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OUR GUESTS ARE THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE, CONGRESSMAN FOR EARL POMEROY AND REPUBLICAN NOMINEE, STATE REP RICK BERG OF FARGO. EACH CANDIDATE WILL HAVE AN...
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| 00:01:03 |
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BECAUSE I
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| 00:01:04 |
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WATCH WASHINGTON AND WHAT I SAW COMING WAS A TAXPAYER FUNDED BAILOUT. IT WAS A DEFICIT HITTING RECORD LEVELS THAT RESULTED IN A MASSIVE NEW BILL THAT...
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| 00:01:58 |
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THOSE WASHINGTON TALKING POINTS. THEY ARE NOT FOUNDED.
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| 00:02:03 |
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FOR MY OPENING, I WANT TO OBSERVE HOW PRIVILEGED IT HAS BEEN TO WORK WITH CITIZENS ACROSS THE STATE TO GROW OUR ECONOMY AND MAKE NORTH DAKOTA A GREAT...
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| 00:03:13 |
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THAT MR. POMEROY VOTED FOR IT AND MR. BYRD, YOU ARE NOT A FAN. WHAT ARE THE ISSUES THAT YOU THINK SHOULD BE WE PEELED, RICK BERG? >> I HELD DOZENS OF...
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| 00:03:40 |
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CLEAR. WE HAD 150,000 VOTERS LOSE 10% OF THEIR INCOME. WITH HEALTH-CARE COSTS GOING UP AND DOING NOTHING TO COVER TENS OF THOUSANDS OF ADDITIONAL NORTH...
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| 00:04:38 |
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THREE THINGS THAT CONCERN ME WITH THIS HEALTH CARE BILL. FIRST, OVER 7% OF THE PEOPLE IN NORTH DAKOTA DID NOT -- 70% OF THE PEOPLE IN NORTH DAKOTA DID...
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| 00:06:06 |
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THIS BILL, AS DID THE NURSES AND HOSPITALS, THE CANCER SOCIETY'S, THE HEART ASSOCIATION. WE KNEW THAT NORTH DAKOTANS WERE BEING DEPRIVED OF COVERAGE....
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| 00:07:18 |
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WE HAVE GREAT ACCESS. YOU KNOW IT. I KNOW IT. THE PROBLEM IS THAT THIS IS A GOVERNMENT TAKEOVER. YOU LOOK AT EUROPE AND YOU LOOK AT BRITAIN AND YOU...
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| 00:08:29 |
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EXPERTS INCLUDING THE NORTH DAKOTA MEDICAL
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| 00:08:33 |
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ASSOCIATION DID YOU TELL ME THAT THE MEDICAL ASSOCIATION IS ONE TO SUPPORT THE GOVERNMENT TAKEOVER OF HEALTH CARE? OF COURSE NOT. THEY WILL GET $650 MILLION...
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| 00:09:33 |
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YOU DID NOT TALK TO THE PEOPLE. THEY WERE NOT
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| 00:09:37 |
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INCLUDED. THERE ARE 17% OF THE DOCTORS INVOLVED IN THE MEDICAL ASSOCIATION AND I WAS AT THE NORTH DAKOTA MEDICAL ASSOCIATION AND YOU HAVE BEEN OUT THERE...
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| 00:10:12 |
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NEXT ONE, CONGRESSMAN POMEROY. FOR THE LAST 30 YEARS, WE HAVE CARRIED DEBT UNDER THE NATIONAL DEBT. WHAT WOULD YOU BOTH FAVOR CUTTING? ARE THERE ANY TAX...
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| 00:10:51 |
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ONLY STATION IN THE NATION THAT HAD NOT GONE BACK INTO DEBT. WE ENCOURAGED SMALL BUSINESSES AND PRIVATE SECTOR GROWTH. WE DID THIS BY SHOWING, FROM...
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| 00:12:02 |
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TO WARS AND DIDN'T PAY FOR THE THE RUSSIAN. -- FOR ANY OF THEM. WE NEED TO GET BACK TO A BALANCED BUDGET. THAT IS WHAT I AM PLEASED THAT CONGRESS PASSED...
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| 00:13:32 |
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THE OIL DEVELOPMENT IN NORTH DAKOTA THAT HAS MADE THESE SURPLUS AS POSSIBLE AND
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| 00:13:37 |
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YOU VOTED AGAINST PROVIDING THOSE WESTERN COUNTIES THE RESOURCES THEY NEED TO DEAL WITH THAT OIL. >> THAT IS AN ABSOLUTE DISTORTION. I WAS A LEADER OF...
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| 00:13:51 |
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THE DEFICIT STAYS IN OUR COUNTRY. THIS IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ME AND REPRESENTED POMEROY. I DO NOT THINK THAT THERE SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO BALANCE THE...
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| 00:14:54 |
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A DEPRESSION AND WE NEEDED TO GET OUR HANDS AROUND THIS DEFICIT. I WAS PART OF THE EFFORT TO GET US TO A BALANCED BUDGET IN THE 1990'S. THERE HAVE BEEN...
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| 00:15:45 |
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HURT HAD THAT NOT SUCCEEDED. >> FIRST OF ALL, THE STIMULUS DID NOT WORK. IT WAS A FAILED STIMULUS. IT DID NOT CREATE PRIVATE-SECTOR JOBS.
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| 00:16:01 |
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WHAT YOU SUPPORTED IN AUGUST WAS ANOTHER STIMULUS OF $26 BILLION AND YOU TOOK 2 MILLION OUT OF THE HIGHWAY FUND. HERE IS ABIG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN FLORIDA...
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| 00:17:06 |
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BROUGHT $220 MILLION BACK FOR OUR ROADS AND YOU TRY TO TAKE STATE MONEY TO MAKE A ZERO SUM GAME. --
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| 00:17:12 |
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MAKE IT A ZERO SUM GAME. WE HAD $220 MILLION TO HELP OUR ROADS AND INFRASTRUCTURE. IN ADDITION -- >> LET HIM FINISH HIS LAST WORD AND THEN WE WILL MOVE...
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| 00:17:41 |
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FORWARD TO GET A HIGHWAY BILL IN PLACE FOR IT HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION WILL CONTINUE. THE DOLLARS THAT WE
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| 00:17:47 |
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BROUGHT BACK WILL BE FOR WATER SYSTEMS ACROSS NORTH DAKOTA THERE WERE TO HAVE DRINKING WATER. -- NORTH DAKOTA. THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE DRINKING WATER. >>...
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| 00:18:08 |
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SOLVENCY -- SOCIAL SECURITY LONG-TERM SOLVENCY? BUT MY DAD DIED WHEN I WAS A TEENAGER. I KNOW HOW CRITICAL SECURITY IS FOR A FAMILY. AVERAGE BENEFITS...
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| 00:19:49 |
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AND THAT IS WHAT YOU DO. THE REALITY IS, IN 1998, YOU PUT -- YOU WERE FOR PUTTING HALF OF SECURITY IN THE STOCK MARKET'S -- OF SOCIAL SECURITY IN THE...
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| 00:21:00 |
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IN BALANCE. SOCIAL SECURITY IS RUNNING A SURPLUS.
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| 00:21:05 |
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HE CAST A VOTE AGAINST A RESOLUTION FOR PRIVATIZATION. HE SPEAKS SO GLOWINGLY ABOUT THESE PRIVATE ACCOUNTS. HE WANTED TO PUT THE MONEY IN NATIONAL PARKS....
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| 00:21:36 |
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DRILL AND OUR NATIONAL PARKS. THIS IS
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| 00:21:40 |
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SOMEONE WHO IS NOT PLAYING RESPONSIBLY WITH THE PROGRAM BUT I BELIEVE IS THE MOST IMPORTANT PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE. 170,000 NORTH DAKOTANS RECEIVE A SOCIAL...
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| 00:22:04 |
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IT. I HAVE PUT MY TIME AND MONEY INTO PRESERVING THE BADLANDS. I GREW UP OUT WEST. I WOULD NEVER DRILL ON THE SURFACE IN THE PARKS. YOU KNOW THAT'S...
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| 00:22:51 |
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| 00:22:55 |
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AT THE MOMENT, WE HAVE A PERIOD OF APLOMB OR THE CASH FLOW HAS CHANGED. -- .
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| 00:23:03 |
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OF UNEMPLOYMENT WHERE THE CASH FLOW HAS CHANGED. -- A PERIOD OF UNEMPLOYMENT OR THE CASH FLOW HAS CHANGED. YOUR SUGGESTION THAT WE CAN PARK AND OIL DERRICK...
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| 00:23:32 |
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WE CANNOT BAIL PEOPLE OUT. THIS TAKES MONEY OUT OF OUR ECONOMY. THE VICE PRESIDENT SAID THAT THE REASON THE STIMULUS DID NOT WORK WAS BECAUSE IT WAS NOT...
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| 00:24:05 |
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| 00:24:07 |
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THIS IS ABOUT CASH FLOW AND ASSETS HELD BY SOCIAL SECURITY. WE DO NOT HAVE A CRISIS WITH SOCIAL SECURITY. IT WAS MY PLEASURE TO GET SOME OF THESE ISSUES...
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| 00:24:57 |
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THERE IS A
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| 00:25:00 |
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RESPONSIBILITY FOR EACH GENERATION OF AMERICANS. THAT IS TO LEAVE THIS COUNTRY BETTER OFF THAN WE RECEIVED IT. TODAY, TOO MANY AMERICANS BELIEVE THAT...
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| 00:26:07 |
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LUCK IN THE ELECTION. THANK YOU FOR JOINING ELECTION 2010. (music) >> WE ARE SHOWING YOU SOME OF THE 2010 CAMPAIGN DEBATES AND THE FANS FROM ALL AROUND...
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NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.