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Beth Van Duyne: “I feel like we've lost all of the time over the last year at…”

Featuring: Beth Van Duyne, Republican | U.S. House, Texas, District 24

Interview Texas Republican Candidate For 24th Congressional District Beth Van Duyne

Published February 13, 2020 | Video Starts at 20:23

And that includes health care, transportation, border security, trade policies. Those are the things that we should be talking about. I feel like we've lost all of the time over the last year at least. Plus, you know, talking about impeachment, we need to make up for that. I don't know that how popular it's been. I know talking to folks in my district, it has not been popular at all because again, while we're focusing all of … (20:23–20:32)

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“Drug cartels [are] using asylum loopholes to come into our country.”
Interview Texas Republican Candidate For 24th Congressional District Beth Van Duyne | Uploaded February 13, 2020 | 00:46-00:52
“The average age of a child sold into sex slavery is 11.”
Interview Texas Republican Candidate For 24th Congressional District Beth Van Duyne | Uploaded February 13, 2020 | 00:54-00:59
“We had the lowest crime rate in our city's history, and that lasted for nine years.”
Interview Texas Republican Candidate For 24th Congressional District Beth Van Duyne | Uploaded February 13, 2020 | 04:24-04:29
“We became the fifth safest city in the country.”
Interview Texas Republican Candidate For 24th Congressional District Beth Van Duyne | Uploaded February 13, 2020 | 04:28-04:31
“Our property valuations have had double digit growth during the time that I was mayor.”
Interview Texas Republican Candidate For 24th Congressional District Beth Van Duyne | Uploaded February 13, 2020 | 05:06-05:10
“There are victims that are coming over our borders in sex trafficking.”
Interview Texas Republican Candidate For 24th Congressional District Beth Van Duyne | Uploaded February 13, 2020 | 07:47-07:52
“There are folks who right now are suffering from opioid addictions because our borders are open.”
Interview Texas Republican Candidate For 24th Congressional District Beth Van Duyne | Uploaded February 13, 2020 | 07:51-07:57
“We have people right now who are having to make the decision about either spending money on health care or on food because we haven't been…”
Interview Texas Republican Candidate For 24th Congressional District Beth Van Duyne | Uploaded February 13, 2020 | 08:02-08:13
“I am a big fan of increasing the limit for our HSAs, our health system savings accounts.”
Interview Texas Republican Candidate For 24th Congressional District Beth Van Duyne | Uploaded February 13, 2020 | 08:35-08:42
“I lost my health insurance and now I'm paying over $1200 a month for health insurance with a $6000 deductible.”
Interview Texas Republican Candidate For 24th Congressional District Beth Van Duyne | Uploaded February 13, 2020 | 08:44-08:52
“Having a one, you know, one system healthcare where it's a government run, I think is in the wrong direction.”
Interview Texas Republican Candidate For 24th Congressional District Beth Van Duyne | Uploaded February 13, 2020 | 09:06-09:14
“We did not have [sanctuary city policies] in Irving. And what we saw there was tremendous growth, a community that was, that was safe and…”
Interview Texas Republican Candidate For 24th Congressional District Beth Van Duyne | Uploaded February 13, 2020 | 09:27-09:36
“Promises that were made under Obamacare that you're going to be able to keep your own doctor, that prices are going to go down. Those never…”
Interview Texas Republican Candidate For 24th Congressional District Beth Van Duyne | Uploaded February 13, 2020 | 11:37-11:45
“We need to be able to close those loopholes.”
Interview Texas Republican Candidate For 24th Congressional District Beth Van Duyne | Uploaded February 13, 2020 | 13:10-13:13
“We need to put borders where in a wall where, you know, our border patrol agents deem that it's necessary.”
Interview Texas Republican Candidate For 24th Congressional District Beth Van Duyne | Uploaded February 13, 2020 | 13:13-13:20
“We've got almost 22 million people plus that are here now [illegally].”
Interview Texas Republican Candidate For 24th Congressional District Beth Van Duyne | Uploaded February 13, 2020 | 14:15-14:20
“I don't believe a pathway to citizenship is the exact angle that we want to go.”
Interview Texas Republican Candidate For 24th Congressional District Beth Van Duyne | Uploaded February 13, 2020 | 14:19-14:25
“I think getting them out of the shadow so that they can start paying into, you know, paying taxes like the rest of us pay.”
Interview Texas Republican Candidate For 24th Congressional District Beth Van Duyne | Uploaded February 13, 2020 | 14:24-14:33
“We also want to make sure that we don't have criminals on our street.”
Interview Texas Republican Candidate For 24th Congressional District Beth Van Duyne | Uploaded February 13, 2020 | 14:47-14:50
“We need to allow special exceptions for people who are willing to join the military in putting their lives on the line.”
Interview Texas Republican Candidate For 24th Congressional District Beth Van Duyne | Uploaded February 13, 2020 | 15:03-15:11
“I think it sends the wrong message to other folks in other countries that if you're here illegally and you are here long enough and you're…”
Interview Texas Republican Candidate For 24th Congressional District Beth Van Duyne | Uploaded February 13, 2020 | 16:16-16:30
“We are a country of laws and we need to be able to make sure that we're enforcing them and respecting them.”
Interview Texas Republican Candidate For 24th Congressional District Beth Van Duyne | Uploaded February 13, 2020 | 17:32-17:38
“Our NICS database is not even being properly filled.”
Interview Texas Republican Candidate For 24th Congressional District Beth Van Duyne | Uploaded February 13, 2020 | 18:06-18:12
“Prosecutors who are not willing to prosecute crimes, you see judges who are letting people out without actually getting anything on their…”
Interview Texas Republican Candidate For 24th Congressional District Beth Van Duyne | Uploaded February 13, 2020 | 18:36-18:45
“We need to make sure that we are keeping guns out of the hands of folks who have committed violent felonies.”
Interview Texas Republican Candidate For 24th Congressional District Beth Van Duyne | Uploaded February 13, 2020 | 18:49-18:56
“We are blaming law abiding citizens and where we need to be looking at is those folks who are committing crimes.”
Interview Texas Republican Candidate For 24th Congressional District Beth Van Duyne | Uploaded February 13, 2020 | 19:21-19:28