The phrase "asserted that the debate" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing someone's claim or statement regarding a particular debate or discussion.
Example: "The researcher asserted that the debate surrounding climate change has significant implications for policy-making."
Alternatives: "claimed that the debate" or "stated that the debate".
With some justification, and with typical bravado, Specter asserts that the debate over habeas corpus could have been avoided, if only his Republican colleagues had listened to him.
The suit also asserts that the debates violate federal law because money contributed to finance them is meant to enhance voter participation, not to support any particular party or candidate.
And fourth, is time on the side of the United States or of its enemies?Offering new readings of debates within the Wilson, Truman, Nixon, Bush, and Obama administrations, Hemmer asserts that heated debates, disagreements, and even confusions over U.S. grand strategy are not only normal but also beneficial.
The only thing Dutt conceded was an "error in judgment" when talking someone with a vested interest like Radia, and asserted that the instead of attacking her, the debate should have been more broadly about the rules journalists need to follow.
Throughout the House debate, Democrats asserted that the legislation would undermine and ultimately privatize Medicare, by forcing it to compete with private plans that would be heavily subsidized by the federal government and would cherry-pick the healthiest recipients.
He asserted that the documents that were cited in The Times obscured the debate because they implied that the Independent Institute was a front for Microsoft.
Defense lawyers asserted that the defendants had protested only after the floor debate.
Scholars have long debated whether traditional Egyptian religion ever asserted that the multiple gods were, on a deeper level, unified.
In her debate in Delaware yesterday, the Republican Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell asserted that the estate tax is a "tenet of Marxism".
Defense lawyers asserted that the defendants had no intention of disrupting proceedings and did not protest until the floor debate had ended.
