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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (KGPE/KTXL) - For anyone who whitethorn person missed the statement betwixt Republican incumbent Rep. John Duarte and Democratic challenger Adam Gray, present are the apical six large moments from Thursday's clash betwixt candidates.
Minimum wage
On minimum wage, Gray said helium did not enactment raising the minimum wage to $18 an hour, arsenic projected successful Proposition 32. Gray described the San Joaquin Valley's system arsenic "very different" to that of the large municipality areas of San Francisco oregon Los Angeles.
"I deliberation wages request to beryllium due for the regions."
Gray called alternatively for ostentation to beryllium brought nether power to resoluteness the request for minimum wage increases. When asked if determination was a circumstantial minimum wage magnitude helium could support, Gray reiterated that antithetic parts of the authorities person antithetic needs.
Duarte besides said helium would not enactment raising the minimum wage to $18 an hr and adds the contented affecting moving families successful the Central Valley cannot beryllium fixed by expanding the minimum wage.
He says these policies thin to pursuit employers distant and termination jobs that young adults and immigrants request to participate the "American economy."
"I'd similar to spot everybody marque $20 an hr oregon more, but is not realistic and if we prosecute that done a minimum wage policy, we are gonna extremity up chasing jobs distant and making matters worse," helium said.
Reproductive rights and abortion
On termination and reproductive rights, pursuing the overturning of Roe v. Wade, Gray said helium would ballot to codify Roe v. Wade into national instrumentality if helium was fixed the accidental to ballot for it.
"Congress ought to instrumentality the accidental to support our rights astatine the national level."
On the question of termination limits, Gray said helium wanted to instrumentality to erstwhile Roe v. Wade allowed the treatment "where a doc and a pistillate volition marque the reproductive wellness choices that are medically appropriate."
Duarte, connected the different hand, did not clarify whether helium would codify Roe v. Wade and alternatively answered that helium "would look into it", adding helium would request to spot the measure archetypal successful bid to motion it. This reply prompted Gray to impeach Duarte of being "dishonest."
Endorsing statesmanlike candidates
When asked which campaigner for president helium endorsed, Adam Gray said helium "absolutely" endorsed Kamala Harris.
"Even Dick Cheney. Dick Cheney is supporting Kamala Harris for president."
Duarte, connected the different hand, confirmed his enactment for Donald Trump arsenic president.
Affordable housing
On affordable housing, Gray called for much spending connected infrastructure from the national authorities to assistance streamline gathering and bring successful much supply.
"That's thing the national authorities has been absent successful doing."
Gray besides called for occupation grooming programs to bring successful caller electricians and plumbers, which helium says would make a "major renaissance" successful California homebuilding.
Duarte blames California authorities regulations, specified arsenic star sheet requirements and sprinklers, for precocious lodging costs and suggests allocating backing to infrastructure plans that would trim these requirements and truthful little costs.
"So we tin walk our infrastructure dollars and we tin trim our requirements connected caller location builders and we tin get h2o wherever it needs to be, that is however we get homes affordable," helium said.
High-speed rail
On high-speed rail, Adam Gray called for the task to beryllium brought on-time connected and connected fund - but would enactment further backing for it.
"High-speed obstruction has provided 14,200 families successful the San Joaquin Valley with truly bully jobs. That helps them spend a location and rise their children. We don't privation to locomotion distant from that but astatine the aforesaid clip we request these projects to beryllium connected clip and connected budget."
John Duarte, connected the different hand, states that helium would not supply much backing to the project. He says those funds should beryllium directed to different priorities specified arsenic much h2o attraction plants and freeway lanes, arsenic good arsenic different infrastructure issues.
"We person truthful galore priorities that we could amended beingness with due infrastructure investment."
He adds that helium would termination the high-speed obstruction task and wants to determination the backing to section region governments truthful they tin determine what to bash with it.
Electric conveyance mandates
When asked astir a authorities mandate forcing caller conveyance buyers to acquisition electrical vehicles, Adam Gray was asked if helium agreed with that requirement.
"No, I deliberation it's thing that tin beryllium handled successful the marketplace. What I deliberation the authorities should bash really is put successful the infrastructure we would request if and erstwhile radical take to determination to an electrical vehicle."
Duarte agreed with that, saying that moving families successful the San Joaquin Valley are not going to beryllium capable to spend an electrical car owed to precocious PG&E bills and the deficiency of a powerfulness grid to enactment it.
"None of the moving families successful the vale are choosing electrical vehicles."
The statement was hosted successful Sacramento, California and was moderated by CBS47’s Brian Dorman and FOX40’s Nikki Laurenzo.
