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Andrea Salinas: “The right wing republicans have a stranglehold on their…”

Featuring: Andrea Salinas, Democratic | U.S. House, Oregon, District 6

November 2022 elections_ Congressional District 6

Published September 30, 2022 | Video Starts at 24:05

We've seen too many years of political fighting and rancor, and we just need to get back to making sure that we shore up the democracy that I think we all want to uphold. But The right wing republicans have a stranglehold on their party right now. And I think people fear that that democracy is being undermined. And so making sure that is first and foremost that families get out of COVID because we have not fully recovered from COVID And I think we're seeing it in our hospital systems. (24:05–24:11)

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Andrea Salinas

“I have been serving in the legislature since 2017.”
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“A lack of federal paid family and medical leave means that new parents have to make hard choices when it comes to providing for their…”
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“A $7.25 minimum wage means people can work a full time job and really not be able to keep a roof over their head.”
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“Every day that the federal government fails to combat our climate crisis really places marginalized communities and businesses at risk.”
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“Since joining the Oregon House in 2017, I have been a champion for working families.”
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“Along with laws curbing carbon pollution and phasing out dirty coal, and setting us on a path to a clean energy future.”
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“Ensuring the strongest reproductive rights law in the country.”
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“Economists have shown that canceling student debt, as President Biden suggesting, frees up hundreds of thousands of young people to buy…”
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“I think Congress needs to step in and make the legislative and statutory changes.”
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“We haven't really addressed [the high cost of education].”
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“I do think lifting the crushing burden of debt off an entire generation of future innovators, entrepreneurs, small businesses, will free…”
November 2022 elections_ Congressional District 6 | Uploaded September 30, 2022 | 09:17-09:32
“The ad was based on a police report that was written up six years ago.”
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“We stated the charges that were in the police report, in the ad.”
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“I think the way Mister Erickson characterizes his behavior is very different than what you'll read in the police report.”
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“I think it said he was the police officer who wrote up the report basically said he left a bar.”
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“We did not put all of that in the ad.”
November 2022 elections_ Congressional District 6 | Uploaded September 30, 2022 | 21:02-21:05
“We just put the facts on the air to clarify some hypocrisy.”
November 2022 elections_ Congressional District 6 | Uploaded September 30, 2022 | 21:06-21:12
“I think voters are done with hypocrisy, with politicians saying one thing and doing the other.”
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“We had years of that under the Trump administration.”
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“Some of the extremists in Washington, DC right now still behave the same way.”
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“I think it's something like 89, 90% of the bills that we have passed in the Oregon legislature are bipartisan.”
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“Families get out of COVID because we have not fully recovered from COVID.”
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“We have unlimited giving [in campaign finance].”
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“The Democratic Party of Oregon did not like the bill that I introduced and tried to push in the last session.”
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“I've been accused of not supporting the, you know, law enforcement with adequate funding, and that is not true.”
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“My dad was a police officer for over 30 years.”
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“He was undercover for many of those years.”
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“I voted to increase police funding by $34 million.”
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“We are seeing it in our hospital systems.”
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“I would like to see demilitarization of our law enforcement as well.”
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“I sponsored legislation to reduce recidivism and break the cycle of crime, especially for young offenders.”
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“The bill that we passed tried to give law enforcement enough discretion to know when something is unsafe.”
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“In 2020, for the first time ever, guns were the number one cause of death for children.”
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“Here in Oregon, I helped to pass legislation that will protect children.”
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“We have some safe storage laws that I think will help to save lives and certainly children's lives across the state.”
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“I would like to see other common sense safety legislation that we have passed or that, you know, like universal background checks and red…”
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“I helped to pass a bill to provide overtime pay for our farm workers.”
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“We don't have enough labor. And that is, you know, it's, it's a hardship. It's a hardship not just, you know, in our farms and agriculture…”
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“Our economy relies on immigration work.”
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“We have families and kids who are going to school here who, and they're split households, too, right? Some who are of, who are American…”
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“I would like to see that addressed in Congress because I think we do need to do it nationwide.”
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“I would love to continue to make sure that all workers across the US are paid for overtime as well.”
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“We brought growers to the table. We brought dairy to the table. We brought the wine industry to the table.”
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“The wine industry was very helpful in helping us get this bill passed.”
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“We included five years of transition outlays for them to help pay for their workers.”
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“In the first year, it's 100% of the additional labor costs.”
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“I have never stated that I do not care about farmers. That statement has never been made.”
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“We did this five year phase and have a very robust appropriation to help them transition to that overtime pay.”
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“I would have voted for the Inflation Reduction act for many reasons, but really because it made the largest investment in clean, renewable…”
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“This is something that Senator Wyden has been working on for over ten years.”
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“It will directly impact companies and businesses right here in Oregon.”
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“It will help not only, well, actually three, energy independence. So not being reliant on some of those dictatorships around the world for…”
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“We need to reduce our carbon footprint, not here in just Oregon, but across the United States, across the globe.”
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“It will set us on a path where we can take advantage and really bring tens of thousands of jobs here to Oregon.”
November 2022 elections_ Congressional District 6 | Uploaded September 30, 2022 | 58:03-58:11
“It will help reduce consumers utility bills.”
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“It will help reduce the cost of prescription drugs for our seniors to be able to negotiate Medicare drug prices.”
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“It will help to actually, for people who are on life saving insulin, it will help them to be able to afford that insulin.”
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“It will help expand access to healthcare for people who don't have it right now.”
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