IT'S ONE OF THE MOST COMPETITIVE RACES IN THE COUNTRY WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO RESET EXPECTATIONS ABOUT WHAT PEOPLE THINK WHEN THEY LOOK AT KANSAS SHE DOES NOT SHARE THE VALUES OR THE BELIEFS OF THE THIRD CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT THIS HOUR WE BRING YOU DAVID'S VERSUS ATKINS MOST PEOPLE DON'T FEEL LIKE THEY'RE BETTER OFF TODAY THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT I'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT I THINK PEOPLE HAVE APPRECIATED FROM THE STUDIOS OF KANSAS CITY PBS IT'S THE KANSAS THIRD DISTRICT CONGRESSIONAL DEBATE CO-PRESENTED BY THE SHAWNEE MISSION POST AND KCUR NEWS AND NOW HERE'S YOUR DEBATE MODERATOR NICK HAINES HELLO AND WELCOME YOU'VE SEEN THE YARD SIGNS YOU'VE SEEN THEIR POLITICAL ADS AND CHANCES ARE GOOD YOU PROBABLY HAD A COUPLE OF TEXT OR ROBOTIC VOICE MESSAGES FROM THEM ASKING YOU FOR CASH OR SUPPORT NOW IT'S TIME TO SEE THEM DEBATE SHARICE DAVIDS AND AMANDA ADKINS ARE WITH US IN WHAT WILL BE THE MOST UNSCRIPTED HOUR OF THIS ENTIRE CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN AND IF YOU'VE HEARD THE EXPRESSION TWO HEADS ARE BETTER THAN ONE HOW ABOUT THREE HEADS WE'RE PLEASED TO BE PARTNERING WITH THE SHAWNEE MISSION POST AND KCUR NEWS IN PRESENTING UH THIS DEBATE THE POST'S KYLE PALMER IS WITH US TO QUESTION OUR CANDIDATES AS IS LISA RODRIGUEZ NEWS DIRECTOR AT OUR NPR AFFILIATE FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS DEMOCRAT SHARICE DAVIDS HAS REPRESENTED THE KANSAS THIRD DISTRICT IN WASHINGTON DOES SHE DESERVE ANOTHER TWO YEARS ON CAPITOL HILL AMANDA ADKINS SAYS NO SHE'S A FORMER VICE PRESIDENT AT SOONER AND IS THE REPUBLICAN UH CANDIDATE UH IN THIS RACE UH YOU BOTH HAVE 60 SECONDS TO GIVE US A SENSE OF WHY YOU'RE RUNNING IN THE VERY FIRST PLACE HERE BUT LET'S LOOK HERE I'M LOOKING AT OUR SCHEDULE SHURI STEVEN DID YOU GO FIRST HERE WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT YOU'VE DONE IT FOR TWO YEARS YOU WHAT YOU WHAT WHAT HAVE YOU ACTUALLY DONE FOR US OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS AND WHAT CAN WE EXPECT OF YOU IN THE NEXT TWO YEARS YEAH THANK YOU SO MUCH AND THANKS TO OUR MODERATORS AND REALLY EVERYBODY WHO CAME TOGETHER TO MAKE THIS DEBATE HAPPEN UM YOU KNOW FOR FOLKS WHO DON'T ALREADY KNOW MY MOM RAISED ME AND MY BROTHERS I WORKED MY WAY FROM UH AS A FIRST GENERATION COLLEGE STUDENT FROM JOHNSON COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE TO CORNELL FOR LAW SCHOOL AND GOT THE CHANCE TO SERVE IN THE WHITE HOUSE AND YOU KNOW KANSANS COME TOGETHER AND WORK TOGETHER TO SOLVE TOUGH PROBLEMS AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I HAVE BEEN FOCUSED ON LIKE GETTING RELIEF TO OUR FAMILIES WHEN WE WERE IN THE DARKEST DAYS OF THE PANDEMIC LIKE PASSING THE LARGEST TRADE DEAL IN A GENERATION AND MAKING SURE THAT MEDICARE FINALLY HAS THE RIGHT TO NEGOTIATE PRESCRIPTION DRUG PRICES AND YOU KNOW MY OPPONENT HAS A DIFFERENT SET OF IDEAS YOU KNOW SHE HAS ALIGNED HERSELF WITH EXTREMISTS WHO CALL ALL THE RESULTS OF OUR ELECTIONS INTO QUESTION WOULD DECIMATE SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE AND SUPPORT A TOTAL BAN ON ABORTION WITHOUT EXCEPTIONS YOU KNOW THOSE ARE NOT THE KIND OF APPROACHES THAT ARE GOING TO WORK FOR US AND I'M GOING TO WORK WITH ANYONE AND LISTEN TO EVERYONE AND YOUR TIME IS UP THANK YOU SO MUCH INDEED AMANDA WATKINS YOU WERE TOGETHER ON THE BALLOT TWO YEARS AGO YOU CAME UP SHORT THEN WHY GET IN THIS RACE AGAIN THIS TIME AROUND WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO DIFFERENTLY THAN CHARICE DAVIDS OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS NICK I HAVE A SIMPLE QUESTION THAT I HAVE ASKED PEOPLE IN THE THIRD CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS AND IT TAKES ME BACK TO MY CHILD CHILDHOOD AND A GREAT PRESIDENT IN RONALD REAGAN AND THAT IS ARE YOU BETTER OFF TODAY AND I CONSISTENTLY HEAR FROM PEOPLE CROSSING THE THIRD CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT INDIVIDUALS FAMILIES BUSINESSES THAT THEY ARE NOT ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS LOOK AT RECORD 40-YEAR HIGHS IN INFLATION PEOPLE ARE SUFFERING NOW WE HAVE INTEREST RATES THAT ARE RISING WE ARE ENTERING A RECESSION AND THAT IS ALL DUE TO THE BAD POLICIES ON THE PART OF PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN AND CHARISSE DAVIDS HAS VOTED FOR IT 100 OF THE TIME I AM FIRST AND FOREMOST A BUSINESS LEADER I'M A PROBLEM SOLVER I'M SOMEBODY IN THIS COMMUNITY WHO IS FOCUSED ON RESULTS I FOCUSED ON RESULTS I FOCUSED ON DOING GOOD THINGS FOR KIDS AND FOR FAMILIES AND I'M HERE TODAY TO EXPOSE HER RECORD WHICH HAS BEEN BAD YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE PLENTY OF TIME TO DO THAT BECAUSE YOUR TIME IS UP WE'RE GOING TO GET TO QUESTIONS STARTING WITH LISA RODRIGUEZ FROM KCUR NEWS THANKS NICK WITH THE SUPREME COURT DECISION OVERTURNING ROE V WADE EARLIER THIS YEAR ABORTION RIGHTS HAVE COME TO THE FOUR OF THIS YEAR'S MIDTERM ELECTION IN AUGUST VOTERS IN KANSAS INCLUDING A CLEAR MAJORITY IN VOTERS IN THE THIRD DISTRICT REJECTED THE VALUE THAN BOTH AMENDMENT WHICH WOULD HAVE STRIPPED A RIGHT TO ABORTION FROM THE STATE CONSTITUTION SO WHAT IS IT YOUR POSITION ON THE CURRENT STATE OF ABORTION ACCESS IN AMERICA AND WHAT NATIONAL POLICIES ON ABORTION WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE CONGRESS PURSUE AMANDA RADKIN I'VE BEEN VERY VERY CLEAR ON THIS ISSUE WITH THE DECISION THAT WAS MADE BY THE SUPREME COURT THE DOBBS DECISION ABORTION POLICY IS NOW A STATE LEVEL ISSUE I STRONGLY STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT DECISION MAKING NEEDS TO HAPPEN VERY VERY VERY CLOSE TO THE PEOPLE THE PEOPLE IN THE STATE OF KANSAS HAVE ALREADY SPOKEN AND I HAVE SAID BECAUSE I BELIEVE IT IS A STATE LEVEL ISSUE AND I BELIEVE IN FEDERALISM THAT CONGRESS DOES NOT HAVE A ROLE HERE AND AS SUCH I DO NOT SUPPORT A CONGRESSIONAL BAN ON ABORTION MY OPPONENT IN COMPARISON AND JOE BIDEN WANT TO MAKE IT A FEDERAL ISSUE SHE SUPPORTS TAXPAYER DOLLARS BEING USED FOR ABORTION SHE SUPPORTS VERY PAINFUL LATE TERM PARTIAL ABORTION AND I KNOW IN THIS ELECTION CYCLE MORE IMPORTANT PEOPLE IN THIS COMMUNITY ARE FOCUSED ON THE ECONOMY WHEN I GO OUT IN NEIGHBORHOODS THEY'RE NOT TALKING TO ME ABOUT ABORTION THEY'RE SAYING AMANDA I CAN NO LONGER AFFORD A CARTON OF EGGS BUT WE WANT TO HEAR FROM CHARISSE DAVID 60 SECONDS YEAH THANK YOU LOOK WHEN UH WHEN ROE WAS OVERTURNED FOLKS WERE SCARED AND I KNOW TONS OF PEOPLE RIGHT HERE AT HOME HAD ANXIETY WE WATCHED AS OUR NEIGHBORING STATES WERE PASSING THESE EXTREME LAWS AND I HAVE BEEN VERY CLEAR SINCE THE FIRST TIME THAT I SPOKE ON THIS I'M I AM PRO-CHOICE AND I WILL ALWAYS FIGHT TO PROTECT A WOMAN'S RIGHT TO CHOOSE AND MAKE SURE THAT POLITICIANS ARE NOT THE ONES MAKING THESE DECISIONS FOR YOU LOOK MY OPPONENT HAS UM YOU KNOW THE THE ISSUE ISN'T HER SPECIFIC STANCE THAT SHE'S PRO-LIFE IT'S THAT WE REALLY CAN'T TRUST HER ON THESE ISSUES YOU KNOW SHE ON HER WEBSITE SUPPORTS AN AGENDA THAT WOULD LEAD TO A TOTAL BAN WITH NO EXCEPTIONS NOT FOR RAPE NOT FOR INCEST OR THE LIFE OF THE MOTHER AND YOU KNOW I YOUR ANSWER SEEMS TO CHANGE DEPENDING ON WHO THE AUDIENCE IS AND FRANKLY IT'S VERY CONCERNING AND I THINK SAYS A LOT ABOUT WHAT KIND OF REPRESENTATIVE UH YOU WOULD BE YOU HAVE 30 SECONDS TO ROBOT DEMAND RIGHT MISS DAVID'S UH YOUR COMMENTS ARE DISHONEST I HAVE BEEN VERY AND DECEPTIVE I HAVE BEEN VERY VERY I AM A PRO-LIFE CANDIDATE I HAVE BEEN MY ENTIRE I HAVE BEEN PRO-LIFE MY ENTIRE LIFE BUT I HAVE BEEN VERY CLEAR I'VE NOW BEEN INTERVIEWED ALMOST 15 TIMES IN MEDIA ON THIS ISSUE AND I HAVE SAID THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DOES NOT HAVE A ROLE AND I THEREFORE DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SHOULD PUSH A CONGRESSIONAL BAN ON ABORTION AND I WOULD JUST ADD PEOPLE IN THIS DISTRICT HAVE ALREADY SPOKEN AND I RESPECT OKAY THE VOICE OF PEOPLE'S LOST WOOD YEAH LOOK I WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE FOLKS TO GO TO MY OPPONENT'S WEBSITE AND LOOK AT THE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA THAT SHE HAS UH THAT SHE HAS ENDORSED IT INCLUDES A TOTAL ABORTION BAN AND UH YOU KNOW I WILL ALWAYS FIGHT TO PROTECT PEOPLE FROM HAVING POLITICIANS WHETHER THEY'RE STATE POLITICIANS OR FEDERAL POLITICIANS FROM MAKING YOUR HEALTH CARE DECISIONS FOR YOU LET'S MOVE TO ANOTHER ISSUE AND KYLE PALMER OF THE SHAWNEE MISSION POST HAS THAT QUESTION THANK YOU NICK THERE'S BEEN NO EVIDENCE OF WIDESPREAD VOTER FRAUD AND DOZENS OF LAWSUITS CHALLENGING THE 2020 ELECTION RESULTS HAVE BEEN DISMISSED FOR LACK OF EVIDENCE YET FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP AND MANY OF HIS ALLIES CONTINUE TO INSIST THE ELECTION WAS STOLEN FROM HIM AND THIS HAS BECOME A BAROMETER OF SORTS FOR MANY VOTERS WANTING TO KNOW WHETHER YOU BELIEVE THE FORMER PRESIDENT'S UNSUBSTANTIATED CLAIMS DO YOU ACCEPT JOE BIDEN AS THE LEGITIMATELY ELECTED PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES AND ARE YOU CONFIDENT IN THE INTEGRITY OF OUR NATION'S ELECTION SYSTEM THAT STARTS WITH CHARICE DAVIS YEAH THANK YOU SO MUCH UM OUR DEMOCRACY AND FREE AND FAIR ELECTIONS ARE THE BEDROCK UH OF THIS COUNTRY I HAVE SAID TIME AND TIME AGAIN THAT UH ANY ATTEMPTS BY ELECTEDS OR CANDIDATES TO UNDERMINE THE INTEGRITY OF OUR ELECTIONS UM IT'S A DANGEROUS MOVE YOU KNOW AND YES I DO BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE A LEGITIMATELY ELECTED PRESIDENT IT SHOULDN'T BE CONTROVERSIAL OR AND IT DOESN'T TAKE A LOT OF GUTS TO SAY THAT BUT I WILL TELL YOU THAT I HAVE BEEN VERY CONCERNED ABOUT MY OPPONENT'S ALIGNMENT WITH SOME OF THE MOST EXTREME VOICES IN THE CURRENT REPUBLICAN PARTY LOOK TED CRUZ WAS JUST HERE HE IS ONE OF THE ONE OF THE TOP ELECTION DENIERS IN THIS COUNTRY AND HER MOST AND THE THE FACT THAT SHE IS MOST PROUD OF HAVING CALVIN HAYDEN'S ENDORSEMENT WHO HAS WASTED JOHNSON COUNTY TAXPAYER DOLLARS ON BASELESS CONSPIRACY THEORY UH INVESTIGATIONS IS IS ABSOLUTELY YOUR TIME IS UP BY THE WAY CALVIN HAYDEN THE JOHNSON COUNTY SHERIFF AMANDA ADKINS THERE YOU GO AGAIN MISS DAVIDS I HAVE PUBLICLY STATED THAT I BELIEVE JOE BIDEN WON THIS ELECTION I ALSO HAVE PUBLICLY STATED A STRONG BELIEF SYSTEM IN OUR U.S CONSTITUTION THAT OUR STATES SHOULD RUN ELECTIONS THE STATE OF KANSAS HERE'S A GREAT NEWS FOR OUR VOTERS OUR OUR STATE ELECTION LAWS ARE VERY VERY STRONG WE HAVE A GREAT SYSTEM OF CHECKS AND BALANCES IN THE STATE THAT I STRONGLY BELIEVE IN MY OPPONENT BY COMPARISON SUPPORTS LEGISLATION LIKE HR1 THE SO-CALLED FOR THE PEOPLE ACT THAT WOULD NATIONALIZE ELECTIONS AGAIN I BELIEVE IN KANSAS ELECTION LAWS AND IT WOULD DO THINGS LIKE CREATING ELECTIONS ARE AS IF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS NOT ALREADY BIG ENOUGH AND POOR PUBLIC MONEY INTO CAMPAIGNS AT A TIME WHEN WE ARE ALREADY STRETCHED FAR TOO THIN SHOES DAVIDS YOU HAVE 30 SECONDS TO ROBOT YEAH THANK YOU SO MUCH UM I THINK I JUST I FEEL LIKE WE HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IT TOOK ALMOST 20 MONTHS FOR MY OPPONENT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE HAD A LEGITIMATE 2020 ELECTION AND THE YOU KNOW I I APPRECIATE MY OPPONENT STANDING HERE TODAY SAYING THAT SHE THINKS THAT WE HAVE A QUALITY SAFE FAIR ELECTIONS HERE IN KANSAS I JUST WISH THAT SHE WASN'T ALIGNING HERSELF WITH SOMEONE WHO CONTINUES TO CALL THOSE INTO QUESTION FINAL WORD TO YOU AMANDA ATKINS I FIND IT INTERESTING THAT SHE TALKS ABOUT ALIGNMENT MISS DAVID'S I WOULD REALLY KNOW YOU SHOULD YOU SHOULD COMMENT ON IT OVER THE COURSE OF THIS DEBATE HAVE YOU EVER NOT VOTED WITH JOE BIDEN I THINK PUBLIC RECORDS SHOWS THAT YOU HAVE VOTED WITH JOE BIDEN 100 OF THE TIME AND YET HERE JUST IN THE LAST WEEK THERE ARE MEMBERS OF HIS ADMINISTRATION WHO CAME TO THIS COMMUNITY AND YOU WOULDN'T SHOW UP WITH THEM SO I FIND IT VERY INTERESTING THAT YOU HAVE CHOSEN YOU'VE TRIED TO HIDE FROM YOUR AFFILIATION WITH OUR PRESIDENT AND I KNOW WHY BECAUSE HIS RECORD PARTICULARLY AS IT RELATES TO YOUR TIME IS UP THERE I KNOW YOU'LL FIND WAYS OF WEAVING IT IN LATER BUT ANYWAY ON THE ECONOMIC FRONT LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT WE'RE TOLD WAGES ARE NOT KEEPING PACE WITH INFLATION INTEREST RATES ARE RISING THE STOCK MARKET IS IN FREE FALL SUPPLY CHAINS UH REMAIN IN FLAXA WITH WINTER APPROACHING AMERICANS ARE PREPARING TO FACE SKY HIGH HOME HEATING BILLS STARTING WITH YOU AMANDA ADKINS WHAT'S THE SINGLE BIGGEST ACTION YOU WILL TAKE IN CONGRESS TO HELP YOUR CONSTITUENTS PAD THEIR POCKETBOOKS OR LOWER THEIR HOUSEHOLD BILLS NICK THE SINGLE GREATEST ISSUE THAT I HEAR IN THE THIRD CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT IS HOW WORRIED PEOPLE ARE ABOUT INFLATION WE KNOW THAT IN THE THIRD CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT THAT RIGHT NOW FAMILIES AT CURRENT INFLATION LEVELS ARE BEING HIT ROUGHLY ON AVERAGE IT'S A HIT OF EIGHT THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED DOLLARS IN NEGATIVE EXPENSE PER YEAR THEY'RE PAYING THIS THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY FOR THE SAME GOODS AND SERVICES FAMILIES CANNOT AFFORD THAT MY OPPONENT HAS DIRECTLY CONTRIBUTED TO IT MULTIPLE EXAMPLES BUT THE BIG ONE SHE VOTED FOR THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN IN SPRING OF 2021 AND WAS WARNED BY LEFT-WING ECONOMISTS PEOPLE LIKE LARRY SUMMERS THAT IT WOULD DIRECTLY CONTRIBUTE TO INFLATION HERE WE'RE AT TODAY I BY CONTRAST AND FOR A BALANCED BUDGET AND GETTING THIS COUNTRY BACK TO A SURPLUS WE NEED TO STOP THE RECKLESS SPENDING THAT'S POINT ONE WE NEED TO ACTUALLY MOVE TOWARD CONTINUING TO REDUCE THE DEFICIT IN THIS COUNTRY AND WE NEED TO COMMIT TO A BALANCED BUDGET THANK YOU AND CHOICE DAVID'S PLAN IS WHAT YEAH THANK YOU SO MUCH UM LOOK ABSOLUTELY IT THINGS HAVE BEEN REALLY HARD UM FROM THE PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS THAT LED TO AN ECONOMIC CRISIS I'M HEARING IT FROM FOLKS IT'S MAKING IT MAKES ME THINK OF YOU KNOW MY MOM RAISED ME AND MY BROTHERS BY HERSELF THAT ANXIETY OF NOT BEING SURE IF YOU'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO PUT GAS IN YOUR CAR PUT FOOD ON THE TABLE IS ABSOLUTELY REAL IT'S WHY I HAVE FOCUSED ON THINGS LIKE A FEDERAL GAS TAX HOLIDAY THAT WOULD MEAN AN 18 CENTS PER GALLON SAVINGS WHEN YOU'RE FILLING UP YOUR TAKE MULTIPLE TIMES A WEEK THAT MAKES A HUGE DIFFERENCE ON THINGS LIKE MAKING SURE WE'RE MAKING MORE HERE AND NOT IN PLACES LIKE CHINA AND YOU KNOW MY OPPONENT HAS A IT'S IT IS ACTUALLY HARD TO TAKE HER POSITION SERIOUSLY WHEN I KNOW THAT SHE WAS A SENIOR AIDE TO SAM BROWNBACK AS HE DECIMATED OUR STATE'S BUDGET DESTROYED OUR PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM AND DOWNGRADED OUR CREDIT RATING AS A STATE YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO REBUT FOR 30 SECONDS AMANDA ATKINS HERE'S MY COMMENT TO MISS DAVIDS WHILE YOU HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE PROBLEM DECIMATED OUR ECONOMY HIGHEST LEVEL OF INFLATION IN 20 YEARS INCREASING INTEREST RATES A RECESSION THAT WE'RE EITHER ALREADY INTERLOOMING THE TIME PERIOD SHE'S TALKING ABOUT INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH I WAS BUILDING BUSINESS IN THIS COMMUNITY AND COUNTRY I WAS PART OF SOME OF THE BUILDING SOME OF THE NEW BUSINESS AREAS AT CERNER THAT CONTRIBUTED TO GROWTH HIRING PEOPLE IN THIS COMMUNITY AND I DID SO FOR 15 PLUS YEARS I'M VERY PROUD OF THAT WORK IN BUSINESS AND IN HEALTH CARE PROBLEM SOLVER THAT IS MADE BUSINESS BUILDER SHOULD WE ST DAVIDS YEAH THANK YOU I JUST WANT TO TURN REALLY QUICKLY TO SOMETHING THAT MY OPPONENT HAS SAID A COUPLE OF TIMES WHICH IS UM YOU KNOW SHE LIKES TO CITE STATISTICS ABOUT UM VOTING WITH THE PRESIDENT WHICH HE BY THE WAY IS NOT IN THE HOUSE AND DOESN'T VOTE BUT THAT'S BASED ON LESS THAN 10 PERCENT OF THE VOTES I'VE TAKEN THIS CONGRESS UM I HAVEN'T HEARD HER MENTION THE 70 PERCENT OR THE 70 PERCENT OF MY BILLS ARE BIPARTISAN AND I HAVE WORKED ON UNSTICKING OUR SUPPLY CHAINS THROUGH BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS AND I'LL CONTINUE TO DO THE EXACTLY THANK YOU VERY MUCH WE'RE GOING TO GO TO FRESH TERRITORY NOW WITH LISA RODRIGUEZ FROM KCUR THANKS NICK THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE TRYING TO CROSS AMERICA'S SOUTHERN BORDER ILLEGALLY HAS SKYROCKETED TWO RECORD HIGHS THIS YEAR WHAT'S YOUR VIEW ON THE STATE OF IMMIGRATION IN THE UNITED STATES AND WHAT FEDERAL IMMIGRATION POLICIES DO YOU SUPPORT AND THAT STARTS WITH YOU CHARICE DAVIDS FOR 60 SECONDS YEAH THANK YOU SO MUCH LOOK UH I MEAN OUR IMMIGRATION SYSTEM IS BROKEN AND THIS HAS BEEN A PROBLEM FOR TOO LONG WHAT WE REALLY NEED IS BIPARTISAN COMPREHENSIVE IMMIGRATION REFORM UH I HAVE UH WORKED UH AS HARD AS I CAN TO FIND THAT AGREEMENT AND WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO TO SUPPORT YOU KNOW I HAVE I HAVE SUPPORTED GETTING ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO SECURE OUR BORDERS YOU KNOW WHETHER IT'S THE TECHNOLOGY THAT WILL HELP MAKE US NOT ONLY MORE EFFECTIVE BUT MORE EFFICIENT AND I ALSO THINK THAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE'RE KEEPING OUR PROMISES TO UH OUR DREAMERS FOR INSTANCE YOU KNOW PEOPLE NEED TO BE TREATED AS THE HUMANS THEY ARE AND ON IMMIGRATION MY CONCERN IS THAT MY OPPONENT IS NOT GOING TO TAKE A BIPARTISAN APPROACH AND I I WAS SO DISAPPOINTED LAST TIME AROUND WHEN SHE FAILED TO STAND UP TO THE FORMER PRESIDENT WHEN HE WAS TAKING KIDS AWAY FROM THEIR FAMILIES I'M ANDREW ADKINS OUR BORDER IS NOT SECURE AND IT'S AN ABSOLUTE DISASTER MY OPPONENT HAS NOT BEEN TO THE SOUTHERN BORDER I HAVE THE REASON WHY I WENT IS BECAUSE I KNOW FOR MY CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR SHERIFFS AND WITH ATTORNEY GENERAL OR OUR DISTRICT ATTORNEY STEVE HOWE WHO IS THE SUPPORTER OF MINE THAT WHERE WE HAVE CRIME IN THIS COMMUNITY UNDERLINE IT IS ALWAYS ABOUT DRUGS I WENT DOWN TO THE SOUTHERN BORDER BECAUSE I WANTED TO HEAR FIRSTHAND WHAT IS GOING ON HERE'S WHAT I HEARD AND IT IS DIRECTLY THE RESULT OF THE POOR POLICIES OF THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION WHICH MISS DAVIDS HAS SUPPORTED ONE OUR BORDER IS OPEN TWO THE CARTELS HAVE BUILT A MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR INDUSTRY IN SMUGGLING PEOPLE AND DRUGS ACROSS THE BORDER AND THREE WE HAVE A HUMANITARIAN CRISIS THAT NOBODY NOBODY IS TALKING ABOUT I BELIEVE WE NEED TO HAVE A PHYSICAL WALL IN SOME AREAS BY THE WAY MY MY OPPONENT MISS DAVIDS HAS VOTED AGAINST THAT SHE'S VOTED AGAINST THAT I DO BELIEVE WE NEED TO HAVE HIGH-TECH SURVEILLANCE IN COMBINATION WITH THAT AND WE NEED TO SUPPORT OUR BORDER CONTROL OUR BORDER PATROL AGENTS AND BY THE WAY MISS DAVIDS HAS PUBLICLY STATED PREVIOUSLY THAT SHE WANTS TO DEFUND US THANK YOU SO MUCH LUIS DAVID YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO REBUT UM THANK YOU UH WELL I'LL FOLLOW THAT UP WITH TALKING ABOUT THE THINGS THAT I HAVE VOTED TO SUPPORT UH LIKE INCREASING THE TECHNOLOGY AT THE BORDER BECAUSE NOT ONLY DO WE NEED TO BE EFFECTIVE WE NEED TO BE EFFICIENT WITH OUR TAXPAYER DOLLARS THAT'S WHY I'VE SUPPORTED POLICIES LIKE THAT I ALSO WANT TO TAKE ISSUE WITH THE FACT THAT EVERY TIME THE ISSUE OF IMMIGRATION AND FIXING OUR IMMIGRATION SYSTEM COMES UP IT'S REALLY DISAPPOINTING TO HEAR MY OPPONENT JUST REGURGITATE REPUBLICAN TALKING THANK YOU VERY MUCH THE LAST WORD GOES TO YOU AMANDA ADKINS UH I WOULD JUST ASK MISS DAVIDS MAYBE SHE CAN COMMENT ON THIS IN A FUTURE QUESTION OUR VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES KAMALA HARRIS HAS REPEATEDLY SAID THAT THE SOUTHERN BORDER IS SECURE I JUST WANT TO HEAR WHEN SHE IS GOING TO ACTUALLY REFUTE THAT BECAUSE IN FACT AS I SAID EARLIER IT IS NOT PEOPLE ARE SUFFERING HUMANITARIAN CRISIS THE BORDER IS NOT SECURE AND BY THE WAY OUR BORDER AGENTS HAVE A MESSAGE FOR YOU AND THAT IS THEY CAN'T BELIEVE THAT YOU VOTED FOR 80 BILLION DOLLARS IN MONEY FOR MORE IRS AGENTS AND YET THEY ARE NOT BACKED UP THE MESSAGE FROM THE SHERIFF DOWN THERE IS THERE IS NO END INSIDE THANK YOU SO MUCH WE GO FROM THE BORDER TAKE US SOMEWHERE NEW KYLE PALMER WITH THE SHAWNEE MISSION POST THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE ESTIMATES THAT WITHIN THE NEXT DECADE THE SOCIAL SECURITY PROGRAM WILL BE PAYING OUT MORE MONEY THAN IT IS TAKING IN WHAT WOULD BE YOUR APPROACH TO ADDRESS THIS LOOMING ISSUE I'M ANDREW ATKINS SURE I'M HAPPY TO START FIRST OF ALL I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO BE TRANSPARENT WITH THE AMERICAN PEOPLE THAT THERE IS A LOOMING CRISIS AS IT PERTAINS TO SOCIAL SECURITY IF WE DO NOTHING OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT 10 10 YEARS THEN PEOPLE CAN'T EXPECT THAT THERE WOULD BE AS MUCH AS A 20 22 PERCENT CUT THAT IS A REAL PROBLEM BECAUSE OF THAT THERE ARE A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I THINK THAT WE NEED TO DO ONE AS SOMEBODY WHO'S WORKED IN BUSINESS I THINK THAT WE NEED TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO ARE PAYING INTO THE SYSTEM I'VE RELEASED A PLAN RELATED TO WOMEN WHO WANT TO RE-ENTER THE WORKFORCE A PARTICULARLY POST COVET I ALSO DO BELIEVE MISS DAVID SAID IMMIGRATION CAN AND SHOULD BE A WORKFORCE ISSUE I WANT PEOPLE TO COME TO THIS COUNTRY THEY NEED TO DO SO IN THE RIGHT WAY THEY NEED TO DO SO LEGALLY FINALLY COMMITMENT THAT I MAKE TO PEOPLE WHO ARE EITHER AT RETIREMENT RETIREMENT OR NEAR PEOPLE WHO ARE AGE 50 AND UP WE HAVE TO PROTECT AND PRESERVE THEIR BENEFITS AS THEY CURRENTLY STAND TODAY THAT IS MY COMMITMENT TO SENIORS IN THIS COUNTRY CHARISE DAVIDS THANK YOU SO MUCH LOOK I HAVE ALWAYS THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO KEEP ITS PROMISES AND YOU KNOW SOCIAL SECURITY IS SOMETHING THAT IS ONE OF THOSE PROMISES PEOPLE WORK THEIR ENTIRE UH ADULT LIVES PAYING INTO THE PAYING INTO SOCIAL SECURITY AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE MANAGING THE SOCIAL SECURITY PROGRAM IN AN EFFECTIVE WAY AND I ACTUALLY YOU KNOW THIS IS ONE OF THOSE AREAS I LIKE THE IDEA OF US GETTING MORE PEOPLE INTO THE WORKFORCE IT'S WHY I SUPPORT OUR SMALL BUSINESS COMMUNITY THEY'RE THE BACKBONE OF OF OF OUR ECONOMY AND THE REASON THAT WE HAVE THE KIND OF JOB GROWTH THAT WE HAVE AND I YOU KNOW I JUST I'M CONCERNED BECAUSE MY OPPONENT UH AGAIN SUPPORTS GO TO OUR WEBSITE SHE SUPPORTS A LEGISLATIVE POLICY THAT WOULD DECIMATE SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE UH MISS DAVID'S ONCE AGAIN UH VERY VERY DECEPTIVE IN YOUR COMMENTS AS I ACTUALLY JUST ARTICULATED A PLAN UM I HAVE MADE VERY CLEAR COMMENTS ON HOW WE BRING MORE PEOPLE INTO THIS COUNTRY THROUGH THE IMMIGRATION PROCESS LEGALLY TO BE PART OF OUR WORKFORCE I ALSO HAVE A FULL PLAN IN BRINGING MORE WOMEN BACK INTO THE WORKFORCE BOTH OF WHICH I THINK ARE IMPORTANT MISS DAVID'S INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH THE ONLY COMMENT THAT I'VE HEARD FROM YOU ON WHAT THE SOLUTION IS PREVIOUSLY IS THAT WE NEED TO HAVE YET ANOTHER CZAR OVER SOCIAL SECURITY WHICH JUST TELLS ME AND THE PEOPLE HERE IN THE THIRD CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT THAT CONGRESS THAT LEADERS LIKE YOU WANT TO KICK THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD VERSUS THAT'S HOW MUCH TIME YOU HAVE BUT AMANDA ROD CAN YOU GET THE LAST WORD ON THE SOCIAL SECURITY QUESTION SORRY CHERRIES DAVID YES OF COURSE YOU ARE THANK YOU YOU'RE PAYING ATTENTION WE APPRECIATE THAT THANK YOU THANK YOU UM LOOK I I KNOW THAT I'M SORRY I WAS JUST LAUGHING BECAUSE I WANT TO SAY SOMETHING VERY SERIOUS HERE WHICH IS THAT UH MY OPPONENT IS YOU KNOW SHE KEEPS USING THIS WORD DECEPTIVE WHEN I'M I JUST I WANT PEOPLE TO GO TO HER WEBSITE AND LOOK AT THE LEGISLATIVE PLAN THE THE THE PLAN THAT SHE HAS ENDORSED THAT WOULD DECIMATE SOCIAL SECURITY AND FORCE PEOPLE TO WORK UH MANY MORE YEARS AND I GUESS AS MUCH TIME AS YOU HAVE AND THAT IS SHARIS DAVID'S ENOUGH TIME UH I GET TO ASK A QUESTION WHICH IS REALLY AND THIS IS GOING TO GO TO YOU FIRST CHOICE DAVIDS ONE IN YOUR VIEW IS THE BIGGEST SINGLE THREAT FACING AMERICA IF YOU'RE ELECTED TO CONGRESS FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS WHAT WOULD YOU DO TO LESSEN THAT THREAT YEAH THANK YOU YOU KNOW I THINK THAT WELL FIRST OF ALL IT'S BEEN YOU KNOW MY MOM WAS IN THE ARMY MY GRANDFATHER WAS IN THE ARMY UH MY MY MOM WAS STATIONED ACTUALLY IN GERMANY WHEN THE BERLIN WALL CAME DOWN SO WE WERE OVER THERE UH WHEN THAT HAPPENED AND WATCHING UH VLADIMIR PUTIN IN AN UNPROVOKED AND AGGRESSIVE WAY UH INVADE A DEMOCRATIC SOVEREIGN STATE LIKE UKRAINE IS UH IT'S IT'S TRULY ALARMING AND I THINK THAT YOU KNOW WE HAVE GOT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE CONTINUING TO STAND WITH OUR ALLIES ON THE WORLD STAGE WHICH BY THE WAY WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE UNDER THE PREVIOUS PRESIDENT WE HAVE GOT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO IMPOSE STRICT SANCTIONS ON UH PEOPLE LIKE VLADIMIR PUTIN BECAUSE WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PROTECTING UH DEMOCRACIES AND I THINK I JUST THINK THAT UM THE THE STAKES COULDN'T BE HIGHER ON WATCHING WHAT'S HAPPENING OVER THERE AND THE BIGGEST THREAT FOR AMANDA RADKINS IS WHAT WHILE I APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS ON GLOBAL FREEDOM SADLY AT THIS POINT IN TIME IT WHEN I REMEMBER RONALD REAGAN SAYING THAT THIS COUNTRY SHOULD BE A SHINING CITY ON A HILL I GREW UP THINKING ABOUT THAT I GREW UP THINKING ABOUT MY OWN GRANDFATHER WHO WAS A PARATROOPER IN WORLD WAR II AND WHAT IT MEANT TO PROTECT FREEDOM HERE'S THE THING THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT THIS COUNTRY CAN DO TO PROTECT FREEDOM IS ENSURE FIRST AND FOREMOST THAT WE HAVE A STRONG ECONOMY AND RIGHT NOW WE ARE IN TERRIBLE SHAPE AS I CITED EARLIER I MEAN 40-YEAR HIGHS IN TERMS OF INFLATION I HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE CALLING MY CAMPAIGN OFFICE TALKING ABOUT THE FACT THAT THEY CAN'T AFFORD SOCKS LET ALONE PAY FOR EGGS WHICH NUMBERS HAVE DOUBLED IN PRICE EVERYBODY KNOWS THIS IF YOU'RE GOING TO THE GROCERY STORE WE HAVE GOT TO GET BACK TO MANAGING OUR ECONOMY AND THE ONLY WAY THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT IS FOR WASHINGTON TO START SOLVING PROBLEMS AGAIN WE HAVE TO BE FISCALLY PRUDENT WITH OUR DOLLARS AND TAKE VERY SERIOUSLY THAT EVERY TIME AS MUCH TIME AS YOU HAVE ON THAT CHOICE DAVID YOU HAVE 30 SECONDS TO REBUT YEAH I WOULD ABSOLUTELY LOVE TO TALK ABOUT THE WAYS THAT WE CAN UH MAKE OUR ECONOMY STRONGER AND SET OUR KIDS UP AND GRANDKIDS FOR SUCCESS AND YOU KNOW I I THINK ON THIS WHEN WE TALK ABOUT WORKING TOGETHER IN A BIPARTISAN WAY MY OPPONENT ABSOLUTELY WOULD HAVE BEEN A VOTE AGAINST THE WHAT THE U.S CHAMBER CALLED THE MOST FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE INVESTMENT IN INFRASTRUCTURE IN DECADES AND IF WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT GETTING OUR ECONOMY BACK ON TRACK MAYBE YOU SHOULD BE LOOKING AT KANSAS'S OWN PRESIDENT EISENHOWER AND INVESTING IN INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE LAST WORD GOES TO YOU WHAT'S INTERESTING ABOUT THAT IS MISS DAVIDS KNOWS THAT I COME FROM A BUILDER FAMILY MY FATHER WORKED IN HEAVY INFRASTRUCTURE FOR YEARS AND I'M FIRST AND FOREMOST A HUGE PROPONENT OF INFRASTRUCTURE I THINK IT IS A CORE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND IN ADDITION TO THINGS LIKE NATIONAL DEFENSE I THINK WE HAVE TO GET BACK TO SOLVING PROBLEMS IN THIS COUNTRY AND AGAIN I'M GOING TO CITE YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR ME SAY IT OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN IN THIS DEBATE IT WE ARE NOT IN A GREAT PLACE WHEN WE HAVE 40-YEAR HIGH INFLATION IN INTEREST RATES THAT ARE RISING AND WE'RE IN A RECESSION AND IT IS DIRECTLY THE RESULT OF THE BAD POLICIES OF JOE BIDEN AND TERESA DAVIS A BRAND NEW ISSUE NOW FROM LISA RODRIGUEZ AT KCUR MANY CITIES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES ARE SEEING RISING RATES OF HOMICIDE AND OTHER VIOLENT CRIMES WHAT STEPS CAN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TAKE TO HELP CITIES AND COUNTIES REDUCE CRIME AS I NOTED EARLIER I I'M FORTUNATE THAT THE SHERIFFS IN THIS COMMUNITY AND OUR DISTRICT ATTORNEY ARE SUPPORTERS OF MINE AGAIN I'M GOING TO GO BACK TO AN EARLIER POINT THAT I MADE THAT WHERE VIOLENCE AND CRIME EXIST IN THIS COMMUNITY IT IS ALWAYS UNDERLYING ABOUT DRUGS DISTRICT ATTORNEY STEVE HOWE HAS SAID THAT TOO MANY TIMES TO COUNT TO ME IN FACT HE JUST SAID AT A PRESS CONFERENCE WITH ME THAT HE'S NOW SEEN OVERDOSES EVERY SINGLE DAY RELATED TO FENTANYL WE NEED TO BACK UP OUR POLICE OFFICERS TO BE SURE WE NEED TO BACK UP OUR POLICE OFFICERS HAVING A STRONG RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR SCHOOLS AND WITH HEALTH CARE FOR SURE ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO THINGS LIKE MENTAL HEALTH BUT I'M GOING TO GO BACK TO MY COMMENTS ON THE BORDER THIS COUNTRY IS NOT SAFE AND SECURE IF WE CANNOT FIRST AND FOREMOST SECURE OUR BORDER WE DO THAT WITH THE PHYSICAL WALL HIGH-TECH SURVEILLANCE BACKING UP BORDER AGENTS INVESTMENT JOE BIDEN HAS FAILED TO DO THAT THE SHERIFF I MET WITH DOWN AT BROOKS COUNTY LOOKED AT ME AND SAID AMANDA WHERE IS THE END INSIDE I DON'T SEE IT DEMOCRATS HAVE BEEN LEADING AND THEY HAVE FAILED ON THIS ISSUE WE NEED REAL SOLUTIONS SHARICE DAVID'S ONE OF THOSE REAL SOLUTIONS YEAH THANK YOU UM LOOK I JUST UH I KNOW PEOPLE ARE SCARED OF UH FOR A LOT OF REASONS ACTUALLY SOMETIMES PARENTS ARE SCARED TO SEND THEIR KIDS TO SCHOOL BECAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S GOING TO BE A MASS SHOOTING INCIDENT BECAUSE THOSE HAVE BECOME WAY TOO PREVALENT I HAVE DONE WHAT I CAN TO SUPPORT LEGISLATION THAT WOULD KEEP KEEP PEOPLE SAFE FROM FROM GUNS WE HAD THE MOST MEANINGFUL BIPARTISAN PIECE OF LEGISLATION IN OVER TWO DECADES JUST PASSED OUT OF THE HOUSE THE SENATE AND THE PRESIDENT SIGNED IT AND AND THEN OF COURSE YES WHEN IT COMES TO SENDING THE RESOURCES NECESSARY TO OUR LOCAL AND STATE LAW ENFORCEMENT I HAVE ABSOLUTELY VOTED TO DO THAT TO GET THEM NOT ONLY THE TRAINING BUT THE EQUIPMENT NECESSARY AND THE ACCESS TO MENTAL AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH RESOURCES AND AND FIGURE OUT WAYS TO DE-ESCALATE SITUATIONS WHEN THEY'RE HAPPENING I'M ANDREW ATKINS 30 SECONDS TO ROBOT MISS DAVIDS IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO CALL YOURSELF BIPARTISAN WHEN YOU VOTED WITH JOE BIDEN 100 PERCENT OF THE BY THE WAY YOUR COLLEAGUES HERE IN OUR DELEGATION WOULD NOT CALL YOU BIPARTISAN AND YOU'RE NOT A PROBLEM SOLVER BECAUSE CLEARLY RIGHT NOW THIS COMMUNITY IS FACING SERIOUS PROBLEMS AGAIN STARTING WITH THE ECONOMY THE NUMBER ONE THING THAT I HEAR ABOUT IN THIS COMMUNITY I'M GOING TO GO BACK I'M GOING TO SAY THE SAME THREE THREE THINGS I SAID EARLIER HIGHEST LEVELS OF INFLATION INCLUDING AN EIGHT THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED DOLLAR HIT TO HOUSEHOLDS IN THIS COMMUNITY INTEREST RATES RISING OKAY WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO WAIT ON THOSE OTHER POINTS BECAUSE YOU'RE OUT OF TIME SHARICE DAVIS LOST WORD ON CRIME YEAH LOOK I THINK THAT UM AGAIN I WOULD JUST POINT TO MY RECORD I HAVE ABSOLUTELY UH SUPPORTED UH GETTING THE RESOURCES YOU KNOW I IN FACT I'VE I'M WORKING ON UPGRADING THE OLATHE POLICE COMMAND CENTER RIGHT NOW MOBILE COMMAND CENTER UM BECAUSE I'VE BEEN IN CONTACT AND I'M TALKING TO THE PEOPLE AT THE LOCAL AND STATE LEVEL TO MAKE SURE THAT FROM THE FEDERAL PERSPECTIVE WE'RE GETTING THEM THE RESOURCES THAT THEY NEED A NEW QUESTION FROM YOU FROM THE SHAWNEE MISSION POST AND THIS ISSUE REALLY JUST KIND OF CAME UP IN THOSE LAST ANSWERS BUT YOU WILL BE REPRESENTING ONE OF THE MOST MODERATE OR SO-CALLED PURPLE DISTRICTS IN THE U.S HOUSE HOW WILL YOU TRY TO BE A BIPARTISAN IN YOUR APPROACH TO REPRESENTING ALL THE VOTERS OF THE KANSAS THIRD DISTRICT AND THAT GOES TO YOU FIRST CHOICE DAVIDS YEAH THANK YOU SO MUCH LOOK I HAVE SPENT MY TIME IN CONGRESS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT ARE THE ISSUES WE CAN COME TOGETHER ON AND I'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT YOU KNOW ACTUALLY JUST RECENTLY UH JERRY MORAN AND I GOT A PRETTY COOL PIECE OF UH INNOVATIVE LEGISLATION PASSED AROUND ADVANCED AIR MOBILITY KANSAS HAS A HUGE OPPORTUNITY WHEN IT COMES TO AVIATION AEROSPACE PARTLY BASED ON OUR STRONG HISTORY THERE I'M I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT MY MY OPPONENT'S APPROACH I HAVE I'M NOT SURE I'VE HEARD ANYTHING COME OUT OF HER MOUTH TODAY THAT WASN'T A NATIONAL REPUBLICAN TALKING POINT YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT HOW YOU ARE MORE BIPARTISAN AND WOULD WORK IN A PURPLE STATE AMANDA ATKINS HERE'S WHAT PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT ME IN THIS COMMUNITY GIVEN MY 20 YEARS DOING WORK IN BUSINESS FOR THE COMMUNITY WORK FOR AT-RISK KIDS AND FAMILIES WHAT THEY KNOW ABOUT ME IS THAT WHEN I SEE A PROBLEM IN THIS COMMUNITY I WORK TO SOLVE THAT PROBLEM I'M A VERY INDEPENDENT THINKER IN MANY WAYS AND A LOT OF THAT I HAVE MY OWN SOLUTIONS MISS DAVIDS HAS CITED NATIONAL REPUBLICANS IF YOU GO TO AMANDAADKINS.COM YOU CAN FIND SOLUTIONS THAT I'VE WORKED ON IN BRITAIN BASED ON MY EXPERIENCES IN BUSINESS AND OTHERWISE RELATED TO ECONOMIC GROWTH THE STEPS THAT WE NEED TO TAKE ENERGY SECURITY AN IMPORTANT ISSUE WE HAVEN'T TOUCHED ON UH VERY MUCH HERE YET AND HOW WE GET BACK TO SECURITY IN THESE IN THIS COUNTRY THOSE ARE THE AREAS OF COMMITMENT THAT I AM FOCUSED ON IN THIS CAMPAIGN AND I'M WILLING TO WORK WITH ANYBODY TO GET TO A SOLUTION 30 SECONDS THROUGH ABOUT CHOICE DAVIDS YEAH THANK YOU I YEAH I WOULD JUST POINT TO MY RECORD AGAIN I HAVE 70 OF MY BILLS ARE BIPARTISAN I AM ALWAYS HERE TO YOU KNOW I LET ME LET ME POINT TO THE LAST PRESIDENT I DID NOT AGREE WITH THE LAST WITH DONALD TRUMP ON VERY MANY THINGS BUT WHEN WE ALL CAME TOGETHER I WAS ONE OF THE DEMOCRATS THAT STAYED AT THE TABLE WHEN WE GOT THE LARGEST TRADE DEAL IN A GENERATION PASSED UH AMANDA ATKINS AGAIN I'M JUST GOING TO POINT OUT THAT THIS COUNTRY THE MAIN REASON WHY I MADE THE DECISION TO RUN AGAIN IS THAT I KNEW AND I'VE HEARD FROM PEOPLE IN THIS DISTRICT THAT THE TRAJECTORY THAT WE ARE ON IS DISASTROUS AND IT IS DIRECTLY THE RESULT OF SOME OF THE POLICIES THAT JOE BIDEN HAS PUT FORWARD AND PEOPLE IN THIS COMMUNITY ARE SUFFERING AS A RESULT OF THOSE POLICIES AND AGAIN ULTIMATELY THIS ELECTION CYCLE WHAT I HEAR IN NEIGHBORHOODS ALL THE TIME AT MY ASK AMANDA EVENTS IS THAT THE ECONOMY AND INFLATION AND INTEREST RATE GROWTH THIS IS ON THE MINDS OF PEOPLE WHILE WE'RE TOLD OF COURSE THAT THE COST OF LIVING AND INFLATION IS THE BIGGEST ISSUE ON VOTERS MIND SOME POLITICAL ANALYSTS CLAIM THAT FOR MANY VOTERS EDUCATION IS THE ICEBERG ISSUE OF THIS MIDTERM ELECTION YET FOR THE MOST PART THIS IS AN ISSUE FOR STATES AND LOCALLY ELECTED SCHOOL BOARDS BUT WHAT ROLE AMANDA RADKINS IF ANY SHOULD CONGRESS PLAY IN DECIDING HOW STUDENTS ARE EDUCATED I BELIEVE FIRST AND FOREMOST THAT EDUCATION REALLY IS A WORKFORCE ISSUE THE EDUCA I HAVE CHILDREN STILL IN THE HOME WHO ARE IN THEIR LATER YEARS IN HIGH SCHOOL I HAVE HIRED A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE WORKFORCE OUR EDUCATION SYSTEM NEEDS TO FOCUS ON PREPARING PEOPLE FOR THE WORKFORCE I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO TALK ABOUT ONE ONE AREA THAT'S BEEN VERY TOPICAL OF LATE AND THAT IS UH PRESIDENT BIDEN'S FORGIVENESS OF STUDENT LOANS WHICH I HEAR A LOT ABOUT IN THE COMMUNITY I WANT TO BE CLEAR AGAIN HERE IN THIS TIME PERIOD WHERE WE ARE IN THE MIDST OF ECONOMIC DEVASTATION FOR GIVING STUDENT LOANS AND BASICALLY TACKING ON AN ADDITIONAL TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS IN EXPENSE TO TAXPAYERS IS JUST NOT FORGIVABLE MOST PEOPLE I TALK TO WHO SHOW UP AT MY EVENTS SAY I DIDN'T EVEN GO TO COLLEGE AMANDA WHY SHOULD I HAVE TO PAY FOR THIS WHAT WE NEED TO BE FOCUSED ON INSTEAD AND I'LL COMMENT SPECIFICALLY ON POST-SECONDARY ARE WE THERE NEEDS TO BE A TRANSPARENT DIALOGUE WITH OUR WITH OUR YOUNG PEOPLE WHAT CAREER ARE YOU TRYING TO PURSUE HOW MUCH IS IT GOING TO ACTUALLY COST FOR YOU TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT IF IT'S POST-SECONDARY OR TECHNICAL AND YOU NEED TO BE ABLE TO COME OUT OF IT AND NOT HAVE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF DEBT IT'S JUST THAT IMPORTANT IN TERMS OF WHY WE HAVE VERY MUCH LET'S HEAR FROM CHARICE DAVIDS ON THAT SAME QUESTION YEAH THANK YOU AND UM ABSOLUTELY EDUCATION IS SO IMPORTANT AND I THINK SOME OF THAT IS LIKE RIGHT HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY IT'S EXTRA UH TOPICAL BECAUSE KANSAS HAS A HISTORY OF HAVING GREAT PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEMS YOU KNOW I'VE GOT TO GRADUATE FROM LEAVENWORTH HIGH SCHOOL A GREAT A GREAT PUBLIC EDUCATION INSTITUTION RIGHT HERE AND AND JOHNSON COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE ONE OF THE BEST COMMUNITY COLLEGES IN THE COUNTRY AND I ABSOLUTELY THINK THAT WE HAVE TO BE SUPPORTING OUR YOUNG PEOPLE IT IS NOT THE PLACE OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO DICTATE CURRICULUM OR ANY OF THAT BUT IT IS OUR PLACE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING THE RESOURCES THERE SO THERE'S BROADBAND SO THERE'S ACCESS TO THE TECHNOLOGIES BUT YOU KNOW ON ON THIS SPECIFIC ISSUE MY OPPONENT UH I JUST WE CANNOT TRUST HER WITH OUR EDUCATION YOU KNOW BEING SAM BROWNBACK SENIOR AIDE BEING THERE RIGHT BY HIS SIDE WHEN THEY WERE DECIMATING OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS THEY HAD TO GO DOWN TO FOUR DAY WEEKS IS IT I JUST DON'T THINK WE CAN TRUST HER ON THIS ISSUE WELL LET'S GIVE AMANDA RADKINS A CHANCE TO RESPOND SURE MISS DAVID'S AGAIN VERY DECEPTIVE PEOPLE IN THIS COMMUNITY KNOW THAT I HAVE SPENT THE BETTER PART OF 10 PLUS YEARS DOING WORK IN THE EDUCATION SPACE TO HELP YOUNG PEOPLE IN MY FREE TIME IN ADDITION TO WORKING IN BUSINESS AND EVERYTHING ELSE I ACTUALLY STARTED A PHILANTHROPY THAT IS FOCUSED ON OFFERING SCHOLARSHIPS TO CHILDREN AND AT-RISK FAMILIES IN WYANDOTTE COUNTY THREE AND FOUR-YEAR-OLDS TO ENSURE THAT THEY ARE HEALTHY AND THAT THEY CAN START SCHOOL KINDERGARTEN READY BECAUSE WHEN I THINK ABOUT THE CONTINUUM OF THE WORKFORCE KIDS HAVE TO START SCHOOL READY IF SOMEDAY THEY'RE GOING TO BE PREPARED TO WORK FOR SOME OF OUR GREATEST BUSINESSES THANK YOU AND THE FINAL WORD GOES TO YOU SHARICE DAVIDS YEAH THANK YOU UM DURING MY OPPONENT'S TIME AS THE CHAIR OF THE CHILDREN'S CABINET UH THE BUDGET FOR THAT WAS DECIMATED AND KIDS WHO ARE THREE AND FOUR SHOULDN'T NEED SCHOLARSHIPS TO GET ACCESS TO ANY KIND OF EDUCATION WE SHOULD BE HAVING EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION BECAUSE THAT PAYS DIVIDENDS IN THE FUTURE IF WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT HAVING A WORKFORCE THAT'S SET UP FOR SUCCESS WE ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO BE INVESTING IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION AND NOT THREE AND FOUR-YEAR-OLDS GETTING SCHOLARSHIPS FROM ONE NON-PROFIT WE'RE READY TO HEAR FROM LISA RODRIGUEZ NOW FROM KCUR WE'VE GOT A STRAIGHTFORWARD ONE HERE WHAT WHAT IS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S ROLE IN MITIGATING THE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND THAT GOES TO YOU FIRST CHOICE DAVIDSON THANK YOU THANK YOU UH I MEAN FIRST OF ALL RIGHT HERE AT HOME I KNOW THAT UH PEOPLE OUTSIDE THE AREA MIGHT NOT THINK THAT WE'RE THINKING ABOUT THIS MUCH BUT I CAN TELL YOU WHEN WE'VE GOT FLOODING DAMAGING AND THREATENING THE LIVES AND LIVELIHOODS OF PEOPLE UH RIGHT HERE IN IN THE THIRD DISTRICT IT'S ABSOLUTELY SOMETHING THAT UH THAT PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW THAT I'M FOCUSING ON I HAVE BEEN PROUD TO NOT ONLY VOTE TO GET US BACK IN THE PARIS CLIMATE ACCORD BUT ALSO TO TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE HELPING OUR BUSINESSES YOU KNOW WIND ENERGY RENEWABLES ARE ARE ABSOLUTELY SOMETHING THAT THE MARKET IS DECIDING WE'RE MOVING TOWARD WE NEED TO INCENTIVIZE THAT MOVEMENT WIND ENERGY IS SOMETHING IN KANSAS WE'VE GOT A LOT OF POTENTIAL FOR AND UH I'M AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT UTILITY BILLS ARE COMING DOWN I HAVE VOTED TO DO JUST THAT FOR LOW-INCOME KANSANS AND YOU'RE JUST NOT GOING TO GET THE THE RIGHT APPROACH FOR MY OPPONENT ON THIS ONE HOW WOULD YOUR APPROACH BE DIFFERENT AMANDA ATKINS UH WELL I AM GOING TO APPROACH THIS FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF ENERGY SECURITY IN THIS COUNTRY WHICH I THINK IS A TOPIC THAT MOST PEOPLE AGAIN ARE FEELING WHERE THEY'RE FEELING THE PAIN AROUND IT JOE BIDEN AND DEMOCRATS IN CONGRESS HAVE BASICALLY DECIMATED OUR ENERGY SECTOR JOE BIDEN SENT A MESSAGE HE PUSHED OUT AN AGENDA FOR FOR WHICH THIS COUNTRY WAS NOT PREPARED AND AS A RESULT OF IT WE HAVE SEEN HIGHER ENERGY PRICES I AM A PROPONENT FOR INCREASING DOMESTIC OIL AND GAS PRODUCTION IN THIS COUNTRY WHILE PEOPLE AT THE PUMP THE THE NUMBERS ARE STILL UP THEY'RE NOT SEEING IT AS MUCH WHERE WE'RE HAVING A LOT OF PAIN RIGHT NOW IS IN DIESEL AND SO WHEN YOU START TALKING ABOUT SUPPLY CHAIN YOU START TALKING ABOUT INFLATION YOU START TALKING ABOUT THE COST OF GOODS DIESEL IS DRIVING UP A LOT OF THAT BUT I WANT TO MAKE ONE ADDITIONAL COMMENT IN ADDITION TO BEING FOR MORE DOMESTIC OIL AND GAS PRODUCTION AND THAT IS I'M A PROPONENT I WANT TO PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT TOO PEOPLE IN THIS COMMUNITY DO CARE ABOUT IT THE MOST IMPORTANT STEP THAT WE CAN TAKE IS INCREASING NUCLEAR CAPACITY IN THIS COUNTRY THANK YOU VERY MUCH YOU'VE GOT 30 SECONDS TO REPORT SHARICE DAVIDS YEAH THANK YOU SO MUCH I UH YEAH LET'S TALK ABOUT ENERGY SECURITY I HAVE ALREADY VOTED IN WAYS THAT WOULD DECREASE OUR RELIANCE ON FOREIGN OIL I WAS ONE OF THE PEOPLE THAT PUSHED BACK AGAINST MY OWN PARTY AND ENCOURAGED THE PRESIDENT TO GO BACK TO USING SOME OF THE REFINERIES THAT WENT OFFLINE DURING THE PANDEMIC LOOK WE NEED SOMEBODY FROM THE THIRD DISTRICT WHO'S GOING TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT AND STAND UP TO THE TO WHICHEVER PARTY THEY'RE FROM WHEN NECESSARY AND THAT'S EXACTLY AMANDA ATKINS YEAH MISS DAVID'S ONCE AGAIN MOST PEOPLE WOULD SAY IN THIS COMMUNITY THAT ENERGY SECURITY IS A MESS RIGHT NOW AND AGAIN I'M GOING TO GO BACK TO PEOPLE WHO ARE PAYING A LOT MORE MONEY FOR INFLATION THEY KNOW THAT THE COST OF DIESEL IN THIS COUNTRY BECAUSE JOE BIDEN SENT A MESSAGE SEND A MESSAGE TO INVESTORS YOU SHOULDN'T BE INVESTING IN DOMESTIC OIL AND GAS PRODUCTION IT HAS BEEN ABSOLUTELY DESTRUCTIVE FOR THIS COUNTRY JUST ONE LAST POINT I HAVE ALLUDED TO EARLIER NUCLEAR CAPACITY RIGHT SOUTH OF THE THIRD CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT WE DO HAVE A NUCLEAR PLANT THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO IN THE DISTRICT WHO WHO IN OUR DISTRICT WHO WHO LIVE AND WORK THERE OKAY WE ARE OUT OF TIME ON THAT AND WE MOVE NOW TO KYLE PALMA WITH THE SHAWNEE MISSION POST ANOTHER QUESTION REGARDING COSTS AND AND TOUCHING UPON INFLATION AS WELL MORTGAGE RATES ARE GOING UP RENT PRICES TOO WHAT ROLE IF ANY SHOULD CONGRESS PLAY TO MAKE HOUSING MORE AFFORDABLE AMANDA RADKINS YES I'VE HEARD A LOT ABOUT HOUSING FROM PEOPLE IN THE DISTRICT AGAIN FOLKS THE PRICE OF EVERYTHING IS GOING UP RIGHT NOW IT'S NOT JUST HOUSING I MEAN PEOPLE ARE FEELING THE PAIN ACROSS THE BOARD BECAUSE OF POOR DECISIONS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE BY WASHINGTON DC AND BY JOE BIDEN AND THAT MYSTERY DAVIDS HAS SUPPORTED AND WE WE NEED PROBLEM SOLVING IN WASHINGTON DC RIGHT NOW ONE OF THE REASONS WHY HOUSING IS MORE EXPENSIVE IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT NEW HOUSING AGAIN WE'RE GETTING BACK TO TRANSPORTING GOODS AND THE COST OF ENERGY IN THIS COUNTRY WHICH IS A REALLY BIG PROBLEM EVERY SINGLE TIME I ASK ANY BUSINESS IN ANY INDUSTRY WHY ARE YOU HAVING ISSUES RIGHT NOW IT ALL LINKS BACK ULTIMATELY TO TO THE COST OF ENERGY AMANDA RADKINS THANK YOU SO MUCH CHARISSE DAVIDS WHAT IS YOUR FIX FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING THANKS NICK UM YEAH ACTUALLY THIS IS UH SOMETHING THAT I KNOW THAT FOLKS HAVE BEEN STRUGGLING WITH AND YOU KNOW THINGS HAVE UM BEEN REALLY HARD ESPECIALLY AFTER COMING OUT OF THE PANDEMIC WHERE PEOPLE WERE EITHER LAID OFF OR UNABLE TO UNABLE TO WORK AND FROM THE FEDERAL PERSPECTIVE I THINK THAT WE ABSOLUTELY NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN PEOPLE CAN AFFORD NOT JUST THEIR MORTGAGE OR RENT BUT ALSO THEIR UTILITIES SOMETIMES THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MAKING YOUR RENT PAYMENT OR YOUR MORTGAGE PAYMENT IS CAN YOU AFFORD THE GAS BILL OR THE ELECTRICITY BILL AND THAT'S WHY WHEN I HAD THE CHANCE TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE STRUGGLING RIGHT NOW CAN MAKE THEIR HOMES MORE ENERGY EFFICIENT OR THAT LANDLORDS CAN DO THAT GET UTILITY GET THOSE UTILITY BILLS DOWN AND MAKE EVERYTHING MORE AFFORDABLE ACROSS THE BOARD THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO BE WORKING ON 30 SECONDS TO ROBOT DEMAND RIGHT IN ADDITION TO COMMENTING EARLIER ON THE COST OF ENERGY IN THIS COUNTRY WHICH IS A PROBLEM IN ANY INDUSTRY THE OTHER THING THAT I'VE CONSISTENTLY HEARD WITH PEOPLE FROM PEOPLE WHO WORK IN HOUSING IS THAT THEY'RE HAVING A HARD TIME FINDING WORKERS OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST FOUR YEARS THE LAST TWO YEARS UNDER DEMOCRATIC ADMINISTRATION THERE HAS BEEN A HEAVY FOCUS ON NOT NOT ENCOURAGING WORK IN THIS COUNTRY WE NEED TO MOVE BACK TO INCENTIVIZING AND ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO GET BACK INTO THE WORKFORCE OUR WORKFORCE SHORTAGE I THINK RIGHT NOW IS ROUGHLY AT ABOUT THERE ARE 11 MILLION JOBS THAT ARE UNFILLED IN THIS COUNTRY IT'S A REAL PROBLEM WOULD YOU LIKE TO RESPOND TO THAT CHOICE DAVIDS UH I'M NOT SURE I'M JUST NOT SURE WHAT MY WHO MY OPPONENT THINKS ISN'T NOT ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO GET UM TO TO GET INTO THE WORKFORCE YOU KNOW WE'VE DONE EVERYTHING WE CAN IN MY OFFICE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE SUPPORTING OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY COLLEGES FOR FOR MANY REASONS BUT SOME OF THOSE INCLUDE PEOPLE WANTING TO GET INTO THE TO THE TRADES OR THE SKILLED YOU KNOW INTO THE TECHNICAL AREAS AND I THINK THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO MAKE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE TO EVERYBODY COVID BARELY REGISTERS ANY LONGER IN PUBLIC OPINION POLLS LISTING VOTER CONCERNS BUT OBESITY HAS RISEN DIABETES IS UP DRUG AND ALCOHOL ABUSE HAS INCREASED IN SEWER CASES OF DEPRESSION AND MENTAL ILLNESS AS A MEMBER OF CONGRESS WAS THE SINGLE BIGGEST POLICY CHANGE YOU WOULD ADVOCATE FOR TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS WHO IS DAVID'S THANK YOU UM YOU KNOW I THINK THAT ABSOLUTELY YOU'VE JUST NAMED OFF A LITANY OF THINGS THAT PEOPLE ARE REALLY STRUGGLING WITH FROM MENTAL HEALTH WHICH YOU KNOW IS A HUGE PRIORITY IN MY OFFICE I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE HAVE ACCESS TO THE MENTAL BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE SERVICES THAT THEY NEED JOHNSON COUNTY UM UH FRANKLIN COUNTY AND MIAMI COUNTY THESE GUYS I KNOW THAT THERE'S A BUNCH OF PEOPLE DOING THAT WORK IN OUR IN OUR COUNTIES AND I'VE BEEN THERE TO SUPPORT THEM I ALSO THINK THAT IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO MAKE HEALTH CARE MORE AFFORDABLE YOU KNOW PEOPLE DESERVE ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE QUALITY HEALTH CARE UH YOU KNOW THE REPUBLICAN PARTY HAS TRIED TO DISMANTLE AT EVERY TURN THE ACT THAT ACCESS AND I'M REALLY PROUD THAT WE WERE ABLE TO FINALLY PUT A CAP ON INSULIN AT THIRTY DOLLARS A MONTH FOR OUR SENIORS AND THOSE OUT-OF-POCKET EXPENSES FOR OUR SENIORS BECAUSE WE CAN'T WE CAN'T KEEP TAKING ALL OF THESE THINGS AWAY FROM PEOPLE AND EXPECTING THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO STAY HEALTHY AND YOUR NUMBER ONE CHANGE THAT YOU WOULD MAKE IN THE FIELD OF HEALTH CARE IF YOU'RE ELECTED AMANDA ATKINS WELL NICK AS YOU KNOW I I I'VE SPENT THE VAST MAJORITY OF MY CAREER WORKING IN HEALTHCARE MY WORK HAS BEEN FOCUSED ON CUTTING COST AND HEALTHCARE MAKING HEALTH CARE MORE AFFORDABLE AND AS NOTED EARLIER AND HELPING PEOPLE TO BE HEALTHIER I THINK THERE ARE A LOT OF CHANGES WE CAN MAKE IN THIS COUNTRY RELATED TO THE COST OF MEDICAL CARE AND PRESCRIPTION DRUGS FIRST JUST REALLY QUICK ON MEDICAL CARE WE NEED TO WHEN WE START TO LOOK AT AT-RISK MEDICAL CARE BLOCK GRANT FEDERAL DOLLARS TO COME STRAIGHT BACK TO THE STATES BECAUSE THE STATES THEMSELVES BEST KNOW HOW TO MANAGE HEALTH CARE DOLLARS AND WHAT THE RISKS ARE IN A COMMUNITY IN ADDITION TO THAT THE BEST EXAMPLES I'VE SEEN OF RESULTS IN THIS COUNTRY ARE INSTANCES WHERE PROVIDERS THEMSELVES MAKE A DECISION TO CREATE HEALTH PLANS I JUST WANT TO MAKE ONE LAST COMMENT ON PRESCRIPTION DRUGS I AGREE THAT CMS SHOULD BE NEGOTIATING ON PRESCRIPTION DRUG PRICE BUT WHERE THE DEMOCRATS FELL SHORT SIGNIFICANTLY HAVING WORKED FOR AN INNOVATION COMPANY IS THAT WHEN YOU TRY TO PRICE CONTROL YOU TRY YOU YOU STACK TAXES ON THE BACKS OF INNOVATION COMPANIES ALL YOU'RE DOING IS DISCOURAGING INNOVATION AND LIFE-SAVING DRUGS ULTIMATELY THANK YOU 30 SECONDS TO ROBOT SHARICE DAVIDS YEAH THANK YOU UM MEDICARE IS LITERALLY THE LARGEST PURCHASER OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS IN THIS COUNTRY UH IF WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT UH THE MARKET DECIDING ABSOLUTELY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SHOULD BE NEGOTIATING PRESCRIPTION DRUG PRICES YOU KNOW AND IF I'M SURPRISED THAT MY OPPONENT THINKS THE STATE IS UH BEST UH SITUATED TO MAKE A BUNCH OF THESE DECISIONS THE LEGISLATURE IN KANSAS UH WHICH WAS REPUBLICAN-LED EXPANDED MEDICAID AND IT WAS SAM BROWNBACK WHO SHE AND THAT IS YOUR TIME THERE AMANDA RIGHT AGAINST LAST WORD AGAIN I'M GOING TO COMMENT ON PRESCRIPTION DRUG PRICES BECAUSE I DO THINK THIS IS AN IMPORTANT TOPIC FOR SENIORS I DID A LOT OF NEGOTIATING MY HEALTHCARE CAREER ON DRUG AND MEDICAL PRICES ON BEHALF OF CERNER AND A LOT OF EMPLOYERS IN THIS COUNTRY SO I BELIEVE IN NEGOTIATION CLEARLY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS RESPONSIBILITIES SPECIFICALLY FOR MEDICARE WHICH WAS MY SECOND POINT WHERE I HAVE SIGNIFICANT CONCERNS FOR OUR SENIORS HAVING WORKED FOR AN INNOVATION COMPANY WHEN YOU START TO TRY TO TAX AND ADD SIGNIFICANT REGULATION ON THE BACKS OF BUSINESS THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE HARD DECISIONS AND THOSE HARD DECISIONS INCLUDE LESS INNOVATION LESS INVESTMENT THANK YOU VERY MUCH LISA RODRIGUEZ WITH A NEW QUESTION THIS MAY OPEN THE FLOOR FOR FOR A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT TOPICS WHICH ACTION BY THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION DO YOU SUPPORT THE MOST AND WHICH DO YOU OPPOSE THE MOST HOW ABOUT THAT AMANDA ADKINS WELL INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH I MEAN WE JUST TALKED ABOUT PART OF IT BUT I ONLY PARTIALLY SUPPORT IT I I AGAIN I SPENT MORE THAN 15 YEARS OF MY CAREER IN HEALTH CARE DESPITE WHAT MISS DAVIDS HAS SHARED IN HER DECEPTIVE ADS I SPENT TIME BUILDING BUSINESS I SPENT TIME WORKING ON AFFORDABILITY AND HEALTH CARE AS NOTED EARLIER AND I DO THINK THAT PRESCRIPTION DRUGS IS ONE AREA WHERE WE CAN COME TOGETHER BUT NOT IN THE WORDS OF ONE JOURNALIST IN THE MIDST OF THE DEBATE IF WE TAKE VETO CORLEONE STYLE TACTICS AND WE TRY TO NEGOTIATE ALL PRICES ACROSS AMERICA LIKE WE NEED TO NEGOTIATE FOR MEDICARE BUT WE NEED TO PROTECT IMPACT INNOVATION IN THIS COUNTRY OUR SENIORS DESERVE LIFE-SAVING DRUGS AS WE MOVE INTO THE FUTURE THAT ARE GOING TO ADVANCE MEDICAL CARE AND THAT'S WHAT I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT I'M VERY VERY CONCERNED ABOUT INNOVATION AND PUSHING BACK SHARICE DAVIDSON CAN YOU REPEAT THE QUESTION YES WHICH ACTION BY THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION DO YOU SUPPORT THE MOST AND WHICH DO YOU OPPOSE THE MOST I WAS THROWN OFF BY THE VETO CORLEONE THING UM YEAH LOOK EVERYBODY KNOWS I'M AN INFRASTRUCTURE NERD AND I WANT TO TALK ABOUT INFRASTRUCTURE BUT I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE UH THE NEGOTIATIONS THAT JUST HAPPENED WHERE WE WERE FINALLY ABLE TO GET MEDICARE TO THE AUTHORITY TO NEGOTIATE PRESCRIPTION DRUG PRICES WHERE WE WERE FINALLY ABLE TO PUT AN OUT-OF-POCKET CAP FOR OUR SENIORS AN ANNUAL OUT-OF-POCKET CAP FOR THEIR PRESCRIPTION DRUGS AND WE WERE ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE WHO NEED INSULIN WHICH BY THE WAY DOESN'T NEED TO BE INNOVATED SO IT SHOULD BE AVAILABLE TO EVERYBODY WE PUT A CAP ON THAT AT 30 A MONTH AND YOU KNOW I THINK UH THE SECOND PART UM I'M GOING TO HAVE TO POINT TO THE WITH WITHDRAWAL YOU KNOW I'M ALREADY SAID I'M AN ARMY BRAT UH KNOWING THAT WE LOST SERVICE MEMBERS IN THE WITHDRAWAL UH IN AFGHANISTAN WAS HEARTBREAKING TO WATCH AND UM IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK UH WAS A POORLY EXECUTED POORLY PLANNED AND UM SOMETHING THAT I WAS VERY FRUSTRATED UPSET ABOUT 30 SECONDS TO ROBOT AMOUNT OF THINGS I I WOULD AGREE THAT INDEED THE WITHDRAWAL FROM AFGHANISTAN WAS ABSOLUTELY BOTCHED AND FAILURE IT WAS BOTCHED AND IT WAS YET ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF A FAILURE ON THE PART OF THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION SERVICE MEMBERS WHO LOST THEIR LIVES EQUIPMENT LEFT BEHIND OTHER PEOPLE WHO WERE THERE SERVING US IN COUNTRY AMERICANS WHO WERE LEFT BEHIND FOR A VERY LONG PERIOD OF TIME LOOK MISS DAVID'S AMERICA DESERVES BETTER OUR EXECUTIVE OUR COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF HAS NOT GOING TO DONE A GOOD JOB AND YOU CONSISTENTLY HAVE VOTED WITH HIM 100 OF THE TIME THE LOST WOOD GOES TO YOU SHARICE DAVIDS THANK YOU UH WHAT I'VE CONSISTENTLY DONE IS SUPPORT AND PUSH FOR BIPARTISAN UH BILLS 70 OF MY BILLS HAVE BEEN BIPARTISAN AND I AM I'M JUST I'M REALLY DISAPPOINTED TO HEAR MY OPPONENT CONTINUE TO JUST REGURGITATE NATIONAL REPUBLICAN TALKING POINTS GIVE US A LAST QUESTION WOULD YOU FROM THE SHAWNEE MISSION POST WE'VE ALL WATCHED THE LAST FEW MONTHS AS RUSSIA'S ONGOING UNJUSTIFIED ATTACK AGAINST UKRAINE HAS CONTINUED RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN HAS AT LEAST NODDED TO THE POSSIBILITY OF USING STRATEGIC NUCLEAR WEAPONS DURING THE COURSE OF THIS AS A MEMBER OF CONGRESS YOU MAY BE POSED WITH A DECISION ON HOW THE COUNTRY RESPONDS IF THIS WERE TO HAPPEN HOW SHOULD WE RESPOND IF RUSSIA USES NUCLEAR WEAPONS IN UKRAINE SHARICE DAVIDS YEAH THANK YOU SO MUCH UM YOU KNOW I ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THIS A LITTLE BIT BUT I THINK IT'S WORTH REPEATING THAT I HAVE BEEN HEARTBROKEN TO WATCH WHAT'S HAPPENING OVER IN UKRAINE UM ALSO THAT WE I HAVE BEEN IN THE ROOM I HEARD FROM DIRECTLY FROM PRESIDENT ZIELINSKI ON THE SUPPORT THAT THEY NEED A NUCLEAR THE DEPLOYMENT OF A NUCLEAR WEAPON IS A WORST CASE SCENARIO AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN FROM IMPOSING STRICT SANCTIONS TO SUPPORTING THE UKRAINIAN PEOPLE WHEN WE CAN SO THAT WE NEVER HAVE TO EVEN ADDRESS THIS BUT I WILL ALWAYS LISTEN TO AND LOOK TO OUR MILITARY LEADERSHIP WHEN IT COMES TO MAKING DECISIONS OF NATIONAL SECURITY IMPORTANCE AMANDA RADKINS UH FIRST OF ALL JUST TO COMMENT ON ON UKRAINE HOW DISAPPOINTED ARE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE THAT IN MANY WAYS JOE BIDEN'S FAILED FOREIGN POLICY HAS FED INTO THIS TRAGEDY TRAGEDY THE REASON THAT I SAY THIS IS EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT PREVIOUSLY WHEN HE MADE THE DECISION TO MOVE AWAY FROM U.S ENERGY SECURITY U.S DOMESTIC OIL AND GAS PRODUCTION AND RELY ON COUNTRIES LIKE RUSSIA RUSSIA WAS TAKING MONEY NOT ONLY FROM US BUT FROM SOME OF OUR ALLIES IN EUROPE WHICH ESSENTIALLY IT'S MONEY THAT HAS FED INTO THIS WAR WHICH IS A VERY SAD SITUATION I HAVE PUBLICLY SAID THAT I I DO SUPPORT FUNDING FOR UKRAINE IN THE SITUATION WE'RE IN BY THE WAY MY BROTHER-IN-LAW IS A COLONEL AND LOGISTICS IN THE U.S ARMY AND HAS DIRECTLY BEEN INVOLVED IN SOME OF THE SUPPLIES AND SUPPORT THAT HAVE GONE OVER TO UKRAINE SO I DO SUPPORT IT I DO AGREE THAT WE NEED TO LISTEN TO MILITARY LEADERS BUT OUR FOREIGN POLICY IS IN SHAMBLES AND NOT IN A GREAT PLACE WE NEED TO REALLY FOCUS ON STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS AS WE MOVE INTO THE FUTURE IT'S A REAL PROBLEM FOR THIS COUNTRY WOULD YOU LIKE A CHANCE TO REBUT CERISE DAVIDS YEAH ABSOLUTELY UM AND PARTLY BECAUSE UH I'VE BEEN SO CONCERNED ABOUT MY OPPONENTS AGAIN EMBRACE OF SOME OF THE MORE EXTREME VOICES IN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY AND HER UH ENDORSEMENT FROM MIKE POMPEO WHO PRAISED VLADIMIR PUTIN EVEN AFTER THE UNPROVOKED AND AGGRESSIVE INVASION OF A DEMOCRATIC SOVEREIGN STATE I I THINK THAT THAT IS COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE MIKE I'LL JUST SAY MIKE POMPEO IS A FRIEND AND I HONOR THAT RELATIONSHIP I THINK HE WAS ONE OF THE GREATEST SECRETARIES OF STATE THAT THIS COUNTRY HAS SEEN A STRONG HEAD OF HIS CLASS AT WEST POINT BUSINESSMAN VERY PRINCIPLED AND ACTUALLY HAD SOME PRETTY HUGE ACCOMPLISHMENTS DURING HIS TIME ESPECIALLY IN THE MIDDLE EAST WHEN IT CAME TO THE ABRAHAM COURTS SO MISS DAVIS I'M SORRY YOU'RE WRONG I GUESS YOU DON'T IDENTIFY STRONG LEADERS BECAUSE YOU SAW JOE BIDEN IS A REALLY GOOD ONE WE GIVE EACH OF YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE YOUR FINAL CASE TO VOTERS IN 60 SECONDS OR LESS AND YOUR TIME STARTS NOW AMANDA ADKINS THANK YOU SO MUCH WELL I I APPRECIATE BEING WITH ALL OF YOU TODAY AGAIN I'M A BUSINESS LEADER I'M A MOTHER I'VE LIVED IN THIS COMMUNITY FOR A VERY VERY LONG TIME AND I COME INTO THIS RACE AND I MADE THE DECISION TO RUN BECAUSE I HAVE ASKED PEOPLE THAT SIMPLE QUESTION ARE YOU BETTER OFF TODAY AS I'VE SAID THROUGH THE COURSE OF THIS DEBATE WE KNOW THAT PEOPLE ARE NOT BETTER OFF TODAY THE DECISIONS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE HAVE RESULTED IN ECONOMIC DEVASTATION IN THIS COUNTRY INCLUSIVE OF RECORD LEVELS OF INFLATION AND EIGHT THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED DOLLAR HIT TO HOUSEHOLDS IN THIS COMMUNITY INTEREST RATES RISING HEADING INTO A RECESSION AND IT IS DIRECTLY THE RESULT OF SOME OF THE VOTES THAT HAVE BEEN MADE BY MISS DAVE IT'S INCLUSIVE OF THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN AND THEY WERE WARNED THEY WERE WARNED THAT IT WOULD GO DOWN IN HISTORY AS ONE OF THE WORST DECISIONS EVER MADE BY AN AN ADMINISTRATION YET HERE WE'RE AT I SAY TO ALL OF YOU I'M A BUSINESS LEADER I'VE WORKED IN HEALTH CARE I KNOW THIS COMMUNITY I'M AMANDA ADKINS I HAVE SOLUTIONS FOR THIS COMMUNITY I'M A PROBLEM SOLVER AND I ASK FOR YOUR VOTE AND THAT'S AMANDA RADKINS AND THIS IS CHERISE DAVIDS AND YOUR 60 SECOND STARTS NOW YEAH THANK YOU SO MUCH LOOK I JUST WANT TO START OFF BY ACKNOWLEDGING THAT THIS HAS BEEN A ROUGH TIME OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS AND THAT WE'RE HAVING THESE TOUGH CONVERSATIONS AND WORKING TOGETHER TO MAKE PROGRESS FOR KANSAS AND IT'S UH IT'S THOSE TOUGH CONVERSATIONS AND WORKING TOGETHER REGARDLESS A PARTY THAT HAS PRODUCED RESULTS IT'S WHY PANASONIC CHOSE OUR DISTRICT OVER EVERY OTHER DISTRICT IN THE COUNTRY IT'S WHY BILLIONS OF FEDERAL DOLLARS ARE COMING TO THIS STATE TO INVEST IN OUR INFRASTRUCTURE AND YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET THAT KIND OF BIPARTISAN APPROACH FROM MY OPPONENT YOU KNOW SHE HAS ALIGNED HERSELF WITH VERY EXTREME POLITICIANS WHO ARE LOOKING TO DECIMATE SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE SUPPORTS A TOTAL BAN ON ABORTION WITH NO EXCEPTIONS NOT FOR RAPE OR INCEST AND LOOK I HAVE BEEN AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE READY WILLING AND ABLE TO WORK WITH ANYONE IF IT MEANS PROGRESS FOR KANSAS BECAUSE I WANT OUR KIDS TO HAVE THE SAME KIND OF OPPORTUNITIES I HAD AND THE SAME RIGHTS THAT I HAD I'M SHARICE DAVIDSON I WOULD BE PROUD TO EARN YOUR VOTE WHO SHOULD REPRESENT THIS KANSAS DISTRICT IN CONGRESS FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS IS IT SHEREE STEVENS IT'S ALL AMANDA RADKINS ONLY YOU WILL DECIDE I'M NICK HAINES FROM MY COLLEAGUES AT THE SHAWNEE MISSION POST AND KCUR NEWS BE WELL KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON THE KANSAS THIRD DISTRICT CONGRESSIONAL DEBATE IS A CO-PRESENTATION OF KANSAS CITY PBS THE SHAWNEE MISSION POST AND KCUR NEWS