特拉华联邦参议员候选人论坛10月22日举行 库恩斯与卡茨同台交锋
10月22日（周四），特拉华州联邦参议员候选人论坛在威尔明顿的杜邦酒店金色宴会厅举行，民主党现任参议员克里斯·库恩斯与共和党挑战者迈克·卡茨医生同台陈述政见。
这场约一小时的讨论由威尔明顿扶轮社主办、《聚焦特拉华》的杰克·欧文斯主持，议题集中在联邦开支、医疗成本和外交政策，举行当天正值该州11月3日大选的提前投票启动。库恩斯强调自己16年的参议员经历和跨党派立法记录，称其竞选聚焦三项优先事项，依次是「机会、安全、正义」，即帮助民众改善生活、保护家庭与未来、弥合政治分歧与权力滥用，并表示愿意挑战特朗普总统的政策。
卡茨是医生、前州参议员和企业高管，他把这场选举形容为对在任者的一次「绩效考核」和对挑战者的一次「面试」，主张换人做，强调财政责任、政府效率和解决长期问题。两人都承诺跨党合作，但在如何应对联邦层面的主要议题上分歧明显。
来源：GSM·美国
Coons and Katz Face Off at Delaware U.S. Senate Candidate Forum on October 22
A forum for Delaware's U.S. Senate candidates was held on Thursday, October 22, in the Gold Ballroom of the Hotel du Pont in Wilmington, where Democratic incumbent Senator Chris Coons and Republican challenger Dr. Mike Katz presented their platforms side by side.
The roughly hour-long discussion, hosted by the Rotary Club of Wilmington and moderated by Jack Owens of Spotlight Delaware, focused on federal spending, health care costs and foreign policy, and took place on the day early voting opened for the state's November 3 general election. Coons emphasized his 16 years in the Senate and his bipartisan legislative record, saying his campaign centers on three priorities — "opportunity, security, justice" — helping people improve their lives, protecting families and the future, and bridging political divisions and abuses of power, and said he is willing to challenge President Trump's policies.
Katz, a physician, former state senator and business executive, described the election as a "performance review" of the incumbent and a "job interview" for the challenger, arguing for a change and stressing fiscal responsibility, government efficiency and solving long-term problems. Both men pledged bipartisan cooperation but differ sharply on how to handle the major federal issues.
Source: GSM News
来源：GSM·美国（原文链接）
图片来源：图：联邦参议员克里斯·库恩斯（右）在活动中对谈。摄影：Xuthoria，CC BY-SA 4.0（Wikimedia Commons）。Photo: U.S. Senator Chris Coons (right) speaking at an event. Photo by Xuthoria, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons).
