CONWAY — Donald Trump, the minimum wage and the national debt were among the issues Arkansas’ 2nd District congressional candidates disagreed on during a debate Wednesday.

Republican incumbent French Hill of Little Rock, Democratic challenger Dianne Curry of Little Rock and Libertarian challenger Chris Hayes of Pulaski County met for a debate that was taped at the AETN studio on the campus of the University of Central of Arkansas for airing Wednesday night.

Hill addressed a recently surfaced 2005 video in which Trump brags that his celebrity status allows him to grope women.

“I think every woman, every American, was offended by Donald Trump’s remarks,” said Hill, who was elected to the U.S. House in 2014. “They’re indefensible, and that’s why I think it was appropriate that he immediately apologized.”

But Hill also said he believes every American has been offended by Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton’s use of a private server to transmit government documents as secretary of state.

“For me, after looking at what will move our economy forward, what’s better for national security policy, what’s better when I think about the status quo versus the future of our country, I come down to think what’s in the best interest of our nation, and that’s to vote for the Republican ticket,” he said.

Curry, a former president of the Little Rock School Board, said, “It’s appalling that the Republicans in this state and across the nation could support (Trump), especially with the slighting that been done to women, Muslims, Latinos and the disabled.”

She said she pays her fair share of taxes and is concerned that Trump has refused to release his tax returns.

Hayes said he had not actually heard what Trump said, but he said he knew about the comments and thought they were “unacceptable.”

But Hayes also said offensiveness is “not limited to a party” and called the controversy “a distraction.”

Asked if he would support a $15 federal minimum wage, Hayes said he opposes any federal minimum wage, saying “the market should dictate that.”

Curry said she supports a higher federal minimum wage, although “$15 might be a little high.”

Hill said “all labor markets are local” and that minimum wage levels should be set locally. A $15 minimum wage would be too high and would cost over a million jobs, he said.

Asked about the national debt, Curry said that “we have to figure out how to cut spending” and said she supports looking at the biggest agencies for trimming. She said she would reach across the aisle to work on reducing the debt.

Hayes said he supports beginning to address the debt by auditing the Federal Reserve.

Hill said he supports a federal balanced budget amendment and believes Congress should set a goal of reducing spending by at least 1 percent each year.