WTAE hosts Pennsylvania's 17th Congressional District debate

Updated: 8:42 PM EDT Oct 16, 2018

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WEBVTT AND THOSE LISTENING ON WESA-FM. THIS NEWLY CREATED DISTRICT INCLUDES MUCH OF WESTERN AND NORTHERN ALLEGHENY COUNTY. ALL OF BEAVER COUNTY. AND PARTS OF CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP IN BUTLER COUNTY. LET’S NOW MEET OUR CANDIDATES. THREE TERM REPRESENTATIVE IN PENNSYLVANIA’S 12TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT, REPUBLICAN KEITH ROTHFUS. AND FRESHMAN REPRESENTIVE IN THE CURRENT 18TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT DEMOCRAT CONOR LAMB. , WE WELCOME YOU BOTH TONIGHT. AND WELCOME TO OUR PANELISTS. REPRESENTING THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS, TERRIE GRIFFIN. PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS 4 INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER PAUL VAN OSDOL. FREELANCE JOURNALIST AND FORMER KQV REPORTER ELAINE EFFORT. AND POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT EDITOR FOR WESA F.M., CHRIS POTTER. WE THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING A PART OF THIS DEBATE. CANDIDATES, YOU DREW NUMBERS TO DETERMINE WHO WILL ANSWER THE FIRST QUESTION. THAT WILL BE MISTER ROTHFUS. MISTER LAMB WILL HAVE THE LAST WORD IN CLOSING STATEMENTS. HERE ARE THE RULES. YOU WILL HAVE ONE MINUTE FOR EVERYTHING. 60 SECONDS TO ANSWER A QUESTION. THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME FOR YOUR REBUTTAL. AND, ONE MINUTE FOR YOUR CLOSING STATEMENTS. I WILL ALSO ALLOW MORE TIME IF YOU HAVEN’T ANSWERED THE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS, OR IF THERE ARE FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS FROM OUR PANELISTS. OUR FIRST QUESTION GOES TO THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS & TERRIE GRIFFIN. THIS QUESTION IS FOR MR. ROTHFUS. >> IT SEEMS LIKELY THAT ECHELON AT THAT TOO REPORTS THAT RUSSIA HAS BEEN