JOSH IS NEXT.
THIS IS GOING TO GO TO THE
CONGRESSWOMAN.
EVERYBODY WILL GET A SHOT.
>> COMBINED, YOU HAVE ACCEPTED
MORE THAN $5 MILLION IN
CONTRIBUTIONS FROM POLITICAL
ACTION COMMITTEES.
YOU BOTH VOTED WITH RESPECTIVE
PARTIES MORE THAN 95% OF THE
TIME.
HOW DOES THIS SQUARE WITH THE
CLAIMS THAT YOU ARE AN
INDEPENDENT VOICE AND THINGS
WILL BE DIFFERENT WHEN YOU GET
BACK TO WASHINGTON?
MS. SHEA-PORTER: I THINK THAT
YOU KNOW THAT MOST OF THE VOTES
IN WASHINGTON DC ARE MUNDANE AND
THEY ARE ACTUALLY BIPARTISAN
VOTES.
THEY ARE PASSED WITHOUT ACTUALLY
HAVING TO ARGUE ANY OF THEM
BECAUSE THERE IS AGREEMENT.
THE 5% IS WHAT MATTERS.
AS FOR THE PAC MONEY THAT MY
OPPONENT ON THE RIGHT HAS TALKED
ABOUT, I AM THE ONE THAT DID NOT
SET UP A LEADERSHIP PAC.
HE WAS RUNNING AROUND LOOKING
FOR MONEY AND NOBODY WOULD GIVE
HIM ANY.
I HAVE SAID I WILL NOT TAKE
LOBBYIST MONEY AND THAT STANDS
TODAY.
I DO NOT TAKE CORPORATE OR D.C.
LOBBYIST MONEY.
THE PEOPLE I ACCEPT MONEY FROM
OUR THOSE THAT HAVE IN ADVOCACY.
IT IS NOT-FOR-PROFIT.
I'M NOT STANDING UP FOR ANY
PARTICULAR BUSINESS, I COULD BE
THERE FOR WORKING MEN AND WOMEN
AND UNIONS AND I AM THEREFORE A
NUMBER OF AMERICAN NURSES AND
OTHERS, BUT THEY ARE PEOPLE THAT
SHARE MY PHILOSOPHY AND THEY ARE
NOT CORPORATE PACS AND THEY ARE
NOT D.C. LOBBYISTS.
REP. GUINT THE REALITY IS,
PEOPLE KNOW WHERE I STAND.
I HAVE SERVED AS A MAYOR AND I'M
IN MY SECOND TERM OF CONGRESS.
I HAVE GONE LEGISLATION SIGNED
INTO LAW AND I WORK IN THE
FINANCIAL SERVICES COMMITTEE.
I AM CHAIRMAN OF THE
CONGRESSIONAL TASK FORCE.
I THINK PEOPLE KNOW MY
DEDICATION TO THE ISSUES.
I APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT I GET
FROM INDIVIDUALS AND OTHER
ORGANIZATIONS, BUT MY FOCUS IS
ON THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE,
BECAUSE IT IS PEOPLE IN NEW
HAMPSHIRE THAT ARE HURTING.
THEY ARE HURTING BECAUSE OF THE
STIMULUS PACKAGE, OF OBAMACARE,
BECAUSE OF REGULATORY IMPACTS TO
THE COMMUNITY BANKS IN NEW
HAMPSHIRE.
THE PROBLEM HERE IS THE ISSUES.
I FOCUS ON FAMILIES AND ON
MOVING THE ECONOMY FORWARD.
THE OTHER TWO PEOPLE ON THE
STAGE IDENTIFY THEMSELVES AS
LIBERALS AND PROGRESSIVES.
JOSH MCELVEEN: THANK YOU.
>> YOU HAVE SAID YOU WILL
CAUCUS, WITH WHICHEVER PARTY IS
IN THE MAJORITY.
THAT IS IN 2017, BECAUSE IT WILL
GIVE YOU BETTER ASSIGNMENTS TO
SERVE CONSTITUENTS.
DOESN'T THAT GIVE THE APPEARANCE
OF A LACK OF AN IDEOLOGICAL
CORE?
MR. O'CONNOR: MY CENTER IS THE
CENTER.
I WOULD LIKE TO SAY TO THE
CONGRESSWOMAN, SHE IS TAKING
$2.4 MILLION IN PAC MONEY.
I HAVE TAKEN ZERO.
SHE ALSO KNOWS MY LEADERSHIP PAC
RECEIVED ZERO DOLLARS AND IT WAS
SUGGESTED TO ME BY A STRATEGIST
THAT I DO THAT WHEN I BECAME AN
INDEPENDENT.
SO THE NOTION THAT SHE IS PURE
ON FINANCE REFORM IS RIDICULOUS.
YOU CAN GO TO MY WEBSITE AND YOU
CAN CHECK THE FACTS.
SHE HAS TAKEN 322 CONTRIBUTIONS
FROM LOBBYISTS.
WHEN A LOBBYIST MAKES A
CONTRIBUTION, WHETHER IT IS
THROUGH A THIRD-PARTY OR
DIRECTLY, THEY NEED TO FILE A
FORM AND THERE ARE 322 OF THOSE
FORMS.
IT IS SAD SHE WILL NOT APOLOGIZE
FOR DECEIVING THE VOTERS ABOUT
HOW TO FINANCES CAMPAIGNS.
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>> THIS GROUP IS KNOWN AND
CALLED ITSELF A PROGRESSIVE
PRO-ISRAELI LOBBY.
I WAS TOLD THAT YOU MET WITH HIM
AND ASKED FOR THEIR SUPPORT.
MR. O'CONNOR: I NEVER ASKED FOR
THEIR SUPPORT.
IN MAY OF 2015I RELEASED A
POSITION PAPER ON THE MIDDLE
EAST.
I STATED THAT ANY NUCLEAR DEAL
WITH IRAN WOULD REQUIRE
UNFETTERED AND UNANNOUNCED
VISITS TO THEIR NUCLEAR
FACILITIES.
A POTENTIAL DONOR CONSIDERING
GIVING MONEY TO ME SUGGESTED I
MEET WITH THEM.
I AM OPEN TO ANYBODY'S POLICY
IDEAS THOUGHT BECAUSE I BELIEVE
WE CAN TRY TO FIND COMMON
GROUND.
ON JULY 29, I MET WITH DAN
CALICK, THE VI PRESIDENT OF
POLITICAL AFFAIRS.
I FOUND MY AGENDA WAS NOT
SQUARED WITH OTHERS.
THEY SUPPORTED A DEAL THAT WAS
CALLED A MISTAKE.
AND I STAND WITH THE STATE OF
ISRAEL.
THEY FOLLOWED UP WITH ME, ASKING
FOR INFORMATION TO TRY TO
SUPPORT ME.
I DID NOT REPLY BECAUSE I DID
NOT WANT THEIR SUPPORT.
>> YOU DO NOT ASK FOR THEIR
SUPPORT, WE GOT YOU ON THAT.