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BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGPE) - For those who mightiness person missed it, present are the apical six notable questions and answers from Wednesday's statement betwixt David Valadao and Rudy Salas.
Both candidates are competing to correspond the Central Valley successful California's 22nd Congressional District. They met connected signifier astatine the KGET News Station successful Bakersfield to sermon a scope of subjects that included location insurance, the California dream, medicine, the outgo of living, termination and the Southern Border.
Southern Border
Rudy Salas was asked wherever the wealth would travel from to assistance unafraid the United States' confederate borderline with Mexico. Salas' effect referenced the migration process, stating that "people are inactive frightened astir the rhetoric that's inactive coming retired from the different side."
"Congress really had an migration borderline deal. But it was the Republicans successful Congress that really stopped it," said Salas.
In effect to the question, David Valadao suggested expanding the fig of unit astatine the borderline to woody with those illegally crossing and investing successful exertion similar autonomous cameras.
"They assistance spot radical and really way them truthful that we tin nonstop Border Patrol agents to the close spot, marque definite they interact with them, and hopefully crook them astir oregon process them erstwhile we cognize who they are," said Valadao.
Abortion
Rudy Salas was asked astir his enactment of termination and his co-sponsoring of a measurement to enshrine termination rights successful California's constitution.
"I person ever believed that this determination should beryllium near betwixt a woman, her doctor, and wrong her ain faith," said Salas. "Women should person the state to take what happens with their ain bodies, and to find their own. I would permission it up to the experts."
David Valadao was asked astir his presumption connected termination rights, specifically connected a 15-week national termination ban.
"I would ballot no. I bash not enactment a nationalist termination ban. I deliberation since the Dobbs decision, it's been near up to the authorities and the states are going to negociate it," said Valadao. "I americium pro-life. I bash enactment the exceptions. Rape, incest, the beingness of the mother. And I bash enactment IVF."
Cost of Living
In effect to a caller Emerson College Nexstar Media canvass showing that 62% of voters successful California's 22nd Congressional District had to take betwixt paying for groceries oregon paying for utilities, some candidates were asked for a circumstantial fig connected what a liveable minimum wage should be.
"There's nary fig to give," said David Valadao. "Each authorities should person the close to marque their ain decisions. You can't person the national minimum wage erstwhile you've got states similar Kentucky and Arkansas and others wherever evidently outgo of surviving is simply a batch less."
Valadao added that California's rising outgo of surviving is successful portion owed to the actions of the authorities authorities - but Salas responded to that accusation by saying that helium fought against those rising costs.
"I supported the minimum wage present successful California. We should wage radical what they're worth. I cognize Mr. Valadao talked astir him voting against a $7.25 minimum wage for immoderate worker. I don't cognize anybody who tin unrecorded disconnected a wage of $7.25, which helium voted against."
California Dream
Both candidates were asked whether oregon not the California Dream was dead.
Salas said helium is trying to marque the American Dream affordable for everyone. He spoke astir his upbringing and however helium understands however hard it tin beryllium to wage the bills - which helium says has encouraged him to absorption connected lowering costs.
"I grew up successful a single-family household with 1 income," said Salas. "I cognize what it means to enactment other shifts and to enactment overtime to wage the bills."
Valadao said the California Dream is not dead, but helium believes radical are leaving the authorities due to the fact that of bureaucratic reddish portion and the expenses that travel with it, claiming
"Sacramento has turned into a measure factory," said Valadao.
He says regulations request to beryllium changed to marque homes cheaper.
"For idiosyncratic to physique a home, one-third of the outgo is the regulatory process," said Valadao. "A $300,000 home, $100,000 of that is conscionable paperwork due to the fact that Sacramento thinks it's important to bash paperwork."
Insure Act
A national reinsurance program, the Insure Act, was introduced by Congressmember Adam Schiff successful January arsenic a safeguard for Californians arsenic security groups permission homeowners with cumulatively less options.
When asked however helium would vote, Valadao said helium believes due wood absorption is the cardinal to reducing location security costs.
"If we did a amended occupation astatine managing our forests, we would person much disposable lumber, much disposable supplies to physique homes," said Valadao. "If we neglect to negociate our forests, we volition person much fires and much replacement costs."
Valadao besides says the precocious density of trees harms the h2o supply.
"Overpopulation of trees absorbs excessively overmuch water, and it doesn't let america to person that h2o successful retention truthful we tin usage it for irrigation and our communities."
When asked whether the enactment could promote much improvement successful disaster-prone areas, Salas said it is captious to support the assemblage harmless by keeping them informed connected the risks. He besides stressed that Central Valley residents request to beryllium capable to spend their security - a information the enactment would provide.
Gas Prices
Congressman Josh Harder introduced authorities that would suspend the national state tax: some candidates were asked however they would ballot connected that.
Rudy Salas said helium understands that radical successful the Central Valley person to thrust for everything and asserts that helium would enactment the suspension of the state tax. He says that helium was the lone Democrat successful the State Assembly to ballot nary connected the tax, which resulted successful him being stripped of his committee chairmanship.
“I took a beating for it, I was punished for lasting up for Central Valley families for voting nary connected the state tax,” said Salas.
Valadao said helium would besides enactment the suspension. He said the 18-cent summation would beryllium adjuvant but understands that California already has the highest substance prices successful the nation. He said helium was determination to assistance forestall the 50-cent taxation from being implemented, and warns that California Democrats volition proceed to rise prices.
During this segment, some candidates besides took purpose astatine 1 another. Valadao claimed that Salas voted for a taxation that would rise state prices by 73 cents; Salas claimed that portion helium has taken enactment by voting connected bills to trim state taxes, Valadao has yet to ballot connected immoderate bills to trim state taxes.
You tin ticker the afloat statement successful the main video subordinate above.
