Thank you. Good evening everybody. And i want to thank the aarp for sponsoring this debate and the voters and people in the seventh district for giving me the opportunity to serve them in and congress over these number of years. Ive been there long enough so i was able to move up to the head of the Agricultural Committee and ive been chair man twice and probably the only person thats ever done that. Weve been able to do some good work. Weve kept the Committee Bipartisan which was important to me. We got the usmc a trade agreement done that people were concerned about. We made that happen and got a good democratic vote so i look forward to going back to congress and continuing the bipartisan work that ive done over the number of years. Michelle fischbach, one minute opening statement. Thank you very much to matt and aarp for putting this together tonight. Im Michelle Fischbach. I served in the Minnesota Senate and first female president of the senate and worked as Lieutenant Governor fo
Coverage of election 2020. This is the debate between the candidates for minnesotas seventh district congressional seat. My guests tonight are democrat peterson and republican, Michelle Fischbach. Based on the coin flip, peterson will go first. Thank you. Good evening everybody. And i want to thank the aarp for sponsoring this debate and the voters and people in the seventh district for giving me the opportunity to serve them in and congress over these number of years. Ive been there long enough so i was able to move up to the head of the Agricultural Committee and ive been chair man twice and probably the only person thats ever done that. Weve been able to do some good work. Weve kept the Committee Bipartisan which was important to me. We got the usmc a trade agreement done that people were concerned about. We made that happen and got a good democratic vote so i look forward to going back to congress and continuing the bipartisan work that ive done over the number of years. Michelle f
Between for discussion. Based in the coin flip, Collin Peterson will go first on his Opening Statement. Torgerson peterson. Good evening matt, hello everyone what to think the public and aarp for sponsoring this debate. Give me the opportunity to serve them and congress over these last number of years. Is able to move up to the Agricultural Committee in 2005. And ive been chairman twice, are the only person thats ever done that. Weve been able to do some good work, was kept the committee bipartisan. Ive been rated the most bipartisan member of congress cgot the mca trade agreement done the people were concerned about, had a good democratic vote. Site look forward to going back to congress to continue the bipartisan work ive done over the number of years. Alright michele one minute Opening Statement respect thank you very much matt, aarp and for the public for putting this together tonight. I served to the Minnesota Senate, i was the first female president of the Minnesota Senate i work
Running mate senator Kamala Harris campaigning in arizona, the day after the Vice President ial debate. Watch live coverage beginning at 5 00 eastern on cspan, online at cspan. Org, or listen on the free cspan radio app. Republicans need to pick up 21 seats in the november elections to win a majority in the u. S. House. According to a report, 91 of those races are considered competitive, including minnesotas seventh congressional district, held by Collin Peterson, first elected to the house in a 1990, running against former republican Lieutenant Governor Michelle Fischbach. Good evening. Welcome to north dakotas coverage of election 2020. This is the debate between the candidates for minnesotas seventh street congressional seat. Based on the coin flint, Collin Peterson will go first on his opening statement. Thank you, and good evening. Fornt to thank aarp sponsoring the debate. I think the voters and the people of the seventh district for giving me the opportunity to serve them in the
Sufficient significant discussion about veteran suicides today, let me start by sharing the Veterans Crisis line. If you were a veteran you know are struggling, please contact the Veterans Crisis line 24 hours a day, seven days a week at 182738255 and select option number one or text 838255. I want to thank everybody joining us today. Weve made Suicide Prevention or top priority and today 25 to 31 bills we will discuss or related to improving access and reducing suicide in the veteran population. The issues surrounding Mental Health care are broad and complex. Let me address some of the remarks made by the Senate Counterparts at the hearing yesterday. The committee has been trying to work with the senate for six month is a end after promising staff conversations we are pleased to hear they are committed to moving forward with meaningful improvements to help reduce veteran suicide and help prevent veterans from falling into crisis. I look forward to speaking with chairman mao ran direct