FUNDING PROVIDED BY THE CONNECTICUT DEMOCRACY CENTER THE GOVERNOR M JODI RELL CENTER FOR PUBLIC SERVICE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HARTFORD TRAVELERS AND UCONN HEALTH [♪] >> FOR CONNECTICUT PUBLIC I'M FRANKIE GRAZIANO.

THIS ELECTION SEASON CONNECTICUT PUBLIC IN COLLABORATION WITH THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF CONNECTICUT ARE HOLDING DEBATES TO EDUCATE LOCAL VOTERS ON CANDIDATES RUNNING FOR OFFICE IN CONNECTICUT.

AND TONIGHT IN OUR FINAL DEBATE WE ARE PAYING ATTENTION TO 41 TOWNS IN WESTERN AND CENTRAL CONNECTICUT THE FIFTH U.S. CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.

WE ARE BROADCASTING LIVE TONIGHT FROM THE TORP THEATER ON THE CAMPUS OF CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY.

AND BEFORE I INTRODUCE THE CANDIDATES, LET ME GO OVER TONIGHT'S DEBATE STRUCTURE.

THE CUMULATIVE TIME FOR MATT.

IT'S DESIGNED TO ALLOW THE CANDIDATES TIME TO DISCUSS THE ISSUES.

THE ONLY RULE IS THAT THE TOTAL TIME USED BY EACH CANDIDATE BY THE CONCLUSION OF THE DEBATE SHOULD BE APPROXIMATELY THE SAME.

THE CANDIDATES WILL NOT BE RESTRICTED TO ONE OR TWO-MINUTE RESPONSES.

INSTEAD, THEY MAY SPEND AS LITTLE OR AS MUCH TIME THEY FEEL IS APPROPRIATE TO DISCUSS EACH ISSUE.

OUR GOAL IS TO ENCOURAGE DEBATE.

THE CANDIDATES WILL TAKE TURNS BEING THE FIRST TO RESPOND TO THE QUESTION.

EACH CANDIDATE WILL MAKE A TWO-MINUTE CLOSING STATEMENT.

MEMBERS OF THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS ARE SERVING AS TIMERS FOR THE DEBATES AND WILL KEEP THE CANDIDATES AND ME INFORMED OF THE TIME EXPENDED.

IF A SERIOUS IMBALANCE IN TIME USED OCCURS DURING THE COURSE OF THE DEBATE I WILL CALL IT TO THEIR ATTENTION AND SEE THAT IT IS CORRECTED.

APPLAUSE IS PERMITTED AT THE START AND AT THE END OF TONIGHT'S PROGRAM.

AND NOW IT'S TIME TO INTRODUCE YOU TO THE TWO CANDIDATES RUNNING AGAINST ONE ANOTHER IN THE FIFTH.

JOINING US ARE JAHANA HAYES A DEMOCRAT.

[APPLAUSE] AND GEORGE LOGAN A REPUBLICAN.

[APPLAUSE] THE RECIPIENT OF THE FIRST QUESTION WAS DECIDED BY A COIN TOSS AND IT GOES TO MRS. HAYES.

THANK YOU GUYS FOR THAT HANDSHAKE, I LIKE THAT.

GOOD CAMARADERIE HERE.

AND YOU WILL GET THE FIRST QUESTION.

THE U.S. SUPREME COURT RECENTLY OUTFIELDER RULED ROE VS. WADE LEADING MANY TO TURN TO FEDERAL LAWMAKERS REGARDING ACCESS TO SAFE AND LEGAL ABORTION.

IF THERE WAS A FEDERAL VOTE TO CODIFY A PERSON'S RIGHT TO CHOOSE WOULD YOU VOTE YES OR NO?

>> I WOULD ABSOLUTELY VOTE YES IF THERE WAS A FEDERAL VOTE TO CODIFY WOMAN'S RIGHT TO CHOOSE.

I AM A COSPONSOR OF THE LEGISLATION.

I HAVE BEEN VOCALLY SUPPORTIVE OF WOMEN'S REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH AND RIGHTS OF ACCESS TO CONTRACEPTION.

THE IDEA THAT THE DECISION IS BETWEEN A WOMAN AND HER DOCTOR FULL STEP.

THERE IS NO ROOM FOR GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION.

THERE IS NO ROOM FOR ME.

SO ALL OF THE NEW ANSWERS THAT -- NUANCES THAT ACCOMPANY THIS CONVERSATION ARE DISTRACTIONS.

MAKE FEDERAL LAW AND FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT STAND POINT, THERE IS NO PLACE IN WOMEN'S REPRODUCTIVE CHOICE.

> Mr. LOGAN?

>> THANK YOU.

FIRST LIKE TO THANK CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY, THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS AND NPR FOR PUTTING TOGETHER THIS WONDERFUL EVENT.

A SUPPORT A WOMAN'S RIGHT TO CHOOSE.

I SUPPORT CONNECTICUT STATE LAW CODIFYING A WOMAN'S RIGHT TO CHOOSE.

AND AS A MEMBER OF THE CONGRESS, I WOULD DO JUST THAT.

JUST AS I'VE DONE IT WHEN I WAS IN THE STATE SENATE.

THE OVERTURNING OF ROE VS. WADE DOES NOT CHANGE ANYTHING IN CONNECTICUT.

BECAUSE WE HAVE CODE FID A WOMAN'S RIGHT TO CHOOSE.

THE U.S. SUPREME COURT WE HAVE OUR THREE BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT, THEY DECIDED THAT RIGHT TO CHOOSE AND THE ABORTION ISSUE SHOULD BE LEFT UP TO THE STATES.

I WILL COMPLY WITH THE U.S. SUPREME COURT'S DECISION.

AND I WOULD NOT VOTE IN FAVOR OF CODIFYING ROE VS. WADE AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL.

I THINK IT'S DECISION HAS BEEN MADE BY THE U.S. SUPREME COURT AND I WILL DO EVERYTHING IN MY POWER TO MAKE SURE THAT A WOMAN'S RIGHT TO CHOOSE IS NO WAY INFRINGED FROM WHAT WE HAVE HERE IN CONNECTICUT STATE LAW.

>> WOULD YOU LIKE A CHANCE TO REBUTT?

>> I DON'T THINK Mr. LOGAN UNDERSTANDS WHAT CHOICE MEANS.

IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OR THE STATE GOVERNMENT CAN DECIDE IT MEANS THE INDIVIDUAL DECIDES.

SO THE IDEA HE WOULD NOT VOTE TO SUPPORT CODIFYING ROE VS. WADE, MEANS THAT HE THINKS THAT INDIVIDUAL STATES SHOULD MAKE THE DECISION FOR THE WOMAN.

THAT IS NOT CHOICE.

CHOICE MEANS THAT THE PERSON DECIDES FOR THEMSELVES IN CONSULTATION WITH THEIR MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS, THEIR DOCTORS THEIR FAMILIES WHAT DECISION THEY ARE GOING TO MAKE FOR THEMSELVES NOT THE STATE.

>> Mr. LOGAN WOULD YOU LIKE ONE MORE CHANCE TO REPLY.

WASHINGTON VERSUS CONNECTICUT.

MY FOCUS IS ON THE FIFTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.

I SUPPORT A WOMAN'S RIGHT TO CHOOSE AS CODIFIED IN CONNECTICUT STATE LAW AND I WILL DEFEND THAT IN WASHINGTON.

>> Mr. LOGAN NEXT QUESTION GOES TO YOU.

>> THIS IS NOT A WASHINGTON VERSUS CONNECTICUT AND THIS WILL BE THE LAST THING I WILL SAY ABOUT THIS.

I SUPPORT A WOMAN'S RIGHT TO CHOOSE FULL STOP.

I HAVE VOTED FOR IT AND I WILL CONTINUE TO VOTE FOR IT.

IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT STATE LEGISLATORS CAN DECIDE IT MEANS THE INDIVIDUAL CAN DECIDE FOR THEMSELVES ALL THE TIME REGARDLESS OF THE GEOGRAPHY WHAT DECISIONS THEY WANT TO MAKEOVER THEIR OWN PERSONAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH WASHINGTON VERSUS CONNECTICUT.

>> SURE, THERE ARE MANY CONTRASTS BETWEEN MY OPPONENT AND I AND THAT IS WHAT THIS DEBATE IS ABOUT.

WE BOTH AGREE IN THE IMPORTANCE OF SIGNIFICANCE OF A WOMAN'S RIGHT TO CHOOSE.

THE MAIN DIFFERENCE IS THAT MY OPPONENT BELIEVES IN A BORINGS WITH NO RESTRICTIONS.

MY OPPONENT DOES NOT BELIEVE IN PARENTAL NOTIFICATION IF A 14 OR 15 OR 16-YEAR-OLD CHILD IS SEEKING AN ABORTION.

WE HAVE DIFFERENCES.

BUT IN TERMS OF SUPPORTING A WOMAN'S RIGHT TO CHOOSE, IN TERMS OF SUPPORTING CONNECTICUT STATE LAW, CODIFYING A WOMAN'S RIGHT TO CHOOSE I WILL DO EVERYTHING IN MY POWER TO MAKE SURE THAT NOTHING OCCURS AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL THAT INFRINGES UPON CONNECTICUT STATE LAW CODIFYING A WOMAN'S RIGHT TO CHOOSE.

>> Mr. LOGAN, THE GOVERNING BODY OF HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS IN CONNECTICUT ALLOWS KIDS TO PARTICIPATE IN SPORTS BY THE GENDER TO WHICH THEY IDENTIFY.

THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ONCE THREATENED TO -- THEY ONCE THREATENED STATE EDUCATION FUNDING OVER PARTICIPATION -- TRANSPARTICIPATION DO YOU SUPPORT THE FEMALES INVOLVED IN THE LAWSUIT AND RIGHTS OF MEMBERS OF THE LGBTQ PLUS COMMUNITY?

>> I CERTAINLY SUPPORT THE RIGHTS OF THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY.

AND THE TRANSCOMMUNITY AS WELL.

I SUPPORT THE RIGHTS OF GIRLS AND WOMEN PARTICULARLY IN K-12.

I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT MALES SHOULD COMPETE AGAINST FEMALES IN SPORTS.

PARTICULARLY IN GRADES K-12.

THROUGHOUT THE FIFTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT, I TALK TO PARENTS ALL OVER THE DISTRICT.

WE HAVE GIRLS, HIGH SCHOOL, COMPETING FOR SCHOLARSHIPS, COMPETING WITH OTHER GIRLS, AND TO ALLOW BIOLOGICAL MALES TO COMPETE WITH GIRLS, PARTICULARLY IN K-12 I THINK IT'S UNFAIR FOR THE GIRLS THAT ARE COMPETING AND, AGAIN, LOOKING TOWARDS COLLEGE, LOOKING TOWARDS SCHOLARSHIPS I JUST DON'T THINK THAT IS FAIR.

>> MRS. HAYES?

>> WELL, FRANKIE, I WANT TO SAY I TOLD YOU ON THE LAST QUESTION I WAS NOT GOING TO SAY ANYTHING ELSE BUT I HAVE TO RESPOND TO Mr. LOGAN'S LAST STATEMENT BECAUSE THEY KEEP GOING UNCHECKED SAYING HIS OPPONENT SUPPORTS LATE TERM ABORTIONS AND PARENTAL NOTIFICATION.

WHAT I SUPPORT IS CODIFYING THE LANGUAGE OF ROE WHICH SAYS THAT UP TO VIABILITY AND BEYOND THAT IN THE GOOD FAITH CONSULTATION WITH THE MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL.

THAT MEANS EXACTLY WHAT I SAID.

THE DECISION IS BETWEEN A WOMAN AND HER DOCTOR.

WHEN WE TALK ABOUT PARENTAL NOTIFICATION, AT THE POINT WHERE A 15, 16, 17-YEAR-OLD FINDS THEMSELVES IN THAT POSITION, SOMETHING AT HOME IS MOST LIKELY ALREADY DISRUPTED AND THEY NEED TO BE ABLE TO SEEK HELP.

I WAS PREGNANT AT 17.

THIS IDEA THAT YOU HAVE TO GET SOMEONE AT HOME TO SIGN OFF OR ALLOW YOU TO GET HELP PRESUPPOSES THAT YOU COME FROM A TWO-PARENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSEHOLD.

THAT IS NOT THE CASE FOR ANYONE.

TO YOUR QUESTION ON TRANSGENDER ATHLETES ON EVERY OTHER ISSUE Mr. LOGAN SAYS THE STATE SHOULD DECIDE AND CONNECTICUT DECIDED THAT TRANSGENDER ATHLETES CAN PLAY HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS.

AS A CONGRESS PERSON I'M NOT ONLY THE CONGRESS PERSON FOR GENDER ATHLETES FOR PEOPLE THAT IDENTIFY AS LGBTQ I'M THE CONGRESS PERSON FOR TRANSSTUDENTS.

I REALLY STRUGGLED ON THIS ONE BECAUSE I SPOKE OUT WHEN THE PREVIOUS SECRETARY OF EDUCATION SAID SHE WAS GOING TO WITHHOLD FEDERAL FUNDS.

MY JOB THERE IS A LOT ABOUT THE BIOLOGICAL JOURNEY THAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHEN IT COMES TO TRANSSTUDENTS BUT I DO UNDERSTAND DISCRIMINATION.

AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL YOU CANNOT DISCRIMINATE BASED ON SEXUAL IDENTITY.

IF YOU CANNOT UNDERSTAND IN THIS ROLE, YOUR JOB IS TO BE THE VOICE FOR ALL OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS, EVEN THE ONES YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND, YOU DON'T AGREE WITH, ALL OF THEM.

AND MY CONSTITUENCY INCLUDES PEOPLE THAT IDENTIFY AS LGBTQ, TRANS, QUEER, WHATEVER.

I'M THEIR CONGRESS PERSON TOO.

AND THEIR PARENTS ARE LOOKING FOR SOMEONE TO HAVE A VOICE FOR THEM.

WHEN WE TALK ABOUT WITHHOLDING FEDERAL FUNDS TO A STATE OR A DISTRICT BASED SOLELY ON GENDER IDENTITY IT IS ILLEGAL.

>> Mr. LOGAN WOULD YOU LIKE TO REPLY?

>> LOOK, I'M NOT IN FAVOR OF TRANSFERRING ONE FORM OF DISCRIMINATION FOR ANOTHER.

AGAIN, I WANT TO BE A VOICE OF THE PEOPLE OF THE FIFTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.

I FIRST ANNOUNCED MY CAMPAIGN IN JULY OF LAST YEAR.

I'VE BEEN GOING ALL THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT AND I'VE HEARD REPEATEDLY THIS ISSUE.

TRANSGENDER ATHLETES MALES, I ABSOLUTELY WANT THEM TO COMPETE.

THERE IS A MECHANISM FOR THAT.

THEY CAN COMPETE WITH THE OTHER MALE ATHLETES.

BUT TO HAVE MALE ATHLETES COMPETING AGAINST FEMALE ATHLETES IS NOT FAIR TO THE GIRLS AND YOUNG WOMEN THAT ARE COMPETING IN HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS OR K-12 SPORTS.

AS I ASSEMBLYWOMANNIONED WHO ARE COMPETING -- MENTIONED WHO ARE COMPETING AND TRYING TO WIN SCHOLARSHIPS.

I WANT TO BE A VOICE.

THIS DEBATE IS ABOUT CONTRAST.

MY OPPONENT HAS HER OPINION ON THAT SUBJECT AND I HAVE MINE.

BUT I'M LETTING YOU KNOW HOW I FEEL ON THIS SUBJECT.

>> MRS. HAYES?

>> THIS DEBATE IS ABSOLUTELY ABOUT CONTRAST.

AND WHAT I'LL SAY FOR ALL THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE TROUBLE IDENTIFYING THE CONTRAST IN THE STATEMENT, REPLACE TRANSWITH ANY OTHER THING.

WOULD YOU ALLOW POLISH ATHLETES?

BLACK ATHLETES?

REPLACE IT WITH ANY OTHER TERM AND IT WOULD NOT BE ACCEPTABLE BECAUSE THAT IS DISCRIMINATION AND DISCRIMINATION AGAINST ANY GROUP IS UNACCEPTABLE.

>> MRS. HAYES, THE U.S. PREVENTATIVE TASK FORCE RECENTLY RECOMMENDED SCREENING FOR ANXIETY FOR CHILDREN AGES 8-18.

WHAT WOULD YOU DO AS A MEMBER OF CONGRESS TO RESPOND TO THE GROWING MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS IN CHILDREN?

>> WELL, WHAT HAVE I DONE?

I CAN TELL YOU THAT.

LAST WEEK WE VOTED ON THE MENTAL HEALTH MATTERS ACT WHICH INCLUDED MY LEGISLATION SUPPORTING TRAUMA INFORMED ININSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICES.

BASICALLY WHAT THAT DOES IS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PANDEMIC WHEN WE WERE ADVOCATING FOR FUNDS, I INTRODUCED LEGISLATION TO SAVE EDUCATION JOBS.

BECAUSE WHENEVER SCHOOL DISTRICTS FACE A CRISIS OR A FINANCIAL SHORTAGE THE FIRST PEOPLE TO GO ARE THE SOCIAL WORKERS, THE SCHOOL COUNSELORS, THE BEHAVIOR THERAPISTS AND THE NURSES THE WRAP AROUND AND SUPPORT SERVICES.

I HAVE FOUGHT FOR LEGISLATION AND FUNDING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE TRAUMA INFORMED RESOURCES AT THE SCHOOL LEVEL.

COMING OUT OF THIS PANDEMIC, WE REALLY HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THE NEXT FEW YEARS WILL HOLD.

WE HAVE TO BE PREPARED AND MAKE SURE THAT THE SERVICES AND THE RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE FOR CHILDREN.

EXPANDING THINGS LIKE TELEHEALTH.

MAKING SURE THAT MEDICARE REIMBURSES THESE THINGS SO THAT WE CAN MEET PEOPLE WHERE THEY ARE.

AND ADDRESS THE ANXIETY AND THE MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS THAT IS IMPENDING.

BUT NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT IT.

I FOUGHT FOR FUNDING.

CONNECTICUT GOT A BILLION DOLLARS IN EDUCATION FUNDING SEPARATE AND APART FROM THE AMERICAN RESCUE FUNDS ARE MONEY EARMARKED AND ALLOCATED FOR SCHOOL RESOURCES FOR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES.

THAT HAS TO BE A PART OF ANY CONVERSATION THAT WE'RE HAVING AND I'VE ALREADY FOUGHT FOR THOSE FUNDS AND BROUGHT THEM BACK TO THE STATE AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO AS THE FUNDS RUN OUT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE MAKING THE INVESTMENTS ON THE FRONT END AND THINGS LIKE THIS.

>> Mr. LOGAN?

>> SURE, ONE PARTY DEMOCRAT CONTROL IN WASHINGTON, THEY HAVE COME UP WITH ALPHABET SOUP OF PROGRAMS TO FIX THINGS.

BUT IT HASN'T WORKED.

MY OPPONENT HAS BEEN IN CONGRESS NOW FOR JUST ABOUT FOUR YEARS.

THE SITUATION STILL PERSISTS.

PART OF THE ISSUE IS THAT THE FUNDING IS NOT GETTING DOWN TO THE LEVEL OF TRULY HELPING THE PEOPLE WHO NEED IT.

I'M HEARING THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT MENTAL HEALTH IS AN ISSUE.

WE NEED TO PRIORITIZE IT.

WE NEED TO FOCUS ON IT.

AND WE ACTUALLY NEED TO DELIVER.

THE DEMOCRAT LEADERSHIP IN WASHINGTON HAS NOT DELIVERED WHEN IT COMES TO MENTAL HEALTH FOR OUR YOUNG PEOPLE, OR FOR OUR ADULTS.

MY OPPONENT HAS BEEN THERE FOR FOUR YEARS.

TALKS ABOUT PROGRAMS, TALKS ABOUT HOW THEY'RE GOING TO HELP.

BUT THEY HAVEN'T.

WE'VE HEARD NOTHING BUT FALSE PROMISES FROM THE DEMOCRAT LEADERSHIP.

PARTICULARLY SINCE THE BIDEN-HARRIS ADMINISTRATION CAME INTO POWER.

AND MY OPPONENT SUPPORTS THEIR INITIATIVES 100%.

WE'RE GOING TO HEAR OVER AND OVER AGAIN ON HOW THEY HAVE THE SOLUTIONS THE ANSWER TO OUR PROBLEMS.

BUT EVERYTHING THAT THE BIDEN-HARRIS ADMINISTRATION HAS TOUCHED HAS GONE SIDEWAYS HAS BEEN WORSE.

JUST ABOUT EVERYONE IN THE FIFTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT IS WORSE OFF THAN THEY WERE WHEN MY OPPONENT FIRST TOOK OFFICE.

WORSE OFF THAN THEY WERE WHEN PRESIDENT BIDEN AND VICE-PRESIDENT HARRIS TOOK OFFICE.

WE NEED A CHANGE.

ONE PARTY RULE IS NOT WORKING FOR THE PEOPLE OF THE FIFTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT I WANT TO GO TO WASHINGTON AND HELP BRING CHECKS AND BALANCES.

I'M GOING TO WORK HARD.

WITH DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS TO SOLVE OUR COMMON PROBLEMS.

WE CAN DO THIS.

BUT ONE PARTY CONTROL IS NOT GETTING IT DONE.

WE NEED TRUE DISCUSSION.

WE NEED TRUE NEGOTIATIONS.

TALK THROUGH THE IDEAS.

AND GET THE SUPPORT OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, GET THE SUPPORT IN CONGRESS TO PASS MEANINGFUL AND EFFECTIVE LAWS.

>> MRS. HAYES.

>> FOUR YEARS.

YOU KNOW WHAT ELSE HAPPENED FOR FOUR YEARS?

Mr. LOGAN WAS IN THE STATE SENATE.

YOU DON'T HEAR HIM TALKING ABOUT WHAT HE DID IN THE STATE SENATE BECAUSE HE DID NOTHING.

FOUR YEARS HE WAS IN THE STATE SENATE WE HAVE A SYSTEM OF FEDDISM WHICH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THE BRANCH OF GOVERNMENT WHERE I AM A PART OF, SENDS MONEY TO THE STATE LEVEL AND STATE LEGISLATORS DECIDE HOW THAT MONEY WILL BE USED.

WE DEPARTED FROM THAT IN THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN BECAUSE WE FOUGHT HARD FOR LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES TO BE ABLE TO DECIDE.

BUT IN FOUR YEARS, HE DID NOTHING ON THIS ISSUE.

SO TO PUT THIS IN I'VE BEEN IN CONGRESS AND DID NOTHING.

Mr. LOGAN WAS IN THE STATE SENATE AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL COULD HAVE ADDRESSED ALL OF THESE ISSUES IN THE SAME WAY.

HE IS PRESENTING HIMSELF TO THE PEOPLE OF THE FIFTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT AS SOMEONE WHO HAS ALL THESE ASPIRATIONAL IDEAS.

BUT TO THE PEOPLE IN HIS OWN DISTRICT WHO KNEW HIM AND DID NOT FEEL THAT HE WAS DOING A GOOD JOB AND VOTED HIM OUT NOW HE IS PRESENTING HIMSELF WITH ALL THESE NEW IDEAS.

YOU KNOW WHAT I'VE DONE.

YOU CAN CHECK THE RECORD ON WHAT I'VE DONE.

I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU, I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO USE THAT SAME INFORMATION TO LOOK AT WHERE HE STOOD ON ALL OF THE THINGS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.

TO LOOK WHERE HE STOOD ON EDUCATION FUNDING IN THE STATE.

TO LOOK AT WHERE HE STOOD ON ALL OF THESE ISSUES THAT HE NOW CLAIMS HE IS GOING TO GO TO CONGRESS TO FIX.

THE WAY THAT YOU KNOW WHAT I'M GOING TO DO AS YOUR MEMBER OF CONGRESS IS NOT BY THE WORDS THAT COME OUT OF MY MOUTH.

IT IS BY THE WAY THAT I VOTED.

AND I HAVE TALKED TO YOU AND COMMUNICATED WITH YOU AND I'M RUNNING A CAMPAIGN TELLING PEOPLE WHAT I HAVE DONE.

IT IS CURIOUS THAT Mr. LOGAN IS NOT MENTIONING ANYTHING ABOUT WHAT HE HAS DONE IN THE STATE SENATE.

BECAUSE IF HE HAD A RECORD THAT HE COULD BE PROUD OF, HE WOULD BE STANDING UP HERE MUCH LIKE I'M DOING AND SAYING THIS IS WHAT I VOTED FOR.

AND THIS IS WHAT I'VE DONE AND THIS IS WHAT I INTEND TO DO.

IF HE HAD VOTED ON THESE ISSUES IN A WAY THAT HE WAS PROUD OF, IN A WAY THAT EFFECTED CHANGE AND BROUGHT ABOUT MEANINGFUL HE WOULD BE HERE SHOUTING FROM THE ROOFTOPS.

HE IS NOT BECAUSE HE HAS NOT DONE ANYTHING.

>> Mr. LOGAN A LAST CHANCE AT A REPLY.

>> THANK YOU.

FIRST OFF, MY OPPONENT FAILS TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE OBVIOUS THAT WE HAVE ONE PARTY CONTROL HERE IN CONNECTICUT.

DEMOCRAT ONE PARTY CONTROL IN WASHINGTON AS WELL.

SHE HAS THE MAJORITY IN THE HOUSE.

THE DEMOCRATS HAVE THE MAJORITY IN THE SENATE.

THEY HAVE THE WHITE HOUSE.

NOTHING IS GETTING DONE.

IN TERMS OF MY TIME IN THE STATE SENATE, YOU KNOW, I KNOW MY OPPONENT LISTENS TO THE TALKING POINTS OF THE DEMOCRAT STATE PARTY.

AND THE D TRIPLE C BUT I'M PROUD OF MY TIME IN THE CONNECTICUT STATE SENATE.

I WON A DEMOCRAT DISTRICT.

22 YEARS, CONSECUTIVE YEARS.

12 ELECTIONS UNDER DEMOCRATIC CONTROL FOR MY STATE SENATE SEAT.

I WON THAT DISTRICT.

WENT TO HARTFORD FOR MY FIRST TIME.

WE PASSED SOME OF THE MOST CONSEQUENTIAL LEGISLATION IN THE MODERN RECENT LAST 50 YEARS FOR THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT.

WE PASSED BECAUSE WE HAD [INAUDIBLE] AND THE DEMOCRATS WERE FORCED TO NEGOTIATE WITH US.

WE PASSED A BONDING CAP TO LIMIT THE AMOUNT OF BORROWING THE STATE CAN DO.

WE HAD RUN AWAY BORROWING PRIOR TO THAT.

WE PASSED THE SPENDING CAP.

SO THE LEGISLATORS COULD NOT JUST BLOW THE BUDGET.

PUT RESTRICTIONS ON THERE.

TO TRY TO GET FINANCIAL STABILITY AND WE ALSO INCLUDED A VOLATILITY CAP.

AND THAT VOLATILITY CAPPA LOUD US TO CAP ALLOWED US TO PAY DOWN DEBT IF WE HAVE A ONE-TIME INFLUX OF REVENUE THAT THE LEGISLATORS WOULD NOT CREATE NEW PROGRAMS AND SPENDING NEW MONEY YOU HAD TO PAY DOWN SOME OF THE PENSION DEBT THAT WE HAD.

AND RIGHT NOW, THE STATE IS SITTING ON A MULTIBILLION DOLLAR SURPLUS BECAUSE OF MY TIME IN THE STATE SENATE.

BECAUSE WE HAD THE TIE IN THE SENATE.

WHEN IT COMES TO EDUCATION, WHEN IT COMES TO MENTAL HEALTH, PARTICULARLY HERE IN CONNECT CONNECTICUT, ONE PARTY CONTROL HASN'T GOTTEN US ANYWHERE.

SO NOW, I'M HOPEFUL TO GO TO WASHINGTON TO REPRESENT EVERYONE IN FIFTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.

REPUBLICANS, DEMOCRATS, LOOK I RECEIVED THE CROSS ENDORSEMENT OF THE INDEPENDENT PARTY OF CONNECTICUT.

WE HAVE OVER 40% OF OUR VOTERS ARE UNAFFILIATED WITH ANY PARTY BECAUSE THEY WANT TO SEE THE WORK GET DONE AND I'M GOING TO WORK ACROSS THE AISLE IN WASHINGTON.

HOPEFULLY WE WILL BE ABLE TO FLIP THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AGAIN.

I WANT TO BRING BETTER CHECKS AND BALANCES.

IN THAT SCENARIO, I BELIEVE WITH MY NEGOTIATING SKILLS, AND WILLINGNESS TO WORK ACROSS THE AISLE WE WILL BE ABLE TO MAKE CHANGE FAR BEYOND WHAT MY OPPONENT HAS BEEN ABLE TO DO WITH ONE PARTY CONTROL IN WASHINGTON.

>> Mr. LOGAN WHAT IS YOUR POSITION ON DOMESTIC PROGRAMS -- >> I WOULD LIKE TO RESPOND.

>> .

>> SURE.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

I WILL JUST SAY THAT WHEN Mr. LOGAN LEFT THE STATE SENATE, THE STATE WAS IN A $3 BILLION DEFICIT.

WE BROUGHT AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN FUNDS TO THE STATE TO STABILIZE COMMUNITIES DURING A PANDEMIC.

AND THE STATE NOW HAS A $5 BILLION SURPLUS.

AS A RESULT OF MANY OF THOSE FUNDS.

SO THE LEGISLATION THAT HE SAID HE WOULD HAVE VOTED AGAINST IS ALSO THE LEGISLATION HE IS TOUTING AS PART OF HIS RECORD.

TO SAY THAT DEMOCRATS HAVE DONE NOTHING UNDER ONE PARTY RULE IF YOU CONSIDER THE MOST SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT IN INFRASTRUCTURE NOTHING FOR OUR ROADS, OUR BRIDGES, OUR HIGHWAYS OUR BROADBAND AND CLEAN WATER, IF YOU CONSIDER GUN LEGISLATION, FIRST TIME IN 30 YEARS THAT TESS' BEEN PASSED NOTHING.

NEGOTIATING THE COST OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS.

PAYING DOWN THE DEBT THAT WAS BALLOONED INTO A $7 TRILLION DEBT UNDER THE PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION.

IF YOU CONSIDER THE MOST SIGNIFICANT LEGISLATION PASSED SINCE THE GREAT SOCIETY NOTHING, I THINK THAT IS ALL PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW.

IF YOU CONSIDER A $3 BILLION INVESTMENT IN CLIMATE MITIGATION STRATEGIES NOTHING.

IF YOU CONSIDER CAPPING INSULIN AT $35 AND REQUIRING THE LARGEST CORPORATIONS THAT HAVE GOT A BILLION DOLLARS IN PROFITS OVER THE LAST YEAR, DURING A PANDEMIC, MAKING THEM PAY 15% INCOME TAX FOR THE FIRST TIME, 15% CORPORATE TAX RATE IF YOU CONSIDER THAT NOTHING, THEN I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS ROLE IS ABOUT FOR YOU.

>> Mr. LOGAN YOU GET ANOTHER CHANCE TO REPLY.

>> THANK YOU.

LET'S START WITH THE INFRASTRUCTURE BILL IN WASHINGTON.

FOR OUR ROADS AND BRIDGES.

THIS IS WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT IN TERMS OF EXCESSIVE SPENDING THAT IS SUPPORTED BY MY OPPONENT.

$1.2 TRILLION INFRASTRUCTURE BILL.

LESS THAN 25% OF THAT $1.2 TRILLION WENT TO INFRASTRUCTURE.

APPROXIMATELY 10% OF THIS INFRASTRUCTURE BILL ACTUALLY WENT TO ROADS AND BRIDGES.

THIS IS WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.

THE DEMOCRAT LEADERSHIP IN WASHINGTON THEY HAVE EXCESSIVE SPENDING PACKAGES AND I'M TELLING YOU THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT WHAT I'M HEARING FROM FOLKS ALL I'M HEARING IS THINGS ARE UNAFFORDABLE.

I WAS IN TORLG TON LAST WEEKEND AND I MET A COUPLE AND THEY SAID TO ME THAT THEY VOTED FOR BARACK OBAMA, PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA TWICE.

BUT THEY'VE HAD IT WITH THE DEMOCRAT LEADERSHIP CURRENT DEMOCRAT LEADERSHIP NOW IN WASHINGTON.

THEIR RETIREMENT PLAN 401K, THEY LOST $100,000 FOR STOCKS THEY HAD IN THE STOCK MARKET.

THIS IS WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.

THESE EXCESSIVE SPENDING PACKAGES WASTEFUL SPENDING, IS AFFECTING EVERYONE IN THE DISTRICT.

AND MY OPPONENT IS JUST GOING TO CONTINUE TO BLINDLY SUPPORT THOSE EXCESSIVE SPENDING PACKAGES.

>> I WANT TO INTERRUPT YOU WE WERE TALKING ABOUT CHILDREN AND NOW WE'RE GETTING TOO FAR INTO SPENDING.

BECAUSE I WAS HEARING ABOUT DOMESTIC PROGRAMS NOW I FEEL I CAN STEP IN AND ASK ABOUT THAT.

WHAT IS YOUR POSITION ON DOMESTIC PROGRAMS SUCH AS MEDICARE AND SOCIAL SECURITY?

IF YOU WIN THIS ELECTION WILL YOU TRY TO AUGUST MEANT OR SUPPORT CUTS TO THE PROGRAMS?

>> MAKE THE PROGRAMS AS STRONG AS POSSIBLE BUT I'M CONVINCED THE BEST WAY IS TO HAVE A STRONG ECONOMY.

WE MUST HAVE A STRONG ECONOMY AND RIGHT NOW WE DON'T HAVE THAT.

HERE IN CONNECTICUT OUR ECONOMY IS SHRINKING.

LAST QUARTER IT SHRANK BY 5%.

PERSONAL INCOME GROWTH, PERSONAL INCOME GROWTH IN CONNECTICUT THE LOWEST IN THE NATION.

WE NEED A CHANGE.

I SUPPORT PROGRAMS TO HELP FOLKS THAT NEED A HELPING HAND.

SOCIAL SECURITY, MEDICAID.

BUT RIGHT NOW, UNDER DEMOCRAT CONTROL, HEALTHCARE COSTS ARE UNAFFORDABLE.

OUR SOCIAL SECURITY PROGRAM IS HURTING.

WE NEED TO STRENGTHEN OUR ECONOMY.

WE DO THAT IT WILL FIX A LOT OF THINGS.

THE EXCESSIVE SPENDING PACKAGES ARE NOT DOING THE TRICK AND THE DEMOCRAT LEADERSHIP IS GOING TO DO MORE OF THE SAME AND RESULT IN HIGHER TAXES MORE INFLATION, THINGS WILL BE LESS AFFORDABLE AND THE FAMILIES OUR SENIORS AND VETERANS IN THE FIFTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO SUFFER UNDER THE CURRENT DEMOCRAT LEADERSHIP IN WASHINGTON.

>> MRS. HAYES.

>> THERE IS A REASON HE DID NOT ANSWER THAT QUESTION.

BECAUSE HE DOESN'T WANT TO SAY THAT REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP IS COMMITTED TO ENDING SOCIAL SECURITY.

THEY WANT TO SUNSET IT.

THAT MEANS THEY WANT TO END IT AS A MANDATORY PROGRAM.

THEY WANT SENIORS TO HAVE TO VOTE -- THEY WANT THE CONGRESS TO HAVE TO VOTE EVERY YEAR WHETHER OR NOT SOCIAL SECURITY IS FUNDED.

SOCIAL SECURITY IS NOT EXCESSIVE SPENDING.

IT IS INSURANCE THAT PEOPLE HAVE PAID INTO.

I AM ON LEGISLATION TO NOT ONLY SOLIDIFY AND STABILIZE SOCIAL SECURITY BUT BENEFITS.

WITH THE SENIORS SAW THE FIRST INCREASE IN SOCIAL SECURITY THAT THEY'VE SEEN IN 40 YEARS.

THEY HAVE NOT BEEN GETTING A COST OF LIVING THEIR MEDICARE PREMIUMS HAVE BEEN GOING UP.

SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS WENT UP.

MEDICARE PREMIUMS DID NOT.

REPUBLICANS HAVE A PLAN TO RAISE THE AGE AND MAKE IT SO THAT PEOPLE CANNOT COLLECT AFTER THE AGE OF 90.

BUT IT'S NOT JUST SOCIAL SECURITY.

THEY HAVE PUT IN VETERANS BENEFITS AS ENTITLEMENTS.

MY JOB IN THIS ROLE IS TO LEGISLATE FOR PEOPLE.

IF WE CANNOT AGREE THAT SENIORS WHO PAID INTO THE PROGRAM SHOULD BE ABLE TO PULL FROM IT AS PART OF THEIR RETIREMENT THAT PEOPLE HAVE PLANNED WHERE THEY ARE GOING TO LIVE AND HOW THEY ARE GOING TO LIVE IN RETIREMENT BASED ON SOCIAL SECURITY I'M GOING TO PROTECT SOCIAL SECURITY.

KEVIN McCARTHY JUST THIS WEEK IS ALREADY KIND OF SOUNDING THE ALARM THAT HE IS GOING TO HELD THE DEBT CEILING HOSTAGE TO NEGOTIATE A VOTE OR TO FORCE A VOTE ON SOCIAL SECURITY.

SO WHILE I REPRESENT THE FIFTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT AND MY CONCERNS ARE LOCAL, MY JOB IS TO WEIGH-IN FOR THE PEOPLE OF THE THIS DISTRICT ON NATIONAL CONCERNS.

CAN YOU NOT IGNORE WHAT IS HAPPENING NATIONALLY.

SOCIAL SECURITY IS IN JEOPARDY.

THEY HAVE ALREADY INDICATED THAT THE PROGRAM WILL END.

WE ARE TRYING TO LOWER THE COST OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS TRYING TO MAKE THINGS MORE AFFORDABLE FOR OUR SENIORS.

THE ONLY INDICATOR OF OUR COMMUNITIES CANNOT BE JUST THE STOCK MARKET.

I KNOW A WHOLE LOT OF PEOPLE IN THIS DISTRICT THAT DON'T OWN STOCKS.

I KNOW PEOPLE THAT DON'T MAKE DECISIONS BASED ON THE STOCKS THEY ARE TRYING TO GET BY.

AND MOST SENIORS FALL INTO THAT CATEGORY.

TO YOUR QUESTION NOT ONLY WILL I WORK TO PROTECT SOCIAL SECURITY, I WILL WORK TO STRENGTHEN AND EXPAND IT.

>> WOULD YOU LIKE TO RESPOND?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

YOU KNOW, THERE WE GO AGAIN.

A DEMOCRAT PUTTING ME IN THAT BOX.

I JUST INDICATED THAT I WILL DO EVERYTHING I CAN TO SHORE-UP SOCIAL SECURITY WE HAVE A DIFFERENCE OF OPINION HOW WE GO ABOUT DOING THAT.

I'M NOT GOING TO WASHINGTON TO SATISFY ANY PARTY LEADERSHIP.

I WANT TO REPRESENT THE PEOPLE OF THE FIFTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.

I'M NOT INTERESTED IN SUNSETTING THE BENEFIT OF SOCIAL SECURITY.

AND AGAIN, I WILL BE IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES SHOULD I HERN YOUR VOTE.

EARN YOUR VOTE.

I WILL FIGHT HARD TO MAINTAIN SOCIAL SECURITY.

FROM THE INSIDE.

THERE'S NOT WRONG WITH HAVING A REPUBLICAN ON THE INSIDE FIGHTING FOR THE PEOPLE OF THE FIFTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.

I WILL DO THAT REGARDLESS OF WHETHER I'M ON THE HOUSE FLOOR OR IF I'M IN A HOUSE CHAMBER OR A COMMITTEE WITH REPUBLICANS, DEMOCRATS OR JUST REPUBLICANS.

JUST AS I DID WHEN I WAS IN THE STATE SENATE.

WHEN IT COMES TO PRESCRIPTION DRUGS, YES, OF COURSE, PRESCRIPTION DRUGS ARE TOO HIGH.

TOO HIGH UNDER THE DEMOCRAT LEADERSHIP IN WASHINGTON.

TALKS ABOUT A RECENT BILL, DURING THE ELECTION SEASON THAT PASSED THAT IS SUPPOSEDLY GOING TO LOWER PRESCRIPTION DRUG COSTS?

WHY DIDN'T THEY DO THAT BEFORE?

I'M SKEPTICAL THAT IT WILL WORK.

WE NEED REAL SOLUTIONS IN WASHINGTON AND NEED TO STOP BELIEVING THE DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP AND THEIR FALSE PROMISES THAT HAS GOTTEN US IN A WORSE CONDITION THAN WE WERE BEFORE THE BIDEN-HARRIS ADMINISTRATION CAME INTO POWER AND BEFORE MY OPPONENT CAME INTO POWER.

WE CAN CHANGE THIS.

WE CAN GO IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION BUT WE'RE JUST GOING TO MORE OF THE SAME; HIGHER INFLATIO, HIGHER TAXES, LESS SERVICES, PARENTS FRUSTRATED WHAT THEIR KIDS ARE BEING TAUGHT IN SCHOOL, HIGHER GAS PRICES T DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THAT WAY.

WE CAN MAKE THE CHANGE.

I ASK FOR YOUR VOTE SO I CAN GO TO WASHINGTON AND BRING SENSIBILITY AND WORK ACROSS THE AISLE AND MOVE OUR COUNTRY IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION.

>> MRS. HAYES?

>> SO WHY DIDN'T WE DO SOMETHING ABOUT PRESCRIPTION DRUGS BEFORE?

BECAUSE EVERY REPUBLICAN VETTED AGAINST IT.

SO THIS IDEA THAT ONE PERSON IS GOING TO MOVE THE NEEDLE OR CHANGE THE WAY THINGS HAPPEN THAT IS NOT WHAT HAPPENS IN THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH THERE ARE 435 MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.

YOU HAVE TO GET A MAJORITY.

ONE PERSON IN A REPUBLICAN MAJORITY THAT DOES NOT BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULD BE LOWERING THE COST OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS OR THERE SHOULD BE ALL OF THE NUANCES IN THE WAY IT SHOULD BE DONE.

WE'VE TRIED IN BUILD BACK BETTER, WE TRIED TO NEGOTIATE FOR MONTHS WHEN THIS BILL WENT TO THE FLOOR, RIGHT NOW, MEDICARE WILL NEGOTIATE THE COST OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS AND THERE IS A $35 CAP ON INSULIN BUT ONLY FOR MEDICARE.

AND YOU KNOW WHY?

BECAUSE REPUBLICANS VOTED AGAINST IT.

SENATE REPUBLICANS SAID THEY DID NOT WANT PRIVATE INSURERS TO DO THE SAME.

ALL OF THOSE CHILDREN WITH TYPE ONE DIABETES AND ALL OF THOSE PARENTS PAYING EXORBITANT AMOUNTS OF MONEY FOR PRESCRIPTION -- INSULIN WE TRIED TO GET THAT PASSED.

AND THEY BLOCKED IT.

SO MAKE NO MISTAKE ABOUT IT, ONE PERSON WORKING FROM THE INSIDE IS NOT GOING TO CHANGE THAT.

YOU NEED A MAJORITY OF PEOPLE WHO ARE ALIGNED WITH THE VALUE AND THE BELIEF THAT WE NEED TO STEP IN SO THAT LARGE DRUG COMPANIES ARE NOT TAKING ADVANTAGE OF PEOPLE ON MEDICATIONS THAT HAVE NOT CHANGED IN 100 YEARS.

ON MEDICATIONS THAT YOU CAN GET IN OTHER COUNTRIES FOR A QUARTER OF THE PRICE SOMETIMES A 10TH OF THE PRICE.

THIS IS AN INDUSTRY THAT HAS GONE AWRY AND PEOPLE ARE AT THE MERCY OF PRESCRIPTION DRUG COMPANIES BECAUSE IF YOUR CHILD IS SICK YOU WILL PAY WHATEVER YOU HAVE TO PAY FOR THEM TO GET TREATMENT AND CARE.

SO TO THAT QUESTION, WHY DIDN'T WE DO IT?

WE'VE BEEN TRYING.

WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO DO IT.

YOU KNOW HOW WE CAN DELIVER ON EXPANDING THE LIST OF MEDICATIONS?

IS TO DELIVER A MAJORITY THAT BELIEVES THAT PEOPLE DESERVE THAT.

>> MRS. HAYES, AMERICANS IN 2022 HAVE FELT PAIN AT THE PUMP AND AT THE GROCERY STORE CHECK OUT COUNTER WHILE THE RATE OF INFLATION HAS STEADIED IN RECENT MONTHS IT'S UP SIGNIFICANTLY FROM TWO YEARS.

I WANT TO ASK YOU WHAT DO YOU THINK THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CAN DO ABOUT THE COSTS OF GOODS AND SERVICES?

>> SO, INFLATION IS A SERIOUS ISSUE.

IT IS SOMETHING THAT EVERYONE IN THIS DISTRICT IS CONCERNED ABOUT AND SOMETHING I HEAR FROM CONSTITUENTS EVERYWHERE I GO AND EVERYONE I TALK TO.

WE ARE COMING OUT OF A GLOBAL PANDEMIC.

THERE IS A WAR IN UKRAINE THAT IS AFFECTING THE PRICES AT THE PUMP.

AND JUST RECOVERY.

WHAT CAN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DO?

SO THE PRESIDENT HAS RELEASED SOME OIL FROM THE STRATEGIC OIL RESERVES TO TRY TO EASE PRESSURE THE THE PUMP.

WHEN WE TALK ABOUT HOME HEATING COSTS IN CONGRESS WE VOTED LITERALLY, I BROUGHT BACK TO THE DISTRICT $20 MILLION IN FUNDING TO HELP PEOPLE WITH THEIR ENERGY BILLS.

AS FAR AS FOOD, INCREASING COMPETITION.

I AM THE CHAIRWOMAN OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON NUTRITION AND MAKING SURE WE HAVE MARKETS FOR LOCAL FARMERS TO ENGAGE IN COMMUNITIES.

JUST REALLY THINKING OF ALL OF THE THINGS WE CAN DO.

BUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT INFLATION THERE ARE A COUPLE OTHER THINGS I WANT PEOPLE TO CONSIDER.

WE HAD A CHILD TAX CREDIT WHERE EVERY FAMILY WHO HAD CHILDREN WAS GETTING 300 A MONTH PER CHILD IN ADVANCED TAX PAYMENTS.

REPUBLICANS VOTED AGAINST THAT.

IF FAMILIES HAD THAT MONEY THAT WOULD EASE SOME OF THE PRESSURES OF INFLATION.

WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT HOME HEATING COSTS, JUST I KNOW, I WAS A SINGLE MOM AND THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE'S BILLS ARE THEIR RENT, GROCERIES, UTILITIES.

WHEN Mr. LOGAN WAS IN THE STAT SENATE HE ABSTAINED FROM EVERY VOTE ON ENERGY -- EXCEPT FOR ONE THAT WAS RIGHT BEFORE ELECTION.

ENERGY REGULATION ON LOWERING RATES, ON LOWERING COSTS HE ABSTAINED.

NOT BECAUSE HE HAD TO.

BUT BECAUSE HE IS EMPLOYED BY SOMEONE WHOSE PARENT COMPANY IS EVER SOURCE AND THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY THE VOTES.

WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT WHAT PEOPLE WILL DO, I ASK YOU TO ALSO CONSIDER WHAT PEOPLE HAVE DONE WHEN THEY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY.

HE TO THE OPPORTUNITY RIGHT NOW WHILE PEOPLE ARE SEEING A RATE HIKE, TO SAY TO WEIGH-IN ON A VET LIKE THAT.

AND HE DID NOT.

I WILL CONTINUE NOT JUST TO BRING DOWN THE COSTS TO FIGHT TO BRING DOWN THE COSTS AT THE PUMP AND SOME OF THE HIGH COSTS THAT PEOPLE ARE EXPERIENCING BUT ALSO TO RAISE THE MINIMUM WAGE.

TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE HAVE SAFE AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

HE VOTED AGAINST THE MINIMUM WAGE.

IF YOU DON'T THINK THAT PEOPLE DESERVE TO HAVE MONEY IN THEIR POCKET TO BE ABLE TO PAY THEIR BILLS THEN YOU CAN'T IN THE SAME TOKEN SAY THE COST OF EVERYTHING IS TOO HIGH.

>> Mr. LOGAN WOULD YOU LIKE A CHANCE TO REPLY.

>> MY OPPONENT HAS STATED THAT SHE BELIEVES THAT THE DEMOCRAT PARTY HAS SINGLE HANDILY SAVED THE ECONOMY.

WELL, I HAVE SPOKEN TO FOLKS THROUGHOUT OUR DISTRICT REPEATEDLY IN WATERBURY OR DANBURY ARE OR TORRINGTON OR MEREDIN AND WE ARE ALL IN A WORSE CONDITION ECONOMICALLY, GAS PRICES AT AN ALL-TIME HIGH, THE BIDEN-HARRIS ADMINISTRATION AND FIRST WEEK THEY KILLED THE XL PIPELINE.

THEY HAVE BEEN ATTACKING THE NOTION OF ACHIEVING AMERICAN ENERGY INDEPENDENCE.

I WANT TO GO TO WASHINGTON TO BE A VOICE OF REASON TO TRY TO MOVE TOWARDS TRUE ENERGY INDEPENDENCE.

RIGHT NW WE ARE HEADING INTO THE WINTER MONTHS.

I HAVE FAMILIES PETRIFIED HOW THEY ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO PAY FOR THE HIGH HOME FUEL COSTS.

THE DEMOCRAT LEADERSHIP IN WASHINGTON HAS NO ANSWERS TO THAT.

WHEN YOU TAKE A LOOK AT MY OPPONENT AND TALKS ABOUT REPUBLICANS BLOCKING THIS AND REPUBLICANS BLOCKING THAT, THEY HAVE THE MAJORITY IN THE HOUSE!

THEY HAVE THE MAJORITY IN THE SENATE!

THE PRESIDENT AND VICE-PRESIDENT ARE DEMOCRATS!

THEY ARE NOT DOING THEIR JOB FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.

THEY CONTINUE WITH THESE FALSE PROMISES.

YOU TALK ABOUT PRESCRIPTION DRUGS.

SHE TALKS ABOUT BUILD BACK BETTER.

WHAT IS LOWERING PRESCRIPTION COSTS DOING IN A WHETHER IT'S BUILD BACK BETTER OR INFRASTRUCTURE BILL, I WANT TO FOCUS ON BILLS BRING THEM TO CONGRESS THAT ARE FOCUSED ON THE ITEM AT HAND.

AND GIVE IT ITS DUE COURSE IN CONGRESS.

HEALTHCARE COSTS ARE UNAFFORDABLE IN THE DISTRICT.

THAT IS A FACT UNDER DEMOCRAT CONTROL.

FUEL OIL COSTS ARE UNAFFORDABLE IN OUR DISTRICT UNDER DEMOCRAT CONTROL.

GROCERIES FOR MANY, UNAFFORDABLE.

THEY DON'T HAVE THE ANSWERS.

NOW, MY TIME IN THE CONNECTICUT STATE SENATE.

YOU KNOW THIS IS A CITIZENS GOVERNMENT WE HAVE HERE IN CONNECTICUT.

WE HAVE FOLKS FROM ALL DIFFERENT WALKS OF LIFE.

FIRST OF ALL, THE STATE SENATE DOES NOT SET UTILITY RATES.

CONNECTICUT PURE DOES.

I ABSTAINED FROM CERTAIN VOTES OUT OF AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT MORE LEGISLATORS SHOULD DO IF THEY ARE INVOLVED IN THAT PARTICULAR INDUSTRY.

I WORK FOR A WATER COMPANY SINCE 1992.

I AM PROUD OF THE WORK THAT I'VE DONE AT THE WATER COMPANY.

I HAVE ACTUALLY BUILT INFRASTRUCTURE AS OPPOSED TO MY OPPONENT TALKING ABOUT DOING IT.

WATER, NATURAL RESOURCE I HAVE BUILT INFRASTRUCTURE THROUGHOUT THE FIFTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.

BROOKFIELD, NEW FAIRFIELD, LITCHFIELD, KENT, TORRINGTON, AND MORE.

THE LAST 30 YEARS AT THE WATER COMPANY.

WATER CONSERVATION, HUGE.

I'VE JOINED VOLUNTEER TO JOIN THE HOUSTONNIC ASSOCIAION BOARD OF DIRECTORS WORKED MY WAY UP TO VICE-PRESIDENT OF THAT VOLUNTEER BOARD.

BECAUSE NATURAL RESOURCES ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO ME.

OUR NATURAL ENVIRONMENT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO ME.

LOOK, WE CAN KEEP HEARING THE EXCUSES FROM MY OPPONENT AS TO WHY YOU THE VOTERS SHOULD GIVE HER ANOTHER CHANCE TO DISAPPOINT YOU.

I'M TELLING YOU I AM READY TO GO.

I'M READY TO HIT THE GROUND RUNNING.

I WILL WORK TIRELESS FOR YOU.

JUST AS I HAVE WHEN I WAS IN THE STATE SENATE.

JUST AS I HAVE SINCE I FIRST ANNOUNCED IN JULY OF LAST YEAR, I'M WILLING TO WORK WITH EVERYONE IN CONGRESS.

MY OPPONENT CAN'T SAY THE SAME.

SHE DOES NOT WORK ACROSS THE AISLE RATTLEDLESS.

YOU CANNOT VOTE 100% IN LINE WITH NANCY PELOSI AND TELL ME YOU WORK IN A BIPARTISAN FASH FASHION.

I WILL DO THE WORK.

GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY.

>> MRS. HAYES THE FIRST REBUTTAL.

>> I WILL NEED TIME THAT WAS A LOT TO UNPACK HERE.

SO A COUPLE THINGS.

THERE IS A REASON WHY Mr. LOGAN AND NATIONAL REPUBLICANS HAVE HUNG THEIR HAT ON ONE STATEMENT.

DEMOCRAT SINGLE HANDILY SAVED THE ECONOMY.

YES, I SAID THAT.

THEY HAVE CREATED NINE ADS, NINE, FROM ONE SENTENCE TAKEN OUT OF CONTEXT.

IF I'VE BEEN HERE FOR FOUR YEARS AND I'M SO HORRIBLY BAD THEY WOULD HAVE HAD A LOT OF MATERIAL NOT A HALF A SENTENCE TAKEN OUT OF CONTEXT.

LET ME EXPLAIN TO THE PEOPLE HERE WHAT I MEANT.

I WAS TALKING ABOUT THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN AT A TIME WHEN A MILLION PEOPLE HAD DIED.

A TIME WHEN BUSINESSES WERE SHUTTERED WHEN HOSPITALS WERE SAYING THEY NEEDED HELP, WHEN MAYORS AND SELECTMEN WERE REACHING OUT TO MY OFFICE, CONGRESSMAN WE NEED HELP FOR OUR FIRST RESPONDERS FOR OUR POLICE AND FIREFIGHTERS.

WE NEED HELP TO REOPEN OUR SCHOOLS SAFELY.

WE NEED THE RESOURCES.

WHEN LIBRARIES AND ENTERTAINMENT VENUES WERE SAYING WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO.

WHEN BUSINESSES WERE SAYING WE NEED SMALL BUSINESS LOANS TO KEEP OUR DOORS OPEN.

WE NEED HELP.

YOU TELL ME WHO YOU WOULD HAVE LEFT BEHIND IN THAT SITUATION.

BECAUSE FOR ME THE ANSWER WAS NO ONE.

SO WHEN PEOPLE NEEDED HELP AS THEIR CONGRESSWOMAN I DELIVERED LEGISLATION TO HELP ALL OF THE COMMUNITIES IN AND OUT JUST LIP SERVICE BUT THE RESOURCES TO ALLOW LOCAL THE COUPS TO DO THAT WORK.

AND WE DID THAT WITHOUT A SINGLE REPUBLICAN VOTE.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF THE PEOPLE IN THEIR DISTRICTS WEREN'T HURTING I DON'T KNOW IF PEOPLE IN THEIR DISTRICTS WEREN'T DYING I DON'T KNOW IF BUSINESSES WEREN'T HAVING PROBLEMS BUT HERE PEOPLE NEEDED HELP.

AND AT THAT MOMENT WHEN I CAST THAT VOTE, WE STABILIZED THE ECONOMY.

SO IF YOU WANT TO TAKE THAT ONE-HALF A SENTENCE ON THE ROAD AND APPLY IT IN MULTIPLE DIFFERENT SITUATIONS, I ASK YOU WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE DONE?

BECAUSE IN THAT MOMENT WHEN I TOOK THAT VOTE, DEMOCRATS SAVED THE ECONOMY.

NOT A SINGLE REPUBLICAN VOTED ON THAT.

THE OTHER THING I WILL SAY TO YOU, WHAT DOES BUILD BACK BETTER HAVE TO DO WITH ANY OF THESE THINGS?

IT HAS EVERYTHING TO DO WITH EVERYTHING WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.

BECAUSE THAT LEGISLATION IS LEGISLATION THAT ACKNOWLEDGED THE PROBLEMS WE EXPERIENCED DURING THE PANDEMIC AND SAID AS A GOVERNMENT, WE HAVE TO LEGISLATE DIFFERENTLY.

WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF THESE GAPS THAT WE SAW IN OUR COMMUNITIES ALL OF THE PLACES WHERE SCHOOLS DID NOT HAVE INTERNET.

WHERE PEOPLE DIDN'T HAVE ACCESS TO CARE WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF THINGS ARE TAKEN CARE OF.

THE LAST THING I WILL SAY YOU HEAR STATISTICS HOW OFTEN I VOTED WITH NANCY PELOSI.

YOU NEED TO KNOW AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL NANCY PELOSI DOES NOT VOTE ON EVERY BILL.

AS THE SPEAKER, SHE VOTES ON BIG PACKAGES.

SO I DID VOTE WITH NANCY PELOSI ON THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN.

ON THINGS LIKE THE INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS AND JOBS ACT ON THE GUN LEGISLATION.

I VOTED WITH NANCY PELOSI ON THOSE THINGS.

BUT I'M HEARING THE SAME THINGS YOU'RE HEARING.

I WANTED TO FACT CHECK MYSELF.

AND I REACHED OUT TO SEE WHAT PERCENTAGE OF TIME THAT I ACTUALLY VOTE WITH NANCY PELOSI ON THE 900 VOTES I TOOK IN THE 117TH CONGRESS.

14.

14% OF THE TIME I VOTED WITH NANCY PELOSI.

SO YOU CAN CHECK THAT.

2020 SENATE RECORD YOU CAN ALSO CHECK THAT Mr. LOGAN, Mr. WORK ACROSS THE AISLE IN A BIPARTISAN FASHION, 100% OF THE TIMES 100% OF THE VOTES HE TOOK WERE IN LINE WITH SENATE REPUBLICANS.

IF YOU REALLY WANT TO UNDERSTAND THE INFORMATION AND DIGEST IT, CHECK THE FACTS.

JUST CHECK THE FACTS.

>> LAST REPLY ON THIS TOPIC Mr. LOGAN.

>> SO IT IS ABSOLUTELY LAUGHABLE FOR MY OPPONENT TO GET UP HERE AND SAY SHE'S ONLY VOTING IN LINE WITH NANCY PELOSI 14% OF THE TIME.

SHE HAS SUPPORTED EVERY PROGRAM, EVERY INITIATIVE THAT CAME OUT FROM THE SPEAKER.

SURE IT'S THE VOTES BUT EVERY SINGLE PROGRAM SHE HAS VOTED IN FAVOR OF.

WHETHER NANCY PELOSI IS ON THE VOTING ROLL IT WAS HER PROGRAMS AND MY OPPONENT SUPPORTED IT.

SHE IS COMPARING APPLES TO ORANGES.

SHE IS COMPARING CONGRESS TO THE CONNECTICUT STATE SENATE.

THERE'S 36 STATE SENATORS.

WE WORK ON A MUCH MORE BIPARTISAN BASIS THAN WE ARE IN CONGRESS.

IT IS NOT AS POLARIZED.

84% OF ALL THE VOTES WHEN I WAS IN THE STATE SENATE WERE BIPARTISAN.

84%.

WHERE WE HAD DIFFERENCES WITH MY DEMOCRAT COLLEAGUES, MAINLY THE MAJORITY HAD TO DO AROUND FISCAL MATTERS FINANCIAL STABILITY.

AND ONCE WE HAD THAT TIE IN THE SENATE, WE WERE ABLE TO DO GOOD THINGS IN TERMS OF STABILIZING CONNECTICUT'S ECONOMY.

IN TERMS OF EXPERIENCING THE SURPLUS THAT WE HAVE NOW.

AND I TELL YOU THIS, MY OPPONENT EARLIER SAID WHAT CAN ONE CONGRESS PERSON DO IN WASHINGTON?

SHE SETS A LOW BAR FOR THE POSITION.

YOU KNOW, WE ARE ALREADY MAKING HISTORY WITH THIS CAMPAIGN.

WE HAVE THE ATTENTION OF THE DEMOCRAT LEADERSHIP.

WE HAVE MY CAMPAIGN WE HAVE THE ATTENTION OF THE HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP.

BECAUSE ONE PERSON CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE AND I GAVE AN EXAMPLE IN THE STATE SENATE ONE FRESHMAN STATE SENATOR, BUT BECAUSE I WON THAT DISTRICT, WE HAD THAT TIE IN THE SENATE.

AND WE WILL BE ABLE TO DO THINGS AND ACCOMPLISH THINGS WHEN WE HAD FOLKS WORKING ON THE FINANCIAL STABILITY ISSUES, CLOSER THAN THEY EVER HAD BEFORE I WANT TO GO TO WASHINGTON AND HIGH HOPES AND HIGH EXPECTATIONS.

I BELIEVE THAT I WILL DO A MUCH BETTER JOB THAN MY OPPONENT.

LOOK, MY OPPONENT EARLIER DESCRIBES SOMETHING TO THE EFFECT [INAUDIBLE] I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE IS CLEAR.

I DO NOT BELIEVE MY OPPONENT IS A BAD PERSON.

I JUST DO NOT AGREE WITH HER POLITICS.

I DO NOT AGREE WITH HER DECISIONS IN WASHINGTON TO BACK THE BIDEN-HARRIS AGENDA.

I DON'T AGREE WITH MY OPPONENT TO BACK THE POLICIES, VOTES OF NANCY PELOSI.

I JUST DON'T BELIEVE THAT IT HAS WORKED.

WE NEED TO GO IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION.

I BELIEVE THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US.

I'M SO EXCITED TO DO OF THE I CAN BETWEEN NOW AND NOVEMBER 8TH TO EARN YOUR VOTE.

AND I WILL WORK TIRELESSLY FOR YOU.

>> I'M SENSING TENSION ON THIS TOPIC WOULD YOU LIKE ONE MORE REBUTTAL ON EACH ONE?

MRS. HAYES.

>> NO TENSION AT ALL.

I'M NOT COMPARING APPLES TO ORANGES I'M COMPARING VOTES TO VOTES.

AND THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT I VOTED FOR.

AND IN THE CONNECTICUT STATE SENATE THAT'S THE JOB OF THE SENATOR TO VOTE ON THESE MATTERS.

WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT FISCAL MATTERS, FISCAL MATTERS IS CONGRESS MAKES THE LAWS AND WE ALSO APPROPRIATE FUNDS.

FISCAL MATTERS HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH EVERYTHING WE DO.

WHEN Mr. LOGAN WAS IN THE CONNECTICUT STATE SENATE HE VOTED AGAINST FAMILY MEDICAL LEAVE AND VOTED AGAINST RAISING THE MINIMUM WAGE AND VOTED AGAINST FUNDING FOR CONNECTICUT STATE POLICE AND HAZARDOUS PAY.

WHEN WE TALK ABOUT FISCAL MATTERS THOSE ARE FISCAL MATTERS.

AND HE IS ABSOLUTELY RIGHT HE HAS THE ATTENTION OF NATIONAL REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP.

MORE SO THAN THE ATTENTION OF THE PEOPLE IN THE DISTRICT.

THERE IS A REASON WHY THEY ARE PUTTING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS INTO A CAMPAIGN BEHIND A CANDIDATE AND THAT REASON IS NOT BECAUSE HE WILL BE AN INDEPENDENT VOICE AND WEIGH-IN ON THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT FROM THE OUTSET, THEY HAVE PUT MILLIONS OF DOLLARS INTO THIS RACE.

THERE IS A REASON FOR THAT.

I AM -- I HAVE -- I DON'T KNOW Mr. LOGAN AS A PERSON SO I CAN'T COMMENT ON HIM PERSONALLY.

BUT WHAT I DO KNOW IS SINCE THIS CAMPAIGN STARTED, THERE HAS BEEN MUD SLINGING AND COMING OUT TWEETS AT ME EVERYDAY HAS ALL OF THIS TO SAY ABOUT THE ISSUES THEN LET'S KEEP IT ABOUT THE ISSUES.

THE PEOPLE IN THIS DISTRICT KNOW WHAT I HAVE DONE.

I WAS ON THE RECEIVING END OF MUCH OF THE AID AND LEGISLATION THAT CAME OUT THAT CAME FROM ALL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT MY ENTIRE LIFE.

I HAVE A DIFFERENT SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY TO LEGISLATE FOR THE PEOPLE WHO WILL NEVER HAVE A VOICE IN THESE ROOMS FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ARE ALWAYS LEFT OUT AT THE TABLES.

I HAVE A DIFFERENT SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR THAT.

SO, YES, WE HAVE DIFFERENT IDEAS ABOUT HOW THESE THINGS ARE GOING TO GET DONE.

AND MY IDEAS ARE CENTERED IN THE PEOPLE AND THE FAMILIES AND MY NEIGHBORS AND MY FRIENDS AND ALL OF THE PEOPLE IN THIS DISTRICT WHO AT SOME POINT IN MY LIFE I IDENTIFIED WITH.

SO, YES, WE ABSOLUTELY DISAGREE ON THE WAY THESE THINGS SHOULD BE DONE.

>> Mr. LOW BEGAN LAST WORD ON THIS TOPIC?

>> IN TERMS OF MY RECORD IN THE STATE SENATE, AGAIN, THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE BILLS THAT I VOTED FOR WERE BIPARTISAN IN THE STATE SENATE.

SHE MENTIONS PAID FAMILY MEDICAL LEAVE I VOTED AGAINST PAID FAMILY MEDICAL LEAVE.

I VOTED AGAINST THE DEMOCRAT VERSION OF PAID FAMILY MEDICAL LEAVE.

THERE WERE TWO VERSIONS THERE WAS THE DEMOCRAT VERSION AND THE REPUBLICAN VERSION AMENDMENT B.

THE DEMOCRAT VERSION OF PAID FAMILY MEDICAL LEAVE INCLUDED A TAX.

HALF PERCENT OF EVERYONE'S PAY IN THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT THE VERSION THAT I SUPPORTED PEOPLE WOULD OPT INTO PAID FAMILY MEDICAL LEAVE IF THEY THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT.

CHOICE.

I'M ABOUT OFFERING CHOICE.

I AM IN FAVOR OF PAID FAMILY MEDICAL LEAVE I WAS NOT IN FAVOR OF THE VERSION PRESENTED BY THE DEMOCRATS.

NOW, AGAIN, WHEN WE LOOK AT WASHINGTON, WE LOOK AT THE FIFTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT, THE PEOPLE ARE HURTING IN THE DISTRICT.

THINGS ARE TOO EXPENSIVE.

FOLKS AND WHAT ABOUT THE OPIOID EPIDEMIC?

TIME IS WINDING DOWN WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT THAT.

YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO SECURE OUR SOUTHERN BORDERS AND CONTROL THE INTHREE' OF FENTANYL MY OPPONENT HAS NOT SAID A WORD ABOUT T I WANT TO FOCUS ON ISSUES THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO THE PEOPLE OF THE FIFTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT AND THE OPIOID EPIDEMIC IS HIGH ON THE LIST.

WHY HASN'T MY OPPONENT DONE MORE TO BE A VOICE FOR US REGARDING THE SOUTHERN BORDER?

WHY DOES SHE BRING THE VICE-PRESIDENT OF AMERICA HERE?

AND NOT ASK HER WHAT IS THE PLAN TO SECURE OUR SOUTHERN BORDERS?

WHAT'S THE PLAN TO TACKLE INFLATION?

I DIDN'T ASK ABOUT THE OPIOID EPIDEMIC BUT HE DID SAY SOMETHING.

>> IS THERE NO OPIOID EPIDEMIC IN THE THIRD DISTRICT.

>> REMIND THE AUDIENCE HOLD THEIR APPLAUSE OR REFRAIN FROM MAKING NOISES UNTIL AFTER THE DEBATE.

HE DID ASK YOU ABOUT FENTANYL AND OPIOIDS I WANT TO GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO RESPOND TO THAT.

>> WELL, THE IDEA THAT I'VE BEEN SILENT IS COMPLETELY FALSE.

WE HAVE INVESTED MONEY INTO DRUG TREATMENT PROGRAMS AND TO MAKING SURE THAT THERE ARE WRAP AROUND SERVICES THAT WE EXPAND MEDICAID TO PAY FOR THOSE SERVICES.

WE HAVE 14 BILLION DOLLARS IN THE LAST APPROPRIATIONS PACKAGE TO HARDEN OUR PORTS AND BORDERS.

BUT THIS IDEA THAT THE ONLY WAY TO ADDRESS THE OPIOID CRISIS IS TO CRIMINALIZE PEOPLE AND TO ADD MORE POLICE OFFICERS IS FLAWED AND WE ALREADY KNOW HOW THAT ENDS.

LIKE I SAID TUESDAY NIGHT, I'VE BEEN AROUND LONG ENOUGH TO REMEMBER THE 1994 CRIME BILL WHERE COMMUNITIES WERE DECIMATED AND THE ONLY RESPONSE TO CRACK COCAINE WAS PUTTING PEOPLE IN JAIL.

PEOPLE DID NOT RECEIVE TREATMENTS FAMILIES DID NOT RECEIVE CARE THERE HAS TO BE A WRAP AROUND APPROACH.

THE FUNDING WE VOTED FOR IN THE JUSTICE ACT INCLUDES SUPPORT SERVICES FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT BUT ALSO FOR MENTAL HEALTH, FOR TREATMENT, FOR ADDICTION.

I'VE BROUGHT MONEY BACK TO THE DISTRICT FOR COMMUNITY HEALTH PROGRAMS AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS THAT I RECOGNIZE.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT Mr. LOGAN MEANS BY I'VE BEEN SILENT BECAUSE I DON'T PUT OUT A PRESS RELEASE ON TWITTER DOESN'T MEAN I'VE BEEN SILENT.

I HAVE BEEN NOT ONLY WORKING TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE AND UNDERSTANDING THE IMPACT IT HAS ON FAMILIES.

MY ENTIRE FAMILY DECIMATED BY ADDICTION.

DON'T TELL ME I DON'T KNOW OR I'M NOT RESPONDING OR I DON'T CARE ABOUT IT.

I JUST RECOGNIZE THAT WE ALSO HAVE TO LOOK AT THIS FROM A HEALTHCARE PERSPECTIVE NOT JUST A CRIMINAL JUSTICE PERSPECTIVE.

>> Mr. LOGAN, I WANT TO ASK YOU A DIFFERENT QUESTION.

I WANT TO ASK YOU AND THE FOLKS MIGHT HAVE DRIVEN THROUGH WATERBURY TO GET HERE TONIGHT.

AND SOME PEOPLE MIGHT TAKE THE TRAIN TO GO TO MANHATTAN.

I WANT TO KNOW WHAT YOUR VIEWS ARE REGARDING THE COMMUTE OF PEOPLE LIVING IN YOUR DISTRICT AND HOW YOU AIM TO SUPPORT THE CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE?

>> ONE, WHEN IT COMES TO INFRASTRUCTURE, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE FUND TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE HERE IN CONNECTICUT.

I MENTIONED EARLIER THE INFRASTRUCTURE BILL 1.2 TRILLION ONLY 10% OF THAT WENT TO ROADS AND BRIDGES.

WE NEED TO PRIORITIZE AND FOCUS ON IT.

NOW, I WANT TO GO BACK TO THE OPIOID EPIDEMIC BECAUSE THAT IS A BIG ONE.

>> CAN YOU STICK.

I JUST ANSWERED THE QUESTION.

>> CAN YOU STICK WE'RE TALKING ABOUT INFRASTRUCTURE I'M LOSING MY MIND TODAY.

CAN YOU STICK TO INFRASTRUCTURE FOR NOW.

>> I SUPPORT TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE.

WE NEED TO DO IT IN A REAL FASHION.

THE DEMOCRAT LEADERSHIP IN WASHINGTON HAS FAILED US.

THEY PASSED AN INFRASTRUCTURE BILL 1.2 TRILLION AND 10% WENT TO ROADS AND BRIDGES.

THEY SHOVED OTHER STUFF IN THERE.

WE NEED TO FOCUS AT THE ISSUES AT HAND AND THAT IS THE PROBLEM WITH THE CURRENT DEMOCRAT LEADERSHIP IN WASHINGTON.

WE GOT TAXED MORE THAN WE FIXED ROADS AND BRIDGES.

IF YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE BILL FIX THE INFRASTRUCTURE.

FOCUS ON IT.

I JUST DON'T BELIEVE THE DEMOCRAT LEADERSHIP IN WASHINGTON THEY DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO BRING UP A CLEAN BILL AND HANDLE THE TOPIC AT HAND.

THEY HAVE THE MAJORITIES IN THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE.

THEY CAN'T GET THINGS DONE.

OTHER THAN TAXING HARD-WORKING FAMILIES, MAKING SHRINKS MORE -- THINGS MORE EXPENSIVE.

I WANT TO GO TO WASHINGTON WE NEED TO FOCUS OUR EFFORTS.

WE NEED TO STOP WASTEFUL SPENDING IN THESE BILLS.

MAKE SURE THAT THE FUNDS ARE BEING USED FOR THEIR INTENDED PURPOSE AND THAT IS NOT HAPPENING RIGHT NOW AND THAT IS PARTLY WHY WE ARE IN THE SITUATION THAT WE ARE IN NOW.

>> MRS. HAYES TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE?

>> THE WAY YOU ADDRESS INFRASTRUCTURE IS THAT YOU FUND INFRASTRUCTURE.

EVERY PRESIDENT TALKED ABOUT GETTING AN INFRASTRUCTURE BILL PASSED.

UNDER DEMOCRAT LEADERSHIP WITH THE SLIMMEST OF MAJORITIES WE WERE ABLE TO GET THAT PASSED.

$5 BILLION BACK TO THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT TO ADDRESS INFRASTRUCTURE.

INFRASTRUCTURE IS MORE THAN JUST ROADS AND BRIDGES.

THIS IS NOT A 1950s OR A 19TH CENTURY WESTWARD EXPANSION INFRASTRUCTURE.

THIS IS MODERN-DAY INFRASTRUCTURE WHICH MEANS THAT WE HAVE TO ADDRESS OUR PORTS, OUR AIRPORTS, OUR BROADBAND.

WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE ECONOMY AND HOW PEOPLE ENGAGE AND EXCHANGE, YOU CANNOT DO THAT WITHOUT BROADBAND.

IN THIS DISTRICT IN THE NORTHWEST CORNER THERE ARE PLACE WITH ZERO ACCESS.

THERE ARE PLACES WHERE SCHOOLS COULD NOT GET ON-LINE DURING THE PANDEMIC.

THERE ARE PLACES WHERE PEOPLE COULD NOT ACCESS TELEHEALTH SERVICES.

THAT IS INFRASTRUCTURE.

IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, IN 2022, WATER IS PART OF INFRASTRUCTURE.

THE FACT THAT IN FLINT MICHIGAN YEARS AFTER ALL OF THOSE CHILDREN WERE POISONED BY LEAD WATER PIPES THAT HAS NOT BEEN ADDRESSED.

IN THIS DISTRICT I HAVE CITIES WATERBURY, NEW BRITIAN, WITH 100-YEAR-OLD WATER AND SEWER PIPES.

WE CAN'T AGREE THAT THAT IS PART OF INFRASTRUCTURE AND SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE TAKEN OFF OF THE PLATE OF MUNICIPALITIES, AND AT LEAST SUPPORTED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, IF WE CAN'T BELIEVE THAT I MEAN IF WE CAN'T AGREE THAT BUILDING CHARGING STATIONS AND LITERALLY, EXPANDING OUR GRID IS A PART OF INFRASTRUCTURE, THAT IS PART OF THE PROBLEM.

WE HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE WHO ARE TRYING TO LEGISLATE IN A 1950s WAY FOR THE TRADITIONAL NUCLEAR FAMILY WHERE EVERYONE WALKS TO WORK AND WALKS TO SCHOOL AND LIVE IN A NUCLEAR COMMUNITY.

THAT IS NOT OUR WORLD AND THAT IS NOT OUR COMMUNITIES.

IT WILL BRING JOBS BACK.

IT WILL HELP BUSINESSES.

IT WILL HELP PEOPLE GET BACK AND FORTH THROUGH THE STATE.

TAKE TRAINS AND EXPAND THE NORTHEAST CORRIDOR.

ALL OF THAT IS INFRASTRUCTURE.

SO THERE IS A REASON THAT 10% OF THE MONEY WENT TO ROADS AND BRIDGES.

BECAUSE ROADS AND BRIDGES ARE NOT EXCLUSIVELY INFRASTRUCTURE.

THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THIS DISTRICT AND GO OVER THE MIX MASTER AND HAVE TO COMMUTE AND GO TO THE NORTHWEST CORNER AND ARE OFF LINE FOR HOURS UNDERSTAND THE CRITICAL NEED FOR INFRASTRUCTURE AND WHY WE HAVE TO HAVE INVESTMENT AND SUPPORT IN ALL OF THOSE THINGS.

>> Mr. LOGAN FIRST REBUTTAL.

>> THANK YOU.

THINGS LIKE BROADBAND ARE IMPORTANT AND TELL HEALTH ARE -- TELEHEALTH IS IMPORTANT.

I SUPPORTED THAT IN THE STATE SENATE.

THE QUESTION ABOUT THE COMMUTE THAT PEOPLE IN THE DISTRICT HAVE TO EXPERIENCE.

I HEAR OVER AND HEAR AGAIN THE CONDITIONS OF OUR ROADS AND BRIDGES IS A MAJOR ISSUE.

ALL I'M SAYING IS YOU HAVE AN INFRASTRUCTURE BILL, I WOULD NEGOTIATE IT MORE THAN 10% TO GO TO ROADS AND BRIDGES TEAR VERY IMPORTANT FOR THE PEOPLE COMMUTING EVERYDAY.

GIVE ME 30% OF 1.2 TRILLION.

HALF A TRILLION BUT 10% IS JUST NOT ADEQUATE.

AND AGAIN, IT IS ABOUT THE DECISIONS THAT ARE MADE BY THE DEMOCRAT LEADERSHIP SUPPORTED BY MY OPPONENT.

WE NEED TO BRING SOME SENSIBILITY IN THESE BILLS.

THAT WE'RE BRINGING.

WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE ACTUALLY ACCOMPLISHING THE INTENDED RESULT.

AND RIGHT NOW, THAT INFRASTRUCTURE BILL AS FAR AS HELPING THE PEOPLE IN THE FIFTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT IN A MORE SIGNIFICANT WAY COULD HAVE BEEN BETTER.

AND I WANT TO GO TO WASHINGTON AND FOCUS ON IT BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THAT 10% MARK IS OK WITH MY OPPONENT.

IT'S NOT ENOUGH.

WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE FOCUS ON OUR ROADS AND BRIDGES MORE THAN WE ARE NOW.

HAVING A TITLE OF A BILL CALLED THE INFRASTRUCTURE BILL AND SAYING HEY, JOB DONE.

NO!

IT'S NOT ADEQUATE.

IT WAS POORLY WRITTEN, POORLY CONCEIVED.

NOT ENOUGH FUNDING.

WE NEED TO DO MORE THE PEOPLE IN THE FIFTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT EXPECT THAT WE GO TO WASHINGTON AS CONGRESSMEN AND WOMEN AND WE FOCUS ON THE THINGS THEY CONSIDER MOST IMPORTANT.

SO I JUST DON'T THINK 10% OF ROADS AND BRIDGES IS ENOUGH 10%.

>> YOU GET YOUR LAST REPLY.

>> SO YOU WOULD HAVE TRIED TO GET 30 BUT IF YOU COULDN'T GET IT YOU WOULD HAVE VOTED NO?

THAT IS NOT HOW THE BIPARTISAN COOPERATION YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT WORKS.

BUT ALSO THIS INFRASTRUCTURE BILL THE $5 BILLION THAT THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT WILL GET OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS WILL BRING SO MANY GOOD-PAYING UNION JOBS BACK TO OUR COMMUNITY.

IT WILL PUT PEOPLE TO WORK.

IT WILL EXPAND ACCESS TO THE ECONOMY.

IT WILL SPEED UP TRANSPORTATION, CUT THE AMOUNT OF TIME IT TAKES FOR PEOPLE TO TRAVEL ON THE TRAIN.

THIS IS WHAT THE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR.

WHEN I WAS ELECTED IN 2018, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS PRESIDENT TRUMP'S TOP PRIORITY AGENDA ITEM WAS INFRASTRUCTURE.

IT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS EVERYBODY SAID THEY WERE GOING TO GET DONE.

SO NOW IS IT NO LONGER A PRIORITY BECAUSE JOE BIDEN IS THE PRESIDENT?

THE PEOPLE IN THIS DISTRICT, THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, THE GOVERNOR EVERYONE THE STATE LEGISLATURE, EVERYONE, WAS ASKING FOR RELIEF ON INFRASTRUCTURE AND I'VE DELIVERED THAT TO THIS DISTRICT.

>> MRS. HAYES LAST QUESTION OF THE NIGHT.

MANY OF THE PEOPLE IN THIS CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT ARE STILL REELING FROM A SHOOTING THAT HAPPENED 10 YEARS AGO THIS DECEMBER, SANDY HOOK SCHOOL SHOOTING.

THE BIPARTISAN SAFER COMMUNITIES ACT WAS ENACTED TO ADDRESS GUN VIOLENCE.

STILL IT CONTINUES TO HAPPEN AS WE SAW LAST WEEK IN BRISTOL WITH THE AMBUSH OF TWO POLICE OFFICERS STATE INVESTIGATORS SAY THE VICTIMS OF THAT SHOOTING ENCOUNTERED MORE THAN 80 ROUNDS OF GUNFIRE.

WOULD YOU SUPPORT NEW FEDERAL GUN LEGISLATION LIKE AN ASSAULT WEAPONS BAN FOR EXAMPLE?

>> YES, I WOULD.

I WAS IN THE CLASSROOM RIGHT AFTER THAT SHOOTING HAPPENED AND KIDS WERE ASKING ME WHY IS THIS HAPPENING?

AND I DID NOT HAVE AN ANSWER.

I INTRODUCED LEGISLATION TO IDENTIFY WHAT QUALIFIES AS A SCHOOL SHOOTING AND REPUBLICANS VOTED NO.

THE IDEA OF DOING NOTHING AND I'M RUNNING OUT OF TIME BUT I ABSOLUTELY WOULD SUPPORT THAT IT'S SOMETHING WE NEED THAT THE PEOPLE IN THIS DISTRICT AND STATE NEED AND KEEP OUR COMMUNITIES SAFE AND IT IS NO NO WAY AN INC.

INFRINGEMENT ON SECOND AMENDMENT RIGHTS.

GUN OWNERS KNOW THERE IS RESPONSIBILITY WITH THAT.

UNIVERSAL BACKGROUND CHECKS ALL OF THOSE THINGS SHOULD BE PART OF OWNING A FIRE AMPLE.

Mr. LOGAN VOTED AGAINST SAFE STORAGE IN CARS AND PEOPLE SHOULD KNOW ABOUT AND USE AS PART OF THEIR CONSIDERATION WHEN THEY'RE DECIDED WHO TO VOTE FOR ON NOVEMBER 8TH.

>> GUN VIOLENCE IS A PROBLEM.

WE NEED TO FIRST ADDRESS THE VIOLENCE ISSUE THAT IS GOING ON.

AND THAT INCLUDES SUPPORTING OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT.

OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT OUR RANKS ARE DEPLETED WE'RE DOWN 400 STATE TROOPERS.

I'VE SPOKEN TO POLICE CHIEFS THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT, THE FORCES ARE DEPLETED.

WHAT DO WE HAVE?

MY OPPONENT VOTED IN FAVOR OF OT ANTIPOLICE BILL IN WASHINGTON.

MY OPPONENT HERE IN CONNECTICUT HAS ACCEPTED THE ENDORSEMENT OF THE CONNECTICUT WORKING FAMILIES PARTY WHO ONE OF THEIR TOP OBJECTIVES IS TO DEFUND THE POLICE.

WE NEED TO SUPPORT OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT.

WE NEED TO GIVE THEM THE RESOURCES THEY NEED TO DO THEIR JOBS.

WE'RE ASKING THEM TO DO AN IMPOSSIBLE JOB AND IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE ARE STEADFAST.

SO TO ACCEPT THE ENDORSEMENT OF THE WORKING FAMILIES PARTY SHE IS GOING TO BE ON THE BALLOT UNDER THE WORKING FAMILIES PARTY.

LOOK IT UP.

THEY HAVE CALLED FOR DEFUNDING THE POLICE.

SHE HAS INDICATED THAT SHE'S HAPPY ABOUT THEIR ENDORSEMENT AND PROUD FOR AN ORGANIZATION WHERE THEY HAVE SUCH SHARED VALUES.

WHAT VALUES IS SHE TALKING ABOUT?

I'M THE ONLY ONE ON THE STAGE WHO IS UNWAVERING IN MY SUPPORT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT IN MY SUPPORT OF OUR COMMUNITY.

WE CAN GET THIS DONE.

WE'VE GOT TO WORK TOGETHER.

LOOK, WE NEED TO HANDLE THE SITUATION OF THE ILLEGAL GUNS IN OUR COMMUNITIES.

WE NEED TO BE TOUGHER ON CRIMINALS PARTICULARLY THOSE REPEAT OFFENDERS.

AND SHE TALKS ABOUT MY RECORD IN THE SENATE.

YOU KNOW, AGAIN, FALLING IN LINE WITH THE DEMOCRAT LEADERSHIP HERE IN CONNECTICUT AND IN WASHINGTON.

I VOTED FOR ETHAN'S LAW IN TERMS OF SAFE STORAGE IN THE HOME.

I VOTED FOR GHOST GUNS.

BUT WHEN IT COMES TO SOMEONE HAVING THEIR PROPERTY IN THEIR VEHICLE ON THEIR PROPERTY AND SOMEONE BREAKS INTO THEIR CAR AND STEALS THEIR PROPERTY AND THEN THE PROPERTY OWNER GETS A CRIMINAL RECORD THAT IS WHAT I HAD A PROBLEM WITH.

WE HAD SOME OF THE STRICTEST GUN LAWS IN THE NATION WE NEED MORE RESOURCES AND POLICE OFFICERS TO ENFORCE THOSE LAWS.

>> BOTH CANDIDATES HAVE PREPARED A TWO-MINUTE CLOSING STATEMENT AND BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE COIN FLIP WORKED OUT, MRS. HAYES GOES FIRST AND THEN YOU WILL GET THE LAST WORD YOUR TWO MINUTES AFTER THAT.

MRS. HAYES YOUR CLOSING STATEMENT PLEASE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING US HERE TONIGHT AND FOR HOSTING THIS DEBATE.

I AM ASKING PEOPLE TO VOTE FOR ME AND SEND ME BACK TO CONGRESS BECAUSE I HAVE DONE THE WORK.

I'VE USED MY LIVED EXPERIENCES IN ALL OF THE THINGS I KNOW ABOUT THIS DISTRICT TO ADVOCATE AND LEGISLATE FOR PEOPLE IN ALL OF THOSE POSITIONS.

ON NOVEMBER 8TH YOU WILL FIND ME ON THE BALLOT IN TWO LINES ONE IS THE WORKING FAMILIES LINE.

THE WORKING FAMILIES PARTY LINE.

IT IS A PARTY THAT BELIEVES IN RAISING THE MINIMUM WAGE AND HEALTHCARE IN CHILDCARE FOR CHILDREN, IN THE VALUES THAT FAMILIES BELIEVE IN.

THEY UNDERSTAND MY POSITION ON POLICE.

SO I GUESS I'M JUST NOT A TYPICAL WORKING FAMILY PARTIES CANDIDATE.

I JUST DON'T FIT IN THEIR BOX BUT WHAT I WILL DO IS TO MAKE SURE THAT I AM LEGISLATING FOR THE NEEDS OF ALL OF THE PEOPLE IN THIS DISTRICT JUST LIKE I'VE DONE.

FIGHTING TO EXPAND THE CHILD TAX CREDIT AND MAKING SURE NO PERSON GOES TO BED HUNGRY.

MAKING SURE THAT WE EXPAND THAT LIST OF DRUGS THAT ARE NEGOTIATED SO THAT WE CAN LOWER THE COSTS.

MAKING SURE WE ONCE AND FOR ALL CODIFY THE LANGUAGE OF ROE INTO FEDERAL LAW SO WE ARE NOT LEFT TO THE WHIMS OF A COURT OR ADMINISTRATION.

MAKING SURE THAT WE PROTECT SOCIAL SECURITY.

AND EXPAND IT.

MAKING SURE THAT THE INFRASTRUCTURE DOLLARS AND THE EDUCATION FUNDING THAT CAME BACK TO THE STATE IS USED FOR THE BENEFIT OF PEOPLE.

MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE PUTTING PEOPLE OVER POLITICS.

I AM GOING BACK TO CONGRESS TO BE THE LEGISLATOR THAT I NEEDED FOR MYSELF AS A YOUNG GIRL TO ASK THE QUESTIONS THAT I HOPE SOMEONE WAS ASKING FOR ME.

AND PEOPLE KNOW I'M GOING TO DO THAT BECAUSE THEY KNOW WHAT I'VE ALREADY DONE.

PEOPLE NOW HOW I'VE DELIVERED FOR THE DISTRICT I HAVE BEEN A VOICE AND STOOD UP AND FOUGHT FOR THE MOST MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES FOR EVERYONE.

I'M NOT LEAVING ANY OF YOU BEHIND WHEN I GO BACK TO CONGRESS.

>> Mr. LOGAN YOUR CLOSING STATEMENT, PLEASE.

>> THANK YOU.

I LOOK FORWARD TO MEETING AS MANY OF YOU VOTERS OUT THERE BETWEEN NOW AND NOVEMBER 8TH.

I ASK THAT YOU SEE MY RECORD, LOOK WHAT I'VE DONE DURING THIS CAMPAIGN.

I WANT TO CONTINUE TO WORK HARD AND DO EVERYTHING I CAN TO EARN YOUR VOTE ON NOVEMBER 8TH.

I WILL WORK TIRELESSLY FOR YOU.

I WILL FOCUS ON AFFORDABILITY, AND ISSUES OF RELIEF, FOR THE HIGH GAS AND OIL PRICES.

I WILL FOCUS ON SAFE COMMUNITIES.

THAT'S WHAT I'M HEARING IN THE DISTRICT PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR THE COMMUNITIES TO BE SAFER.

I WILL WORK TOWARDS MAKING SURE THAT EDUCATION DOLLARS GET DOWN TO THE STUDENTS THAT NEED IT.

WORK HARD TO DO WHAT I CAN TO HELP IMPROVE THE TERRIBLE SCORES THAT WE'RE SEEING PARTICULARLY IN OUR URBAN AREAS FOR READING COMPREHENSION.

FOCUS ON READING, MATH, SCIENCE.

I AM THE SON OF IMMIGRANTS.

MY PARENTS IMMIGRATED TO CONNECTICUT FROM GUATEMALA AND THEY STRESSED TO ME THE MEANING OF HARD WORK AND HOW TO STRETCH A DOLLAR.

AND I PLAN ON BRINGING THAT TYPE OF WORK ETHIC TO WASHINGTON.

YOU KNOW, WHEN WE TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT THIS COUNTRY CAN BE, IT IS UP TO EACH AND EVERYONE OF US TO MAKE DECISIONS IN TERMS OF WHO REPRESENTS US IN WASHINGTON AND I WOULD ARGUE THAT MY OPPONENT HAS HAD FOUR YEARS TO BUCK THE TIM DOWN THERE.

TO BE A VOICE FOR THE PEOPLE OF THE FIFTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT AND SHE HAS CHOSEN NOT TO DO THAT.

I WILL GO TO WASHINGTON.

I WILL BUCK THE SYSTEM.

IN TERMS OF NOT GOING THERE SIMPLY TO REPRESENT THE LEADERS IN WASHINGTON.

I WILL REPRESENT THE PEOPLE OF THE FIFTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.

THANK YOU HOST FOR THAT.

[APPLAUSE] >> THANK YOU THE FIFTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT CANDIDATES MRS. JAHANA HAYES AND Mr. GEORGE LOGAN.

[APPLAUSE] FOR DEBATING THE ISSUES 0 AND CONNECTICUT PUBLIC.

PLEASE HOLD YOUR APPLAUSE.

AND THANK YOU TO THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF CONNECTICUT FOR YOUR COLLABORATION IN INFORMING LOCAL VOTERS THIS ELECTION SEASON.

I GOT ONE MORE THING TO SAY.

HOLD YOUR APPLAUSE JUST FOR ONE MOMENT.

THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH FOR DOING THIS AND THANK YOU TO THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF CONNECTICUT FOR HELPING US IN THIS DEBATE.

OUR FINAL IN THE SERIES.

IT IS A FINAL DEBATE IN OUR SERIES.

BUT DON'T CHANGE THE CHANNEL YET.

LUCY NALPATHANCHIL IS HERE THE HOST OF "WHERE WE LIVE" ON CONNECTICUT PUBLIC AND SHE IS GOING TO TALK TO REPRESENTATIVES OF THE CANDIDATES HERE TONIGHT AND I WILL BE JOINED BY CHRISTINE STEWART AND WE'LL PROVIDE ANALYSIS OF TONIGHT'S DEBATE.

THANK YOU FOR WATCHING.

AND STAY TUNED TO CONNECTICUT PUBLIC.

>> THANK YOU FOR WATCHING THIS DEBATE AT THE TORP THEATER AT CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY.

I'M LUCY NALPATHANCHIL HOST OF "WHERE WE LIVE".

FRANKIE GRAZIANO DID A GREAT JOB.

WE WANT TO HEAR THE REPRESENTATIVES FROM EACH CAMPAIGN JOINING US FIRST IS LIZ THE GENERAL CONSULTANT TO THE GEORGE LOGAN CAMPAIGN.

>> SO GOOD TO SEE YOU.

WE HEARD A LOT FROM THIS DEBATE ON A NUMBER OF ISSUES.

IN YOUR MIND WHAT DID YOU HEAR TONIGHT THAT IS GOING TO BRING VOTERS TO THE POLLS?

>> I THINK WHEN PARTICULARLY WHEN YOU ARE LOOKING AT THE POLLING, THE ISSUE THAT IS DRIVING DECISION MAKING IS TRULY THE ECONOMY.

I THINK PARTICULARLY AS WE ARE AIDE HEADING INTO A RECESSION, RECORD-HIGH INFLATION, WE SAW GAS PRICES REBOUND FOR A LITTLE BIT AND NOW THEY ARE ON THE RISE AGAIN.

FOOD PRICES ARE ON THE RISE AGAIN.

FOOD INSECURITY IS SADLY ON THE RISE.

AND I THINK THAT SEEMS TO BE WHAT IS DRIVING FOLKS TO THE POLLS.

AND THAT IS WHAT GEORGE IS HEARING WHEN HE IS OUT AT EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT AND TALKING TO PEOPLE WHAT IS MOST CONCERNING TO THEM AND THAT IS WHAT WE HEARD TONIGHT A LOT OF DIFFERENCES HOW WHETHER WE ACKNOWLEDGE THERE IS A PROBLEM AND HOW DO WE FIX IT.

>> BOTH CANDIDATES SAID THAT THERE IS A DEBATE AND CONTRAST THERE WAS AN INTERESTING MOMENT WHEN MRS. HAYES POINTED OUT THAT DESPITE Mr. LOGAN'S TENURE IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY THAT HIS RECORD THERE'S NOTHING TO SHOW FOR T I'M WONDERING IF YOU CAN REMARK ABOUT THAT MOMENT?

>> I THINK IT IS AN INTERESTING COMMENT PARTICULARLY WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT GEORGE SAID.

GOVERNOR LAMONT IS RUNNING I DON'T KNOW AT THIS POINT 16 MILLION DOLLAR CAMPAIGN TOUTING THE BENEFITS OF THE BUDGET THAT GEORGE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN PASSING.

CLEARLY, GOVERNOR LAMONT THINKS IT WAS AN IMPORTANT PIECE OF LEGISLATION.

I THINK THE REST OF THE FOLKS IN HIS PARTY SHOULD AGREE WITH HIM.

THE IMPACT OF GEORGE IN THE SENATE PARTICULARLY ON THAT ISSUE WE HAVE A SURPLUS.

THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO TAKE THOSE DOLLARS AND WASTE THEM BECAUSE OF GEORGE AND HIS PARTICIPATION IN THE SENATE AND MAKING THOSE FISCAL STABILITY CHANGES.

I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE WHEN SOMEONE HAS DONE SOMETHING WELL AND I THINK TO DIMINISH GEORGE'S ROLE IN THAT WAS UNFAIR TO THE VOTERS.

>> GOOD TO SEE YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> THANK YOU LUCY.

>> JOINING US NOW IS THE REPRESENTATIVE FOR MRS. HAYES CAMPAIGN, ROBERTO WHO HOLDS A DIFFERENT POSITIONS WITHIN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY INCLUDING THE DEMOCRATIC TOWN COMMITTEE IN DANBURY AS WELL AS THE STATE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.

FIRST OF ALL, WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON AGAIN MRS. HAYES POINTS OF TODAY AND WHEN WE THINK ABOUT ELECTION DAY WHAT ARE THE ISSUES THAT WILL BRING THE VOTERS OUT TO THE POLLS?

>> I THINK CONGRESSWOMAN HAYES SHOWS WHY EXPERIENCE MATTERS.

SHE SHOWED HOW SHE IS UNEQUIVOCALLY PRO GUN SAFETY.

UNEQUIVOCALLY GOING TO DEFEND ROE VS. WADE.

AND PRO PEOPLE AND PRO THIS DISTRICT.

SHE WAS CALM, COLLECTED.

SHE HAS A RECORD.

SHE HAS A RESUME SHE CAN STAND FOR AND WHEN WE LOOK ON THE OTHER SIDE AT HER OPPONENT WE SEE SOMEBODY WITH A RECORD.

I FOUND IT INTERESTING AT THE END OF THE DEBATE WHEN WE HAVE Mr. LOGAN TALKING ABOUT HOW MUCH HE VALUES LAW ENFORCEMENT.

AND AGAIN THERE'S RESUMES HERE WE HAVE A RECORD TO GO BACK ON.

AND Mr. LOGAN LIKE MANY OF THE REPUBLICANS THAT HE REPRESENTS AND HE IS ONE OF THEM, TALKS ABOUT HOW MUCH THEY SUPPORT LAW ENFORCEMENT.

BUT WHEN PUSH COMES TO SHOVE AND THE TIME TO SHOW THAT YOU SUPPORT THEM COMES UP, THEY HIDE THEY FAIL AT IT.

HE HAS A RECORD.

HE DID NOT VOTE IN FAVOR OF GIVING OUR CONNECTICUT STATE POLICE RAISES.

HE DID NOT VOTE IN FAVOR OF INCREASING HAZARD PAY FOR THEM.

YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT RECRUITING TOOL IN THIS ECONOMY GIVE PEOPLE MORE MONEY, GIVE THEM A SAFE ENVIRONMENT AND I PROMISE YOU WILL HELP RECRUIT.

YOU VOTED AGAINST THAT DON'T TELL US YOU ARE SOMEBODY WHO IS PRO LAW ENFORCEMENT AND CONGRESSWOMAN HAYES I TALKED ABOUT INEQUIVOCALLY LAW ENFORCEMENT SOMEBODY WHO KNOWS WHAT IT'S LIKE TO KISS HER HUSBAND GOOD-BYE INTO THE MORNING BEFORE THEY PUT ON THE BADGE.

>> WE'RE GOING TO GET MOST POST DEBATE ANALYSIS WITH FRANKIE GRAZIANO.

>> AND THANK YOU, LUCY.

AND ANYBODY THAT IS IN ATTENDANCE I WOULD LIKE YOU TO GIVE A LOOK TO LUCY AND CONGRATULATIONS FOR SHOWING UP AND HELPING US AND THE PROMOTION SHE GOT AT CONNECTICUT PUBLIC.

LUCY NALPATHANCHIL, OF COURSE.

[APPLAUSE] >> THANK YOU, LUCY.

JOINING ME TONIGHT ON THE STAGE CHRISTINE STEWART EDITOR-IN-CHIEF AT CT NEWS JUNKY.COM AND CT INSIDER.COM, THE ASSOCIATE EDITOR AND COLUMNNIST FOR CONNECTICUT MEDIA DAN HAR.

I WANTED TO ASK YOU GUYS I HAD A FRONT ROW SEAT I DIDN'T GET TO THESE KIND OF DEBATES DO YOU THINK THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY HERE FOR ANYBODY THAT WAS HERE OR WATCHING AT HOME, MAYBE THEIR OPINION MIGHT HAVE BEEN SWAYED DO YOU THINK THERE WAS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THAT?

>> THERE PROBABLY WASN'T AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THAT.

I FEEL LIKE PEOPLE WHO ATTEND THESE DEBATES USUALLY HAVE THEIR MINDS MADE UP OR THEY SUPPORT ONE CANDIDATE OVER THE OTHER AND THAT IS WHY THEY ARE ATTENDING.

RESEARCH HAS SHOWN THAT DEBATES EVEN THE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES DON'T REALLY SWAY VOTERS.

VOTERS ARE ALREADY MADE UP THEIR MINDS.

>> I WOULD SLIGHTLY DISAGREE IN THE SENSE THAT THE QUESTION IS WAS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY?

THERE ARE FEW PEOPLE SO I THINK THERE WAS AN OPPORTUNITY.

BUT I AGREE WITH CHRISTINE THAT THERE ARE FEW PEOPLE OUT IN THE AUDIENCE AND THE LINES ARE CLEARLY DRAWN BECAUSE BOTH CANDIDATES ARE MAINSTREAM WITHIN THEIR PARTIES AND THE DISPUTE HERE IS MOSTLY BETWEEN THE PARTIES RATHER THAN THE INDIVIDUALS.

>> YOU CAN TELL HOW POLITICIZED IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GET MY LAST WORDS IN.

NO, I WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE BREAKDOWN NOW OF VOTERS IN CONNECTICUT.

WE HAVE 900,000 UNAFFILIATED VOTERS AND 800,000 DEMOCRATS REGISTERED DEMOCRATS AND 440,000 REGISTERED REPUBLICANS.

WHO ARE WE TALKING TO AND WHO ARE WE TALKING ABOUT IN THE FIFTH DISTRICT IN TERMS OF THE BREAKDOWN AND REGISTERED VOTERS HERE?

>> THE FIFTH DISTRICT I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT BREAKDOWN BUT THERE ARE MORE UNAFFILIATED VOTERS.

AND THERE'S FOUR BIG CITIES AND THERE'S MOSTLY RURAL AND SUBURBAN TOWN MIX.

SO IT MAKES IT THE LEAST DEMOCRATIC OF ALL CONNECTICUT'S FIVE CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS.

THAT IS WHY WE'VE SEEN OUTSIDE MONEY FROM REPUBLICANS POURING IN BECAUSE THEY DO BELIEVE THAT THEY HAVE A SHOT EVEN THOUGH A LOT OF POLITICAL ANALYSTS STILL SAY IT IS A LEAN DEMOCRATIC.

>> I GREW UP IN TORRINGTON I AM IN THE FIFTH DISTRICT.

AND I GUESS IT USED TO BE DIFFERENT.

THERE WAS A 6TH DISTRICT BACK IN THE DAY.

IS THIS A A LOT OF PEOPLE CALL IT PURPLE.

>> IT'S A SWING DISTRICT NO QUESTION ABOUT IT.

IT WOULD BE MORE OF A SWING DISTRICT IF THEY HAD GOTTEN NEW BRITIAN OUT AND HERE WE ARE IN NEW BRITIAN AND IT SHOULDN'T BE IN THIS DISTRICT IT SHOULD BE -- YOU HAVE A LOBSTER CLAW.

WE WOULD HAVE HAD TO DRIVE FURTHER IF WE LIVE IN HARTFORD.

IT IS A SWING DISTRICT AND IT WOULD BE MORE SO IF IT WEREN'T FOR NEW BRITIAN.

IRONICALLY THAT STEMS FROM THE YEAR 2000 WHEN THEY GAVE NEW BRITIAN IN THAT REDISTRICTING OR 2001, TO THEN CONGRESSWOMAN NANCY JOHNSON BECAUSE SHE NEED TO DO AS A REPUBLICAN.

SO IT'S BACKFIRED.

>> LET'S GET INTO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE DEBATE AND SOME OF THE RHETORIC WE HEARD IN THERE.

A LOT OF THE CAMPAIGN SEASON AND LEADING UP TO THIS WE'VE HEARD GEORGE LOGAN CONNECT JAHANA HAYES THE CONGRESSWOMAN TO NANCY PELOSI, THE BIDEN-HARRIS ADMINISTRATION THERE WAS A MEMORABLE MOMENT TALKING ABOUT HOW CONGRESSWOMAN HAYES VOTES.

WHAT DID YOU TAKE AWAY FROM THAT CONVERSATION AND THAT CONNECTION GEORGE LOGAN IS TRYING TO MAKE?

>> IT SPEAKS TO THE RACE IN ITSELF.

IT'S MORE OF A NATIONAL POLITICAL BATTLE.

AND THAT THE PARTIES HAVE DRAWN THEIR LINE AND IT'S COMPLETELY PARTISAN AT THIS POINT.

BUT AT THE SAME TIME, YOU ALSO SAW BOTH OF THEM KIND OF REACH OUT AND BE LIKE WELL, IF YOU ELECT ME I'M ALSO GOING TO WORK WITH THE OTHER PARTY.

AND THAT IS A WAY TH THEY'RE TRG TO SPEAK TO THE UNAFFILIATED VOTERS.

>> NEITHER OF THE TWO CANDIDATES AS AN ESPECIALLY STRONG LEGISLATIVE RECORD AND THAT IS NOT TO TAKE A SWIPE AT THEM THEY ARE RELATIVELY NEW IN THE CASE OF GEORGE LOGAN, HE WAS A SENATOR IN ONE TERM IN THE MINORITY AND ANOTHER TERM AS A STILL JUNIOR LEVEL SENATOR IN A SPLIT SENATE.

SO THEY WERE NOT -- THEY ARE NOT EITHER ONE PEOPLE WHO HAVE STRONG INDIVIDUAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT IS WHY THEY REVERT TO THE PARTY.

AND OF COURSE WITH INFLATION TAKING OVER THIS ELECTION, THAT BECOMES THE REPUBLICAN RALLYING CARD.

>> ON INFLATION, CONGRESSWOMAN HAYES HAS GOTTEN A LOT OF GUFF OR WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT SAYING AT ONE POINT, THE BREAKDOWN ON THE COMMERCIAL IS% THAT THE DEMOCRATS SAVED THE ECONOMY.

AND SHE GOT THAT AGAIN TONIGHT.

WHAT DID YOU THINK ABOUT HER RESPONSE TO THAT QUESTION?

>> WELL, I DON'T THINK THE PARTY CAN TAKE TOO MUCH CREDIT.

IN INFLATION AND MONETARY POLICY IS SET BY THE FED.

I'M NOT QUITE SURE HOW MUCH ANY SINGLE CONGRESS PERSON IS ABLE TO SWAY THAT.

THERE ARE INVESTMENTS THAT THEY ARE MAKING WITH THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT AND HOPING TO SPUR THE ECONOMY IN THAT WAY.

BUT I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYTHING NECESSARILY THEY COULD DO TO STEM INFLATION AT THIS POINT.

>> QUICKLY ON INFLATION?

>> I THINK THE DEMOCRATS ARE GET TO GO WRONG.

THEY SHOULD KICKBACK AND CALL IT TRUMPFLATION WHICH IS 50% CORRECT AND 50% THE OTHER SIDE.

TRUMP HAS AS MUCH TO DO WITH THE INFLATION AS BIDEN WITHOUT THE SHADOW OF A DOUBT.

I CAN GO INTO FACTS AND FIGURES BUT YOU SAID QUICK.

>> I'M SITTING THERE STRUGGLING AND NOW OUR SHOW IS TRUNCATED.

LET ME WRAP UP THE FIFTH DISTRICT TALK.

DO YOU THINK IT IS AS CLOSE AS MANY PEOPLE THINK IT IS THIS RACE?

>> YOU KNOW IT'S HARD TO TELL.

THERE AREN'T A LOT OF POLLS AND WHO IS MOTIVATED TO GET OUT TO THE POLLS AND I'M NOT QUITE SURE WHEN YOU GET THERE IF YOU ARE GOING TO BE DOING ANYTHING BUT VOTING PARTY LINE.

CONNECTICUT IS KNOWN TO BE A TICKET SPLITTING STATE AND I THINK WE'LL SEE PEOPLE VOTE BY PARTY.

>> ANY SHOT FOR GEORGE LOGAN IN THE RACE?

>> THE WILDCARD HE HAS BEEN ON THE GROUND AT EVERY DINNER IN THE DISTRICT FOR THE LAST WHAT, YEAR, YEAR-AND-A-HALF?

THAT ACCOUNTS FOR SOMETHING.

>> CAN I PIVOT TO THE GOVERNOR'S RACE AND SEE ANY EMPRECISIONS YOU'VE HAD.

I KNOW THAT VACCINE MANDATES CAME UP TODAY AND SURPRISED PEOPLE, PEOPLE THINKING WE WERE IN 2021 TALKING ABOUT THAT BUT NEW RECOMMENDATIONS.

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THAT?

>> LAMONT HAS PROTECTED HIMSELF.

HE'S CLEAR HE IS NOT ORDERING NEW VACCINE MANDATES.

BOB DID NOT CRITICIZE THE MANDATES THAT CAME OUT IN AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER OF 21 THAT HAS HIM BOXED IN A LITTLE BIT.

THAT SAID HE HAS A RIGHT TO DEMAND AN ANSWER AND HOPEFULLY HE'LL GET ONE.

>> THE GOVERNOR DID SAY TODAY THAT HE WASN'T GOING TO MANDATE IT FOR THE CHILDHOOD VACCINE SCHEDULE.

I THINK THAT HE'S BEEN CLEAR ABOUT NOT WANTING TO INTERFERE AND NOT WANTING TO NECESSARILY MANDATE THESE THINGS AS THE DEMOCRATIC COLLEAGUES IN OTHER STATES HAVE DONE.

>> 20 SECONDS EACH TO GIVE ME YOUR FINAL IMPRESSION OF THE LAST MONTH ON THE ELECTIONS OR RACES?

>> I'M WATCHING THE FIFTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT AND THE SENATE RACE AND THE GOVERNOR'S RACE.

WE'LL SEE.

>> THIS IS THE RACE TO WATCH.

I'M SURPRISED THAT LEVY IS POLLING AS CLOSE AS SHE IS IS BLOOMING THAT BUT THE NEW POLL IS SHOWING THEM CLOSER.

IT'S GOING TO TIGHTEN AND THIS IS THE RACE TO WATCH FOR A WIN FOR THE REPUBLICANS.

>> I ENJOY TALKING TO DANNY AND CHRISTINE YOU DID A GREAT JOB.

I WANT TO JUST THANK A COUPLE OF PEOPLE.

JAHANA HAYES AND GEORGE LOGAN FOR COMING ON THE SHOW TONIGHT.

AND OF COURSE, OUR CAST AND CREW THAT HAS BEEN HERE FOR ALL OF THE DEBATING WE'VE HAD.

FIVE DEBATES.

THIS WAS THE FINAL ONE.

OUR SUPERVISING PRODUCERS AND PRODUCER.

OUR PRODUCTION MANAGER -- OPERATIONS MANAGER, BRADLEY O'CONNOR OUR AUDIO ENGINEERS, TIMES ARE MOUSSE EN THE EXECUTIVE PRODUCER AND STAGE MANAGER MEGHAN BOON AND LINDA MCGOVERN MADE US ALL LOOK GOOD WITH OUR MAKEUP.

AND JIM SERVER WHO PRODUCED THIS.

FOR DOING THIS.

I WISH WE HAD MORE TIME TO TALK ELECTIONS.

MAN YOU DID A GREAT JOB COMING TONIGHT.

I HAVE A COUPLE MORE SECONDS ANYMORE IMPRESSIONS ON THE DEBATES?

>> THIS DEBATE IN CONTRAST TO THE ONE TWO DAYS AGO THERE WERE SHARP SPECIFIC DIVISIONS ON ISSUES.

14% OF VOTES QUESTION HOW CLOSELY SHE IS GLUED TO THE PARTY.

ABORTION HE IS CLEAR.

I THINK THERE ARE DIFFERENCES.

>> CHRISTINE LAST WORD?

>> LAST WORD, I AGREE WITH DAN THERE WERE DISTINCTIONS MADE TONIGHT AND THEY WERE SPECIFIC.

IT GIVES VOTERS A LOT TO THINK ABOUT.

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THANK YOU FOR WATCHING.

GOOD NIGHT FROM NEW BRITIAN.

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