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>> THIS PROGRAM IS MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE SUPPORT OF AARP INDIANA, INDIANA BROADCASTERS ASSOCIATION AND THE FOLLOWING.

THE 2022 U.S. SENATE DEBATE PRESENTED BY THE INDIANA DEBATE COMMISSION.

>> GOOD EVENING, AND WELCOME.

TO THE 2022 U. S. SENATE DEBATE ORGANIZED BY THE INDEPENDENT, NON-PARTISAN INDIANA DEBATE COMMISSION.

WE ARE LIVE IN THE STUDIOS OF WFYI IN DOWNTOWN INDIANAPOLIS, AND IN JUST A MOMENT YOU'LL HEAR FROM THE THREE CANDIDATES.

ON THE BALLOT THIS FALL.

MY NAME IS LAURA MERRIFIELD WILSON, AND IT IS MY PRIVILEGE TO SERVE AS YOUR MODERATOR THIS EVENING.

I AM AN ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF POLITICAL SCIENCE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF INDIANAPOLIS.

AND A MEMBER OF THE INDIANA DEBATE COMMISSION.

NOW WE'LL MEET THE CANDIDATES, THEIR LECTERN POSITIONS, AND QUESTION ORDER WERE CHOSEN BY A DRAWING.

THE FIRST CANDIDATE IS INCUMBENT REPUBLICAN SENATOR TODD YOUNG.

OUR SECOND CANDIDATE IS LIBERTARIAN JAMES SCENIAK, AND THE THIRD CANDIDATE IS DEMOCRAT TOM MCDERMOTT.

THE DEBATE COMMISSION HAS SELECTED TONIGHT'S QUESTIONS, USING HUNDREDS OF IDEAS SUBMITTED BY HOOSIERS ALL ACROSS THE STATE.

THE TOPICS HAVE NOT BEEN SHARED IN ADVANCE WITH THE CANDIDATES.

THE RULES FOR OUR DEBATE ARE SIMPLE.

CANDIDATES WILL BE GIVEN ONE MINUTE TO MAKE AN OPENING STATEMENT, AND THEN I'LL BEGIN THE QUESTIONS.

EACH CANDIDATE WILL HAVE ONE MINUTE TO RESPOND TO EACH QUESTION.

CANDIDATES MAY REQUEST AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A 30 SECOND REBUTTAL BY RAISING THEIR HANDS.

SO, LET'S BEGIN WITH THE OPENING STATEMENTS.

WE WILL HEAR FIRST FROM MR. TODD YOUNG.

SENATOR, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE TO MAKE AN OPENING STATEMENT.

>> WELL, THANK YOU, DR. WILSON.

I WANT TO THANK THE INDIAN AH DEBATE COMMISSION, WFYI FOR HOSTING THIS DEBATE AND THANK MR. SCENIAK AND ERIC MCDERMOTT FOR JOINING THIS EVENING.

WE KNOW PEOPLE ARE HURTING AS A RESULT OF THE MULTITRILLION DOLLAR TAX POLICIES OF THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION THAT LED TO INCREDIBLY COSTY GAS AND GROCERIES MAKING LIFE UNAFFORDABLE AND OPEN BORDERS POLICY IS POLLUTING OUR TOWN AND CITIES ALIKE WITH ILLEGAL SUBSTANCES AND THEY ARE HURTING AS A RESULT OF THE BLUNDERS OVERSEAS WHICH HAVE LEFT AMERICANS DEAD.

RECENTLY REPUBLICANS WERE IN CONTROL.

WHEN REPUBLICAN IN CONTROL WE LIGHTENED TAXES AND LIGHTENED REGULATIONS AND ALL THAT WAS INTERRUPTED ACROSS DEMOCRATIC CONTROL I WILL OPPOSE AGENDA IF LECTERNS REELECT ME.

I HOPE TO HAVE YOUR SUPPORT.

>> NEXT, WE WILL HEAR FROM MR. SCENIAK.

YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE.

>> GOOD EVENING.

I GREW UP IN NORTHERN INDIANA A LIFETIME HOOSIER AND HUFFLEPUFF AND WATCHED MY DAD WORK IN THE STEEL MILLS IN INDIANA AND LATER AT RV FACTORIES.

MY MOM WAS A TEACHER SHOWING PERSEVERANCE AND PATIENCE FOR YOUR COMMUNITY.

I BECAME A BEHAVIOR THERAPIST AND WRK WITH KIDS WITH AUTISM.

THEY HAVE TAUGHT ME MORE THAN I TAUGHT THEM.

THEY TAUGHT ME PATIENCE FOR REAL SOLUTIONS FOR HOOSIERS AND OVERCOMING CHALLENGES THAT ARE OUR WORLD AND ISSUES WE ARE FACING CURRENTLY.

WE NEED TO HAVE SOLUTIONS FOR NOW AND FOR THE FUTURE AND WE ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO TAKE REAL SOLUTIONS SO THAT THE NEXT GENERATION WILL HAVE AN ECONOMY AND WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY AND I APPRECIATE YOU PWITH LISTENING TO MY SOLUTIONS.

>> THANK YOU MR. SKENIAC FINALLY, WE WILL HEAR FROM MR. MCDERMOTT.

YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE.

>> HELLO.

I'M A HUSBAND TO MY WIFE MARISSA AND FATHER OF 4 AND VETERAN SERVE K 6 YEARS IN THE U.S. NAVY HONORABLY DISCHARGED AND I WAS AN ELECTRICIAN AND THE SHIP'S DIVER.

I HOLD NO POLITICIANS IN WASHINGTON, DC NOTHING I DON'T TAKE CORPORATE PACK MONEY OR SPECIAL INTEREST MONEY AND IN 19 YEARS BROUGHT IN A BILLION DOLLARS IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND NATIONALLY AWARD WINNING COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP AND I AM PROWOMEN AND PRO-CHOICE AND REMINDING WOMEN THAT -- OVERTURNED ROVERSUS WADE REMOVING YOUR CIVIL LIBERTIES DON'T THINK IT IS RIGHT THAT HOOSIER WOMEN ARE TREATED LIKE SECOND CLASS CITIZENS AND FOLLOWING THROUGH BY CONFIRMING 3 ANTDI CHOICE SUPREME CHOICE JUST ISZS I'M TOM MCDERMOTT.

THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

CANDIDATES.

MR. YOUNG WITH INFLATION AND COST GOING UP WHAT IS YOUR PLAN TO HELP STRUGGLING HOOSIERS?

>> THANK YOU.

THE PLAN IS SIMPLE WE HAVE TO STOP SPENDING TRILLIONS ON THINGS WE DON'T NEED.

WHEN BIDEN ADMINISTRATION CAME INTO OFFICE WE WERE POISED FOR 5 TO 6% ECONOMIC GROWTH THAT IS INCREDIBLE ROBUST ECONOMIC GROWTH AND POISED FOR THAT ECONOMIC GROWTH BECAUSE OF TAX AND REGULATORY POLICIES WE SAW WHEN REPUBLICANS WERE IN CONTROL AND UNFORTUNATELY THE FIRST THING THEY DID WHEN THEY CAME INTO OFFICE WAS RUSH THROUGH A STIMULUS BILL THAT IS THE LAST THING YOU WANT TO DO.

A STIMULUS BILL THAT LED TO ALL MANNER OF INFLATION AND WE HAVE TO STOP SPENDING TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO EXACERBATE THIS PROBLEM AND WE HAVE TO DEREGULATE AND OIL AND GAS SECTOR BRINGING HOME-GROWN OIL AND GAS ONLINE WILL BRING DOWN PRICE OF OIL.

WHEN PRESIDENT BIDEN CAME INTO OFFICE THE COST PER GALLON WAS ROUGHLY $2 PER GALLON AND NOW IS OVER 4 IN INDIANA.

THINGS HAVE TO CHANGE.

>> THANK YOU.

MR. SCENIAK?

>> HOOSIERS ARE FEELING A ROUGH ECONOMY AND FEELING IN WALLETS AND CHOOSING BETWEEN SCHOOL SUPPLIES AND DINNER.

SPENDING IS AN ISSUE.

UNLIKE ENCOUPLE BENT I DON'T DISAGREE SPENDING WHEN IT IS THE OTHER SIDE.

IT IS TIME THAT HOOSIERS REALIZE WE HAVE TO DO BETTER AND WE HAVE TO BALANCE THE BUDGET SO WE CAN GET INFLATION RATES DOWN AND WHEN WE DON'T HAVE A BALANCE BUDGET AND KEEP SPENDING, THE FED WILL KEEP PRINTING MONEY THAT CONTRIBUTES INFLATION AND THE SUPPLY CHAIN IS AN ISSUE.

WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THE SUPPLY CHAIN AND THAT, THERE ARE ISSUES WE CAN LOOK AT LIKE REPEALING JONES ACT AND EASIER FOR HOOSIERS TO GET SUPPLIES THEY NEED AND REAL ISSUE INCLUDING REAL SOLUTIONS FOR HOOZIER HOMES.

>> THANK YOU.

MR. MCDERMOTT.

>> JOE BIDEN WALKED INTO THE WHITE HOUSE AND INFLATION IS ALL HIS FAULT.

SENATOR YOUNG HAS BEEN IN -- NOW HE WANTS TO BLAME ALL OF THE WORLD'S PROBLEMS.

IT IS A WORLD PROBLEM INFLATION ACROSS THE WORLD IS SKY HIGH RIGHT NOW AND WANTS US TO BELIEVE THAT JOE BIDEN IS RESPONSIBLE FOR 100% OF THE NATION'S PROBLEMS NOW AND HE SHARES NO PART IN THAT FOR SPENDING AND ADDING TO THE NATION'S DEBT SINCE IN OFFICE HE ADDED 16 TRILLION.

IF SENATOR YOUNG WOULD HAVE PAID MORE ATTENTION TO THAT WE WON'T BE DEALING WITH INFLATION PROBLEMS AS WE ARE RIGHT NOW.

>> SENATOR YOUNG YOU REQUESTED A REBUTTAL YOU HAVE 30 SECONDS.

>> YES.

THANK YOU.

6 TRILLION DOLLARS RUSHED THROUGH BY PRESIDENT BIDEN AND VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS AND FAR LEFT OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.

LISTEN, JASON FERMAN PROMINENT DEMOCRATIC ECONOMIST AND DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES SAID IT WAS UNWISE TO PASS A STIMULUS BILL WHEN BIDEN CAME INTO OFFICE AND SAT IN THE OVAL OFFICE AND TOLD HIM IT WOULD CATLIZE INFLATION AND IT HAS DONE SO.

>> MR. MCDERMOTT YOU REQUESTED A ROOI REBUTTAL YOU HAVE 30 SECONDS.

>> WORKING SIDE BY SIDE TO HELP JOE BIDEN PASS IT IS INFLATIONARY AND HE WILL TALK ABOUT IT SENATOR YOUNG SUPPORTS SPENDING IT IS INFLATION -- CHIPS ACT HE -- TOOK PICTURES WITH HIM AND HELPED TO ADD TO THE NATION'S INFLATION PROBLEM.

>> THANK YOU.

THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT CAPPEDLY MONTHLY INSULIN COSTS FOR BENEFICIARIYS DO YOU THINK THERE SHOULD BE OUT OF POCKET COSTS FOR INSULIN?

>> THESE ARE SOLUTIONS FOR REAL HOOSIERS LOOKING AT COSTS AND EVERY-DAY HEALTH NEEDS IT IS HURTING HOOSIERS AGAIN AND WE HAVE TO LOOK AT REAL SOLUTIONS TO BRING DOWN COSTS WHETHER OPENING PATIENT SYSTEM OR MAKING MES CIN COMPETITIVE WE CAN HAVE SOLUTIONS AND HOOSIERS WILL SEE THAT WHEN I'M IN WASHINGTON, DC.

>> THANK YOU MR. MCDERMOTT.

>> CAPPING COST OF INSULIN STRUCK HOME FOR ME GOT DONE WITH CAMPAIGN TRAIN TALKING WITH YOUNG LADY WHO IS DIABETIC SPENDING $700 FOR INSULIN AND CAPPING MADELYN'S COST AT TLOO$35 A MONTH -- 6TH HIGHEST STATE IN THE NATION WITH RATE OF DIABETES AND VOTED TO CAP COST OF INSULIN AT $35 A MONTH.

WHY?

WHY WOULD HE DO THAT WHEN HE KNOWS HE HAS ONE OF THE WORSE STATES IN THE NTION WITH DIABETES LOOK AT A CAPITAL FINANCE REPORT AND SEE HOW MUCH MONEY HE TAKES IN FROM PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY TO DO NOTHING TO HELP WITH THE NAGGING PROBLEM IN INDIANA.

>> THANK YOU.

MR. YOUNG?

>> WE HEARD OF MISCHARACTERIZATION OF INSULIN PROVISIONS ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL EITHER BECAUSE ONE OF MY OPPONENTS ARE MISINFORMED.

WITH RESPECT TO INSULIN REPUBLICANS VOTED ON A PACKAGE I SUPPORTED A PACKAGE TO ENSURE WE BROUGHT UNINSURED ALONG DEMOCRATS COULDN'T GO FOR IT.

DIDN'T ALLOW FOR THEM TO HAVE A CAMPAIGN ISSUE.

REPUBLICANS WANT TO MAKE SURE THOSE WITHOUT INSURANCE AT ALL COULD AFFORD INSULIN AND WE PROPOSE GIVING IT TO HOOSIERS FOR FREE CHUCK SCHUMER AND DEMOCRATS OPPOSE THAT.

THERE ARE THINGS TO BRING DOWN HEALTH COSTS AND PERHAPS HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET MORE BROADLY INTO THE ISSUE IN A BIT.

>> MR. MCDERMOTT 30 SECONDS FOR REBUTTAL.

>> PRESCRIPTION DRUG PRICE RELIEF FOR SENIORS IS INCLUDED IN THE BILL AND ALLOWING MEDICARE RECIPIENTS AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO -- LOWERING PRICE OF PHARMACEUTICAL DRUGS AND SENIOR SENATOR VOTED AGAINST IT AND VOTING AGAINST SENIORS AND CAPPING PRICE OF DRUGS AND VOTER AGAINST LOWERING COSTS OF DRUGS THAT I THINK IS ABYSS MAL.

>> THANK YOU.

>> MR. YOUNG YOU HAVE 30 SECONDS.

>> INFLATION REDUCTION ACT DOUBLED THE SIZE OF THE IRS.

DON'T KNOW MANY NEIGHBORS SAYING INFLATION IS BUTTING ME BIDEN'S POLICIES ARE CRUSHING ME WANT THEM TO INCREASE AUDITORS AT IRS HOW ABOUT INCREASE TAXES DOES THAT TOO INCLUDING THOSE MAKING LESS THAN THEN THOUSAND A YEAR ONCE PROUD PARTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY SPORITIES THAT AS WELL.

I AM GLAD I OPPOSED IT.

>> THANK YOU.

NEXT QUESTION AS AMERICANS PAY HIGHEST PRESCRIPTION DRUG PRICES IN THE WORLD IF ELECTED WHAT IF ANYTHING WOULD YOU DO ABOUT THIS?

MR. MCDERMOTT YOU GET TO GO FIRST.

>> I WON'T ALLOW MYSELF TO BE CORRUPTED BY SESHL INTERESTS WHEN I BECOME INDIANA'S NEXT US SENATOR.

LY REMEMBER MY BOSSES 6.6 MILLION HOOSIERS LIVING IN THE STATE SENATOR FORGOT WHO THE BOSSES ARE AND WHO FUNDS HIS LAVISH CAMPAIGN ACCOUNT GIVING HIM HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS IF NOT A MILLION.

INFLATION ACT CAPPING INSULIN WAS A GREAT MOVE FOR THE STATE AND WOULD HAVE BEEN PRO YOU HAD TO SUPPORT THAT SENIOR SENATOR DOESN'T AGREE HE IS BEHOLDENED TO THE PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY GIVING HIM THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO CAMPAIGN ACCOUNT THAT PARALYZES HIM AND THOSE FUNDING CAMPAIGN ACCOUNT AND HE CHOOSES TO DO NOTHING.

>> THANK YOU.

MR. YOUNG?

>> LISTEN.

THERE IS SEVERAL THINGS TO DO.

WE HAVE TO INCREASE TRANSPARENCY INTO THE SYSTEM AND NEED REPORTING ABOUT MIDDLE MEN IN PARTICULAR AND AFTER YOU RESEARCH AND DEVELOP A DRUG YOU HAVE MIDDLE MEN WHO TAKE MONEY OFF THE TOP INCREASING PRICES OF DRUGS FOR SO MANY HOOSIERS AND HAVE TO INCREASE COMPETITION ROLE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T HAVE PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES AND OTHERS GAMING THE SYSTEM WHEN PRODUCTS COME OFF PATENT AND HAVE TO MOVE TOWARDS RESULT-BASED MEDICINE.

MEANING IF WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEASURE WHETHER OR NOT A PARTICULAR COMPOUND WORKS AND WORKS EFFECTIVELY AND BASE COMPENSATION ON THAT AND PUT FORWARD PROPOSALS TO DO THAT VERY THING.

>> THANK YOU.

MR. SCENIAK?

>> HOOSIERS ARE HURTING AND MEDICAL COSTS ARE ABSOLUTELY HURTING THEM.

THIS IS AN ISSUE, REAL ISSUE WE HAVE TO LOOK AT IN WASHINGTON, DC AND DO THAT BY OPENING THE MARKET AND LOOKING AT PATIENT SYSTEM MAKING MEDICINE MORE COMPETITIVE LIKE AMERICAN DREAM COMPETITION BREEDS A HEALTHY GROUND WHERE WE CAN BRING DOWN COSTS WHEN WE HAVE THAT COMPETITION WE WILL HAVE THAT COST NATURALLY DECREASED.

THERE IS WAYS TO DO THAT WITHOUT GOVERNMENT INTERFERENCE.

WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE PRIORITIZE DECREASING PRICES FOR HOOSIERS AND THEIR FAMILIES.

>> MR. MCDERMOTT YOU REQUESTED A REBUTTAL.

YOU HAVE THURT SECONDS.

>> SENATOR YOUNG TALKING ABOUT TRANSPARENCY.

WHAT A HOOT.

WE ARE LUCKY TO BE HERE REMEMBER HIM SPEAKING AT PUB KA LICK EVENT HAD A CONSTITIENT GO OUT THERE TELLING THEM TO PUT CAMERA DOWN.

HE IS NOT TRANSPARENT I CHALLENGED HIM FOR 9 DEBATE AS CROSS INDIANA WE ARE RUNNING FOR HIGHEST OFFICE IN INDIANA AND ONE HOUR WITH SENATOR YOUNG AND HERE WE ARE WE ARE LUCKY WE GOT THAT.

TRANSPARENCY, GIVE ME A BREAK.

>> THANK YOU.

US COMMITTED OVER 50 BILLION AID TO UKRAINE SHOULD HOOSIERS CARE ABOUT THE WAR IN UKRAINE IF NO.

ANYTHING WHAT SHOULD WE DO TO SHAKE THE OUTCOME OF THE WAR.

MR. YOUNG.

>> ESSENTIAL GEOPOLITICAL NATIONAL SECURITY ISSUE NOT JUST FOR UKRAINIAN PEOPLE BUT ENTIRE WORLD ESPECIALLY AMERICANS AND WE HAVE TO STAND UP FOR BASIC PRINCIPLES OF SELF-GOVERNMENT AND SOVEREIGNTY IF WE DON'T IN UKRAINE AND THE LEADER OF CHINA AND MOLUS IN IRAN WILL AND WEAKNESS TO SYST-UKRAINIANS I STAND WITH BIDEN ADMINISTRATION TO RESOURCE BRAVE UKRANIAN FIGHTERS AND STAND ARM AND ARM PRESSING EUROPEANS TO STEP UP AND SO US CAN FOCUS ENERGY AND RESOURCES ELSEWHERE POST HASTE.

THIS IS A NATIONAL SECURITY ISSUE TO DETERMINE THE FUTURE OF THE WORLD.

IF WE DON'T ARREST THEM THERE YOU WILL SEE SHEE SHEN PING TO IMPACT LINES OF TRADE AND ISSUES OF CONSEQUENCES.

THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

MR. SCENIAK?

>> UKRAINE AND WHAT IS HAPPENING NATIONALLY IS A CONCERN TO HOOSIERS.

IT IS ALSO A CONCERN WHAT WE DO WITH WAR AND WHAT NATIONS WE LOOK AT.

WE HAVE TO COME TO TABLE AND LOOK AT SOLUTIONS WITH OUR NEIGHBORS AND OUR COMMUNITY NEIGHBORS AROUND THE WORLD TO FIND WAYS TO FIND PEACE IN ISSUE.

UKRAINE IS A TRICKY ISSUE.

I HAVE BEEN AT WAR.

AMERICA HAS BEEN AT WAR MOST OF MY LIFE.

I LOOK AT THE SOLDIERS AND ISSUES THEY COME HOME WITH, PTSD AND LACK OF TRUE MEDICAL CARE AND LOOK AT THE FACT THEY HAVE HIGH HOMELESS RATES AND SUICIDE RATES AND COST OF WAR IS ABSOLUTELY SOMETHING HOOSIERS KNOW WHEN THEY SEE THEIR FAMILIES COME WITH THESE DEVASTATIONS.

THE ENCOUPLE BENT ENCOURAGED THROUGH HIS TWITTER IMMEDIATE ACTION AND IMMEDIATE BOOTS ON THE GROUND.

I WANT TO LOOK AT DIPLOMATIC SOLUTIONS AND COME TO OUR NEIGHBORS TO LOOK FOR DIPLOMACY, THE LOST ART.

>> THANK YOU MR. SCENIAK.

MR. MCDERMOTT.

>> I SERVED 6 YEARS IN UNITED STATES NAVY OFF WATER OFF COAST OF RUSSIA SUB MARINES ARE OFF THE COAST OF AMERICA RIGHT NOW.

I KNOW SENATOR YOUNG LIKES TO FOCUS ON CHINA WHICH SAY THREAT BUT MORE FINANCIAL THREAT RUSSIA IS POINTING NUCLEAR WEAPONS AT US AND UKRAINE AND THREATENING TO USE NUCLEAR WEAPONS WE HAVE TO HELP UKRAINE REGAIN FIGHT AND TERRITORY BACK AND SUPPLY NATE INCREASING ALLIANCE WITH NATO AND HAPPY SWEDEN AND FINLAND JOINED AND -- >> THANK YOU.

MR. YOUNG YOU HAVE 30 SECONDS FOR REBUTTAL.

>> BROAD HERE CANDIDATES MEASURE OF INVOLVEMENT OF UNITED STATES I AGREE WITH THAT WHAT IS NOT NEEDED IS CONTINUED STUBBORN CLINGING TO GREEN NEW DEAL ANTI-US FOSSIL FUEL POLICY BIDEN ADMINISTRATION PUT IN PLACE BRINGING MORE OIL AND GAS ONLINE SENDING MORE TO EUROPEANS DEPENDING ON RUSSIANS NOW AND TO OURSELF SO INFLATION WON'T BE JACKED UP.

>> THANK YOU.

POLITICAL CANDIDATES MR. MCDERMOTT WOULD YOU LIKE 30 SECONDS.

>> QUICK REBUTTAL I APPRECIATE WHAT SENATOR YOUNG SAID CLIMATE CHANGE IS HAPPENING ENVIRONMENT IS BEING DAMAGED AND WE HAVE TO GET ON THIS WORLDWIDE PROBLEM IMMEDIATELY BEFORE IT IS IRREPARABLY HARMED, THE EARTH.

I GO BACK TO WHERE I LIVED AND SEE LAKES AND RIFFS DRIED UP AND FIRES EVERY SEASON AND HAVE TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT INSTEAD OF STICKING HEAD IN SAND SENATOR.

>> WHILE WE HAVE OPPORTUNITY FOR REBUTTAL I HAVE MANY QUESTIONS HOOSIERS SUBMITTED THAT ARE WAITING TO HEAR THEM ASKED AND ANSWERED.

>> IT IS REAL IMPORTANT ON THIS ONE.

>> I WILL ASK ANOTHER ONE ON ENVIRONMENT SHORTLY AND APPRECIATE YOUR PASH YENS.

>> ALL RIGHT.

>> POLITICAL CANDIDATES NATIONWIDE CONTINUE TO ARGUE 2020 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION WAS STOLEN WHO DO YOU THINK WON THE 2020 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION AND WHY DO YOU THINK THAT MR. SKENIAC WE WILL BEGIN WITH YOU.

>> HOOSIERS ARE FRUSTRATED WITH THE VOTING PROCESS.

THERE WAS A CONCERN THEIR VOICE WASN'T HEARD BIDEN WON THE PRESIDENCY AND IS OUR PRESIDENT AND CONCERN IS THERE AND WHY DO HOOSIERS FEEL THEIR VOICE WASN'T HEARD THROUGH THE ELECTION PROCESS AND WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THESE CONCERNS THESE REAL CONCERNS YOUR VOTE MATTERS AND IS IMPORTANT AND IS ESSENTIAL TO DEMOCRACY.

YES.

BIDEN IS OUR PRESIDENT.

BUT WHY DO WE FEEL THAT OUR VOTES ARE NOT BEING COUNTED CORRECTLY?

WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THIS FROM A FEDERAL ISSUE STAND STAND /-* STANDPOINT AND -- >> THANK YOU MR. MCDERMOTT.

>> TWO FACES WE SEE OF TODD YOUNG WHO COMES IN HERE TELLING YOU JOE BIDEN WON ELECTION I MAN JANUARY 6TH HE STOOD ON STEPS OF U.S. SENATE IN CAMOUFLAUGE ATTIRE.

HE TOLD A GROUP OF PROTESTERS HE AGREED WITH THEM THAT DONALD TRUMP WON ELECTION AND AN OATH UNDER GOD AND THEN VOTED FOR BIDEN.

IT IS ON TAPE YOU CAN LOOK AT IT WALKS ON CAPITAL AND D- FACT IS JOE BIDEN WON THE PRESIDENCY AND WE HAVE TO CONTINUE THE DEMOCRATIC EXPERIMENT BY ACKNOWLEDGING WHEN YOU LOST I LOST BEFORE AND CALLED UP PERSON THAT BEAT ME ON THAT NIEKT HARDEST PHONE CALL I MADE IN LIFE CONGRATULATIONS CONGRESSMAN YOU WON I WILL DO ANYTHING I CAN TO HELP YOU SUCCEED I MEANT IT YOU ARE SUPPOSE THE TO DO THAT WHEN YOU LOSE AND PRESIDENT OF UNITED STATES DIDN'T HAVE KROUR COURAGE TO DO THAT.

>> MR. YOUNG.

>> WHAT AN UNFORTUNATE PRESENTATION THAT JUST WAS.

I'M REMINDED OF ABRAHAM LINCOLNS RESPONSE TO STEVEN DOUGLAS.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN SAID IF I HAD TWO FACES YOU THINK I WOULD BE WEARING THIS ONE.

LISTEN, I ACKNOWLEDGE THE DAY THAT THE ELECTION BECAME OFFICIAL AND JOE BIDEN WAS PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.

I SUPPORTED SOMEONE ELSE AND SO DID MAJORITY OF HOOSIERS ELECTION NIGHT AND MOMENT ELECTORAL BALLOTS WERE SUBMITTED TO ELECTORAL COLLEGE AS MANDATES WEEKS AFTER THE ELECTION I ACKNOWLEDGED IT AND THE RECORD IS CLEAR ON THAT ONE.

>> THANK YOU.

UNDER WHAT CIRCUMSTANCE IF ANY SHOULD ABORTION BE LEGALLY ALOUD AND SHOULD LEGALITY OF ABORTION BE DECIDED AT FEDERAL OR STATE LEVEL?

MR. MCDERMOTT GO FIRST.

>> I SUPPORT ROVERSUS WADE THERE WERE LIMITATIONS AND IT WORKED MY LIFE FOR 5 DECADES AND US SUPREME COURT WOMEN HAD RIGHT TO PRIVACY INCLUDING RIGHT TO ABORTION AND TODD YOUNG AND RADICAL GOP AGENDA VOTED THREE JUSTICES TO US SUPREME COURT DIDN'T RESPECT 50 YEARS OF PRESIDENT AND THREW AMERICA IN TURMOIL WOMEN IN INDIANA DON'T KNOW CURRENT STATE OF ABORTION IN OUR LAW THAT IS CONFUSING AND SHOULD BE SET BY SUPREME COURT AND WHEN SET BY SUPREME COURT SHOULD BE REMOVED AFTER 5 DECADES OF PRECEDENT AND RIGHTS GRANT BY SUPREME COURT SHOULD STAY WITH THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND WE AND FRANKLY I'M ASHAMED THAT SENATOR YOUNG ANTIABORTION IN ALL CASES RAPE AND INCEST OF MOTHER DID WHAT HE TOLD AND JER ANY MANNEDERED SUPREME COURT SAYING ROVERSUS WADE WAS OVERTURNED.

>> THANK YOU.

MR. YOUNG?

>> THANKS SO MUCH.

I AGREE WITH RUTH BAYEDER GINS BERG THAT IS RIGHT LIBERAL EXPONENT OF ABORTION RIGHTS AS A MATTER OF POLICY AND MATTER OF LAW RUTH SAYS THAT ROVERSUS WADE WAS WEAK LAW THAT DIDN'T INVITE A CONVERSATION WITH THE LEGISLATURE.

SHE MEANT WE HAVE A DEMOCRATIC PROCESS IN THIS COUNTRY AND WE HAVE A TRADITION PART OF THE FUNDAMENTAL LAW THAT IS THE PEOPLE THAT WEIGHS IN ON VARIOUS DECISIONS OF CONSEQUENCE AND WHAT RODECIDED WAS -- WHAT THE DODD DECISION DECIDED ROE WAS NO LONGER LAW DIDN'T INVITE THAT CONVERSATION AND INDIANA AND OTHER STATES ARE IN THE PROCESS CONSISTENT WITH OUR VALUES AND IDEAS OF TRYING TO GET THIS RIGHT AND DON'T PRETEND AND NO ONE PRETENDS WE HAVE GOTTEN IT RIGHT AND ACCEPT EXCEPTIONS AND WILL SUPPORT WHAT PEOPLE OF INDIANA DECIDES.

>> THANK YOU MR. SKENIAC?

>> OURCENIAK?

>> OUR THANK YOU.

I BELIEVE THAT DESPITE WHATEVER LAW IS CREATED PRO-LIFE OR TO CODIFY IT THAT WE CAN REDUCE ABORTIONS THROUGHOUT AMERICA AND THROUGH A PLAN THAT LOOKS AT NOT BANNING ABORTION BUT THROUGH HEART AND CONCERNS THAT WOMEN HAVE WHEN MAKING THESE DECISIONS.

IT IS LOOKING AT ECONOMIC REASONS AND HELPING THEM THRIVE ECONOMICALLY AND IS MAKING CONTRACEPTIVE OPTIONS AVAILABLE OVER THE COUNTER AND MAKING SURE THAT YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN UNDERSTAND WHAT SAFE SEX PRACTICES ARE.

SO, POLITICIANS SHOULDN'T ACT AS PHYSICIANS.

THERE IS MANY MEDICAL NEEDS WE HAVE TO ABSOLUTELY PROTECT AND AT THE SAME TIME WE CAN STILL HAVE SOLUTIONS REDUCING ABORTION ACROSS AMERICA NO MATTER WHAT EACH STATE DECIDES.

>> MR. MCDERMOTT YOU HAVE 30 SECONDS FOR REBUTTAL.

>> SENATOR YOUNG THINKS -- WE DIDN'T GIVE IT RIGHT WHEN GRANTED TO SOUTHERN STATES AFTER THE CIVIL WAR WHEN PASSING THE CIVIL WAR AMENDMENTS IF WE GAVE STATES RIGHT TO ENFORCE CIVIL WAR AMENDMENTS SOME STATES WOULD HAVE CHOSEN TO DISCRIMINATE AGAINST AFRICAN-AMERICANS SOME RIGHTS HAVE TO BE ESTABLSHED BY SUPREME COURT THAT CAN'T BE TAKEN AWAY THAT INCLUDES RIGHT TO ABORTION I'M 100% PRO-CHOICE AND WILL FIGHT TO CODIFY THAT IF I'M YOUR SENATOR.

>> THANK YOU CONSTITUTIONALLY PROTECTED RIGHTS CONTRACEPTION AND SAME SEX MARRIAGE COULD BE OVERTURNED DO YOU SUPPORT FEDERAL PROTECTIONS FOR SUCH RIGHTS OR FEEL THAT THE DECISIONS SHOULD BE LEFT TO THE STATE.

MR. YOUNG YOU GO FIRST.

>> THANK YOU THIS IS ISSUE OF FEDERAL LAW.

8 OF 9 SUPREME COURT JUSTICES ARE ON RECORD INDICATING THAT THIS IS SETTLED LAW THAT IS NOT BEING CALLED INTO QUESTION AND THERE IS NO ACTIONS AT THE LOCAL OR STATE LEVEL TO CHALLENGE THE O BURGER FELLED LAW.

VOTER'S ATTENTIONS FROM THINGS MOST ON THEIR MIND LIKE INFLATION AND OPEN BORDERS THAT LED TO OPIOIDS COMING INTO NEIGHBORHOODS AND CRIME TO INCREASE IN OUR CITIES AND CHALLENGES OVERSEAS INCLUDE BOTCHED EXIT FROM AFGHANISTAN TO SOME MEASURE HAS DISTRACTED SOME PEOPLE AND IF PRESENTED WITH THE ISSUE FIRST THOUGHT IS WHY DOES BIG GOVERNMENT REGULATE MARRIAGE ALL TOGETHER?

THEY DON'T REGULATE BAPTISMS AND OTHER RELICKOUS SACRAMENTS.

>> THANK YOU MR. SCENIAK?

>> SAYING THIS ISSUE IS A DRAKS IS A GROSS MISUNDERSTANDING FOR HOOZIER FAMILIES THAT IS OUT OF TOUCH WITH WHAT HOOSIERS ARE GOING THROUGH MANY PEOPLE REACHED OUT TO ME SAYING WHAT NEXT?

INTERRACIAL OR HOMOSEXUAL MARRIAGE OR TRADITIONAL MARRIAGE THESE ARE ISSUES EFFECTING HOOZIER FAXLILIES.

WE ARE AT A PLACE IN OUR SOCIETY WHEN WE DO AND WHAT WE DO THAT WE HAVE TO LOOK AT IT WITH EKWALET THAT IS EQUALITY FOR ALL FAMILIES IN AMERICA AND ALL HOOZIER FAMILIES NO MATTER WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.

>> THANK YOU.

MR. MCDERMOTT?

>> I SUPPORT SAME-SEX MARRIAGE A RIGHT THAT IS FROM US SUPREME COURT SHOULDN'T BE TRAMLED ON.

IT SHOULD BE INDIANA TO DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT SAME SEX MARRIAGE IS ALLOWED IN THE STATE I TELL YOU WHAT WE KNOW HOW INDIANA FEELS ON THIS ISSUE FOR A FEW YEARS THEY OUTLAWED SAME SEX MARRIAGE IN OUR STATE.

-- I THINK IT IS ABYSS MAL YOU HAVE A U SENATOR WHO CAN'T SAY YES OR NO WHETHER HE SUPPORTS SAME-SEX MARRIAGES INCREDIBLE COUPLE MS THAT ARE HAPPY AND HEALTHY FAMILIES WELCOME TO THE PARTY I TELL YOU WHAT IT IS A DISGRACE WE ARE TALK BEING ISSUE OR DISGRACE WE ARE FEARING US SUPREME COURT WILL TAKE AWAY ANOTHER RIGHT I WILL FIGHT TO CODIFY THESE IN THE SENATE.

>> THANK YOU.

INCLUDING IMMIGRATION ARE YOU CONCERNED ABOUT THE NUMBER OF IMMIGRANTS CROSSING THE SOUTHERN BORDER AND IF SO WHAT IS YOUR PROPOSED SOLUTION.

MR. SCENIAK I WILL BEGIN WITH YOU.

>> THIS IS A PERSONAL ISSUE FOR ME.

I HAVE TWO SIBLINGS THAT ARE IMMIGRANTS WE HAVE TO SECURE THE BORDERS LIKE A CASTLE WE HAVE TO HAVE A MOTE AND A DRAW BRIDGE THAT IS WIDE AND WELCOMING FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO PURSUE THE AMERICAN DREAM AND WANT TO WORK HERE AND FLOURISH IN AMERICA.

EMIGRATION IS SOMETHING THAT REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS FAILED ON PURSUING THE AMERICAN DREAM NEED A PROCESS VETTING THEM SO WE ARE SECURE BUT ALLOWS FLUID IMMIGRANTS TO COME TO AMERICA.

WE NEED WORKERS IN AMERICA AND WE NEED -- WE ARE THE MELTING POT.

THIS IS SOMETHING WE ARE FOUNDED ON.

MANY GROUPS COME TOGETHER LIVING THE AMERICAN DREAM.

LET'S CONTINUE THAT AND ALLOW IMMIGRATION AND MAKE SURE THERE IS A WAY INTO AMERICA.

>> THANK YOU.

MR. MCDERMOTT?

>> THIS IS ALSO AN ISSUE TO ME.

I'M MARRIED TO IMMIGRANT MY WIFE IS 100% POLISH.

I'M VERY PROUD OF HER AND SUPPORT IMMIGRATION AND SUPPORT IMMIGRANTS AND OUR IMMIGRATION SYSTEM IS BROKEN.

WE GAVE SENATOR YOUNG 12 YEARS TO FIX THIS PROBLEM AND IN 12 YEARS HE HAD TWO CLEAN OPPORTUNITIES WHERE HE COULD HAVE MADE A DIFFERENCE AND VOTED TO FIX BROKEN IMMIGRATION SYSTEM AND CHOSE TO GO WITH TAX CUTS INSTEAD.

I TELL WHAT YOU, OUR IMMIGRATION SYSTEM IS BROKEN AND SUPPORT BORDER PATROL AGENTS AND SUPENFORCING IMMIGRATION LAWS BUT NOT ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION AND SUPPORT DACA IMMIGRANTS IN OUR COUNTRY FOR NO FAULT OF THEIR OWN AND PRESIDENT THREATEN THE TO SEND DREAMERS BACK TO THE COUNTRY THEY CAME FROM.

I SUPPORT DREAMERS AND IMMIGRATION AND DO NOT SUPPORT ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION AND TODD YOUNG HAD PLENTY OF CHANNELSES TO FIX.

THIS HE FAILED.

>> THANK YOU.

MR. YOUNG.

>> THAT IS JUST WRONG.

TALKING POINTS ARE WRONG.

I WILL SAY THIS.

I SPENT TIME ON THE SOUTHERN BORDER AND OPERATED WITHIN A MARINE CORE UNIT FLYING AROUND DRONES WORKING WITH DRUG ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND CUSTOMS AND BORDER PATROL AND OTHERS AND JOB IN THE 19 NIENLTIES WAS TO DO WITH OUR PART TO DEAL WITH DRUGS AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING WE FOUND IN YUMA CENTER IN ARIZONA.

THAT IS NOTHING WITH MILLIONS THAT HAVE CROSSED THE BORDER WHEN PRESIDENT BIDEN CAME INTO OFFICE.

HE STOPPED FUNDING A BORDER WALL.

WE DO INDEED NEED ACTUAL FENCEING FENCING TO HELP SECURE THE BORDER.

LOTS MORE DRUGS AND LEADING KILLER OF 18 TO 45 YEAR OLDS IS FENTANYL MOST COMING FROM ACROSS THE BORDER AND FUELED CRIME AND DRUGS COMING ACROSS BORDER INDIANAPOLIS IS DANGEROUS CITY.

>> THANK YOU.

>> HE SAID OUR TALKING POINTS ARE WRONG I AGREE WE NEED SECURED BORDERS BEST WAY TO DO THAT IS ALLOWING FOR IMMIGRATIONS AND THOSE WANTING TO PURSUE AMERICAN DREAM TO HAVE PROCESS IN SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO CROSS ILLEGALLY WHEN THAT PROCESS IS AVAILABLE WE CAN MAKE IT MUCH MORE EASIER TO SECURE BORDER TO THOSE WHO WANT TO DO HARM SUCH AS FENTANYL AND ALL THAT BRINGING IT INTO OUR COUNTRY BUT NEED THAT PROCESS FIRST FOR THOSE COMING IN.

>> THANK YOU MR. MCDER MOT YOU HAVE 30 SECS FOR REBUTTAL.

>> WHAT SENATOR YOUNG DOESN'T POINT OUT IS HE HAD 12 YEARS IN WASHINGTON, DC TO FIX THESE PROBLEMS AND HAS BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL.

IT IS MY RESPONSIBILITY TO FIX THOSE PROBLEMS WE HAVE SENATOR YOUNG HAS BEEN IN WASHINGTON FOR 12 YEARS COMPLAINING ABOUT BROKE IMMIGRATION SYSTEM THAT HE HAS DONE NOTHING TO FIX AS OUR US SENATOR GAVE HIM 12 YEARS TO FIX IT HAS DONE NOTHING ELSE SO FAR SO LET'S GIVE SOMEONE ELSE A CHANCE TO FIX IT.

>> I DO AGREE FOR CLARIFICATION THAT LEGAL IMMIGRATION REFORM IS NEEDED AND I SUPPORTED IT AND IT IS IMPORTANT AND MERITORIOUS PROPOSAL CAME TO THE FLOOR DURING THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TO GIVE A PATH TO LEGAL STATUS FOR DACA RECIPIENTS AND DEMOCRATS OPPOSED THAT.

THEY WANTED ANOTHER ELECTION YEAR ISSUE AND THEY THINK IT WILL DISTRACT HOOSIERS FROM INFLATION CHAL INGRES OFS -- CHALLENGES THEY ARE FACING.

>> DO YOU SUPPORT LEGALIZING OF MARIJUANA AT FEDERAL LEVEL OR FOR USE.

>> FUNNY I GOT THAT QUESTION I SUPPORT RECREATIONAL AND MEDICINAL USE OF MARIJUANA.

YOU GO TO ANYCANNABIS STORE AND IF YOU GO TO ILLINOIS AND -- PEOPLE GOING TO BUY GUMMY BEARS TO SLEEP BETTER AT NIGHT AND WHEN THEY BUY THEM AND PUT THEM IN THEIR CAR AND DRIVE TO INDIANA THEY BECOME CRIMINALS UNDER INDIANA CODE AND COULD BE ARRESTED AND THROWN IN JAIL COSTS MORE MONEY AND GIVES THEM A CRIMINAL RECORD THAT IS JUST BACKWARDS IN MY OPINION THIS IS AN ANCIENT POLICY WE ENFORCE IN INDIANA DOLLARS AND CENTS ILLINOIS MADE MORE OFF CANNABIS LAST YEAR THAN ON TAXING ALCOHOL WE DON'T WANT THAT IN INDIANA DON'T WANT MILLIONS OF JOBS OR INVESTMENT OR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WE WANT TO KEEP ARRESTING PEOPLE I SUPPORT LEGAL DECRIMINALIZATION -- >> HOOSIERS DON'T WANT THIS TO BE MY TOP PRIORITY.

IT WOULD BE A THIRD TIER PRIORITY AND FIRST TIER PRIORITY WOULD BE INFLATION AND WORST INFLATION IN 40 YEARS GASOLINE OVER $4 A GALLON WAS ROUGHLY $2 WHEN BIDEN HARRIS ADMIN TOOK OFFICE AND NATIONAL SECURITY ISSUES AND OPEN BORDER AND I WILL WORK WITH STATE GOVERNMENTS AS THEY COME UP WITH THEIR OWN LAWS FEDERAL BARRIERS TO THEM ENACTING GOOD LAWS I WOULD CONSIDER THAT ONE WOULD BE SAFE BANKING LEN SLAGS ALLOWING THOSE STATES LEGALIZING MARIJUANA FOR MEDICINAL PURPOSES AND MONIES EARNED THROUGH BUSINESSES TO PUT MARIJUANA-EARNED MONIES INTO BASKS AND THAT IS AN EXAMPLE WHERE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT COULD GET INVOLVED.

>> THANK YOU.

MR. SCENIAK.

>> TOP TIER PRIORITY AND INCREASES DEBT AND SPENDING AND PRINTING OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE WE CAN DO BETTER ON INFLATION ON CANNABIS I SUPPORT REFORM AND MORE AMERICANS IN THE UNITED STATES NOW CAN GET CANNABIS LEGALLY THAN ILLEGALLY SOMETHING TO REFORM LIKE PROHIBITION SIMILAR TO ALCOHOL PROHIBITION NEVER WORKED AND CANNABIS IS THE SAME THING AND WE NEED REFORM AND TWO WAYS TO DO IT PASSING THE MOOR ACT OR TAKE IT OFF THE SCHEDULE.

BOTH ARE SOLUTIONS FOR HOOSIERS TO ACTUALLY INCREASE OUR ECONOMY WITHIN THAT ISSUE LIKE SIMILAR -- LIKE SIMILAR NEIGHBORING STATES LIKE MICHIGAN AND ILLINOIS.

>> THANK YOU.

MR. MCDERMOTT YOU HAVE 30 SECONDS TO REBUT.

>> SUPPORTS OF CANNABIS IN INDIANA HAVE HOUSIER 2 STEP GOVERNOR HULL KIN SAYS WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING IN INDIANA TAKING OFF SCHEDULE 1 DRUGS AND TALK TO SENATOR YOUNG AND THAT IS TWO FACES AND HOUSIER 2 STEP AND TELL YOU WHAT THAT US SENATORS SHOULD TAKE LEAD ON ISSUE TO STOP ARRESTING HOOSIERS AND PUTTING THEM IN JAIL FOR HAVING A PLANT IN THEIR POCKET.

>> MR. YOUNG YOU HAVE 30 SECONDS TO REBUT.

>> THANK YOU.

DISCRETIONARY SPENDING IS CONSISTENTLY GONE DWN THAT IS ANNUAL SPENDING THAT CONGRESS APPROPRIATE HAS GONE DOWN SINCE I FIRST CAME INTO PUBLIC OFFICE AND NOTE THAT THE UPTICK IN SPENDING REFERRED TO MULTIPLE TIMES NOW WAS A RESULT OF A GLOBAL PANDEMIC AND IS THE JOB OF GOVERNMENT TO HELP PEOPLE OUT IN THE GLOBAL PANDEMIC WHAT HAVE THEY CUT HOUSEHOLD PAYMENTS AND -- OPERATION WARP SPEED.

>> THANK YOU.

>> MR. SCENIAK YOU HAVE 30 SECONDS TO REBUT.

>> HE CLAIMS THE SPENDING IS JUST WITH THE PANDEMIC HE IS RIGHT THERE WAS SPENDING WITH PANDEMIC IT CONTINUES ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS SPENDING HE HAS SHOWN BIPARTISANSHIP WITH DEMOCRATS TO CONTINUE SPENDING IN WASHINGTON, DC.

PANDEMIC WAS PART OF IT HE DOESN'T ACKNOWLEDGE WHAT HE CONTINUES TO DO AND PUT FORTH.

>> YES.

>> YES.

>> I WANT TO SAY THAT I WILL DEFEND MY SUPPORT OF THE PACK DA DAC.

IT IS IMPORTANT WE STAND UP FOR VETERANS WHO EARNED THE BENEFITS AND PROUD TO SUPPORT IT.

>> I WOULD LIKE US TO RESTRAIN USE OF REBUTTALS FOR TIMES MOST NECESSARY REVISITING TOPIC THAT CAME UP ORGANICALLY EARLIER MR. YOUNG WHAT IS YOUR PERSPECTIVE ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND WHAT WOULD YOU DO AS A SENATOR AND HAVE DONE AS A SENATOR TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE.

>> MY PERSPECTIVE IS THE CLIMATE INDEED WARMING AND BASED ON READING A LOT AND VISITING WITH LOTS OF PEOPLE AND TRYING TO APPLY LOGIC TO THE WORLD AROUND ME AND ALSO IS THAT HUMANS ARE CONTRIBUTING TO THAT AND ALTHOUGH THE LEVEL OF PERCISION SOMETIMES MAKES ME SKEPTICAL AND TAXING OUR WAY OUT OF THIS WON'T BE BEST WAY TO DO IT AND THINK TARGETED SPENDING AT FEDERAL LEVEL FOR RESEARCH MAKES A LOT OF SENSE AND I CONSISTENTLY SUPPORTED THAT AND PRIVATE SECTOR WILL COME IN PROVIDING BULK OF CAPPINO VAT WAY OUT OF CLIMATE CRISIS AND LIKES OF BILL GATES AND HOST OF LUMINARIES IN THE FIELD AGREE THIS IS A REALISTIC WAY TO DO IT AND WAY NOT TO DO THIS IS APPLYIG INCREDIBLE STRUCTURES ON OIL AND GAS AND TRANSITIONING IN SHORT TERM FROM FOSSIL-FUEL BASED ECONOMY INTO A GREEN ECONOMY INCREASING THE PRICE OF GAS.

>> THANK YOU MR. SCENIAK?

>> WE HAVE TO ABSOLUTELY TAKE CARE ENVIRONMENT AND WITH CRISIS COMES OPPORTUNITY AND OPPORTUNITY FOR INNOVATION AND LIKE WHAT HOLLAND DID LOOKING AT RECEDING COASTLINES AND REAL SOLUTIONS FOR THE ISSUES AND PROTECT POLICY SO FUTURE GENERATIONS HAVE ENVIRONMENT TO THRIVE AND LIVE IN IF WE DON'T HAVE POLICIES PROTECTING OUR ENVIRONMENT WE ARE FAILING THE NEXT GENERATIONS.

YES.

WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE GLOBAL WARMING WE HAVE POLICIES AND HAVE TO ENCOURAGE INNOVATION AND WITH OPPORTUNITY WE AS AMERICANS WILL THRIVE THROUGH THIS CHALLENGE.

>> THANK YOU.

MR. MCDERMOTT?

>> I BELIEVE IN EXPERTS LIKE WHEN -- I BELIEVE IN TEACHERS AND LEAVE THEM ALONE WHEN IT COMES TO TEACHING AND BELIEVE IN DOCTORS WHEN TELLING US HOW TO DEAL WITH PANDEMICS AND SCIENTISTS WHEN THEY TELL US EARTH IS WARMING I SEE WITH MY OWN EYES RIVERS AND STREAMS I WENT TO AS A KID THAT ARE COMPLETELY DRIED UP AND SEE AREAS THAT I GREW UP THAT HAVE CONSTANT FIRE SEASON EVERY SUMMER WHEN WE NEVER HAD FIRES CLIMATE CHANGE IS CONTROVERSIAL ISSUE IN AMERICA AND WORLD AND HARD TO BATTLE ACROSS THE WORLD WHEN WE CAN'T GET ON PAGE IN AMERICA.

50% BELIEVES CLIMATE CHANGE IS HAPPENING AND OTHER 50% DOESN'T.

WE NEED ELECTED LEADERS TO LEAD ON THIS ISSUE SENATOR YOUNG LEAD AND TELL WHY WE NEED TO SUPPORT THESE INVESTMENTS.

-- MADE THE BIGGEST INVESTMENT IN GREEN ENERGY IN AMERICAN HISTORY THAT IS LEADING AND WE HAVE TO EXPLAIN TO AMERICAN PEOPLE WHY WE ARE DOING WHAT WE ARE DOING AND CONVINCE CHINA AND INDIA AND REST OF THE WORLD TO FOLLOW OUR EXAMPLE.

>> MR. YOUNG YOU HAVE 30 SECONDS.

>> IT WOULD DOUBLE NUMBER OF AUDITORS AT IRS AND INCREASE TAXES ON THOSE PEOPLE THAT MAKE LESS THAN $10,000 A YEAR DOESN'T HELP WITH SUPPORTING GLOBAL WARMING.

GREEN TECHNOLOGIES IN FACT ARE INCLUDED IN MY CHIPS AND SCIENCE ACT WITH RESPECT TO EXPERTS I WILL TRUST THEM.

TRUST BUT VERIFY THEM.

FAUCI SAID DON'T WEAR A MASK AND FEW WEEKS LATE WEAR THEM -- >> THANK YOU WOULD YOU SUPPORT SUNSETTING SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE HOW DO YOU PROPOSE TO -- GIVEN THEY WILL RUN OUT OF MONEY VERY SOON.

>> SOCIAL SECURITY IS CONCERN I HEAR FROM HOOSIERS EVERYWHERE.

MANY COME TO ME SAYING I NEED IT AND OTHERS SAY WE HAVE TO DO BETTER SOY CAN RECEIVE SOMETHING THERE IS A PLAN OUT THERE THE [INDISCERNIBLE] PLAN THAT WILL MAKE IT SOLVABLE.

WE CAN DO BETTER WITH SOCIAL SECURITY AND 6.2% PLAN IS THAT.

IT ALLOWS FOR INDIVIDUALS LIKE MYSELF TO BE ABLE TO OPT OUT WHILE MY EMPLOYER PAYS HALF OF IT AND THOSE THAT NEED SOCIAL SECURITY CAN STILL HAVE THAT SECURITY.

HOWEVER, IT ALLOWS FOR MORE OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE IN MY GENERATION TO FLOURISH WITH OUR RETIREMENT FUNDING AND 6.2% PLAN WILL MAKE IT SOLVABLE AND BELIEVE THIS IS WHAT AMERICA NEEDS.

>> THANK YOU.

MR. MCDERMOTT?

>> I PLAN TO PROTECT SOCIAL SECURITY THAT IS A PROMISE WE MADE TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.

I MADE MY FIRST PAYMENT AT AGE OF 16 WORKED AT MCDONALDS DISCOVERED OVER COURSE OF CAREER THAT THIS MONEY I'M PAYING WILL COME BACK TO ME WHEN I'M OLDER AND NEED THAT MONEY IT IS A PROMISE WE MAKE TO AMERICAN PEOPLE AND I INTEND TO KEEP AS NEXT US SENATOR SENATOR YOUNG RUNNING FOR CONGRESS DESCRIBED IT AS A PONZI SCHEME I DON'T THINK IT IS THAT WE HAVE TO KEEP HANDS OFF IT IN WASHINGTON, DC AND DO STUFF TO SHORE UP THAT SYSTEM AND COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT IS GOING INTO EFFECT THIS YEAR TO OFFSET HIGH RATE INFLATION THAT IS APPROPRIATE TO GIVE SENIORS AND THOSE THAT DEPEND ON SOCIAL SECURITY AND DISABLED AND ELDERLY TO MAKE SURE THEY GET 8% ADJUSTMENT TO MATCH INFLATION RATE.

THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

MR. YOUNG.

>> LISTEN, MY MOM IS ON SOCIAL SECURITY AND I REPRESENT COUNTLESS HOOZIER SENIORS ON SOCIAL SECURITY THIS PROGRAM IS ESSENTIAL AND WE DISHONOR SENIORS IF WE DON'T KEEP PROMISE TO THEM ABOUT BENEFITS THEY RECEIVE OVER THE YEAR.

THIS PROGRAM MUST BE SAVED RIGHT NOW IT IS INSOLVIENT MANY AUDITORS WILL TELL YOU COME TOGETHER AS A BIPARTISAN WAY STOP DEMOGOINGING AND COME TOKT AND FIX THIS ISSUE OF SOCIAL SECURITY.

SENIORS HAVE A FEW YEARS THAT THEY HEAR THAT PROGRAM WON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY COMING IN TO PAY OUT PROMISED BENEFITS AND HEARING ABOUT INFLATION THE CRUELLEST FORM OF TAX THAT HURTS PEOPLE OF MODEST MEANS AND THOSE ON FIXED INCOMES AND DISPROPORTIONATELY HURTS SENIOR CITIZENS STOP THIS INFLATION COLA ADJUSTMENT IS PIDDLY COMPARED TO ASSUMPTION NEEDS OF HOOSIERS.

>> THANK YOU I WILL TELL CANDIDATES TO REFRAIN FROM REBUTTING TO GET THROUGH QUESTIONS FOR NEXT FEW MINUTES MR. MCDERMOTT DO YOU AGREE THERE IS GROWING WHITE SUPREMACIST MOVEMENT IN THIS COUNTRY AND WHAT CAN WE DO TO ADDRESS THIS.

>> AMERICA HAS RACE PROBLEMS AND WHITE SPREM ISSUES ABSOLUTELY NOT SURE IF IT IS GROWING I'M FAR REMOVED FROM THAT IDEOLOGICAL THOUGHT AND HARD FOR ME TO COMPREHEND IT IT IS DANGEROUS WHEN SEEING ELECTED OFFICIALS POSING WITH THEM AND WITH MILITARY STYLE ASSAULT WEAPONS WITH OATH KEEPERS THAT IS DANGEROUS TO OUR GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC AND SOMETHING I WOULDN'T DO WITH WHITE SUPREMACY IS A PROBLEM ISSUES IN AMERICA IS A PROBLEM NOT SURE IF IT IS GROWING OR NOT BUT IS A PROBLEM AND PRESIDENT OBAMA ELECTED AS PRESIDENT IN 2008 I WAS HOPEFUL AMERICA WAS TURNING CORNER OF UGLY PAST WITH RACIAL POLITICS AND WE DISCOVERED IT ONLY GOT WORSE SINCE 2008 AND SOMETHING WE HAVE TO KEEP WORKING ON BUT ANYWAY THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.

>> THANK YOU.

MR. YOUNG.

>> DOJ HAS COMPELLING RESULTS ON THIS.

AGREE WITH MR. MCDERMOTT ON THIS WAS WELL.

WE HAVE TO ENGAGE IN INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBILITY AND THOSE WHO DON'T AND WHO ARE VIOLENT AND ENGAGE IN RACE-BASED VIOLENCE IN PARTICULAR NEED TO BE HELD TO ACCOUNT BY LOCAL PROSECUTORS AND ENTIRE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM BLM AND ANTIFA DESERVE MENTION AS RADICAL HATE GROUPS INVOLVED IN VIOLENCE IN INDIANAPOLIS IN RECENT YEARS AND IT HAS TO STOP COMING FROM ALL CORNERS.

>> THANK YOU.

MR. SCENIAK?

>> FOR FAR TOO LONG WE ALLOWED PETTY DIFFERENCES FROM ALLOWING US TO SEE OUR NEIGHBORS.

CONCERN OF GROWING HATE IS A CONCERN.

I COME FROM A VERY DIVERSE FAMILY AND I HAVE BLACK SIBLINGS AND HISPANIC NEPHEWS I HELPED RAISE.

WE HAVE TO ABSOLUTELY LOOK AT TAKING CARE OF EVERYBODY.

CONCERN OF HATE GROUPS, WE HAVE TO HAVE GOOD POLICY THAT CREATES A SYSTEM WHERE WE HAVE A BALANCE AND CHECKS AND BALANCES OF FAIRNESS SO THAT THOSE WHO ARE MINORITY COMMUNITIES CAN FEEL THE FREEDOMS FROM THE OPPRESSION OPPRESSION.

IF NEIGHBORS ARE FEELING THIS CONCERN WE HAVE TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT.

I'M NOT ONE THAT CAN MAKE THAT CLAIM.

THEY ARE.

SO, IF THEY FEEL THAT CONCERN, LET'S INVESTIGATE IT.

>> THANK YOU.

NOW, I DO WANT TO OFFER ONE REBUTTAL TO THIS QUESTION GIVEN TIME WE HAVE.

I APPRECIATE CANDIDATES COLLEGIALITY IN ALLOWING ME TO TEMPORARILY RESTRAIN REBUTTAL AND OFFER 30 SECONDS TO ANY CANDIDATE THAT WANT TO TAKE IT YOU DON'T HAVE TO TAKE IT.

>> REBUTTAL REQUIRING THE LAST QUESTION.

>> YES.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO TAKE IT.

>> NO THANK YOU.

JUST CLARIFYING.

>> OKAY.

AT THIS POINT WE ARE COMING CLOSE TO THE END OF THE DEBATE.

I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS OUR FINAL QUESTION.

SO, NOW, IT IS TIME FOR THE FINAL QUESTION THIS EVENING.

FOR THIS QUESTION, EACH CANDIDATE HAS ONE MINUTE TO RESPOND.

THE QUESTION IS THIS.

WHAT SPECIFIC ACCOMPLISHMENTS CAN WE EXPECT FROM YOU IN THE NEXT 6 YEARS IF YOU ARE ELECTED.

MR. SCENIAK, YOU CAN GO FIRST.

>> I BELIEVE IN BRINGING BACK PUBLIC SERVICE TO WASHINGTON, DC AND BELIEVE AS A SENATOR IT IS NOT WHAT I WILL GET OUT OF BEING AS A SENATOR BUT WHAT I CAN DO FOR YOU.

I WANT TO TAKE CARE OF VETERANS THROUGH VET CARE POLICIES AND TAKE CARE OF HOOSIERS AND THEIR WALLETS THROUGH GOOD ECONOMIC POLICY AND ENSURE CIVIL LIBERTIES ARE IN PLACE TO PASS FREEDOMS ON TO THE NEXT GENERATION.

AS A SENATOR, THESE ARE MY TOP THREE PRIORITIES I WILL FIGHT FOR IN WASHINGTON, DC.

I WANT HOOSIERS TO LIVE THE BEST LIVE NOUZ AND WITH SOUND POLICY TO ENSURE SAME CIVIL LIBERTIES AND FREEDOMS FOR THE NEXT GENERATION AND GENERATION AFTER THAT AND WE HAVE TO BE NOT SO NARROW MINDED FOR SPENDING BUT LOOK FOR ECONOMIC STABILITY AND APPRECIATE TONIGHT'S CIVIL DISCUSSIONS.

>> THANK YOU.

REMINDING CANDIDATES OF THE QUESTION MR. MCDERMOTT WHAT SPECIFIC ACCOMPLISHMENTS CAN WE EXPECT FROM YOU IN THE NEXT 6 YEARS IF ELECTED.

>> THIS IS THE LAST QUESTION; RIGHT?

>> IT IS.

>> HOOZIER WOMEN TRUST ME ALL WOMAN TICKET NOW AND NOVEMBER 2028 IS ABOUT WOMEN AND WOMEN TRUSTED ME TO DO THE RIGHT THING WHEN I WIN ON NOVEMBER EIGHTH I KNOWY WILL WIN HOOZIER WOMEN VOTED IN RECORD NUMBERS TO ELECT ME AS THEIR US SENATOR WHEN I GO TO WASHINGTON, DC I WILL KNOW HOW I GOT THERE YOU TRUSTED ME I WON'T REST UNTIL ROE VERSUS WADE IS CODIFIED AND WOMEN HAVE PROTECTIONS THEY HAD A COUPLE MONTHS AGO.

SENATOR YOUNG DIDN'T DESERVE A SEAT IN DC TURNED BACK ON WOMEN AND VETERANS VOTING 2 TIMES AGAINST THE PACT ACT AND SENIORS LOWERING PRESCRIPTION DRUG COSTS.

WE CAN'T AFFORD TO HAVE HIM AGAIN VOTE FOR TOM MCDERMOTT.

>> THANK YOU.

WHAT SPECIFIC ACCOMPLISHMENTS CAN WE EXPECT YOU FROM IN THE NEXT 6 YEARS IF YOU ARE RE-ELECTED?

>> THANK YOU.

I WANT TO THANK FELLOW DEBATERS THIS EVENING FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY HOOSIERS WANT A FIGHTER THIS TIME THEY ARE HURTING FROM OUT OF CONTROL SPENDING FROM BIDEN ADMINISTRATION CATALYZED BY INFLATION AND WANT A FIGHTER ENCOURAGED TO STAND UP AGAINST SPENDING PATTERNS I WILL DO THAT IF HOUSIERS GIVE ME THEIR TRUST AND SUPPORT IN THE NEXT 6 YEARS WON'T MISS AN OPPORTUNITY TO PARTNER WITH FOLKS ON OTHER SIDE OF THE AISLE IF IDEAS THAT BENEFIT HOOSIERS AND WILL DO THAT WITH INNOVATION AND HIGH TECH JOBS IN INDIANA AND DID THOSE THINGS WORKING TOGETHER WITH PROMINENT DEMOCRATS PASSING CHIPS AND SCIENCE ACT THEY CAN EXPECT GOOD GOVERNMENT INFUSED WITH A LOT OF LOYAL OPPOSITION WHEN NECESSARY IF THEY GIVE ME ANOTHER 6 YEARS AND HOPE TO EARN THEIR TRUST AND SUPPORT.

THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

I WOULD LIKE TO THANK EACH OF THE CANDIDATES HERE TODAY THIS EVENING.

THE FIRST CANDIDATE INCUMBENT REPUBLICAN TODD YOUNG AND LIBERTARIAN MR. SKOOEN YACK.

AND MR. MCDERMOTT.

CANDIDATES, ON BEHALF OF THE INDIANA DEBATE COMMISSION,.

THANK YOU FOR PARTICIPATING IN TONIGHT'S DEBATE.

THE COMMISSION IS A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT DEPENDS ON MANY AFFILIATES TO MAKE THESE EVENTS POSSIBLE.

FINALLY, THANKS TO ALL OF YOU IN OUR AUDIENCE OF VOTERS FOR SUBMITTING QUESTIONS AND FOR WATCHING OR LISTENING.

NOW IT'S TIME TO MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD IN THE VOTING BOOTH.

FOR THE INDIANA DEBATE COMMISSION, I'M LAURA MERRIFIELD WILSON.

GOOD NIGHT.

>> THIS PROGRAM IS MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE SUPPORT OF AARP INDIANA, INDIANA BROADCASTERS