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Eugene DePasquale: “Project 2025 happening, at least as far as the Republican…”

Featuring: Eugene DePasquale, Former Candidate, Pennsylvania Attorney General

On The Issues: Eugene DePasquale, Democrat for PA Attorney General

Published August 30, 2024 | Video Starts at 04:52

… the election, working in the transition to make sure that the voters will is what is upheld. Beyond that, reproductive freedom. Because we certainly know that is under threat with Project 2025 happening, at least as far as the Republican platform goes. Not saying every Republican is for that, but as far as the national Republicans in this project 2025 and then beyond that, we have to make sure that we are … (04:52–04:59)

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“Women of color and maternal care. They are dying at a much higher rate than, than people that are, that are, you know, mostly white women.”
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“The science has moved on. [Marijuana] is not a gateway drug to other areas.”
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“Pennsylvania is a state that still does not have [workplace protection for the LGBTQ community].”
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“We now have a historic opioid settlement.”
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“If they are in for 28 days or less, the data I've seen and the data my investigation, Joe, is that that is just not effective.”
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“We got to have people in facilities for at least 90 days, if not more.”
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“The first thing we have to do is make sure our democracy is safe and secure and making sure that whoever the voters picked is the one that…”
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“It's basically a 900 page manifesto put together by, you know, think tank DC Conservatives, which a lot of them are involved in the Trump…”
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“They want the ability to come track that woman down, get her private health care data, report miscarriages, report other private health care…”
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“If we did that same procedure today in Florida, Texas, I think it's Idaho, Utah and Oklahoma, that would be a crime that could have led to…”
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“I believe there should be universal background checks. I think that should include mental health checks.”
On The Issues: Eugene DePasquale, Democrat for PA Attorney General | Uploaded August 30, 2024 | 07:42-07:48
“We've got to invest in public education. We've got to, you know, have smart crime prevention strategies.”
On The Issues: Eugene DePasquale, Democrat for PA Attorney General | Uploaded August 30, 2024 | 08:52-09:00
“We do have to be tough on people that harm other individuals, whether that be through firearms or other forms of violence.”
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“I will make sure that we punish those individuals as well. We cannot just punish the person that pulls the trigger.”
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“People on SEPTA have a right to be safe.”
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“We were not able to have health insurance because [my brother] had a preexisting condition.”
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“They want to repeal the Affordable Care Act.”
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“If you repeal it without anything else to replace it, that means protections for people with preexisting conditions goes away.”
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“We are losing access to rural health care all over Pennsylvania.”
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“The legislature is considering giving the Attorney General power to block hospital mergers.”
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“People that are low income and in rural, more sparsely populated areas, they are losing access to health care.”
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“You have a state constitutional right to clean air and pure water.”
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“The government should not be telling people what to read.”
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“I've done investigations that have led to a cleaner environment, safer nursing homes.”
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“The attorney general's office gets boatloads of calls on consumer fraud.”
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“I became the first legislator to post my expenses online.”
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“Helped rewrite the state's open record law, helped make sure that the legislature was more open and accountable to the people of the state.”
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“Passed the largest alternative energy bill in Pennsylvania history during my first term.”
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“Further actions led to banning texting while driving.”
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“Finding the untested rape kits and the child protection work... going to have a lot of impact in protecting people.”
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“My investigations into our nursing home industry directly led to a greater nurse to patient ratio in those facilities.”
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“My investigations into [crisis pregnancy centers] led to, directly to Governor Shapiro canceling that contract.”
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“My investigation into the untested rape kits led to hundreds of arrests, getting bad people off the street.”
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“My investigation into pharmacy benefit managers directly led to reforms in that law to make sure consumers had lower drug prices.”
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