LINCOLN- Sen. Pansing Brooks and Rep. Mike Flood held a debate on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln campus to discuss the pressing issues they'll support in Congress. For Pansing Brooks, it's reproductive women's rights. For Flood, inflation and crime.

Sen. Pansing Brooks urged voters during the debate to trust her political consistency in supporting and upholding women's rights, citing the years of work she did in the Legislature.

Rep. Flood used his party's record on inflation and tax reduction to garner support during the debate, claiming that Pansing Brooks would do nothing to solve these problems. "Inflation, crime is increasing," said Flood, "Who do we have to thank for this mess? It's the Democrats."

Besides the issues above, the candidates for Nebraska's 2nd Congressional District also debated birth control, gun control, and student debt forgiveness.

The candidates also traded ad hominem jabs, with Sen. Pansing Brooks warning the audience that she would be fact-checking everything Flood said with what she calls "Flood alerts," and Rep. Flood calling her at one point "Patty Pansing Pelosi."

However, the candidates did find some even ground during the debate, with both of them agreeing that the nation's southern border had to be secure. But that's where their agreement ended. Flood stated that former President Trump's border wall should be expanded and improved, while Pansing Brooks just thinks more law enforcement should be stationed on the border.

After this, the question of gay marriage came up, with Pansing Brooks pointing out the possibility that the Dobbs decision could be repealed by the Supreme Court. Flood argued against this, stating that Dobbs is not at risk, but Pansing Brooks responded by bringing up Flood's no-vote on codifying gay marriage in the House.

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