“I am in Washington Monday and would love to engage you in a public debate about my Overhaul Washington plan versus the congressional status quo. Perry wrote.
“I think it would be a tremendous service to the American people to see a public airing of these differences,” he continued. “Let the people decide. If Monday doesn’t work, perhaps we could find a time in Iowa over the course of the next month to discuss these issues in front of the people of America’s heartland.”