HAMPSHIRE HASN'T RECOVERED BACK
TO 2009 LEVELS.
I DON'T VIEW THAT AS PROGRESS.
HOW ABOUT A LIGHTNING ROUND?
YOUR ANSWER IS 30 SECONDS.
WE WILL GET THROUGH SOME TOPICS
AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
WE ARE GOING TO MOVE DOWN THE
LINE AND THEN ROTATE.
MS. GARCIA, WHILE THIS IS NOT A
FEDERAL ISSUE, IT IS ONE OF THE
BIGGEST TOPICS IN YOUR DISTRICT.
SHOULD SALEM HAVE A CASINO?
IT IS NOT ABOUT CEYLON HAVING
A CASINO.
THIS IS A STATE ISSUE.
I HAVEN'T SUPPORTED IT.
I AM INCLINED TO OPPOSE IT.
ALL THE RECENT ITERATIONS OF
THIS LEGISLATION CREATE A
MONOPOLISTIC SITUATION.
YOU LOOK AT OUR NEIGHBORING
STATE, MASSACHUSETTS, WHICH IS
EMBROILED IN CONTROVERSY AFTER
PASSING THEIR LAW.
NEW JERSEY HAS SEEN AN ENORMOUS
CASINO GO UNDER.
TAXPAYERS TEND TO BE ON THE HOOK
WHEN THAT HAPPENS.
SOCIAL COSTS ARE HIGH.
IT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT MANY OF
THE PEOPLE NEED TO SEE.
MR. LAMBERT?
I WANT SALEM TO DETERMINE ITS
OWN DESTINY.
WHAT SALEM ONCE IS JOBS.
I HAVE TALKED TO THE FOLKS IN
SALEM A LOT.
THEY CLAIM THAT 3000 JOBS WOULD
COME OF THAT.
I
-- MY WHOLE PHILOSOPHY ON MOST
GOVERNMENT IS, THE LOCALITY CAN
DO IT BETTER THAN THE STATE AND
THE STATE BETTER THAN THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
SALEM IS FOR JOBS.
I AM FOR JOBS.
MR. LAWRENCE?
I AM RUNNING A CAMPAIGN TO
REDUCE GOVERNMENT INTRUSION IN
OUR LIVES.
I BELIEVE IN DECISIONS BEING
MADE AT THE LOCAL LEVEL.
I HAPPEN TO KNOW THAT THE PEOPLE
OF SALEM OVERWHELMINGLY VOTED
FOR A CASINO IN THEIR COMMUNITY.
I BELIEVE AS A REPRESENTATIVE WE
SHOULD SUPPORT THE CITIZENS OF
THE DISTRICT'S THAT WE
REPRESENT.
I WOULD SUPPORT SALEM IF I WAS
REPRESENTING SALEM.
MR. LAMBERT, SHOULD BIRTH
CONTROL BE SOLD
OVER-THE-COUNTER?
I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THAT.
MR. LAWRENCE?
AS A PARENT OF
FOUR
DAUGHTERS, I HAVE GRAVE CONCERNS
ABOUT THAT.
MS. GARCIA?
I THINK IT IS A POSITIVE
PIECE OF LEGISLATION.
ESPECIALLY GIVEN THAT RIGHT NOW,
WITH OBAMACARE, IN TERMS
OF
BEING ABLE TO ACCESS HEALTH CARE
PROVIDERS THAT WOULD HAVE TO
PROVIDE PRESCRIPTIONS FOR BIRTH
CONTROL, I THINK THAT WOULD BE A
POSITIVE STEP.
MR. LAWRENCE, SHOULD
PRESIDENT OBAMA FACE IMPEACHMENT
HEARINGS?
PRESIDENT OBAMA HAS
OVERREACHED HIS AUTHORITY.
IF I WERE ELECTED TO CONGRESS, I
AM RUNNING A CANDIDACY TO HOLD
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
ACCOUNTABLE.
IF I FOUND THE PRESIDENT TO
BREAK THE LAW, I WOULD VOTE FOR
IMPEACHMENT PROCEEDINGS.
MS. GARCIA?
AFTER THE PROPER REVIEW, I
THINK EVERY MEMBER OF CONGRESS,
IF IT IS DETERMINED THAT HE HAS
OVERSTEPPED THE BOUNDS OF HIS
CONSTITUTIONAL OBLIGATIONS, THEN
ALL MEMBERS OF CONGRESS OUGHT TO
BE SUPPORTING IMPEACHMENT.
MR. LAMBERT?
RIGHT NOW, THE DEMOCRATS LEAD
THE SENATE.
THERE IS NO WAY IMPEACHMENT
WOULD WORK.
I AM NOT THE KIND OF GUY TO DO
SOMETHING KNOWING THAT IT IS NOT
GOING TO HAPPEN.
MS. GARCIA, CONGRESSMAN
CHARLIE BASS REPRESENTED
THE
SECOND CD.
DO YOU CONSIDER HIM A ROLE
MODEL?
OR IS HE PART OF THE PROBLEM?
TALKING TO PEOPLE IN THE
SECOND DISTRICT, I KNOW THAT
THEY ARE CONCERNED ABOUT HAVING
REPRESENTATION THAT RESPECTS AND
REFLECTS THEIR CONCERNS RIGHT
NOW.
THAT IS THAT GOVERNMENT IS TOO
INTRUSIVE, TOO OVERREACHING, AND
IS MAKING THEIR LIFE HARDER.
TO THE EXTENT HE FOUGHT AGAINST
THAT, I APPRECIATE IT.
CHARLIE BASS IS A REPUBLICAN
AND SO THAT MAKES HIM BETTER.
MR. LAWRENCE?
I BELIEVE THAT REPRESENTATIVE
BASS WAS A REPUBLICAN WHO SERVED
HIS DISTRICT WELL.
I BELIEVE HE DID A BETTER JOB