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I’M >> CONVERSATION WITH THE CANDIDATE CONTINUES. ADAM: THANK YOU FOR CLICKING ON THE EXTENDED CONVERSATION WITH OUR CANDIDATE. WE WILL JUMP ACT INTO IT WITHOUT NEW HAMPSHIRE VOTERS IN THEIR QUESTIONS. THE FIRST QUESTION COMES FROM ANNE. >> MY QUESTION IS ABOUT HOUSING. RENTERS CAN EXPECT SPENT HALF OF THEIR INCOME ON MONTHLY RENT. HOUSING COSTS HAVE EXCEEDED 2008 LEVELS, THERE SEEMS TO BE A SERIOUS LACK OF INVENTORY. WHAT ARE 3 THINGS YOU’D DIRECT YOUR HUD SECRETARY TO DO ONCE IN OFFICE, IN ORDER TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE OF RISING HOUSING COSTS AND LACK OF INVENTORY? GOV. INSLEE: NUMBER ONE, WORK WITH APPROPRIATORS TO GET ADEQUATE CAPITAL INFUSION OF MONEY TO BUILD MORE HOUSING AND WHILE WE ARE DOING THAT, MAKE IT ENERGY-EFFICIENT HOUSING BECAUSE IF YOU DON’T MAKE IT ENERGY-EFFICIENT HOUSING, PEOPLE OF LOW INCOME GET SOCKED WITH THESE GIANT UTILITY BILLS. WE HAVE TO CHANGE THE HOUSING STOCKS IN THIS COUNTRY SO THAT WE AREN’T WASTING SO MUCH ENERGY. I WOULD WORK WITH HIM TO CREATE AN INCENTIVE PROGRAM FOR COMMUNITIES TO ACCEPT MORE DENSE HOUSING TO GET MORE HOUSING CLOSER TO WORK SO THAT PEOPLE DON’T HAVE TO DRIVE TO AND A HALF HOURS TO WORK. YOU DIDN’T ASK THIS BUT I FEEL COMPELLED TO ANSWER IT, ONE OF THE THINGS WE HAVE TO HAVE FOR SOME PEOPLE TO AFFORD HOUSING IS GET THEM A PAY RAISE. 50% OF AMERICANS HAVEN’T HAD A WAGING IN 20 YEARS, EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE CREATING MORE GOODS AND SERVICES EVERY HOUR. WE HAVE TO REORDER THE ECONOMY SO THAT IT WORKS FOR WORKING PEOPLE. THAT MEANS RAISING THE MINIMUM WAGE. WE HAVE THE HIGHEST MINIMUM WAGE IN THE UNITED STATES AND IT’S EXTREMELY WORKING TO THEIR HEALTH AND ECONOMIC GROWTH. WE NEED TO REVITALIZE THE UNION MOVEMENT IN THE UNITED STATES. ONE OF THE REASONS PEOPLE ARE NOT GETTING RAISES IS BECAUSE UNIONS HAVE BEEN UNDER ATTACK. I HAVE PROPOSED A VERY STRONG COLLECTIVE ARE GETTING REFORM OF OUR LAWS WHERE PEOPLE CAN HAVE THE PROTECTION OF UNIONS. AND THEN WE HAVE TO HAVE LEADERS WHO THINK THAT PAYING PEOPLE A FAMILY WAGE IS A VIRTUE, NOT A VICE. I WILL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE, I HAD TO FIGHT TO GET ENOUGH MONEY THIS YEAR TO GIVE NURSES TO RAISE THEY DESERVED AND EDUCATORS TO RAISE THAT THEY DESERVED. THOSE ALL NOTHING IS DONE. ADAM: THE NEXT QUESTION COMES FROM LAURA LANDERMAN-GARBER: AS -- GARBER. >> WELCOME TO THE STATE. AS A CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST, I WORK WITH SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN AND TEEN GIVING AWAY MY AGE OF IT. I’M A GRANDMOTHER AND MOTHER. THE PATIENTS THAT I WORK WITH, THEY ARE SCHOOL-AGE AND TEENAGERS. THEY ARE COMING AND, AS I AM SURE THAT THEY ARE COMING ACROSS THE NATION, WITH STAGGERING ANXIETIES OF SAFETY ANXIETY. THEY ARE AFRAID TO GO TO ALL THE PLACES WHERE THEY SHOULD FEEL MOST SAFE. SCHOOL, SYNAGOGUE, MOSQUES, CONCERTS, BALLFIELDS. I SEE KIDS WHO SAY THEY ARE LOOKING BACKWARDS MORE THAN THEY ARE LOOKING FORWARDS. THAT IS SORT OF HEARTBREAKING. NOT SORT OF, IT’S VERY HARD RAKING AND ALARMING. WHAT PLANS, SPECIFIC PLANS, BEYOND THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS, WHICH ARE IMPORTANT, WHAT PLANS DO YOU HAVE TO KEEP CHILDREN SAFE. ANXIETY IS ONE OUT OF FIVE AND THAT IS STAGGERING. THE COMBINATION IS WORRISOME. GOV. INSLE THANKS FOR THAT REPORT QUESTION. I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THIS FOR DECADES. THE FIRST THING I’D WOULD DO, DEFEAT THE NRA, WHO BEEN SO DELETERIOUS TO OUR ABILITY TO HAVE A COMMON SENSE LAW ABOUT GUNS. WHEN I WAS A FRESHMAN IN CONGRESS IN A RURAL REPUBLICA DISTRICT AND THE BILL TO BAN ASSAULT WEAPONS CAME UP FOR A VOTE AND I KNEW IF I VOTED FOR IT I WOULD LOSE MY SEAT IN CONGRESS BUT I VOTED FOR IT AND I LOST MY SEAT IN CONGRESS. I HAVE NEVER REGRETTED THAT VOTE . THAT WAS A VOTE THAT COULD SAVE LIVES. I CAME BACK TO CONGRESS YEARS LATER, NOW GOVERNOR, AND I CAN TELL YOU I HAVE GOT THE NRA ON THE RUN. WE HAVE ASKED THE MAJOR GUN SAFETY LEGISLATION’S. SECOND, WE NEED TO BEEF UP THE SUPPORT NETWORK FOR OUR CHILDREN. THAT IS WHY I HAVE BEEN VERY ATTENTIVE TO KEEPING COUNSELORS AND MENTAL HEALTH PERSONALS, GETTING THEM ACCESS TO MORE MENTAL HEALTH FOR EVERYONE, INCLUDING YOUNG CHILDREN. I BELIEVE IN COUNSELORS AND SCHOOL NURSES FOR HELPING THESE CHILDREN. THIRD, I WOULD TRY TO MAKE DONALD TRUMP A BLIP IN HISTORY SO THAT HE CANNOT COME UP WITH THESE WACKY IDEAS. THE SOLUTION TO THIS PROBLEM, THAT THEY NEED FIRST-GRADE TEACHERS TO HAVE PISTOLS ON THEIR HIP? I TOLD HIM TO HIS FACE LAST FEBRUARY, HE GETS KIND OF POUTY -- HE POUTS WHEN YOU ARE TALKING TO HIM FORCEFULLY AND I TOLD HIM HE NEEDS TO STOP TWEETING AND START LISTENING TO EDUCATORS THAT THIS WAS A RIDICULOUS IDEA. ADAM: A QUICK FOLLOW ON THAT, GOVERNOR. IS AMERICA’S GUN CULTURE, EVEN A POSITIVE GUN CULTURE, ULTIMATELY UNHEALTHY FOR THE COUNTRY? GOV. INSLEE: THAT’S AN EXISTENTIAL QUESTION, I’M NOT RUNNING FOR PHILOSOPHER. JUST PRESIDENT. I BELIEVE WE HAVE TOO MANY GUNS IN THE WRONG HANDS. THERE ARE COMMON SENSE THINGS THAT WE COULD DO, WE COULD DO THAT IN MY STATE. PEOPLE WHO HAVE MENTAL HEALTH EPISODES THAT CREATE AN EXTREME RISK, THERE’S A PROTECTION ACT THAT THE NRA OPPOSES SO THAT IF SOMEONE IS HAVING A PSYCHIATRIC EPISODE, YOUR FAMILY CAN ASK THE POLICE TO COME REMOVE THE FIREARM. THAT’S A COMMON SENSE THING. IT’S COMMON SENSE TO EXPECT FIREARM OWNERS TO SECURE THEIR FIREARMS SOUTHERN NEIGHBORS KID DOESN’T GET IT OR THEY DON’T GET BURGLARIZED AND HAVE IT SOLD TO A GANG. WE HAVE CREATED A COMMON SENSE GUNOWNERS SAFETY RESPONSIBILITY ACT. IT’S COMMON SENSE TO CLOSE THE GUN SHOW LOOPHOLE. BUT THOSE COMMONSENSE MEASURES HAVE BEEN FOUGHT AND YOU HAVE TO WIN THESE BATTLES. LOOK, PEOPLE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO HUNT IN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND WASHINGTON STATE, WHERE I’M GOVERNOR. ADAM: THE NEXT QUESTION COMES FROM GEORGE MATTHEWS. >> WELCOME TO NEW HAMPSHIRE. I BELIEVE THE CURRENT OCCUPANT OF THE WHITE HOUSE HAS DECIMATED OUR INTERNATIONAL STANDING AS AN ALLY. PLEASE TELL ME HOW YOU WOULD APPROACH FOREIGN POLICY AND THE SECURITY OF OUR GREAT NATION? GOV. INSLEE: BIG QUESTION. SEVERAL THINGS, NUMBER ONE I BELIEVE THAT THE PRESIDENT HAS WEEKEND OUR NATIONAL SECURITY BY ELIMINATING THE POWER OF ALLIANCES. WE WERE THE WINNERS IN WORLD WAR II BECAUSE WE HAD ALLIES. DONALD TRUMP DUST DOESN’T BELIEVE IN ALLIES. HE WOULDN’T GIVE TO HAVE ALL THE GLORY IF YOU HAVE ALLIES, WOULDN’T GET TO PUT ON HIS HAT. NUMBER ONE, TO TRY TO RESTORE A SENSE OF FIRM ALLIANCES WITH PEOPLE TO MOVE FORWARD. AND IT’S NOT JUST TYPICAL NATIONAL SECURITY, ONE OF THE CLIMATE CRISIS AND I HAVE GOOD WAYS TO DO THA TO REALLY PUT SOME PRESSURE ON CHINA SO THAT THEY DON’T SELL COAL PLANTS AROUND THE WORLD. SECOND, I WOULD MAKE DECISIONS THAT ARE NOT DRIVEN BY THE DRUMS OF WAR. WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS -- I WAS THEM -- ONE OF THE MOST VOCAL OPPONENTS TO THE IRAQI WAR. I SAW A PRESIDENT TRYING TO MAKE THE COUNTRY AFRAID SO THAT HE COULD JUSTIFY A MILITARY CONFLICT. I’M CONCERNED WE MIGHT BE SEEING THE SAME MOVIE IN IRAN RIGHT NOW AND I WOULD RESIST EFFORTS TO DRIVE THIS COUNTRY TO WAR WHEN IT IS NOT A SON SOUND INTELLIGENCE. ON SOME SPECIFIC ISSUES, I WOULD REINSTATE THE IRAN DEAL. IT IS THE MOST POWERFUL WEAPON WE HAVE TO PREVENT THE NUCLEARIZATION OF IRAN. I BELIEVE IN OUR TROOPS IN AND THE STAN. I BELIEVE IT’S TIME TO DISENGAGE. I BELIEVE THE MISSION STATEMENT SHOULD BE INTELLIGENCE AND SECURITY RATHER THAN NATIONBUILDING. WE PROBABLY DON’T HAVE TIME TO GO THROUGH THE LITANY, BUT MY FOREIGN POLICY WOULD BE BASED ON THE POWER OF ALLIANCES, AMERICAN LEADERSHIP, AND DECISION-MAKING. ADAM: THANKS, GEORGE. THE NEXT QUESTION COMES FROM SEAN LOWE US -- SEAN LEWIS. >> YOU HAVE MADE THE CENTERPIECE OF YOUR CAMPAIGN CLIMATE CHANGE, BUT I’M AREAS HOW YOU INTEND TO TACKLE SUCH A MASSIVE PROBLEM, HOW DO YOU PLAN TO STYMIE THESE EFFORTS ACROSS THE BOARD? GOV. INSLEE: I BELIEVE WE NEED SUBSTANTIAL SYSTEMIC REFORM, STARTING BY HAVING A -- SOMEONE WHO’S NOT FROM WASHINGTON, D.C. -- WASHINGTON STATE PERFORM. WE GET THINGS DONE IN MY STATE. TO AT YOUR QUESTION, WE NEED CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM TO REDUCE THE POWER OF BIG MONEY. WE SHOULD CONSIDER PUBLIC FINANCING IS A WAY TO DO THAT. WE HAVE SOME THINGS GOING ON IN SEATTLE THAT YOU SHOULD PROBABLY KNOW ABOUT. FREEDOM VOUCHERS IS I THINK A PROMISING PROPOSITION. NUMBER TWO, MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO VOTE IN THIS NATION. THIS SAVES TO BE A CIVIL RIGHTS. REPUBLICAN VOTER SUPPRESSION NEEDS TO BE STOPPED. LIKE SO MANY OTHER THINGS, WASHINGTON STATE IS THE TEMPLATE . WE HAVE SAME-DAY VOTING, AUTOMATIC WAS -- REGISTRATION, AND ON THE BALLOT EVERYONE CAN VOTE WITHOUT WORRYING THAT THERE ISN’T ENOUGH VOTING MACHINES IN YOUR DISTRICT. WE NEED A CIVIL RIGHT FEDERALLY TO GUARANTEE THAT. I THINK WE SHOULD ELIMINATE THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE. I DON’T BELIEVE THAT IT IS AN ANSWER TO A TRUE SYSTEM OF DEMOCRACY. WE NEED TO STOP THE GERRYMANDERING. I’M ACTIVE IN THAT FIGHT. THE LAST THING I WILL MENTION, WHEN YOU SAY YOU -- WE NEED TO SWEEP AWAY THE IMPEDIMENTS TO DEMOCRACY, ONE OF THE BIGGEST ONES IS THE ANTI-DEMOCRATIC ANTEDILUVIAN, AND TO BELLON -- ANTEBELLUM RULE OF THE FILIBUSTER. IT PREVENTS MEANINGFUL PROGRESS, EVEN THOUGH VAST MAJORITIES OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WANT SEE THE PROGRESS. WE CANNOT ALLOW MITCH MCCONNELL TO HAVE THE FILIBUSTER’S TOP CLIMATE CHANGE OR HEALTH CARE LEGISLATION OR ANYTHING ELSE. THE FILIBUSTER WORKS LIKE THIS IF YOU DO THE MATH. A PERSON WHO WANTS TO IMPROVE AMERICA AND MAKE A CHANGE GETS ONE VOTE. A PERSON WHO WANTS TO KEEP THE STATUS QUO, USUALLY BECAUSE OF A VALUE SYSTEM THAT IS 150 YEARS OLD, GETS ONE AND A HALF VOTES. WHAT KIND OF DEMOCRACY IS THAT? THAT’S THE WAY THE MATH BREAKS OUT. JUST GIVING YOU A QUICK RUNDOWN. >> THE NEXT QUESTION COMES FROM BENJAMIN PELLETIER. DO YOU BELIEVE IN TERM LIMITS >> -- >> DO YOU BELIEVE IN TERM LIMITS FOR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS? GOV. INSLEE: YES, THE OLD-FASHIONED WAY, VOTE THEM OUT OF OFFICE IF THEY AREN’T DOING THEIR JOBS. THAT HAPPENED TO ME, ONCE. NO, I WOULD SAY THOUGH THAT THERE IS A LOT MORE FLUIDITY IN THIS PROCESS THAN YOU THINK. WE ELECTED 40 NEW MEMBERS TO THE CONGRESS THIS YEAR BECAUSE THERE WAS AN ABSOLUTE REVULSION AGAINST WHAT’S COMING OUT OF THE WHITE HOUSE. WE ELECTED SEVEN NEW DEMOCRATIC GOVERNORS. BECAUSE WE HAD PEOPLE WITH A MESSAGE OF ECONOMIC GROWTH. FIVE OF THEM WERE RIGHT IN THE MIDWEST. LEGISLATORS THAT HAVE ALLOWED ME TO PASS PROBABLY SOME OF THE BEST CLEAN ENERGY LAWS IN THE UNITED STATES. DEMOCRACY CAN WORK IF WE GIVE PEOPLE THE RIGHT TO VOTE. >> WE HAVE A SOCIAL MEDIA QUESTION COMING IN ASKING -- WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT LEGALIZING MARIJUANA? >> IN THERE -- GOV. INSLEE: BEEN THERE, DONE THAT IN MY STATE. BUT I THINK HE WILL FOSTER AND AGAIN HAS SHOWN A PROGRESSIVE THE NATION. WE HAVE LEGALIZED AND NOT EXPERIENCED CRIMINALITY OR SIGNIFICANT YOUTHFUL SURGES IN IT. WE HAVE EXPERIENCED SIGNIFICANT REVENUES AND NOW WE ARE TRYING TO REDUCE THE RACIAL DISPARITY ASSOCIATED WITH THE WAR BY WORKING WITH THE DISPROPORTIONATELY BLACK AS THEY GOT ARRESTED FOR MARIJUANA THREE OR FOUR TIMES MORE THAN WHAT YOU . SO, WE ARE TRYING TO FIX THE RACIAL DISPARITY. WE HAVE ALSO ELIMINATED THE DEATH PENALTY EFFECTIVELY SO THAT WHEN YOU COME OUT OF JAIL, YOU GET A JOB IF YOU ARE QUALIFIED. ADAM QUICK FOLLOW ON THAT, HOW HAVE YOU HANDLED THE DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED UNDER MARIJUANA ISSUES? DOES NO GOOD TEST FOR THE. ADAM: I FEEL -- GOV. INSLEE: I THINK WE HAVE BEEN PRETTY SUCCESSFUL. I USED TO PROSECUTE IMPAIRED DRIVERS FOR ABOUT 10 YEARS. I ACTUALLY THINK THAT TALKING TO OUR TROOPERS THEY HAVE A WAY TO ASSESS THIS ANALYTICALLY AND OTHERWISE. SO, THIS IS NOT THAN A CONTROVERSY AND HOW WE ENFORCE THIS. ADAM: ALL RIGHT, THE NEXT QUESTION COMES FROM STEPHEN MORGAN. >> TO BEGIN WITH, A LITTLE ASIDE, I MARRIED A DENNY. GOV. INSLEE: GET OUT OF HERE. I’M VERY TO TYNDALL, HOW DID IT WORK OUT? [LAUGHTER] ADAM: A FOUNDING -- >> A FOUNDING FAMILY OF SEATTLE. GOV. INSLEE: ONE OF MY GREAT FRIENDS. ADAM: THANK YOU. -- >> THANK YOU. I HAVE FOUND THAT MANY WOMEN ARE QUESTIONING THE WISDOM OF BRINGING A CHILD INTO OUR CLIMATE CRISIS WORLD. ON YOUR FIRST DAY, WHAT WOULD YOU DO TO RESTORE THEIR OPTIMISM OF CHOOSING TO BRING CHILDREN INTO THE WORLD? GOV. INSLEE: THAT IS SUCH A PAINFUL QUESTION TO ASK. >> IT IS. GOV. INSLEE: IT’S PAINFUL TO ME TO THINK THAT YOUNG PEOPLE, WHERE I WAS 40 YEARS AGO, THEY HAVE TO ASK THAT QUESTION. HOW PROFOUNDLY DISTURBING IT IS. BY THE WAY, YOUR QUESTION IS NOT ESOTERIC. I WAS AT DARTMOUTH LAST MONTH AND THAT YOUNG WOMAN WHO WAS THE CHAIR OF THE DEMOCRATIC CLUB THERE AND SHE TOLD ME THEN THAT JUST THE DAY BEFORE SHE HAD HAD TO BRING CONVERSATIONS WITH HER FRIENDS WHO WERE ASKING THIS RUSSIAN OF WHETHER IT WAS RESPONSIBLE TO BRING A CHILD INTO SUCH A POTENTIALLY DEGRADED WORLD. SO, I THINK THIS IS A SIGNAL TO THE YOUNGER GENERATION, TO US, THAT THE WOODSTOCK GENERATION HAS GOT TO GET OFF THE DIME AND RESPOND TO THEIR MORAL OBLIGATION TO THIS GENERATION. I CAN’T GIVE A HIGHER MORAL OBLIGATION THEN TO SAVE THIS GENERATION FROM THE DAMAGE OF OUR POLLUTION. WHAT I WILL DO IS IMPLEMENT MY CLEAN ENERGY PLAN, A HOST OF EXECUTIVE ACTIONS, CONGRESSIONAL ACTIONS, ALL OF WHICH ARE DESIGNED TO GET US OFF OF CARBON IN THE NEXT DECADE OR TWO. THAT IS A NECESSITY TO ACHIEVE. ANY YOUNG PERSON WHO IS CONCERNED ABOUT THIS, ASK THEM TO LOOK AT MY PLAN. I THINK THAT SHOULD GIVE THEM SOME HOPE THAT WE HAVE ONE CANDIDATE, AND I WILL SAY THIS, RUNNING FOR OFFICE, GOT TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, THERE’S ONLY ONE CANDIDATE IN THIS RACE WHO HAS MADE A PLEDGE TO DEFEAT -- TO MAKE DEFEATING CLIMATE CRISIS THE NUMBER ONE ISSUE ON THE UNITED STATES. LET THEM KNOW. THANK YOU. ADAM THANK YOU. THE NEXT QUESTION COMES FROM LEONARD. >> THANKS FOR BEING HERE TODAY. GOVERNOR TOM A YOU A SIGNED A TOUGH SANCTUARY LAW. SHOULD THE U.S. ELIMINATE THE CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT AGENCY? GOV. INSLEE: NO, I DON’T THINK THAT IS A SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM. THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS WE NEED TO DO TO FIX THE IMMIGRATION SYSTEM. WE NEED COMPREHENSIVE IMMIGRATION REFORM. ON 11 MILLION PEOPLE WHO ARE COWORKERS, NEIGHBORS, FELLOW CHURCHGOERS, SOCCER COACHES THAT HAVE TO OPERATE IN THE SHADOWS. NUMBER TWO, WE HAVE TO FIX SECURITY FOR DREAMERS. I WAS THE FIRST GOVERNOR TO MAKE SURE THAT DREAMERS COULD GET AN EDUCATION IN MY STATE. WE NEED TO STOP THIS HEINOUS SEPARATION OF CHILDREN FROM THEIR PARENTS ON THE ORD. WE NEED TO, IN MY OPINION, BE RESPONSIBLE AND FOLLOW THE AMERICAN TRADITION OF BEING A PLACE OF REFUGE, TO HAVE SOME COMPASSION FOR THE WORLD’S REFUGEES OF A DIFFERENT SURE. PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS SLASHED BY 80% WHAT HAS BEEN THE TRADITIONAL ACCEPTANCE OF REFUGEES. WE HAVE A MASSIVE REFUGE -- REFUGEE CRISIS THAT IS ONLY GOING TO GET WORSE BECAUSE OF THE CLIMATE RISES. I SUGGESTED WE GO BACK UP TO DISTORT LEVELS OF ACCEPTING LEVELS OF REFUGEES SO THAT WE CAN GAIN CREDIBILITY IN THE WORLD. WE HAVE ALL OF THESE THINGS WE NEED TO DO TO THE GRATIAN SYSTEM, BUT I DON’T THINK THAT TELLING AMERICANS THAT HE WILL HAVE ZERO ENFORCEMENT OF THE BORDER LAWS IS WISE OR PRUDENT AND, FRANKLY, VERY DAMAGING TO THE ABILITY TO BE DONALD TRUMP. WHEN SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES OF SAID -- YOU KNOW, JUST GET RID OF ICE, I THINK THAT IS PLANNING RIGHT TO TRUMP’S HANDS AND THAT’S NOT A POSITION I WOULD TAKE. NOW WE HAD THE QUESTION ABOUT THE DETENTION WE HAVE TO HAVE HUMANE TREATMENT OF DETENTION. I’M EXTREMELY CONCERNED ABOUT THIS. WE ARE HEARING HORROR STORIES AND THAT’S ONE REASON I AM OF THOSE TO THE PRIVATIZATION OF OUR JAILS. YOU SHOULD NOT BE HAVING A CONTRACTORS DOING THIS, IT CREATES INCENTIVES FOR LOCKING PEOPLE UP. ADAM: THANK YOU, LEONARD. THE NEXT QUESTION COMES FROM ELIZABETH. >> YOUR ENERGY IDEAS ARE REALLY COMPELLING. AS THE MOTHER OF THREE AND A HALF-YEAR-OLD TWINS, I WOULD DEFINITE LIKE TO SEE THEM ALL ACTIVE, BUT YOU ARE NOT RUNNING FOR SECRETARY OF ENERGY. AMERICA NEEDS SOMEONE WHO CAN LEAD US ON A HOST OF ISSUES. AS WAS POINTED OUT EARLIER, WE HAVE BEEN SEVERELY DIMINISHED THE STATE TO DESCRIBE A FEW SUCCESSES YOU HAVE HAD IN WASHINGTON ON RELATED TO THAT WOULD DEMONSTRATE YOUR LEADERSHIP IN FOREIGN POLICY AND NATIONAL SECURITY? GOV. INSLEE: NO, I CAN’T, IF I GOT STARTED IT WOULD BE THREE HOURS. I WILL TRY TO LIMIT THIS. [LAUGHTER] GOV. INSLEE: WHAT DOES OUR NATION NEED? A MORE COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH CARE PLAN. USE THE ONE LEADER IN AMERICA WHO HAS ACHIEVED PROGRESS ON THIS SINCE OBAMA CARE. WE ADOPTED THE FIRST PUBLIC OPTION IN THE UNITED STATES. NO ONE ELSE IN THE FIELD HAS DONE THIS. WE NEED TO HAVE GENDER EQUITY IN OUR WORK HORSES. WHO ADOPTED THE STRONGEST GENDER PAY EQUITY ISSUES? I’M THE CANDIDATE AMONGST ALL OF THESE TWO HAVE ACHIEVED THAT. WE HAVE THIS EMERGING RETIREMENT OF OTHER GENERATIONS THAT ACQUIRE CARE. THERE IS ONE CANDIDATE IN THE RACE WHO IS ACTUALLY ACHIEVING -- HAS HAD ACHIEVEMENTS PROVIDING LONG-TERM ELDER CARE. I HAD ONE OF THE FIRST ONES IN THE UNITED STATES. WE KNOW WE HAVE RACIAL DISPARITY ISSUES IN SOCIETY, THAT THERE’S ONLY ONE CANDIDATE IN THE RACE. ACHIEVING REINSTALLATION OF THE AFFIRMATIVE-ACTION PROGRAM SO THAT PEOPLE OF OUR GET A FAIR SHAKE FOR A JOB IN EDUCATION. REESTABLISHING AFFIRMATIVE-ACTION, THERE’S ONLY ONE CANDIDATE IN THE RACE, RACIAL DISPARITY HAS OFFERED THOUSANDS OF PARDONS AND I’M ONE OF THE ONLY GOVERNOR’S HAVE DONE THAT THERE WAS ONLY ONE GOVERNOR WHO HAD A CANDIDATE’S RACE HAS STOPPED DONALD TRUMP FROM HIS ON COMES TO SHALL ACTIONS BY SUING HIM AND DEFEATING HIM 21 TIMES IN A ROW. I WEAR THIS IS A BADGE OF HONOR. I BEAT HIM IN COURT 21 TIMES IN A ROW. I’M NOT AFRAID TO STAND UP TO THIS INDIVIDUAL. WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE NEEDS THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM AND THAT YOU HAVE A GOOD TEACHERS MOVEMENT, IT’S EVERYTHING WE D. BUS DRIVERS, NUTRITION SPECIALIST, EVERYONE COUNTS IN SCHOOL. ONLY ONE CANDIDATE HAS THE BIGGEST WAGE INCREASE IN THE UNITED STATES FOR EDUCATORS. OTHERS HAVE TALKED ABOUT IT, BUT I’VE DONE IT. ABLE TO HAVE TALKED ABOUT FINANCIAL AID FOR COLLEGE DEBT, ORTING TO OPEN YOUR TIMES," WHAT I HAVE ACHIEVE IS UNIQUE IN THE UNITED STATES. THAT IS A PARTIAL LIST. I THINK YOU POINTED OUT -- GO AHEAD. >> A DON’T FEEL LIKE YOU ANSWERED MY REST IN. GOV. INSLEE: OH GOD. [LAUGHTER] >> MY QUESTION WAS POINTING MORE TOWARDS FOREIGN POLICY AND NATIONAL SECURITY. YOU JUST GIVE ME A HOST OF DOMESTIC POLICY THINGS THAT ARE AMAZING, BUT I RIGHT NOW AM MORE CONCERNED THAT VLADIMIR MAKING US LOOK LIKE A BUNCH OF CLOWNS HOW CAN YOU ADDRESS THAT BASED ON SUCCESSES DEMONSTRATE A THAT YOU HAVE PERSONALLY HAD? GOV. INSLEE: I KNOW YOU DON’T EXPECT ME TO HAVE ACTED AS PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES YET. ADAM: BUT YOU HAVE BEEN IN THE HOUSE -- >> YOU HAVE BEEN IN THE HOUSE. GOV. INSLE LET ME GO THROUGH A FEW. IN MY LIFETIME THERE HAS BEEN THE MOST CREDIT DECISION MADE TESTED HIS JUDGMENT AND WISDOM AND SPINE IN MY LIFETIME AND THAT WAS THE IRAQ WAR. PEOPLE IN PUBLIC OFFICE AND CONGRESS WHY WAS AT THAT TIME WERE CALLED UPON TO EXERCISE JUDGMENT A STAND UP AGAINST THE WAR DRUMS THAT GEORGE BUSH WAS BEATING. HE WAS TRYING TO DRIVE AMERICA INTO THE ORDER USING INTELLIGENT THAT WAS MAGNIFIED TO SAVE FACE. MANY, MANY CONGRESSMEN DIDN’T HAVE THE JUDGMENT OR THE SPINE TO STAND UP AGAINST IT. I DID. I WOULD SUGGEST THAT IF YOU’RE GOING TO PICK A LIT HIS TEST FOR THE LAST 25 YEARS, THAT WOULD GET. NOT ONLY WAS I RIGHT ON THAT, OF WHICH NEARLY, BUT I WAS VOCAL AND STRONG. WAS I SUCCESSFUL? NO. THE WAR STARTED AND SINCE THEN I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO HELP VETERANS THE OR THE BRUNT OF THE BATTLE. HELPING THEM WITH THEIR REEMPLOYMENT AND HEALTH CARE ISSUES. THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS I AM FOR, THE BIGGEST. SECOND, I HAVE BEEN APPROPRIATELY I THINK QUESTIONING SOME OF THE MILITARY BUDGET DECISIONS THAT, FRANKLY, WE SPEND A LOT OF MONEY IN THE MILITARY THAT DOESN’T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH NATIONAL SECURITY. EISENHOWER TALKED ABOUT THE MILITARY-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX AND HE KNEW WHAT HE WAS TALKING ABOUT AND I HAVE BEEN APPROPRIATELY SKEPTICAL OF SOME OF THOSE MILITARY THINGS AND INVESTMENTS THAT DID NOT GIVE US ADDITIONAL NATIONAL SECURITY. THIRD, IF YOU LISTEN TO THE PENTAGON, IF YOU GET A GENERAL OR AN ADMIRAL, ADMIRAL FALLON, HE WAS IN SEATTLE A FEW MONTHS AGO TALKING ABOUT NATIONALS HERE TO. IF YOU ASK, THE TOP HANDFUL OF NATIONAL CITY 30, HE WILL SAY THE CLIMATE CRISIS. I HAVE BEEN ONE OF THE MOST ACTIVE MEMBERS DEVELOPING INTERNATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS HELPING US TO DEFEAT THE CRISIS. PARIS AND ONE OF THE THINGS I DID WITH ANDREW CUOMO JERRY BROWN WAS ESTABLISHED THE U.S. CLIMATE ALLIANCE, AN ALLIANCE OF 21ST DATES. THE REASON WE DID THAT, ALL OF US COMMITTED TO PARIS BOARDS. WE WANTED TO SHOW THE REST OF THE WORLD THERE IS NO INTELLIGENT LIFE IN THE UNITED STATES IN THAT WE WERE STILL GOING TO BE A PART OF THE EFFORT . THIS WAS VERY IMPORTANT ON IT INTERNATIONAL AGE. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN DONALD TRUMP SAID THAT I’M GOING TO GO BACKWARDS ON A CHANGE, THAT THE REST OF THE WORLD DIDN’T FOLLOW HIM. SO I WENT TO PARIS ON THESE INTERNATIONAL MEETINGS AND HAD A LOT OF MEETINGS PRESS CONFERENCES TO LET THE WORLD KNOW THE YEAR’S BILL MOVING FORWARD IN THIS NATION ON A LOCAL LEVEL RATHER THAN NATIONAL. SO FAR THAT HAS BEEN LARGELY SUCCESSFUL WITH THE EXCEPTION MAY BE OF RESULT IN RUSSIA TO SOME DEGREE. I’M SORRY I MISSED THE NATURE OF YOUR RUSSIAN. >> NO WORRIES. GOV. INSLEE: I’VE GOT A LOT TO TALK ABOUT. [LAUGHTER] >> I UNDERSTAND, THANK YOU. ADAM: TIME FOR ONE LESS SOCIALLY GIVE QUESTION, TYLER MCGREGOR ASKS IF USE OF THE AMERICANS TO THE MOON. HOW WILL YOU SUPPORTED AND IF NOT, WHAT OTHER LANDS YOU HAVE? GOV. INSLEE: I WOULD BE FULLY SUPPORTIVE OF PUTTING A MAN ON THE MOON ON THE CONDITION THAT IT WAS A ONE-WAY TRIP AND I COULD PICK THE PERSON. [LAUGHTER] I HAVE A NOMINEE IN THAT REGARD. TO BE HONEST, I HAVEN’T THOUGHT A LOT ABOUT THIS, I WILL GIVE YOU STREAM OF CONSCIOUSNESS. MY THOUGHTS ARE THAT, IF YOU TALK TO PEOPLE IN THE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY, THEY WILL PROBABLY TELL YOU THAT THERE ARE HIGHER PRIORITY ASPIRATIONS TO GIVE US A BETTER UNDER ANY OF THE UNIVERSE THAN THE GOAL OF JUST PUTTING A PERSON ON THE MOON. I WOULD NOTE THAT WE HAVE BEEN THERE, ONCE, AND DEVELOPED THE TECHNOLOGY NECESSARY TO GET THERE. AND I WOULD SUGGEST THAT I -- IF I HAD A SPARE BILLION DOLLARS, IN A MOMENT I WOULD FIRST PUT IN SOME OF THE RESEARCH AND SECOND I WOULD THAT IT INTO SAVING THIS WHEN IT. SOME PEOPLE HAVE SAID THAT THE SOLUTION TO THE CLIMATE CRISIS IS THAT WHEN THIS WASTE IS UNINHABITABLE -- BY THE WAY, IF YOU ARE INTERESTED, THERE IS ABLE CALLED THE UNINHABITABLE EARTH IF YOU WANT TO KNOW THE SCIENCE ON THIS, KNOCK YOUR SOCKS OFF. WE’RE -- WE’RE HEADING -- HEADER -- HEADING TO SOMEPLACE LITERALLY UNINHABITABLE AND THE SOLUTION IS JUST TO GO TO A DIFFERENT LANNETT. NOT A SOLUTION BECAUSE WE WOULD OUR THAT ONE UP TO HIM WE WOULD BE RIGHT BACK IN THE SOUP. I WOULD SAY WE HAVE SOME HIGHER R&D INVESTMENT THEORY OF. ADAM REAL QUICK, NUCLEAR POWER, IS THAT PART OF THE AGENDA FOR GETTING A CLEAN ECONOMY? GOV. INSLEE: WE SHOULD BE OPENED ANYTHING TO SEE IF IT’S POSSIBLE. AT THE MOMENT, BEFORE NUCLEAR POWER WOULD BECOME VIABLE, FOR THINGS WOULD HAVE TO CHANGE. IT WOULD HAVE TO BECOME MUCH CHEAPER, RIGHT NOW THERE ARE A LOT OF CHEAPER SOURCES. IT WOULD HAVE TO BE SAFER WITH A PASSIVE SYSTEM THAT IS YET TO BE DESIGNED. AND IT WOULD HAVE TO SOLVE THE NUCLEAR WASTE PROBLEM THAT HASN’T BEEN SOLVABLE TO DATE. SO, I BELIEVE IT IS FIT TO DO ARE INDEED TO DETERMINE IF THOSE FOUR THINGS COULD HAPPEN. WE WILL HAVE TO SEE WHERE THE RESEARCH GOES. ADAM: OK, GOVERNOR JAY INSLEE, WE REALLY APPRECIATE TIME HERE. WE WILL SEE YOU NEXT TIME. [CAPTIONING PERFORMED BY THE NATIONAL CAPTIONING INSTITUTE, WHICH IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ITS CAPTION CONTENT AND ACCURACY. 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