Facing off at BYU, John Curtis and Glenn Wright sparred on some of the topics most debated by Utahns — abortion and transgender girls in sports — as well issues that nearly everyone agrees are problems, like inflation and energy production.
Democrat Glenn Wright and GOP incumbent Curtis, vying to represent Utah’s 3rd Congressional District, met to debate climate, inflation and abortion.
“If you draw a continuum and you take people where they are on this issue, and you value everybody’s opinion, we can have a very thoughtful conversation about how we reduce emissions, and how we pass on an earth better to our children than the one we inherited,” Curtis said. In speaking to voters, he wanted to get across one “critical” point: “We don’t need to sacrifice energy independence, we don’t need to sacrifice affordable, reliable prices, and we can still reduce emissions,” Curtis said.
He said he also supports negotiating down prescription drug prices and reducing out-of-pocket Medicare expenses. “At every turn right now you see just a flush of money coming out of Washington, D.C.,” Curtis said. “Whether it’s forgiving student loans, whether it’s COVID relief, every term we’re sending out too much money, and we’re over-restricting goods and services.”
“There’s a lot of things Washington could do in fiscal matters that would be better if it copied the state of Utah,” the debate’s moderator, Kem C. Garnder Policy Institute Director Natalie Gochnour, remarked.Where the two candidates seem to differ most is social issues. A BYU student asked, “What is your position on transgender girls participating in sports?”
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