the primary election for the the primary election for the seat will be held on may 14th. >> the first televised debate for crucial u.s. senate race. >> could be the pivotal state.

>> reporter: congressman david trone and executive angela alsobrooks talk about matters important to you. alsobrooks: we invest in people. trone: i have voted once in congress to codify roe versus wade. >> fox 45 news, but baltimore sun and the chamber center for public policy center presents the maryland us senate candidate forum. this is your voice, your future. >> moderator: welcome, i am kyle jackson. both campaigns agreed to oh -- no opening same as, debate topics include the economy, budget, foreign affairs, law enforcement, education and reproductive rights. all questions are directed to both candidates and they have one minute to answer and 30 seconds for rebuttal. a coin flip determined who gets the first question and who goes first in closing statements.

you can see the coin flip on foxbaltimore.com. joining me today my colleague, mikenzie frost, the baltimore sun's jeff barker and university of baltimore schaefer it center dean roger hartley. the debate panel will ask the questions this evening. the most important, allow me to introduce the candidates tonight, prince george's county executive angela alsobrooks, and congressman from the fifth district of maryland david trone. thank you both for being here. are you ready? let's get started. first of all my first question, i drew the first question tonight, the homicide rate in baltimore declined this year but there was a mass shooting near evanson westside high school. just today, prince george's

county, your home county, angela alsobrooks, several juveniles were involved in a shooting. our question tonight, what would you do about the crime marylanderss are facing, this question to both of you. trone: thank you for that crime. we got to hold folks accountable. accountability. on top of that we've got to look at the roots of what crime is and that is poverty poverty poverty and the solutions to that our education. we got to get folks the education they need. h3, full-day kindergarten, full-day pre-k age 4 and right on up. and getting jobs. don't get folks a job, 75% recidivism. if they have a job, that recidivism is 8%. there's 2. 8 million folks incarcerated, 95% are coming out.

if you we get them a job we could save 2 million crimes. we've hired 1400 returning citizens. it is about a job. >> angela alsobrooks. alsobrooks: i can only imagine what the parents are feeling of students who were just trying to enjoy their activities leading up to their graduation and their prom. i am a mother of an 18-year-old daughter who last year at the same time wanted to enjoy the final days of her senior year and they should've felt safe and should have been safe today not only in baltimore and prince george but all across the state, every child deserves to be safe in the community in which they live. i have dedicated my life to making sure families have safe places to live, this is how i came into public service in the first place as state attorney. i have invested in the youth of prince george's county, funding school systems at the highest rate we've seen in history of the county the county, investing in summer jobs,

making sure their families have affordable places to live what we have to hold our children accountable. we have to get these guns off the street which i will do so as a senator getting conscientious and sensible gun legislation that is necessary, we got to get the guns off the streets. >> moderator: any rebuttals? trone: we need to think about folks are 12, 14, 16 years of age, where do they go, they have a place to go to study, to be mentored, to have a chance to play computer games, play basketball, kickball, whatever, need to have those rec centers, boys and girls, build one in frederick, i built one in hagerstown, built one in cumberland, we build one in oakland, throughout our district we brought community projects to give them a place to go. alsobrooks: the act of keeping children safe, the government has a robert families have an outside role to play in keeping

children safe. that's why as county executive i imposed a curfew and enforced that curfew when i realized the predominance of violence is happening between 10:00 pm and 5 am. every one of us has a role to play. it means families, communities, faith centers all have a role to play in keeping youth safe, but we as a community have a role to play in keeping our kids safe. >> to our second question, from mckenzie falls directed to angela alsobrooks. >> suing the atf to get data that is prohibited from being shared publicly due to some amendments that have been attached to doj appropriation bills for years. we know that mayor brandon scott assuming the atf. would you support repealing or loosening that regulation to provide that data to the public so cities can get that information?

alsobrooks: i agree with mayor scott that we have got to make sure we have all the information we need to solve crime. the federal government has a role to play and i can tell you this much, we have seen too many games played in congress, we have to make sure at every turn, make it difficult to get sensible gun legislation, making sure that we have the ability not only to trace weapons but to get ghost guns off our street, we have to make sure we are closing up the loopholes, get these ar 15s off of our streets and to do that we are going to have to hold the senate in democratic hands. so much at stake in this election and if we allow the senate of the united states to be in the hands of these republicans they will block what is sensible in terms of guns and we are seeing epidemic numbers where gun violence is concerned and we have to do more and i agree with mayor

scott we got to get that information. trone: no doubt we got to support municipalities in getting the information so we can track, we voted last session in congress to do a complete ban on all assault weapons, we must have a ban on assault weapons, weapons that are made to take lives, there's no hunting involved here, it's taking lives, they have to be banned, but to get this done we've got to be bipartisan. that is what i've worked hard in my entire three terms in congress is how to build is that bipartisan connectivity. i'm a progressive democrat but if we don't get ten vote in the u.s. senate on each of these pieces of legislation, and we can do that, moving can safety bills forward, we can never get anything passed. i'm good at getting that done. i was ranked 4/435 most

bipartisan member of congress. that's a big deal to help us win. >> moderator: your rebuttal. alsobrooks: i started my career as a domestic violence prosecutor working to make sure we kept our communities safe but we've had the luck of having maryland as a leader. in 2,012 i worked as a group that worked on a firearms safety act in maryland so maryland has been a leader in terms of sensible gun legislation. i continue that in the senate making sure i not only have gun legislation in maryland but throughout the country as well. >> moderator: rebuttal. trone: the problem with gun legislation is special interest money. the nra has been giving hundreds of millions of dollars, the last two year cycle, $1.9 billion of special-interest money came

into the country coming into the congress coming into the house, one. $9 billion. that is what we have to stop, special interests are the ones saying let's not make these changes. we've got to push back and hit the special-interest money out of politics. >> moderator: our next question will go, this will be from roger hartley. >> this has a little bit of windup in its education question. federal government sends millions of tax dollars to local jurisdictions for education annually. in baltimore city there have been several examples of performance concerns and lack of oversight. what oversight parameters would you like to see implemented at the federal level to foster better outcomes for students in our classrooms? trone: we are not winning as much as we would like to wean in education.

we get education right, that's the key thing we can do is take care of our kids and our grandchildren. they've got that educational founding that is solid, they will succeed. we've got to get more dollars to help those with special needs first of all. i was endorsed by the teachers union 75,000 strong, we are very appreciative of that. we need more teachers, better pay. better pay for our teachers and we need respect for our teachers. at the same time we need to fund special needs programs. the federal government said do this for special-needs children and we will give you 40% of the cost. best we've ever done is 14%. we need to bridge that divide, $26 billion plus mental health money there. we have $3 billion on the way that we voted for to support k-12 mental health. >> thank you. alsobrooks:. >> i was raised by two parents

who did not have the opportunity to go to college, but one thing they taught me is education is the great equalizer in our country and every child deserves to have a quality education. one of the things i learned as an executive is your zip code often describes your quality of education. i will ensure that every child without a specter zip code has quality education by funding title i funding, making sure we invest in the individuals with disabilities education act so children with disabilities are able to have a sound education. as county executive i funded education at the highest levels we've seen in our county, 62% of our budget goes to education. all of us have a role to make sure those dollars actually meet the children where they need them in the classroom, make sure we have quality teachers in front of our students who are well-paid and making sure those dollars go to mental health education and making sure all our students have what they need to succeed.

trone: i am of the student of a public school teacher and my wife and i all attended public schools and that's the backbone of the american education system so we have got to be there to support that day in and day out but one thing we need is more teachers that look like the students and that's where immigration comes into this. by reforming immigration policy we get more teachers from el salvador, haiti, ghana, all kinds of different places around the world that look like the students so they succeed together. alsobrooks: one of the things i have come to understand as an executive is a child's success in the classroom requires he not only invest in that child in the classroom but making sure they have affordable places to live, making sure their parent have the jobs that pay them so they can sit home in the evenings and do homework with their kids. we got to bring down the cost of living for so many of our

families to make sure our families are able to spend time with their children so we have to invest in our kids in the classroom and the community where they live in order for them to be successful. >> next question will be asked by jeff barker. >> as a state attorney county executive angela alsobrooks, the death penalty in a 2011 case involving the conviction of a man for killing four people including two young children. as you know the federal government is considering, members of congress considering seeking a repeal of the federal definitely. would you support such a repeal? alsobrooks: marylanders have spoken and decided the death penalty is no longer the law of the land in maryland. i would also not support the death penalty on the federal level. having said that, what i believe is anyone who harms a

child or murdered a child in particular deserves the stiffest penalty available to that person as right now in maryland that penalty is life without parole. that is what i sought in the case you mentioned, the case that involved two young children who were executed, 2 and 3 years old but i can tell you in that case, i thought life without parole because i believe people who harm and murder children deserve the stiffest penalty possible but i would not support the death penalty on the federal level. trone: i'm the only candidate who has always been one hundred% opposed to the death penalty. we know the death penalty is racist, feeds our systemically racist system that we have and the criminal justice area, hundreds and hundreds of folks have been exonerated by dna evidence later on the were put to the death penalty and were saved, think about the hundreds of others that were not so lucky and were not saved.

we can never have a death penalty. it is cruel and unusual punishment and clearly racist. we work hard in this area. one of the biggest areas i work on philanthropic lay is the american civil liberties union, the aclu. my wife and i gave him $20 million to set up the david trone center for justice and equality. 45 more working in new york city and all around the country to fix our criminal justice system that is so broken and so racially biased. >> rebuttal for county executive angela alsobrooks. >> it is easier to discuss a problem than to repair it. on the only person in this race who has had the awesome response ability of keeping the community safe and i did so without apology to work to keep members of the community safe. i have talked to mother to last long - young children and i had

to hold husbands who lost their wives and i can tell you that these are not easy cases. i do not support the death penalty. life without parole is that penalty but i make no apologies for keeping our communities safe. >> rebuttal for david trone. roger hartley are police have a tough job to do, real tough job and we have to invest in them to help them do their job more successfully. last congress we passed a bill, karen bass and myself putting $124 million to police to learn about mental illness, mental health challenges so when they go in the door they can understand this is not violence. violence is not needed. it is a mental health issue so they can make the right decisions to save lives. >> moderator: next question for david trone. >> you've commented about abortion rights and access but now the situation is turning to the future of in vitro

fertilization. do you believe the federal government has a role in regulating it nationally and if so, how would you work with other members of the senate to get your view accomplished? >> there is no for the federal government to moderate and regulate a woman's self choices. a choice between a woman and her doctor and no one else should be involved, no person in the political specter, absolutely not. we got to work instead, to open up freedoms, people have that choice and we can get roe versus wade codified as the law of the land. that was a horrible horrible mistake, we saw the price we paid electing donald trump. i have voted to codify roe versus wade. i have a 100% record from planned parenthood and west

virginia, many abortion clinics close, 66 have closed in 15 states. through our foundation we opened up a new abortion clinic in cumberland, maryland, in allegheny county, they have the right to an abortion safely. >> angela alsobrooks. alsobrooks: this issue is a personal one to me. as the mother of an 18-year-old daughter i believe the privacy and freedom of women deserve to make decisions about their bodies belong to a woman and a woman only. it is outrageous that we are at a time when it is not only abortion rights that are under attack but republicans just won't stop. reproductive rights are on the ballot, we see in arizona now we have republicans who want to charge a woman with a crime and incarcerate her for making decisions about her own body. the women's health protection act who codify in federal law a

woman's right to make our own decisions about her body. that decision does not belong to anyone except that woman but we are passing on to our daughters a world where they have fewer rights than their mothers and grandmothers. this is wrong, i will fight it at every turn. women deserve to choose abortion rights, reproductive rights, all belongs to the woman. >> moderator: rebuttal? trone: as a dad with three dollars i will always be there with planned parenthood 100%. i'm the only member of the state that supported every single request, every request of planned parenthood for us to stand with them as they have gone through their journey of trying to bring us back where we need to be. we need to constitutionalize in the maryland constitution a woman's right to have an abortion and to support lgbt q community because they are under attack also. the attacks are not slowing down. >> thank you.

trone: david trone has given hundreds of thousands of dollars to the most radical republicans who have passed the most restrictive abortion laws in our country and he's done this in his personal capacity. on top of that he has given hundreds of thousands of dollars to these republicans in texas, greg abbott, ken paxton, the attorney general, brian kemp in georgia, he cannot claim credit, to distance himself from the bad is can but he does. >> next question from jeff barker. >> loophole from fox 45 news and the university baltimore 57% of respondents said they support an immediate cease-fire in gaza. do you believe there could be a cease-fire while hamas continues to operate militarily and what conditions should be

imposed for a cease-fire to occur? >> we are 6 months away from the horrific attacks that occurred on october 7th. what we all agree is the threat of hamas must be removed from the world. we need to make sure we are getting those hostages back home to their families are waiting for the. we have to go to an immediate cease-fire and have to make sure we, the united states, and every other body across the world are doing everything in our power to make sure we are getting aid to gaza for the starvation that is happening, making sure those who are suffering, sick in gaza get the aid that they need. we also must make sure that we are stopping the killing of innocent civilians in gaza as well as making sure that we are moving toward a two state solution, security and peace for israelis, security, peace and self-determination for the

gazans in palestine, for the palestinians who are in gaza. or two a two -- two states are two people. roger hartley we've always been a strong supporter of israel, my wife and four children are all jewish. we've stood with israel, our most important ally in the middle east, the only democracy in the middle east and we need to continue to stand with israel. what happened on october 7th was incomprehensible. i've seen the videos, the classified videos, some of those images are seared in my mind. i cannot get them out. i met with a young woman who had been a hostage, she could hardly speak to what she had endured. we've got to be there to destroy hamas, hamas is a terrorist organization that must be destroyed but we've got to get to a cease-fire. one hundred% of the hostages released simultaneously. these two things can only

happen and only happen together at one time. >> the rebuttal? alsobrooks: we have to make sure we are getting the hostages home to their families. i've been seeing many of them on the news have gone to the knesset who are understandably so grief stricken waiting for their family members to come home and we have to move to a cease-fire, we also have to make sure, this is the responsibility of all of us that we are really abating the humanitarian crisis that is developing every day in gaza and that we are stopping the innocent killing of innocent civilians. >> we need to get to a 2 state solution and we will get to that but tomorrow i'm excited we will be voting tomorrow, tomorrow we are going to pass the bill to bring aid to israel, $26 billion of aid to israel and it will be bipartisan and that is what i do best. i work bipartisan.

i work across the party lines but we also have $9 billion of aid to help rebuild gaza. those folks deserve a job, a future, and hope. if they have hope we will not have hamas. >> much more to come, stay with us. our candidate forum will continue after the break. welcome back. our candidate forum continues tonight. i have the next question for our candidates. the question tonight is what approach should the united states take with israel to prevent further escalation from happening in the conflict between iran and israel as both of laid strikes upon each other. "romney: a reckoning" teen when donald trump was president he really did make a mockery of the united states as a leader.

i'm really proud that president biden has made america a leader can. as real as an ally of the united states as our ukraine and others, taiwan and in this moment, post october 7th, we've stood with israel as our ally and watched recently with iran, noticed when we had the missiles from iran and israel. i'm proud that president biden did or urge restraint under those circumstances and did the right thing. what we do not want is to see a widening of the conflict in the middle east, i agree with president biden's approach to urge restraint and it looks like this happen and i am encouraged by it. trone: we have to stand strong

with israel, we've got to be there for israel. they been attacked relentlessly by iran. president biden has been fantastic, we need to continue that resolved, stay there and support israel. secondarily, i've traveled to israel many times, i've been to gaza and the west bank repeatedly, met with the prime minister, we met arafat many years ago. i've been a regular constant presence in the foreign policy area and it's going to take the aerobic nations to work together. i'm cohen chairman of the abraham accords caucus, there's two democrats, me and brad snyder from chicago, two republicans. once again it is bipartisan, how we work together and say let's get this done as an american team, not just a democratic or republican team, the support for israel has to be american and that's what we are going to do in the abraham accords caucus. >> rebuttal for angela

alsobrooks. alsobrooks: israel is an ally of the united states. the united states has stood with israel, israel has a right to defend itself, i support the relationship between israel and the united states and i am proud that president biden in this moment has urged that we again ensure that we are not widening the conflict, we want to bring down the temperature in the middle east, that's very important to make sure we are not seeing civilian lives lost while israel defends itself. trone: we've been meeting with all the ambassadors from the arab countries, we met with the israeli ambassador multiple times and working to connect people of the arab countries with israel. things like tourism, 2 million tourists between uae and the other abraham accords countries and israel, bringing people

together with business, business-to-business relationships, this is how we build a stable middle east is connectivity. >> next question comes from mikenzie frost. >> the bridge collapse highlighted the stressors we've seen put on the infrastructure and transfer system in the baltimore region when it comes to traffic backups and other conversations about public transportation. what is the federal government's role in the larger conversation when it comes to public transit and how would you ensure accountability and oversight for the federal dollars that would be coming to baltimore to make sure project don't balloon and we see results? >> we have to recognize and pay respect to the six workers that lost their lives, from mexico, honduras, el salvador and guatemala.

they lost their lives working a tough shift, night shift, a tough job and also we demonize immigrants but these folks are some of the greatest americans that are working really hard for our country day and in this case night. then we've got to support the longshoremen and other folks that are there working who have lost their jobs, they've got no job, 0, gone. we've got to get them full pay. unemployment is not enough. we've got to get them back to what their pay was prior to this. of course we've got to get this bridge built as quickly as we can and we got to be focused on is that. on that. i am an appropriate are in the appropriations committee. we are going to make that happen and use project labor agreements to make it happen, union labor. >> angela alsobrooks. alsobrooks: we can't lose sight of the fact the bridge collapsed or did with the tragedy of the six lives lost.

i was happy right away to deploy our divers who went to the scene and i spoke with governor westmore and the mayor of baltimore, we were able to assist in the efforts to recover the individuals who lost their lives. rebuilding that bridge will be important to not only get the infrastructure dollars necessary to build the bridge but to make sure we are securing jobs of the 15,000 individuals who were impacted as well as getting small business loans to the businesses who were impacted. i have the experience of not just voting in one part, people in washington who think voting is all of it but i've been able not only to get the funding but turn that funding into real infrastructure. i've built schools and hospitals and roads and it is important to implement the funding after you get it.

trone: we built all of the above but i want to thank governor westmore who has done a spectacular job being the quarterback, being the leader, being there every day on the spot agitating to get this project moving and moving a right, getting it done. i want to say thank you but we've got to work on big transit projects. larry hogan took $9 billion from baltimore, you don't need the money, you don't need good public transit. that is wrong. alsobrooks: i want to complement governor more and senator van holland, i'm proud to have their endorsements in this race and i agree when we get the infrastructure dollars it is important those dollars circulating baltimore city. we want the people of baltimore to benefit, they have union labor, to have the jobs there to make sure businesses and small businesses, minority

businesses benefit from the dollars that come to baltimore city as we rebuild, we should also be investing in the economy of baltimore city. >> next question from jeff barker and this will be directed to county executive angela alsobrooks. >> david trone can self fund his campaign which is given an advantage in campaign spending and media bys. would you favor a proposal in which small donations could be matched by the federal government to even the playing field in future elections? "romney: a reckoning" teen what we've seen in this race, i am so grateful to have the support of a broad coalition across the state of maryland, the coalition involves people like governor more, senator van holland, congressman jamie raskin, so many others, delegate stephanie smith who is with us tonight, so many. i'm also proud to be supported

by marylanders who have contributed to my campaign, thousands of contributed to the campaign. what we've seen in this race, having spent $45 million of self funding, the highest ever in history, i don't believe this is the way democracy works. i think we should have reform in these campaigns which i'm pleased to have been endorsed by end citizens united, we got to get the big money out of campaigns and i would support that kind of reform as a senator because again these campaigns should be about people, not money. >> the entire democratic leadership in congress, catherine clark, pete aguilar, the entire leadership endorses us and supports us because they understand we get stuff done. we get stuff over the finish line, 26 bills passed last time

just on addiction and mental health alone. pell grant builds to help returning citizens but we've got to get the money out of the politics that's really poisoning our system. i'm the only candidate on the stage that doesn't take money from exxon. they are not helping us. i'm the only candidate here who doesn't take money from pfizer. they are not helping us drink bring drug costs down. the early candidate it doesn't take money from cigna. i know how difficult they are when i try to make mental health claims. on the only one who doesn't take money from the national restaurant association wants to play with our waiters and waitresses $3.65 an hour. that is wrong. that means 15 plus tips. >> rebuttal for angela alsobrooks. alsobrooks: we 6 of our 7 congressional members have endorsed me in this race which i'm proud of that but it is also i want to mention again hundreds of thousands of dollars on these radical republicans who want to not

only ban abortion who are antiunion and to defeat good democratic candidates. she supported greg abbott of texas, ken paxton of texas. spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to defeat good democratic candidates. trone: it is important for folks to think about who supports who. the folks that really matter the most are those that know you the best. folks that know folks the best are the ones in prince george county, 8 years anthony brown, now the attorney general from prince george county supports us, joanne benson, longest-serving state senator in prince george county supports us. aishah braveboy, the state attorney prince george county supports us, the list goes on and on and on all with us. >> moderator:. next question is from roger

hartley. >> thank you. this race is now being washed nationally. electability is going to be key in the minds of voters for this election because the control of the senate is on the line. what makes you more electable than your opponent? alsobrooks: thank you for that. i am sorry. trone: thank you for the question. electability is the key and there is no question, every single paul has said the same thing. i'm the candidate that can beat larry hogan. not one paul has said anything different. every one says i can beat hogan. not one paul ever said my opponent can beat larry hogan because she won't. i have the resources to beat larry hogan.

i have the persona across the stage, the win in the eastern shore, win in southern maryland, win big into western maryland. all these areas are 31% of the vote total. they add up. at the same time we will go over the votes in prince george county and montgomery county with great surrogates like hakeem jeffries, jim clyburn, westmore. those folks will be here to drive have voter turnout. we will beat larry hogan. it will be a battle. we have to beat larry hogan and i can do that and will do that. alsobrooks: what polls are showing is after $45 million i have spent in this race to defeat me we are within a statistical tie in this race with a large number of undecided voters. we have a broad and growing coalition across the state of maryland that i'm so proud of, that coalition includes over 190 people through the state of

maryland, people like congressman raskin and people like speaker of the house adrienne jones and many others. at the end of this the people will decide this race, not money. what i know is the broad coalition of people across the state who include younger voters, women voters and so many others, what is needed to defeat larry hogan in this race, this race will be decided by the people come by the many and not the money. you -- money can't buy you love and it can't buy you maryland. trone: the political insiders thought this would be a coronation. it is not. i've been the underdog from day one. trying to get our message out. this election is about ideas. who has good ideas and who shows up all the time, who does the work. that's my strength, getting the job done.

the most effective member of the maryland delegation by a factor of three times more effective than the number 2 member. to get stuff done. "romney: a reckoning" teen what is interesting, david trone says he can take on larry hogan and beat him but not so long ago he was a larry hogan donor. providing him with the funding he needed to carry across his agenda which i might remind you included restricting abortion care in the state of maryland. what we don't need is a larry hogan donor trying to take on larry hogan. >> moderator: next question will be from mikenzie frost. >> a statement regarding gender diversity and representation in congress, the u.s. census says the population is

50 one% female, do you believe the state congressional delegation should look more like the people who elected them? alsobrooks: we've had distinct representation in maryland and included in that was senator barbara mikulski, we've had women in our delegation, the fact is out of our 10 person delegation, all 10 are men. i believe every one of us should look at the senate of the united states and see themselves. every race and every background because it makes our policy stronger so i believe it is the case that electing women is not only good for maryland, electing get women is good for america. makes our policies more complete and i think it is very important to have women in our delegation who have represented us so ably and have brought to bear the perspectives of wives and mothers and sisters and aunts. when we talk about childcare,

when we talk about education in the woman's right to choose we ought to have a woman at the table as those decisions are made. trone: the thing the distant which is my candidacy is i'm not a politician. i'm not a career politician. one job to the next job to the next job. i'm a public servant there to work for the folks of maryland. and across the aisle, the diversity candidates, from lucy mcbeth and georgia, lauren underwood in illinois. the last couple decades, $20 million, at the federal level. and not only the house but also

in the senate, and go across party lines, that's the key. "romney: a reckoning" teen i'm proud to have your support. and patty murray, and joyce beatty and so many others in congress who supported the candidacy and the endorsement of emily as well as, and every one of us have our experience, >> to congressman david trone. trone: how we get people. public servants, not career politicians, that's the key. if you don't have them taking

the money, $1.9 billion in the last 2 year cycle, folks at the federal level, that's the differencemaker, they must expect something. they are not cherries. >> moderator: the next question is from jeff barker to david trone. >> this will be short. do you believe tick-tock presents a national security threat because of its ties to china? trone: i vote to change the ownership of tick-tock, it gives them insights through the back door to anyone that has tick-tock on their phone. a member of congress gets classified briefings on an ongoing basis that would give them access to my cell phone.

and to do what we did already and continue down that road. that makes a lot of sense. "romney: a reckoning" teen we need to be careful here. there are a lot of security risks to be concerned about and guardrails in place. we should be careful about who owns tick-tock but i'm in favor of making sure all the technologies we have, many younger people use these technologies for things that are good, we should be careful as we talk about things like banding tick-tock but we've got to make sure they are safe. trone: i would like to jump to an important piece of a public servant, spectacular job taking care of folks, this customer-service constituents

in our district and one of many reasons why we are ranked first and most effective but also we brought home the dollars to the district. bringing home of the money, show me the money, our district brought home the number 6 numbers out of 212 community project funding. 6/212. tens of millions to the district. >> moderator: rebuttal for angela alsobrooks. "romney: a reckoning" teen i'm proud to be endorsed by the washington post who endorsed me for my effectiveness. effectiveness as a county executive, built the first of its kind cancer center, in the last three years, 10 new schools, 6 in the last fall breaking ground on 8 this year for 18 new schools for our children. mental health care and addiction care facilities so we care for loved ones who are sick of addiction and not lock them up. and bringing billions into areas that were underserved.

>> moderator: our next question from dean hartley toward angela alsobrooks. >> this is a very big question but are really short one. what is your preferred approach to solving the climate change problem? alsobrooks: for someone who walk our front door last year and you could smell wildfires as you walk out your door, what we know is this is not a far off problem but something we must act on now, something i acted on as county executive investing in $1 billion in stormwater management, the first of its kind, the only county wide composting program in maryland, building on the inflation reduction act president biden put in place to make sure we are incentivizing

and helping to draw the public into keeping the climate clean and what we have to do in this moment is to make sure the communities that need it most that experience respiratory illnesses and other things, close the education gap that allows them to learn how to take advantage of the incentives put forward by the inflation reduction act. trone: i would like to add a little bit of humor. the washington post had some nice positive things to say and i thank them for that but at the same time i feel like i dodged a bullet. last race they got it wrong for governor, got it wrong for attorney general, got it wrong for comptroller so let's hope they keep their streak up. the inflation reduction act president biden did, $370 billion, the biggest thing we've ever done to address our climate. this is the most important challenge in our lifetimes. it is always going to be the

most important challenge. we don't get this right, land, water, air, we've got nothing. it is education and climate. i got an a plus rating with the sierra club, we always will be. we don't get this right we've got no shot but thank you, president biden, we are so happy you voted for the inflation reduction act. >> rebuttal goes to angela alsobrooks. alsobrooks: the initial investment was great. and getting that education through the community so they can contribute, making sure they know about the incentives available for electric vehicles. there's a whole economy at stake in maryland. farmers and others are impacted by climate so it is important we do more not only to preserve our climate but our economy.

trone: a lot to do to make the inflation reduction act reality. there's a challenge we have to work together on to get these jobs and skills created but we have to think out of the box, how to work in africa, asia, south america and bring our clean climate schools for wind, all over the world, jump past fossil fuel burning stage. >> moderator: next question from mikenzie frost. >> we won't have time for rebuttal, when it comes to climate change and these initiatives we are seeing from congress the money has to come from somewhere. how would you plan to fund

these priorities and initiatives without continuing to expand on the national debt and deficit? you have 30 seconds. trone: i am a business guy, i get the statement $200 billion comes back by getting rid of the trump tax cuts for the big companies paying 12% in taxes. no one here pays 12. that is what big corporations are paying when donald trump made that cut, we did things like the interest loophole, close that out. to step up, step up tax, another loophole. >> moderator: you have 30 seconds. "romney: a reckoning" teen we can't afford not to invest in climate. walking out your front door and telling the wildfires, the floods, we really can't afford

not to act on climate. we have to deal with these greedy corporations, raise the corporate tax rate. when the trump tax cuts sunset in 2025 i would be in favor of not extending them, making sure we slow the growth of government spending, there is legislation to do that. we have to do both, save the climate and secure our economy. >> moderator: our candidate forum will continue with closing statements after our break. stay with us. >> moderator: welcome back to your voice your future, maryland u.s. senate debate. let's begin closing statements. each candidate has one minute. we begin with angela alsobrooks. "romney: a reckoning" teen i thank the hosts for hosting us tonight and i thank each of you for tuning in. i had the honor of serving in maryland, my hometown.

i was raised by two incredible parents in a working-class family who taught me not only the value of hard work but what it meant for people to struggle. i spent the last 27 years in public service because i believe public service is the highest calling. i oversaw 50% cut in violence as state attorney and as county executive, i have built schools, mental health facilities, and an economic opportunity for our families. not only to develop generational wealth but have high wages. i will fight for you. i ask you for your vote. every day of every evening, i know what i am fighting for. i know who i am fighting for and what we are fighting about and i will fight for all of maryland's families and preserve our democracy. trone: it will be tough to raise taxes on big companies when you are taking all their dollars. that is a challenge.

my background is on a farm, 200 acres, no indoor plumbing, we had an outhouse. 28, my dad was an abusive alcoholic. our farm failed and went bankrupt, lost everything that i started over with my mom and younger siblings, build a business and lived the american dream. i have been so fortunate to have a chance to be a public servant, work in addiction and mental health, systemic racism we have in our country, work in education, climate change, medical research but at the same time, i've been given a second chance as a cancer survivor. i am still here. i am here to make big changes and to not show anybody, i can beat hogan. i have won in republican districts. won by ten points. >> moderator: thank you, everybody, for watching, have a good night.

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