERS FOR 02:32.819 --> 02:35.154 position:10% line:85% size:80% MAKING THIS HAPPEN THIS EVENING. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE IS 02:35.154 --> 02:40.693 position:10% line:85% size:80% THE LARGEST LAW OFFICE IN THE STATE OF IDAHO. 02:40.693 --> 02:42.529 position:10% line:85% size:80% ITS MISSION IS THE CONSISTENT APPLICATION OF THE RULE OF LAW 02:42.529 --> 02:48.167 position:10% line:85% size:80% TO THINGS THAT MATTER TO ITS CLIENTS, YOU, THE IDAHOANS. 02:48.167 --> 02:55.708 position:10% line:85% size:80% THE GUIDEBOOKS ARE THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION, THE STATE 02:55.708 --> 02:57.977 position:10% line:85% size:80% CONSTITUTION AND OUR STATE STATUTES OF COURSE. 02:57.977 --> 03:01.381 position:10% line:85% size:80% I PROMISE TO ABIDE BY THOSE GUIDEBOOKS. 03:01.381 --> 03:04.317 position:10% line:85% size:80% I HAVE BEEN PRACTICING LAW IN IDAHO FOR OVER 44 YEARS. 03:04.317 --> 03:06.586 position:10% line:85% size:80% I'VE BEEN PRACTICING EVERY KIND OF LAW. 03:06.586 --> 03:12.559 position:10% line:85% size:80% I DO NOT NEED ON THE JOB TRAINING. 03:12.559 --> 03:16.262 position:10% line:85% size:80% MY OPPONENT ON THE OTHER HAND, EXCUSE ME, MY OPPONENT ON THE 03:16.262 --> 03:19.399 position:10% line:85% size:80% OTHER HAND HAS CONVINCED HIMSELF THAT THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S 03:19.399 --> 03:23.036 position:10% line:85% size:80% OFFICE IS IN FACT A POLITICAL OFFICE. 03:23.036 --> 03:28.007 position:10% line:85% size:80% HE PROMISES TO FIGHT FOR FREEDOMS, WHAT FREEDOMS MIGHT 03:28.007 --> 03:32.745 position:10% line:85% size:80% THOSE BE? IT'S THE FREEDOM TO DENY WOMEN 03:32.745 --> 03:37.984 position:10% line:85% size:80% HEALTH AND ARREST THEIR DOCTORS, IT'S THE FREEDOM TO DEFUND OUR 03:37.984 --> 03:44.958 position:10% line:85% size:80% SCHOOLS, IT'S THE FREEDOM TO BAN OUR BOOKS AND CLOSE DOWN OUR 03:44.958 --> 03:51.197 position:10% line:85% size:80% LIBRARIES. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I WANT TO 03:51.197 --> 03:57.904 position:10% line:85% size:80% RUN A LAW OFFICE AND I THINK MY OPPONENT WANTS TO RUN A CULTURAL 03:57.904 --> 04:01.007 position:10% line:85% size:80% WAR ROOM. THANK YOU. 04:01.007 --> 04:08.414 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> THANK YOU. CONGRESSMAN LABRADOR. 04:08.414 --> 04:12.652 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Raul Labrador: THANK YOU. I'M A FORMER CONGRESSMAN, A 04:12.652 --> 04:15.054 position:10% line:85% size:80% FORMER LEGISLATOR, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY I'M A FATHER, A 04:15.054 --> 04:18.391 position:10% line:85% size:80% HUSBAND, A GRANDFATHER, AND A PRETTY LUCKY SON OF A WONDERFUL 04:18.391 --> 04:20.493 position:10% line:85% size:80% MOTHER. I'M RUNNING TO BE ATTORNEY 04:20.493 --> 04:24.964 position:10% line:85% size:80% GENERAL BECAUSE I THINK THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE 04:24.964 --> 04:30.703 position:10% line:85% size:80% DESERVES A STRONG, AGGRESSIVE, CONSERVATIVE ATTORNEY GENERAL 04:30.703 --> 04:33.106 position:10% line:85% size:80% THAT UNDERSTANDS THAT THE PEOPLE OF IDAHO NEED SOMEBODY WHO WILL 04:33.106 --> 04:36.643 position:10% line:85% size:80% DEFEND THEIR RIGHTS, THEIR FREEDOMS, AND THEIR LIBERTIES. 04:36.643 --> 04:38.778 position:10% line:85% size:80% THE GREATEST FIGHTS FOR THE FUTURE OF OUR NATION, FOR THE 04:38.778 --> 04:41.014 position:10% line:85% size:80% FUTURE OF OUR COUNTRY ARE HAPPENING IN THE COURTS. 04:41.014 --> 04:43.950 position:10% line:85% size:80% AND WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS WE NEED TO LOOK FORWARD TO HOW WE 04:43.950 --> 04:46.886 position:10% line:85% size:80% CAN FIGHT THOSE FIGHTS. WE SHOULDN'T BE LOOKING TO THE 04:46.886 --> 04:50.657 position:10% line:85% size:80% PAST AND HOW WE HAVE LOST MANY OF THOSE FIGHTS AND HOW WE HAVE 04:50.657 --> 04:54.661 position:10% line:85% size:80% MISSED FIGHTING THOSE FIGHTS. I THINK THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S 04:54.661 --> 04:56.462 position:10% line:85% size:80% OFFICE IS IMPORTANT TO HAVE SOMEBODY WHO UNDERSTANDS HOW TO 04:56.462 --> 05:01.134 position:10% line:85% size:80% WORK WITH THE LEGISLATURE, WHO UNDERSTANDS HOW TO WORK WITH THE 05:01.134 --> 05:03.536 position:10% line:85% size:80% ELECTED OFFICIALS. THE ROLE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL 05:03.536 --> 05:06.305 position:10% line:85% size:80% IS TO WORK WITHIN THE POLITICAL PROCESS. 05:06.305 --> 05:08.675 position:10% line:85% size:80% WHEN YOU'RE WORKING WITHIN THE POLITICAL PROCESS, YOU'RE 05:08.675 --> 05:11.978 position:10% line:85% size:80% WORKING WITH ELECTED OFFICIALS, YOU'RE WORKING WITH PEOPLE WHO 05:11.978 --> 05:14.681 position:10% line:85% size:80% HAVE BEEN APPOINTED TO POSITIONS BY ELECTED OFFICIALS. 05:14.681 --> 05:17.450 position:10% line:85% size:80% AND YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND HOW THAT WORKS. 05:17.450 --> 05:21.120 position:10% line:85% size:80% YOU CAN'T JUST GET ON THE JOB TRAINING AND DECIDE THAT BECAUSE 05:21.120 --> 05:24.090 position:10% line:85% size:80% YOU HAVE BEEN A LAWYER FOR A LONG TIME AND YOU'VE NEVER 05:24.090 --> 05:28.261 position:10% line:85% size:80% REALLY WORKED WITH THESE AGENCIES IN THE WAY THAT YOU 05:28.261 --> 05:29.996 position:10% line:85% size:80% NEED TO DO, THAT YOU'RE NOW GOING TO BE ABLE TO WORK WITH 05:29.996 --> 05:33.399 position:10% line:85% size:80% THEM IN A WAY THAT YOU CAN PROVIDE GOOD LEGAL ADVICE TO 05:33.399 --> 05:35.435 position:10% line:85% size:80% THEM. I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS 05:35.435 --> 05:38.638 position:10% line:85% size:80% OPPORTUNITY AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO BEING YOUR NEXT 05:38.638 --> 05:40.707 position:10% line:85% size:80% ATTORNEY GENERAL. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. 05:40.707 --> 05:44.510 position:10% line:85% size:80% OUR FIRST QUESTION COMES FROM JAKE GARCIA FOR MR. ARKOOSH. 05:44.510 --> 05:47.146 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> MR. ARKOOSH, YOU'VE NEVER HELD PUBLIC OFFICE, BUT IF 05:47.146 --> 05:52.218 position:10% line:85% size:80% ELECTED YOU'LL BE TASKED WITH DEFENDING LEGISLATORS AND THE 05:52.218 --> 05:55.421 position:10% line:85% size:80% GOVERNOR, SOME OF WHOM YOU MAY DISAGREE FUNDAMENTALLY. 05:55.421 --> 05:58.024 position:10% line:85% size:80% HOW DO YOU GET PAST THAT AND EXPLAIN YOUR LEGAL OPINION TO 05:58.024 --> 06:03.796 position:10% line:85% size:80% PEOPLE THAT YOU DISAGREE WITH? >> Tom Arkoosh: WELL THE 06:03.796 --> 06:09.469 position:10% line:85% size:80% ATTORNEY GENERAL HAS THESE TOOLS; ON THE ONE END HE WRITES 06:09.469 --> 06:13.206 position:10% line:85% size:80% OPINIONS, ON THE OTHER SIDE THE ULTIMATE TOOL IS LITIGATION. 06:13.206 --> 06:17.510 position:10% line:85% size:80% IN THE MIDDLE IS DISCUSSION. AND THAT'S ABSOLUTELY NO 06:17.510 --> 06:19.545 position:10% line:85% size:80% DIFFERENT THAN THE OPERATION OF ANY LAW OFFICE. 06:19.545 --> 06:25.585 position:10% line:85% size:80% WHEN YOU HAVE A CLIENT AND INITIALLY YOU GIVE THEM AN 06:25.585 --> 06:27.920 position:10% line:85% size:80% OPINION, AND BEFORE YOU TAKE THEM INTO LITIGATION, YOU SIT 06:27.920 --> 06:36.362 position:10% line:85% size:80% DOWN AND VISIT WITH THEM. I'VE HAD 44 YEARS OF DOING THAT. 06:36.362 --> 06:41.734 position:10% line:85% size:80% I HAVE NEVER HAD A COMPLAINT ABOUT A FRIVOLOUS DEFENSE OR A 06:41.734 --> 06:43.402 position:10% line:85% size:80% FRIVOLOUS LAWSUIT. I THINK A LOT OF WHAT MIGHT BE 06:43.402 --> 06:45.238 position:10% line:85% size:80% GOING ON IS WE NEVER GET TO THE MIDDLE. 06:45.238 --> 06:48.107 position:10% line:85% size:80% THE OPINION IS WRITTEN AND THE STATE GOES STRAIGHT TO 06:48.107 --> 06:50.309 position:10% line:85% size:80% LITIGATION. IT IS MY HOPE IF THAT JOB IS 06:50.309 --> 06:56.182 position:10% line:85% size:80% CONDUCTED CORRECTLY, IF THAT JOB IS CONDUCTED BY SOMEBODY WITH 06:56.182 --> 06:59.585 position:10% line:85% size:80% THE EXPERIENCE OF 44 YEARS COUNSELING CLIENTS, WE WILL COME 06:59.585 --> 07:02.121 position:10% line:85% size:80% TO THE MIDDLE AND TALK IT THROUGH BEFORE WE GET TO THE 07:02.121 --> 07:07.994 position:10% line:85% size:80% EXTREME OF LITIGATION. THIS STATE HAS TOO QUICKLY GONE 07:07.994 --> 07:10.463 position:10% line:85% size:80% TO LITIGATION AND IT'S COST US A LOT OF MONEY. 07:10.463 --> 07:12.298 position:10% line:85% size:80% I HOPE TO SEE THAT END IN THE FUTURE. 07:12.298 --> 07:15.301 position:10% line:85% size:80% HOWEVER IF YOU'RE AN AGGRESSIVE ATTORNEY GENERAL AND YOU WANT TO 07:15.301 --> 07:18.171 position:10% line:85% size:80% GET TO THE COURTS AND YOU WANT TO HAVE A FIGHT WITH EVERYBODY 07:18.171 --> 07:24.844 position:10% line:85% size:80% YOU CAN FIND, YOU MIGHT VOTE FOR THE OTHER FELLOW. 07:24.844 --> 07:27.413 position:10% line:85% size:80% BUT IF YOU WANT TO WORK OUT YOUR PROBLEMS IN THE MIDDLE AND COME 07:27.413 --> 07:31.217 position:10% line:85% size:80% TOGETHER AS A STATE AND FOCUS ON POTHOLES, PERHAPS I'M YOUR MAN. 07:31.217 --> 07:35.822 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> MR. LABRADOR, FOR YOU, YOU'VE CRITICIZED THE CURRENT ATTORNEY 07:35.822 --> 07:38.057 position:10% line:85% size:80% GENERAL FOR NOT MORE STRONGLY DEFENDING SOME LAWS. 07:38.057 --> 07:41.093 position:10% line:85% size:80% BUT THE AG DOES NOT MAKE LAWS, THEY JUST WORK WITHIN THE LAWS 07:41.093 --> 07:42.595 position:10% line:85% size:80% THAT ARE WRITTEN TO DEFEND THE STATE. 07:42.595 --> 07:47.166 position:10% line:85% size:80% WHAT WILL YOU DO WHEN ASKED TO DEFEND A LAW THAT YOU AS AN 07:47.166 --> 07:51.137 position:10% line:85% size:80% ATTORNEY KNOW WON'T HOLD UP IN COURT? 07:51.137 --> 07:53.739 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Raul Labrador: THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. 07:53.739 --> 07:57.877 position:10% line:85% size:80% THE OATH OF OFFICE SAYS I SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL 07:57.877 --> 07:59.045 position:10% line:85% size:80% SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE 07:59.045 --> 08:04.083 position:10% line:85% size:80% CONSTITUTION OF IDAHO AND THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE THE 08:04.083 --> 08:06.853 position:10% line:85% size:80% DUTIES OF ATTORNEY GENERAL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY. 08:06.853 --> 08:10.122 position:10% line:85% size:80% MY OPPONENT, THE FIRST THING HE ANNOUNCED WAS THAT HE WAS 08:10.122 --> 08:13.059 position:10% line:85% size:80% ACTUALLY NOT GOING TO DEFEND THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF IDAHO, THAT 08:13.059 --> 08:16.462 position:10% line:85% size:80% HE WAS NOT GOING TO DEFEND THE LAWS WITH WHICH HE DISAGREES 08:16.462 --> 08:19.131 position:10% line:85% size:80% WITH THE LEGISLATURE. HE'S ALREADY LOST THE TRUST OF 08:19.131 --> 08:21.234 position:10% line:85% size:80% THE LEGISLATURE BECAUSE HE'S ALREADY SAID, HE'S ALREADY 08:21.234 --> 08:25.238 position:10% line:85% size:80% INDICATED TO THE LEGISLATURE THAT HE'S GOING TO PUT HIS 08:25.238 --> 08:28.140 position:10% line:85% size:80% POLITICAL POSITIONS AHEAD OF THE POSITIONS OF THE PEOPLE OF 08:28.140 --> 08:33.312 position:10% line:85% size:80% IDAHO. ALL OF THE LAWS IN THE STATE OF 08:33.312 --> 08:36.015 position:10% line:85% size:80% IDAHO IS THE DULY ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES THAT DECIDE WHAT 08:36.015 --> 08:38.951 position:10% line:85% size:80% THOSE LAWS ARE. I DON'T GET TO DECIDE WHAT THOSE 08:38.951 --> 08:41.254 position:10% line:85% size:80% LAWS ARE. IN FACT I MAY DISAGREE WITH THE 08:41.254 --> 08:44.524 position:10% line:85% size:80% LEGISLATURE IN SOME CASES. BUT MY JOB IS TO GIVE THEM THE 08:44.524 --> 08:47.159 position:10% line:85% size:80% BEST LEGAL ADVICE POSSIBLE AND TO HELP THEM DRAFT THE 08:47.159 --> 08:50.596 position:10% line:85% size:80% LEGISLATION IN A WAY THAT I CAN DEFEND IN THE COURT. 08:50.596 --> 08:54.767 position:10% line:85% size:80% EVEN LAWRENCE WATSON WHO I WAS SOMETIMES IN DISAGREEMENT WITH 08:54.767 --> 08:57.103 position:10% line:85% size:80% NEVER FAILED TO DEFEND THE STATE IN THE COURTS. 08:57.103 --> 09:00.740 position:10% line:85% size:80% HE HAS SAID THAT HE'S NOT GOING TO DEFEND THE LAW, THAT HE'S 09:00.740 --> 09:04.410 position:10% line:85% size:80% GOING TO MAKE DEALS WITH THE DOJ, WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF 09:04.410 --> 09:08.581 position:10% line:85% size:80% JUSTICE AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL. AND HE HAS SAID THAT IF HE 09:08.581 --> 09:11.784 position:10% line:85% size:80% DISAGREES WITH THE LAW, HE WILL NOT AGGRESSIVELY DEFEND IT. 09:11.784 --> 09:14.453 position:10% line:85% size:80% I WILL AGGRESSIVELY DEFEND WHATEVER THE LEGISLATURE DOES. 09:14.453 --> 09:17.690 position:10% line:85% size:80% BUT WHAT I HOPE TO DO IS TO GUIDE THEM IN DRAFTING THE 09:17.690 --> 09:22.461 position:10% line:85% size:80% LEGISLATION SO WE DON'T LOSE AS OFTEN AS WE HAVE BEEN LOSING IN 09:22.461 --> 09:26.032 position:10% line:85% size:80% THE PAST. >> MR. ARKOOSH, DO YOU WANT TO 09:26.032 --> 09:28.801 position:10% line:85% size:80% RESPOND? >> Tom Arkoosh: I DO 09:28.801 --> 09:30.002 position:10% line:85% size:80% MOMENTARILY. THERE ARE LAWS AND THEN THERE 09:30.002 --> 09:32.438 position:10% line:85% size:80% ARE LAWS. IN MY OPENING STATEMENT I 09:32.438 --> 09:36.642 position:10% line:85% size:80% POINTED OUT THE GUIDEBOOKS INCLUDED THE FEDERAL 09:36.642 --> 09:37.543 position:10% line:85% size:80% CONSTITUTION AND THE STATE CONSTITUTION. 09:37.543 --> 09:39.412 position:10% line:85% size:80% AND THAT IS WHERE THE RUB HAS ALWAYS BEEN. 09:39.412 --> 09:42.148 position:10% line:85% size:80% I'VE NOT LOST THE TRUST OF THE LEGISLATURE. 09:42.148 --> 09:45.651 position:10% line:85% size:80% I MIGHT HAVE LOST THE TRUST OF SOME CONSERVATIVE LEGISLATORS 09:45.651 --> 09:50.222 position:10% line:85% size:80% THAT HE'S PROMISED TO PARTNER WITH AND EXCLUDE EVERYBODY ELSE. 09:50.222 --> 09:55.561 position:10% line:85% size:80% BUT I THINK MODERATE LEGISLATORS WILL COME WITH ME TO THE MIDDLE 09:55.561 --> 09:59.632 position:10% line:85% size:80% AND TALK. THANK YOU. 09:59.632 --> 10:02.868 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Raul Labrador: IT'S AMAZING TO ME THAT HE ANNOUNCES THAT 10:02.868 --> 10:05.371 position:10% line:85% size:80% HE'S GOING TO JUST IGNORE WHAT THE LEGISLATURE DOES. 10:05.371 --> 10:07.606 position:10% line:85% size:80% HE SAYS HERE JUST NOW THERE ARE LAWS AND THERE ARE LAWS. 10:07.606 --> 10:14.313 position:10% line:85% size:80% SO APPARENTLY HE, THE ONE PERSON, UNDERSTANDS BETTER THAN 10:14.313 --> 10:18.017 position:10% line:85% size:80% THE 70 MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE AND THE 35 MEMBERS OF THE SENATE. 10:18.017 --> 10:21.754 position:10% line:85% size:80% ONLY HE UNDERSTANDS WHAT THE LAW SHOULD BE IN IDAHO AND HE WILL 10:21.754 --> 10:25.791 position:10% line:85% size:80% GET TO DECIDE. THIS IS WHY HE'S ILL EQUIPPED 10:25.791 --> 10:28.327 position:10% line:85% size:80% AND POORLY QUALIFIED TO BE THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE STATE OF 10:28.327 --> 10:31.163 position:10% line:85% size:80% IDAHO. HE WANTS TO SUPPLANT HIS OWN 10:31.163 --> 10:34.934 position:10% line:85% size:80% PERSONAL OPINION, HIS OWN PERSONAL BIASES FOR THE DULY 10:34.934 --> 10:44.210 position:10% line:85% size:80% ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES. AND IT'S JUST REALLY 10:44.210 --> 10:46.846 position:10% line:85% size:80% INCOMPREHENSIBLE TO ME THAT ANYBODY THINKS THAT THEY ARE 10:46.846 --> 10:50.116 position:10% line:85% size:80% SMARTER THAN THE LEGISLATURE AND IT'S THEIR JOB TO TELL THE 10:50.116 --> 10:52.284 position:10% line:85% size:80% LEGISLATURE WHEN THEY'RE RIGHT AND THEY'RE WRONG TO BE THE 10:52.284 --> 10:54.854 position:10% line:85% size:80% ATTORNEY GENERAL OF IDAHO. >> WE'LL GET MORE INTO THAT 10:54.854 --> 10:57.790 position:10% line:85% size:80% CONVERSATION SOON. THE NEXT QUESTION IS FROM 10:57.790 --> 10:59.959 position:10% line:85% size:80% KELCIE. >> MR. ARKOOSH, IF ELECTED, YOU 10:59.959 --> 11:03.229 position:10% line:85% size:80% WILL BE TASKED WITH REPRESENTING THE STATE IN AT LEAST THREE 11:03.229 --> 11:05.998 position:10% line:85% size:80% PENDING LAWSUITS REGARDING ANTI-ABORTION LEGISLATION THAT 11:05.998 --> 11:07.833 position:10% line:85% size:80% PASSED THE LEGISLATURE. DO YOU SUPPORT THE LEGISLATION 11:07.833 --> 11:14.340 position:10% line:85% size:80% AND IF NOT, HOW WOULD YOU EFFECTIVELY REPRESENT STATE 11:14.340 --> 11:18.411 position:10% line:85% size:80% LEGISLATURE'S INTERESTS? >> Tom Arkoosh: THE QUESTION OF 11:18.411 --> 11:21.347 position:10% line:85% size:80% WHETHER A NON-HEALTH RELATED ABORTION IS CURRENTLY BEFORE OUR 11:21.347 --> 11:24.817 position:10% line:85% size:80% SUPREME COURT, AND I BELIEVE THE ARGUMENTS WILL BE HEARD LATER 11:24.817 --> 11:27.153 position:10% line:85% size:80% THIS WEEK. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL HAS TO 11:27.153 --> 11:30.890 position:10% line:85% size:80% SUPPORT THEIR DECISION REGARDING WHAT THEY DECIDE TO DO. 11:30.890 --> 11:34.760 position:10% line:85% size:80% THE DIFFICULTY IS THE WOMAN THAT IS IN TROUBLE, THE WOMAN THAT 11:34.760 --> 11:42.835 position:10% line:85% size:80% HAS HER HEALTH JEOPARDIZED, OUR CURRENT LEGISLATION SAYS UNLESS 11:42.835 --> 11:48.507 position:10% line:85% size:80% IT'S RAPE OR INCEST OR TO SAVE THE WOMAN'S LIFE, YOU CAN'T HAVE 11:48.507 --> 11:51.043 position:10% line:85% size:80% HELP. RAPE AND INCEST, I UNDERSTAND. 11:51.043 --> 11:54.346 position:10% line:85% size:80% BUT THE QUESTION OF WHEN YOU'RE SAVING A WOMAN'S LIFE ACCORDING 11:54.346 --> 11:57.016 position:10% line:85% size:80% TO EVERY DOCTOR I'VE TALKED TO INVOLVES A TIPPING POINT. 11:57.016 --> 12:03.022 position:10% line:85% size:80% AND THAT TIPPING POINT IS TOO VAGUE FOR MEDICAL SCIENCE. 12:03.022 --> 12:07.359 position:10% line:85% size:80% NOW WE'VE BEEN BAILED OUT. THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 12:07.359 --> 12:13.165 position:10% line:85% size:80% LAWSUIT SAYS IF YOU TAKE MEDICARE MONEY, YOU HAVE TO 12:13.165 --> 12:17.803 position:10% line:85% size:80% TREAT A WOMAN WHO'S HEALTH IS IN JEOPARDY, NOT JUST WAIT UNTIL 12:17.803 --> 12:24.810 position:10% line:85% size:80% SHE'S GOING TO DIE. AND THE JUDGE BAILED US OUT. 12:24.810 --> 12:28.080 position:10% line:85% size:80% HE IMPOSED AN INJUNCTION ON THE HEALTHCARE PART OF OUR 12:28.080 --> 12:30.282 position:10% line:85% size:80% LEGISLATION. THE DIFFICULTY IS NOW THAT THE 12:30.282 --> 12:34.120 position:10% line:85% size:80% LEGISLATURE HAS DOUBLED DOWN AFTER THEY'VE BEEN BAILED OUT. 12:34.120 --> 12:38.891 position:10% line:85% size:80% THE SUPREMACY CLAUSE OF THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION SAYS 12:38.891 --> 12:42.995 position:10% line:85% size:80% THAT IN TALA LAW CONTROLS. AND FRANKLY IT'S NOT ONLY COMMON 12:42.995 --> 12:48.534 position:10% line:85% size:80% SENSE IT'S COMMON DECENCY NOT TO LEAVE THESE PEOPLE IN TROUBLE. 12:48.534 --> 12:51.971 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> CONGRESSMAN LABRADOR YOU CRITICIZED THE DEPARTMENT OF 12:51.971 --> 12:54.740 position:10% line:85% size:80% JUSTICE FOR REQUESTING THAT INJUNCTION REFERENCED OVER THE 12:54.740 --> 12:57.710 position:10% line:85% size:80% ABORTION BAN. A FEDERAL JUDGE GRANTED THAT 12:57.710 --> 13:00.279 position:10% line:85% size:80% ARTIAL INJUNCTION CITING THE SAFETY OF A PREGNANT WOMAN IN 13:00.279 --> 13:03.415 position:10% line:85% size:80% EMERGENCY SITUATIONS. AT WHAT POINT DO YOU BELIEVE IT 13:03.415 --> 13:05.751 position:10% line:85% size:80% IS ACCEPTABLE FOR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO INTERVENE WITH A 13:05.751 --> 13:08.787 position:10% line:85% size:80% LAW WRITTEN BY STATE LEGISLATORS? 13:08.787 --> 13:15.427 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Raul Labrador: THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. 13:15.427 --> 13:19.865 position:10% line:85% size:80% FEDERAL STATUTES PRECEDE OVER STATE STATUTES. 13:19.865 --> 13:25.137 position:10% line:85% size:80% BUT WHAT HE DOESN'T UNDERSTAND HERE IS THERE'S TWO FEDERAL 13:25.137 --> 13:27.907 position:10% line:85% size:80% DECISIONS RIGHT NOW THAT WERE DECIDED ON THIS ISSUE. 13:27.907 --> 13:35.347 position:10% line:85% size:80% IN THE STATE OF IDAHO JUDGE WINDMILL DECIDED THAT IN TALA 13:35.347 --> 13:37.983 position:10% line:85% size:80% PREVENTED US FROM ENFORCING THE LAW IN THE STATE. 13:37.983 --> 13:41.654 position:10% line:85% size:80% IN TEXAS, THERE'S A FEDERAL JUDGE THAT SAID IN TALA DOESN'T 13:41.654 --> 13:44.256 position:10% line:85% size:80% APPLY TO ABORTION LAWS THAT IT WAS AN OVERREACH OF THE 13:44.256 --> 13:46.892 position:10% line:85% size:80% DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. BECAUSE WHAT PEOPLE NEED TO 13:46.892 --> 13:50.896 position:10% line:85% size:80% UNDERSTAND IS THEY'RE BASING IT ON A MEMO THAT WAS WRITTEN BY 13:50.896 --> 13:54.166 position:10% line:85% size:80% THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AND WAS WRITTEN BY THE SECRETARY OF 13:54.166 --> 13:57.303 position:10% line:85% size:80% HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES. THERE'S ACTUALLY A CONFLICT IN 13:57.303 --> 14:01.407 position:10% line:85% size:80% THE LAW. THERE'S A TEXAS FEDERAL CASE 14:01.407 --> 14:06.145 position:10% line:85% size:80% THAT SAYS THAT IN TALA DOESN'T APPLY TO THESE CASES. 14:06.145 --> 14:10.216 position:10% line:85% size:80% OUR JUDGE WINDMILL DECIDED THAT IT DOES APPLY TO THESE ABORTION 14:10.216 --> 14:12.218 position:10% line:85% size:80% CASES. THE REALITY IS THAT OUR LAW IS 14:12.218 --> 14:14.453 position:10% line:85% size:80% REALLY CLEAR. OUR LAW SAYS THAT IF A WOMAN'S 14:14.453 --> 14:18.190 position:10% line:85% size:80% LIFE IS IN JEOPARDY, THAT THE ABORTION CAN BE PROVIDED. 14:18.190 --> 14:21.427 position:10% line:85% size:80% AND IN THE CASES, CASE AFTER CASE AFTER CASE THAT DOCTORS 14:21.427 --> 14:24.496 position:10% line:85% size:80% KEEP BRINGING FORWARD, IN THOSE CASES THE WOMAN'S LIFE WOULD BE 14:24.496 --> 14:27.466 position:10% line:85% size:80% IN JEOPARDY. SO OUR LAW WOULD ALLOW THE 14:27.466 --> 14:32.972 position:10% line:85% size:80% ABORTION. IN FACT IN THE CASE OF AN 14:32.972 --> 14:35.374 position:10% line:85% size:80% ECTOPIC PREGNANCY, IT'S NOT EVEN AN ABORTION. 14:35.374 --> 14:38.978 position:10% line:85% size:80% BECAUSE YOU ACTUALLY HAVE AN UNVIABLE OR NONVIABLE FETUS SO 14:38.978 --> 14:42.314 position:10% line:85% size:80% AN ABORTION DOESN'T EVEN COME INTO PLACE WHEN THERE'S AN 14:42.314 --> 14:44.149 position:10% line:85% size:80% ECTOPIC PREGNANCY. HE DOESN'T SEEM TO UNDERSTAND 14:44.149 --> 14:46.885 position:10% line:85% size:80% THIS. HE SEEMS TO ONLY BE DOING THE 14:46.885 --> 14:50.155 position:10% line:85% size:80% TALKING POINTS THAT JIM JONES AND OTHER PEOPLE HAVE GIVEN TO 14:50.155 --> 14:51.390 position:10% line:85% size:80% HIM. BUT HE NEEDS TO UNDERSTAND THAT 14:51.390 --> 14:54.860 position:10% line:85% size:80% WE NEED TO DEFEND THE LAW OF IDAHO INSTEAD OF SAYING THAT 14:54.860 --> 14:58.897 position:10% line:85% size:80% WE'RE GOING TO CAVE TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. 14:58.897 --> 15:04.036 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> IT GOES BACK TO WHEN YOU BELIEVE IT'S ACCEPTABLE FOR THE 15:04.036 --> 15:07.172 position:10% line:85% size:80% FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO INTERVENE? >> I THINK MOST OF THE TIME IT'S 15:07.172 --> 15:09.074 position:10% line:85% size:80% UNACCEPTABLE UNLESS WE'RE CLEARLY VIOLATING FEDERAL LAW. 15:09.074 --> 15:11.844 position:10% line:85% size:80% AND IN THIS CASE WE'RE NOT CLEARLY VIOLATING FEDERAL LAW 15:11.844 --> 15:14.446 position:10% line:85% size:80% AND WE'RE GOING TO WIN. OBVIOUSLY WE'RE NOT GOING TO WIN 15:14.446 --> 15:17.483 position:10% line:85% size:80% WITH JUDGE WINDMILL, BUT WE'RE GOING TO WIN ON APPEAL AND IN 15:17.483 --> 15:20.519 position:10% line:85% size:80% THE SUPREME COURT. >> BRIEFLY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO 15:20.519 --> 15:25.858 position:10% line:85% size:80% RESPOND? >> Tom Arkoosh: COUNCIL SHOULD 15:25.858 --> 15:30.095 position:10% line:85% size:80% KNOW THAT PREGNANCY IS DEFINED IN OUR LAW AS A FERTILIZED EGG 15:30.095 --> 15:33.766 position:10% line:85% size:80% SO AN ECTOPIC PREGNANCY IS A PROBLEM. 15:33.766 --> 15:36.535 position:10% line:85% size:80% THAT WAS THE ARGUMENT MADE IN COURT THAT JUDGE WINDMILL 15:36.535 --> 15:41.707 position:10% line:85% size:80% REJECTED ENTIRELY. TEXAS LAW THAT IT PROVIDED FOR - 15:41.707 --> 15:45.077 position:10% line:85% size:80% AN ABORTION IF THE WOMAN'S HEALTH WAS IN JEOPARDY. 15:45.077 --> 15:48.514 position:10% line:85% size:80% OURS DOES NOT READ THAT. THEIRS READ VERY CLOSE TO THE 15:48.514 --> 15:53.385 position:10% line:85% size:80% FEDERAL LAW. YOU SHOULD ALSO KNOW THAT THE 15:53.385 --> 15:57.389 position:10% line:85% size:80% STATUTE ACTUALLY MENTIONS ABORTION, THE FEDERAL STATUTE. 15:57.389 --> 15:59.992 position:10% line:85% size:80% THANK YOU. >> THE NEXT QUESTION IS FROM 15:59.992 --> 16:01.794 position:10% line:85% size:80% JAKE. >> THIS IS FOR BOTH OF YOU, BUT 16:01.794 --> 16:05.164 position:10% line:85% size:80% I'LL START WITH MR. ARKOOSH. IDAHO MADE NATIONAL NEWS LAST 16:05.164 --> 16:07.866 position:10% line:85% size:80% WEEK WHEN THE UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO ISSUED A MEMO ADVISING 16:07.866 --> 16:11.503 position:10% line:85% size:80% STAFF MEMBERS TO AVOID PROMOTING ABORTION AND TO REMAIN NEUTRAL 16:11.503 --> 16:14.606 position:10% line:85% size:80% WHEN THE SUBJECT COMES UP IN A CLASSROOM SETTING. 16:14.606 --> 16:17.843 position:10% line:85% size:80% THIS IS AN EFFORT TO COMPLY WITH THE NO PUBLIC FUNDS FOR ABORTION 16:17.843 --> 16:20.112 position:10% line:85% size:80% ACT THAT WAS PASSED BY THE LEGISLATURE LAST YEAR. 16:20.112 --> 16:24.149 position:10% line:85% size:80% BUT CRITICS HAVE QUESTIONED WHETHER THIS IS AN INFRINGEMENT 16:24.149 --> 16:28.220 position:10% line:85% size:80% ON FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS OR ACADEMIC FREEDOMS. 16:28.220 --> 16:33.792 position:10% line:85% size:80% WHAT IS YOUR INTERPRETATION? >> Raul Labrador: PART OF THESE 16:33.792 --> 16:39.131 position:10% line:85% size:80% ABORTION LAWS SAYS IT IS A FELONY, IT'S ACTUALY A FELONY 16:39.131 --> 16:41.934 position:10% line:85% size:80% TO GIVE NOTICE OF MATERIALS REGARDING ABORTION. 16:41.934 --> 16:47.606 position:10% line:85% size:80% SO THE UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO HAS RESPONDED TO THAT DELIBERATE 16:47.606 --> 16:49.608 position:10% line:85% size:80% CHILLING EFFECT UNDER THE FIRST AMENDMENT. 16:49.608 --> 16:53.979 position:10% line:85% size:80% AND I'M REALLY WORRIED ABOUT THESE CONSERVATIVE LEGISLATORS. 16:53.979 --> 16:55.748 position:10% line:85% size:80% THAT ISN'T THE ONLY CHILLING EFFECT. 16:55.748 --> 17:00.719 position:10% line:85% size:80% LAST YEAR THERE WAS A STATUTE TO BAN BOOKS AND ARREST PEOPLE WHO 17:00.719 --> 17:04.189 position:10% line:85% size:80% ONLY CATALOGED THE BOOKS, DIDN'T EVEN WRITE THEM. 17:04.189 --> 17:05.090 position:10% line:85% size:80% THAT'S A FIRST AMENDMENT VIOLATION. 17:05.090 --> 17:08.193 position:10% line:85% size:80% I'M AFRAID WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A STATUTE THAT COMES UP AND TELLS 17:08.193 --> 17:11.397 position:10% line:85% size:80% US THAT A PREGNANT WOMAN CAN'T TRAVEL. 17:11.397 --> 17:13.899 position:10% line:85% size:80% THAT'S A VIOLATION OF THE INTERSTATE COMMERCE CLAUSE EVEN 17:13.899 --> 17:18.971 position:10% line:85% size:80% THOUGH THE PLATFORM OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY SAID THEY DON'T 17:18.971 --> 17:21.206 position:10% line:85% size:80% WANT ANY INTERFERENCE UNDER THE INTERSTATE COMMERCE CLAUSE OF 17:21.206 --> 17:26.845 position:10% line:85% size:80% THE TRANSPORT OF AMMUNITION. I THINK THAT I WAS JUST 17:26.845 --> 17:30.682 position:10% line:85% size:80% CRITICIZED BY MY OPPONENT FOR NOT UNDERSTANDING THE LAW. 17:30.682 --> 17:33.051 position:10% line:85% size:80% I DON'T THINK HE UNDERSTANDS THE HIERARCHY HERE. 17:33.051 --> 17:39.792 position:10% line:85% size:80% ALL OF THESE PROBLEMS RESULT FROM A DELIBERATE EFFORT TO 17:39.792 --> 17:42.261 position:10% line:85% size:80% CONFRONT THE FEDERAL CONSTITUTION. 17:42.261 --> 17:46.432 position:10% line:85% size:80% AND EVERYTHING COMES UNDER THE 10th AMENDMENT ACCORDING TO 17:46.432 --> 17:49.568 position:10% line:85% size:80% THESE CONSERVATIVE LEGISLATORS. THAT IS TO SAY IT'S NOT 17:49.568 --> 17:50.869 position:10% line:85% size:80% ADDRESSED IN THE FEDERAL CONSTITUTION. 17:50.869 --> 17:52.538 position:10% line:85% size:80% ALL OF THESE THINGS ARE ADDRESSED AND ALL OF THESE 17:52.538 --> 17:54.807 position:10% line:85% size:80% THINGS ARE A PROBLEM. AND THERE NEEDS TO BE DISCUSSION 17:54.807 --> 17:59.945 position:10% line:85% size:80% BEFORE THIS LITIGATION, THANK YOU. 17:59.945 --> 18:02.381 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> WHAT IS YOUR INTERPRETATION OF THAT LAW WHEN IT COMES TO THE 18:02.381 --> 18:07.553 position:10% line:85% size:80% MEMO OF THE UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO? >> Raul Labrador: SO I HAVEN'T 18:07.553 --> 18:11.523 position:10% line:85% size:80% READ THE MEMO, BUT WHAT I UNDERSTAND FROM JUST REPORTS IS 18:11.523 --> 18:13.792 position:10% line:85% size:80% THAT THE UNIVERSITY SAID SOMETHING REALLY CLEAR THAT IN 18:13.792 --> 18:19.298 position:10% line:85% size:80% THE CASE OF ADVOCATING FOR ABORTIONS, EMPLOYEES OF THE 18:19.298 --> 18:21.233 position:10% line:85% size:80% UNIVERSITY COULD NOT ADVOCATE FOR ABORTION. 18:21.233 --> 18:24.703 position:10% line:85% size:80% BUT IF YOU WERE JUST GOING TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT THE 18:24.703 --> 18:27.239 position:10% line:85% size:80% POLICY OF ABORTION, THAT THAT WOULD BE FINE. 18:27.239 --> 18:30.342 position:10% line:85% size:80% THAT THERE'S NOTHING WRONG, BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE YOUR FIRST 18:30.342 --> 18:35.247 position:10% line:85% size:80% AMENDMENT RIGHTS ARE IMPLICATED. SO IT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 18:35.247 --> 18:38.383 position:10% line:85% size:80% DISCUSSING IN THE CLASSROOM WHICH THERE'S FULL ACADEMIC 18:38.383 --> 18:43.922 position:10% line:85% size:80% FREEDOM FOR, OR ADVOCATING FOR ABORTION AND OTHER THINGS. 18:43.922 --> 18:47.326 position:10% line:85% size:80% THERE'S ALSO SOMETHING WHICH I HAVEN'T READ THE MEMO BUT I READ 18:47.326 --> 18:49.661 position:10% line:85% size:80% IN THE REPORTS THAT TALKS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT CONTRACEPTIONS 18:49.661 --> 18:51.964 position:10% line:85% size:80% AND THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT THAT'S NOT BASED ON THE LAW 18:51.964 --> 18:54.800 position:10% line:85% size:80% AS I UNDERSTAND IT ON THE LAW THAT JUST PASSED A COUPLE OF 18:54.800 --> 18:56.668 position:10% line:85% size:80% YEARS AGO. THAT'S ACTUALLY BASED ON A LAW 18:56.668 --> 18:58.637 position:10% line:85% size:80% THAT'S BEEN ON THE BOOKS FOR 40 YEARS. 18:58.637 --> 19:02.841 position:10% line:85% size:80% AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO TALK TO A LEGISLATURE 19:02.841 --> 19:04.543 position:10% line:85% size:80% ABOUT AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY CLARIFY. 19:04.543 --> 19:08.113 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> THE NEXT QUESTION COMES FROM KELCIE. 19:08.113 --> 19:10.983 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> MR. ARKOOSH, YOU HAVE SIGNIFICANT EXPERIENCE WORKING 19:10.983 --> 19:14.286 position:10% line:85% size:80% UNDER THE FEDERAL COURT SYSTEM, BUT LESS EXPERIENCE WORKING IN 19:14.286 --> 19:19.024 position:10% line:85% size:80% IDAHO'S DISTRICT COURTROOMS. WHY SHOULD IDAHOANS TRUST THAT 19:19.024 --> 19:22.561 position:10% line:85% size:80% YOU'RE PREPARED TO TAKE ON THE TYPES OF CASES THAT THE AG'S 19:22.561 --> 19:26.331 position:10% line:85% size:80% OFFICE SEES. >> Tom Arkoosh: I'VE APPEARED IN 19:26.331 --> 19:27.966 position:10% line:85% size:80% 104 ACTIONS ON OUR FEDERAL SYSTEM. 19:27.966 --> 19:32.237 position:10% line:85% size:80% I'VE APPEARED ON MAYBE 3 OR 4 TIMES MORE IN OUR STATE SYSTEM. 19:32.237 --> 19:37.042 position:10% line:85% size:80% I HAVE A LOT MORE EXPERIENCE THAN THAT 104 CASES IN THE 19:37.042 --> 19:41.146 position:10% line:85% size:80% FEDERAL SYSTEM IN THE STATE SYSTEM. 19:41.146 --> 19:44.016 position:10% line:85% size:80% SO YOU MIGHT HAVE THOSE NUMBERS A BIT REVERSED. 19:44.016 --> 19:50.589 position:10% line:85% size:80% WHY SHOULD THEY TRUST ME? WELL I RUN A SUCCESSFUL LAW 19:50.589 --> 19:54.893 position:10% line:85% size:80% OFFICE AND I'M NOT LOOKING FOR A JOB AND I'M CERTAINLY NOT 19:54.893 --> 19:57.529 position:10% line:85% size:80% LOOKING FOR THE PAY CUT THAT WOULD COME WITH THIS JOB. 19:57.529 --> 20:01.366 position:10% line:85% size:80% SO I THINK THAT THEY CAN TRUST ME GIVEN MY 44 YEARS OF 20:01.366 --> 20:03.569 position:10% line:85% size:80% EXPERIENCE. AND THE OTHER THING ABOUT MY 20:03.569 --> 20:09.508 position:10% line:85% size:80% EXPERIENCE I WANT YOU TO KNOW, I NOT ONLY HAVE A RESPECTABLE 20:09.508 --> 20:13.412 position:10% line:85% size:80% EXPERTISE, I'M NOT THE BEST EXPERT IN IDAHO AND I CAN NAME 20:13.412 --> 20:15.314 position:10% line:85% size:80% THOSE MEN. BUT I HAVE A VERY RESPECTABLE 20:15.314 --> 20:18.717 position:10% line:85% size:80% EXPERTISE IN WATER LAW. BUT I HAVE DONE A TREMENDOUS 20:18.717 --> 20:21.687 position:10% line:85% size:80% AMOUNT OF ADMINISTRATIVE LAW, AND THAT'S WHERE THE RUBBER 20:21.687 --> 20:25.223 position:10% line:85% size:80% MEETS THE ROAD FOR MOST OF OUR BUSINESSES. 20:25.223 --> 20:27.726 position:10% line:85% size:80% THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE TO DECIDE WHETHER WE'RE GOING TO BUILD OR 20:27.726 --> 20:32.497 position:10% line:85% size:80% NOT BUILD. AND I HAVE LITIGATED IN 20:32.497 --> 20:36.735 position:10% line:85% size:80% NUMERABLE STATE AGENCY CASES AND APPEARED BEFORE INNUMERABLE 20:36.735 --> 20:39.171 position:10% line:85% size:80% STATE AGENCIES IN THE STATE OF IDAHO. 20:39.171 --> 20:42.975 position:10% line:85% size:80% AND I TRULY DO UNDERSTAND ADMINISTRATIVE LAW AND I 20:42.975 --> 20:46.578 position:10% line:85% size:80% UNDERSTAND THAT WE CANNOT MAKE ADMINISTRATIVE LAW A BURDEN. 20:46.578 --> 20:53.251 position:10% line:85% size:80% IT'S GOT TO PUSH THE BUSINESS PROCESSES FORWARD. 20:53.251 --> 20:55.087 position:10% line:85% size:80% THANK YOU. >> CONGRESSMAN LABRADOR, WHILE 20:55.087 --> 20:58.190 position:10% line:85% size:80% YOU HAVE POLITICAL EXPERIENCE AND LOBBYING EXPERIENCE, YOU 20:58.190 --> 21:02.260 position:10% line:85% size:80% HAVEN'T WORKED IN RECENT MAGISTRATE COURTROOMS IN IDAHO 21:02.260 --> 21:05.764 position:10% line:85% size:80% IN QUITE SOME TIME. WHY SHOULD IDAHOANS TRUST THAT 21:05.764 --> 21:10.102 position:10% line:85% size:80% CASES THAT THE ATTORNEY GENERAL SEES EVERY YEAR? 21:10.102 --> 21:16.475 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Raul Labrador: AS THE FORMER ATTORNEY GENERAL, DAVID LEROY 21:16.475 --> 21:20.479 position:10% line:85% size:80% SAID I'M PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST QUALIFIED PEOPLE TO RUN FOR 21:20.479 --> 21:22.648 position:10% line:85% size:80% THIS OFFICE. I DID FEDERAL ADMINISTRATIVE 21:22.648 --> 21:24.583 position:10% line:85% size:80% COURTS AND CRIMINAL LAW IN THE STATE COURTS. 21:24.583 --> 21:27.819 position:10% line:85% size:80% I ALSO HAVE EXPERIENCE AS A LEGISLATOR, I HAVE EXPERIENCE AS 21:27.819 --> 21:32.491 position:10% line:85% size:80% AN ELECTED OFFICIAL, I HAVE EXPERIENCE IN SO MANY DIFFERENT 21:32.491 --> 21:35.394 position:10% line:85% size:80% AREAS THAT ARE RELEVANT TO THIS POSITION. 21:35.394 --> 21:37.996 position:10% line:85% size:80% MY OPPONENT AND HIS FRIENDS KEEP ATTACKING ME BECAUSE I SAID AT 21:37.996 --> 21:40.866 position:10% line:85% size:80% ONE POINT THAT THIS IS A POLITICAL POSITION. 21:40.866 --> 21:43.702 position:10% line:85% size:80% IT IS A POLITICAL POSITION. I THOUGHT I WAS SAYING THAT THE 21:43.702 --> 21:46.672 position:10% line:85% size:80% SKY WAS BLUE. THAT'S ALL I THOUGHT I WAS 21:46.672 --> 21:49.441 position:10% line:85% size:80% SAYING THAT BECAUSE THE CONSTITUTION REQUIRES THAT YOU 21:49.441 --> 21:53.979 position:10% line:85% size:80% GET ELECTED, THAT YOU GO TO THE VOTERS, THAT YOU ASK THE VOTERS 21:53.979 --> 21:57.582 position:10% line:85% size:80% TO GIVE YOU THEIR SUPPORT, THAT YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE 21:57.582 --> 22:00.185 position:10% line:85% size:80% POLITICAL PROCESS WHEN YOU'RE DEALING WITH THE LEGISLATURE AND 22:00.185 --> 22:03.922 position:10% line:85% size:80% ELECTED OFFICIALS. I THOUGHT IT WAS A SIMPLE 22:03.922 --> 22:05.791 position:10% line:85% size:80% ANSWER. SOMEHOW THAT HAS BEEN 22:05.791 --> 22:08.694 position:10% line:85% size:80% MISCONSTRUED BY MY OPPONENT AND HIS FRIENDS AS SAYING THAT I 22:08.694 --> 22:11.163 position:10% line:85% size:80% WANT TO PUT POLITICS ABOVE THE LAW. 22:11.163 --> 22:14.900 position:10% line:85% size:80% I HAVE NEVER SAID THAT ONCE. IN FACT I INVITE YOU TO DO A 22:14.900 --> 22:16.401 position:10% line:85% size:80% GOOGLE SEARCH. I HAVE NEVER SAID THAT ONCE. 22:16.401 --> 22:20.939 position:10% line:85% size:80% THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO SAY THAT ARE MY OPPONENT'S FRIENDS AND HIS 22:20.939 --> 22:22.441 position:10% line:85% size:80% SUPPORTERS. BECAUSE THE ONLY WAY THAT THEY 22:22.441 --> 22:27.546 position:10% line:85% size:80% CAN ATTACK ME IS BY LYING ABOUT MY RECORD, BY EXAGGERATING THE 22:27.546 --> 22:32.050 position:10% line:85% size:80% THINGS THAT I HAVE DONE. MY RECORD IS REALLY CLEAR, I AM 22:32.050 --> 22:35.721 position:10% line:85% size:80% A STRONG, CONSERVATIVE ADVOCATE FOR THE VALUES OF IDAHO. 22:35.721 --> 22:39.491 position:10% line:85% size:80% I AM A STRONG, CONSERVATIVE ADVOCATE FOR THE PEOPLE OF 22:39.491 --> 22:42.527 position:10% line:85% size:80% IDAHO. I WILL DEFEND THEM IN THE 22:42.527 --> 22:45.397 position:10% line:85% size:80% COURTS, I WILL DEFEND THEM IF I WIN AS ATTORNEY GENERAL. 22:45.397 --> 22:48.467 position:10% line:85% size:80% AND THAT'S WHY I OVERWHELMINGLY WON IN THE PRIMARY BECAUSE THE 22:48.467 --> 22:52.537 position:10% line:85% size:80% PEOPLE OF IDAHO WERE LOOKING FOR IN THAT OFFICE. 22:52.537 --> 22:55.307 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> HOW HAS YOUR EXPERIENCE LENDED TO THAT OFFICE? 22:55.307 --> 22:57.375 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> I HAVE TRIAL EXPERIENCE, I HAVE EXPERIENCE IN GOVERNMENT. 22:57.375 --> 23:04.049 position:10% line:85% size:80% I HAVE STAFF IN GOVERNMENT THAT I HAVE BEEN, I HAD 14 PEOPLE WHO 23:04.049 --> 23:06.818 position:10% line:85% size:80% WORK FOR ME IN THE CONGRESSIONAL OFFICE. 23:06.818 --> 23:10.055 position:10% line:85% size:80% I ALSO HAD A LAW FIRM FOR TEN YEARS WHERE I HAD THREE 23:10.055 --> 23:15.894 position:10% line:85% size:80% ATTORNEYS WORKING FOR ME AND 5 OR 6 PARALEGALS. 23:15.894 --> 23:18.930 position:10% line:85% size:80% SO I HAVE EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE IN PRIVATE PRACTICE. 23:18.930 --> 23:21.399 position:10% line:85% size:80% I HAVE EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE IN GOVERNMENT PRACTICE. 23:21.399 --> 23:24.069 position:10% line:85% size:80% I EVEN OWN A PRIVATE BUSINESS UNRELATED TO THE LAW. 23:24.069 --> 23:26.571 position:10% line:85% size:80% THERE'S NOBODY IN THIS RACE THAT HAS THE EXPERIENCE THAT I HAVE 23:26.571 --> 23:33.378 position:10% line:85% size:80% AND THAT'S WHY PEOPLE ARE EXCITED ABOUT MY CANDIDACY. 23:33.378 --> 23:37.549 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> MOVING TO EDUCATION. MR. ARKOOSH, THE IDAHO 23:37.549 --> 23:40.352 position:10% line:85% size:80% CONSTITUTION SAYS IT SHALL BE THE DUTY OF THE LEGISLATION TO 23:40.352 --> 23:46.825 position:10% line:85% size:80% ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN A GENERAL UNIFORM AND THOROUGH SYSTEM OF 23:46.825 --> 23:49.427 position:10% line:85% size:80% PUBLIC SCHOOLS. THERE ARE LEGISLATORS PUSHING TO 23:49.427 --> 23:53.331 position:10% line:85% size:80% ALLOW PRIVATE SCHOOL VOUCHERS, DO YOU BELIEVE THOSE ARE TOO 23:53.331 --> 23:55.934 position:10% line:85% size:80% USUAL? >> Tom Arkoosh: NO, AND THE 23:55.934 --> 23:58.804 position:10% line:85% size:80% REASON IS THIS, JUST VERY RECENTLY THE U.S. SUPREME COURT 23:58.804 --> 24:02.908 position:10% line:85% size:80% HAS SAID IF YOU'RE GOING TO GIVE VOUCHERS TO PRIVATE SCHOOLS OR 24:02.908 --> 24:08.146 position:10% line:85% size:80% MONEY TO PRIVATE SCHOOLS, YOU HAVE TO GIVE VOUCHERS OR MONEY 24:08.146 --> 24:11.516 position:10% line:85% size:80% TO RELIGIOUS SCHOOLS. AND THE BLAIN AMENDMENT IN THE 24:11.516 --> 24:13.018 position:10% line:85% size:80% U.S. CONSTITUTION SAYS WE CAN'T DO THAT. 24:13.018 --> 24:15.420 position:10% line:85% size:80% SO RIGHT NOW I BELIEVE THAT IS A DEAD ISSUE AND IT SHOULD BE A 24:15.420 --> 24:19.891 position:10% line:85% size:80% DEAD ISSUE. THE ISSUE IN EDUCATION TODAY, 24:19.891 --> 24:24.162 position:10% line:85% size:80% THE MOST IMPORTANT ISSUE IN EDUCATION TODAY IS FUNDING AS 24:24.162 --> 24:27.899 position:10% line:85% size:80% YOU KNOW. THE EQUAL EDUCATION OPPORTUNITY 24:27.899 --> 24:32.771 position:10% line:85% size:80% CASES STARTING IN 1990 RESULTED IN AN OPINION BY OUR SUPREME 24:32.771 --> 24:38.343 position:10% line:85% size:80% COURT IN 1998 THAT ITS THE STATE'S OBLIGATION TO PROVIDE 24:38.343 --> 24:41.146 position:10% line:85% size:80% FOR FACILITIES. AND IN 2005 OUR SUPREME COURT 24:41.146 --> 24:48.653 position:10% line:85% size:80% FOUND WE WEREN'T DOING THAT. AND I THINK THAT WE HAVE TO 24:48.653 --> 24:53.859 position:10% line:85% size:80% ADDRESS THAT ISSUE HEAD ON AT SOME POINT. 24:53.859 --> 24:58.997 position:10% line:85% size:80% THE OFFICE OF PERFORMANCE EVALUATION FOUND THAT WE'RE 24:58.997 --> 25:05.003 position:10% line:85% size:80% SHORT $850 MILLION TO MAKE 77 OF OUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAVE 25:05.003 --> 25:12.210 position:10% line:85% size:80% FACILITIES THAT WERE JUST GOOD. AND SOMEHOW THE LEGISLATURE AND 25:12.210 --> 25:15.747 position:10% line:85% size:80% THE EVERYBODY ELSE INVOLVED IN THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM HAVE 25:15.747 --> 25:19.918 position:10% line:85% size:80% SWEPT THAT UNDER THE RUG. IT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. 25:19.918 --> 25:24.289 position:10% line:85% size:80% THANK YOU. >> SO ASSUMING THE LEGISLATURE 25:24.289 --> 25:28.126 position:10% line:85% size:80% PASSES A PRIVATE SCHOOL VOUCHERS BILL NEXT YEAR, HOW WOULD YOU 25:28.126 --> 25:31.096 position:10% line:85% size:80% APPROACH THAT WHEN LEGAL CHALLENGES ARISE TO IT? 25:31.096 --> 25:33.798 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Tom Arkoosh: THE SAME WAY. I WOULD WRITE AN OPINION AND 25:33.798 --> 25:39.404 position:10% line:85% size:80% THEN I WOULD TRY TO TALK. YOU KNOW, THE FACT THAT THE 25:39.404 --> 25:42.340 position:10% line:85% size:80% LEGISLATURE PASSES THIS STUFF DOESN'T MEAN THAT'S THE TOTAL 25:42.340 --> 25:45.143 position:10% line:85% size:80% END OF THE ROAD BEFORE WE HAVE TO GO LITIGATE. 25:45.143 --> 25:52.050 position:10% line:85% size:80% AND SOMETHING I NEED TO POINT OUT TO COUNSEL ABOUT THIS 25:52.050 --> 25:55.787 position:10% line:85% size:80% LITIGATION QUESTION, A LAWYER TAKES AN OATH NOT TO DO 25:55.787 --> 25:59.024 position:10% line:85% size:80% FRIVOLOUS STUFF. AND IN COURT THERE'S A RULE THAT 25:59.024 --> 26:01.626 position:10% line:85% size:80% YOU CAN'T DO FRIVOLOUS STUFF. SO THERE'S A WAY AROUND IT FOR 26:01.626 --> 26:05.230 position:10% line:85% size:80% THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE. FOR THE PENDING CASE RIGHT NOW 26:05.230 --> 26:09.334 position:10% line:85% size:80% ON ABORTION, THERE ARE FOLKS THAT ARE INDEED CONTENT TO 26:09.334 --> 26:12.570 position:10% line:85% size:80% REPRESENT THE LEGISLATURE. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE, 26:12.570 --> 26:18.576 position:10% line:85% size:80% IF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL THINKS IT'S FRIVOLOUS CAN PROVIDE A 26:18.576 --> 26:21.379 position:10% line:85% size:80% DEFENSE FOR THE PEOPLE. THANK YOU. 26:21.379 --> 26:23.715 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> CONGRESSMAN LABRADOR, SAME QUESTION TO YOU. 26:23.715 --> 26:26.851 position:10% line:85% size:80% IF THOSE PRIVATE SCHOOL VOUCHERS, ARE THEY 26:26.851 --> 26:29.721 position:10% line:85% size:80% CONSTITUTIONAL? >> Raul Labrador: NUMBER ONE, 26:29.721 --> 26:32.824 position:10% line:85% size:80% WHEN I'VE TALKED TO THE LEGISLATURE, THEY'RE NOT DOING 26:32.824 --> 26:35.727 position:10% line:85% size:80% PRIVATE SCHOOL VOUCHERS AS YOU CALL THEM, WHAT THEY WANT TO DO 26:35.727 --> 26:38.396 position:10% line:85% size:80% IS MONEY FOLLOWS THE CHILD. WHEN MONEY FOLLOWS THE CHILD, 26:38.396 --> 26:40.799 position:10% line:85% size:80% THE PARENT GETS TO DECIDE WHAT THEY CAN DO WITH THAT MONEY 26:40.799 --> 26:43.101 position:10% line:85% size:80% WHETHER IT GOES TO A PRIVATE SCHOOL OR A RELIGIOUS SCHOOL, 26:43.101 --> 26:45.403 position:10% line:85% size:80% WHETHER IT GOES TO A PUBLIC SCHOOL. 26:45.403 --> 26:46.504 position:10% line:85% size:80% I THINK THAT'S WHAT THEY WANT TO DO. 26:46.504 --> 26:50.208 position:10% line:85% size:80% AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE SUPREME COURT RECENTLY SAID THAT ANY 26:50.208 --> 26:56.381 position:10% line:85% size:80% MONEY THAT IS GIVEN TO A PARENT OR TO AN INSTITUTION, IF IT'S 26:56.381 --> 27:00.785 position:10% line:85% size:80% GIVEN TO AN INDIVIDUAL OR AN INSTITUTION, THAT MONEY CAN THEN 27:00.785 --> 27:04.456 position:10% line:85% size:80% BE USED FOR RELIGIOUS PURPOSES AS LONG AS IT'S BEING USED BY 27:04.456 --> 27:06.858 position:10% line:85% size:80% THE PARENT. THE BLAIN AMENDMENT I THINK IS 27:06.858 --> 27:10.328 position:10% line:85% size:80% GOING TO BE FOUND TO NOT APPLY. IN FACT THE ATTORNEY GENERAL IN 27:10.328 --> 27:14.232 position:10% line:85% size:80% THE STATE OF IDAHO JUST ISSUED AN OPINION THIS LAST YEAR THAT 27:14.232 --> 27:18.169 position:10% line:85% size:80% IT WOULD BE OKAY FOR AT LEAST WHAT THE LEGISLATURE WAS TRYING 27:18.169 --> 27:20.605 position:10% line:85% size:80% TO DO WHICH WAS TO HAVE MONEY FOLLOW THE CHILD. 27:20.605 --> 27:23.541 position:10% line:85% size:80% SO HE'S IN DISAGREEMENT EVEN WITH THE CURRENT ATTORNEY 27:23.541 --> 27:26.878 position:10% line:85% size:80% GENERAL'S OPINION ON THIS ISSUE. AND I WILL STRONGLY DEFEND IT, I 27:26.878 --> 27:32.917 position:10% line:85% size:80% WILL MAKE SURE THAT THEY DRAFT IT IN A WAY THAT COMPORTS WITH 27:32.917 --> 27:34.419 position:10% line:85% size:80% THE CONSTITUTION. I THINK THIS IS THE KEY TO THE 27:34.419 --> 27:37.422 position:10% line:85% size:80% DIFFERENCE BETWEEN US. HE'S GOING TO STAND UP AND TELL 27:37.422 --> 27:39.891 position:10% line:85% size:80% THE LEGISLATORS THAT WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS WRONG AND WHAT YOU'RE 27:39.891 --> 27:43.762 position:10% line:85% size:80% DOING IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL. MY JOB TO WORK WITH THE 27:43.762 --> 27:46.664 position:10% line:85% size:80% LEGISLATORS IS TO HELP THEM DRAFT IT IN A WAY THAT CAN BE 27:46.664 --> 27:50.902 position:10% line:85% size:80% DEFENDED IN THE COURTS. SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO FILE 27:50.902 --> 27:53.738 position:10% line:85% size:80% FRIVOLOUS SUITS, YOU DON'T HAVE TO FILE ANY LAWSUITS THAT WE'RE 27:53.738 --> 27:55.707 position:10% line:85% size:80% GOING TO LOSE. IN FACT I THINK WE'RE GOING TO 27:55.707 --> 27:58.243 position:10% line:85% size:80% SAVE MONEY IN THE STATE OF IDAHO BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO TRUST 27:58.243 --> 28:00.445 position:10% line:85% size:80% THEIR ATTORNEY GENERAL, THEY'RE GOING TO UNDERSTAND THAT I WILL 28:00.445 --> 28:04.716 position:10% line:85% size:80% HELP THEM DRAFT LEGISLATION IN A WAY THAT COMPORTS WITH THE 28:04.716 --> 28:09.087 position:10% line:85% size:80% CONSTITUTION AND WITH THE STATUTES OF OUR COUNTRY AND OUR 28:09.087 --> 28:11.956 position:10% line:85% size:80% STATE AND THEY WILL LISTEN TO ME WHEN I TELL THEM THAT I 28:11.956 --> 28:14.626 position:10% line:85% size:80% SHOULDN'T DO SOMETHING. WITH HIM THEY'RE NOT GOING TO 28:14.626 --> 28:17.695 position:10% line:85% size:80% LISTEN TO HIM BECAUSE HE'S ALREADY SAID 2 OR 3 OCCASIONS 28:17.695 --> 28:21.199 position:10% line:85% size:80% THAT WHEN HE DISAGREES WITH THEM, HE'S NOT GOING TO DEFEND 28:21.199 --> 28:24.102 position:10% line:85% size:80% WHAT THEY'RE DOING. >> MR. ARKOOSH, I'LL GIVE YOU 30 28:24.102 --> 28:27.005 position:10% line:85% size:80% SECONDS TO RESPOND. >> Tom Arkoosh: I WOULD LIKE TO 28:27.005 --> 28:29.808 position:10% line:85% size:80% KEEP MY OATH, AND THE TOP TIER OF THE OATH IS THE CONSTITUTION 28:29.808 --> 28:32.710 position:10% line:85% size:80% OF THE UNITED STATES. HOW HAS THAT WORKED OUT SO FAR 28:32.710 --> 28:37.215 position:10% line:85% size:80% WHEN THE LEGISLATURE DECIDES TO PASS A BLATANTLY 28:37.215 --> 28:39.751 position:10% line:85% size:80% UNCONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT AND THEN SPEND THE CONSTITUTIONAL 28:39.751 --> 28:43.288 position:10% line:85% size:80% DEFENSE FUND TO DEFEND IT. IT JUST COSTS US MONEY. 28:43.288 --> 28:45.924 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> THE NEXT QUESTION COMES FROM JAKE GARCIA. 28:45.924 --> 28:48.426 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> THIS IS FOR BOTH CANDIDATES. MR. ARKOOSH, I'LL BEGIN WITH 28:48.426 --> 28:50.195 position:10% line:85% size:80% YOU. THE LEGISLATURE PASSED A BILL 28:50.195 --> 28:55.900 position:10% line:85% size:80% THIS YEAR MAKING IT EASIER TO OBTAIN CHEMICALS USED IN 28:55.900 --> 28:58.336 position:10% line:85% size:80% EXECUTION BY LETHAL INJECTION. AS THE ATTORNEY GENERAL IT WOULD 28:58.336 --> 29:00.972 position:10% line:85% size:80% BE YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO REQUEST AND OBTAIN A DEATH 29:00.972 --> 29:02.540 position:10% line:85% size:80% WARRANT FOR THE PERSON ON DEATH ROW. 29:02.540 --> 29:05.009 position:10% line:85% size:80% WOULD YOU BE AN ADVOCATE FOR DEATH ROW AND WHAT ARE YOUR 29:05.009 --> 29:08.646 position:10% line:85% size:80% THOUGHTS ON TRANSPARENCY ABOUT THE PROCESS? 29:08.646 --> 29:14.185 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Tom Arkoosh: WELL THIS IS A POLICY QUESTION SQUARELY IN THE 29:14.185 --> 29:21.626 position:10% line:85% size:80% HANDS OF THE LEGISLATURE. I DO NOT SEE ANY CONSTITUTIONAL 29:21.626 --> 29:24.562 position:10% line:85% size:80% PROBLEM LIKE THE THINGS WE HAVE PREVIOUSLY BEEN TALKING ABOUT. 29:24.562 --> 29:26.898 position:10% line:85% size:80% THAT'S A SIMPLE POLICY QUESTION JUST LIKE THE DETERMINATION 29:26.898 --> 29:32.070 position:10% line:85% size:80% THAT'S GOING TO COME DOWN ABOUT NONMEDICAL CARE ABORTIONS. 29:32.070 --> 29:37.242 position:10% line:85% size:80% IT'S THE LAW AND THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE, ITS DUTY IS TO 29:37.242 --> 29:43.548 position:10% line:85% size:80% DEFEND THE LAW UNTIL THE LAW OFFENDS EITHER THE STATE OR THE 29:43.548 --> 29:47.986 position:10% line:85% size:80% FEDERAL CONSTITUTION. THAT'S ONE THING COUNSEL WANTS 29:47.986 --> 29:54.559 position:10% line:85% size:80% TO PASS OVER COMPLETELY THAT THERE MAY BE MORE INVOLVED THAN 29:54.559 --> 29:57.395 position:10% line:85% size:80% THE IDAHO SENATE. I THINK THE ACLU IS HOPING HE'S 29:57.395 --> 30:03.835 position:10% line:85% size:80% GOING TO GET ELECTED SO THAT THEY CAN HAVE MORE LITIGATION. 30:03.835 --> 30:06.337 position:10% line:85% size:80% THANK YOU. >> Raul Labrador: THEY HAVEN'T 30:06.337 --> 30:09.174 position:10% line:85% size:80% ENDORSED ME YET. >> SAME QUESTION TO YOU. 30:09.174 --> 30:12.944 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Raul Labrador: I DON'T KNOW THAT I WOULD BE AN ADVOCATE FOR 30:12.944 --> 30:15.346 position:10% line:85% size:80% THE DEATH PENALTY. I THINK MY JOB IS TO FULFILL THE 30:15.346 --> 30:19.484 position:10% line:85% size:80% DUTIES OF ATTORNEY GENERAL AND TO FOLLOW THE LAW AS THE 30:19.484 --> 30:22.987 position:10% line:85% size:80% LEGISLATURE PASSED IT. >> WHAT'S YOUR THOUGHTS ON 30:22.987 --> 30:28.226 position:10% line:85% size:80% TRANSPARENCY ABOUT THE PROCESS? >> Raul Labrador: I THINK 30:28.226 --> 30:32.063 position:10% line:85% size:80% TRANSPARENCY IS ALWAYS GOOD. >> Tom Arkoosh: AND I AGREE WITH 30:32.063 --> 30:33.498 position:10% line:85% size:80% THAT. >> MR. ARKOOSH, DO YOU ACCEPT 30:33.498 --> 30:39.404 position:10% line:85% size:80% THE RESULTS OF THE 2020 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION? 30:39.404 --> 30:45.410 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Tom Arkoosh: YES. >> THERE ARE MANY IDAHOANS WHO 30:45.410 --> 30:47.779 position:10% line:85% size:80% DON'T AGREE WITH YOU AND HOW WOULD YOU WORK TO ASSURE THEM 30:47.779 --> 30:52.383 position:10% line:85% size:80% THAT OUR ELECTIONS ARE SECURE? >> Tom Arkoosh: THIS REFLECTS 30:52.383 --> 30:55.253 position:10% line:85% size:80% UPON THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MY OPPONENT AND ME. 30:55.253 --> 31:00.258 position:10% line:85% size:80% HE TOLD MARK MEADOWS THAT DAY THAT HE WOULD NOT HAVE VOTED TO 31:00.258 --> 31:02.594 position:10% line:85% size:80% CERTIFY THAT ELECTION. THERE HAVE BEEN 60 NATIONAL AND 31:02.594 --> 31:06.030 position:10% line:85% size:80% FEDERAL LAWSUITS, EVERY ONE OF THEM HAS BEEN DISMISSED BECAUSE 31:06.030 --> 31:09.601 position:10% line:85% size:80% THERE ARE NO FACTS CONTRARY TO THE FACT THAT THE ELECTION WAS 31:09.601 --> 31:12.670 position:10% line:85% size:80% VALID. WHAT MY OPPONENT PROPOSED TO 31:12.670 --> 31:18.243 position:10% line:85% size:80% LAWRENCE WATSON AND HIGHLY CRITICIZED HIM FOR WAS TO JOIN 31:18.243 --> 31:21.212 position:10% line:85% size:80% ATTORNEY GENERAL PAXTON'S LAWSUIT FROM TEXAS WHERE HE SUED 31:21.212 --> 31:28.419 position:10% line:85% size:80% OTHER STATES AND TRIED TO GET THEM TO DECERTIFY THEIR OWN 31:28.419 --> 31:29.454 position:10% line:85% size:80% ELECTORS. IT TOOK THE SUPREME COURT FOUR 31:29.454 --> 31:35.893 position:10% line:85% size:80% DAYS TO GET RID OF THAT LAWSUIT. AND THE REASON WAS THAT THE 31:35.893 --> 31:38.062 position:10% line:85% size:80% SUPREME COURT SAID ONE STATE DOESN'T HAVE STANDING TO TELL 31:38.062 --> 31:40.531 position:10% line:85% size:80% ANOTHER STATE WHAT TO DO. TWO JUSTICES DISAGREED WITH 31:40.531 --> 31:44.002 position:10% line:85% size:80% THAT, BUT THEY SAID WE WOULDN'T GIVE YOU THE RELIEF ANYWAY. 31:44.002 --> 31:48.273 position:10% line:85% size:80% AND THE CONSEQUENCE OF THAT ARE THOSE RULES THAT I TALKED ABOUT. 31:48.273 --> 31:51.142 position:10% line:85% size:80% ATTORNEY GENERAL PAXTON SUPPORTED BY MY OPPONENT IS NOW 31:51.142 --> 31:54.112 position:10% line:85% size:80% IN FRONT OF THE TEXAS BAR ON DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS FOR NOT 31:54.112 --> 32:00.084 position:10% line:85% size:80% HAVING THE FACTS AND NOT HAVING THE LAW AND FILING A FRIVOLOUS 32:00.084 --> 32:01.085 position:10% line:85% size:80% LAWSUIT. THANK YOU. 32:01.085 --> 32:02.987 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> CONGRESSMAN LABRADOR, SAME QUESTION TO YOU. 32:02.987 --> 32:06.357 position:10% line:85% size:80% DO YOU ACCEPT THE RESULTS OF THE 2020 ELECTION? 32:06.357 --> 32:10.995 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Raul Labrador: I DO, HOWEVER I THINK THE ELECTION WAS 32:10.995 --> 32:13.765 position:10% line:85% size:80% PROBLEMATIC. AND I THINK THERE'S CLEARLY 32:13.765 --> 32:16.834 position:10% line:85% size:80% EVIDENCE THAT THE MEDIA LIED ABOUT A BUNCH OF THINGS THAT 32:16.834 --> 32:17.935 position:10% line:85% size:80% HAPPENED DURING THE 2016 ELECTION. 32:17.935 --> 32:24.842 position:10% line:85% size:80% WE HAD A BUNCH OF DEMOCRATS WHO WERE CRYING ABOUT RUSSIA FOR 32:24.842 --> 32:29.013 position:10% line:85% size:80% FOUR YEARS AND LYING ABOUT PROVIDING DISINFORMATION ABOUT 32:29.013 --> 32:30.615 position:10% line:85% size:80% RUSSIA. WE HAVE ALREADY SEEN TWITTER AND 32:30.615 --> 32:34.118 position:10% line:85% size:80% FACEBOOK CLAIM AND ADMIT THAT THEY HID INFORMATION ABOUT 32:34.118 --> 32:36.120 position:10% line:85% size:80% HUNTER BIDEN. THERE WAS A LOT OF STUFF THAT 32:36.120 --> 32:39.057 position:10% line:85% size:80% WAS HAPPENING IN THE 2020 ELECTION. 32:39.057 --> 32:41.893 position:10% line:85% size:80% AND WHAT I SAY IS THAT THE ELECTION WAS STOLEN, BUT IT WAS 32:41.893 --> 32:45.229 position:10% line:85% size:80% STOLEN IN PLAIN SIGHT. I DON'T THINK SOME OF THE WILDER 32:45.229 --> 32:49.801 position:10% line:85% size:80% CLAIMS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE ABOUT THE ELECTION PROCESS THAT THEY 32:49.801 --> 32:54.238 position:10% line:85% size:80% HAVE BEEN BORNE OUT TO BE TRUE. BUT THERE'S NO QUESTION THAT 32:54.238 --> 32:56.174 position:10% line:85% size:80% THERE WERE PROBLEMS IN THE ELECTION PROCESS AND THAT WE AS 32:56.174 --> 33:00.812 position:10% line:85% size:80% THE PEOPLE OF IDAHO NEED TO ENSURE THAT WE DON'T HAVE THOSE 33:00.812 --> 33:02.980 position:10% line:85% size:80% PROBLEMS IN IDAHO. AND ONE OF THE REASONS THERE WAS 33:02.980 --> 33:06.017 position:10% line:85% size:80% A PROBLEM IN THE ELECTION PROCESS IS BECAUSE ATTORNEYS 33:06.017 --> 33:09.454 position:10% line:85% size:80% GENERAL AND OTHER PEOPLE WERE TELLING THEIR GOVERNORS THAT 33:09.454 --> 33:11.622 position:10% line:85% size:80% THEY COULD CHANGE ELECTION LAWS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PANDEMIC. 33:11.622 --> 33:14.625 position:10% line:85% size:80% I DON'T AGREE WITH THAT. THE U.S. CONSTITUTION IS REALLY 33:14.625 --> 33:16.761 position:10% line:85% size:80% CLEAR. THE U.S. CONSTITUTION SAYS THAT 33:16.761 --> 33:22.300 position:10% line:85% size:80% ONLY THE LEGISLATURE CAN CHANGE ELECTION LAWS AT ANY TIME. 33:22.300 --> 33:25.236 position:10% line:85% size:80% MY OWN ATTORNEY GENERAL TOLD THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF IDAHO 33:25.236 --> 33:27.305 position:10% line:85% size:80% THAT HE COULD CHANGE ELECTION LAWS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE 33:27.305 --> 33:29.907 position:10% line:85% size:80% PANDEMIC. I THINK THAT ADVICE WAS 33:29.907 --> 33:31.743 position:10% line:85% size:80% UNCONSTITUTIONAL AND IF I WERE THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, I WOULD 33:31.743 --> 33:34.912 position:10% line:85% size:80% HAVE TOLD HIM THAT HE NEEDED TO CALL THE LEGISLATURE INTO 33:34.912 --> 33:37.648 position:10% line:85% size:80% SESSION IF HE WAS GOING TO TRY TO CHANGE THE ELECTION LAWS IN 33:37.648 --> 33:43.454 position:10% line:85% size:80% THE MIDDLE OF THE PANDEMIC. THAT'S WHY I THINK THAT LAWSUIT 33:43.454 --> 33:45.656 position:10% line:85% size:80% WASN'T ADEQUATE. THE SUPREME COURT DECIDED THAT 33:45.656 --> 33:49.193 position:10% line:85% size:80% THERE WAS NO STANDING. BUT THE ISSUE THAT WAS BEING 33:49.193 --> 33:51.629 position:10% line:85% size:80% RAISED, WHETHER OTHER STATES CAN CHANGE ELECTION LAWS WITHOUT THE 33:51.629 --> 33:57.869 position:10% line:85% size:80% USE OF A LEGISLATURE IS ACTUALLY BEING LITIGATED IN THE SUPREME 33:57.869 --> 33:59.804 position:10% line:85% size:80% COURT THIS YEAR. THERE'S ACTUALLY A CASE BEFORE 33:59.804 --> 34:03.875 position:10% line:85% size:80% THE SUPREME COURT RIGHT NOW ABOUT WHETHER LEGISLATURES OR 34:03.875 --> 34:07.879 position:10% line:85% size:80% ATTORNEYS GENERAL OR GOVERNORS OR OTHER JUSTICES CAN CHANGE 34:07.879 --> 34:10.114 position:10% line:85% size:80% ELECTION LAWS. AND IT'S A PRETTY IMPORTANT 34:10.114 --> 34:14.085 position:10% line:85% size:80% ISSUE THAT I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT. 34:14.085 --> 34:17.955 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> ON THE SUBJECT OF THAT TEXT TO MARK MEADOWS, YOU TALKED 34:17.955 --> 34:21.259 position:10% line:85% size:80% ABOUT JANUARY 6TH THAT DAY. HOW WOULD YOU CHARACTERIZE THE 34:21.259 --> 34:23.728 position:10% line:85% size:80% EVENTS OF JANUARY 6TH LOOKING BACK NOW? 34:23.728 --> 34:26.697 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Raul Labrador: I THINK IT WAS A SAD DAY IN HISTORY. 34:26.697 --> 34:30.735 position:10% line:85% size:80% MOST PEOPLE LIKE MY OPPONENT KEEP CONCENTRATING ON WHAT I 34:30.735 --> 34:33.371 position:10% line:85% size:80% SAID. I DIDN'T SAY I WOULD HAVE, I 34:33.371 --> 34:38.776 position:10% line:85% size:80% SAID I PROBABLY WOULD HAVE VOTED TO DECERTIFY OR TO NOT CERTIFY. 34:38.776 --> 34:42.246 position:10% line:85% size:80% BUT I WANTED SOMEBODY TO STAND UP AND CALL THE PEOPLE BACK. 34:42.246 --> 34:45.049 position:10% line:85% size:80% I THINK THERE WAS SOME THINGS THAT WERE HAPPENING THAT DAY 34:45.049 --> 34:49.053 position:10% line:85% size:80% THAT WERE SAD FOR OUR NATION AND I THINK THAT WE NEED TO TAKE 34:49.053 --> 34:52.023 position:10% line:85% size:80% THAT VERY SERIOUSLY. I'M FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT WHETHER 34:52.023 --> 34:55.893 position:10% line:85% size:80% IT'S CONSERVATIVES THAT ARE VIOLATING THE LAW OR WHETHER 34:55.893 --> 34:57.495 position:10% line:85% size:80% IT'S LIBERALS THAT ARE VIOLATING THE LAW. 34:57.495 --> 35:01.866 position:10% line:85% size:80% IF YOU LOOK AT EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED PRIOR TO JANUARY 6TH, 35:01.866 --> 35:06.604 position:10% line:85% size:80% IF YOU SAW THE ANTIFA THINGS THAT HAPPENED IN PORTLAND, IF 35:06.604 --> 35:09.841 position:10% line:85% size:80% YOU LOOK AT THE THINGS THAT HAPPENED IN SEATTLE, IF YOU SEE 35:09.841 --> 35:13.744 position:10% line:85% size:80% THE THINGS THAT HAPPENED IN WASHINGTON, D.C. JUST PRIOR TO 35:13.744 --> 35:15.546 position:10% line:85% size:80% THE ELECTION. THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS WHERE 35:15.546 --> 35:18.082 position:10% line:85% size:80% PEOPLE WERE VIOLATING THE LAW. AND I WISH THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT 35:18.082 --> 35:21.752 position:10% line:85% size:80% WOULD GO AFTER ALL OF THOSE THINGS, NOT JUST ONE GROUP. 35:21.752 --> 35:24.889 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> THE NEXT QUESTION IS FROM JAKE GARCIA. 35:24.889 --> 35:28.059 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> LET'S TALK ABOUT WATER RIGHTS. 35:28.059 --> 35:31.462 position:10% line:85% size:80% THEY ARE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO IDAHOANS IN AGRICULTURE. 35:31.462 --> 35:35.032 position:10% line:85% size:80% THE ATTORNEY GENERAL HANDLES EXTENSIVE LITIGATION ON THIS 35:35.032 --> 35:38.269 position:10% line:85% size:80% COMPLICATED SECTION OF LAW. SO WHAT WOULD YOU DO DIFFERENTLY 35:38.269 --> 35:41.005 position:10% line:85% size:80% FROM THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION? MR. ARKOOSH. 35:41.005 --> 35:43.374 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Tom Arkoosh: THEY'VE DONE A GOOD JOB. 35:43.374 --> 35:48.079 position:10% line:85% size:80% I WAS INVOLVED IN THE WATER RIGHTS LITIGATION FOR MORE THAN 35:48.079 --> 35:52.450 position:10% line:85% size:80% A DECADE. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL AND HIS 35:52.450 --> 35:55.586 position:10% line:85% size:80% STAFF WERE EXCELLENT. I HAVE NO CRITICISM OF THEM. 35:55.586 --> 36:01.826 position:10% line:85% size:80% THE DIFFICULTY I DO HAVE IS MY OPPONENT HAS ANNOUNCED AFTER HIS 36:01.826 --> 36:05.396 position:10% line:85% size:80% WATER LAW EXPERIENCE, THAT IS ONE DAY ON THE WATER LAW TOUR, 36:05.396 --> 36:08.432 position:10% line:85% size:80% RATHER THAN MORE THAN A DECADE IN THE COURTS, IS THAT HE WOULD 36:08.432 --> 36:14.539 position:10% line:85% size:80% SIT DOWN WITH OTHER STATES AND NEGOTIATE THE APPORTIONMENT OF 36:14.539 --> 36:18.943 position:10% line:85% size:80% OUR WATER. AND I HAVE TO SAY THIS, THAT'S 36:18.943 --> 36:22.880 position:10% line:85% size:80% THE WORST THING WE CAN DO IS INVITE DISCUSSIONS WITH OTHER 36:22.880 --> 36:24.649 position:10% line:85% size:80% STATES. THERE'S AN OLD POKER SAYING, IF 36:24.649 --> 36:29.420 position:10% line:85% size:80% YOU SIT DOWN AT THE TABLE AND YOU CAN'T SEE THE MARK, IT'S 36:29.420 --> 36:34.125 position:10% line:85% size:80% YOU. AND SO I DO NOT WANT TO TRY TO 36:34.125 --> 36:39.564 position:10% line:85% size:80% INVITE OTHER STATES INTO THE SNAKE RIVER BASIN OR THE BOISE 36:39.564 --> 36:42.133 position:10% line:85% size:80% BASIN. I HAVE HAD A LOT OF EXPERIENCE 36:42.133 --> 36:47.004 position:10% line:85% size:80% WITH WATER LAW AND I THINK NOW BECAUSE WE'RE IN A DROUGHT, WE 36:47.004 --> 36:49.273 position:10% line:85% size:80% DON'T NEED A GREENHORN STEPPING IN. 36:49.273 --> 36:55.446 position:10% line:85% size:80% I THINK WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN IS EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED IN THE 36:55.446 --> 36:57.748 position:10% line:85% size:80% YAKIMA VALLEY. I THINK THE JUNIOR USERS AND THE 36:57.748 --> 37:00.318 position:10% line:85% size:80% SENIOR USERS NEED TO GET TOGETHER AND THEY NEED TO SEE 37:00.318 --> 37:06.524 position:10% line:85% size:80% THAT AS OUR PROBLEM, NOT THEIR PROBLEM AND PUT TOGETHER A LONG 37:06.524 --> 37:09.760 position:10% line:85% size:80% TERM, CONSISTENT, WELL FUNDED 30 YEAR PLAN TO CHANGE OUR WATER 37:09.760 --> 37:12.229 position:10% line:85% size:80% BUDGET IN A REALISTIC WAY. THANK YOU. 37:12.229 --> 37:18.402 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> MR. LABRADOR, SAME QUESTION. >> Raul Labrador: I WANT TO BE 37:18.402 --> 37:20.871 position:10% line:85% size:80% CLEAR THAT WHAT HE SAID IS TOTALLY FALSE. 37:20.871 --> 37:22.540 position:10% line:85% size:80% HE KEEPS SAYING THIS DIFFERENT PLACES. 37:22.540 --> 37:25.076 position:10% line:85% size:80% WHAT I SAID ON THE FACEBOOK POST IS I HAD A GREAT TIME MEETING 37:25.076 --> 37:28.245 position:10% line:85% size:80% WITH THE WATER USERS AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING ON THE ISSUES 37:28.245 --> 37:31.849 position:10% line:85% size:80% AND I WILL WORK WITH ANYBODY ON THE ISSUE. 37:31.849 --> 37:34.885 position:10% line:85% size:80% HE KEEPS ADDING, EVERY SINGLE TIME I HEAR HIM TALK ABOUT IT, 37:34.885 --> 37:37.388 position:10% line:85% size:80% HE ADDS A NEW LINE THAT I HAVE NEVER SAID. 37:37.388 --> 37:40.291 position:10% line:85% size:80% BUT THE REALITY, I THINK THE MEDIA REALLY NEEDS TO LOOK AT 37:40.291 --> 37:42.994 position:10% line:85% size:80% THIS. HE JUST SAID THAT HE HAD SPENT 37:42.994 --> 37:47.665 position:10% line:85% size:80% TEN YEARS IN WATER ADJUDICATION. IN HIS ANNOUNCEMENT I THINK JIM 37:47.665 --> 37:52.803 position:10% line:85% size:80% JONES SAID THAT HE WORKED EXTENSIVELY IN LITIGATIONS 37:52.803 --> 37:55.640 position:10% line:85% size:80% AROUND THE SNAKE RIVER BASIN ADJUDICATION. 37:55.640 --> 38:02.480 position:10% line:85% size:80% I THINK HE HAS TOLD THE PRESS THAT HE PLAYED A KEY ROLE IN THE 38:02.480 --> 38:08.919 position:10% line:85% size:80% SNAKE RIVER BASIN ADJUDICATION. I DON'T CONSIDER MYSELF AN 38:08.919 --> 38:11.689 position:10% line:85% size:80% EXPERT, I WANT TO BE CLEAR, I'M GOING TO HIRE EXPERTS TO WORK ON 38:11.689 --> 38:15.126 position:10% line:85% size:80% THAT ISSUE BECAUSE THAT IS AN ISSUE THAT IS SO IMPORTANT TO 38:15.126 --> 38:19.463 position:10% line:85% size:80% THE PEOPLE OF IDAHO, IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO THE FARMERS. 38:19.463 --> 38:21.532 position:10% line:85% size:80% AND I WILL HAVE THE BEST LAWYERS. 38:21.532 --> 38:26.237 position:10% line:85% size:80% I WON'T DO WHAT HE WILL DO AND CLAIM TO BE AN EXPERT AND WHAT 38:26.237 --> 38:29.407 position:10% line:85% size:80% THE WATER USERS IN IDAHO ARE TIRED OF PEOPLE NOT LISTENING TO 38:29.407 --> 38:31.442 position:10% line:85% size:80% THEIR CONCERNS AND ARE NOT WILLING TO WORK WITH THEM. 38:31.442 --> 38:36.447 position:10% line:85% size:80% BUT WHAT HE SAID IS I WORKED ON THE LITIGATION FROM 1992 TO ITS 38:36.447 --> 38:38.282 position:10% line:85% size:80% CONCLUSION. I KNOW TOM, BUT THERE'S NO 38:38.282 --> 38:41.619 position:10% line:85% size:80% CONCEPTION OF EXTENSIVE WORK OR SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION THAT I 38:41.619 --> 38:45.256 position:10% line:85% size:80% CAN THINK OF THAT WOULD APPLY TO TOM AND THE ADJUDICATION. 38:45.256 --> 38:48.359 position:10% line:85% size:80% HE KEEPS TOUTING THIS ADJUDICATION PROCESS. 38:48.359 --> 38:53.097 position:10% line:85% size:80% WE HAVE LOOKED ONLINE, AND AT BEST HE PLAYED AN INSIGNIFICANT 38:53.097 --> 38:56.834 position:10% line:85% size:80% ROLE IN SOME OF THE SMALL CASES. HE'S NOT AN EXPERT ON WATER LAW 38:56.834 --> 38:59.670 position:10% line:85% size:80% AS HE KEEPS GOING AROUND THE STATE SAYING THAT HE IS. 38:59.670 --> 39:04.775 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> MR. ARKOOSH. >> Tom Arkoosh: NICE TRY, 39:04.775 --> 39:07.311 position:10% line:85% size:80% COUNSEL. YOU WILL SEE MY NAME ON THE 39:07.311 --> 39:12.283 position:10% line:85% size:80% CASES THAT ARE THE CURRENT LAW IN IDAHO ON WATER LAW. 39:12.283 --> 39:15.286 position:10% line:85% size:80% LAWRENCE DID IN FACT PLAY A VERY SMALL ROLE. 39:15.286 --> 39:19.290 position:10% line:85% size:80% I REPRESENTED THE AMERICAN FALLS RESERVOIR DISTRICT NUMBER TWO. 39:19.290 --> 39:23.694 position:10% line:85% size:80% ONE OF THE LARGEST USERS OF WATER IN THE MAGIC VALLEY FROM 39:23.694 --> 39:26.363 position:10% line:85% size:80% THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE PROCESS UP THROUGH ABOUT 12 YEARS. 39:26.363 --> 39:29.266 position:10% line:85% size:80% COUNSEL IS JUST WRONG. AND HE'S ALSO WRONG ABOUT HIS 39:29.266 --> 39:31.969 position:10% line:85% size:80% STATEMENT HE SAID THAT HE WOULD DEFEND OUR WATER THROUGH 39:31.969 --> 39:38.242 position:10% line:85% size:80% SENSIBLE POLICIES WITH OUR SISTER STATES. 39:38.242 --> 39:40.878 position:10% line:85% size:80% NO. >> Raul Labrador: THAT'S THE 39:40.878 --> 39:43.247 position:10% line:85% size:80% OPPOSITE OF WHAT HE SAID. I JUST WANT PEOPLE TO SAY THAT 39:43.247 --> 39:47.118 position:10% line:85% size:80% HE HAS A TENDENCY TO EXAGGERATE AND MISCONSTRUE WHAT I SAY. 39:47.118 --> 39:50.321 position:10% line:85% size:80% IF YOU DO THAT IN THE COURT, THEY CALL YOU OUT. 39:50.321 --> 39:52.690 position:10% line:85% size:80% APPARENTLY IN POLITICS IT'S OKAY TO DO IT. 39:52.690 --> 39:54.258 position:10% line:85% size:80% BUT I'M PRETTY PRECISE IN THE WORDS THAT I SAY. 39:54.258 --> 39:58.763 position:10% line:85% size:80% AND I NEVER SAID THAT I WAS GOING TO SIT DOWN AND DO 39:58.763 --> 40:00.798 position:10% line:85% size:80% ADJUDICATION AND NEGOTIATION. I SAID I'M GOING TO WORK WITH 40:00.798 --> 40:04.735 position:10% line:85% size:80% OUR SISTER STATES IF NECESSARY. THERE'S NOTHING WRONG, I GET 40:04.735 --> 40:07.238 position:10% line:85% size:80% ACCUSED OF BEING A LONE WOLF WHO'S NOT WILLING TO SIT DOWN 40:07.238 --> 40:09.340 position:10% line:85% size:80% WITH PEOPLE. AND THEN WHEN I SAY THAT I'M 40:09.340 --> 40:12.109 position:10% line:85% size:80% GOING TO SIT DOWN WITH PEOPLE THEN PEOPLE WILL MISCONSTRUE 40:12.109 --> 40:13.944 position:10% line:85% size:80% WHAT I SAY. I THINK IT'S RIDICULOUS AND I 40:13.944 --> 40:16.781 position:10% line:85% size:80% THINK THE PEOPLE OF IDAHO WILL SEE RIGHT THROUGH THAT. 40:16.781 --> 40:22.653 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> WE DO HAVE TO MOVE ON, THE NEXT QUESTION IS FROM KELCIE. 40:22.653 --> 40:27.158 position:10% line:85% size:80% HAS SPOKEN ABOUT TURNOVER RATE - IN THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE 40:27.158 --> 40:33.030 position:10% line:85% size:80% DUE TO THE LOW SALARIES THAT THEIR DEPUTY ATTORNEYS GENERAL 40:33.030 --> 40:35.699 position:10% line:85% size:80% MAKE. FROM MID-MAY TO MID-SEPTEMBER 40:35.699 --> 40:38.435 position:10% line:85% size:80% THE OFFICE REPORTED SIX STAFF DEPARTURES. 40:38.435 --> 40:43.607 position:10% line:85% size:80% WHAT WOULD YOU DO TO RETAIN STAFF AND ADVOCATE FOR SALARY 40:43.607 --> 40:46.744 position:10% line:85% size:80% INCREASES? >> Tom Arkoosh: THE ATTORNEY 40:46.744 --> 40:52.850 position:10% line:85% size:80% GENERAL'S OFFICE AS I UNDERSTAND IT ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE LAWYERS 40:52.850 --> 40:54.318 position:10% line:85% size:80% THAT ARE THERE FOR CONSIDERATIONS OTHER THAN 40:54.318 --> 40:56.687 position:10% line:85% size:80% ECONOMIC CONSIDERATIONS. AND I AGREE WITH THE PREMISE OF 40:56.687 --> 40:59.623 position:10% line:85% size:80% YOUR QUESTION, IT'S HARD TO KEEP THOSE PEOPLE THERE GIVEN THE 40:59.623 --> 41:02.560 position:10% line:85% size:80% SALARY LEVEL. SO THE PEOPLE YOU HAVE ARE GOING 41:02.560 --> 41:05.529 position:10% line:85% size:80% TO BE GOOD LAWYERS, DEDICATED LAWYERS, AND LOYAL LAWYERS. 41:05.529 --> 41:13.437 position:10% line:85% size:80% THE FIRST THING THAT YOU DO NOT WANT TO TELL THEM IS THAT IF 41:13.437 --> 41:15.539 position:10% line:85% size:80% THEY DON'T AGREE WITH YOUR AGENDA, THEY'RE FIRED. 41:15.539 --> 41:18.409 position:10% line:85% size:80% THAT IS WHAT MY OPPONENT HAS SAID WOULD HAPPEN TO ANYBODY IN 41:18.409 --> 41:21.512 position:10% line:85% size:80% HIS OFFICE THAT DISAGREED WITH HIS THINKING. 41:21.512 --> 41:25.749 position:10% line:85% size:80% NOW, IT'S GOING TO BE THE GUY IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM. 41:25.749 --> 41:27.985 position:10% line:85% size:80% I'VE RUN LAW OFFICES FOR 44 YEARS. 41:27.985 --> 41:30.354 position:10% line:85% size:80% IT'S GOING TO BE THE SMART GUY IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM THAT'S 41:30.354 --> 41:33.624 position:10% line:85% size:80% NOT GOING TO RAISE HIS HAND BECAUSE HE'S GOING TO LOSE HIS 41:33.624 --> 41:35.426 position:10% line:85% size:80% JOB. AND BECAUSE HE DIDN'T RAISE HIS 41:35.426 --> 41:41.732 position:10% line:85% size:80% HAND AND POINT OUT THE FALLACIES, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE 41:41.732 --> 41:45.402 position:10% line:85% size:80% ANOTHER FATEFULLY EXPENSIVE LAWSUIT. 41:45.402 --> 41:48.205 position:10% line:85% size:80% YOU CAN'T RUN A LAW OFFICE THAT WAY. 41:48.205 --> 41:51.709 position:10% line:85% size:80% THESE PEOPLE ARE PROFESSIONALS AND THE ONLY THING YOU CAN DO TO 41:51.709 --> 41:56.647 position:10% line:85% size:80% KEEP THEM IF YOU DON'T HAVE MONEY IS TREAT THEM LIKE 41:56.647 --> 41:59.049 position:10% line:85% size:80% PROFESSIONALS AND I DON'T THINK THAT WILL HAPPEN GIVEN MY 41:59.049 --> 42:04.755 position:10% line:85% size:80% OPPONENT'S POINT OF VIEW ABOUT PEOPLE WHO DISAGREE WITH HIM. 42:04.755 --> 42:07.558 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Raul Labrador: THERE HE GOES AGAIN. 42:07.558 --> 42:11.495 position:10% line:85% size:80% DISAGREEING WITH THE AGENDA IS NOT DISAGREEING WITH THE LEGAL 42:11.495 --> 42:13.797 position:10% line:85% size:80% ANALYSIS. ANYBODY THAT HAS WORKED WITH ME 42:13.797 --> 42:17.167 position:10% line:85% size:80% KNOWS THAT I BRING PEOPLE INTO THE ROOM AND I WANT DIFFERENT 42:17.167 --> 42:19.403 position:10% line:85% size:80% OPINIONS TO BE EXPRESSED. I WANT DIFFERENT OPINIONS TO BE 42:19.403 --> 42:22.773 position:10% line:85% size:80% BORNE OUT. WHEN I HAVE MY EXECUTIVE TEAM, 42:22.773 --> 42:25.209 position:10% line:85% size:80% WHEN I WAS IN THE CONGRESSIONAL OFFICE, I ALWAYS HIRED PEOPLE 42:25.209 --> 42:28.612 position:10% line:85% size:80% WHO HAD DIFFERENT OPINIONS, WHO HAD DIFFERENT METHODS OF 42:28.612 --> 42:31.682 position:10% line:85% size:80% DELIVERING THEIR OPINIONS, BECAUSE I WANTED THERE TO BE A 42:31.682 --> 42:34.585 position:10% line:85% size:80% TEAM OF RIVALS WHO WAS WORKING TOGETHER AND BRINGING FORTH THE 42:34.585 --> 42:38.822 position:10% line:85% size:80% BEST IDEAS. WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT IS WHAT 42:38.822 --> 42:42.493 position:10% line:85% size:80% ANY GOOD LEADER WOULD SAY. ONCE A DECISION IS MADE AFTER 42:42.493 --> 42:44.028 position:10% line:85% size:80% WE'VE HASHED OUT ALL OF THE ISSUES. 42:44.028 --> 42:46.697 position:10% line:85% size:80% IF THEY CAN'T FOLLOW THE DECISION THAT IS MADE BY THE 42:46.697 --> 42:48.632 position:10% line:85% size:80% ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE, THEY SHOULDN'T BE WORKING AT THE 42:48.632 --> 42:52.736 position:10% line:85% size:80% ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE. THAT'S GOOD LEADERSHIP. 42:52.736 --> 42:54.705 position:10% line:85% size:80% THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH POLITICS. 42:54.705 --> 42:57.441 position:10% line:85% size:80% ANY GOOD LEADER WOULD TELL YOU THAT YOU WANT THE BEST PEOPLE 42:57.441 --> 42:59.076 position:10% line:85% size:80% AROUND YOU AND THAT'S WHAT I WANT. 42:59.076 --> 43:01.445 position:10% line:85% size:80% I WANT THE BEST LAWYERS AROUND ME WHO ARE GOING TO GIVE ME 43:01.445 --> 43:05.416 position:10% line:85% size:80% THEIR OPINIONS, WHO ARE GOING TO GIVE ME THEIR IDEAS SO I CAN 43:05.416 --> 43:08.052 position:10% line:85% size:80% MAKE THE BEST, MOST INFORMED DECISION. 43:08.052 --> 43:10.955 position:10% line:85% size:80% AND IF ONCE I MAKE THE BEST, MOTION INFORMED DECISION, IF 43:10.955 --> 43:13.557 position:10% line:85% size:80% SOMEBODY ON THAT TEAM CANNOT ABIDE BY THE DECISION THAT I 43:13.557 --> 43:16.360 position:10% line:85% size:80% MAKE, THEY SHOULDN'T BE WORKING IN MY OFFICE AND THEY SHOULDN'T 43:16.360 --> 43:17.861 position:10% line:85% size:80% BE WORKING FOR THE PEOPLE OF IDAHO. 43:17.861 --> 43:20.030 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> WE NEED TO MOVE ON. THE NEXT QUESTION COMES FROM 43:20.030 --> 43:23.300 position:10% line:85% size:80% JAKE GARCIA. >> THIS IS FOR BOTH OF YOU, BUT 43:23.300 --> 43:26.070 position:10% line:85% size:80% MR. ARKOOSH, I'LL START WITH YOU. 43:26.070 --> 43:29.406 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Tom Arkoosh: I ALWAYS GET TO GO FIRST. 43:29.406 --> 43:32.543 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> AT LEAST ONE MEMBER OF THE SUPREME COURT HAS INDICATED THAT 43:32.543 --> 43:39.616 position:10% line:85% size:80% AFTER ROE V. WADE WAS OVERTURNED THE COURT'S DECISION ON 43:39.616 --> 43:42.219 position:10% line:85% size:80% LEGALIZING GAY MARRIAGE WOULD BE REEVALUATED. 43:42.219 --> 43:49.994 position:10% line:85% size:80% IF THAT HAPPENS, AND IDAHO BANS SAME SEX MARRIAGE, WHAT SHOULD 43:49.994 --> 43:53.030 position:10% line:85% size:80% HAPPEN TO MARRIAGES THAT HAVE BEEN LEGAL SINCE 2016? 43:53.030 --> 43:55.566 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Tom Arkoosh: I THINK THEY'LL HAVE TO STAY LEGAL. 43:55.566 --> 43:59.036 position:10% line:85% size:80% THAT'S A BRIDGE THAT WILL BE CROSSED AFTER IT'S THOROUGHLY 43:59.036 --> 44:00.137 position:10% line:85% size:80% RESEARCHED. AND THE SUPREME COURT OF THE 44:00.137 --> 44:02.940 position:10% line:85% size:80% STATE OF IDAHO IF THAT COMES BACK TO US HAS TOLD US WHAT TO 44:02.940 --> 44:04.208 position:10% line:85% size:80% DO. I THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT. 44:04.208 --> 44:06.510 position:10% line:85% size:80% THAT'S AN OPINION I JUST CAN'T THROW OFF THE CUFF. 44:06.510 --> 44:10.214 position:10% line:85% size:80% IT'S A HYPOTHETICAL THAT WOULD BE UNJUST TO OPINE ON. 44:10.214 --> 44:20.858 position:10% line:85% size:80% I CAN TELL YOU THIS, IN THE MURRAY V. HOKOTELO CASE WHICH 44:20.858 --> 44:24.828 position:10% line:85% size:80% WAS PRIOR TO ROE V. WADE AND IT'S STATE LAW, THEY SAID THAT 44:24.828 --> 44:27.865 position:10% line:85% size:80% THERE'S A RIGHT OF PRIVACY IN THE MARITAL RELATIONSHIP. 44:27.865 --> 44:31.035 position:10% line:85% size:80% AND I DO UNDERSTAND THAT THE STATE CONSTITUTION SAYS THAT 44:31.035 --> 44:34.038 position:10% line:85% size:80% RELATIONSHIP IS ONLY BETWEEN A MAN AND A WOMAN. 44:34.038 --> 44:38.008 position:10% line:85% size:80% SO WHEN THE SUPREME COURT GETS DONE, IF IT COMES BACK TO US AND 44:38.008 --> 44:41.545 position:10% line:85% size:80% THE SUPREME COURT GETS DONE WITH THAT CAN OF WORMS, I WILL 44:41.545 --> 44:48.786 position:10% line:85% size:80% ENFORCE WHAT THEY SAY TO DO. >> MR. LABRADOR, SAME QUESTION. 44:48.786 --> 44:52.423 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Raul Labrador: I THINK YOU MISSTATED WHAT CLARENCE THOMAS 44:52.423 --> 44:54.658 position:10% line:85% size:80% SAID. I THINK HE STATED HE HAD 44:54.658 --> 44:55.692 position:10% line:85% size:80% QUESTIONS ABOUT THE RIGHT OF PRIVACY. 44:55.692 --> 45:03.534 position:10% line:85% size:80% BUT IF YOU READ ANY OF HIS WRITINGS HE MAY ACTUALLY FIND IT 45:03.534 --> 45:05.436 position:10% line:85% size:80% UNDER ANOTHER PART OF THE CONSTITUTION SO THAT'S WHAT THE 45:05.436 --> 45:08.939 position:10% line:85% size:80% LEGAL DISCUSSION IS ABOUT. I DON'T THINK THAT HE EVER SAID 45:08.939 --> 45:12.076 position:10% line:85% size:80% THAT HE WOULD THROW OUT -- >> HE INDICATED THAT IT WOULD BE 45:12.076 --> 45:15.112 position:10% line:85% size:80% REVIEWED AGAIN. >> Raul Labrador: HE JUST 45:15.112 --> 45:17.247 position:10% line:85% size:80% INDICATED THAT IT WOULD BE REVIEWED. 45:17.247 --> 45:22.519 position:10% line:85% size:80% BUT WHAT MOST LEGAL SCHOLARS, EVEN CONSERVATIVE LEGAL SCHOLARS 45:22.519 --> 45:25.389 position:10% line:85% size:80% BELIEVE THAT MEANS HE'S GOING TO LOOK FOR SOME OTHER DOCTRINE 45:25.389 --> 45:30.461 position:10% line:85% size:80% WITHIN THE CONSTITUTION. BUT AS MY OPPONENT JUST SAID, 45:30.461 --> 45:33.664 position:10% line:85% size:80% THIS IS PURELY HYPOTHETICAL. AND THE REALITY IS THAT I HAVE 45:33.664 --> 45:35.999 position:10% line:85% size:80% TALKED TO JUST ABOUT EVERY LEGISLATOR OVER THE PAST YEAR 45:35.999 --> 45:38.435 position:10% line:85% size:80% WHEN I'VE BEEN RUNNING FOR THIS OFFICE. 45:38.435 --> 45:41.271 position:10% line:85% size:80% AND I HAVEN'T HEARD A SINGLE LEGISLATOR TALK ABOUT THIS 45:41.271 --> 45:43.073 position:10% line:85% size:80% ISSUE. YOU GUYS IN THE MEDIA LOVE TO 45:43.073 --> 45:44.741 position:10% line:85% size:80% TALK ABOUT IT. BUT I DON'T THINK THIS IS TOP OF 45:44.741 --> 45:49.646 position:10% line:85% size:80% MIND FOR ANY OF THE LEGISLATORS THAT ARE ACTUALLY CURRENTLY 45:49.646 --> 45:52.483 position:10% line:85% size:80% SERVING THE LEGISLATURE. >> I'M GOING TO MOVE TO CONSUMER 45:52.483 --> 45:56.153 position:10% line:85% size:80% PROTECTION WITH A QUESTION FOR YOU. 45:56.153 --> 45:59.256 position:10% line:85% size:80% NOT EVERYTHING IN THE JOB INVOLVES ACTIVE LITIGATION. 45:59.256 --> 46:02.025 position:10% line:85% size:80% YOU GOT CONSUMER PROTECTION ISSUES LIKE COMBATING SCAMS AND 46:02.025 --> 46:04.394 position:10% line:85% size:80% OTHER FRAUD. HOW WILL YOU ADDRESS THIS ISSUE 46:04.394 --> 46:07.498 position:10% line:85% size:80% IF ELECTED? >> Raul Labrador: I'M ACTUALLY 46:07.498 --> 46:09.399 position:10% line:85% size:80% REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE CONSUMER PROTECTION ASPECT OF 46:09.399 --> 46:13.237 position:10% line:85% size:80% THIS JOB. AS YOU KNOW, A MEMBER OF 46:13.237 --> 46:15.339 position:10% line:85% size:80% CONGRESS HAS A CONSTITUENT SERVICES OFFICE. 46:15.339 --> 46:18.108 position:10% line:85% size:80% THE CONSTITUENT SERVICES OFFICE IS THE ONE THAT INTERACTS WITH 46:18.108 --> 46:21.912 position:10% line:85% size:80% THE PUBLIC, SO IT'S THE NONPOLITICAL PART OF BEING A 46:21.912 --> 46:23.614 position:10% line:85% size:80% CONGRESSMAN. AND THAT WAS ACTUALLY WHAT I 46:23.614 --> 46:28.619 position:10% line:85% size:80% ENJOYED THE MOST IS WHEN I WAS HELPING INDIVIDUALS IN IDAHO WHO 46:28.619 --> 46:32.256 position:10% line:85% size:80% HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, WHO HAD PROBLEMS 46:32.256 --> 46:36.660 position:10% line:85% size:80% WHETHER IT WAS WITH THE VA, WITH MILITARY SERVICES, WITH BENEFITS 46:36.660 --> 46:40.731 position:10% line:85% size:80% THAT THEY WERE ENTITLED TO. EVEN BENEFITS THAT I DISAGREED 46:40.731 --> 46:46.136 position:10% line:85% size:80% WITH POLITICALLY IN SOME AREAS, THE JOB OF MY CONSTITUENT 46:46.136 --> 46:49.673 position:10% line:85% size:80% SERVICES OFFICE WAS TO HELP THE INDIVIDUAL CITIZENS OF IDAHO TO 46:49.673 --> 46:52.676 position:10% line:85% size:80% GET THOSE BENEFITS IF THEY WERE ENTITLED TO THEM. 46:52.676 --> 46:55.179 position:10% line:85% size:80% I THINK I HAVE THE BEST CONSTITUENT SERVICES OFFICE IN 46:55.179 --> 46:58.615 position:10% line:85% size:80% THE ENTIRE STATE OF IDAHO. I'M PROUD OF THE WORK THAT WE 46:58.615 --> 47:00.617 position:10% line:85% size:80% DID. WE RECEIVED NUMEROUS LETTERS 47:00.617 --> 47:03.086 position:10% line:85% size:80% SAYING THAT THEY HAD ACTUALLY ASKED OTHER CONGRESSIONAL 47:03.086 --> 47:06.423 position:10% line:85% size:80% OFFICES FOR HELP AND THAT OURS WAS THE ONE THAT ACTUALLY HELPED 47:06.423 --> 47:09.226 position:10% line:85% size:80% THEM. SO I SEE CONSUMER PROTECTION AS 47:09.226 --> 47:13.497 position:10% line:85% size:80% A CONSTITUENT SERVICE TYPE OF SERVICE WHERE YOU CAN HELP THE 47:13.497 --> 47:18.302 position:10% line:85% size:80% INDIVIDUAL PEOPLE IN IDAHO WHEN THEY HAVE ISSUES IN CONSUMER 47:18.302 --> 47:20.404 position:10% line:85% size:80% PROTECTION AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE 47:20.404 --> 47:23.040 position:10% line:85% size:80% TO DO VERY, VERY WELL. BECAUSE I ALREADY HAVE THAT 47:23.040 --> 47:25.876 position:10% line:85% size:80% EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE AS A FORMER MEMBER OF CONGRESS. 47:25.876 --> 47:30.480 position:10% line:85% size:80% I'M GOING TO SWITCH A LITTLE BIT THE EMPHASIS, THE CURRENT 47:30.480 --> 47:35.285 position:10% line:85% size:80% CONSUMER PROTECTION OFFICE SPENDS A LOT OF TIME DOING THESE 47:35.285 --> 47:38.388 position:10% line:85% size:80% NATIONAL CASES THAT DON'T REALLY HELP INDIVIDUALS IN IDAHO. 47:38.388 --> 47:40.691 position:10% line:85% size:80% THEY DON'T REALLY RECEIVE A LOT OF MONEY BACK. 47:40.691 --> 47:42.960 position:10% line:85% size:80% I WANT TO HELP MORE INDIVIDUALS IN THE STATE OF IDAHO. 47:42.960 --> 47:46.730 position:10% line:85% size:80% SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE WORK THAT CAN BE DONE IN THAT OFFICE. 47:46.730 --> 47:53.370 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> MR. ARKOOSH, SAME QUESTION. >> Tom Arkoosh: WELL I THINK 47:53.370 --> 48:00.544 position:10% line:85% size:80% LAWRENCE WATSON HAS ONE OF THE BEST CONSUMER PROTECTION 48:00.544 --> 48:02.679 position:10% line:85% size:80% DIVISIONS IN THE UNITED STATES. I DISAGREE WITH THE STATEMENT 48:02.679 --> 48:06.950 position:10% line:85% size:80% THAT HE HAS NOT BROUGHT BACK MONEY TO PEOPLE IN THE STATE OF 48:06.950 --> 48:07.985 position:10% line:85% size:80% IDAHO. HE HAS BROUGHT BACK LITERALLY 48:07.985 --> 48:12.155 position:10% line:85% size:80% HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. AND I WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE 48:12.155 --> 48:21.498 position:10% line:85% size:80% THAT LEGACY IF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE DOING IT FOR HIM ARE STILL 48:21.498 --> 48:23.900 position:10% line:85% size:80% THERE. I THINK GIVEN THE ATTRITION IN 48:23.900 --> 48:27.170 position:10% line:85% size:80% THE CURRENT POLITICAL CLIMATE, THEY MAY NOT WELL BE THERE, AND 48:27.170 --> 48:31.074 position:10% line:85% size:80% THAT DIVISION AGAIN WILL HAVE TO BE RECONSTITUTED. 48:31.074 --> 48:34.278 position:10% line:85% size:80% BUT THAT HAS BEEN PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST GRACEFUL THINGS THAT 48:34.278 --> 48:37.314 position:10% line:85% size:80% HAS HAPPENED TO PEOPLE OUT OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE. 48:37.314 --> 48:38.448 position:10% line:85% size:80% THANK YOU. >> WE'RE NEARING THE END OF THE 48:38.448 --> 48:41.218 position:10% line:85% size:80% SHOW AND GETTING CLOSE TO CLOSING REMARKS SO KEEP THAT IN 48:41.218 --> 48:47.624 position:10% line:85% size:80% MIND FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. 48:47.624 --> 48:51.561 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> THIS YEAR WE'VE SEEN A FORMER LAWMAKER CONVICTED OF RAPE AND 48:51.561 --> 48:54.064 position:10% line:85% size:80% SEVERAL HIGH RANKING OFFICERS AND POLICE DEPARTMENTS 48:54.064 --> 48:57.467 position:10% line:85% size:80% INVESTIGATED. THE AG'S OFFICE IS OFTEN TASKED 48:57.467 --> 48:59.703 position:10% line:85% size:80% WITH INVESTIGATING PUBLIC CORRUPTION COMPLAINTS AND 48:59.703 --> 49:01.038 position:10% line:85% size:80% RECOMMENDING IF CHARGES SHOULD BE FILED. 49:01.038 --> 49:07.844 position:10% line:85% size:80% IF ELECTED, HOW TRANSPARENT WOULD YOU BE IN THESE TYPES OF 49:07.844 --> 49:09.680 position:10% line:85% size:80% INVESTIGATIONS? MR. LABRADOR. 49:09.680 --> 49:13.150 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Raul Labrador: I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS 49:13.150 --> 49:15.952 position:10% line:85% size:80% THAT AN ATTORNEY GENERAL OR ANY PUBLIC OFFICIAL CAN DO. 49:15.952 --> 49:18.555 position:10% line:85% size:80% I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN TRANSPARENT IN EVERYTHING THAT I DO. 49:18.555 --> 49:20.891 position:10% line:85% size:80% IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE TRUST OF THE PEOPLE OF IDAHO AND THE 49:20.891 --> 49:24.594 position:10% line:85% size:80% TRUST OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE IS ENSHRINED IN THE DECISIONS THAT 49:24.594 --> 49:26.730 position:10% line:85% size:80% WE MAKE. THE REASON PEOPLE HATE 49:26.730 --> 49:29.299 position:10% line:85% size:80% POLITICIANS IS BECAUSE THEY SAY ONE THING TO GET ELECTED AND 49:29.299 --> 49:31.768 position:10% line:85% size:80% THEY DO SOMETHING ELSE. THEY GET IN OFFICE AND THEY 49:31.768 --> 49:34.905 position:10% line:85% size:80% ABUSE THEIR POWER. I'VE HAD A LOT OF ACCUSATIONS IN 49:34.905 --> 49:38.308 position:10% line:85% size:80% MY LIFE OF BEING TOO CONSERVATIVE AND TOO MANY 49:38.308 --> 49:39.943 position:10% line:85% size:80% THINGS. BUT I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN KNOWN FOR 49:39.943 --> 49:42.879 position:10% line:85% size:80% MY INTEGRITY AND FOR THE THINGS THAT I DO. 49:42.879 --> 49:45.816 position:10% line:85% size:80% I THINK EVERY ELECTED OFFICIL SHOULD BE HELD TO A HIGHER 49:45.816 --> 49:50.487 position:10% line:85% size:80% ACCOUNT AND I THINK THAT WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT WE PROSECUTE 49:50.487 --> 49:54.091 position:10% line:85% size:80% WHATEVER CRIMES ARE COMMITTED IN THE STATE OF IDAHO. 49:54.091 --> 49:58.762 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> MR. ARKOOSH, SAME QUESTION. >> Tom Arkoosh: I BELIEVE IN 49:58.762 --> 50:01.398 position:10% line:85% size:80% TRANSPARENCY TO THE EXTENT YOU CAN PROCESS THE WORK. 50:01.398 --> 50:07.971 position:10% line:85% size:80% I MEAN I'VE BEEN A PROSECUTOR AND YOU CAN'T PUT YOUR CASE FILE 50:07.971 --> 50:10.040 position:10% line:85% size:80% OUT TO THE DEFENSE COUNSEL, OKAY. 50:10.040 --> 50:15.145 position:10% line:85% size:80% BUT I AGREE WITH COUNSEL. WHEN THOSE KIND OF THINGS HAPPEN 50:15.145 --> 50:19.783 position:10% line:85% size:80% AND THEY'RE A STATEWIDE PROBLEM, YOU NEED TO TELL THE PUBLIC 50:19.783 --> 50:22.853 position:10% line:85% size:80% EVERYTHING YOU CAN. SO FAR AS IT DOESN'T INTERFERE 50:22.853 --> 50:26.423 position:10% line:85% size:80% WITH THE WORK. THE TWO BIGGEST PROBLEMS WE HAVE 50:26.423 --> 50:30.026 position:10% line:85% size:80% IN THE STATE ARE I BELIEVE FENTANYL AND I SEE NOTHING TO 50:30.026 --> 50:32.829 position:10% line:85% size:80% HIDE ABOUT THE FENTANYL PROBLEM. FOR THAT MATTER THE MORE 50:32.829 --> 50:34.431 position:10% line:85% size:80% INFORMATION WE HAVE, THE BETTER WE ARE. 50:34.431 --> 50:40.570 position:10% line:85% size:80% AND I THINK THAT THESE HOMEGROWN MILITIAS ARE PROBABLY OUR SECOND 50:40.570 --> 50:44.274 position:10% line:85% size:80% BIGGEST PROBLEM. AND I THINK THAT MY OPPONENT MAY 50:44.274 --> 50:48.445 position:10% line:85% size:80% HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH SOME OF THOSE FOLKS. 50:48.445 --> 50:51.515 position:10% line:85% size:80% I DON'T KNOW FOR SURE, BUT IT'S GOING TO CREATE A CONFLICT AND 50:51.515 --> 50:53.450 position:10% line:85% size:80% THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE TRANSPARENT. 50:53.450 --> 50:55.919 position:10% line:85% size:80% THANK YOU. >> CONGRESSMAN LABRADOR, I'LL 50:55.919 --> 50:58.388 position:10% line:85% size:80% GIVE YOU 30 SECONDS TO RESPOND TO THAT. 50:58.388 --> 51:01.758 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Raul Labrador: IT WAS A RIDICULOUS STATEMENT SO I WON'T 51:01.758 --> 51:04.761 position:10% line:85% size:80% RESPOND TO IT. >> NEXT QUESTION FROM KELCIE. 51:04.761 --> 51:08.432 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> THIS IS A QUESTION FOR BOTH OF YOU AS WELL. 51:08.432 --> 51:14.371 position:10% line:85% size:80% IS IT APPROPRIATE TO HAVE PUBLIC COUNSEL PAID FOR -- 51:14.371 --> 51:16.473 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> IS IT FAIR, WHAT WAS YOUR QUESTION? 51:16.473 --> 51:21.077 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> IS IT NECESSARY? >> Raul Labrador: THAT'S A GREAT 51:21.077 --> 51:23.113 position:10% line:85% size:80% QUESTION. SO I BELIEVE THE LEGISLATURE 51:23.113 --> 51:27.584 position:10% line:85% size:80% SHOULD HAVE THEIR OWN COUNSEL, BUT I DON'T BELIEVE IT SHOULD BE 51:27.584 --> 51:33.256 position:10% line:85% size:80% PRIVATE COUNSEL. I'M GOING TO ENCOURAGE THE 51:33.256 --> 51:35.392 position:10% line:85% size:80% LEGISLATURE TO HIRE THEIR OWN ATTORNEYS BUT THEY'RE GOING TO 51:35.392 --> 51:37.160 position:10% line:85% size:80% BE STATE ATTORNEYS WORKING FOR THE GOVERNMENT. 51:37.160 --> 51:39.496 position:10% line:85% size:80% WE'RE WASTING MILLIONS AND MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS 51:39.496 --> 51:42.132 position:10% line:85% size:80% RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THE LEGISLATURE DOESN'T TRUST THE 51:42.132 --> 51:44.334 position:10% line:85% size:80% ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE. SO THEY GO OUT AND HIRE A 51:44.334 --> 51:47.471 position:10% line:85% size:80% PRIVATE LAW FIRM. SOME OF THEM ARE JIM JONES' 51:47.471 --> 51:50.140 position:10% line:85% size:80% FRIENDS AND THAT'S WHY HE'S NOT HAPPY THAT I'M RUNNING FOR 51:50.140 --> 51:53.176 position:10% line:85% size:80% ATTORNEY GENERAL BECAUSE THEY'RE MAKING A TON OF MONEY 51:53.176 --> 51:56.513 position:10% line:85% size:80% REPRESENTING THE STATE WHEN IT SHOULD ACTUALLY BE EITHER THE 51:56.513 --> 52:02.552 position:10% line:85% size:80% ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE OR IT SHOULD BE THE ATTORNEYS FOR THE 52:02.552 --> 52:04.821 position:10% line:85% size:80% LEGISLATURE. I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD BE 52:04.821 --> 52:11.695 position:10% line:85% size:80% PAYING $400 OR $500 AN HOUR FOR AN ATTORNEY WHEN WE CAN GET SOME 52:11.695 --> 52:14.564 position:10% line:85% size:80% GOOD QUALIFIED ATTORNEYS TO WORK FOR THE LEGISLATURE. 52:14.564 --> 52:16.500 position:10% line:85% size:80% I'M HOPING THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE HANDLES ALL OF 52:16.500 --> 52:19.803 position:10% line:85% size:80% THOSE LAWSUITS. AND WHAT I WANT TO DO IS I WANT 52:19.803 --> 52:22.172 position:10% line:85% size:80% TO BRING UP THE LEVEL OF PROFESSIONALISM IN THE ATTORNEY 52:22.172 --> 52:23.807 position:10% line:85% size:80% GENERAL'S OFFICE. I WANT TO HAVE A SUITE OF 52:23.807 --> 52:27.143 position:10% line:85% size:80% ATTORNEYS THAT ARE THE BEST ATTORNEYS IN THE STATE OF IDAHO 52:27.143 --> 52:31.414 position:10% line:85% size:80% THAT CAN TAKE ON THE CIVIL LITIGATION SO NO ONE FEELS THAT 52:31.414 --> 52:33.750 position:10% line:85% size:80% THEY HAVE TO HIRE AN OUTSIDE ATTORNEY TO REPRESENT THEIR 52:33.750 --> 52:34.718 position:10% line:85% size:80% INTERESTS. AND THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING 52:34.718 --> 52:36.720 position:10% line:85% size:80% RIGHT NOW. THE LEGISLATURE FEELS THAT THE 52:36.720 --> 52:39.055 position:10% line:85% size:80% ATTORNEY IS NOT REPRESENTING THEIR INTERESTS. 52:39.055 --> 52:42.325 position:10% line:85% size:80% YOU HAVE SOME OUTSIDE AGENCIES THAT FEEL THAT THE ATTORNEY 52:42.325 --> 52:45.395 position:10% line:85% size:80% GENERAL'S OFFICE IS NOT REPRESENTING THEIR INTEREST. 52:45.395 --> 52:48.198 position:10% line:85% size:80% I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE BEST LAWYERS AND WHEN WE 52:48.198 --> 52:50.534 position:10% line:85% size:80% HAVE THE BEST LAWYERS, WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO SAVE MONEY FOR 52:50.534 --> 52:52.402 position:10% line:85% size:80% THE STATE OF IDAHO. >> THERE ARE A LOT OF LAWYERS 52:52.402 --> 52:58.708 position:10% line:85% size:80% WHO ARE NOT COMFORTABLE WITH A POLITICAL POSITION WHEN IT COMES 52:58.708 --> 53:00.143 position:10% line:85% size:80% TO LITIGATION. ARE YOU CONCERNED THAT THERE 53:00.143 --> 53:03.713 position:10% line:85% size:80% AREN'T GOING TO BE AS MANY LAWYERS WHO WANT TO WORK FOR 53:03.713 --> 53:08.285 position:10% line:85% size:80% THAT TYPE -- >> Raul Labrador: I HAVE AN 53:08.285 --> 53:09.920 position:10% line:85% size:80% EMBARRASSMENT OF RICHES RIGHT NOW. 53:09.920 --> 53:12.489 position:10% line:85% size:80% I HAVE SO MANY ATTORNEYS CONTACTING ME THAT THEY WANT TO 53:12.489 --> 53:15.292 position:10% line:85% size:80% COME WORK FOR ME OFFICE. NOT EVERY DECISION IS POLITICAL. 53:15.292 --> 53:16.860 position:10% line:85% size:80% YOU GUYS NEED TO GET YOUR DEFINITIONS RIGHT. 53:16.860 --> 53:21.431 position:10% line:85% size:80% AND I THINK WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS A DISSERVICE TO THE PEOPLE OF 53:21.431 --> 53:23.033 position:10% line:85% size:80% IDAHO. POLITICAL MEANS THAT IT 53:23.033 --> 53:24.267 position:10% line:85% size:80% PARTICIPATES IN THE POLITICAL PROCESS. 53:24.267 --> 53:27.037 position:10% line:85% size:80% IF YOU'RE NOT WILLING TO WORK IN AN OFFICE THAT PARTICIPATES IN 53:27.037 --> 53:30.073 position:10% line:85% size:80% THE POLITICAL OFFICE, YOU SHOULDN'T BE IN A JOB IN THE 53:30.073 --> 53:34.177 position:10% line:85% size:80% ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE. YOU KEEP MISCONSTRUING WHAT IT 53:34.177 --> 53:36.046 position:10% line:85% size:80% IS, MY OPPONENT KEEPS MISCONSTRUING WHAT IT IS. 53:36.046 --> 53:40.483 position:10% line:85% size:80% IT'S JUST MAKING SURE THAT YOU UNDERSTAND THAT YOU'RE WORKING 53:40.483 --> 53:43.086 position:10% line:85% size:80% WITH ELECTED OFFICIAL. THAT'S ALL POLITICAL MEANS. 53:43.086 --> 53:46.356 position:10% line:85% size:80% STOP DOING THAT, AND YOU NEED TO STOP DOING THAT BECAUSE I HAVE 53:46.356 --> 53:49.893 position:10% line:85% size:80% NEVER SAID THAT I'M GOING TO PUT POLITICS ABOVE THE LAW. 53:49.893 --> 53:54.230 position:10% line:85% size:80% YOU JUST IMPLIED IT, AND I WISH YOU WOULD STOP IT. 53:54.230 --> 53:57.767 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> MR. ARKOOSH. >> Tom Arkoosh: IT'S TOUGH WHEN 53:57.767 --> 54:02.472 position:10% line:85% size:80% THE WORDS ARE ON PAPER. I THINK -- 54:02.472 --> 54:06.242 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Raul Labrador: GET A DICTIONARY. 54:06.242 --> 54:08.578 position:10% line:85% size:80% IT'S PRETTY SIMPLE WHAT POLITICAL MEANS AND WHAT THE 54:08.578 --> 54:14.451 position:10% line:85% size:80% POLITICAL PROCESS MEANS. >> Tom Arkoosh: I READ YOUR 54:14.451 --> 54:19.389 position:10% line:85% size:80% WORDS. >> Raul Labrador: WHAT WERE MY 54:19.389 --> 54:23.026 position:10% line:85% size:80% WORDS? >> Tom Arkoosh: DON'T SPEAK OVER 54:23.026 --> 54:24.861 position:10% line:85% size:80% ME, PLEASE. THIS IS A VERY SIMPLE PROCESS 54:24.861 --> 54:27.230 position:10% line:85% size:80% WITH VERY SIMPLE RULES. IF YOU CAN'T FOLLOW THESE RULES, 54:27.230 --> 54:35.839 position:10% line:85% size:80% DON'T EXPECT THE PEOPLE OF IDAHO TO VOTE FOR YOU FOR A CHIEF 54:35.839 --> 54:37.340 position:10% line:85% size:80% OFFICE. BEFORE THEY DO LITIGATION, I 54:37.340 --> 54:41.177 position:10% line:85% size:80% THINK CONSTITUTIONALLY THE PERSON HAS TO BE DEPUTIZED AS AN 54:41.177 --> 54:43.813 position:10% line:85% size:80% ATTORNEY GENERAL OR BE SOMEBODY FROM THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S 54:43.813 --> 54:46.983 position:10% line:85% size:80% OFFICE. NOW WHETHER THE LEGISLATURE 54:46.983 --> 54:51.321 position:10% line:85% size:80% WANTS TO HIRE COUNSEL AND BE COUNSELED RATHER THAN 54:51.321 --> 54:53.556 position:10% line:85% size:80% REPRESENTED IN COURT I THINK IS FINE AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT 54:53.556 --> 54:56.359 position:10% line:85% size:80% THEY DO. >> BRIEFLY AND I'LL GIVE YOU 30 54:56.359 --> 54:59.429 position:10% line:85% size:80% SECONDS FOR THIS, HOW WOULD YOU RECRUIT AND RETAIN PRIVATE 54:59.429 --> 55:03.400 position:10% line:85% size:80% ATTORNEYS TO COME WORK IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR? 55:03.400 --> 55:07.537 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Tom Arkoosh: ECONOMICS ISN'T GOING TO HELP US. 55:07.537 --> 55:09.639 position:10% line:85% size:80% I CONCUR WITH THE PREMISE OF THAT. 55:09.639 --> 55:12.308 position:10% line:85% size:80% I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO INSPIRE THEM AND YOU'RE GOING TO 55:12.308 --> 55:17.080 position:10% line:85% size:80% HAVE TO BE TRULY HAVE A SPIRIT IN THEIR HEARTS, A SPIRIT OF 55:17.080 --> 55:18.615 position:10% line:85% size:80% PUBLIC SERVICE. THANK YOU. 55:18.615 --> 55:21.317 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Raul Labrador: I ALREADY HAVE THAT. 55:21.317 --> 55:23.787 position:10% line:85% size:80% I ALREADY HAVE A GROUP OF LAWYERS THAT HAVE REACHED OUT TO 55:23.787 --> 55:27.824 position:10% line:85% size:80% ME THAT WORK FOR LARGE LAW FIRMS THAT WANT TO WORK IN AN ATTORNEY 55:27.824 --> 55:30.026 position:10% line:85% size:80% GENERAL'S OFFICE THAT WILL REPRESENT WELL THE PEOPLE OF 55:30.026 --> 55:31.394 position:10% line:85% size:80% IDAHO. I WILL CONTINUE TO ASK THE 55:31.394 --> 55:36.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% QUESTION, WHAT WORDS DID I SAY THAT ARE BEING MISCONSTRUED? 55:36.633 --> 55:39.769 position:10% line:85% size:80% BECAUSE HE KEEPS USING THESE WORDS THAT I HAVE NEVER USED AND 55:39.769 --> 55:44.274 position:10% line:85% size:80% I HAVE NEVER SAID -- I KNOW THAT HE LOVES TO SAY THAT. 55:44.274 --> 55:46.776 position:10% line:85% size:80% BUT HE DOES THAT AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN AND THAT'S WHY THE 55:46.776 --> 55:49.079 position:10% line:85% size:80% PEOPLE OF IDAHO ARE NOT GOING TO TRUST HIM. 55:49.079 --> 55:50.947 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> IT'S TIME FOR CLOSING REMARKS. 55:50.947 --> 55:52.415 position:10% line:85% size:80% WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO LEAVE IT THERE. 55:52.415 --> 55:55.085 position:10% line:85% size:80% AND MR. ARKOOSH, YOU'RE UP FIRST. 55:55.085 --> 56:01.057 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Tom Arkoosh: WHEN I WAS A YOUNG LAWYER IN IDAHO, THERE WAS 56:01.057 --> 56:06.730 position:10% line:85% size:80% A GUY ON MY LEFT NAMED LOUIS GARANO WHICH WAS AN OLD ATTORNEY 56:06.730 --> 56:09.032 position:10% line:85% size:80% THERE. AND THE GUY ON MY RIGHT, I'VE 56:09.032 --> 56:12.936 position:10% line:85% size:80% GOT MY RIGHT AND LEFT MIXED UP, WAS BRAD LITTLE'S DAD, SENATOR 56:12.936 --> 56:16.005 position:10% line:85% size:80% DAVE LITTLE. AND HE WAS A CONSERVATIVE FELLOW 56:16.005 --> 56:20.877 position:10% line:85% size:80% AND LOUIS WAS A DEMOCRAT AND THEY WOULD WRECK MY LUNCH EVERY 56:20.877 --> 56:22.979 position:10% line:85% size:80% DAY. I'D SIT IN THE MIDDLE AND EVERY 56:22.979 --> 56:26.116 position:10% line:85% size:80% WEDNESDAY THEY'D GO LIKE THIS AND IT BOTHERED ME UNTIL I 56:26.116 --> 56:29.486 position:10% line:85% size:80% STARTED LISTENING. AND HERE WERE TWO PEOPLE WHO HAD 56:29.486 --> 56:32.589 position:10% line:85% size:80% KNOWN EACH OTHER THEIR ENTIRE PROFESSIONAL CAREERS. 56:32.589 --> 56:35.391 position:10% line:85% size:80% LOUIS WAS SENATOR LITTLE'S ATTORNEY. 56:35.391 --> 56:38.561 position:10% line:85% size:80% AND THEY LIKED EACH OTHER. SO WHAT WAS THIS ALL ABOUT? 56:38.561 --> 56:41.765 position:10% line:85% size:80% WELL WHEN I LISTENED, I LEARNED THIS IS WHAT THEY WERE DOING. 56:41.765 --> 56:45.368 position:10% line:85% size:80% THEY WERE LOOKING FOR CONSENSUS. THEY WERE TALKING OUT THE 56:45.368 --> 56:47.704 position:10% line:85% size:80% PROBLEM. AND THEY WERE TRYING TO FIND OUT 56:47.704 --> 56:50.774 position:10% line:85% size:80% WHAT THE OTHER FOLKS MEANT. THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO DO IN THE 56:50.774 --> 56:53.176 position:10% line:85% size:80% ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE. THANK YOU. 56:53.176 --> 56:56.713 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> CONGRESSMAN LABRADOR. >> Raul Labrador: THANK YOU FOR 56:56.713 --> 56:58.481 position:10% line:85% size:80% HAVING US TONIGHT. THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTIONS, AND 56:58.481 --> 57:00.517 position:10% line:85% size:80% THANK YOU TO THE AUDIENCE FOR LISTENING TO THIS DEBATE. 57:00.517 --> 57:02.986 position:10% line:85% size:80% I THINK IT'S PRETTY CLEAR THAT THE PEOPLE OF IDAHO ARE LOOKING 57:02.986 --> 57:08.491 position:10% line:85% size:80% FOR A STRONG, AGGRESSIVE, CONSERVATIVE ATTORNEY GENERAL 57:08.491 --> 57:09.926 position:10% line:85% size:80% THAT WILL DEFEND THE PEOPLE OF IDAHO. 57:09.926 --> 57:11.628 position:10% line:85% size:80% NOT A PERSON WHO'S GOING TO MAKE DEALS WITH THE FEDERAL 57:11.628 --> 57:14.030 position:10% line:85% size:80% GOVERNMENT. NOT A PERSON WHO'S GOING TO LET 57:14.030 --> 57:17.167 position:10% line:85% size:80% THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION RUN RIGHT OVER THE STATE OF IDAHO AS 57:17.167 --> 57:20.770 position:10% line:85% size:80% IT'S GOING TO TAKE AWAY OUR SOVEREIGNTY AND OUR FREEDOM AND 57:20.770 --> 57:22.839 position:10% line:85% size:80% OUR LIBERTIES. I'M THE PERSON THAT IS BEST 57:22.839 --> 57:25.141 position:10% line:85% size:80% QUALIFIED TO BE THE ATTORNEY GENERAL. 57:25.141 --> 57:29.379 position:10% line:85% size:80% MY OPPONENT DECIDED VERY LATE IN THE GAME THAT FIRST HE WAS AN 57:29.379 --> 57:32.448 position:10% line:85% size:80% INDEPENDENT, THEN HE WAS A REPUBLICAN SO HE COULD VOTE 57:32.448 --> 57:36.920 position:10% line:85% size:80% AGAINST ME, THEN HE RAN AS A DEMOCRAT TO RUN AGAINST ME. 57:36.920 --> 57:41.558 position:10% line:85% size:80% I THINK THE ONLY PERSON IN THIS RACE WHO IS A POLITICAL 57:41.558 --> 57:44.894 position:10% line:85% size:80% OPPORTUNIST IS MY OPPONENT. HE HAS DECIDED THAT HE'S GOING 57:44.894 --> 57:47.730 position:10% line:85% size:80% TO -- I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS HAPPEN IN THE STATE OF 57:47.730 --> 57:50.934 position:10% line:85% size:80% IDAHO WHERE SOMEBODY HAS DONE SOMETHING SO CRAVENLY POLITICAL. 57:50.934 --> 57:54.337 position:10% line:85% size:80% AND I THINK THE PEOPLE OF IDAHO ARE GOING TO SEE THROUGH THIS. 57:54.337 --> 57:56.439 position:10% line:85% size:80% I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY THAT I HAVE TO 57:56.439 --> 57:58.708 position:10% line:85% size:80% REPRESENT YOU AND I THANK YOU FOR THE YEARS OF SERVICE THAT 57:58.708 --> 58:01.311 position:10% line:85% size:80% YOU HAVE GIVEN ME AND I LOOK FORWARD TO BEING YOUR NEXT 58:01.311 --> 58:07.984 position:10% line:85% size:80% ATTORNEY GENERAL. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. 58:07.984 --> 58:09.652 position:10% line:85% size:80% THANK YOU TO BOTH OF THE CANDIDATES TONIGHT AND OUR 58:09.652 --> 58:14.090 position:10% line:85% size:80% REPORTERS FOR THEIR QUESTIONS. 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