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((CAMPAIGN OPEN -- DECISION
2012))
GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. THE
CANDIDATES HAVE SPOKEN.. IN A
DEBATE JUST WRAPPED UP ON CW 23.
WE BROUGHT YOUR QUESTIONS TO
CHALLENGER CHRIS COLLINS.. AND
CONGRESSWOMAN KATHY HOCHUL. NEWS
4'S GEORGE RICHERT BRINGS US
DEBATE HIGHLIGHTS.
((REP. KATHY
HOCHUL-(D)-AMHERST-"NEITHER
PARTY'S GOT ALL THE RIGHT
ANSWERS. WE'VE GOTTA WORK
TOGETEHR.")) KATHY HOCHUL TOUTED
HERSELF AS A MODERATE DEMOCRAT
WHO DOESN'T JUST FOLLOW THE
PRESIDENT.
((HOCHUL-"I'M ONE OF THE FEW
DEMOCRATS IN THIS COUNTRY TO
SUPPORT THE BALANCED BUDGET
AMENDMENT TO GET OUR SPENDING
UNDER CONTROL. I SUPPORT THE
KEYSTONE PIPELINE UNLIKE THE
PRESIDENT AND HIS
ADMINISTRATION. I'VE BROKEN WITH
THE PARTY MANY, MANY TIMES."))
CHRIS COLLINS CALLED HIMSELF A
JOB CREATOR WITH OVER 30 YEARS
IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR.
((CHRIS COLLINS-(R)
CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATE-"WE NEED
TO GROW OUR WAY TO PROSPERITY.
WE CANNOT TAX AND SPEND OUR WAY
TO
PROSPERITY.")) COLLINS SAYS
THERE IS A HUGE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN THE CANDIDATES ON THE
ISSUE HEALTHCARE REFORM.
((COLLINS-"OBAMACARE NOT ONLY
WANTS TO TELL THE CATHOLIC
CHURCH WHAT BENEFITS TO PROVIDE,
THEY WANT TO TELL ALL SMALL
BUSINESS, ALL BUSINESS WHAT
BENEFITS TO PROVIDE. THIS IS
AMERICA.")) BUT ON THE ISSUE OF
CATHOLIC COMPANIES HAVING TO
PROVIDE CONTRACEPTION COVERAGE
FOR EMPLOYEES.
((HOCHUL-"GUESS WHAT...THEY'VE
ALREADY BEEN FOLLOWING THIS IN
NEW YORK STATE FOR OVER A
DECADE, SO THIS IS NOT A RADICAL
NEW CHANGE, THEY'RE ALREADY
DOING IT." ))
((HOCHUL-"WHAT HAS BEEN AN
ACCOMODATION IS TO SAY THAT YOU
DON'T HAVE TO DO IT, YOU NEED A
THIRD PARTY ORGANIZATION TO DO
IT SO YOU CAN BE TRUE TO YOUR
RELIGIOUS BELIEFS."))
((JOEL GIAMBRA-FORMER ERIE
COUNTY EXECUTIVE-"NO KNOCKOUT
PUNCHES, NO HARM, NO FOUL."))
POLITICAL ANALYST JOEL GIAMBRA
THINKS BOTH CANDIDATES DID WELL
THREE WEEKS BEFORE COLLINS
ATTEMPTS TO CLAIM ANOTHER
REPUBLICAN SEAT IN CONGRESS.
((COLLINS-"I'VE ALWAYS BEEN A
COMPRIMISING INDIVIDUAL WHEN IT
COMES TO GETTING THINGS DONE."))
((HOCHUL-"THAT'S INTERESTING TO
HEAR YOU VIEW YOURSELF AS A
COMPRIMISING INDIVIDUAL BECAUSE
YOU'VE ALREADY SAID IF YOU WERE
ELECTED TO CONGRESS YOU WOULD
NEVER VOTE WITH THE DEMOCRATIC
PARTY."))
((LEN LENIHAN-FORMER ERIE COUNTY
DEMOCRATIC CHAIRMAN-"SHE
ACCOMPLISHED WHAT SHE NEEDED TO
DO ONCE SHE MADE IT VERY CLEAR
THAT SHE'S WILLING TO WORK WITH
EVERYBODY."))
THE NEWLY REDRAWN 27TH DISTRICT
HAS AN EVEN STRONGER REPUBLICAN