Pasture, and get things done. [applause] the next question comes from nick, managing editor of the hays daily news. It will be addressed to mr. Orman first. The winner of this election will likely play a significant role in the development of the next farm bill. Tot do you see as necessary feed a growing and hungry world . First and foremost, the farmers i have talked to around this date the state say it is the Crop Insurance policy be they need to be able to plant their crops with certainty. We have significantly more uncertain weather patterns. I think that is vital to the inelopment of the economy kansas and the farmers in kansas. The other issue we face is water. Thetor roberts referred to 50year water plan. We also have to look at the farm bill and make sure we are not inadvertently encouraging or discouraging the planting of lowwaterintensity crops. In kansaso farmers who said they would like to plant more, but the cost of insuring it is significantly more expensive than planting corn. Milo consumes half as much water. We have to make sure that our federal farm Program Encourages water preservation so that we that resource for western kansas. [applause] senator roberts. I think my opponent for bringing up Crop Insurance. Bob gary, a democrat from nebraska, pat roberts of kansas, forged the Crop Insurance program some time ago. I a father of the Crop Insurance program. In this farm bill, it was tough because there were enemies of Crop Insurance. I protected it and saved it and we improved it. He says i voted against the farm bill. Number one, it goes in the wrong direction. Many of these farmers are not worried about low intensity water. Beany rate, farmers will now planting for the government instead of making the decisions themselves. Second, more regulations and goodness knows, we do not need any of that. Lastly, food stamps. If there was ever a program that thes for reform, both for taxpayer and those who truly need it, it is food stamps. On the basis of that, i voted no on the farm till, but we protected and improved Crop Insurance. [applause] mr. Orman . Senator roberts raised food stamps. There is no question that while it is harder than ever for the average american to get ahead, easy paradoxically equally to do nothing important with their lives. We have to look at the programs being abused and figure out a simple question. Are they promoting upward mobility or are they promoting complacency and dependency . Promoting complacency and dependency need to be changed. [applause] the next question comes from liz, Kansas Radio Network in topeka. This question will be directed first towards senator roberts. Military budget cuts have our troops,ng especially following the drawing down troops in iran and afghanistan. They have a mission to fight for our nation and respond to disasters at home. What will you do to ensure National Guard troops get the needed funding to train for both war and to mistake and requests . The first thing we do is exempt the military from this request. We are at lower levels than we have been since world war ii. Obligation when we go to washington is to protect our individual freedoms. As a senior marine, i sure as heck know that. Say that our military security, our National Security strategy can be summed up with the president saying, we dont have a strategy. We have to have a strategy. With isis, the latest terrorist group that Intelligence Services have told us will make an attack on america, we must main vigilant. I will be supporting the military. Always have. As a senior marine in the congress, that is where i am. We take that bill. I agree with senator roberts. Sequester is a problem. Lets remember what sequester is. It is the greatest example of washingtons failure to get their act together. [applause] as part of a debt ceiling agreement, we were supposed to put together the supercommittee, supposedly, of the best legislators from both parties and they were supposed to come up with cuts to help get our budget back under control. Provision thathe was never supposed to happen. As no greater example of our inability to get things done in washington, we have sequester. I agree, it is a real problem when it comes to our military. I talked to general maddox and he gave me a very detailed briefing on what sequester is going to do to troop levels, readiness and preparedness. It is a huge problem that needs to be addressed. [applause] roberts, 30 seconds, rebuttal. It was thought up by jack lew and president obama, the man you supported and the man that you voted for. We would not have this kind of a problem with this administration making such bad cuts to the defense budget. With regards to the sequester, they exempted they, meaning the democrat majority they exempted all of these programs and targeted the military, thinking that republicans would never go along with it. Well, republicans surprised them because we have 18 trillion of debt. So we wanted everyone under sequester or not. Note, as well, if you want to go back and listen to this debate, you can go to our website. Wivwnews. Com. If you did not dvr the kstate game, i am sorry. I cannot help you. The score is 3121. The next question comes from michael and this will be directed towards mr. Orman. Senator roberts touched on this. Havemerican journalists recently been executed by the group isis. Do you agree with the president s actions thus far . What has been done right and what has been done wrong . How do you think the u. S. Should deal with isis . Huge issue. We spent thousands of lives of americans, tens of thousands of people were injured, hundreds of billions of dollars trying to prevent muslim extremists from having a stronghold in a middle eastern country. The vacuum that we have left has allowed them to form. I think we need to do everything in our power to make sure that isis cannot stand. In terms of airstrikes, absolutely. In terms of providing military advice and counsel to the iraqis , i think that is absolutely necessary. And i think we are going to have to take further measures to address isis. One of the things that we need to consider here is that we dont have a properlyfunctioning iraqi government. Ultimately, to solve the problem in that region, they need a properlyfunctioning iraqi government. That is probably, at the end of the day, the biggest single issue that we have to deal with if we are going to address the isis threat. [applause] senator roberts . The president has known for over a year on his daily briefings that isis was growing as a threat. And yet we refuse to call the war against terrorism a war. Osamaber the mantra is dead and the terrorist threat is over, etc. That is not correct and the president knew that. Then he says we do not have a strategy. Folks, we have got to have a strategy. We have got to have a president who will stand up to the American People and demonstrate exactly what the dangers are to our National Security. That said, here is my strategy. Come to the congress and seek authorization. I do not know if i am going to support that or not, depending on what his strategy is. We do not even know that yet. But i know one thing i have serious doubts that might that this president has the will or the ability to conduct any military operation. He has a view of america, of leading by following. Leading by following has caused all of these voids and bad people have filled these voids. Time. 30second rebuttal. We can go back to the beginning of the iraq war and say that mistakes were made. Mistakes were made on both sides of the aisle. I think Mission Accomplished was a mistake. It was clear that we had not solved our problems at that point in time. I do not disagree with the senator that, as a senator, when the president comes to you with a plan, you have to consider it. I am happy to hear senator roberts said he would consider it has previously, he said he would fight president obama at every turn and i think that is a much more reasonable position to take. [applause] question comes from the managing editor of the hays daily news. It will be directed towards senator roberts. Where do you stand on the issue of legalization of marijuana in the u. S. . That is not a federal issue. That is a state issue. A rocky mount get high, go west. That should be for the Kansas Legislature and the government to decide, not federally. We have had a federal policy in this country since the nixon administration. Bet does not seem to working. We have spent over 1 trillion on it. With that said, as the senator has mentioned, we do have states that have started to work with different policies as it relates to legalization. I think it would be prudent for us to take a step back, watch what happens in those states before we determine how we want to change federal policy. [applause] like ator, would you rebuttal on that . I dont care. The next question comes from Kansas Radio Networks into peak appeared this will be directed first towards mr. Orm an. The patriot act was hammered out in short measure following 9 11 and is believed by many to be an overreach by the federal government which unduly infringes on the rights of lawabiding citizens. Isyou feel the patriot act appropriate as is or does it need modification . Please elaborate why you feel as you do. Obviously, we passed the patriot act at a time when our country was under attack i terrorists. And we passed it with great intention and ultimately with the belief that this is what we needed to do to protect our citizens. I think it is a very fine line that we walk between protecting our citizens and infringing upon their legitimate rights of privacy. What i will say is this is going to be an ongoing debate in our country. It is not going to be resolved in one election cycle. The patriot act will likely evolve, but it will have to evolve as threats evolve. Right now, given what is going on with isis and the fact that we have named them as a terrorist organization, we have to make sure we have the ability to protect the homeland, particularly if they are able to gain a foothold in the middle east. [applause] senator roberts . He is right. Keep the patriot act because of the terrorist threats that are growing. This is a delicate balance between Civil Liberties and our safety in america. He mentioned the irs scandal. Among the finance committee, we have been investigating the irs scandal. All of a sudden, lois lerner lost her hard drive and then there were six others. We refused to sign the democrat report that said, well, we have done enough. Get the communications to the white house. I want to tell you, there is a ,ember of the finance committee i said no, i am not signing that final report. I said i will go to the floor of the senate and talk about it. Side, we saidcan we are not going to sign that report until we get to the truth. The first vote that i will have when i go back to washington is an attack by harry reid, of all things, to change the first amendment. To change the first amendment. And i have five minutes to talk against harry reid. Ins is the man he supported regards to the Obama Administration. He is not independent. He is a democrat. 32nd rebuttal. I think we do not live in the Information Age so much as we live in the misInformation Age. And i think what senator Roberts Point to very small facts and distort my records. The facts are, i supported both parties. I have been a member of the republican party. I have been a member of the democratic party. I have supported candidates of both parties. Candidly, i have been disappointed with both. [applause] the next question comes from michael. It will be directed first towards senator roberts. Our viewers often voiced frustration with Campaign Finance laws, the amount of money involved in these races, and the ability of outside Interest Groups to fund certain candidates for issues. What is your opinion on candidates receiving money from those outside groups . Since i have not received any i think the Biggest Issue of all is transparency. If people know where the money is coming from, that is the Biggest Issue we can make. Under the United StatesSupreme Court ruling, they have ruled everybody has the right. That is the reason why harry reid is going to try to amend the constitution. He is worried he is. You can holler all you want but he has that amendment. Congress will determine how much money we can all give and congress will determine what is reasonable. That is ridiculous. The congress cannot do a thing with harry reid at the helm. Mr. Orman. I have heard you say the read the words harry reid and obama a lot, but i have not heard from you he is your body, man. He is your buddy. X what i have not heard from you is how to solve problems. [applause] what i have not heard from you is what you are going to do to get things done. Is what the voters of kansas need to hear from you. In terms of special interests, i have vowed that i am not taking money from pacs because i want to go to washington and represent the citizens of kansas. I do not want to go to washington and have to worry about what the pharmaceutical industry thinks about what i might be doing. I want i do not want to have to go and worry about what the oil and gas industry thinks about what i am doing. I want to go and worry about what is in the best interest of kansas and i want to solve problems for all americans. [applause] senator roberts, 30 seconds rebuttal. 40 bills, 40 have pieces of legislation covering every part of the kansas economy that is being overregulated by this administration. The administration that my opponent is responsible for. 40. 40 pending bills. I cannot get them addressed. No republican can offer an amendment in the senate of the United States. We have not had a budget in the senate for five years. We do not do any Appropriations Bills. That is harry reid. He is a oneman rules committee and it is a fact that you have given to harry reid, Hillary Obama whyident should anybody believe that you are independent . The next question comes from , managing editor of the hays daily news. This question will be first directed towards mr. Orman. What is your stance on gun control in the u. S. . Is there too little, too much, or just write right now . I am a gun owner. I believe in the second the righti believe in of people to bear arms. When i got my gun, i had to go through a background check. It was a relatively quick process. It took five minutes and i was able to buy my guns without delay. I do not think that having a loophole that allows people who could not get guns at a legitimate gun dealer to get them otherwise as sound policy. [applause] so i would be open to addressing the gun show loophole. Getsu think about who prevented from buying guns, they are people we do not want having guns. That does not mean they are not going to be able to figure out how to get them through the black market or somewhere else, i just dont think it makes sense to make it easy for a under ad felon, someone restraining order for domestic abuse, to be able to walk into a gun show and easily get a gun. [applause] senator roberts. Well, there you have it. There you have it. Amendment,he second but federal controls and requirements. I am for the second amendment. Of thepoint out, many things that my opponent has talked about our in washington, d. C. Washington has the strictest guncontrol in america and one of the highest crime rates resulting from guns in america. Rightsmess with peoples to bear arms with any restrictions. That is what president obama does each and every time we talk about a crisis. That is what is going to come from the Obama Administration. That is the man he supported. That is the man he gave money to. Mr. Orman, 30 seconds rebuttal. Shocking that we did not hear the name harry reid in that. [applause] it might be i just missed the opportunity. I am sorry. It could be because harry reid sided with you and voted against expanding background checks. I guess we only talk about it when he does not vote with you. Ultimately, there has to be reasonable restrictions. With not want people automatic weapons. Those are things that everybody agrees are reasonable. I think that making sure convicted felons do not have guns is probably a good thing. [applause] the next question comes from. Iz it will be directed towards senator roberts. Social security is the Biggest Program run by the federal government. It is a program affecting someone in virtually every family in america. The Financial Stability of the Program Continues to be in question with its trust fund exhausted in 2030 six. What action would you push for to protect Social Security for todays seniors and strengthen it for future generations . I am not going to take away your Social Security, do not worry about it. Anyone over 55 does not have to worry about any reform made you do not have to worry about doing security inh social the part of this session. Harry reid will block that real quick. It is not only Social Security that is broke. The United States is broke. Debt andion worth of at some, at some point, place, we are going to have to address all of the entitlement programs, Social Security, medicare, and medicaid. I will tell you one thing with obamacare taking money away from medicare, that is a mistake. The medicare reimbursement to our Health Care Providers has caused a crisis to the Health Care Delivery system. We have to save medicare. We must honor the commitments of Social