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00:00:00CANDIDATE WILL GIVE THE KEYNOTE ADDRESS AT A FUND-RAISING DINNER
00:00:03IN THE CITY OF DALTON. WE EXPECT HER TO BEGIN HER
00:00:06REMARKS AROUND 7:00 P.M. EASTERN, AND WE WILL TAKE YOU
00:00:09THERE LIVE WHEN SHE STARTS HERE ON C-SPAN. ?
00:00:14CAMPAIGN 2026 COVERAGE NOW FROM
00:00:16NEW YORK, WHERE INCUMBENT
00:00:20REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN MIKE LAWLER HIS DEMOCRATIC
00:00:25CHALLENGER, KATE CONLEY, TOOK
00:00:30PART IN A FORUM HOSTED BY THE
00:00:36DUCHESS COUNTY REGIONAL CHAMBER COMMERCE.
00:00:39THEY TOOK QUESTIONS ON ECONOMY, AFFORDABILITY, HEALTHCARE,
00:00:43IMMIGRATION AND DATA CENTERS. THE COOK POLITICAL REPORT RATES THE GENERAL ELECTION RACE AS A
00:00:47TOSSUP.
00:00:50LEADERS TO THE
00:00:51ELECTED OFFICIALS WHO HAD SO MUCH IMPORTANT WORK.
00:00:55THE MORNINGS OF THIS MOMENT IS WHY YOU ARE HERE.
00:00:58I'M
00:01:02>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE FROM THE BUSINESS LEADERS TO THE
00:01:06ELECTED OFFICIALS WHO HAD SO
00:01:07MUCH IMPORTANT WORK.
00:01:15I'M CAIT CONLEY.
00:01:21I AM A VERY PROUD GRADUATE OF WEST POINT. MY DAD'S
00:01:24FAMILY GOES BACK TO HOPE WELL, JUNCTION WHERE HE WAS BORN AND RAISED. MY MOM, POSTAL WORKER FOR 48
00:01:28YEARS, SERVING COMMUNITIES UP AND DOWN THE HUDSON VALLEY.
00:01:31INCLUDING HERE IN DUCHESS COUNTY.
00:01:35IT'S WHY AFTER THE TERROR
00:01:38ATTACKS IN 9/11 I WENT OFF TO
00:01:41WEST POINT.
00:01:51OVER THE LAST 20 YEARS, FROM
00:01:55SERVING IN THE HALLOWED HALLS OF
00:01:57WEST POINT WHERE I WAS INSTILLED WITH THE ETHOS DUTY, HONOR,
00:02:02COUNTRY, TO HAVING THE PRIVILEGE OF A LIFETIME LEADING AMERICA
00:02:06SONS AND DAUGHTERS IN THE DEFENSE OF THIS NATION.
00:02:0916 YEARS ACTIVE DUTY, SIX
00:02:12OVERSEAS TOURS COMBAT ZONES LIKE
00:02:14IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN.
00:02:17DIRECTOR FOR COUNTERTERRORISM AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
00:02:19TO EVERYBODYING AS A SENIOR EXECUTIVE IN THE DEPARTMENT OF
00:02:22HOMELAND SECURITY AT THE CYBERSECURITY AND INFRASTRUCTURE SECURITY AGENCY.
00:02:26WORKING WITH CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE OWNERS AND
00:02:29OPERATORS TO ENSURE THE CYBERSECURITY OF OUR NATION'S INFRASTRUCTURE.
00:02:33OVER THE LAST 20 YEARS WHERE I WAS FIGHTING AND DEFENDING THIS
00:02:36COUNTRY, POLITICIANS IN D.C. TOPPED FIGHTING FOR US.
00:02:40JUST STARTED FIGHTING FOR THEMSELVES. THEY PUT THEMSELVES BEFORE THE
00:02:44BEST INTEREST OF THIS COUNTRY AND OUR FAMILIES.
00:02:48WHERE I COME FROM, THAT IS WRONG.
00:02:49THAT IS THE CHANGE I STAND BEFORE YOU TO REPRESENT.
00:02:52I DON'T NEED TO TELL YOU THAT
00:02:54THINGS HAVE GOTTEN HARDER.
00:02:57WHERE GROWING AND STARTING BUSINESSES HAS GOTTEN HARDER.
00:03:01WHERE YOUR EMPLOYEE'S ABILITIES TO FEED THEIR FAMILIES PUT A
00:03:04ROOF OVER THEIR HEAD, AFFORD HEALTHCARE HAS GOTTEN HARDER.
00:03:08I DON'T NEED TO TELL YOU THAT
00:03:12YOUR CUSTOMER'S ABILITY TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR FAMILIES HAS
00:03:15GOTTEN HARDER. WHEN I GREW UP, WE BELIEVED IN AMERICA.
00:03:20IF YOU WORKED HARD YOU CAN GET AHEAD.
00:03:22THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN ANYMORE. FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MODERN
00:03:25AMERICAN HISTORY, THE ECONOMIC
00:03:28PROBABILIT -- PROSPECTS OF YOUNG
00:03:31AMERICANS IS WORSE THAN THEIR PARENT AND GRANDPARENTS. I BELIEVE IN AMERICA.
00:03:35I KNOW WE CAN FIX THIS. I BELIEVE AMERICA'S BEST DAYS
00:03:40ARE STILL AHEAD OF US. WE GOT TO DTH WORK.
00:03:44I'M EXCITED TO TALK ABOUT THAT
00:03:48WORK. ON THE DOT. [ APPLAUSE ]
00:03:50>> THAT'S MILITARY TIME FOR YOU.
00:03:54THANKS FOR OPENING REMARKS.
00:04:00PLEASE WELCOME OUR CONGRESSMAN, MICHAEL LAWLER.
00:04:03>> THANK YOU, FRANK. GOOD MORNING.
00:04:04I WANT TO THANK THE DUCHESS
00:04:09COUNTY REGIONAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOR THOSING THIS GREAT EVENT.
00:04:10I WANT TO THANK MY OPPONENT,
00:04:13CAIT CONLEY FOR BEING HERE I WANT TO THANK HER FOR HER
00:04:17SERVICE. WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR ANYONE WHO WEARS THE UNIFORM.
00:04:21SHE'S HAD A TREMENDOUS CAREER IN THE MILITARY.
00:04:24I THANK YOU FOR THAT SERVICE. I AM PROUD OF THE RECORD THAT
00:04:27I'VE I MASSED DURING MY TIME IN CONGRESS.
00:04:30I'M PROUD OF THE WORK THAT I'VE
00:04:32DONE REPRESENTING EACH AND EVERY
00:04:34ONE OF THE COMMUNITIES IN THIS DISTRICT.
00:04:37I'M FROM THIS DISTRICT. I LIVED HERE MY WHOLE LIFE.
00:04:41I'M RAISING MY FAMILY HERE, TWO YOUNG DAUGHTERS.
00:04:44I'M A TAXPAYER. I UNDERSTAND THE REAL CHALLENGES
00:04:48FACING OUR COMMUNITIES.
00:04:51AS A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER, WHO ACTUALLY SIGNED THE FRONT OF
00:04:55CHECKS, I UNDERSTAND WHAT EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU GO THROUGH
00:04:58ON A DAILY BASIS. IT'S WHY WHEN I RAN FOR
00:05:02CONGRESS, I SAID MY NUMBER ONE
00:05:04PRIORITY WOULD BE TO RAISE THE CAP ON SALT.
00:05:08I DELIVERED ON THAT.
00:05:09I TOOK ON THE PRESIDENT OF MY
00:05:12OWN PARTY. I TOOK MY COLLEAGUES AND I
00:05:16REFUSE TO BEND.
00:05:17WE DELIVERED THE LARGEST TAX CUT
00:05:21IN AMERICAN HISTORY.
00:05:23THE AVERAGE HUDSON VALLEY FAMILY
00:05:27RECEIVED $4000 TAX CUT THIS PAST APRIL. NO TAX ON TIPS.
00:05:30NO TOX TAX ON OVERTIME. NO TAX ON SOCIAL SECURITY.
00:05:33LIFTING THE CAP ON SALT. THAT'S NOT TAX CUTS FOR
00:05:36BILLIONAIRES OR MILLIONAIRES. THAT IS TAX CUTS FOR WORKING
00:05:40FAMILIES, SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS,
00:05:43LOW INCOME AMERICANS.
00:05:46I DELIVERED ON THE PROMISE THAT
00:05:50I SAID THAT I WOULD NEVER SUPPORT A BILL THAT DID NOT LIFT
00:05:52THE CAP ON SALT.
00:05:55I LED ON THE ISSUE OF HOUSING.
00:05:57IN JULY, WE PASSED THE LARGEST
00:06:02BIPARTISAN HOUSING BILL IN 36 YEARS.
00:06:05SIX OF MY BILLS WERE IN IT. WE ALL KNOW THE COST OF LIVING
00:06:09HAS SKYROCKETED.
00:06:12NEW YORK LEADS THE NATION IN TAXES.
00:06:15IT'S THE WORSE BUSINESS CLIMATE. WE LEAD THE NATION IN OUT
00:06:19MIGRATION. UTILITY BILLS ARE THROUGH THE ROOF.
00:06:23WE ALL UNDERSTAND THE CHALLENGES WE ARE FACING.
00:06:26IT REQUIRES LEADERSHIP. IT REQUIRES A WILLINGNESS TO
00:06:30WORK ACROSS THE AISLE. I HAVE CONSISTENTLY BEEN RATED
00:06:33AMONG THE MOST BIPARTISAN AND EFFECTIVE MEMBERS OF CONGRESS
00:06:37BECAUSE I DELIVER.
00:06:40I WORK CROSS THE AISLE.
00:06:41I FIND SOLUTIONS AND I'M
00:06:44RELENTLESS IN PURSUING THEM. THERE ARE REAL CHALLENGES.
00:06:48WE ALL KNOW THAT. IT'S NOT ENOUGH TO JUST SCREAM AND YELL.
00:06:52IT'S NOT ENOUGH TO SAY I HATE THE PRESIDENT.
00:06:55YOU ACTUALLY HAVE TO FIND A PATH FORWARD.
00:06:58THAT IS WHAT I HAVE CONSISTENTLY
00:07:00DONE AND THAT IS WHAT I WILL CONTINUE TO DO.
00:07:04[ APPLAUSE ]
00:07:08>> OKAY, THAT'S THE LAST TIME
00:07:10I'M GOING TO ALLOW YOU TO APPLAUSE.
00:07:13YOU GOT IT? [ LAUGHTER ]
00:07:16TWO MINUTES FOR EACH OF THE
00:07:19QUESTIONS THAT WILL BE ASKED AND THE FIRST QUESTION WILL BE
00:07:23ANSWERED BY CANDIDATE CONLEY AND
00:07:25THE QUESTION IS, WHAT IS YOUR
00:07:27POSITION ON RAISING THE FEDERAL
00:07:32MINIMUM WAGE FROM $7.25 AN HOUR
00:07:36TO NEW YORK, $16 AN HOUR.
00:07:38THE RATE DOES CREATE A
00:07:42COMPETITIVE DISADVANTAGE FOR BUSINESSES THAT ARE COMPETING IN LOWER COST STATES.
00:07:46THE WAGE DISPARITY IS ALSO CITED ONE OF THE REASONS COMPANIES
00:07:50LEAVE THE STATE OF NEW YORK. WOULD YOU SUPPORT INCREASING THE
00:07:54FEDERAL MINIMUM WAGE, CREATE A
00:07:58MORE LEVEL PLAYING FIELD FOR NEW YORK BUSINESSES?
00:08:01WHY AND WHY NOT?
00:08:03>> WE HAVEN'T RAISED THE FEDERAL MINIMUM WAGE FOR 20 YEARS.
00:08:06WE ALREADY A HIGHER STATEWIDE MINIMUM WAGE HERE IN NEW YORK.
00:08:10I DO SUPPORT RAISING THE FEDERAL MINIMUM WAGE.
00:08:14THAT'S ALLOWING FAMILIES WHO ARE
00:08:16WORKING TO BE ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR OWN.
00:08:19WE LIVE IN AMERICA. I BELIEVE IN AMERICA IF YOU WORK
00:08:22FULL-TIME JOB YOU SHOULD BE ABLE
00:08:23TO PUT FOOD ON THE TABLE AND
00:08:26ROOF OVER YOUR HEAD AND QUALITY HEALTHCARE AND GIVE YOUR KID A
00:08:30SHOT AT THE AMERICAN DREAM.
00:08:32THAT'S THE AMERICA I VOTED FOR. THAT'S NOT THE AMERICA THAT WE
00:08:36HAVE TODAY. LET'S TALK ABOUT THE REASONS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RISING WAGES.
00:08:40WAGES HAVE NOT KEPT UP WITH THE COST OF INFLATION.
00:08:43THE COST OF GOODS RISING FROM
00:08:47PRESCRIPTIONS TO GROCERIES. WE ARE WATCHING AS SENIORS ON
00:08:50FIXED INCOMES ARE HAVING TO RATION THEIR MEDICATIONS.
00:08:54WE'RE TALKING AS FAMILIES ALL
00:08:56ACROSS THE DISTRICT HAVE TO MAKE
00:08:59TRADE-OFFS BETWEEN WHETHER OR NOT THEY THAD THEIR ELECTRIC
00:09:02BILL OR HEALTHCARE INSURANCE PREMIUM.
00:09:05COSTS ARE TOO DAMN HIGH.
00:09:08GOVERNMENT HAS TO DO MORE TO FIX IT.
00:09:10I WILL TELL YOU TARIFFS HAVE
00:09:13DRIVER UP THE COST OF GOODS ACROSS-THE-BOARD. THEY ARE NOT HELPING THIS.
00:09:17THEY ARE EXACERBATING IT. IT NEEDS TO BE STOPPED AND RESCINDED.
00:09:21WE NEED TO DO MORE ABOUT ADDRESSING THE ACTUAL COST OF
00:09:23LIVING CRISIS WE ARE FACING. I BELIEVE IT IS TIME WE
00:09:26INTRODUCE A PUBLIC OPTION FOR HEALTHCARE.
00:09:29WHERE WE PRESERVE CHOICE FOR PEOPLE.
00:09:33IF PEOPLE WANT TO CHOOSE
00:09:34MEDICARE, REGARDLESS OF AGE, JOB
00:09:38STATUS OR MARITAL STATUS, THEY CAN.
00:09:42LET'S BE REAL. HEALTHCARE RIGHT NOW IS BROKEN.
00:09:46IT COOS TOO MUCH TO GET LESS.
00:09:49THESE TYPES OF VERY REAL SOLUTIONS THAT GOVERNMENT SHOULD
00:09:53BE DELIVERING. IN THE ARMY, WE TALK ABOUT
00:09:57COMMON SENSE APPROACHES TO PROBLEM SOLVING.
00:10:00RIGHT NOW, MAKING THE SITUATION BETTER NOT WORSE SHOULD BE WHAT
00:10:03GOVERNMENT IS FOCUSED ON.
00:10:05THAT'S NOT THE REALITY TODAY.
00:10:13>> THE MINIMUM WAGE SHOULD BE RAISED.
00:10:16BUT THE REALITY IS THAT IT SHOULD BE DONE SO MUCH LIKE WE
00:10:20DID IN NEW YORK IN REGIONAL WAY.
00:10:23WHAT WORKS IN NEW YORK CITY DOES
00:10:25NOT WORK IN DUCHESS COUNTY. I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE
00:10:28ALL HAVE TO RECOGNIZE, ESPECIALLY FOR SMALL BUSINESS
00:10:32OWNERS AS THEY WORK TO GROW
00:10:34THEIR BUSINESS AS THEY WORK TO
00:10:37HIRE MORE PEOPLE.
00:10:40THEY WORK TO PROVIDE BENEFITS. ONE OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE'VE
00:10:44SEEN AND WHY IT IS SO DIFFICULT
00:10:48FOR FOLKS TO BE ABLE TO GROW A BUSINESS AND HIRE MORE PEOPLE
00:10:52AND PAY THEM A BETTER WAGE IS
00:10:56THE BURDENSOME TAX AND REGULATORY REGIME.
00:10:59WE ALL SEE IT IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK HAS THE HIGHEST TAX
00:11:02BURDEN IN THE COUNTRY.
00:11:04IT HAS THE MOST BURDENSOME REGULATIONS IN THE COUNTRY.
00:11:08THERE ARE OVER A MILLION BUSINESS REGULATIONS ON THE
00:11:11BOOKS IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK. OVER A MILLION.
00:11:14HOW MANY OF YOU KNOW WHAT THEY ARE AND COMPLY WITH THEM?
00:11:17YOU HAVE TO HIRE ATTORNEY AND ACCOUNTANTS JUST TO STAY CLEAR
00:11:21OF ANY PROBLEMS.
00:11:24THERE ARE FUNDAMENTAL CHALLENGES FACING OUR COUNTRY.
00:11:27WE NEED TO CUT REGULATION YOU
00:11:34WANT TO DRIVE PRICES DOWN. WE NEED TO INCREASE ENERGY
00:11:37PRODUCTION. IT'S WHY I CALLED FOR INDIAN
00:11:40POINT TO BE REBUILT AND REOPENED.
00:11:44SO WE CAN INCREASE PRODUCTION OF ENERGY HERE.
00:11:48EAST FISH KILL THEY ARE FOCUSED ON BRINGING MANUFACTURING BACK.
00:11:51THEY ARE FOCUSED ON CREATING CHIPS.
00:11:54THE FACT IS THEY NEED ENERGY.
00:11:57IT NEEDS TO BE CHEAP, CLEAN AND RELIABLE.
00:12:00YOU WANT MORE JOBS, YOU WANT
00:12:02GOOD PAYING JOBS WE NEED TO CHANGE THE WAY WE ARE OPERATING.
00:12:06HERE IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK. THERE'S A REASON PEOPLE ARE LEAVING.
00:12:10IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE WEATHER AND EVERYTHING TO DO
00:12:13WITH THE TAX AND REGULATORY
00:12:15CLIMATE HERE IN THIS STATE.
00:12:20>> CONGRESSMAN LAWLER, HUDSON VALLEY BUSINESSES CITE ENERGY
00:12:24COSTS AS A MAJOR CONCERN.
00:12:27WHAT REALISTIC STEPS CAN CONGRESS TAKE TO LOWER
00:12:31ELECTRICITY AND NATURAL GAS COST HERE IN NEW YORK?
00:12:34WHAT FEDERAL POLICIES WOULD YOU SUPPORT OR PROPOSE TO REDUCE
00:12:37ENERGY EXPENSES FOR BUSINESSES?
00:12:40>> I THINK THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ISSUES FACING OUR COUNTRY.
00:12:44ENERGY IS A NATIONAL ISSUE. IT'S A NATIONAL SECURITY ISSUE.
00:12:48IT'S AN ECONOMIC ISSUE. IT'S AN INTERSTATE COMMERCE ISSUE.
00:12:52THE STATE OF NEW YORK HAS THE
00:12:55MOST DISASTROUS ENERGY POLICIES
00:13:02BAR NONE.
00:13:08REQUIRING A ELECTRIFICATION OF THE GRID. ASK PEOPLE IN MASSACHUSETTS HOW
00:13:12THAT GOES? YOU PAY HIGHER RACE.
00:13:16UTILITY RATES ARE UP AROUND 58%
00:13:24OVER KATHY HOCHUL'S DEMOCRATIC
00:13:26RULE.
00:13:31THE FACT IS, YOU NEED TO LIFT
00:13:32THE MORATORIUM ON NATURAL GAS
00:13:38EXTERRORIST. EXTRACTION.
00:13:42WE NEED NATURAL GAS.
00:13:43YOU NEED PIPELINES.
00:13:46YOU NEED NUCLEAR POWER.
00:13:51WHEN YOU SHUT IT DOWN WITHOUT PLAN TO
00:13:54REPLACE IT, UTILITY RATES GO UP. IT'S BASIC SUPPLY AND DEMAND.
00:13:58THIS ISN'T THAT COMPLICATED TO FIGURE OUT.
00:14:01WE NEED TO INCREASE NUCLEAR
00:14:03POWER AND NATURAL GAS AT A FEDERAL LEVEL I'M IN THE PROCESS
00:14:06OF WORKING ON PERMITTING REFORM.
00:14:09THERE'S A BIPARTISAN WORKING GROUP, DEMOCRATS AND
00:14:12REPUBLICANS, COMING TOGETHER AND RECOGNIZING THAT PERMITTING
00:14:15REFORM IS VITAL IF WERE GOING TO BUILD LARGE SCALE ENERGY
00:14:19PRODUCTS.
00:14:20IT CANNOT BE BLOCK BY DISASTROUS
00:14:24FECKLESS LEADERS LIKE KATHY
00:14:26HOCHUL WHO HAS DRIVEN OUR STATE IN THE GROUND.
00:14:30IN MICHIGAN, THE DEMOCRATIC
00:14:33GOVERNOR GRECHEN WHITMER SHE
00:14:38RECOGNIZES YOU NEED CHEAP CLEAN
00:14:40RELIABLE ENERGY IF YOU'RE GOING
00:14:42TO GROW YOUR ECONOMY.
00:14:48>> YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR ME A LOT ABOUT TWO THINGS TODAY.
00:14:52CORRUPTION AND COMMON SENSE. THAT GOES TO ENERGY AS WELL.
00:14:55I DO BELIEVE WE NEED TO REIGN IN
00:14:59UTILITY MONOPOLY. TIE THEIR PROFITS TO PERFORMANCE.
00:15:02I BELIEVE WE NEED TO STOP THEM FROM PASSING ON UNNECESSARY
00:15:06COSTS TO RATE PAYERS.
00:15:08THINGS LIKE PRIVATE JETS,
00:15:12LOBBYIST PAYMENTS, POLITICAL DONATIONS. I DON'T BELIEVE WE SHOULD BE
00:15:14PAYING FOR THOSE.
00:15:17I ALSO THINK WE NEED TO BE
00:15:20ENCOURAGING THESE ENTITIES THROUGH GRANTS AND OTHER
00:15:23INCENTIVES TO PURSUE GRID
00:15:26MODERNIZATION. WE HAVE GOT TO DO A BETTER JOB.
00:15:28I DO BELIEVE THE ENERGY FUTURE
00:15:31IS ALL OF THE ABOVE. CHINA, YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT
00:15:35ENERGY AS A NATIONAL SECURITY ISSUE. WE ARE LOSING THIS FIGHT TO
00:15:39CHINA RIGHT NOW.
00:15:40ONE THIRD OF CHINA IS ELECTRIFIED.
00:15:44THEY ARE DOING IT BECAUSE IT'S THE SMART THING. WE ARE LOSING.
00:15:47THAT IS UNACCEPTABLE.
00:15:49WE NEED TO DO MORE TO GET AFTER THIS PROBLEM.
00:15:52WE NEED DRIVE DOWN COSTS. WE NEED TO INCREASE ENERGY
00:15:56PRODUCTION SMARTLY. LOOKING AT IT LONG-TERM.
00:15:58NOT CREATING OUR OWN COUNTERTERRORISM THREAT IN THE
00:16:01HUDSON VALLEY BY ANOTHER NUCLEAR POWER PLANT WHICH WILL TAKE
00:16:05YEARS ON A GEOGRAPHIC FAULT LINE.
00:16:07WE NEED TO BE SMART AND USE
00:16:10COMMON SENSE ABOUT HOW WE GET AFTER THIS AND HOW WE SOLVE PROBLEMS.
00:16:14I WILL TELL YOU WHAT IS NOT HELPFUL.
00:16:17IS THIS ADMINISTRATION AND THE MIDST OF THIS ENERGY CRISIS,
00:16:21PAYING A FOREIGN COMPANY NEARLY
00:16:24$1 BILLION TO STOP AND OFFSHORE WIND PROJECT IN NEW YORK.
00:16:27THAT WOULD HELP POWER 1.2 MILLION HOMES.
00:16:30THAT'S NOT LEADERSHIP. THAT'S FOOLISHNESS.
00:16:33THAT'S NOT COMMON SENSE. WE NEED TO DO SMALL THINGS.
00:16:37FOR THOSE WHO ARE NOT WE NEED TO HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE AND STOP
00:16:41IT. NOT FUEL THE FIRE.
00:16:45THINGS LIKE PROVIDING SMALL
00:16:47BUSINESSES TAX INCENTIVES TO PURSUE ENERGY AUTONOMY NEEDS TO
00:16:50BE AT THE TOP OF THAT LIST.
00:16:57>> CANDIDATE CONLEY, MANY OF HUDSON VALLEY INDUSTRIES,
00:17:01INCLUDING HOSPITALITY, AGRICULTURE, TOURISM,
00:17:03CONSTRUCTION, HEALTHCARE AND MANUFACTURING, DEPEND ON
00:17:07IMMIGRANT LABOR. HOW WOULD ARE YOU REFORM LEGAL
00:17:11IMMIGRATION SO BUSINESSES RETAIN
00:17:12THE WORKERS THEY NEED WHILE
00:17:15STILL ENFORCING THE LAW AND
00:17:17SECURING OUR BORDERS?
00:17:23>> AMERICA IS BOTH A NATION OF IMMIGRANTS AND NATION OF LAWS.
00:17:26I HAVE SPENT MY ENTIRE LIFE FIGHTING TO KEEP THIS COUNTRY
00:17:30SAFE, TO KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE. I WILL NEVER WAIVER IN THAT.
00:17:34I DO BELIEVE BORDER SECURITY IS
00:17:37NATIONAL SECURITY.
00:17:42THROUGH BOARDS OF ENTRY ON
00:17:44AUTHORIZED ENTRY.
00:17:48I DO WE BELIEVE WE NEED IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT THAT IS FOCUSED ON ESPECIALLY VIOLENT
00:17:52CRIMINALS, DRUG CARTELS, HUMAN
00:17:55TRAFFICKERS AND TERROR GROUPS.
00:17:57WE ALSO NEED TO RECOGNIZE THAT OUR IMMIGRATION SYSTEM IS
00:18:01BROKEN. IT HAS NOT BEEN EFFECTIVELY
00:18:05FUNDED OR REFORMED SINCE THE
00:18:08ESTABLISHMENT OF D.H.S. OVER 20 YEARS AGO.
00:18:11IT SHOULD NOT TAKE SOMEONE A
00:18:13DECADE PER SUING ASYLUM TO HAVE THEIR APPLICATION PROCESSED.
00:18:17WE DO NEED IMMIGRATION REFORM WHERE WE CAN ACTUALLY HAVE A
00:18:21PROCESS THAT WORKS FOR PEOPLE AND BUSINESSES.
00:18:23WHILE THIS IS A FEDERAL POLICY, I BELIEVE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
00:18:27MUST BE INFORMING THAT POLICY
00:18:30FAR MORE BY THE NEEDS OF STATES AND LOCAL COMMUNITIES.
00:18:33WHO YOU ALL ARE DEFINING WHAT THOSE ECONOMIC NEEDS ARE FOR
00:18:37IMMIGRATION. RIGHT NOWING IT'S BEEN TOO
00:18:40DETACHED FROM THAT. I DO BELIEVE THAT WE NEED TO
00:18:44HAVE IMMIGRATION POLICY THAT MEETS YOUR NEEDS.
00:18:47THAT DRIVES ECONOMIC INNOVATION AND PROGRESS AND DOES IT SMARTLY.
00:18:50I WILL ALSO SAY WHAT IS HAPPENING IN AMERICA WITH THE
00:18:54ABUSE OF IMMIGRATION
00:18:57ENFORCEMENT, BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, I HAVE REAL ISSUE WITH.
00:19:01I SAY THAT AS A PROUD PATRIOT WHO LOVES COUNTRY.
00:19:04WHAT I'M SEEING ON AMERICAN STREETS WE HAVE FEDERAL AGENTS
00:19:07KILLING AMERICAN CITIZENS ON
00:19:09AMERICAN STREETS WEARING THE SAM
00:19:12EQUIPMENT I WORE IN COMBAT ZONE WITHOUT ACCOUNTABILITY OR
00:19:16CONSEQUENCE. I GOT REAL ISSUE WITH. WE NEED TO DO BETTER GOING FORWARD.
00:19:20THAT IS THE AMERICAN WAY.
00:19:27>> LET'S REMEMBER WHY WE'RE DEALING WITH THE CRISIS IN THE FIRST PLACE. UNDER THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION,
00:19:30THEY ALLOWED OVER 11 MILLION
00:19:33PEOPLE TO FLOOD OUR SOUTHERN
00:19:35BORDER AND POUR INTO THE COUNTRY
00:19:37WITH NO ACCOUNTABILITY, WITH NO
00:19:41INVESTIGATION AND ULTIMATELY, CREATED CHAOS IN OUR STREETS AND
00:19:44IN OUR COMMUNITIES AND IN OUR STATE. NEW YORK SPENT BILLIONS OF
00:19:48DOLLARS ON FREE HOUSING,
00:19:51CLOTHING, FOOD, EDUCATION AND HEALTHCARE. ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS HERE IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
00:19:55WE NEED AN IMMIGRATION POLICY THAT WORKS.
00:19:57WE NEED TO SECURE THE BORDER.
00:20:01WE HAVE DONE THAT.
00:20:03FOR 14 STRAIGHT MONTHS WE HAVE NET ZERO ILLEGAL ENTRY.
00:20:06WE NEED TO END SANCTUARY CITIES AND STATES.
00:20:08NEW YORK'S NEW DISASTROUS POLICY
00:20:11PROHIBITS LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT FROM COOPERATING AND TURNING
00:20:15OVER CRIMINAL ALIENS, NOT JUST
00:20:18THOSE WHO ARE ON A CIVIL
00:20:23ADMINISTRATIVE MATTER, CRIMINAL AIL YEPS.
00:20:25KATHY HOCHUL RELEASED OVER 7000
00:20:28PEOPLE OVER THE LAST 18 MONTHS
00:20:31INCLUDING MURDERERS, RAPISTS,
00:20:33GUN TRAFFICKERS, GANG BANGERS AND DRUG TRAFFICKERS.
00:20:37WHY? THAT IS NOT LOGICAL OR
00:20:40REASONABLE AND NOBODY SHOULD ACCEPT THAT.
00:20:43I HAVE BEEN A CO-LEAD ON THE DIGNITY ACT FOR THREE AND A HALF
00:20:47YEARS. THE DIGNITY ACT RECOGNIZES THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN
00:20:50IN THIS COUNTRY FOR 10, 15, 20
00:20:54YEARS WHO ARE WORKING IN OUR COMMUNITIES. WHO ARE CONTRIBUTING.
00:20:57WHO'S CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN ARE PROBABLY AMERICAN CITIZENS.
00:21:01THE DIGNITY ACT WOULD ALLOW THEM A LEGAL STATUS TO STAY IN THIS
00:21:04COUNTRY FOR SEVEN YEARS,
00:21:07LAWFULLY WORK AND IT WOULD ALSO
00:21:10ENSURE THAT THEY DO NOT COLLECT GOVERNMENT BENEFITS THEY PAY
00:21:14TAXES, PAY A FINE AND DO NOT GET
00:21:17A PATHWAY TO CITIZENSHIP.
00:21:20IT IS A RATIONAL REASONABLE BIPARTISAN SOLUTION.
00:21:23IN ADDITION, IT FIXES THE VISA
00:21:27SYSTEM SO WE CAN BRING PEOPLE
00:21:29HERE LAWFULLY AND MERIT BASE.
00:21:39>> CANDIDATE LAWLER, WHAT IS YOUR POSITION ON DATA CENTERS?
00:21:42BRINGING THEM HERE TO THE HUDSON VALLEY REGION?
00:21:46>> THIS OBVIOUSLY IS AN ISSUE
00:21:49THAT IS BECOMING MORE PREVALENT ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
00:21:53WE'VE SEEN HERE IN DUCHESS COUNTY WITH THE MORATORIUM IN
00:21:57EAST FISH KILL AND IN ORANGE TOWN AND ELSEWHERE.
00:22:00PEOPLE ARE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT IT. RIGHTFULLY SO.
00:22:04WE NEED A FEDERAL REGULATORY
00:22:08APPROACH ON AI ON THE USE OF
00:22:10DATA CENTERS. CERTAINLY, RECOGNIZE SOME OF THE
00:22:14REAL CHALLENGES WITH THEM WHEN
00:22:18COMES TO ENERGY CONSUMPTION AND WATER USAGE.
00:22:21AT THE SAME TOKEN, WE ARE IN A COMPETITION AGAINST CHINA.
00:22:25CHINA IS ADVANCING SIGNIFICANTLY
00:22:28ON THE USE OF AI.
00:22:31MY BIGGEST CONCERN IS THE WEAPONIZATION OF AI BY FOREIGN
00:22:35BAD ACTORS AGAINST THE UNITED
00:22:39STATES, AGAINST OUR FINANCIAL MARKETS AND CREATING CHAOS
00:22:43AROUND THE GLOBE. WE DO NOT WANT AI TO GO
00:22:46OFFSHORE.
00:22:49WE DO NOT WANT AI COMPANIES TO BE OPERATING OUT OF CHINA.
00:22:52WE NEED TO HAVE ALL OF GOVERNMENT APPROACH TO THIS.
00:22:55THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, STATE GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL
00:22:59MUNICIPALITIES NEED TO BE
00:23:01WORKING TOGETHER COLLABORATIVELY TO ADDRESS THE CONCERNS.
00:23:04TO MAKE SURE THESE LARGE SCALE
00:23:06DATA CENTERS ARE NOT TAKING AWAY
00:23:10POWER FROM THE PEOPLE. THESE COMPANIES NEED TO
00:23:14CONTRIBUTE TO THE COST AND CONSTRUCTION OF NEW GENERATION
00:23:17OF ENERGY. THEY NEED TO BE AT THE TABLE.
00:23:21THEY KEPT JUST SHOW -- THEY CANNOT JUST SHOW UP AND EXPECT
00:23:26THE TAXPAYERS AND RATE PAYERS TO FUND THIS.
00:23:29THEY NEED TO BE PART OF THE SOLUTION. I RESPECT LOCAL CONTROL OF
00:23:33ZONING AND CERTAINLY LOCAL COMMUNITIES SHOULD HAVE A SAY IN
00:23:36WHAT GOES IN THEIR COMMUNITY.
00:23:39THERE NEEDS TO BE ALL OR GOVERNMENT APPROACH.
00:23:41WE DO NOT WANT TO FALL BEHIND
00:23:45AND LOCOMEN TO LEAP -- ALLOW
00:23:49CHINA TO LEAPFROG US ON THIS.
00:23:53IBM IS HEADQUARTERrd IN THIS DISTRICT.
00:23:57THAT MATTERS.
00:24:01>> I DO BELIEVE THAT WE NEED TO BE THE NATION THAT LEADS BY
00:24:05EXAMPLE WHEN IT COMES TO RESPONSIBLE TECH.
00:24:08WHEN IT COMES TO DATA CENTERS, MY APPROACH IS VERY SIMPLE.
00:24:11IF A DATA CENTER IS BUILT IN A WAY WHERE IT'S NECESSARY
00:24:15POSITIVE FOR THE COMMUNITY, I STEREOTYPE IT.
00:24:18-- SUPPORT.
00:24:19IF IT'S A NET NEGATIVE, I CAN DO
00:24:23NOT. WE'RE NOT PASSING OFF COST
00:24:27UTILITIES TO THE COMMUNITIES.
00:24:31WE CARE ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT.
00:24:34WE'RE NOT RUINING WHAT WATER
00:24:36SOURCES. THESE THINGS WERE NOT TAKEN INTO
00:24:39ACCOUNT WHEN WE HAD FIVE DATA CENTERS BUILT IN ROCKLAND COUNTY.
00:24:42WITH ANOTHER THREE ON WAIT. I DO AGREE THAT FEDERAL
00:24:46GOVERNMENT PLAYS A ROLE IN REGULATING AND SETTING THESE
00:24:50CONDITIONS. IT'S NECESSARY TO INCLUDE AI.
00:24:53I KNOW AMERICA WITH LEAD THE
00:24:55WORLD, BEAT CHINA AND
00:24:58ADVERSARIES IN THIS SPACE. I THINK THIS GOES BACK OGETTING
00:25:02THE RIGHT PEOPLE IN CONGRESS WHO KNOW HOW TO DO THAT.
00:25:04I HAVE TO TELL YOU, IN MY LAST
00:25:08COUPLE OF JOBS, I WAS
00:25:17UNDERWHELM. WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BEING
00:25:20IN THESE TOP SECRET BRIEFINGS WITH MEMBERS AND COMMITTEES ON
00:25:24THESE NATIONAL SECURITY ISSUES. THAT'S ALSO MY CLEARANCE WHY I
00:25:27CAN'T WEAR THE T-SHIRT GETTING
00:25:30HIGH WITH FRANK.
00:25:32WHERE PEOPLE DIDN'T UNDERSTAND HOW TO USE THEIR FLIP PHONE.
00:25:36WE NEED TO HAVE GOVERNMENT THAT UNDERSTANDS THE CHALLENGES AHEAD.
00:25:40UNDERSTANDS HOW WE CAN BOTH PROTECT OUR COMMUNITIES AND LOOK
00:25:42OUT FUR OUR BEST INTEREST.
00:25:45ALSO DOMINATE IN THESE CRITICAL FIELDS.
00:25:48RIGHT NOW, WE'RE JUST LETHING TO
00:25:58-- AS WE LEARNED WITH SOCIAL MEDIA COMPANIES, THEY'RE NOT
00:26:00GOING TO DO THE RIGHT THINGS THEMSELVES.
00:26:04LET'S NOT MAKE THE SAME MISTAKE.
00:26:10>> CANDIDATE CONLEY GROWING DEBATE IN AMERICA OVER EXPANDING
00:26:14THE GOVERNMENT'S ROLE IN THE ECONOMY, INCLUDING GOVERNMENT OWNED BUSINESSES, GREATER
00:26:18REGULATIONS, WEALTH AND
00:26:25REDISTRIBUTION AND WHERE DO YOU
00:26:28BELIEVE THE LINE SHOULD BE DRAWN BETWEEN APPROPRIATE GOVERNMENT
00:26:31INTERVENTION AND ALLOWING PRIVATE ENTERPRISE AND FREE
00:26:35MARKETS TO DRIVE ECONOMIC
00:26:38GROWTH? >> WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR
00:26:41CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT, WE HAVE
00:26:44NEARLY 23,000 BOYSES.
00:26:50-- BUSINESSES.
00:26:5197% OF THE BUSINESSES OUT THERE
00:26:55OF OUR EMPLOYERERS.
00:26:59THEY EMPLOY 60% OF THE OUR
00:27:01DISTRICT WORKFORCE.
00:27:04YOU KNALL THIS ROOM OYOU ARE THE
00:27:10BACKBONE OF AMERICA.
00:27:11I DO BELIEVE THAT FUELING OUR
00:27:14PRIVATE SECTOR DOMINANCE AND ECONOMIC LEADERSHIP IN THIS
00:27:18WORLD IS ESSENTIAL.
00:27:33WE HAVE SEEN THINGS LIKE RECKLESS TARIFFS. WITHOUT ACCOUNTABILITY WITHOUT
00:27:37CONSISTENCY, WITHOUT PLANNING. THIS ADMINISTRATION ALONE WE'VE
00:27:40SEEN TARIFFS IMPOSED OR THREATEN
00:27:43TO BE IMPOSED ON NEARLY 80
00:27:46COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES.
00:27:48WITH OVER 50 THINGS CHANGES TO
00:27:52INCLUDE THOSE POLICIES.
00:27:54WE MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE TARIFFS WITH CANADA.
00:27:58THAT TYPE OF INSTABILITY DOES NOT HELP BUSINESSES PLAN.
00:28:00DOES NOT HELP BUSINESSES SUCCEED AND THRIVE.
00:28:04I'M BELIEVER THAT GOVERNMENT HAS
00:28:05A ROLE IN HELPING SET THOSE
00:28:09CONDITIONS.
00:28:14I NEED SUPPORTERS OF FEDERAL
00:28:16GRANTS TO SMALL BUSINESSES LIKE
00:28:21SIGNIFICANTERS, WE ARE HELPING FUND THE NEXT GENERATION OF
00:28:24TECHNOLOGY AND CREATING MAJOR
00:28:30JOB.
00:28:33THE OVERAVERAGING PRINCIPLE
00:28:37SHOULD BE DO DO NO HARM.
00:28:46>> I WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR. I'M OPPOSED TO SOCIALISM.
00:28:50I'M OPPOSED TO THE DSA AGENDA.
00:28:53I'M OPPOSED TO THIS EFFORT TO
00:28:57SEIZE CONTROL OF THE MEANS OF
00:29:01PRODUCTION OR AWAY WHICH IS WHAT
00:29:09ZOHRAN MAMDANI IS PROPOSING. UNFORTUNATELY, SOME OF THESE
00:29:12PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY COMING TO CONGRESS NEXT YEAR.
00:29:16I FOR ONE WOULD STAND IN WAY OF
00:29:20THEM FROM ENACTING ANY OF THEIR
00:29:22INSANE POLICIES.
00:29:26AMERICA HAS BEEN GREAT FOR TWO
00:29:29PRIMARY REASONS.
00:29:37OUR MILITARY AND MEN AND WOMEN IN UNIFORM AND OUR CAPITAL MARKETS.
00:29:41OUR CAPITAL MARKETS HAVE ALLOWED AMERICA TO THRIVE.
00:29:44TO HAVE LARGEST ECONOMY IN THE WORLD.
00:29:47SOCIALISM DOES NOT WORK. COMMUNISM DOES NOT WORK.
00:29:51MY WIFE WAS BORN IN THE SOVIET UNION.
00:29:54SHE CAME TO THE UNITED STATES IN
00:29:57PURSUIT OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY
00:29:59AND A BETTER LIFE.
00:30:02THERE'S A REASON PEOPLE FLEE
00:30:08SOCIALISM.
00:30:12BECAUSE OF THE OPPORTUNITIES
00:30:15THAT THIS CONDITION -- FOR ALL
00:30:18THE SOCIAL PROGRAMS THAT WE DO
00:30:20PROVIDE, BECAUSE WE ARE A GENEROUS PEOPLE.
00:30:23WE WANT TO TAKE CARE OF THOSE WHO NEED.
00:30:26I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO FUND IT
00:30:32WITH SOCIALISM. IT'S THAT SIMPLE.
00:30:34THAT IS WHY I FOOTE PROVIDE THE
00:30:39LARGEST -- REVENUESES ARE
00:30:44ALL-TIME HIGH. WE WANT TO PUT MONEY BACK IN THE
00:30:47POCKETS OF HARD WORKING NEW YORKERS SO THEY CAN CREATE JOBS,
00:30:51CREATE OPPORTUNITIES, GROW THEIR
00:30:53BUSINESSES AND ACHIEVE THE
00:30:56AMERICAN DREAM.
00:31:05>> CANDIDATE LAWLER HEALTHCARE COSTS CONTINUE TO BE ONE OF THE
00:31:08BIGGEST CHALLENGES FACING
00:31:13BUSINESSES AND FAMILIES.
00:31:20PREPARE IT WAS UP 47% OVER THE
00:31:23PREVIOUS DECADE FROM 2011. WHILE PREMIUMS FOR WORKERS AT
00:31:27SMALL BUSINESSES INCREASED BY
00:31:32APPROXIMATELY 5% WHAT MODEL DO
00:31:39YOU BELIEVE TO PROVIDE BEST
00:31:41FOOTERRABLE AND QUALITY OF.
00:31:47.-- >> SINCE THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT
00:31:50TOOK EFFECT, HEALTH INSURANCE
00:31:52PREMIUMS UP 150% NATION WYE.
00:31:55INSURANCE PROFITS UP 2000%.
00:31:57THE INSURANCE COMPANIES WROTE OBAMACARE. FOR THEM.
00:32:01THEY BENEFITED FROM IT.
00:32:04THAT IS WHAT HAS TO FUNDAMENTALLY CHANGE.
00:32:08I SUPPORT LEGISLATION THAT WOULD
00:32:12PROHIBIT INSURANCE FROM OWNING
00:32:17OPTIMAL HEALTH.
00:32:18I SHOULD SUPPORT LEGISLATION
00:32:22THAT WILL PIVOT -- WE HAVE
00:32:24REDUCED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN
00:32:28DECADES PRESCRIPTION DRUG COSTS BY 3.1% IN 2025.
00:32:32WE STARTED GOING AFTER THE
00:32:34PHARMACY COMPANIES AND THE
00:32:38ABSURD WERE THAT -- MOST
00:32:47FAVORITE NATION IS A GOOD POLICY
00:32:49TO GO AFTER THE ABSURDITY OF
00:32:53U.S. TAXPAYERS -- WHEN YOU LOOK
00:33:00AT INSURANCE T WE HAVE A LOT OF
00:33:03PEOPLE ON GOVERNMENT PAYER.
00:33:05A LOT OF OUR HOSPITALS RELONG IT.
00:33:07WITH WANT TO PROTECT THAT.
00:33:11MEDICARE MUST BE PROTECTLY.
00:33:14MEDICAID A VITAL FOR WHO RELY ON
00:33:22IF. UNDER JOE BIDEN MEDICAID DOUBLED.
00:33:25WE PUT COMMON SENSE REFORMS IN
00:33:27PLACE TO ACTUALLY TACKLE THE
00:33:30GROWTH IN MEDICARE TO.
00:33:44MEDICAID SPENDING IS GOING TO GROW BY 25%.
00:33:47BY BUT THE BOTTOM LINER WE NEED
00:33:51COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH TO HEALTHCARE. I SAT DOWN WITH MY COLLEAGUES.
00:33:54BOTH PARTIES TO DO IT.
00:33:56WE INTRODUCE THE ACA AND
00:34:01ENHANCED PREMIUM TAX CUT STETION WITH REFORMS.
00:34:04BOTH PARTY LEADERSHIP REFUSED.
00:34:05THERE'S MORE WORK TO DO.
00:34:11>> THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO ONE IN THIS ROOM WHO RAISE THEIR HAND
00:34:15SAY THAT OUR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM IS GOOD.
00:34:17THE REALITY IS IT IS GROWN AND
00:34:22IT'S -- THE REALITY IS IT IS
00:34:35JUST TOO DAMN HARD FOR WORKING
00:34:38PEOPLE TO HAVE QUALITY
00:34:41AFFORDABLE -- WHEN HEALTH
00:34:48INSURANCE COMPANIES ARE DOMINATING NONE OF WHICH ARE
00:34:52AFFORDABLE IT'S UNACCEPTABLE.
00:34:53I HAVE SOME PRETTY FANCY DEGREES.
00:34:57I WENT ON THE THE MARKETPLACE, I COULDN'T UNDERSTAND HALF THE
00:35:00WORDS.
00:35:01WE NEED TO REIN IN OUR HEALTH
00:35:07INSURANCE COMPANIES WHO ARE MAKING RECORD-BREAKING PROFITS
00:35:10BY DENYING PEOPLE CARE.
00:35:13I DO BELIEVE WE NEED TO OFFER
00:35:20PUBLIC OPTION.
00:35:21REGARDLESS OF AGE, MAYOR --
00:35:28PEOPLE K CHOOSE TO BUY IN.
00:35:55WITH THE RISING COST OF EVERYTHING ELSE.
00:35:58EMPLOYEES ARE HAVING TO FLEE.
00:36:02THE SYSTEM IS BROKEN. WE OWE PEOPLE BETTER.
00:36:06I TOO AM A CAPITALIST. I DON'T BELIEVE IN SOCIALISM.
00:36:09I BELIEVE IN A CAPITALIST AMERICA.
00:36:13WE CAN HAVE QUALITY AFFORDABLE
00:36:17HEALTHCARE FOR WORKING PEOPLE. SHAME ON US IF WE ACCEPT
00:36:20ANYTHING LESS.
00:36:28>> CANDIDATE CONLEY, IS THERE AN
00:36:34ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OUR BUSINESS ISSUE THAT YOU DISAGREE WITH YOUR OWN PARTY OR
00:36:37ADMINISTRATION BECAUSE BELIEVE
00:36:40THE POLICY WILL HURT HUDSON VALLEY BUSINESSES.
00:36:43>> THAT'S A GOOD ONE.
00:36:46I BELIEVE THAT OUR GOVERNMENT,
00:36:48OUR PARTY HAS FAILED TO DELIVER ONLY ENERGY AND CRITICAL
00:36:52INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT THAT OUR COMMUNITIES NEED.
00:36:56I THINK THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT AND INFRASTRUCTURE BILL WERE
00:36:59ATTEMPTS THAT DID NOT MEET THE MOMENT.
00:37:01IT FAILED IN EXECUTION.
00:37:03WHEN YOU LOOK AROUND THIS DISTRICT WHERE WE ARE SEEING,
00:37:08ONCE IN A DECADE STORMS HAPPENING ONCE A MONTH.
00:37:11PEOPLE GETTING FLOODED OUT OF THEIR HOMES WHO DON'T LIVE NEAR
00:37:16WATER. IT'S JUST THAT THE SECURE
00:37:18SYSTEMS HAVEN'T BEEN UPDATED.
00:37:21WE HAVE FAILED TO MOVE THE
00:37:22NEEDLE IN WAY THAT HELPS ISSUE
00:37:26BUILD, GROW AND THRIVE. FAILED.
00:37:29WE THOUGH SO MUCH BETTER.
00:37:34I BELIEVE THAT CRITICAL
00:37:41INFRASTRUCTURE IS THE
00:37:44OPPORTUNITY.
00:37:49I BELIEVE WE CAN BUILD AN
00:37:52INVESTIGATION INFRASTRUCTURE AND NOT SLOWING PROJECTS DOWN BY
00:37:56YEARS.
00:37:59THIS GOES BACK TO COMMON SENSE.
00:38:01OUR NATION IS GOING TO CONTINUE
00:38:05TO FACE EXTREME WEATHER. BY THE WAY, THAT'S NOT AN
00:38:09ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE ANYMORE. THAT IS A NATIONAL SECURITY ISSUE AND ECONOMIC ISSUE.
00:38:13AS WE WATCH AMERICANS DIE,
00:38:16COMMUNITIES GET DISPLACED AND BUSINESSES DEVASTATED BECAUSE OF
00:38:19THE EFFECTS.
00:38:21WE HAVE TO BE DOING MORE WITH YOU ALL.
00:38:24IT IS UNFAIR FOR BUSINESSES AND
00:38:31DEVELOPERS TO CARRY THIS BURDEN ALONE.
00:38:33I PROMISE YOU TO BE A CHAMPION.
00:38:39IN WE ARE PROVIDING FEDERAL
00:38:43GRANTS TO COMMUNITIES.
00:38:47WE OWE YOU BETTER.
00:38:53>> THANK YOU. I WANT TO BACKTRACK ON HEALTHCARE REAL QUICK.
00:38:56I THINK IT'S OBVIOUSLY MORE
00:38:59COMPLEX THAN TWO MINUTE US. IF YOU HAD GOVERNMENT TAKE OVER
00:39:03OF HEALTHCARE SYSTEM THAT WILL
00:39:04BE A $34 TRILLION EXPENSE.
00:39:09WE SPENT ABOUT $7 TRILLION A YEAR.
00:39:12IT'S NOT FEASIBLE.
00:39:14THE REASON THAT THE SYSTEM IS
00:39:18BROKEN, AFFORDABLE CARE ACT HAS NOT DONE WHAT IT WAS INTENDED TO DO.
00:39:22THERE WAS SOME GOOD THINGS, THE INSURANCE COMPANIES ARE GOTTEN
00:39:26BIGGER. THEY CONSOLIDATED POWER. THERE'S BEEN CONSOLIDATION OF
00:39:30PROVIDERS, MOST OF THE PROVIDERS WORK FOR HOSPITALS NOW.
00:39:33THERE'S NO ALMOST NO INDEPENDENT PROVIDERS ANYMORE.
00:39:35THE ECONOMIES OF SCALE THAT WERE PROMISED DID NOT HAPPEN.
00:39:39WE PASSED THE ASSOCIATED HEALTH
00:39:42PLAN THROUGH THE HOUSE. EVERY SINGLE DEMOCRAT VOTED AGAINST IT.
00:39:46IT WOULD ALLOW SMALL BUSINESSES
00:39:48THE RIGHT TO PULL TOGETHER AND
00:39:50PURCHASE INSURANCE PLANS AS A GROUP.
00:39:53BE ABLE TO PROVIDE INSURANCE
00:39:56POLICIES FOR THEIR EMPLOYEES AT
00:40:01A MUCH CHEAPER RATE.
00:40:16I DISAGREE WITH MY PARTY ON MANY THINGS.
00:40:19INCLUDING SALT. WHEN THE PRESIDENT PUT THE CAP
00:40:22ON SALT IN PLACE IN 2017, I
00:40:25OPPOSED. I FOUGHT BACK AND DELIVERED ON IT.
00:40:28NOT JUST LIFTING THE CAP ON SALT
00:40:30FOR INDIVIDUALS BUT FOR
00:40:33BUSINESSES, SMALL BUSINESS
00:40:35OWNERS.
00:40:51THEY SERVE THE IDD COMMUNITY.
00:40:54THERE ARE THINGS WHERE I PUSH
00:40:56BACK TO SMALL BUSINESSES AND
00:41:02SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITIES.
00:41:05>> WE'RE GONG TO ENTER YES, NO QUESTION PORTION.
00:41:09THEN WE GO TO CLOSING REMARKS. WE'RE LITTLE BIT OVER TIME.
00:41:12WE WILL DO THIS RAPIDLY.
00:41:15THE FIRST TO ANSWER WILL BE CANDIDATE CONLEY.
00:41:18DO YOU SUPPORT ALLOWING SMALL
00:41:21BUSINESSES TO POOL TOGETHER TO
00:41:23PURCHASE HEALTH INSURANCE?
00:41:28>> YES. >> YES. >> DO YOU SUPPORT REQUIRING
00:41:31CONGRESS TO CONDUCT AN ECONOMIC
00:41:34IMPACT ANALYSIS BEFORE IMPOSING MAJOR NEW REGULATIONS ON BUSINESS?
00:41:38>> YES. >> YES.
00:41:40>> DO YOU SUPPORT EXPANDING
00:41:43LEGAL IMMIGRATION PROGRAMS FOR
00:41:46INDUSTRIES EXPERIENCED IN
00:41:48DOCUMENTED WORKER SHORTAGES?
00:41:50>> YES.
00:41:52>> YES.
00:41:57>> DO YOU SUPPORT TARIFFS ON
00:41:59COUNTRIES THAT ENGAGE UNFAIR
00:42:01TRADE PRACTICES AGAINST AMERICAN BUSINESSES?
00:42:04>> I DON'T THINK THIS ONE IS YES OR NO. YES IN PRINCIPLE.
00:42:08NEED MAKE SURE THOSE TARIFFS DON'T PUNISH AMERICAN
00:42:12BUSINESSES. THEY'RE NOT ALL YES OR NO.
00:42:15YES AS LONG AS IT'S GOOD FOR AMERICAN BUSINESSES. >> YES.
00:42:18IF THEY ARE ENGAGED NONE FAIR TRADE PRACTICES.
00:42:21>> DO YOU EXPECT PROVIDING
00:42:24TARIFF EXEMPTIONS TO SMALL
00:42:28BUSINESSES WHEN COMPARABLE PRODUCTS ARE NOT AVAILABLE DOMESTICALLY?
00:42:32>> YES.
00:42:34>> YES.
00:42:39>> DO YOU SUPPORT REDUCE ENERGY COSTS FOR BUSINESSES?
00:42:43>> YES. >> YES. >> DO YOU SUPPORT EXPANDING
00:42:46NUCLEAR POWER AS PART OF
00:42:49AMERICA'S ENERGY STRATEGY. >> YES.
00:42:52>> YES.
00:42:54>> DO YOU SUPPORT EXPEDITED FEDERAL PERMITTING FOR MAJOR
00:42:58ENERGY AND INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS? >> YES.
00:43:01>> YES. >> DO YOU SUPPORT REDUCING
00:43:05FEDERAL SPENDING EVEN IF DOING SO MEANS ELIMINATING SOME
00:43:09EXISTING GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS? >> YES. >> YES.
00:43:13>> DO YOU SUPPORT INCREASING
00:43:16COMPETITION AMONG HEALTH
00:43:18INSURANCE PROVIDERS TO HELP WITH LOWER PREMIUMS? >> YES.
00:43:22>> YES. >> DO YOU THE PROHIBITING
00:43:25MEMBERS OF CONGRESS FROM TRADING INDIVIDUAL STOCKS WHILE IN OFFICE?
00:43:29>> YES.
00:43:30I VOTED TO BAN IT.
00:43:34>> YES.
00:43:37I'M ON THE WHITE HOUSE.
00:43:41>> I THINK THEY BOTH A GREAT JOB. WE CAN GIVE THEM ROUND OF
00:43:45APPLAUSE NOW.
00:43:45[ APPLAUSE ]
00:43:53WITH CLOSING REMARKS, IT'S MY
00:43:55PLEASURE TO WELCOME FORWARD
00:43:58CANDIDATE LAWLER.
00:44:02>> THANK YOU, FRANK. THANK YOU AGAIN TO THE CHAMBER
00:44:05FOR HOSTING THIS GREAT FORUM.
00:44:06I WANT TO THANK CAIT FOR
00:44:10JOINING. I THINK IT WAS INFORMATIVE
00:44:14DISCUSSION CERTAINLY. THAT'S WHAT I TRIED TO DO.
00:44:17I'VE SHOWN UP IN EVERY COMMUNITY ACROSS MY DISTRICT.
00:44:20I DONE OVER 2000 IN-PERSON
00:44:23EVENTS. I HELD 16 TOWNHALL
00:44:28MEETINGS.
00:44:30DONE -- I THINK COMMUNICATION IS CRITICAL.
00:44:33ENGAGING IN DIALOGUE IS IMPORTANT.
00:44:36I'VE BEEN RATED AMONG THE MOST
00:44:39BIPARTISAN AND EFFECTIVE MEMBERS OF CONGRESS BECAUSE I SHOW UP
00:44:42AND DO THE WORK.
00:44:43MY STAFF AND I HAVE CLOSED OVER
00:44:4810,000 CONSTITUENT CASES IN THREE AND A HALF YEARS.
00:44:50WE HAVE BROUGHT BACK OVER
00:44:53$50 MILLION IN BENEFITS DUE TO CONSTITUENTS.
00:44:56SOCIAL SECURITY, I.R.S., V.A.
00:44:58HEALTH BENEFITS MEDICARE.
00:45:03WE BROUGHT BACK OFFER $80 MILLION IN CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND COMMUNITY
00:45:07PROJECT FUNDING TO THIS DISTRICT AMONG THE HIGHEST OF ANYONE IN
00:45:11CONGRESS. I'VE PASSED OVER TWO DOZEN LAWS,
00:45:1417 OF WHICH HAVE BEEN SIGNED
00:45:17INTO LAW BY JOE BIDEN AND DONALD TRUMP.
00:45:20I'VE BEEN PRAISED BY BOTH JOE BIDEN AND DONALD TRUMP. WHY?
00:45:24I DO THE WORK. WHEN I AGREE WITH THE PRESIDENT,
00:45:28I'M NOT AFRAID TO SAY IT. WHEN I DISAGREE, I'M NOT AFRAID
00:45:32TO SAY IT.
00:45:36WE HAVE A LOT REFUSE CHALLENGES AHEAD.
00:45:39IT REQUIRES SERIOUS LEADERSHIP. PEOPLE WHO ARE WILLING TO GET IN
00:45:42AND DO THE WORK.
00:45:45COMMUNICATE WITH THOSE WHO MAY DISAGREE WITH THEM.
00:45:49WE CAN DISAGREE WITHOUT HATING EACH OTHER.
00:45:52WE CAN DISAGREE WITHOUT
00:45:55ASCRIBING THE WORST ADJECTIVES S FOR THOSE WHICH WE HAVE A
00:45:59DISAGREEMENT. IT'S EASY TO POINT THE FINGER AND BLAME THE PRESIDENT.
00:46:03IT'S EASY TO POINT THE FINGER AND BLAME THE OTHER PARTY.
00:46:06JUST REMEMBER, WHEN YOU POINT THE FINGER, THERE'S THREE
00:46:09POINTING BACK AT YOU. WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY AS A
00:46:13COMMUNITY AS A COUNTRY TO ACTUALLY ADDRESS THE PROBLEMS
00:46:17FROM HOUSING TO HEALTHCARE TO
00:46:19ENERGY TO IMMIGRATION TO
00:46:23EDUCATION. WE HAVE SERIOUS PROBLEMS.
00:46:26I'VE BEEN FULLY COMMITTED TO DOING THE WORK.
00:46:29IT'S WHY I HAVE GOTTEN THINGS
00:46:31DONE FOR THIS DISTRICT AND THIS
00:46:34COMMUNITY.
00:46:37I WILL CONTINUE TO STAND UP. I WILL CONTINUE TO SHOW UP.
00:46:39I WILL CONTINUE TO SPEAK OUT. I WILL CONTINUE TO FIGHT FOR
00:46:43EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU, YOUR FAMILY AND OUR COUNTRY.
00:46:46I THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE.
00:46:49I HOPE WHEN YOU GO TO VOTES ON
00:46:52NOVEMBER 3rd, YOU WILL VOTE
00:46:54FOR ME.
00:46:57BECAUSE I BELIEVE WITH ALL MY
00:46:58HEART THAT TOGETHER, WE CAN GET
00:47:02THIS DONE. GOD BLESS YOU ALL.
00:47:06[ APPLAUSE ]
00:47:11>> THE WORLD I COME FROM IS NOT ABOUT WORDS OR PLATITUDES.
00:47:15IT'S ABOUT RESULTS.
00:47:17I WILL TELL YOU AS SOMEONE WHO'S ENTIRE LIFE HAS BEEN ABOUT
00:47:20SOLVING HARD PROBLEMS FOR THIS COUNTRY. THE STAKES COULD NOT BE HIGHER.
00:47:24WHEN I LOOK AT WASHINGTON, ITS
00:47:28ITS RECORD, I KNOW OUR COUNTRY
00:47:31DESERVES BETTER.
00:47:32THE STATUS QUO THAT WE HAVE
00:47:36ACCEPTED WITH DISFUNCTION IN
00:47:39WASHINGTON, FEW LARGELY I TRULY BELIEVE BY CORRUPTION, MY
00:47:43ELECTED OFFICIALS WHO ARE
00:47:45PUTTING SPECIAL INTEREST AND CORPORATE INTEREST AHEAD OF THE
00:47:48PEOPLE THEY SERVE GOT TO END. I'M NOT ABOUT TO STATUS QUO.
00:47:51YOU SEE PEOPLE LIKE ME RUNNING WHO DON'T COME FROM POLITICS BUT
00:47:55COME FROM THE REAL WORLD.
00:47:57WE'RE SICK OF WATCHING A BROKEN
00:48:01SYSTEM LEAVE THIS COUNTRY OFF A CLIFF. WE'RE SICK.
00:48:04OF THE PARTISANSHIP AND
00:48:07DYSFUNCTION THAT IS MAKING LIFE
00:48:09TOO HARD AND THE AMERICAN DREAM OUT OF REACH FOR TOO MANY FAMILIES.
00:48:13THE AMERICA THAT I FOUGHT FOR
00:48:15THAT I GREW UP BELIEVING IN, I'M WATCHING SLIP FURTHER AND
00:48:19FURTHER OUT OF REACH. I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THE
00:48:22POLITICIANS WHO GOT US IN THIS MESS WILL GOING TO GET US OUT OF IT.
00:48:26MAKE NO MISTAKE, WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT THIS IS NOT ABOUT
00:48:30RIGHT VERSUS LEFT. THIS IS ABOUT RIGHT VERSUS
00:48:34WRONG. THIS IS ABOUT DOING THE RIGHT THING FOR THIS COUNTRY.
00:48:37IT IS ABOUT DOING THE RIGHT THING FOR OUR FAMILIES, FOR OUR
00:48:40PEOPLE, FOR OUR FUTURE.
00:48:43THAT IS WHAT I'M ABOUT.
00:48:44WE TALKED A LOT TODAY ABOUT
00:48:47CHALLENGING PROBLEMS, FACING OUR
00:48:49NATION, OUR BUSINESSES, OUR
00:48:52FUTURE, OUR FAMILIES.
00:48:55WE NEED NOT MORE BILLS BEING
00:48:58INTRODUCED OR GET THINGS PASSED. WE NEED MORE RESULTS.
00:49:01THAT NEEDS TO BE THE MEASURE THAT WE HOLD EVERYTHING TO.
00:49:04NOT WORDS ON PAPER BUT HOW DOES
00:49:08THAT ACTUALLY IMPACT LIVES.
00:49:10DRIVE RESULTS, SOLVE REAL PROBLEMS.
00:49:14CHANGE THINGS. THAT IS WHAT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE DESERVE.
00:49:18THERE'S A REASON WHY CONGRESS
00:49:20HAS ABYSMAL FAVORITABILITY RATING.
00:49:24I WILL AGREE IT IS NOT ONE SIDE
00:49:27THAT IS RESPONSIBLE. WHAT I WILL SAY WHAT WE'VE
00:49:30WATCHED OVER THE LAST YEAR AND A
00:49:33HALF, CONGRESSIONAL REPUBLICANS
00:49:36HAD GIVEN DONALD TRUMP A BLANK CHECK TO DO WHATEVER HE WANTS
00:49:40WHEREVER HE WANTS. OFTEN VOTING 100% OF THE TIME
00:49:44WITH HIM HAS NOT MADE THIS
00:49:46COUNTRY BETTER OR STRONGER. THAT CRUSHES ME AS A PROUD
00:49:49PATRIOT TO SAY. I AM HERE TO CONTINUE WHAT I
00:49:53DONE MY WHOLE LIFE TO FIGHT AND SERVE YOU.
00:49:56I KNOW WE CAN DO HARD THINGS BECAUSE WE'RE AMERICA.
00:49:59I BELIEVE WE CAN DO BETTER. I'M ASKING FOR YOUR SUPPORT IN
00:50:03NOVEMBER, SEND ME TO WASHINGTON
00:50:06UNLEASH ME ON THIS SYSTEM TO MAKE IT BETTER.
00:50:09[ APPLAUSE ]
00:50:14>> THERE IS NO QUESTION. WE HAVE TWO INCREDIBLE
00:50:17CANDIDATES RUNNING FOR CONGRESS.
00:50:19I WANT TO THANK THE TWO OF THEM
00:50:21FOR THEIR WILLINGNESS TO LEAD
00:50:25FOR THIS CONVERSATION.
00:50:26BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT MAKES
00:50:29AMERICA SO SPECIAL AND POWERFUL. THANK YOU, BOTH. LET'S HEAR IT FOR BOTH
00:50:33CANDIDATES
00:50:37>> TONIGHT OUR CAMPAIGN 2026
00:50:43COVERAGE INCLUDES THE FINAL DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY DEBATE FOR
00:50:47U.S. SENATE IN MASSACHUSETTS
00:50:51BETWEEN SENATOR ED MARKEY AND REPRESENTATIVE SETH MOULTON. WE WILL HAVE THE ENTIRE DEBATE
00:50:54AT 8:00 P.M. EASTERN ON C-SPAN.