ROY YOURS. MITCH 
SET. YEAH. THAT'S BEEN THROUGH 
JUST ABOUT 14 YEAH YEAH. BROKEN 
HELLO. HELLO. OKAY WE ARE READY 
TO START. IT IS O'CLOCK WANT TO 
BE TIME CERTAIN. HI EVERYONE MY 
NAME'S HOLLY PETTIT AND I'M 
WITH THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS 
AND I'D LIKE TO WELCOME YOU TO 
OUR 2020 ELECTION CANDIDATE 
FORUM SERIES. THIS WILL BE 
THE FOURTH ONE I THINK WE'VE 
DONE THIS MONTH. WE'RE EXCITED 
TO PRESENT THEM IN TONIGHT'S 
FORUM IS FOR UNITED STATES 
REPRESENTATIVE TO CONGRESS. 
DISTRICT 1 THANK YOU TO OUR 
MEDIA PARTNERS KADIMA KEVIN 
MAKI AND CEO OF THE UNION AND 
YOU BURNETT FOR ATTENDING AND 
TO NEVADA COUNTY MEDIA WHOSE 
LIVE STREAMING THIS FORUM AND 
MAKING THE VIDEO AVAILABLE 
LATER ON INTO THE BRIAR PATCH 
FOR HELPING US DO THIS THANKS 
ALSO TO KEVIN MA FOR ITS LIVE 
BROADCAST OF THIS EVENT. WE 
WANT BE SURE THAT ALL 
CONSTITUENTS HAVE ACCESS TO 
THESE FORUMS THEY'RE REALLY 
IMPORTANT THANK YOU TO 
THE CANDIDATES FOR ARRANGING TO 
BE HERE WITH SUCH BUSY BUSY 
SCHEDULES RIGHT NOW. WE WANT TO 
LET YOU KNOW THAT THE LEAGUE OF 
WOMEN VOTERS PRESENTS THESE 
FORUMS TO HELP VOTERS BECOME 
MORE INFORMED ABOUT 
THE CANDIDATES AND 
THE CANDIDATES MORE INFORMED 
ABOUT THE VOTERS. WE DO NOT 
SUPPORT OR OPPOSE POLITICAL 
PARTIES. WE HAVE MANY MANY 
VOTER TOOLS ON OUR WEBSITE 
WHICH IS L W V W NC DOT ORG AND 
WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO VISIT OUR 
SITE FOR LINKS TO THESE TOOLS 
INCLUDING YOUR REGISTRATION 
STATUS AND IF YOUR VOTER 
REGISTRATION IS NO PARTY 
PREFERENCE OR NPP YOU WILL WANT 
TO LISTEN TO NATALIE FROM 
THE REGISTRAR'S OFFICE TO 
UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU NEED TO DO 
TO ENSURE YOUR BALLOT CONTAINS 
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES. NOW 
COME ON DOWN THANKS HOLLY. GOOD 
EVENING EVERYONE THANK YOU FOR 
TAKING A COUPLE OF MINUTES TO 
LISTEN TO ME. I'LL MAKE IT 
PRETTY QUICK AND THEN I'LL GET 
OUT OF YOUR WAY BECAUSE I KNOW 
THAT YOU'RE HERE TO HEAR FROM 
OUR CANDIDATES TONIGHT. SO MOST 
OF YOU WILL GET YOUR BALLOT AND 
NOT THINK TOO MUCH ABOUT WHAT'S 
ON IT BECAUSE YOU KNOW YOU'VE 
GOT A POLITICAL PARTY 
AFFILIATION BUT SOME OF YOU 
LIKE ME DO NOT HAVE A PARTY 
PREFERENCE. WE CALL YOU NO 
PARTY PREFERENCE VOTERS AND SO 
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN IN A 
PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY. WELL IT 
MEANS THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF 
CONFUSING RULES. SO I'VE TRIED 
TO WHITTLE IT DOWN TO JUST 
THREE CHOICES. AND BY THE WAY 
IF YOU WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT 
THOSE CHOICES AND WHY THINGS 
ARE THE WAY THEY ARE WE HAVE 
THESE HANDY POCKET GUIDES OUT 
THE FRONT. AND THEE IS ALSO A 
COUPLE OF OP ADS THAT ARE 
OFFICE IS WRITTEN BUT 
ESSENTIALLY HERE ARE YOUR THREE 
CHOICES. AND THE FIRST ONE IS 
AND IT'S RIGHT INSIDE BY 
THE WAY. SO IF YOU WANT TO VOTE 
FOR ANY PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY 
CANDIDATES FROM THE AMERICAN 
INDEPENDENT PARTY 
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY OR 
THE LIBERTARIAN PARTY THAT'S 
COOL. LET US KNOW. WE WILL GO 
AHEAD AND GET YOU THE BALLOT 
THAT YOU REQUEST. YOU DO NOT 
HAVE TO REREGISTER IN ORDER TO 
DO THAT. IF YOU WANT TO VOTE 
FOR CANDIDATES IN THE GREEN 
PEACE AND FREEDOM OR REPUBLICAN 
PARTIES THAT'S OK TO LET US 
KNOW BUT BECAUSE OF THE PARTY 
RULES YOU MUST REREGISTER IF 
YOU WANT THOSE BALLOTS YOUR 
THIRD CHOICE IS DO NOTHING AND 
THAT'S FINE TOO. YOU'LL GET A 
BALLOT. IT JUST WON'T HAVE 
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES ON IT. 
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT 
BEING A CROSSOVER OR IF YOU 
WANT TO REREGISTER THAT'S FINE. 
WE HAVE REGISTRATION CARDS OUT 
ON THE TABLE IN FRONT. THERE IS 
OUR CONTACT INFORMATION ON 
THE FRONT OF THIS POCKET GUIDE. 
I ALSO ENCOURAGE YOU TO CHECK 
YOUR VOTER REGISTRATION NO 
MATTER HOW LONG YOU'VE BEEN 
REGISTERED TO VOTE NO MATTER 
HOW LONG YOU'VE BEEN A VOTER. 
THAT'S ALWAYS A GOOD IDEA TO 
CHECK BEFOREHAND. YOU DON'T 
WANT TO BE CAUGHT OFF GUARD I 
THINK THAT'S ALL THE TIME WE 
HAVE. SO THANKS VERY MUCH. GIVE 
OUR OFFICE A CALL 5 3 0 2 6 5 1 
2 9 8. IF YOU HAVE ANY 
QUESTIONS. THANKS THANK YOU. 
WE'RE GETTING GOOD AT THESE. 
AND NOW I WOULD LIKE TO 
INTRODUCE OUR MODERATORS LEAVES 
DAZZLER LEE IS A LONGTIME 
RESIDENT OF NEVADA COUNTY AND A 
RECENT LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS 
MEMBER AND MODERATOR TO OUR 
FORUMS. THANK YOU SO MUCH LEE 
GOOD EVENING EVERYONE AND 
WELCOME TO THE CANDIDATES FORUM 
FOR U.S. CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 
1 SPONSORED BY THE LEAGUE OF 
WOMEN VOTERS OF WESTERN NEVADA 
COUNTY. I'M LOUISE ZASLOW. IF 
YOU'RE MODERATOR FOR THIS 
EVENING AND I'D LIKE TO THANK 
HOLLY PETTIT FOR ORGANIZING 
THE FORUM TONIGHT I'D LIKE TO 
GO OVER THIS EVENING'S GROUND 
RULES FOR THE SAKE OF ANY NEW 
AUDIENCE MEMBERS AND FOR OUR 
CANDIDATES. PLEASE TAKE A 
MOMENT TO TURN OFF OR SILENCE 
YOUR CELL PHONE. WE REQUEST 
THAT NO VIDEOS BE TAKEN DURING 
THE FORUM AND CTV IS 
BROADCASTING LIVE AND WE WILL 
HAVE A FULL VIDEO AVAILABLE 
WITHIN A FEW DAYS. AND I THINK 
THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE KAVEH 
M.R. BROADCASTING. YES BOTH OF 
YOU ARE IN BOTH CAVE EMR AND NC 
TV. THANK YOU ADDITIONALLY 
THE FORUM WILL BE TRANSLATED 
INTO SPANISH AND WILL BE 
AVAILABLE THROUGH NC TV IN A 
SHORT WHILE THIS EVENING WE'RE 
PRESENTING THE CANDIDATES TO 
HOLD THE OFFICE OF CONGRESS 
PERSON U.S. DISTRICT 1 THERE 
ARE FIVE CANDIDATES RUNNING 
THREE OF THEM ARE HERE TONIGHT 
AUDREY DENNY RUNNING AS A 
DEMOCRAT JOSEPH LETOURNEAU 
THE FOURTH RUNNING AS AN 
INDEPENDENT AND ROB BIDEN 
RUNNING AS A DEMOCRAT. GREG 
CHEADLE INDEPENDENT COULD NOT 
BE HERE THIS EVENING HE 
COULDN'T GET BACK FROM 
CANDIDATE IN TIME AND OUR 
REPUBLICAN INCUMBENT DOUG LAM 
ALPHA DECLINED TO PARTICIPATE. 
AUDIENCE QUESTIONS WILL BE 
WRITTEN OR PRINTED IF POSSIBLE 
ON INDEX CARDS. WILL OUR CARD 
RUNNERS PLEASE RAISE YOUR HANDS 
ALL RIGHT. THESE FOLKS WILL 
COME AROUND AND EITHER PROVIDE 
YOU WITH A CARD OR PICKUP YOUR 
QUESTION SO PLEASE RAISE YOUR 
HAND IF YOU'D LIKE A CARD OR IF 
YOU ARE READY TO SUBMIT A 
QUESTION? IF YOU THINK YOU 
MIGHT LIKE TO ASK A QUESTION 
PLEASE GET A CARD NOW. IF YOU 
DON'T ALREADY HAVE ONE PLEASE 
ASK QUESTIONS FOR ALL 
CANDIDATES TO ANSWER AND 
REFRAIN FROM ASKING PERSONAL 
QUESTIONS. QUSTIONS WILL BE 
SCREENED TO REMOVE OR 
CONSOLIDATE DUPLICATES AND TO 
REMOVE ALL PERSONAL QUESTIONS 
TO HELP OUR SCREENERS PLEASE 
MAKE QUESTIONS BRIEF AND MOST 
IMPORTANTLY PLEASE MAKE THEM 
LEGIBLE IN ADDITION TO AUDIENCE 
QUESTIONS. WE HAVE A MEDIA 
PANEL WHO WILL POSE VERBAL 
QUESTIONS TO THE CANDIDATES OUR 
MEDIA PANELISTS ARE FROM CAN 
CEO JEFF FLYNN FROM CAVE EMR 
PAUL EMERY FROM THE UNION JOHN 
CARONA AND FROM YOU A BIT 
SORRY. SAM GARY THAT'S A 
DIFFERENT REPORTER BUT HE'S 
WITH US TOO HUH. OK. I'M SORRY 
COULD WE HAVE YOUR NAME PLEASE. 
SURE. IT'S SAM COREY SAM COREY. 
THANK YOU AND FROM YOU'VE BEEN 
AT PASCAL FOODS HOLA CANDIDATES 
WILL HAVE TWO MINUTES APIECE 
FOR OPENING AND CLOSING 
STATEMENTS ONE AND A HALF 
MINUTES APIECE TO ANSWER 
QUESTIONS AND 30 SECONDS FOR 
ANY REBUTTALS CANDIDATES WILL 
ALTERNATE IN THEIR ORDER OF 
ANSWERING QUESTIONS. WE DREW 
NUMBERS A FEW MINUTES AGO TO 
DETERMINE WHO WILL GO FIRST FOR 
OPENING STATEMENTS AND THAT 
WILL BE MISSED DENNY COURTESY 
IS PARAMOUNT FOR A SMOOTH 
RUNNING EVENT. CANDIDATES WILL 
NOT INTERRUPT EAH OTHER 
THE CANDIDATE WILL HAVE 
THE FLOOR UNTIL THE TIME IS UP. 
OUR TIMER'S TONIGHT OUR JEFF 
PETTIT AND DOUG BIONDI THEY 
WILL ENSURE THAT CANDIDATES 
STAY WITHIN THE ALLOTTED TIME 
TIMERS HAVE CARDS. THEY'LL HOLD 
UP TO INDICATE 30 SECONDS LEFT 
TO SPEAK AND TIME'S UP IF A 
CANDIDATE IS SPEAKING WHEN 
THE TIME'S UP CARD IS GIVEN 
THEY MAY FINISH THEIR SENTENCE. 
CANDIDATES WE ASK FOR A NO RUN 
ON OR COMPOUND SENTENCES. AT 
TIMES PLEASE THE AUDIENCE WE 
ASK THAT YOU HOLD YOUR APPLAUSE 
UNTIL THE END OF THE FORUM TO 
SHOW THE CANDIDATES AS MUCH 
TIME TO ALLOW THE CANDIDATES AS 
MUCH TIME AS POSSIBLE TO 
EXPRESS THEIR VIEWS ON 
THE ISSUES. WHICH IS I TRUST. 
WHY. WHY WE ARE ALL HERE. 
PLEASE REFRAIN FROM OUTBURSTS 
IN OTHER WORDS. PLEASE DO NOT 
CHEER BOO HISS STOMP OR 
ANYTHING OF THE SORT. WE HAVE 
PROVIDED THE NON-PARTISAN 
SETTING FOR UNDECIDED VOTERS TO 
HEAR ALL POSITIONS. SO ANY 
DEMONSTRATIONS OF SUPPORT OR 
OPPOSITION TO THE CANDIDATES OR 
THEIR POSITIONS WILL BE 
CONSIDERED OUT OF ORDER. NOW 
IT'S TIME TO MEET 
THE CANDIDATES FOR U.S. 
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 1 BASED 
ON THE NUMBER SELECTION OUR 
FIRST CANDIDATE TO GIVE AN 
OPENING STATEMENT WILL BE 
AUDREY DANNY WELL GOOD EVENING 
FRIENDS IT IS A JUST A GREAT 
JOY TO BE BACK IN NEVADA COUNTY 
NEVADA COUNTY. WHO WAS 
THE COUNTY ONE OF THE COUNTIES 
THAT CONGRESSMAN LAMAR FOR WON 
EVERY SINGLE YEAR UNTIL 2018 
WHEN YOU HELPED ME FLIP 
THE SCRIPT AND WE WON THIS 
COUNTY WITH OVER 55 PERCENT OF 
THE VOTE IN 18 AND WHERE WE'RE 
GUNNING FOR 60 PERCENT IN 2020. 
FOLKS THIS SHOULD NOT COME AS A 
SURPRISE TO ANYONE IN THIS ROOM 
BUT OUR POLITICAL SYSTEM IN DC 
IS BROKEN. HYPER PARTISANSHIP 
HAS GRIDLOCKED OUR SYSTEM AND 
CAREER POLITICIANS LIE IN THEIR 
TIME BEING RESPONSIVE TO THEIR 
BIG DONORS AND AND NOT US 
THE PEOPLE THAT THEY SWORE TO 
REPRESENT. FOLKS THIS THIS 
BROKENNESS AND THIS GRIDLOCK 
HAS CREATED APATHY AN ENTIRE 
GENERATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE WHO 
DON'T BELIEVE THAT THEIR VOICE 
OR THEIR VOTE MATTERS BUT THAT 
ENDS TODAY BECAUSE THE PEOPLE 
IN THIS ROOM THE PEOPLE 
WATCHING ON TV AND THE PEOPLE 
ACROSS THIS DISTRICT WE HAVE 
THE POWER TO CHANGE THE SYSTEM 
WE HAVE THE POWER TO MAKE IT 
WORK BETTER. FOLKS WE 
THE PEOPLE HAVE THE POWER TO 
LEVEL OF OUR GOVERNMENTS THAT  
ARE TRUE PUBLIC SERVANTS. WE 
THE PEOPLE HAVE THE POWER TO 
ELECT A REPRESENTATIVE WHO 
REJECTS CORPORATE PAC MONEY AND 
IS ONLY RESPONSIBLE TO YOU AND 
WE THE PEOPLE WE THE PEOPLE CAN 
HEAL THE BROKENNESS OF OUR 
COUNTRY BY LEANING INTO OUR 
CORE BELIEF THAT EVERY HUMAN IS 
INHERENTLY EQUAL AND WORTH AND 
RIGHTS AND DIGNITY. AND BY 
LOOKING AT OUR FELLOW AMERICANS 
AS AMERICANS FIRST RATHER THAN 
REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS I'M 
AUDREY DENNY AND I'M RUNNING 
FOR CONGRESS TO BE YOUR PUBLIC 
SERVANT TO FIGHT FOR AND WORK 
FOR EACH OF YOU THANK YOU. NEXT 
WE'LL HEAR FROM MR. LET HER 
KNOW THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR 
HAVING US. IT'S TRULY AN HONOR 
AND A PRIVILEGE TO BE HERE TO 
GET TO KNOW YOU. I'M LOOKING 
FORWARD HAVING A CHANCE 
AFTERWARDS TO VISIT A LITTLE 
BIT MORE AS WE SAID. MY NAME IS 
JOSEPH LETOURNEAU. I'M SURE YOU 
DON'T KNOW ME VERY WELL AS IS 
EXPECTED. MY FAMILY IS HERE AS 
WELL AND THEY ARE A GREAT WAY 
TO GET TO KNOW ME. I'M 38 MY 
WIFE DESTINY AND I HAVE BEEN 
MARRIED A LITTLE OVER 18 YEARS 
WE HAVE SEVEN KIDS. OUR SEVENTH 
WAS BORN WAS JUST TURNED A 
MONTH OLD YESTERDAY ACTUALLY 
AND HER NAME IS HOLLY AND SHE'S 
HERE WITH US TONIGHT SO IF YOU 
HAPPEN TO HEAR SOME CRYING OH 
PLEASE BEAR WITH US. BUT WE. 
MOST OF WHAT WE DO WHETHER IT'S 
RUNNING FOR CONGRESS OR 
TRAVELING OVERSEAS IS DONE AS A 
FAMILY AND THREE OF OUR OLDER 
GIRLS COULDN'T MAKE IT HERE 
TONIGHT AND THEY'RE WITH US IN 
SPIRIT. AND THEY THEY ARE A BIG 
REASON WHY WE ARE HERE RIGHT 
NOW. THEY'RE A REASON WHY I'M 
HERE AND WHY I'M STEPPING INTO 
THIS RACE BECAUSE OF THEIR 
BELIEF AND THAT THEY HAVE BEEN 
PART OF EVERYTHING WE'VE DONE 
AROUND THE WORLD TO EMPOWER 
PEOPLE AND TO GO BEYOND 
THE POLITICAL ROUND THAT YOU 
REFERENCE SO WELL THAT IS 
BREAKING OUR SOCIETY. YOU KNOW 
THERE'S THIS HUGE DIVIDE RIGHT 
NOW DOWN THE CENTER OF RED AND 
BLUE BUT I DON'T ALWAYS BELIEVE 
THAT WAS A DIVIDING LINE. I 
THINK IT USED TO BE THE WAY 
FORWARD BUT AT SOME POINT WE 
TURNED ON ONE ANOTHER AND WE 
STARTED SEEING THE WORST 
INSTEAD OF THE BEST. AND THAT 
IS WHY WE ARE RUNNING IS 
THE CAPTURE A VISION AGAIN AND 
POINT BACK NUMBER ONE IS 
THE PEOPLE AND HOW CAN WE TURN 
FORWARD TOGETHER AND SEE THAT 
VISION. AND LIKE WE USED TO 
EVEN AMIDST OUR DIFFERENCES 
WALK THAT PATH AND PAVE IT 
AGAIN TO THE CULTURE AND 
THE SOCIETY THAT WE'RE ALL 
LONGING FOR THANK YOU SO MUCH 
FOR HAVING US THANK YOU. NEXT 
WE'LL HEAR FROM MR. LEYDEN GOOD 
EVENING AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR 
TIME AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO 
ADDRESS YOU THIS EVENING. LET 
ME INTRODUCE MYSELF. NOT AS A 
MEANS OF SELF AGGRANDIZEMENT 
BUT RATHER TO PROVIDE SOME 
INSIGHT TO MY MOTIVATIONS AND 
CHARACTER AND DO THAT THROUGH 
REVEALING MY PAST. I WAS BORN 
IN MARYSVILLE RAISED IN REDDING 
IN CHICO MY CHILDREN WERE BORN 
IN PARADISE ATTENDED BUTTE 
COLLEGE IN CHICO STATE WENT ON 
TIBETAN FREE SCHOOL AT UC DAVIS 
I STRUGGLED WITH ADHD WILL 
STILL DO TO BE HONEST THOUGH 
NOW I SEE THAT AS A STRENGTH I 
BELIEVED IN WORKERS HAVE BEEN 
AN AREA IN THE NORTH STATE 
SINCE I GRADUATED UC DAVIS IN 
THAT TIME I'VE HAD 
THE PRIVILEGE OF SHARING LIFE 
AND DEATH WITH LARGE NUMBERS OF 
PEOPLE THROUGH MY WORK. I'VE 
HAD TH CHANCE TO MAKE MEMORIES 
TO GET TO KNOW HOPES AND FEARS 
DREAMS CONCERNS OF THE PEOPLE I 
SERVED AS A VETERINARIAN OVER 
THE LAST COUPLE OF DECADES. 
MANY OF THEM LIKE US ORDINARY 
PEOPLE WHO'VE DONE AND ARE 
DOING EXTRAORDINARY THINGS THEY 
DO IT THROUGH PLANNING HARD 
WORK AND PERSEVERANCE WE'RE 
LESS CONCERNED ABOUT 
THE SUCCESS OF OUR OWN AGENDAS 
THAN IN HAVING GOOD CHARACTER. 
WE'RE MORE FOCUSED ON PAYING IT 
FORWARD. GETTING THE JOB DONE 
DONE ON WHICH IDEOLOGY OR PARTY 
IS IN THE ASCENDANCY NOW 
SEVERAL YEARS AGO I WATCHED AN 
EMBARRASSMENT AS A SENATE 
MAJORITY LEADER AND THE SPEAKER 
OF THE HOUSE TOOK OUR NATION 
NATION HOSTAGE AND SHUT 
THE GOVERNMENT DOWN OVER 
PARTISAN POLITICS. I REMEMBER 
YELLING AT MY WINDSHIELD I 
LISTENED TO THE RADIO. WE CAN 
DO BETTER THAN THIS. I CAN DO 
BETTER THAN THIS. I IMMEDIATELY 
HEARD HIS VOICE REPLYING WELL 
WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT 
IT? THIS CAMPAIGN IS 
THE RESULT. I'M AN ORDINARY 
PERSON DOING SOMETHING ABOUT 
IT. I LIVE MY LIFE CONDUCT MY 
AFFAIRS BY THREE PRINCIPLES. 
YES WE CAN IT MAY NOT LOOK LIKE 
WE EXPECT AND THAT'S OK. IT'S 
NOT ABOUT ME. I INTEND TO TAKE 
THAT PERSPECTIVE WITH ME WHEN 
ELECTED. THANK YOU THANK YOU 
VERY MUCH WILL BEGIN 
THE QUESTIONS WITH A QUESTION 
FROM THE MEDIA STARTING WITH 
KATIE M. R. PAUL MARIE YOU'RE 
RUNNING FOR AN OFFICE TO 
REPRESENT CALFORNIA IN 
WASHINGTON D.C. AND A 
PARTICULAR PART OF CALIFORNIA 
BE IN THIS KIND OF NORTH 
EASTERN CLUMP THAT GOES ALL 
THE WAY TO THE OREGON BORDER 
WHAT ARE THE ISSUES THAT YOU 
FEEL ARE MOST IMPORTANT. 
RELATIONSHIP TO THE FEDERAL 
GOVERNMENT FOR THIS REGION OF 
CALIFORNIA THAT YOU WILL BE 
REPRESENTING IF YOU CAN WIN IS 
THERE AN ORDER I'M SORRY. WE 
START WITH YOU MISS STANDING 
WITH ME I ET TO GO FIRST. PAUL 
THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. I 
SPENT THE LAST TWO YEARS AND A 
COUPLE OF MONTHS OF MY LIFE 
GETTING TO TRAEL AROUND THIS 
BEAUTIFUL PART OF THE WORLD ARE 
OUR ELEVEN COUNTIES MAKE UP A 
LANDMASS ALMOST THE SIZE OF 
THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND 
JUST BIGGER THAN THE SIZE OF 
WEST VIRGINIA. THERE ARE 10 
STATES IN THE UNION THAT ARE 
SMALLER THAN OUR CONGRESSIONAL 
DISTRICT. AND AS I'VE GOTTEN TO 
TRAVEL AROUND THE DISTRICT I'VE 
GOTTEN TO SIT WITH FARMERS 
RANCHERS AND LOGGERS AND 
TEACHERS AND ENVIRONMENTALISTS 
AND LEADERS OF OUR NATION MET 
NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBES. I'VE 
SAT WITH SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS 
AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS 
TIME AND TIME AGAIN. I HAVE 
I'VE ASKED THEM WHAT WHAT 
THE ISSUES THAT THEY FACE ARE 
BECAUSE WHEN I STARTED RUNNING 
I WAS A 33 YEAR OLD TEACHER AND 
I DID NOT HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS 
TO ALL OF THE DIVERSE AND 
COMPLEX AND INTERCONNECTED 
CHALLENGES THAT FACE OUR AREA. 
AND AFTER THIS TWO YEARS I CAN 
SAFELY SAY THAT THE NUMBER TWO 
AND THE NUMBER ONE ISSUES THAT 
ARE ON MY POLICY PLATFORM ARE 
THE BIGGEST ISSUES FACING OUR 
PART OF THE WORLD AND THT'S 
ADDRESSING OUR FORESTS HEALTH 
AND OUR FIRE PREVENTION ISSUES 
MAKING SURE THAT WE RESTORE OUR 
FOREST TO A STATE OF ECOLOGICAL 
HEALTH THAT WILL MITIGATE OUR 
RISK AND RESTORE GOOD JOBS TO 
OUR AREA AND ALSO FIXING OUR 
BROKEN HEALTH CARE SYSTEM 
ESPECIALLY ESPECIALLY AS IT 
RELATES TO RURAL HEALTH CARE. 
AND I SURE HOPE WE GET TO TALK 
ABOUT BOTH OF THOSE IN DEPTH 
LATER THANK YO MR. LETOURNEAU 
WE'E LIVED UP IN MCCLOUD FOR 
ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF NOW AN 
I'D BEEN UP IN THE DISTRICT A 
LITTLE BEFORE THAT. DURING OUR 
TIME IN REDDING I THINK WE'VE 
FALLEN IN LOVE WITH THIS PART 
OF THE COUNTRY BECAUSE I WAS 
BORN IN FRESNO IN THE CENTRAL 
VALLEY OF CALIFORNIA LIVE THERE 
A GOOD BIT IN MY LIFE AND THEN 
GREW UP REALLY AND MET MY WIFE 
IN COLORADO AND UP HERE FEELS A 
LITTLE BIT LIKE A COMBO OF 
BOTH. IT'S LIKE GETTING A 
LITTLE MIXTURE OF COLORADO AND 
CALIFORNIA AT THE SAME TIME AND 
WHEN WE MOVED TO MCCLOUD I FELT 
LIKE WE MOVED TO THIS SMALL 
LITTLE HALLMARK TOWN AND WE'RE 
USED TO STEPPING ACROSS OCEANS 
AND TRAVELING ALL OVER 
THE WORLD IN OUR WORK. AND 
INSTEAD IT FELT LIKE WE WERE 
STEPPING INTO THIS TINY LITTLE 
SNOW GLOBE BUT IT CAME ALIVE IN 
SO MANY WAYS AND I THINK IT WAS 
SUCH A PRIME EXAMPLE THAT WE 
FOUND A RIVER WE GO WHICH IS 
THE GOOD HEARTEDNESS OF 
COMMUNITY FAMILY THINGS THAT 
ARE STILL THERE THAT THE REST 
OF OUR COUNTRY NEEDS AND 
STARTED COACHING ONE OF OUR 
DAUGHTERS BASKETBALL TO HELP 
HER DREAM CONTINUE IN THAT WAY 
AND SO IT'S TAKEN US ALL OVER 
THE DISTRICT AND WE'VE GOT TO 
WORK AND VOLUNTEER IN 
THE SCHOOL LAST YEAR. 
EMPOWERING YOUNG LEADERS AT A 
HIGH SCHOOL BUT I THINK ONE OF 
THE BIGGEST ISSUES WE FOUND 
WHILE DOING THAT AND TRAVELING 
TO DIFFERENT SCHOOLS IS SOME OF 
THE APATHY AMONG OUR YOUTH. AND 
IF THERE TRULY ARE A FUTURE 
IT'S ONE THING TO SAY THAT BUT 
IF WE'RE GOING TO BELIEVE IN 
THAT WE HAVE TO INVEST IT IN A 
DIFFERENT WAY. WE HAVE TO 
INVEST IN THEM NOT JUST TO 
THE POINT WHERE WE GIVE 
SOMETHING BUT TO THE POINT WHEN 
THEY FEEL THANK YOU. MR. LEYDEN 
THANK YOU. APPRECIATE 
THE QUESTION AS I'VE SEEN IT 
THE ISSUES WE HAVE ARE EVIDENCE 
OF WHAT MS DANNY REFERRED TO 
EARLIER AS THE SYSTEM IS 
BROKEN. WE HAVE TOO MANY FOLKS 
WHO ARE SO INSISTENT ON GETTING 
THEIR AGENDA THAT WE CAN'T DO 
SOMETHING WE'VE GOT FOLKS ON 
ONE SIDE OF AN ISSUE AND FOLKS 
ON THE OTHER SIDE OF AN ISSUE 
AND NOBODY SEEMS TO BE WILLING 
TO ADDRESS THE 800 POUND 
GORILLA WE ARE CURRENTLY NOT 
ABLE TO PAY OU BILLS. WE'RE 
BORROWING MONEY FROM OUR GREAT 
GRANDCHILDREN AND THAT'S GOT TO 
STOP. WE HAVE GOT TO BALANCE 
OUR BUDGET ALL THE OTHER ISSUES 
FALL APART IF WE DON'T HAVE A 
COUNTRY THAT'S FISCALLY SOUND. 
THAT'S THE ISSUE THANK YOU. 
NEXT WE'LL GO TO AN AUDIENCE 
QUESTION WOULD YOU SUPPORT A 
CARBON TAX TO REDUCE FOSSIL 
FUEL USE AND REDUCE CO2 TO 
EMISSION. WE'LL BEGIN WITH MR. 
LETOURNEAU I THINK IN 
SUPPORTING THAT TAX I WANT TO 
KNOW THE DETAILS INVOLVED AND 
BECAUSE I THINK AND THAT'S 
PROBABLY WHERE I COME FROM ON A 
LOT OF THESE DIFFERENT ISSUES 
AND THE ENVIRONMENT BEING ONE 
OF THEM AND TAXES BEING ANOTHER 
THAT THAT QUESTION COMBINES 
BOTH YOU KNOW INTICATELY AND 
IMPORTANTLY BUT A LOT OF TIMES 
WE'RE GETTING THIS BLACK AND 
WHITE ANSWERS TO ISSUES 
THE REALITY IS THERE'S A LOT OF 
NUANCE IN EACH ONE AND I WOULD 
WANT TO BE ABLE TO SIT DOWN AND 
LOOK AT HOW HOW CAN WE ADDRESS 
BOTH AT THE SAME TIME HOW CAN 
WE MAKE IT NOT A RED OR BLUE 
BAND-AID THAT IS ONE OR 
THE OTHER BUT HOW DO WE LOOK 
AT. SO HOW MUCH TAX WHERE'S IT? 
HOW IS IT AFFECTING US AND 
IMPACTING US? HOW ARE WE GOING 
TO IMPACT THE ENVIRONMENT AT 
THE SAME TIME IT'S YOU KNOW WE 
DON'T CUT OUR LEFT ARM TO SAVE 
OUR RIGHT. AND SO FOR ME IT'S 
REALLY SITTING DOWN WITH THAT 
NUANCE OF IT AND GOING HOW DO 
WE PROTECT BOTH THANK YOU MR. 
LEYDEN THANK YOU FOR 
THE QUESTION. THAT'S A THAT'S A 
BIG ONE. AND I THINK ESTHER MR. 
LETOURNEAU INDICATED YOU NEED 
TO KNOW WHAT THE NUANCES ARE 
YOU NEED TO KNOW WHERE 
THE MONEY IS GOING TO GO WHAT 
IT'S GOING TO BE ON WHAT KIND 
OF IMPACT WHAT PERCENTAGE OF 
THIS TAX GOING TO BE THERE AN 
AWFUL LOT OF DETAIL SO A BLANK 
QUESTION LIKE THAT'S KIND OF 
HARD TO ANSWER IN PRINCIPLE 
THE IDEA THAT WE WOULD USE 
THE PRODUCTION OF CARBON TYPES 
OF EMISSIONS AS A SOURCE OF 
REVENUE TO MITIGATE 
THE EFFECTS. MAKES SENSE. 
HOWEVER IT MUST BE DONE IN A 
FISCALLY SOUND MANNER THANK YOU 
DANNY. SO CLIMATE CHANGE IS 
HANDS DOWN THE BIGGEST ISSUE 
THAT WE'RE FACING IN THE GLOBE 
TODAY AND I'M PROUD TO HAVE 
SPENT MOST OF MY LIFE MOST OF 
MY CAREER WORKING IN. AND 
CLIMATE CHANGE AGRICULTURE 
EDUCATION WHERE THOSE TWO 
THINGS MEET THERE'S A LOT OF 
FEDERAL POLICY SOLUTIONS THAT 
WE NEED TO BE TALKING ABOUT 
RIGHT NOW. A CARBON TAX A 
CARBON TAX AND DIVIDEND SCHEME 
IS BEING BROUGHT FORWARD BY 
THE WILDLY BIPARTISAN CITIZENS 
CLIMATE LOBBY AS ONE THE MOST 
RELEVANT AND MOST PROMISING 
FEDERAL SOLUTIONS I'D ALSO LIKE 
TO COMPARE AND CONTRAST THAT TO 
THE CAP AND TRADE PROGRAM THAT 
WE HAVE HERE IN CALIFORNIA 
WHICH HAS SHOWN THAT WE CAN 
AGGRESSIVELY AGGRESSIVELY CUT 
OUR GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS 
WHILE STILL HAVING ONE 
THE STRONGEST ECONOMIES IN 
THE ENTIRE WORLD. BUT THE OTHER 
THING THAT I'M GOING TO BRING 
TO THIS DISCUSSION AND LIKE MY 
COHORTS UP HERE MY COMPATRIOTS 
IF YOU WILL. I'M NOT GOING TO 
SAY YES OR NO TO A SPECIFIC ONE 
WITHOUT SAYING SEEING THE EXACT 
BILL I AM A BIG FAN THOUGH OF 
THE S.S. LS CARBON TAX DIVIDEND 
IF THAT'S SPECIFICALLY WHAT 
THIS QUESTION IS ADDRESSING? 
BUT I'M ALSO VERY VERY EXCITED 
TO REFORM FARM POLICY AND GET 
OUR FORESTS BACK AND ECOLOGICAL 
HEALTH BECAUSE THE CHEAPEST WAY 
THE CHEAPEST WAY THAT WE CAN 
START TO MITIGATE CLIMATE 
CHANGE IS BY INVESTING IN OUR 
SOIL AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE 
SEQUESTERING CARBON IN OUR SOIL 
AND UPDATING THE GREENHOUSE GAS 
EMISSION PROTOCOLS TO REFLECT 
ALL OF OUR NATURAL AND WORKING 
LANDS AND I SURE AS HECK HOPE 
WE GET ANOTHER CLIMATE CHANGE 
QUESTION BECAUSE I ONLY JUST 
GOT STARTED ON MY LECTURE THAT 
I WILL BE GIVING THIS EVENING 
THNK YOU. WE'LL GO BACK TO 
THE MEDIA FOR A QUESTION FROM 
SAM QUARRY AT THE UNION OK. 
YEAH. HOLD THIS DOWN. CAN 
ANYBODY HEAR ME NOW. OK. YEAH I 
DO WANT TO PUSH THAT DISCUSSION 
A LITTLE BIT FURTHER. I WANT TO 
ASK DO YOU FEEL IT'S 
RESPONSIBLE TO BE USING FOSSIL 
FUELS TO GENERATE CONSUME AND 
DISTRIBUTE ENERGY. AND IF NOT 
HOW FAST SHOULD WE BE SWITCHING 
TO RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES HOW 
QUICKLY DOES THIS NEED TO 
HAPPEN? YEAH MR. LEYDEN YOUR 
FIRST ANSWER TO THAT HOW 
QUICKLY AS QUICKLY AS 
ABSOLUTELY POSSIBLE? I WOULD 
AGREE WITH MS DENNY THAT THIS 
IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT 
ISSUES THAT WE'RE FACING. 
THE UNFORTUNATE THING IS THAT 
WE NEED TO DO IT IN A WAY THAT 
WILL NOT ADVERSELY IMPACT 
THE ECONOMY SUCH THAT WE LOSE 
THE MOMENTUM AND WE END UP 
HAVING TO BORROW MONEY FROM OUR 
GREAT GRANDCHILDREN TO PAY FOR 
THE SYSTEM. SO WE NEED TO 
FIGURE OUT A WAY TO DO THAT. 
AND THERE ARE DEFINITELY SOME 
WAYS ARE YOU GOING TO KEEP 
ANNOUNCING US OR CAN I JUST GO 
AND I KNOW IT'S MY TURN. SORRY 
I DIDN'T HEAR YOU. CAN I JUST 
GO WHEN I KNOW IT'S MY TURN 
AFTER YOUR NETWORK DOCTORAL ADX 
OK. I DIDN'T I THOUGHT MAYBE WE 
COULD GET A LITTLE MORE YOU 
KNOW. OK I'LL JUST GO SAM. 
GREAT QUESTION. THANKS FOR 
ASKING IT. NO IT IS NOT 
RESPONSIBLE TO KEEP USING 
FOSSIL FUELS IN THIS FINITE 
RESOURCE AT THE PACE AND 
THE SCALE THAT WE'RE DOING. AND 
YES WE ABSOLUTELY AS QUICKLY AS 
WE POSSIBLY CAN NEED TO 
TRANSITION TO AN ECONOMY AND A 
SOCIETY BASED ON RENEWABLE 
FUELS. WE'RE TALKING SOLAR. 
WE'RE TALKING WIND WE'RE 
TALKING BIOMASS WE'RE TALKING 
ADJUSTING THE INCENTIVES ON 
BIOMASS. SO IT'S ACTUALLY AN 
ECONOMICAL INCENTIVE 
INCENTIVIZED. THAT'S A HARDWOOD 
PROGRAM TO MAKE SURE THAT WE 
CAN TAKE THE WOODY BIOMASS IN 
OUR FORESTS THE FUELS AND OUR 
FORESTS THAT ARE CAUSING THIS 
DANGER AND HARM AND TURN THEM 
INTO LOW CARBON FUELS. RIGHT. 
SO ABSOLUTELY WE NEED TO BE 
SWITCHING TOWARDS A RENEWABLE 
FUTURE MENO MAN. IT IS 
THE DREAM TO HAVE A 100 PERCENT 
RENEWABLE ECONOMY RIGHT. THAT'S 
THE DREAM. I THINK THAT WE'RE 
GONNA GET THERE IN MY LIFETIME. 
HONESTLY I DON'T. I'M A 
PRAGMATIST. WOULD IT BE 
AMAZING. ABSOLUTELY. AND THAT 
IS WHY THAT IS WHY I AM ALSO SO 
COMMITTED TO INVESTING IN 
CARBON DRAWDOWN TECHNIQUES 
RIGHT. INVESTING IN OUR ABILITY 
TO SEQUESTER CARBON INTO 
THE SOIL AND ALSO AND ALSO 
REMEMBERING THAT EVEN IF 
THE UNITED STATES STOPPED ALL 
OF OUR GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS 
TODAY STILL STILL IN THE NEXT 
10 TO 12 YEARS WE WOULD SEE 
MORE AND MORE AND MORE LIFE 
THREATENING HUMAN MOVING 
CLIMATIC DISASTERS BECAUSE WE 
ONLY ACCOUNT FOR 12 TO 15 
PERCENT OF GLOBAL GAS 
EMISSIONS. AND WE HAVE TO 
COOPERATE WITH CHINA AND INDIA. 
THAT WAS ALL ONE SENTENCE I 
THINK LIKE HAS BEEN SAID. IT'S 
IMPORTANT THAT WE ADDRESS AS 
QUICKLY AND THAT WOULD BE 
INTENTIONAL ABOUT IT BOTH OUT 
PULLING THE RUG OUT TOO IN SUCH 
A SUDDEN WAY THAT DOES HAVE SO 
MANY ADVERSE EFFECTS. AND SO I 
THINK IT'S YOU KNOW IT'S HARD 
TO ADD MUCH MORE TO WHERE YOU 
GUYS HAVE HAVE GONE WITH THIS 
BUT THE RENEWABLE ENERGY IS 
VITAL. AND IF WE DON'T START 
WORKING TOGETHER TO MAKE IT 
HAPPEN IT WON'T HAPPEN. AND WE 
HAVE TO DO THAT INTENTIONALLY 
ACROSS THE AISLE THANK YOU. 
NEXT WE GO TO AN AUDIENCE 
QUESTION P.G. PG&E IS RAISING 
RATES ON A YEARLY BASIS 
INCREASES COMING FOR 2021 22 
AND 23 AT APPROXIMATELY 8 
PERCENT AT THIS PERCENTAGE 
INCREASE. PEOPLE ON FIXED 
INCOMES WILL NOT BE ABLE TO PAY 
THESE RATES. WHAT WILL YOU DO 
ABOUT IT MISSED ANY YOUR FIRST 
START. YEAH. FOLKS EVERYONE IN 
THIS ROOM WE ARE NONE OF US 
STRANGERS TO THE MISMANAGED 
PG&E TO THE INCREASES OF 
THE RATES IN AND FOLKS LOOKING 
AT PGD CORPORATE PLAN THEY'RE 
JUST GOING TO CONTINUE TO KICK 
THE COSTS TO MAKE OUR GRID 
SAFER DOWN TO US THE RATE 
PAYERS. RIGHT. AND WE KNOW THAT 
THIS IS COMING AT THE SAME TIME 
MIND YOU THAT THEY'RE TURNING 
OFF OUR POWER AND ALSO WE'RE 
LOSING OUR FIRE INSURANCE RIGHT 
AND THE VERY FIRST THING 
THE VERY FIRST THING THAT WE 
NEED TO DO IS TO ELECT A 
REPRESENTATIVE TO THE U.S. 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES THAT 
DOES NOT TAKE MONEY FROM PG&E 
OUR CONGRESSMAN CONTINUOUSLY 
TAKES CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION 
FROM PG&E CORPORATE PAC. AND 
HOW ON EARTH CAN WE EXPECT HIM 
TO BE ACCOUNTABLE TO HOLDING 
THEM ACCOUNTABLE IF HE'S IN 
THEIR POCKET. FOLKS WE HAVE TO 
ELECT LEADERS WHO AREN'T BOUGHT 
AND PAID FOR BY CORPORATE 
INTERESTS IN ORDER TO HOLD OUR 
ENTITIES ACCOUNTABLE I THINK 
THAT'S THE POWER GRID THAT WE 
HAVE TO FLIP UPSIDE DOWN. NO 
PUN INTENDED WITH THE POWER BUT 
IF WE DON'T HAVE TRANSPARENCY 
AT THE TOP AND THAT'S WHAT I 
BELIEVE WE HAVE TO FIGHT FOR AT 
THAT FEDERAL LEVEL IS THAT WE 
NEED THAT SUPPORT TO BRING IT 
AND BRING IT LOCALLY. WE HAVE 
TO MAKE PG&E STAND UP AND 
ADDRESS THE WHAT THEY'RE 
PUTTING US THROUGH? YOU KNOW 
IT'S IT'S INTERESTING I LIVED 
IN ETHIOPIA FOR THREE YEARS AND 
THE GOVERNMENT WAS LITERALLY 
EXPORTING POWER OUT TO ANOTHER 
NATION AND RATIONING IT FOR US. 
SO IT WOULD GO OFF THREE OR 
FOUR DAYS A WEEK 12 TO 18 HOURS 
A DAY AND THERE SO MUCH 
CORRUPTION IN THE GOVERNMENT. 
AND WHAT'S INTERESTING THOUGH 
ABOUT THS IS WE ACTUALLY GOT 
COMMUNICATION AND NOTICES WITH 
A ROUTINE SCHEDULE SO WE COULD 
PLAN AND HANDLE IT WELL. AND SO 
THAT WAS HAPPENING OVER THERE 
AND A LOT MORE CONSTRUCTIVE WAY 
THAN IT'S BEEN HAPPENING HERE 
AND WHAT THEY WOULD ALWAYS SAY 
TO US OH YOU'RE SO LUCKY IN 
AMERICA YOU DON'T HAVE 
THE CORRUPTION. SO YOU KNOW YES 
WE DO. WE JUST HAVE THE MONEY 
TO COVER IT UP AND THAT'S WHAT 
WE HAVE TO GET PAST RIGHT NOW 
AND THEN GO DIVERGE JUST A 
LITTLE BIT. WHEN YOU HAVE A 
PRIVATE COMPANY THAT OWNS 
RIGHTS OF WAY AND POWER LINES 
THERE IS A MONOPOLY ON 
THE DISTRIBUTION OF POWER THERE 
IS NO OTHER COMPANY PROVIDING 
THAT WE NEED TO EITHER 
COMPLETELY PUT THAT IN 
GOVERNMENT CONTROL THE POWER 
GRID OR WE NEED TO INTRODUCE 
OTHER COMPANIES THAT CAN DO 
THIS AND PROVIDE SOME 
COMPETITION. THE PROBLEM WITH 
PG&E IS THAT IT'S A PUBLICLY 
HELD COMPANY. THERE ARE 
SHAREHOLDERS AND THEY WANT TO 
SEE THEIR PROFITS AND 
THE COMPANY IS IN PART DRIVEN 
BY A NEED TO DO THAT. I DON'T 
HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE IDEA OF 
PUBLIC OR PRIVATE OWNERSHIP OF 
A COMPANY OR MAKING PROFIT I 
THINK THAT'S A GOOD IDEA IT'S 
THE BASIS OF HOW I OPERATE MY 
OWN BUSINESS BUT WHEN IT BEGINS 
TO ADVERSELY IMPACT PEOPLE 
BECAUSE YOU'RE THE ONLY GAME IN 
TOWN THERE IS A PROBLEM AND 
THINGS NEED TO BE ADDRESSED AND 
I DON'T THINK THAT JUST SAYING 
HEY PG&E HAS GOT A PROBLEM I 
THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT AND 
SAY OUR ENTIRE NATION HAS A 
POWER GRID PROBLEM WE NEED TO 
STANDARDIZE THINGS THANK YOU 
NEXT WE GO TO THE MEDIA FOR A 
QUESTION FROM PASCAL FROM 
YOU'VE BEEN AT WITH JEFF WHILE 
WELL I DON'T KNOW YET BUT I 
GUESS WE COULD GO TO JEFF FLINT 
FROM KANZI OH I KNOW THE ORDER 
IT'S FINE. WHAT YOU WERE FOR 
EVER AND FOR CANDIDATES THANK 
YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE 
TONIGHT APPRECIATE HAVING YOU 
HERE. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT 
HEALTH CARE. I DON'T THINK YOU 
GUYS DO TOO SINCE THERE IS NO 
REPUBLICANS HERE TONIGHT I WILL 
ANSWER. I WILL ASK THE QUESTION 
THIS WAY. WATCHING 
THE DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL 
DEBATES OF SEVEN OF THEM OR 
HOWEVER MANY THERE HAVE BEEN 
ALL OF IT BEEN FOCUSED ON 
HEALTH CARE A LOT OF IT AND 
EVERYBODY SEEMS TO HAVE THEIR 
OWN PLAN AS TO HOW THEY'RE 
GOING TO FIX THE HEALTH CARE 
SYSTEM WHETHER IT'S MEDICARE 
FOR ALL SINGLE PAYER OR JUST 
MODIFY THE CURRENT AFFORDABLE 
CARE ACT WHAT'S YOUR POSITION 
ON THIS AND BEING THE FACT THAT 
THE HOUSE WOULD HAVE TO PASS A 
BILL TO GET ANY CHANGES MADE. 
HOW WOULD YOU GET THAT DONE MR. 
LETOURNEAU YOU KNOW I'M NOT 
PERSONALLY FOR UNIVERSAL HEALTH 
CARE PLAN. I'M FOR A MIXED BAG 
OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE AND BU I 
THINK WE HAVE TO GET CREATIVE 
IN HOW WE DO I THINK WE HAVE TO 
REGULATE THOSE THINGS AND 
MODERATE THEM A LITTLE BIT 
BETTER. I APPRECIATE AT LEAST 
WHAT IS PASSED EVEN THIS LAST 
WEEK OR SO ABOUT THE PRICES 
BEING REQUIRED TO BE SHARED 
FROM HOSPITALS I THINK THAT 
TRANSPARENCY IS VITAL 
ESPECIALLY IF WE'RE GOING TO 
FLIP THE POWER STRUCTURE. IT 
WAS IN POLITICS AND BACK TO 
THE PEOPLE LYDEN WELL HEALTH 
CARE A LITTLE NEAR AND DEAR TO 
ME SINCE I'M A HEALTH CARE 
PROVIDER AT LEAST THE VISIONARY 
SIDE AND I'M INTERESTING TO 
COMPARE THE VISIONARY SIDE TO 
THE HUMAN SIDE. A WOMAN NEEDS 
TO GO IN AND HAVE A 
HYSTERECTOMY HAVE HER OVARIES 
REMOVED. IT'S GOOD TO RUN YOU 
BETWEEN 30 AND 50 THOUSAND 
DOLLARS. IF THE SAME SIZE OF A 
DOG COMES INTO MY CLINIC A 
HUNDRED AND FIFTY POUND DOG 
COMES IN NEEDS TO HAVE THE SAME 
SURGERY DONE. I CAN MAKE A 
PROFIT A PROFIT. MY DUE AT TWO 
HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS THERE 
IS A PROBLEM. THERE'S A BIG 
PROBLEM. AND TALKING ABOUT HOW 
DO YOU MAKE SOMETHING 
AFFORDABLE. THAT'S 
THE CONVERSATION THAT NEEDS TO 
BE HAD WHY ARE FEES SO HIGH? 
WHY IS IT SO PROFITABLE TO RUN 
MEDICAL FACILITIES. THIS IS NOT 
OK. THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE IN 
MY MIND SO IN ORDER TO ADDRESS 
THE ISSUE TRYING TO THROW 
THE BABY OUT WITH THE BATHWATER 
DOES IT MAKE ANY SENSE. WE'VE 
GOT A SYSTEM IT MAY NOT BE WHAT 
ANYBODY REALLY WANTS BUT IT'S 
THE SYSTEM WE HAVE. LET'S WORK 
TOGETHER TO ADJUST IT. LET'S BE 
TRANSPARENT AND HAVE EVERYONE 
WITH A STAKE. HAVE A 
CONVERSATION AND COME TO IF NOT 
A COMPROMISE AT LEAST A 
CONSENSUS THIS WILL WORK THANK 
YOU. NOW AN AUDIENCE QUESTION 
WE HAVE AN ANSWER. NO. NOW WE 
GO AUDREY DON'T LET ME TALK 
ABOUT HEALTH CARE. YOU WON'T BE 
SORRY IS TALK ABOUT. SO THIS 
ISSUE BECAME A LOT MORE 
VISCERAL AND IMPORTANT TO ME 
MIDWAY THROUGH MY LAST CAMPAIGN 
WHEN MY DOCTOR DISCOVERED A 
FIVE POUND TUMOR IN MY OVARY. 
TURNS I SHOULD HAVE JUST GONE 
AND SEEN DOC LEYDEN OVER HERE 
BUT INSTEAD INSTEAD I WAS 
EQUALLY PARANOID ABOUT HAVING 
OVARIAN CANCER AS I WAS ABOUT 
GOING BANKRUPT FROM WHAT MY 
SURGERY AND MY HOSPITAL STAY 
WAS GONNA COST ME. AND FOLKS IN 
2020 IN THE UNITED STATES OF 
AMERICA IT IS ABHORRENT THAT 
TWO THIRDS OF OUR BANKRUPTCIES 
ARE MEDICAL IN NATURE AND THAT 
EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN THIS 
ROOM IS LIKELY ONE MEDICAL 
CRISIS AWAY FROM LOSING 
EVERYTHING RIGHT. ONE OF MY TOP 
PRIORITIES IS GOING TO BE 
WORKING ALONGSIDE MY OLLEAGUES 
IN THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE TO 
MAKE SURE THAT WE FIX OUR 
BROKEN SYSTEM. AND IN MY 
OPINION THE BEST THE MOST 
EFFICIENT WAY TO DO THAT IS TO 
BE WORKING TOWARDS A SINGLE 
PAYER SYSTEM WHERE WE ARE HAVE 
PUBLIC FUNDING AND A MIX OF 
PRIVATE AND PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS 
HEALTH CARE SERVICE 
INSTITUTIONS HEALTH CARE 
SERVICE PROVIDERS FOLKS WHEN WE 
DO THAT WHEN WE TIE HEALTH 
INSURANCE TO THE PERSON RATHER 
THAN A JOB. WE OPEN UP A WHOLE 
BUNCH HUMAN CAPITAL WE OPEN UP 
CREATIVITY AND FREEDOM OF YOUNG 
PEOPLE TO DO THE TYPE OF WORK 
THAT WE WANT AND WE MAKE SURE 
THAT EVERY SINGLE PERSON HAS 
ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE CARE. I 
REALLY HOPE WE GET TO DIG INTO 
SOME OF OUR UNIQUE RURAL HEALTH 
CARE CHALLENGES BUT I CAN 
BARELY SAY MY NAME AND A HALF 
THANK YOU. AND NOW AN AUDIENCE 
QUESTION BILLS BEFORE CONGRESS 
ARE LONG AND COMPLEX OFTEN 
REPRESENTATIVES VOTE WITHOUT 
READING OR UNDERSTANDING ALL 
THE ITEMS IN A BILL THEY'RE 
VOTING ON. HOW WILL YOU LEARN 
AND SPEAK TO ALL THE ITEMS ON 
EACH BILL AND ENSURE YOU 
PROVIDE AN INFORMED VOTE. AND 
HOW WILL YOU LET YOUR 
CONSTITUENTS KNOW THE ISSUES 
WILL BEGIN WITH MR. LETOURNEAU 
WELL FIRST I THINK YOU HAVE TO 
HAVE A GREAT TEAM AROUND YOU 
THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING 
TO ME THIS ROLE IN THIS 
POSITION ISN'T ABOUT HAVING 
EVERY ANSWER. IT'S ABOUT 
KNOWING THOSE WHO ARE EXPERTS 
IN THEIR FIELD WHO DO HAVE 
ANSWERS IT'S ABOUT KNOWING YOUR 
LANE AND BEING ABLE TO STAY IN 
IT AND YOUR ONLY IS AS GOOD AS 
AS THE TEAM AROUND YOU AND 
THAT'S BEEN ONE OF THE BIGGEST 
FOCUSES IN OUR LIFE IS 
EMPOWERING PEOPLE WORKING WITH 
VARIOUS LEADERS AND HOW DO YOU 
COME TO A TABLE AND HAVE THAT 
KIND OF DISCUSSION AND IN 
EXPLAINING TO OUR CONSTITUENTS 
I THINK THAT'S ONE OF 
THE THINGS THAT I WOULD LOVE TO 
SEE IN THE BIG PICTURE CHANGE 
WITH HOW THE REPRESENTATION 
WORKS. HERE WE LIVED THIS 
INCREDIBLE TIME OF TECHNOLOGY 
AND YET HOW MUCH TIME IS 
ACTUALLY SPENT BACK IN 
DISTRICT. I MEAN ARE 
THE DISTRICTS USED FOR MUCH 
MORE THAN FOR VOTING? I THINK 
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO 
BE RECTIFIED THAT WE NEED TO BE 
ABLE TO SPEND MORE TIME IN 
DISTRICT MORE TIME AND 
COMMUNICATION ON THE GROUND. 
BRIDGING THAT GAP. WE SHOULDN'T 
HAVE TO BE ON THE FLOOR ALL 
THE TIME AS A REPRESENTATIVE IN 
WASHINGTON D.C. WITH ALL 
THE TECHNOLOGY AVAILABLE TO US 
MR. LEYDEN SO I'M THAT GUY THAT 
READS THE FINE PRINT THAT READS 
THE CONTRACT WHEN HE BUYS 
THE HOUSE. THEY GAVE ME A NEVER 
ANOTHER FOUR HOURS TO FINISH 
BUYING MY HOUSE BECAUSE I HAD 
TO READ ALL THE PAPERWORK. 
THAT'S JUST WHAT I DO. I NEED 
TO KNOW WHEN I SIGN SOMETHING 
THAT I SIGN ON FOR EVERY SINGLE 
PART OF IT AND THERE ARE A 
NUMBER OF THINGS THAT NEED TO 
BE DONE AND AS MR. LETOURNEAU 
REFERRED TO WE DO NEED A TEAM 
BUT IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE 
THE PERSON THAT IS ELECTED TO 
THE AS YOU ARE THE PERSON WHO'S 
VOTING AND YOU ARE SAYING ON 
BEHALF OF THE PEOPLE IN MY 
DISTRICT I BELIEVE THIS IS 
THE BEST CHOICE TO BE MADE. AND 
YOU CANNOT KNOW THAT WITHOUT 
LOOKING AT IT FIRST BUT THEN 
YOU NEED TO ASK YOUR TEAM AS 
BENNY SO HAVING MET WITH 
VARIOUS MEMBERS OF BOTH 
DIFFERENT PARTIES ON THE HILL. 
I THINK SOME OF THEM MIGHT NEED 
TO LEARN HOW TO READ IN ORDER 
TO READ ALL OF THE BILLS AND I 
KNOW HOW TO READ. SO I WILL BE 
READING ALL OF THE BILLS MUCH 
LIKE DOC OVER HERE I LIKE TO 
READ THE PRIVACY POLICIES 
BEFORE I CLICK YES ON MY APPLE 
ITUNES SUBSCRIPTION SO YES I 
WILL READ ALL THE BILLS AND I 
WILL HAVE TIME BECAUSE I HATE 
SLEEPING SUPER BORING. I'LL 
HAVE AN AMAZING STAFF WE'RE 
ALREADY PUTTING TOGETHER A 
GREAT STAFF. BUT MORE 
IMPORTANTLY THAN THAT. I HAVE 
ADVISORY COUNCILS ON ALL OF 
THE ISSUES AND EVERY SINGLE 
TIME I COME TO AN EVENT LIKE 
THIS ONE I ADD PEOPLE ONTO MY 
ADVISORY COUNCILS ON THE ISSUES 
THAT THEY'RE THAT THEY'RE 
KNOWLEDGEABLE ON I JUST MET A 
GENTLEMAN TODAY WHO'S GOING TO 
HELP ME LEARN MORE ABOUT CO-OPS 
RURAL BROADBAND RIGHT AND SO BY 
HAVING ADVISORY COUNCILS ON ALL 
OF THE ISSUES FROM PEOPLE WHO 
LIVE HERE IN THE DISTRICT WHO 
ARE EXPERTS IN THEIR FIELDS. WE 
WILL CREATE AN EDUCATED STAFF 
THAT WILL HELP GUIDE ME IN 
MAKING THE RIGHT DECISIONS AND 
LASTLY IN TERMS OF 
COMMUNICATING WITH THE VOTERS 
FOLKS I PLEDGED TODAY THAT WHEN 
YOU ELECT ME I WILL DO A TOWN 
HALL IN EVERY SINGLE COUNTY 
EVERY SINGLE YEAR AND THEY 
WON'T BE HERE'S WHAT I DID. 
YOU'RE WELCOME. TOWN HALLS 
THERE'LL BE DIALOGS RIGHT WHERE 
YOU CAN SHARE YOUR CONCERNS. 
ALL OF MY OFFICES ACROSS 
THE DISTRICT WILL ALWAYS BE 
THERE FOR YOU TO WALK IN AND 
SHARE MY CONCERN YOUR CONCERNS 
WITH MY INCREDIBLE TEAM AND MY 
STAFF AND IT GOES BOTH WAYS. 
RIGHT. COMMUNICATION HAS TO GO 
BOTH WAYS. THANK YOU. AND NOW 
WE GO TO PASCAL FROM YOU'VE 
BEEN AT THE JURY. GOOD EVENING 
CANDIDATES. LET'S TALK ABOUT 
THE FEDERAL LANDS AND PRECISELY 
THE FOREST SERVICE IN 2018. 
THE BUDGET FOR THE U.S. FOREST 
SERVICE DECREASED BY ROUGHLY A 
BILLION DOLLARS. THAT WAS OF 
COURSE THE YEAR OF 
THE CAMPFIRE. AND NOW TODAY 
THE CHIEF FOR FIRE AND AVIATION 
FOR THE FOREST SERVICE WAS ON 
NPR TALKING ABOUT THE MUTUAL 
AID THAT THEY PROVIDED TO US 
THAT AND STILL PROVIDE TO 
AUSTRALIA. HOWEVER SHE DECLINED 
TO COMMENT ON HOW WE WILL FUND 
CONTRACTS FOR VERY LARGE AIR 
TANKERS AND OTHER EQUIPMENT 
THAT THE FOREST SERVICE NEEDS. 
WITH THE INCREASE SIZE AND 
THE INCREASING FIRE BEHAVIOR ON 
ALL FIRES. SO AS A CONGRESS 
PERSON HOW HIGH IS THAT WOULD 
THAT BE ON YOUR PRIORITY LIST 
AND CAN YOU ELABORATE A LITTLE 
BIT ON WHAT YOU THINK OF 
THE FLAME ACT MR. BIDEN YOUR 
FIRST THANK YOU I LIVE IN 
SHINGLED TOWN WHICH HAS BEEN 
DESIGNATED THE SINGLE HIGHEST 
FIRE RISK COMMUNITY IN 
THE NATION RIGHT NOW. AND 
BECAUSE THE FEDERAL FOREST 
LANDS AROUND US AREN'T DOING 
THINGS ON A PRIVATE LEVEL WE'RE 
DOING THINGS WE'VE MANAGED TO 
GET SOME GRANTS AND DO SOME 
CLEARING AND DOING AN AWFUL LOT 
OF PERSONAL AND PRIVATE THINGS. 
I THINK THAT ANY SOLUTION WE 
HAVE NEEDS TO BE BROUGHT 
THROUGH BOTH THE LOCAL AND 
PRIVATE SECTORS AS WELL AS 
THE NATIONAL AND PUBLIC SECTORS 
AND WE HAVE TO HAVE ALL 
THE PARTIES INVOLVED HAVE A 
DISCUSSION AND SIT DOWN AND SAY 
WHAT ARE WE TRYING TO 
ACCOMPLISH HERE AND THEN WHAT 
DO WE HAVE IN OUR ARSENAL THAT 
WE CAN CONTRIBUTE TO MAKE THIS 
WORK AND I THINK IT'S GOING TO 
EVENTUALLY REQUIRE THAT WE 
START LOGGING SOME OF THOSE 
AREAS THAT WE CAN TURN OUT SOME 
TIMBER WE CAN START GETTING 
APPROPRIATE HARVEST MANAGEMENT. 
POLICIES IN PLACE THAT WILL 
BOTH PROVIDE JOBS FOR FOLKS 
LOCALLY AS WELL AS REDUCING OUR 
FIRE. AND I THINK THAT IF WE DO 
IT THE RIGHT WAY WE CAN 
ACTUALLY MAKE MONEY OFF OF WE 
THE PEOPLE'S NATURAL RESOURCE. 
THANK YOU. SO WHAT DR. LIGHTMAN 
JUST DESCRIBED WAS THE BASICS 
OF CONSERVATION STEWARDSHIP 
AGREEMENTS THAT ARE IN THE FARM 
BILL AND I'M TO RETURN TO 
PASCAL'S QUESTION ABOUT FEDERAL 
FUNDING SO ARE FEDERAL FORESTS 
ARE 41 PERCENT OF 
THE DISTRICT'S LANDMASS OUR 
FEDERAL FORESTS RIGHT 50 
PERCENT OF OUR DISTRICTS ARE 
FEDERAL LAND. HE MENTIONED THAT 
IN 2018 THE FOREST SERVICE 
BUDGET DECREASED BY A BILLION. 
I'LL DO YOU ONE BETTER. IT'S 
BEEN STEADY IN DECLINING FOR 
THE LAST 10 YEARS. WE MADE A 
LITTLE BIT. WE MADE A LITTLE 
BIT OF PROGRESS IN 2013 WITH 
THE MARCH OMNIBUS BILL WHEN WE 
WERE ABLE TO SEPARATE OUT 
THE FIREFIGHTING SPENDING FROM 
THE FOREST HEALTH FROM 
THE FUELS REDUCTION SPENDING 
THAT'LL COME INTO EFFECT THIS 
YEAR IN FISCAL 2020. THAT WAS 
THE FIRST STEP WE ABSOLUTELY 
NEED TO KEEP INCREASING 
THE FEDERAL BUDGET FOR OUR 
FOREST SERVICE. WE NEED TO MAKE 
SURE ALSO THAT THAT 
THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET 
ACTUALLY GETS TO WHERE IT'S 
GOING. I WAS WITH A FOREST 
RANGER OUTSIDE A WHISKEY TOWN 
NATIONAL PARKS DURING 
THE CARTER FIRE SCAR AND HE 
SAID THAT WHEN THE MONEY GOES 
FROM THE INTERIOR TO THE FOREST 
SERVICE THEY LOSE 10 PERCENT 
WHEN IT GOES FOR GENERAL FOREST 
SERVICE TO WESTERN REGION. THEY 
LOSE 10 PERCENT WHEN IT GOES 
FOR WESTERN REGION TO THE PARK 
TO THE SPECIFIC NATIONAL 
FOREST. THEY LOSE 10 PERCENT. 
THERE'S GOTTA BE A WAY TO DO 
BETTER AT COUNTING THAN THAT 
RIGHT. SO NOT ONLY IS THIS MY 
TOP PRIORITY GETTING OUR 
FORESTS INTO HEALTH WITH 
MECHANISMS LIKE THE DOC 
DESCRIBED BUT MAKING SURE WE'RE 
INCREASING FUNDING BEING 
SMARTER ABOUT IT AND PA. I DO 
NEED TO LOOK UP THE FLAME ACT. 
THANK YOU MR. LETOURNEAU I ALSO 
HAVE TO LOOK UP THE FLAME AT I 
THINK IT HAS TO BE ONE OF 
THE TOP PRIORITIES THAT WE LOOK 
AT FROM THAT FEDERAL LEVEL OF 
SUPPORT AND HOW DO WE START TO 
TRANSLATE THAT SUPPORT UNDER 
THE LOCAL LEVEL. AND THAT'S 
THE BIGGEST THING TO ME IS HOW 
DO WE BYPASS A LOT OF 
THE BUREAUCRACY AND LOGISTICS 
AND GET RIGHT BACK TO GETTING 
AHEAD OF THE PROBLEM AGAIN. 
THERE'S SO MUCH FIRE 
PREPAREDNESS THAT WE HAVE TO DO 
AND ARE STARTING TO LOOK AT IN 
OUR COMMUNITIES ON THE NOW 
LEVEL. BUT AT THE SAME TIME HOW 
ARE WE GETTING AHEAD OF THOSE 
THINGS IN THE FORESTS ON OUR 
LAND. HOW ARE WE STARTING TO 
FLIP THE SCRIPT FOR HOW WE'VE 
CONSUMED OUR LAND AND CONSUMED 
OUR FORESTS. WE'VE GOT TO GO 
BACK AND GET PROACTIVE AGAIN. 
AND THAT GOES BEYOND FUNDING 
THAT GOES WITH OUR INTENTION 
OUR TIME OUR FOCUS WILL HAVE 
ONE MORE AUDIENCE QUESTION AND 
THEN WE'LL GO TO FINAL COMMENTS 
FINAL STATEMENTS OH ARE OUR. 
BEFORE WE DO THAT. ALL RIGHT. 
GREAT. EXCITED ABOUT RIGHT. 
KEEPING YOU APPRISED OF 
THE TIME HERE. OH AN AUDIENCE 
QUESTION NONETHELESS. WHAT IS 
YOUR OPINION OF THE GOVERNOR'S 
DRAFT WATERFALL PORTFOLIO. WE 
BEGIN WITH MR. LETOURNEAU. I'M 
SORRY WITH MISS DENNY. I THINK 
IT'S MY TURN. THE DRAFT 
WATERFALL PORTFOLIO WATER 
RESILIENCE PORTFOLIO. YEAH. 
LET'S TALK ABOUT IT AFTERWARDS 
YOU WANT ME TO TALK ABOUT SIGMA 
OR WHAT I THINK ABOUT WATER OK 
GREAT. WHOEVER SAID THAT NEEDS 
TO COME FIND ME AFTERWARDS AND 
TEACH ME WHAT YOU KNOW AND THAT 
LOOKS LIKE FOR ACROSS THE BOARD 
NEXT SORRY ALL RIGHT WE'LL GO 
TO ANOTHER AUDIENCE QUESTION 
THEN WHAT ARE YOUR IDEAS TO 
INCREASE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY 
IN OUR DISTRICT. MS AGAIN WE'LL 
START WITH MS DENNY. TWO IN A 
ROW ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY IN OUR 
DISTRICT. OH FOLKS LIKE MOST OF 
THE ISSUES I BELIEVE ARE FACING 
OUR DISTRICT. I THINK I THINK 
THE ANSWER IS FOUND IN OUR 
FORESTS RIGHT. WHEN YOU LOOK 
ACROSS OUR DISTRICT AND ALL OF 
OUR FORESTED COMMUNITIES 
THE ECONOMIES OF THE COUNTIES 
STARTED GOING DOWNHILL WHEN 
THE MILLS SHUT DOWN RIGHT 
SISKIYOU COUNTY USED TO HAVE 24 
MILLS AND IT HAS TWO MILLS 
TODAY DRIVING UP DIPLOMAS 
COUNTY DRIVING INTO TO SIERRA 
COUNTY YOU SEE SHUT DOWN MILLS 
AND I ABSOLUTELY BELIEVE THAT 
WE CAN IN THE PROCESS OF 
RESTORING OUR FORESTS TO A %
STATE OF ECOLOGICAL HEALTH BY 
REMOVING THAT ACCESS WOODY 
BIOMASS WE CAN CREATE GOOD JOBS 
IN THAT INDUSTRY. IT TAKES A 
LOT OF CAPITAL BUT A LOT OF 
CAPITAL TO REOPEN AND MILL AND 
IT'S GOING TO TAKE PRIVATE 
INVESTORS A LONG TIME TO GET 
CONFIDENCE IN THE FEDERAL 
GOVERNMENT. IF WE START 
OFFERING THEM THE WOODY BIOMASS 
OF THAT LAND THAT WE'RE NOT 
GOING TO YANK IT OUT FROM UNDER 
THEIR FEET AGAIN RIGHT. AND SO 
I THINK A VERY IMPORTANT FIRST 
STEP IS EXTENDING ARE OUR 
CONTRACTS UNDER CONSERVATION 
STEWARDSHIP AGREEMENTS FROM 20 
YEARS LIKE THEY ARE IN THE 18 
FARM BILL UP TO 30 YEARS AS AS 
ALMOST A PEACE OFFERING TO OUR 
PRIVATE LUMBER GUYS AND SAYING 
HEY YOU THINK OF INNOVATIVE NEW 
WAYS TO USE THIS WOODY BIOMASS 
LIKE CROSS LAMINATED TIMBER 
WE'RE GONNA GIVE YOU AN ALMOST 
UNLIMITED SOURCE BECAUSE BOY 
HOWDY DO WE HAVE A LOT TO TAKE 
OUT OF OUR FORESTS. I THINK 
THAT IS ONE SMALL THING THAT I 
CAN DO AS A FRESHMAN REP. FROM 
CALIFORNIA'S FIRST DISTRICT TO 
HELP PROMOTE ECONOMIC 
OPPORTUNITY JOBS IN OUR 
DISTRICT MR. LETOURNEAU I THINK 
IT'S AN INTERESTING ANSWER 
BECAUSE IT GOES RIGHT WITH 
THE ALL THE QUESTIONS WE HAVE 
ON FIRE. YOU KNOW WE COME FROM 
A TOWN CALLED MCCLOUD AND WE'VE 
WE'VE ONLY BEEN THERE A YEAR 
AND A HALF BUT WE'VE GOTTEN TO 
WATCH THE EFFECTS OF WHAT'S 
HAPPENED SINCE THE MILL SHUT 
DOWN. THE SCHOOL WAS DOWN TO A 
MINIMUM AMOUNT OF STUDENTS 
SPORTS AND SHUT DOWN FOR ABOUT 
15 YEARS HOPE WAS DWINDLING ON 
ALL LEVELS AND THERE'S THEN 
YOU'RE SCRAPING BY ON TOURISM 
AS MUCH AS YOU CAN. BUT IF YOU 
CAN REINVIGORATE THE FORESTS 
AND ALL THE JOB CREATION THAT 
COMES WITH IT THERE'S A TRICKLE 
DOWN EFFECT THAT INCREASES THEN 
THOSE JOBS WITHIN THE TOURISM 
THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO FOCUS ON 
INCREASES THE BUSINESSES THAT 
RIGHT NOW ARE JUST BARELY 
HANGING ON IN A SEASONAL LEVEL. 
AND THEN SOMETIMES NOT EVEN 
THAT AND THEY'RE STARTING TO 
DROP OFF AND THAT'S GOING ON 
ALL ACROSS THE BOARD. AND YOU 
HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE COMING 
TOGETHER CONSISTENTLY GOING HOW 
DO WE REOPEN THE MILL BUT 
THE PROBLEM IS THEY ALL HAVE 
DIFFERENT VIEWPOINTS. AND SO IT 
JUST BECOMES LIKE OUR PARTISAN 
POLITICS PEOPLE PULLING FRM 
ONE SIDE OR THE OTHER WHEN WE 
HAVE TO COME MAKE IT A PRIORITY 
GET CREATIVE? HOW DO WE MAKE 
THIS HAPPEN NOW. BECAUSE THERE 
WILL BE A TRICKLE DOWN EFFECT 
THAT WILL REVITALIZE THE NORTH 
STATE. LYDEN WELL THANK YOU. 
I'M GOING TO SUGGEST THAT THOSE 
FOREST JOBS ARE LAG MEASURES WE 
NEED TO TAKE LEAD MEASURES. WE 
NEED TO LOOK AT WHERE WE NEED 
TO BE IN 30 YEARS AND MAKE A 
PLAN NOT TO FIX THE THING IN 
THE NEXT TWO YEARS BUT TO FIX 
IT IN THE NEXT 30. AND THAT 
MEANS WE NEED TO REVISE OUR 
EDUCATION SYSTEM SO THAT 
STUDENTS COMING OUT OF HIGH 
SCHOOL ARE PREPARED TO GO TO 
WORK WHEN STUDENTS WHO WANT TO 
BE ABLE TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT 
OF INCOME THAT THEY CAN GET. 
THEY HAVE A COMMUNITY COLLEGE 
THEY CAN ATTEND. AND CURRENTLY 
CALIFORNIA HAS A REALLY GOOD 
COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM I CAN 
SAY THAT IS I'M ONE OF 
THE TRUSTEES FOR THE LOCAL 
SHASTA COLLEGE. I'M VERY PROUD 
OF WHAT THE COLLEGE IS ABLE TO 
DO ESPECIALLY IN THE AREA OF 
FOREST MANAGEMENT WE JUST GOT A 
NEW FOREST MANAGEMENT PROGRAM. 
WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT HOW 
THAT'S GOING TO WORK. BUT 
THAT'S NOT ENOUGH. WE NEED TO 
MAKE IT SO THAT ANY STUDENT ANY 
INDIVIDUAL WHO WANTS TO IMPROVE 
THEIR ABILITY TO EARN MONEY HAS 
TRADE SCHOOL OPPORTUNITY HAS A 
COLLEGE EDUCATION OPPORTUNITY 
AND THAT'S REALLY GOING TO PAY 
DIVIDENDS 30 YEARS DOWN 
THE LINE. THANK YOU WE GO TO 
PAUL EMERY FROM CAVING M.R. 
WELL DESPITE THE PROMISES OF 
OUR CURRENT PRESIDENT TO REDUCE 
THE FEDERAL DEFICIT WE HAVE 
BEEN RUNNING APPROXIMATELY A 
TRILLION DOLLAR A YEAR DEFICIT 
FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS SOME 
IT'S DOING SIMPLE MATH. SEEMS 
THERE'S ONLY TWO WAYS YOU CAN 
LOWER THE DEFICIT. NUMBER ONE 
IS TO INCREASE TAXES INCREASE 
INCOME. NUMBER TWO IS TO 
DECREASE SPENDING WHAT ARE YOUR 
THOUGHTS ON BOTH OF THOSE 
PROPOSALS AND HOW DO YOU FEEL 
WE CAN WE CAN PULL THE DEFICIT 
BACK INTO MORE MANAGEABLE 
NUMBERS MR. LETOURNEAU YOUR 
FIRST I ALWAYS LOOK AT 
DECREASING SPENDING FIRST. YOU 
KNOW IF YOU LOOK AT JUST OUR 
BUDGET WITHIN A FAMILY YOU'VE 
GOT TO LOOK AT WHERE YOUR 
PRIORITIES ARE. AND RIGHT NOW I 
DON'T BELIEVE IN CONTINUING TO 
LAYER MORE AND MORE OFF ON 
TAXES I THINK I WANT PEOPLE TO 
LEARN TO USE THEIR MONEY IN A 
DIFFERENT WAY TO STEWARD IT 
FORWARD. AND I THINK IT'S A 
CULTURAL ISSUE AND BEYOND JUST 
A GOVERNMENTAL ISSUE. I THINK 
WE'VE BECOME CONSUMERS AT SUCH 
A LAYER THAT WE START TO 
CONSUME OURSELVES AND WE CAN DO 
THAT AS INDIVIDUALS AND WE CAN 
DO THAT AS A GOVERNMENT. AND I 
BELIEVE THAT STARTS WITH 
DECREASING THE THINGS THAT ARE 
EXCESS THANK YOU. THAT'S 
PROBABLY THE ISSUE THAT'S 
NEAREST AND DEAREST TO MY 
HEART. IN FACT IT'S THE THING 
THAT IMPELLED ME INTO THIS WE 
HAD PARTISAN POLITICS WE HAD 
ONE GROUP SAYING WE CANNOT 
TAXES WHEN ANOTHER GROUP SAYING 
WE CANNOT CUT PROGRAMS WE 
CANNOT CUT PROGRAMS. AND WHEN 
THOSE TWO EXTREMES GOT TOGETHER 
THEY SHUT OUR GOVERNMENT DOWN 
AND INSTEAD OF SOLVING 
THE PROBLEM THEY WHIPPED OUT 
THE CREDIT CARD AND SAID WE'RE 
JUST GOING TO CHARGE AT 
THE TUNE OF A BILLION DOLLARS 
OR TRILLION DOLLARS A YEAR 
THAT'S NOT OK. AND I MAY BE A 
LITTLE OFF HERE I MAY NOT EVEN 
GET ELECTED BECAUSE I'M GOING 
TO PROPOSE THAT WE INCREASE 
TAXES AND CUT FUNDING AND DO IT 
EQUALLY AND EQUIVALENTLY ACROSS 
THE BOARD SO ONE OF THE FIRST 
THINGS THAT WE'RE AS WE'RE JUST 
ROLLING IS OK WE'RE WE'RE GOING 
TO DO IT. ONE OF THE FIRST 
THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO IS 
REVERSE THE GOP DISASTROUS 
CORPORATE TAX GIVE AWAY FROM 
2017 FOLKS THEY 83 PERCENT OF 
THE BENEFITS FROM THAT WENT TO 
THE WEALTHIEST AMONG US AND 
WENT TO CORPORATE CORPORATE TAX 
GIVEAWAYS. RIGHT AND THEY SAID 
OH IT'S GOING TO CREATE MORE 
JOBS. IT DIDN'T CREATE JOBS. 
THEY LED TO TWO MORE 
SHAREHOLDER PROFITS AND BIGGER 
CEO BONUSES. RIGHT THEY SAID OH 
YOU KNOW IT'S GOING TO LEAD TO 
6 PERCENT ECONOMIC GROWTH. 
GUESS WHAT IN THE LAST TWO 
QUARTERS THAT LED TO TWO POINT 
ONE PERCENT ECONOMIC GROWTH WE 
ABSOLUTELY NEED TO REVERSE THAT 
DISASTROUS TAX PLAN AND HAVE 
MEANINGFUL TAX CUTS FOR WORKING 
AMERICANS RIGHT MIDDLE CLASS 
AMERICANS WHO DESPERATELY 
DESPERATELY NEED THOSE. WE ALSO 
PERSONAL PET PEEVE. NEED TO 
RESTORE THE STATE AND LOCAL TAX 
DEDUCTION FOR US CALIFORNIANS. 
ADDITIONALLY THOUGH YOU ASKED 
TO A TWO PART QUESTION. 
ADDITIONALLY WE ABSOLUTELY NEED 
TO TO LOOK AT OUR SPENDING AND 
MAKE SURE THAT OUR SPENDING 
REFLECTS OUR PRIORITIES. AND 
FOR US UP HERE IT SOUNDS LIKE 
OUR PRIORITIES FOREST HEALTH 
EDUCATION HEALTH CARE A LOT OF 
DOMESTIC PRIORITIES CLOSE TO 
HOME THAT THAT AFFECT YOUR 
LIVES EVERY SINGLE DAY. AND SO 
I WOULD ABSOLUTELY LOVE TO CUT 
AS MUCH GOVERNMENT WASTE AS WE 
CAN LOOK VERY CLOSELY AT 
GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS AND 
MILITARY SPENDING AND MAKING 
SURE THAT WE'RE PRIORITIZING 
OUR SPENDING ON THE DOMESTIC 
PROGRAMS LIKE SOCIAL SECURITY 
AND MEDICARE. THAT MEANS SO 
MUCH TO THE PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM 
THANK YOU. MAYBE BUT YOU YOU 
MAY AGREE BUT REBA YOU MAY. YOU 
HAVE 30 SECONDS. SO ONE OF 
THE THINGS THAT MOST OF 
THE PEOPLE THAT I'VE TALKED TO 
SAY I DON'T MIND PAYING MY 
TAXES AS LONG AS I KNOW THAT 
THE PEOPLE WHO ARE RECEIVING 
ARE ACTUALLY WILLING TO WORK? I 
WANT TO HELP PEOPLE WHO CAN'T 
WORK BUT THERE ARE A TON OF 
PEOPLE WHO AREN'T WORKING WHO 
ARE RECEIVING FEDERAL AND STATE 
AID THAT NEED TO STOP DOING 
THAT. WE NEED TO FIND A WAY TO 
INCENTIVIZE WORKING SO THAT 
PEOPLE ARE CONTRIBUTING RATHER 
THAN RECEIVING FROM 
THE TAXPAYERS. THAT'S ONE PART 
AND THERE'S AN AWFUL LOT LIKE 
SHE MENTIONED OF CORPORATE 
TAXES AND THINGS LIKE THAT THAT 
HAVE GOTTEN BREAKS THAT NEED TO 
BE DONE. THANK YOU ANYMORE 
REBUTTALS ALL RIGHT. WE GO TO 
AN AUDIENCE QUESTION WHAT CAN 
BE DONE ABOUT THE PG&E BLACKOUT 
AND WE BEGIN WITH MR. LEYDEN 
WELL I THINK THE THINGS THAT WE 
CAN DO ABOUT IT ARE ARE PRETTY 
LIMITED. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT 
WE ALL CAN DO IS INVEST IN A 
SOLAR SYSTEM FOR OURSELVES SO 
THEY WEREN'T RELIANT ON PG&E. 
AND WE'RE KILLING TWO BIRDS 
WITH ONE STONE WE'RE ALSO AT 
THE SAME TIME ABLE TO REDUCE 
OUR RELIANCE ON NON-RENEWABLE 
RESOURCES PETROLEUM AND SO 
FORTH EVERY TIME WE FLIP ON A 
LIGHT SWITCH OUR RENEWABLE 
RESOURCE POWER GRID IS FULL. SO 
WE'RE PULLING OFF OF CARBON 
MISSPENDING. YEAH. SO THIS 
ONE'S TOUGH FOR ME FOLKS 
BECAUSE THAT THEY CAN'T FIRE 
CAME WITHIN TWO MILES OF MY OF 
MY HOUSE. ANDIN BUTTE COUNTY 
WE LIVED THROUGH AND I KNOW 
YOU'RE AFRAID OF IT EVERY DAY 
HERE IN NEVADA COUNTY BUT IN 
BUTTE COUNTY WE LIVED THROUGH 
WHAT IT FEELS LIKE WHEN A SPARK 
FROM A POWER LINE LIGHTS ONE OF 
THESE MASSIVE MEGA FIRES RIGHT. 
SO HALF OF ME SAYS TURN OFF 
THE POWER ANY TIME THERE'S A 
WIND BECAUSE I HAVE THIS PTSD 
REACTION TO STRONG WIND. BUT 
THE OTHER HALF OF ME KNOWS THAT 
THAT ONE POWER OUTAGE THAT 
LASTED 40 HOURS COULD HAVE 
ECONOMIC EFFECTS OF UP TO 2.5 
BILLION DOLLARS NEGATIVELY ON 
OUR ECONOMY. RIGHT. AND THAT 
JUST THIS LAST YEAR 3 MILLION 
PEOPLE AROUND THE STATE HAD 
THEIR POWER SHUT OFF MULTIPLE 
TIMES AND PG&E SAYS WELL YOU 
CAN JUS EXPECT THIS FOR 10 
YEARS. SO I KNOW THAT THAT IS 
ALSO NOT A SOLUTION AS YOUR 
REPRESENTATIVE I WILL NOT BE 
BOUGHT AND PAID FOR BY PG&E. AS 
PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED AND I WILL 
DO EVERYTHING IN MY POWER TO 
WORK WITH OUR STATE LEGISLATURE 
WORK WITH OUR GOVERNOR'S OFFICE 
TO MAKE SURE THAT WE FIND A 
SOLUTION TO THIS PROBLEM MR. 
LETOURNEAU I THINK WE JUST HAVE 
TO WE HAVE TO RISE UP AS PEOPLE 
AND THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO BE A 
VOICE AND EMPOWER YOU. AND I 
THINK WE HAVE TO COME TOGETHER 
AND MAKE OUR VOICE HEARD AT 
THE FEDERAL LEVEL AT THE STATE 
LEVEL AT THE LOCAL LEVEL. AND 
WE HAVE TO FIND THOSE 
ALTERNATIVE ENERGIES WE HAVE TO 
FIND THOSE ALTERNATIVE 
COMPANIES AND THINGS THAT ARE 
OFFERING DIFFERENT OPTIONS TO 
US SO THAT WE CAN NOT PUT ALL 
THE POWER IN ONE SPOT. THANK 
YOU NEXT WE GO TO THE UNION MR. 
COREY THANK YOU. VACCINATION IS 
DEPENDING ON HOW YOU SEE IT IN 
THIS COUNTY ARE A REALLY BIG 
PROBLEM THAT IS PEOPLE NOT 
GETTING THEM SPECIFICALLY 
CHILDREN. DO YOU THINK THIS IS 
AN ISSUE AND IF SO IS THERE 
ANYTHING YOU WOULD DO TO TRY TO 
SORT OF FIX THE VACCINATION 
RATES. THERE ARE QUITE LOW IN 
THIS COUNTY MISS DENNING YOU 
FIRST. SO THE SCIENTIFIC 
COMMUNITY HAS COME TO A 
CONSENSUS THAT VACCINES SAVE 
LIVES AND WHEN MORE CHILDREN 
ARE VACCINATED MORE PEOPLE ARE 
VACCINATED EVERYONE SAFER. 
THE STATE IS CURRENTLY IS HAS 
WORKED ON IT IS WORKING ON 
LEGISLATION TO THIS EFFECT AND 
I BELIEVE THAT THE STATE 
LEGISLATION WILL BE THE THING 
THAT MOST LIKELY AFFECTS 
VACCINATION RATES IN 
THE COUNTY. BUT THERE IS GOOD 
SCIENTIFIC CONSENSUS THAT 
VACCINES SAVE LIVES. MR. 
LETOURNEAU THAT'S AN AREA I 
STRONGLY DIFFER IT'S SOMETHING 
THAT WE'VE WINESSED 
PERSONALLY. NOT THAT VACCINES 
CAN'T SAVE LIVES BUT I ALSO 
KNOW I'VE DONE RESEARCH NOT 
JUST THE BROAD SPECTRUM THAT 
YOU HEAR IN THE MEDIA BUT 
THEY'RE FULL OF THINGS THAT I 
DON'T NECESSARILY WANT PUTTING 
MY KIDS ALL OF THE TIME. AND I 
THINK IT CAN BECOME A VERY FEAR 
BASED THING WITHIN SOCIETY. AND 
I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT 
THEN CAN COME AGAINST OUR 
LIBERTY AND WHEN IT'S STARTING 
TO BE ENFORCED ON FAMILIES 
RATHER THAN CHOICES THEN I 
THINK WE'VE GONE TOO FAR MR. 
LEYDEN. THANK YOU. THIS IS AN 
AREA AGAIN NEAR AND DEAR TO MY 
HEART. I'VE DONE A LOT OF 
RESEARCH LOOKED AT VACCINES 
FROM HER HEALTH STANDPOINT AND 
WE RECOGNIZE THAT IF YOU CAN 
GET TO A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF 
THE POPULATION VACCINATED IT 
HAS A PROTECTIVE EFFECT AGAINST 
THE REST OF IT DOESN'T MAKE 
SENSE. BUT IT'S REAL. AND WHEN 
YOU HAVE A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE 
OF THE POPULATION THAT FOR 
WHATEVER REASON DOES NOT TRUST 
OR BELIEVE THAT THE VACCINES 
ARE SAFE WE HAVE AN OBLIGATION 
TO DO RESEARCH TO SHOW THAT 
THEY ARE OR ARE NOT. AND ONE OF 
THE THINGS THAT NEEDS TO BE 
DONE IS THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE 
CONTROL AND A NUMBER OF OTHER 
ORGANIZATIONS NEED TO STEP UP 
TO THE PLATE AND SHOW ALSO. I 
THINK THAT WE NEED TO HAVE A 
LOT MORE DATA DRIVEN NOT FEAR 
DRIVEN REALIZATIONS ABOUT 
VACCINES. I HAVE TO AGREE WITH 
ME THAT ANY VACCINES SAVE LIVES 
THANK YOU. NEXT AN AUDIENCE 
QUESTION WHAT COMMITTEES WOULD 
YOU LIKE TO SIT ON AND WHY? 
YOU'RE LOOKING AT ME DO I GO 
FIRST. MS DENNY YES. SO I 
CANNOT WAIT TO SERVE ON 
THE AGRICULTURAL COMMITTEE AND 
THE NATURAL RESOURCES 
COMMITTEE. AND MAYBE IF THEY 
GIVE ME THREE. THEY PROBABLY 
WON'T BUT MY NUMBER THREE WOULD 
BE TRANSPORTATION AND 
INFRASTRUCTURE. FOLKS IT IS A 
DREAM OF MINE TO GET TO WORK UP 
CLOSE WITH OUR AG POLICY TO GET 
TO WORK HAVE A HAND IN CRAFTING 
OUR NEXT FARM BILL AND TO SEE 
HOW THIS MIGHT BE MY ONLY 
CHANCE TO TALK ABOUT 
AGRICULTURE UNLESS YOU STACK 
THE DECK GUYS SO MANY STACKED 
THE DECK WITH SOME QUESTIONS 
FOR ME. BUT I WOULD LOVE 
THE CHANCE TO GET TO SUPPORT 
THE NRC S TO BUILD UP OUR 
FARMERS TECHNICAL CAPACITY TO 
DO CONSERVATION PRACTICES I 
LOVE THE CHANCE TO GET TO TRY 
TO PILOT ECO SERVICE MARKETS OR 
CARBON MARKETS THAT WOULD PAY 
OUR FARMERS FOR THE GOOD WORK 
THAT THEY'RE DOING. I'D LOVE A 
SEAT ON THE NATURAL RESOURCES 
COMMITTEE AS PREVIOUSLY 
MENTIONED. OUR DISTRICT IS 50 
BELIEVE A BIG PART OF THE ROLE 
OF THE REPRESENTATIVE OF THIS 
DISTRICT IS TO ALMOST BE A 
NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGER IN 
CHIEF. AND SO THAT THOSE ARE MY 
TWO TOP TWO COMMITTEES 
TRANSPORTATION AND 
INFRASTRUCTURE. BOY HOW COULD 
THEY HAVE A HUGE IMPACT ON OUR 
RURAL BROADBAND SITUATION OUT 
HERE IN RURAL BROADBAND AS WE 
ALL KNOW IS IS A SAFETY ISSUE 
IT'S A HEALTH ISSUE IT' AN 
EDUCATION ISSUE IT'S AN 
ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY ISSUE AND 
THOSE WOULD BE MY TOP THREE MR. 
LETOURNEAU YOU KNOW FOR ME IT'S 
PRETTY MUCH ANY COMMITTEE THAT 
FITS WITH THE SOCIO ECONOMIC 
POLICY. REALLY WHAT'S NEAR AND 
DEAR TO OUR HEART IS HOW WE 
REBUILD CULTURE HOW WE REBUILD 
COMMUNITIES CITIES NATIONS AND 
THAT GOES WITH INTERNATIONAL 
RELATIONS AS WELL AS THAT WE 
HAVE SUCH A TOP DOWN POWER 
STRUCTURE THAT I BELIEVE HAS TO 
BE FLIPPED. AND SO WE HAVE A 
WELFARE SYSTEM THAT CAN SPIN 
AND FACILITATE EVEN MORE 
DEPENDENCE AND I BELIEVE WE'VE 
GOT TO USE MORE EMPOWERMENT. WE 
HAVE TO GET MORE CREATIVE IN 
NOT JUST TAKING CARE OF 
PHYSICAL NEEDS BUT HOW WE 
PROMOTE PEOPLE FORWARD HOW WE 
EMPOWER THEM HOW WE GIVE THEM 
HOPE? SO THE PHYSICAL NEEDS 
HAVE SOMETHING TO STICK TO. AND 
SO ANY OF THOSE COMMITTEES 
WHERE YOU KNOW THEY SAY THAT A 
TEAM IS ONLY AS STRONG AS ITS 
WEAKEST LINK AND SO ANY 
COMMITTEE THAT IS TALKING ABOUT 
AND CARRYING FORTH THE WEAKEST 
LINKS IN THE AREAS OF CONCERN 
OF SOCIETY IN THAT WAY THAT'S 
WHERE I WANT TO SIT BECAUSE I 
WANT TO ADVOCATE FOR THEM. I 
WANT TO BELIEVE IN THEM BECAUSE 
WE SAY A TEAM IS ALWAYS AS 
STRONG AS ITS WEAKEST LINK BUT 
WE DON'T ACTUALLY LIVE IT 
BECAUSE WE KEEP THAT TOP DOWN 
POWER STRUCTURE IF WE ACTUALLY 
BELIEVE THAT WE WILL INVEST AS 
MUCH LEADERSHIP AS MUCH VISION 
AND THOSE ATTHE BOTTOM AS WE 
DO OUR CEOS. AND WHEN WE START 
DOING THAT WE'LL ACTUALLY START 
TO REBUILD CULTURES COMMUNITIES 
AND NATIONS MR LYDEN WELL MR. 
ANY KIND OF STOLE MY THUNDER 
THERE. THE AGRICULTURE AGAIN IS 
A BIG PART OF WHAT I DO. 
NATURAL RESOURCES ARE A BIG 
PART OF WHAT I DO? I MEAN AS I 
ALLUDED TO EARLIER EDUCATION AS 
WELL THANK YOU NEXT WE GO TO 
JEFF FLYNN FROM KANSAS YOU ALL 
RIGHT. I'LL TRY TO PHRASES AS 
BEST I CAN. BIZ DANNY YOU 
TALKED IN YOUR OPENING 
STATEMENT ABOUT THE SIZE OF 
THIS DISTRICT AND HOW 11 
COUNTIES IS BIGGER THAN A LOT 
STATES BECAUSE OF THAT THERE 
ARE A LOT OF DIFFERENT ISSUES. 
I'M GOING TO USE AFFORDABLE 
HOUSING AS AN EXAMPLE. I THINK 
IN NEVADA COUNTY IT'S A LITTLE 
MORE DIFFICULT. I KNOW IT'S 
MORE DIFFICULT TO FIND A PLACE 
TO LIVE FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE 
THAN SAY MAYBE IN SHASTA COUNTY 
OR BUTTE COUNTY. HOW DO YOU 
LOOK OUT IF ELECTED HOW WOULD 
YOU LOOK OUT FOR NEVADA COUNTY 
INTERESTS THAT MIGHT BE 
DIFFERENT FROM THE REST OF 
THE DISTRICT. MR THE TURNOUT 
YOUR FIRST I CAN RELATE TO THAT 
STRUGGLE JUST WE'VE MOVED 
AROUND A LOT AND WE'VE LIVED IN 
SOME VERY HIGH END COUNTIES 
THAT WE DEFINITELY DID NOT FIT 
IN AND I'M NOT REAL FAMILIAR 
WITH NEVADA COUNTY YET TO BE 
HONEST AND SO TAKE GIVE THAT A 
GREAT ANSWER. I NEED TO HEAR 
MORE FROM FROM EACH OF YOU. I 
HAVE A LOT TO LEARN IN THAT IN 
THIS AREA AND FROM THE PEOPLE 
IN AND WHAT IS IMPACTING THAT 
FOR YOU. AND SO I DON'T THINK I 
HAVE A FULL ANSWER FOR THAT 
YET. MR. LEYDEN WELL I NEED TO 
SAY THAT THAT'S NOT AN ISSUE 
THAT HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO MY 
ATTENTION IS SOMETHING THAT'S 
REALLY SIGNIFICANT TO 
IMPORTANT. I SEE THAT IT IS. 
AND AS MR. LETOURNEAU SAID IT'S 
SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO PAY 
ATTENTION TO. AND I WOULD LIKE 
TO BE ABLE TO GET MORE 
INFORMATION ON HOW EACH COUNTY 
DIFFERS FROM THE OTHERS IN THIS 
REGARD. THAT SAID THERE'S NOT A 
LOT FROM THE FEDERAL SIDE THAT 
CAN BE DONE. THAT'S MORE STATE 
AND LOCAL IT'S ALSO IN 
THE HANDS OF THE PEOPLE TO DO 
THAT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT 
DRIVES AFFORDABILITY IS 
THE ABILITY OF PEOPLE TO EARN A 
LIVING AND THAT'S DIRECTLY 
RELATED TO EDUCATION. SO 
INDIRECTLY WE NEED TO ADDRESS 
EDUCATION SO THAT PEOPLE ARE 
ABLE TO EARN THE KIND OF MONEY 
TO LIVE IN THE HOUSES THAT ARE 
AVAILABLE THANK YOU MISS DANNY. 
ALL RIGHT EVAN ANSWER BOTH OF 
YOUR PARTS OF YOUR QUESTION. I 
WANT TO TALK ABOUT AFFORDABLE 
HOUSING BUT I ALSO REALLY WANT 
TO ADDRESS THE ROOT OF YOUR 
QUESTION WHICH WAS WHAT HOW AM 
I GOING TO STAND IN FRONT ABOUT 
A COUNTY WHEN I HAVE 11 
COUNTIES TO REPRESENT IN FOLKS 
THERE IS A FRAMEWORK TO THIS 
FOR ME. AND THE FIRST PART OF 
THE FRAMEWORK IS ASK QUESTIONS 
WHATEVER COUNTY I'M IN WHEREVER 
I AM I ASK QUESTIONS. AND 
ALREADY I'VE HAD THE CHANCE TO 
SIT DOWN WITH LOCAL COUNTY 
OFFICIALS FROM MANY MANY OF OUR 
COUNTIES AND ASK THEM HEY ON 
DAY ONE HOW CAN I REPRESENT 
YOUR COUNTY WHEN I GET ELECTED 
WHAT DO YOU NEED? AND 
SHOCKINGLY I'VE HEARD A LOT OF 
SIMILAR THREADS THROUGH A LOT 
OF OUR RURAL COUNTIES. SO FIRST 
I ASK QUESTIONS STAY STEP TWO. 
I SHUT UP AND ACTUALLY LISTEN 
RIGHT. I LISTEN TO HERE. I 
LISTEN FOR UNDERSTANDING. I'M 
NOT TRYING TOFORMULATE 
THE NEXT THING WHILE I'M 
LISTENING AND THEN I LEAVE AND 
STEP THREE IS DOING SOME 
RESEARCH RIGHT. BACKING UP WHAT 
THEY'VE HEARD ASKING OTHERS 
ASKING MY ADVISORY COUNCILS AND 
STEP FOUR IS MAKING DATA DRIVEN 
DECISIONS THAT DO THE MOST GOOD 
FOR THE MOST PEOPLE THAT I 
REPRESENT. SO AM I GOING TO 
GIVE NEVADA COUNTY SPECIAL 
TREATMENT. SORRY I'M NOT I LOVE 
YOU GUYS BUT I LOVE YOU AS MUCH 
AS I LOVE ALL THE COUNTIES THAT 
I REPRESENT BECAUSE EVERY 
SINGLE PERSON IN ALL OF OUR 
COUNTIES IS INHERENTLY EQUAL. 
HOW MUCH TIME DO I HAVE LEFT TO 
TALK ABOUT THE AFFORDABLE 
HOUSING CRISIS 5 4. ASK ANOTHER 
QUESTION ABOUT AFFORDABLE 
HOUSING I HAVE THINGS TO SAY. 
THANK YOU NEXT TO AN AUDIENCE 
QUESTION HOW WOULD YOU ADDRESS 
FOREST REHABILITATION ON 
FEDERAL LANDS AND WE BEGIN WITH 
MR. LEYDEN WELL FIRST THING WE 
DO IS EXACTLY WHAT MS DENNY WAS 
REFERRING TO. WE ASK LOTS OF 
QUESTIONS WE GET EVERYBODY WITH 
A STAKE IN IT AT THE SAME TABLE 
AT THE SAME TIME AND HAVE A 
MODERATOR THAT SAY YOU CAN'T 
YELL AT EACH OTHER IF YOU WANT 
TO TAKE YOUR BALL AND GO HOME 
YOU'RE GOING TO LOSE YOUR 
OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WE NEED TO 
FIND A CONSENSUS WE CAN NO 
LONGER LET THIS GROUP OR THAT 
GROUP DOMINATE IT. WE'VE GOT TO 
HAVE CONSENSUS MS. BENNY 
AWESOME AND HOW WE BUILD THAT 
CONSENSUS IS THROUGH A TOOL IN 
THE FEDERAL POLICY FRAMEWORK 
CALLED CONSERVATION STEWARDSHIP 
AGREEMENTS AND I MEAN GET AS 
POSSIBLY AS WONKY AS I CAN IN 
THE NEXT 90 SECONDS. AND THIS 
IS A TOOL THAT BRINGS TOGETHER 
ALL THE DIFFERENT GROUPS 
THE DOC'S TALKING ABOUT IT 
BRINGS TOGETHER LOCAL STATE 
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IT BRINGS 
TOGETHER THE PRIVATE LOGGERS IT 
BRINGS TOGETHER 
ENVIRONMENTALISTS NATIVE 
AMERICAN TRIBES NGOS BRINGS 
THEM ALL TOGETHER AT THE SAME 
TABLE AND SAYS HEY FOR THIS 
PIECE OF LAND LET'S BUILD 
THE INTEGRATED NATURAL RESOURCE 
MANAGEMENT PLAN AND WE NEED TO 
BRING THIS PIECE BACK TO HEALTH 
AND THEN BRIT LETS THE PRIVATE 
GUYS THE PRIVATE WORKERS 
PRIVATE COMPANIES COME ON 
EXTRACT SOME OF THAT WOODY 
BIOMASS HELP RESTORE THOSE 
WATERSHEDS THOSE ECOSYSTEMS 
THOSE RIVERS TO HEALTH AND THEN 
PART OF THE MONEY THE MONEY 
THAT'S MADE FROM SELLING THAT 
EXCESS WOODY BIOMASS GOES TO 
PAY FOR THE PRIVATE GUYS BUT 
THE KEY IS THE KEY POINT IS 
THAT EVERYONE'S AT THE TABLE 
AND THE CONGRESSMAN IS GONNA 
TELL YOU YOU KNOW OUR FORESTS 
AREN'T HEALTHY BECAUSE THOSE 
ENVIRONMENTALISTS ARE LOST TO 
US EVERY TIME. THAT'S WHAT HE 
GOING TO TELL YOU. AND SO IT'S 
IS IMPORTANT TO HAVE 
THE ENVIRONMENTALISTS AND 
THE ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS AT 
THE TABLE BECAUSE THEIR VOICE 
IS IMPORTANT BUT EVERYONE'S 
VOICE IS IMPORTANT. AND 
THE ONLY WAY WE MOVE FORWARD. 
THE ONLY WAY WE INCREASE 
THE PACE AND THE SCALE OF THESE 
RESTORATION EFFORTS IN TIME TO 
SAVE OUR TOWNS AND OUR 
COMMUNITIES BY BEING CONSUMED 
IN WILDFIRES IS BY EVERYBODY 
WORKING TOGETHER. THERE'S BEEN 
MANY SUCCESSFUL PILOT PROGRAMS 
OF THESE ON SMALL HUNDRED 
THOUSAND ACRE PIECES BUT WE 
NEED TO DO THIS EVERY SINGLE 
FEDERAL FOREST IN OUR DISTRICT 
MR. LETOURNEAU YOU KNOW I THINK 
ONE OF THE REASONS YOU BRING 
THESE PEOPLE THAT YOU DESCRIBE 
TO THE TABLE AND IT NEVER GETS 
SOLVED BECAUSE AND THAT'S 
CONSISTENT ACROSS THE BOARD IS 
SO MUCH A SOCIETY WE DO A LOT 
OF TALKING AND A LOT OF YELLING 
BUT WITHOUT A LOT OF HONOR AND 
WITHOUT A LOT OF RESPECT. AND 
THOSE ARE SOME NATURAL THINGS 
THAT USED TO BE A LOT MORE 
PREVALENT IN OUR CULTURE AND IN 
OUR SOCIETY. AND I THINK THAT'S 
SOMETHING THAT YOU KNOW WHEN 
YOU FIRST ASKED THE QUESTION I 
THOUGHT WELL I'LL JUST INVITE 
THEM ALL TO OUR LOCAL COFFEE 
SHOP BECAUSE I THINK THEY TALK 
ABOUT IT EVERY DAY AND PROBABLY 
ALL LEARN QUITE A BIT FROM BUT 
THE REALITY IS THAT ALMOST 
EVERY ISSUE IS TIED TO AN 
AGENDA. AND IF PEOPLE ARE 
BRINGING THOSE AGENDAS AND 
THOSE CONVERSATIONS THE ISSUE 
IS NOT GOING TO BE HEALED. AND 
SO WE HAVE TO GET PAST THOSE 
AGENDAS AND ACTUALLY WANT 
SOLUTIONS WHEN WHEN WE'RE IN 
THE MIDDLE OF THOSE 
CONVERSATIONS THANK YOU. NEXT 
WE GO TO PASCALE FROM. YOU'VE 
BEEN AT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT 
GENERALLY BOTH PARTIES IN DC 
CAN AGREE ON IS THE NEED FOR 
INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT. 
EVERYBODY'S TALKING ABOUT 
INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS NOW 
NEVADA COUNTY AND THE REST OF 
YOUR DISTRICT. SURE THERE'S 
HARD INFRASTRUCTURE. BUT I 
WOULD LIKE TO TALK. HAVE YOU 
TALK ABOUT WHAT CAN BE DONE TO 
ACTUALLY BRING REAL BROADBAND 
TO THE DISTRICT AND TO ALL OF 
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA BASICALLY 
SO THAT PEOPLE ACTUALLY CAN 
COMPETE IN THE MODERN 
MARKETPLACE. SPENDING YOUR 
FIRST. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR 
BRINGING THAT UP PA.. THAT'S 
REALLY REALLY IMPORTANT 
QUESTION. I'M SURE MAY OF YOU 
SAW WITHIN THE LAST WEEK 
THE DEMS ROLLED OUT A BIG 
INFRASTRUCTURE PACKAGE AND I'M 
HOPING THAT SOME OF THAT GETS 
EARMARKED FOR RURAL BROADBAND 
BECAUSE LIKE WE MENTIONED 
EARLIER IT IS IT'S A PUBLIC 
SAFETY ISSUE. IT'S AN EDUCATION 
ISSUE. IT'S A HEALTH CARE 
ISSUE. WE DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO 
A LOT OF DOCTORS HERE. LET'S 
TALK ABOUT TELEMEDICINE RIGHT. 
IT'S AN ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY 
ISSUE AND HOW WE DO IT IN 
THE PART OF THE WORLD WHERE WE 
LIVE WITH ALLOF THESE 
MOUNTAINS AND HILLS AND TREES 
LOOKS A LOT DIFFERENT THAN IT 
LOOKS IN THE MIDWEST RIGHT. 
ONLY 30 PERCENT OF RURAL HOMES 
ACROSS THE COUNTRY HAVE HIGH 
SPEED INTERNET ACCESS IN MODOC 
COUNTY AND ALL TOURISTS THE ALL 
TOURIST SCHOOL DISTRICT ONLY 2 
PERCENT OF FAMILIES IN THAT 
SCHOOL DISTRICT HAVE RURAL 
BROADBAND. SO KIDS HAVE TO SIT 
OUTSIDE THE SCHOOL TO DO THEIR 
HOMEWORK AND OUR PART OF 
THE WORLD'S USING SATELLITES 
NOT SUPER EFFECTIVE BECAUSE OF 
ALL THE HILLS AND TREES. I'VE 
LEARNED THAT FIBER OPTICS ARE 
REALLY KEY FOR AREAS LIK OURS. 
AND THERE'S AMAZING GRANT 
PROGRAMS THAT ARE ACTUALLY AT 
THE STATE LEVEL AND THROUGH 
USDA THAT OUR COUNTIES AND 
OTHER AGENCIES CAN APPLY FOR TO 
GET FUNDING BUT UNTIL WE MAKE 
THIS A NATIONAL PRIORITY AND A 
NATIONAL ISSUE TO MAKE SURE 
THAT EVERY SINGLE HOUSEHOLD IS 
CONNECTED WHETHER IT'S IN 
THE MIDWEST WHERE WE CAN USE 
DIFFERENT TECHNOLOGY THAT WE 
CAN USE UP HERE IN 
THE MOUNTAINS WE WE WON'T 
SUCCEED. AND WE ALSO HAVE TO 
ELECT REPRESENTATIVES THAT WILL 
HOLD THE TELECOM COMPANIES 
ACCOUNTABLE. AND MY OPPONENT 
CONGRESSMAN LAMB OFA TAKES 
MONEY FROM THEM. MR LETOURNEAU 
SIMPLY PUT FOR ME AND IT'S I 
DON'T KNOW THE TECHNOLOGY 
REALLY WELL I'M NOT A TECHIE 
PERSON IN THAT WAY BUT IT'S 
PRIORITIZED AND WE HAVE TO 
FIGHT FOR THAT PRIORITIZATION. 
THAT'S WHAT WE SEE. WE'VE MOVED 
INTO MCCLOUD AND WE WATCHED HOW 
THE LACK OF THAT PRIORITIZATION 
THE IMPACT IT HAD ON SO MANY 
PEOPLE ON THE STUDENTS ON THOSE 
ON EMPLOYEES FROM DIFFERENT 
PLACES INTERNET CONSTANTLY UP 
AND DOWN THERE'S NO CONSISTENCY 
AND IT'S HAVING A DRASTIC 
IMPACT ON A VARIETY VARIOUS OF 
LIFE. SO WE JUST HAVE TO FIGHT 
FOR THAT PRIORITIZATION MR. 
LYDEN AND A LITTLE CONFLICTED 
IN THIS. I DEFINITELY WANT 
PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE 
CONNECTIVITY AND I UNDERSTAND. 
MS DANNY'S CONCERN WITH 
THE EDUCATION THE HEALTH CARE 
AND EMPLOYMENT AND SO FORTH. 
AND THE IDEA OF DOING 
TELEMEDICINE IS FABULOUS TO A 
CERTAIN POINT. AND I REALLY 
LIKE THA IDEA EDUCATION REALLY 
GOES FORWARD AS A TRUSTEE FOR 
SHASTA COLLEGE WE'VE REALLY 
BEEN PUSHING HARD WITH OUR AREA 
BEING SUCH A HUGE DISTRICT AND 
MUCH OF IT RURAL. WE'VE HAD TO 
WORK ON BROADBAND ISSUES AND 
THERE ARE NO EASY SOLUTIONS. 
AND I DON'T THINK THAT 
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS GOING 
TO BE ABLE TO DO A HUGE AMOUNT. 
THERE ARE SOME GRANT MONIES 
THAT CAN BE MADE AVAILABLE FOR 
THAT SORT OF THING AND I 
DEFINITELY WOULD PUSH FOR THAT 
BUT I THINK REALLY WE NEED TO 
PURSUE TECHNOLOGIES THAT WILL 
ENABLE EVERYONE TO GET IT 
EVERYWHERE ON THE PLANET AND 
THAT INCLUDES SATELLITES THANK 
YOU. NEXT WE GO TO AN AUDIENCE 
QUESTION ROE V. WADE MAY SOON 
BE CHALLENGED IN THE SUPREME 
COURT. WHAT IS YOUR OPINION 
ABOUT THIS AND HOW WOULD YOU 
SUPPORT WOMEN'S ACCESS TO 
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH IN RURAL 
COMMUNITIES. WE BEGIN WITH MR. 
LETOURNEAU THE SUBJECTS NEAR 
AND DEAR TO MY HEART AND A 
VARIETY OF WAYS I I LOVE CHOICE 
AND YET LIFE TAKES THE UTMOST 
PRIORITY AND SO IT'S GOING HOW 
DO WE MAXIMIZE BOTH HOW DO WE 
WALK THAT NARROW LINE IN 
BETWEEN TWO PRIORITIZE LIFE TO 
VALUE LIFE. AND TO ME IT COMES 
DOWN TO MORE THAN ONE LAW. ONE 
PIECE OF LEGISLATION FOR OR 
AGAINST I BELIEVE WE HAVE TO 
CREATE A CULTURE OF LIFE. I 
BELIEVE WE HAVE TO BE MORE 
PROACTIVE. IT'S NOT JUST YOU'RE 
FOR IT OR YOU'RE AGAINST IT 
BECAUSE IT'S A HOLISTIC ISSUE 
THAT WE HAVE STOPPED VALUING 
LIFE AND CULTURE BECAUSE LIFE 
ISN'T JUST IN THAT LAW OR THAT 
PIECE OF LEGISLATION. LIFE IS 
IN THE WAY WE TREAT ONE ANOTHER 
LIFE IS IN THE WAY WE CARE FOR 
ONE ANOTHER AND IT GOES BEYOND 
JUST THE UNBORN AND UNTIL WE 
REALIZE THAT UNTIL WE GO TO 
THE ROOT THAT'S BEHIND WE WON'T 
SOLVE ANYTHING. WE'LL JUST 
CONTINUE TO HAVE A TUG OF WAR. 
WE HAVE TO GO TO THE ROOT OF 
THIS ISSUE. AND UNTIL WE DO 
WE'RE GOING TO FIND OURSELVES 
IN THE SAME PREDICAMENT OVER 
AND OVER AGAIN LYDEN CURRENTLY 
WE'RE WAITING TO SEE WHAT 
THE SUPREME COURT DOES UNTIL 
AND UNLESS THERE'S NOT A LOT IN 
TERMS OF LEGISLATION THAT WE 
CAN DO TO ADDRESS THAT. I AM 
WATCHING THIS IS IS AN ISSUE OF 
GREAT SIGNIFICANCE TO A LOT OF 
PEOPLE AND IT'S PROBABLY ONE OF 
THE MOST DIVISIVE ISSUES THAT 
WE'VE GOT AND I WOULD LIKE TO 
FOCUS NOT SO MUCH ON WHAT WE DO 
BUT HOW WE GOT TO THE POINT 
WHERE SOMEBODY NEEDS TO MAKE A 
DECISION AND I THINK THE KEY TO 
THAT IS TO START WITH GOOD 
EDUCATION TO DEVELOP THAT 
CULTURE OF DIGNITY AND RESPECT 
IN THE SCHOOLS AND TO BE ABLE 
TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITY FOR 
PEOPLE TO PROVIDE FOR 
THEMSELVES AND FOR THEIR 
FAMILIES. THERE'S NOT THAT 
SENSE OF HOPELESSNESS OR I MADE 
A MISTAKE AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT 
TO DO BECAUSE YOU HAVE BEEN 
EDUCATED ON WHAT TO BE ABLE TO 
DO AND HAVE OPTIONS. SO RATHER 
THAN FOCUSING ON THE DIVISIVE 
LET'S FOCUS ON SOME OF 
THE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO TO 
MAKE IT NOT BE AN ISSUE MISS 
DANNY I WANT YOU TO HEAR THIS 
ANSWER. I'M AN INTERN ON MY 
MIKE. THIS IS TERRIFYING 
MOMENTS IN U.S. HISTORY WHEN 46 
YEARS OF PRECEDENT OF A WOMAN'S 
PRIVACY AND SOVEREIGNTY OVER 
HER BODY ARE BEING QUESTIONED 
BY THE COURTS AND BY LAWMAKERS 
I DEEPLY DEEPLY BELIEVE IN 
THE SANCTITY OF LIFE AND I 
BELIEVE THAT THAT GOD CREATED 
ALL LIFE BUT I ALSO BELIEVE IN 
A WOMAN'S ROLE IN DECIDING WHEN 
LIFE INTO BEING MAKING THAT 
THE DECISION TO END 
THE PREGNANCY IS A TRAUMATIC 
ONE AND IT'S ONE THAT I WISH NO 
ONE HAD TO MAKE. BUT IT IS A 
WOMAN'S RIGHT TO MAKE THAT 
DECISION IN CONSULTATION WITH 
HER DOCTOR AND NO ONE ELSE IF 
PEOPLE WHO ARE PUSHING FOR 
RESTRICTIVE ABORTION LAWS AND 
PUSHING FOR ROE TO BE 
OVERTURNED REALLY CARED ABOUT 
LIFE. THEY WOULD BE ADVOCATING 
FOR MAKING SURE THAT WE 
DECREASE OUR MATERNAL MORTALITY 
RATE WHICH IS CURRENTLY 
THE HIGHEST IN THE DEVELOPED 
WORLD. THEY'D BE ADVOCATING FOR 
PAID FAMILY LEAVE SO PEOPLE 
COULD SPEND TIME WITH THEIR 
CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES 
RIGHT THEY'D BE INVESTING IN 
EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION AND 
THE DATA CLEARLY SHOWS THAT 
SINCE THE PASSING OF ROE 
THE WAY TO RECRUIT DUES 
THE NUMBER OF ABORTIONS IS NOT 
THROUGH RESTRICTIVE ABORTION 
POLICY IN CALIFORNIA SINCE 
THE LATE 90S THE EARLY 90S ARE 
ABORTION RATES HAVE BEEN 
DECLINING? WE NEED TO MAKE DATA 
DRIVEN DECISIONS THAT SUPPORT 
WOMEN AND I AM PROUD TO BE ONE 
OF THE SEVEN CANDIDATES ACROSS 
THE COUNTRY WHO HAS ENDORSED AS 
A TOP TWO RACE BY PLANNED 
PARENTHOOD THANK YOU. WE GO TO 
PAUL I NEVER LET MYSELF. CAN I 
WRITE ABOUT MYSELF. CAN I KEEP 
TALKING I DIDN'T FINISH 
ANSWERING THE QUESTION. CAN 
SOMEONE HEAR ABOUT ME SORRY ANY 
OTHER MISERABLE RETURN ON YOU. 
REBUTTAL. THANK YOU. I THINK 
LIKE WHAT WAS ALLUDED TO AS FAR 
AS EDUCATION ON THE FOREFRONT. 
THAT'S ONE OF THOSE PROACTIVE 
ANSWERS THERE'S A WHOLE BUNCH 
OF OTHER ELEMENTS THAT GO WITH 
THAT HOLISTIC PART OF A CULTURE 
OF LIFE. IT GOES INTO FOSTER 
CARE. IT GOES INTO ORPHAN CARE. 
IT GOES INTO POVERTY CARE AND 
HOW WE MAKE SURE SOMEONE KNOWS 
THEY HAVE OPTIONS. IT'S EVERY 
BIT OF CARE FOR LIFE THAT GOES 
BEFORE THE CHOICE AND YET AT 
THE SAME TIME PUTTING THAT 
VALUE AND OUR CULTURE ON LIFE. 
I WOULD LOVE FOR FOUR WOMEN WHO 
GO THROUGH AN HOUR WALK INTO 
THAT CHOICE TO HAVE A CHANCE TO 
HEAR THE HEARTBEAT OR TO SEE AN 
ULTRASOUND SO THEY HAVE MORE 
AWARENESS THEMSELVES. AND NOW 
I'M ABOUT HIM AND ANSWER 
THE SECOND PART OF THE QUESTION 
WHICH WAS ABOUT ACCESS AND OUR 
HUGE RURAL AREA FOLKS IN THIS 
DISTRICT ALMOST THE SIZE OF 
THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 
TWENTY THOUSAND SQUARE MILES WE 
HAVE TWO PLANNED PARENTHOOD 
CLINICS AND WE HAVE THREE 
WOMEN'S HEALTH SPECIALIST 
CLINICS RIGHT. AND THEY'RE ALL 
LOCATED IN NEVADA COUNTY 
REDDING AND CHICO WOMEN AND 
SIERRA COUNTY AND WOMEN IN 
MODOC COUNTY DON'T HAVE 
HOSPITALS WHERE THEY CAN 
DELIVER BABIES IN AND WHEN THEY 
ARE NINE MONTHS PREGNANT THEY 
HAVE TO DRIVE HOURS AND HOURS 
AND HOURS ON WINDING ROADS. WE 
HAVE TO WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT 
RURAL HEALTH CARE I'M DONE. I 
WANT TO RESPOND TO THAT REAL 
HEALTH CARE IS ABSOLUTELY A KEY 
TO THIS THAT CULTURE OF DIGNITY 
AND RESPECT IS ABSOLUTELY KEY 
IN EDUCATION IS A KEY I THINK 
WE'RE ALL AGREED THAT WE HAVE 
ISSUES THAT COULD DIVIDE US. 
LET'S FOCUS ON THE THINGS THAT 
UNITE YES. THANK YOU. NOW WE GO 
TO CAVE A CAVE EMR PAUL EMERY. 
YEAH I'D LIKE TO HAVE A REAL 
DEFINITIVE ANSWER TO THAT LAST 
QUESTION SOME ARE VERY 
SPECIFICALLY SAY TO YOU OR DO 
YOU NOT SUPPORT THE REPEAL OF 
ROE V. WADE. YES OR NO MR. 
LEYDEN WE BEGIN WITH YOU I AM 
CONFLICTED ON THAT AND I'M 
GOING TO SIT BACK AND SAY I 
DON'T WANT TO ANSWER THAT 
QUESTION NOT BECAUSE I DON'T 
HAVE A POSITION BUT BECAUSE MY 
POSITION CAN BE FOUND ON BOTH 
SIDES OF THAT QUESTION. I'M 
GOING TO LET THE SUPREME COURT 
MAKE THAT DECISION INSTEAD OF 
ME SETTING JUDGMENT ON WHAT 
THE SUPREME COURT SHOULD BE 
DOING. IT'S ABSOLUTELY AN 
UNEQUIVOCAL BELIEVE NO ROE 
SHOULD NOT BE OVERTURNED AND I 
AM TERRIFIED THAT I LIV IN A 
TIME IN AMERICAN HISTORY WHERE 
IT IS BEING THREATENED. MR. 
LETOURNEAU I I AM 100 PERCENT 
AGAINST ABORTION I. I. THERE'S 
NOT A PART OF ME THAT CAN STND 
ANY BIT OF ABORTION. I DON'T 
KNOW THAT IN ONE SPECIFIC 
SINGULAR LAW CUTS OUT ABORTION 
THOUGH AGAIN I BELIEVE IT GOES 
BACK TO CREATING A DIFFERENT 
CULTURE AND IT GOES BEYOND ROE 
VERSUS WADE. AND IF WE DON'T 
GET BEYOND THAT ISSUE WE WON'T 
CURE IT. REBUT THAT I'M NOT A 
WOMAN I'LL NEVER HAVE TO MAKE 
THAT CHOICE. I SHOULDN'T BE 
TRYING TO MAKE THAT CHOICE FOR 
A WOMAN. IT'S NOT MY PLACE KYRA 
ABOUT THAT AND JUST SAY THANK 
YOU AUDIENCE QUESTION HOW WOULD 
YOU WORK WIT COLLEAGUES ON 
THE OTHER SIDE OF THE AISLE TO 
IMPROVE COOPERATION AND 
BIPARTISANSHIP AND WE BEGIN 
WITH MS. DENNY MAN THERE IS A 
REALLY FUN ANSWER TO THIS 
THAT'S LIKE I WAS A REPUBLICAN 
FOR 10 YEARS AND I KNOW ABOUT 
AMERICAN VALUES AND MEANING 
THE MIDDLE AND THAT'S ALL TRUE. 
I WAS A REPUBLICAN FOR 10 YEARS 
AND I DO KNOW ABOUT AMERICAN 
VALUES AND TRYING TO BE IN 
THE MIDDLE. BUT I ALSO KNOW 
THAT DC IS SO DYSFUNCTIONAL 
RIGHT NOW ME TELLING YOU HEY 
I'M JUST GONNA GO BACK THERE 
AND DO IT. I'M GOING TO MAKE IT 
HAPPEN WOULD BE HARD RIGHT. I 
I'VE TALKED TO REPRESENTATIVE 
MIKE THOMPSON WHO USED TO BE 
THE STATE SENATOR FOR MY AREA 
AND SHE GO REPRESENTS 
CALIFORNIA'S 5TH AND NAPA RIGHT 
NOW. HE IS LIKE THE MY FAVORITE 
BY THE WAY AND HE'S ALSO 
THE OLD GUARD AND HE'S LIKE 
AUDREY I GOT SO MUCH MORE DONE 
WHEN I WAS IN THE STATE 
LEGISLATURE BUT WHEN I GOT BACK 
TO D.C. I DIDN'T USED TO BE 
LIKE THIS WE USED TO HAVE 
COFFEE WE USED TO BE ABLE TO GO 
OUT AND HAVE OUR WIVES OUT FOR 
DINNER WITH REPUBLICANS IT 
DIDN'T USED TO BE LIKE THIS BUT 
HE'S LIKE NOW IT'S SO TOXIC 
THAT IF YOU GET SEEN WITH 
SOMEBODY FROM THE OPPOSING 
PARTY YOU'RE IN TROUBLE. ALL 
RIGHT. AND SO IT'S GOING TO 
TAKE AN ENTIRE CULTURE SHIFT 
IT'S GOING TO TAKE ELECTING NEW 
REPRESENTATIVES ON BOTH SIDES 
OF THE AISLE WHO ARE WILLING TO 
COME TO THE MIDDLE WILLING TO 
SAY HEY I MIGHT NOT GET THIS 20 
PERCENT BUT HERE'S THE 80 
PERCENT WE AGREE ON LET'S MOVE 
FORWARD. BUT UNTIL WE REPLACE 
THE VAST MAJORITY OF OUR 
REPRESENTATIVES ON BOTH SIDES 
OF THE AISLE I'M NOT SURE WE'RE 
GOING TO FIND THAT THAT POINT 
IN THE MIDDLE TO REALLY MOVE 
THINGS FORWARD AND HERE'S YOUR 
FIRST PESSIMISM FOR ME TODAY 
SORRY ABOUT THAT. MR. 
LETOURNEAU I THINK WE HAVE TO 
BE WILLING TO LISTEN. WE 
REPRESENTATIVES IN IN THERE WHO 
ARE NOT ALREADY CITED ON ISSUE 
SO MUCH THAT YOUR STANCE IS 
THERE BUT THAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY 
TAKE TIME TO LISTEN YOU CAN 
HEAR A VIEWPOINT YOU CAN HEAR 
PEOPLE'S Y YOU CAN MEET IN 
THE MIDDLE TO CRAFT GOOD 
SOLUTIONS THAT ARE ALREADY 
THE BLACK OR WHITE VARIETY. WE 
A LOT OF OUR INTERNATIONAL 
EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN SPENT 
BETWEEN ISRAEL AND 
THE PALESTINIANS AS WELL. WE 
ACTUALLY SPENT THREE MONTHS IN 
THE WEST BANK LIVING IN 
BETHLEHEM TOOK OUR WHOLE FAMILY 
OVER THERE. AND ONE OF 
THE NUMBER ONE THINGS WE WERE 
TOLD CONTINUOUSLY BY THOSE WHO 
WERE LEAVING THIS OVER AND 
MENTORING US INTO IT WAS DON'T 
PICK SIDES AND IT WAS ALWAYS SO 
TRUE IS HOW DO WE VALUE EACH 
AND SEE WE DON'T WANT TO JUST 
CREATE COMPROMISE EITHER 
BECAUSE COMPROMISE DOESN'T 
REALLY WIN FOR ANYONE. I THINK 
YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT HOW DO YOU 
SEE EACH PERSON FULFILLED. HOW 
CAN YOU SEE EACH SIDE FULFILLED 
IN A DIFFERENT WAY THAT IS 
HELPING THE WAY FORWARD. 
BECAUSE WE ALL HAVE SOMETHING 
BRAIN MR. LEYDEN. WELL I'VE 
LIVED MOST OF MY LIFE A LITTLE 
BIT ON THE ODD SIDE. I 
MENTIONED EARLIER THAT I HAD 
THE 80 HD ISSUE GROWING UP I 
WAS THE WEIRD KID THAT WAS 
ROLLING HIS PENCIL DOWN 
THE AISLE IN THE MIDDLE OF 
CLASS WHEN I WAS IN SIXTH GRADE 
I WASN'T PARTICULARLY CONCERNED 
ABOUT WHAT OTHER PEOPLE 
NECESSARILY THOUGHT ABOUT ME 
BECAUSE I WAS WILLING TO BE 
SEEN WITH ANYBODY AND EVERYBODY 
IN EVERY GROUP. AND I CAN TELL 
YOU WITH CONFIDENCE THAT WITHIN 
THE FIRST WEEK OF BEING IN 
SCHOOL I KNEW EVERYBODY IN 
THE CLASS I KNEW WHERE THEY 
CAME FROM I KNEW THEIR NAME I 
KNEW WHAT THEY WERE ABOUT AND I 
KNEW WHY THEY WERE IN THAT 
SCHOOL. I'M JUST THAT GUY I CAN 
FIND COMMON CAUSE WITH ANYONE. 
AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE NEED 
TO HAVE THE PERSPECTIVE I SAID 
THAT I CARRY. YES WE CAN. IT 
MAY NOT LOOK LIKE YOU EXPECT 
AND THAT'S OKAY. IT'S NOT ABOUT 
ME. THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE NEED 
TO TAKE AND I INTEND TO BRING 
THAT WITH ME WHEREVER I GO 
THANK YOU. WE GO TO SAM QUARRY 
AT THE UNION OF YES. SO I DID 
WANT TO RETURN TO THIS 
THE SUBJECT OF HOUSING BECAUSE 
IT IS BIG ISSUE AND IT'S NOT 
JUST HERE IN NEVADA COUNTY IT'S 
ALL THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA BUT 
IT'S CERTAINLY HERE IN NEVADA 
COUNTY. I'M CURIOUS WHAT SORT 
OF IDEAS YOU HAVE TO MAKE 
EITHER AFFORDABLE HOUSING 
ACTUALLY AFFORDABLE OR MORE 
EASILY TO ACCESS FOR FOLKS. 
SOME IDEAS THAT HAVE BEEN 
THROWN OUT INCLUDE HAVING OR 
INVESTING MORE IN HIGH DENSITY 
HOUSING. YOU COULD POTENTIALLY 
RENT CONTROLS ALTHOUGH THAT'S 
RATHER CONTROVERSIAL. AND THEN 
VOUCHERS EXPANDING VOUCHERS. 
I'M CURIOUS WHAT YOU'LL THINK 
ABOUT THIS WE BEGIN WITH MR. 
LETOURNEAU I THINK THE HIGH 
DENSITY HOUSING IS AN 
INTERESTING CONCEPT IN IN IN 
PARTS I THINK IN THIS AREA. 
AGAIN I'M STILL GETTING TO KNOW 
THIS REGION AND HOW THAT COULD 
BE PUT OUT THERE BUT THAT VERY 
BASIC ELEMENT IS ONE THAT IF WE 
DON'T TACKLE IT AT THE HIGHEST 
LEVEL OF PHYSICAL NEEDS THAT 
WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET ANY OF 
THE OTHER ISSUES ACCOMPLISHED. 
YOU KNOW WE'VE WORKED WITH A 
NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN POVERTY AND 
HELPING THEM TAKE STEPS FORWARD 
AND EVEN WE'RE TAKING CARE OF 
OTHER PHYSICAL NEEDS. NOTHING 
STUCK UNTIL WE HELP TAKE CARE 
OF THEIR HOUSING NEEDS. AND SO 
IF WE DON'T GET ON THAT ONE 
QUICK AND FIND WAYS IT'S 
PROBABLY CAN BE UNIQUE TO EACH 
COUNTY. CAN BE UNIQUE TO EACH 
AREA BECAUSE OTHERWISE IT'S YOU 
KNOW THERE'S GOING TO BE NO 
COOKIE CUTTER SOLUTION BUT 
WE'RE GOING TO WATCH THE OTHER 
ISSUES CONTINUE TO TUMBLE DOWN 
MR. LEYDEN WELL I LIKE THE IDEA 
OF BEING ABLE TO GET EVERYONE 
FREE HOUSING CHEAP HOUSING. 
SOMEBODY'S GOT TO PAY FOR IT. 
AND THE UNFORTUNATE THING IS 
THAT ASKING OUR CHILDREN TO PAY 
FOR IT BY BORROWING MONEY ISN'T 
GOING TO WORK TRYING TO GO 
FARTHER IN DEBT BECAUSE WE HAVE 
A PROGRAM THAT WE'RE PAYING FOR 
IT THAT WE CAN'T AFFORD BECAUSE 
WE CAN'T RAISE OUR TAXES 
DOESN'T WORK. WELL WE NEED TO 
DO IS ADDRESS IT THROUGH 
EDUCATION WE SHOWED FOR EXAMPLE 
THAT WHEN STUDENTS ATTENDED TWO 
YEARS OF COMMUNITY COLLEGE THEY 
INCREASED THEIR EARNING 
POTENTIAL BETWEEN 17 AND 35 
PERCENT. THAT'S ENOUGH TO GET A 
HOUSE. SO THE EDUCATION WORKS. 
THAT'S THE SOLUTION. AND IT 
NEEDS TO START CLEARING IT IN 
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. GUYS YOU'RE 
GOING TO NEED TO GROW UP AND 
YOU NEED TO PAY FOR A HOUSE. 
AND THAT MEANS YOU NEED TO KNOW 
THIS MATERIAL THAT YOU'RE BEING 
TAUGHT. MS BENNY THANKS FOR 
BRINGING THIS UP AGAIN SAM. 
AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS IS A 
CRISIS IN THE STATE OF 
CALIFORNIA. HERE IN NEVADA 
COUNTY A COUPLE WEEKS AGO I WAS 
ON THE PHONE WITH AN ELDERLY 
COUPLE ON A FIXED INCOME WHO 
HAVE A DOG AND THEY COULD NOT 
FIND AN APARTMENT FOR THEM AND 
THEIR DOG FOR LESS THAN 40 
HUNDRED DOLLARS. HERE IN NEVADA 
COUNTY SO THEIR OPTIONS WERE 
LEAVE NEVADA COUNTY WHERE ALL 
OF THEIR RELATIONSHIPS AND 
FAMILY ARE OR OR BECOME TWO 
MORE OF THE OVER ONE HUNDRED 
AND THIRTY FOUR THOUSAND 
IN-HOUSE PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE IN 
OUR STATE RIGHT IN MODOC COUNTY 
IN TOURISTS THAT HAS ALL OF 
THE LAND IN THE WORLD. THEY 
HAVE A CRISIS IN AFFORDABLE 
HOUSING AND DON'T EVEN GET ME 
STARTED ON BUTTE COUNTY RIGHT 
AFTER THE CAMP FIRE. MY 
LANDLORD SOLD MY HOUSE THAT 
I'VE LIVED IN FOR SEVEN YEARS 
AND I MOVED IN LUCKILY LUCKILY 
BECAUSE I'VE BEEN IN THAT TOWN 
FOR 16 YEARS I KNEW SOMEONE AND 
I WAS ABLE TO MOVE INTO A 
STUDIO BEHIND A GARAGE RIGHT. 
AND I WAS ONE OF THE LUCKY ONES 
PEOPLE ARE STILL DOUBLED AND 
TRIPLED UP IN BUTTE COUNTY. 
THE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO WORK 
WITH OUR CITY COUNCILS TO MAKE 
SURE THAT THEY ARE NOT BUILDING 
OUTSIDE GREEN LINES BUT THEY 
ARE BUILDING UP THAT THEY'RE 
BUILDING SMARTER MAKE SURE THAT 
WE'RE RELEASING AND LOWERING 
RESTRICTOR ON ON BUILDING A TO 
USE ADDITIONAL DWELLING UNITS. 
EVERYBODY HAS MORE THAN THIS 
MUCH LAND SHOULD GET TO BE ABLE 
TO BUILD AN ADDITIONAL UNIT NOT 
A LOT OFCOSTS LESS COUNTY FEES 
ON THEIR PROPERTY TO GET IT 
DONE BUT WE ALSO NEED TO BE 
INVESTING IN THE WORKFORCE 
LOCALLY TO ACTUALLY DO THOSE 
JOBS ARE CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES 
ARE DYING FOR LABOR IN 
THE NORTH STATE AND WE DON'T 
HAVE THE FOLKS TO ACTUALLY 
BUILD THE HOUSES THANK YOU. NOW 
IN THE AUDIENCE QUESTION ON 
THE TOPIC OF ENSURING THAT 
THOSE WHO CAN WORK WILL? ARE 
YOU IN SUPPORT OF A FEDERAL JOB 
GUARANTEE. WE BEGIN WITH MR. 
LEYDEN I'M NOT SURE WHAT YOU 
MEAN BY A FEDERAL JOB GUARANTEE 
CAN YOU ELABORATE ON 
THE QUESTION PLEASE AND WHO 
PAYS FOR THOSE JOBS WELL. 
CATEGORICALLY THAT I TO HAVE TO 
SAY I DISAGREE WITH THE IDEA OF 
TAXING ONE GROUP TO PAY ANOTHER 
GROUP TO DO THE JOB I HAVE A 
PROBLEM WITH THAT. I REALLY 
HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT 
SPENDING. DAVID KNOWS THIS IS 
ONE OF THE AREAS THAT HE AND I 
DISAGREE. I AM NOT IN FAVOR A 
FEDERAL JOBS GUARANTEE BUT I DO 
BELIEVE THAT THAT ARE PART OF 
THE WORLD. I DON'T BELIEVE I 
KNOW IN OUR PART OF THE WORLD 
WE HAVE HIGHER UNEMPLOYMENT 
RATES THAN THE REST OF 
THE STATE ALL THE WAY UP IN 
SISKIYOU COUNTY. THEY HAVE AN 
ALMOST 7 PERCENT UNEMPLOYMENT 
RATE RIGHT NOW WHEN THE REST OF 
THE STATE IS BELOW 4. AND YET 
AND YET WHEN I TOUR BUSINESSES 
WHEN I TOUR WORKFORCES OR WORK 
WORKSPACES IN SISKIYOU COUNTY 
THEY SAY THAT THEY HAVE A HARD 
TIME HIRING FOLKS. I WAS WITH 
THE JOBS AT THE JOBS AND TREE 
FARM WHICH GROWS 90 PERCENT OF 
THE TREES THAT WE USED TO 
REFOREST FEDERAL FORESTS AND 
THEY SAID GEE WE HAVE A HARD 
TIME GETTING FOLKS WHO ARE 
WILLING TO WORK IN THESE 
CONDITIONS BUT ARE ALSO CLEAN 
AND SOBER AND ABLE TO. AND SO I 
THINK THAT WE NEED TO NOT JUST 
LOOK AT ENTITLEMENT PROGRAMS 
AND CALL IT WELFARE AND SAY HEY 
YOU KNOW WORKER OR WORK OR GET 
OFF THE POT. WE NEED TO SAY HOW 
CAN WE AS A SOCIETY PROTECT 
THE MOST VULNERABLE AND HELP 
EQUIP THEM TO BE ABLE TO BE 
CONTRIBUTING MEMBERS OF OUR 
SOCIETY I BELIEVE IT DOES START 
IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION. I 
BELIEVE IT DOES START BY TRYING 
TO UNTANGLE THE SNARL THAT IS 
MENTAL HEALTH ADDICTION AND 
ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES. 
I MEAN IT ALL COMES DOWN TO 
MAKING SURE THAT OUR COUNTIES 
ARE WELL-FUNDED SO WE HAVE 
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH FOLKS TO DO 
THAT. AND SO WE HAVE 
CASEWORKERS AND PSYCHOLOGISTS 
AT SCHOOLS SO WE CAN INTERVENE 
EARLY AS WE'RE TRYING TO BUILD 
PRODUCTIVE CITIZENS IN OUR 
DEMOCRACY. MR. LETOURNEAU I 
WOULD AGREE I'M ALSO NOT FOR 
FEDERAL JOB GUARANTEE IN AN 
INTANGIBLE SENSE. I THINK IT 
TAKES AWAY HOPE IT TAKES AWAY 
THAT PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS. I 
THINK SOMETIMES THAT WE'RE 
PURSUIT GETS LOST BECAUSE WE 
START TO GET ENTITLED TO 
HAPPINESS AND HOW THAT COMES 
ABOUT AND WHAT WHERE THAT COMES 
FROM. BUT THERE IS SOMETHING 
ABOUT THAT PURSUIT AND WHAT I 
WOULD LIKE TO SEE IS WITHIN 
COMMUNITIES WHERE WE CREATE 
MORE INTERNSHIP PROGRAMS WE 
CREATE MORE MENTORSHIP PROGRAMS 
WHERE WE'RE NOT JUST GIVING 
THE WELFARE TO PEOPLE WHO ARE 
IN NEED BUT WE'RE ACTUALLY 
CREATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM 
TO LEARN BECAUSE GIVING DOESN'T 
JUST COME DOWN TO FINANCES IT 
COMES DOWN TO YOUR TALENTS 
COMES DOWN TO YOUR TIME. HOW 
CAN WE CREATE CROSSOVER IN OUR 
COMMUNITIES SO PEOPLE ARE MORE 
PREPARED THAT CREATES MORE 
CONNECTIONS MORE RELATIONSHIPS 
MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO GO 
FORWARD THANK YOU WE GO TO I'M 
SORRY WITH THAT QUESTION FROM 
MR. FLYNN. OK. THAT WAS AN 
AUDIENCE QUESTION NOW I GO TO 
MR. FLYNN FRANK NANCY. THANK 
YOU VERY MUCH. WORK REACHING 
ACROSS THE AISLE IS GREAT. I 
HOPE THAT THAT WORKS. WE'LL 
HEAR A LOT OF TALK ABOUT IT 
ASSUMING IT DOESN'T IF IT ANY 
OF THE THREE OF YOU ARE ELECTED 
THAT WILL BE A CHANGE FOR THIS 
DISTRICT WHICH HAS BEEN 
REPUBLICAN FOR A VERY LONG 
TIME. WHAT WOULD ASSUMING ALSO 
THAT THE DEMOCRATS STILL KEEP 
CONTROL OF THE HOUSE. HOW IS 
THAT GOOD FOR THIS DISTRICT AND 
HOW AND HOW MS BURNEY YOUR 
FIRST JEFF WE'RE GOING TO 
REFRAME THAT QUESTION TO SAY 
WHEN CALIFORNIA'S FIRST 
DISTRICT ELECTS THEIR FIRST 
CONGRESS WOMAN THIS YEAR IT IS 
GOING TO BE GREAT FOR THIS 
DISTRICT TO HAVE SOMEONE IN 
THE MAJORITY PARTY WHO 
UNDERSTANDS RURAL ISSUES WHO 
UNDERSTANDS NATURAL RESOURCE 
ISSUES AND WHO UNDERSTANDS 
AGRICULTURE ISSUES ADVOCATING 
IN THE MAJORITY PARTY FOLKS. 
I'M AN ANOMALY RIGHT. I GREW UP 
ON A FARM. I WAS A REPUBLICAN 
FOR 10 YEARS. I HAVE TWO GUNS 
AND A GUN SAFE UNDER MY BED I 
AM NOT A TRAITIONAL DEMOCRAT. 
I'M A DEMOCRAT THAT LIVES AND 
BREATHES AND SEES EVERYONE IN 
THIS DISTRICT AND I CAN RELATE 
TO EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN THIS 
DISTRICT. AND WHEN YOU SEND ME 
TO THE HILL I'M GOING TO BE 
WORKING MY TAIL OFF ON THE AG 
COMMITTEE EDUCATING ALL 
THE OTHER DEMOCRATS ABOUT 
THE AG INDUSTRY. RIGHT. WE 
DON'T HAVE TRADITIONALLY 
TRADITIONALLY IT IS A 
CONSERVATIVE INDUSTRY RIGHT AND 
SO THAT IS PART OF THE VALUE 
PROPOSITION THAT I'M GOING TO 
BRING. BUT BUT MOREOVER 
CURRENTLY NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE A 
CONGRESSMAN WHO'S IN 
THE MINORITY WE HAVE A 
BACKBENCH CONGRESSMAN WHO HAS 
ZERO DELIVERABLES TO HIS NAME 
WHO IS NOT ONLY INEFFECTIVE BUT 
IS EVERY DAY EVERY WEEK TAKING 
DESTRUCTIVE VOTES THAT HURT 
THE REAL PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE. 
AND SO I'M GOING TO TAKE HIS 
JOB MR. LETOURNEAU I THINK FOR 
ME IT WOULD HAVE NEVER REALLY 
FIT IN ONE OF THOSE BOXES 
EITHER OF PARTISAN POLITICS AND 
SO THAT'S ACTUALLY ONE OF 
THE LARGE REASONS FOR RUNNING 
IN THE FIRST PLACE IS BECAUSE 
WE WANT TO GET BEYOND THE RED 
AND THE BLUE AND WE WANT TO SEE 
PEOPLE WHETHER THAT'S ANOTHER 
REPRESENTATIVE OR WHETHER 
THAT'S SOMEONE HERE IN 
THE DISTRICT. I REALLY DON'T 
BELIEVE WE SHOULD BE 
DIFFERENTIATING AND ALREADY 
ASSIGNING TO SOMEONE BASED ON 
THEIR WHERE THEY STAND ON AN 
ISSUE. I THINK WE HAVE TO GET 
PAST THAT FIRST POINT JUDGMENT 
AND ASSIGNMENT AND WHEN WE DO 
THEN THOSE CONVERSATIONS CAN 
ACTUALLY HAPPEN AND I DON'T 
CARE IF IT'S ACROSS THE AISLE. 
WHEN WE COME BACK TO 
THE DISTRICT BECAUSE I THINK 
THAT'S THAT VISION WE NEEDED TO 
CAST. WE HAVE TO GO BEYOND 
THOSE THINGS ORELSE WE WILL 
NEVER ACTUALLY HEAL OR SOLVE 
ANY OF THESE ISSUES AND THEY 
WILL KEEP RECYCLING OVER AND 
OVER AGAIN IN EVERY DISTRICT MR 
LEYDEN WELL THIS IS FUN AS MANY 
OF YOU KNOW UP UNTIL RECENTLY I 
WAS REPUBLICAN BEFORE THAT I 
WAS DEMOCRAT. I'VE NOT CHANGED 
THE PARTY LINES JUST KEEP 
MOVING A LITTLE BIT. AND I 
THINK THAT FINDING COMMON 
GROUND IS THE KEY IN ANYTHING. 
AND I DON'T WANT TO JUST BE 
PART OF A MAJORITY PATY THAT 
BEATS THE OTHER PARTY INTO 
SUBMISSION SAYS WE'VE GOT 
ENOUGH VOTES TO MAKE THIS STICK 
WITH YOU LIKE IT OR NOT REALLY 
THE POINT SHOULD BE HOW CAN WE 
COME TO CONSENSUS HOW CAN I 
HELP YOU SEE WHAT WE'RE SEEING? 
MS DANNY MENTIONED THE RURAL 
ISSUES I THINK HALF THE BATTLES 
FOLKS DON'T REALIZE HOW MUCH OF 
THE COUNTRY IS RURAL AND HOW 
MANY ISSUES WE HAVE THAT REALLY 
ARE GERMANE TO THINGS THEY NEED 
THE COST OF THEIR HOUSE IS 
DIRECTLY PROPORTIONAL TO 
THE COST OF TIMBER THAT HELPS 
TO BUILD THAT HOUSE AND THEY 
DON'T PUT THOSE PIECES TOGETHER 
AND IF WE CAN BRING THOSE IDEAS 
AND CROSS THE AND SAY HEY GUYS 
CAN WE GET SOME CONSENSUS ON 
THIS. I THINK WE'LL DO WELL 
THANK YOU. AND NOW AN AUDIENCE 
QUESTION WHAT IS YOUR OPINION 
ON IMMIGRATION. SHOULD THE DOC 
POLICY BE RENEWED. MR. 
LETOURNEAU YOUR FIRST FOR 
IMMIGRATION. I TEND TO LOOK AT 
IT LIKE YOUR HOME IN YOUR 
NEIGHBORHOOD AND THAT YOU YOU 
WANT TO WELCOME PEOPLE IN. 
ANYONE WHO'S IN NEED YOU HAVE 
TO BE AVAILABLE? THAT'S PART OF 
THE HISTORY OF AMERICA. AND YET 
YOU ALSO HAVE TO HAVE A SECURE 
AND STEADY HOUSE IN ORDER TO DO 
THAT. THE TWO GO HAND-IN-HAND 
SO THAT I BELIEVE WE HAVE TO 
HAVE STRONG BORDERS WITHOUT 
THAT WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO 
BRING IN THOSE WHO NEED TO COME 
HERE? THOUGH LET ALONE THOSE 
WHO WANT TO COME HERE AND SO 
THOSE TWO HAVE TO GO TOGETHER. 
IF THEY DON'T THEN WE'RE NOT 
GOING TO REALLY BE HELPING 
PEOPLE. WE'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE 
OF ADOPTING TWO DAUGHTERS INTO 
OUR FAMILY. WE MET THEM WHEN 
THEY WERE NINE. WE WERE LIVING 
IN ETHIOPIA AND WE WELCOMING 
THEM INTO OUR HOUSE WHEN THEY 
WERE ELEVEN. THEY CAME IN 
AROUND THE SAME TIME THEY ARE 
ONE OF OUR DAUGHTERS NOW WITH 
HAD JUST BEEN BORN AND WE HAD 
TO ASK THOSE QUESTIONS ARE WE 
HELPING THEM? IF OUR HOUSE 
ISN'T IN A STEADY OR STRONG 
POINT AT THIS POINT IN TIME AND 
SO WE FIRST HAVE TO GET OUR 
HOUSE IN ORDER AND TAKE CARE OF 
THOSE BORDERS. BUT WITH 
THE INTENTION OF USING THAT 
HOUSE TO TAKE CARE OF OUR 
NEIGHBORS CONSISTENTLY MR. 
LEYDEN. WELL FIRST LET ME SAY 
THERE IS NOT A PERSON LIVING IN 
THE UNITED STATES THAT IS NOT 
AN IMMIGRANT OR A DESCENDANT OF 
AN IMMIGRANT. EVEN OUR 
SUPPOSEDLY NATIVE AMERICANS ARE 
DESCENDED FROM IMMIGRANTS FROM 
OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD. WE'RE 
ALL IMMIGRANTS. AND IF THAT'S 
THE CASE WHY SHOULD WE HAVE A 
POLICY THAT SAYS US FOR A NO 
MORE THAT WE CAN SUDDENLY 
DECIDE YOU CAN'T DO WHAT OUR 
ANCESTORS DID. YOU CAN'T DO 
WHAT WE DID WE NEED TO WORK 
TOGETHER TO GET THE STRENGTH 
THAT WE HAVE HE SAYS WE NEED TO 
PUT OUR HOUSE IN ORDER AND I 
AGREE WITH THAT. OUR HOUSE IS 
IN ORDER WE KNOW WHAT WE HAVE. 
WE HAVE A STRONG CULTURE. LET'S 
ALLOW FOLKS TO COME HERE. NOW 
OF COURSE WE NEED TO DO SOME 
SCREENING TO MAKE SURE THAT 
FOLKS WHO HAVE A CRIMINAL 
BACKGROUND IN OTHER COUNTRIES 
GO BACK TO WHERE THEY CAME FROM 
TO STAND TRIAL. BUT THAT'S 
EXACTLY WHAT WE WANT THEM TO DO 
FOR US. IF PEOPLE LEAVE OUR 
COUNTRY RUNNING FROM THE LAW 
THEY NEED TO BE CAUGHT AND 
BROUGHT BACK. SO I THINK 
THERE'S A WAY WE COULD DO BOTH. 
WE JUST NEED TO GET CREATIVE 
WE'RE AMERICANS THAT'S WHAT WE 
DO. MISSPENDING SO FROM OUR 
NATION'S FOUNDING TO TODAY 
IMMIGRANTS HAVE SHAPED OUR 
CULTURE SHAPED OUR COUNTRY AND 
SHAPED OUR AMERICAN VALUES AND 
I BELIEVE THAT IT'S TIME THAT 
WE HAD AN IMMIGRATION SYSTEM 
THAT THAT REFLECTS THE VALUES 
THAT IMMIGRANTS AND 
THE CONTRIBUTIONS THAT 
IMMIGRANTS HAVE AND CONTINUE TO 
MAKE FOR OUR COUNTRY 
SPECIFICALLY TO ANSWER YOUR 
QUESTION. WE ABSOLUTELY NEED TO 
PASS A DREAM ACT TO PROTECT OUR 
DOCK RECIPIENTS THAT ARE HERE 
IN THE COUNTRY. WE ABSOLUTELY 
NEED TO PASS AGRICULTURE LABOR 
VISA REFORMS AND EACH TO A VISA 
REFORMS TO MAKE SURE 
THE FARMERS CALIFORNIA'S 
FARMERS AND RANCHERS HAVE 
THE LABOR THAT THEY NEED TO 
HARVEST THE CROPS SPECIFICALLY 
IN BUTTE COUNTY AND INSIST YOU 
COUNTY AND EVEN RIGHT HERE IN 
NEVADA COUNTY FOLKS HAVE LABOR 
SHORTAGES BEYOND THAT. BEYOND 
THAT WE NEED TO PROVIDE A PATH 
TO CITIZENSHIP FOR IMMIGRANTS 
WHO ARE HERE WHO HAVE BEEN 
LIVING HERE AND CONTRIBUTING TO 
OUR SOCIETY FOR THEIR WHOLE 
LIVES I WANT TO TAKE THIS 
CONVERSATION ONCE A BROADER IN 
THE 30 SECONDS THAT I HAVE 
REMAINING. I'M ON THE BOARD OF 
A HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATION 
THE ONLY HUMAN RIGHTS 
ORGANIZATION OPERATES IN 
THE NORTHERN TRIANGLE OF 
CENTRAL AMERICA. I LIVED IN EL 
SALVADOR FOR A YEAR AND I 
ABSOLUTELY BELIEVE IN THIS TIME 
IN OUR NATION'S HISTORY WHERE 
WE ARE PROMOTING AMERICA FIRST 
POLICIES WE NEED TO SUPPORT 
THE INSTITUTION BUILDING WORK 
OF THE STATE DEPARTMENT THAT 
ACTUALLY GETS AT THE ROOT 
CAUSES OF WHY PEOPLE ARE 
FLEEING THEIR HOMES IN CENTRAL 
AMERICA THANK YOU FOR OUR LAST 
QUESTION. MORE GO TO PASCAL 
FROM YOU'VE BEEN AT WOULD YOU 
BE IN FAVOR OF REAL CREATING 
SOME OF THE CONGRESSIONAL 
FUNDED BUDGETS NOW FOR MILITARY 
EXPANSIONS EXPENSES AND MAYBE 
REALLOCATE THAT TO EITHER 
HUMANITARIAN OR DIPLOMATIC 
INSTITUTIONS. IN OTHER WORDS 
WOULD YOU UP THE STATE 
DEPARTMENT'S BUDGET OVER 
THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE WE 
BEGIN WITH MR. LEYDEN I DON'T 
SUPPORT INCREASING THE BUDGET 
FOR ANY THAT I THINK WE NEED TO 
MAKE DO WITH LESS. WE NEED TO 
DECREASE OUR EXPENDITURES AND 
WE NEED TO INCREASE OUR TAXES I 
WOULD SUPPORT TAX THAT WOULD 
PAY FOR THAT IF WE CAN SHOW 
THAT WE CAN DO WITHOUT GOING 
INTO DEBT IF WE GO BANKRUPT AS 
A COUNTRY WE WILL TAKE THE REST 
OF THE WORLD DOWN WITH US 
SPENDING YES YES ABSOLUTELY. I 
ABSOLUTELY SUPPORT REALLOCATING 
SOME OF DEFENSE BUDGET TO 
THE INSTITUTION BUILDING WORK 
AND THE DEMOCRACY BUILDING WORK 
OF THE STATE DEPARTMENT FOLKS. 
IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO GET 
TRAPPED IN ENDLESS WARS YOU 
WANT TO KNOW HOW WE DO THAT WE 
SUPPORT THE PEACE FREEDOM AND 
DEMOCRACY OF OTHER COUNTRIES 
AROUND THE WORLD. RIGHT. THAT 
IS THAT IS THE CONCEPT OF HUMAN 
RIGHTS. THAT IS WHY AFTER WORLD 
WAR 2 MY GRANDFATHER'S 
GENERATION SAID NEVER AGAIN 
NEVER AGAIN WILL WE ALLOW 
THE ATROCITIES THAT WE SAW IN 
WORLD WAR 2 TO HAPPEN BUT GUESS 
WHAT. WE SEEM TO HAVE FORGOTTEN 
THAT WE SEEM TO HAVE FORGOTTEN 
THE LESSON THAT THE GREATEST 
GENERATION TAUGHT US. AND NOW 
WE ARE SAYING THE ONLY THING 
THAT MATTERS IS US RIGHT HERE 
AT HOME. AND AND FORGET YOU IN 
CENTRAL AMERICA WITH 
THE HIGHEST RATES OF VIOLENCE 
FORGET YOU IN THE MIDDLE EAST. 
WE'RE GOING TO TAKE AWAY THIS 
IS A PERSONAL PET PEEVE ALL 
USAID FUNDING ALL STATE 
DEPARTMENT FUNDING FOR CENTRAL 
AMERICA EVEN THOUGH IT IS ONE 
OF THE MOST VOLATILE REGIONS IN 
THE WORLD RIGHT THIS MINUTE. WE 
ABSOLUTELY NEED TO INVEST IN 
PEACE SECURITY AND FREEDOM 
AROUND THE WORLD. IF ONLY FOR 
SELFISH REASONS TO PROTECT 
AMERICAN LIVES AND AMERICAN 
INTERESTS BUT ALSO BECAUSE IT 
IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO MR. 
LETOURNEAU. YES ABSOLUTELY I'D 
BE OPEN TO REALLOCATING SOME OF 
THOSE FUNDS FOR HUMANITARIAN 
AND DIPLOMATIC PURPOSES. I 
THINK THAT'S VITAL. I THINK 
THAT'S HOW WE GET AHEAD OF 
THE GAME. I THINK THAT'S HOW WE 
GET TO THE ROOT OF ACTUALLY 
HELPING PEOPLE AND HELPING 
UNDERSTAND BECAUSE IF WE CAN 
GET ON THE GROUND AND MEET 
PEOPLE WHERE THEY'RE AT IN 
THEIR CULTURE AND LISTEN YOU 
KNOW WHEN WE MOVED TO ETHIOPIA 
WE WEREN'T SURE WHERE IN AFRICA 
WE WERE GOING TO BASE AND WE 
TOOK A TRIP AROUND SEVEN 
NATIONS THROUGHOUT AFRICA 
MEETING YOUNG LEADERS LOOKING 
HOW WE ARE GOING TO EMPOWER 
THEM AND WE DON'T COME WITH A 
PROGRAM AND GO. THIS IS HOW YOU 
DO IT. INSTEAD WE WENT IN AND 
THEY STARTED US. WHY DO YOU ASK 
SO MANY QUESTIONS. I SAID 
BECAUSE WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND 
WHAT'S HAPPENING IN YOUR 
CULTURE. WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND 
MAKES YOU TICK. WE NEED TO 
UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU COME FROM 
BECAUSE IF WE'RE GOING TO HELP. 
IT DOESN'T COME FROM US COMING 
IN ENFORCING OUR AGENDA ON YOU. 
IT COMES IN BEING SERVANT 
LEADERS. IT COMS IN EMPOWERING 
YOU TO BETTER YOUR CULTURE AS 
IT IS MAYOR LIKE I DON'T WAT 
TO BE MISUNDERSTOOD IN SAYING 
THAT I DON'T WANT TO SEE A 
REALLOCATION OF FUNING. I DO. 
I JUST WANT TO SEE THE MILITARY 
SPENDING SHOULD GO DOWN FASTER 
THAN THE EXPENDITURES THAT WE 
HAVE IN THE STATE DEPARTMENT 
PROPORTIONATELY. THAT NEEDS TO 
GO UP AND MILITARY SPENDING 
NEEDS TO GO DOWN. BUT ACROSS 
THE BOARD IT NEEDS TO ALL GO 
DOWN SO THAT WE CAN MAKE OUR 
ENDS MEET THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
IT'S TIME FOR CLOSING 
STATEMENTS. YOU'LL EACH HAVE 
TWO MINUTES. DON IN REVERSE 
ORDER FROM THE OPENING 
STATEMENTS SO WE'LL BEGIN WITH 
MR. LEYDEN. TWO MINUTES WASN'T 
PREPARING FOR TWO MINUTES I WAS 
PREPARING FOR A LOT SHORTER 
PERIOD OF TIME. DON'T PUT A 
MICROPHONE IN FRONT OF ME 
ANYWAY. SO REALLY WHAT I WANT 
TO TAKE ARE HAVE YOU TAKE IS A 
TAKE HOME IS THAT I BELIEVE WE 
CAN ALL WORK TOGETHER TO GET 
THINGS DONE. WE JUST NEED TO 
HAVE CONVERSATIONS. I BELIEVE 
THAT WE EALLY NEED A FOCUS ON 
NOT STEALING FROM OUR 
GRANDCHILDREN AND TAKING CARE 
OF PAYING IT FORWARD. WE 
ACTUALLY DID A LITTLE SURPLUS 
RATHER THAN LEAVE THEM A 
DEFICIT AND I THINK THAT 
THE BIGGEST KEY TO THAT IS 
EDUCATION. THE SECOND BIGGEST 
KEY TO THAT IS WORKING IN A 
PLACE WHERE WE HAVE CONSENSUS 
AND NOT DEADLOCK THANK YOU MR. 
LETOURNEAU. TWO MINUTES I 
BELIEVE HIS ROLE TO BE ONE THAT 
IS ABOUT SERVICE AND TOO OFTEN 
POLITICS HAS STARTED TO PRESIDE 
OVER PEOPLE IN A WAY THAT IT'S 
ABOUT POWER AND THAT'S WHAT WE 
WANT TO SEE FLIPPED ON ITS 
HEAD. IS IT HAS TO BE ABOUT 
EMPOWERING PEOPLE. THAT'S WHY 
I'M RUNNING IN THIS RACE. MOST 
OF OUR ADULT LIVES AND CAREER 
HAS BEEN SPENT TRAVELING 
THE WORLD MEETING PEOPLE WHERE 
THEY'RE AT IN THEIR CULTURE 
FINDING OUT THEIR NEEDS AND 
EMPOWERING HOW DO WE BUILD 
TEAMS? HOW DO WE FIND OUT WHAT 
THE NEEDS ARE. HOW DO WE 
REALIZE WHAT YOU ALREADY HAVE 
IN YOUR HANS CAUSE THAT'S 
THE BEAUTIFUL THING IS THAT YOU 
KNOW WHEN I EVEN LOOK AT THIS 
POSITION IT'S THE U.S. HOUSE OF 
REPRESENTATIVES AND THAT WHITE 
HOUSE HAS A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT 
DEFINITIONS. ONE IS IT MEANS 
PHYSICAL STRUCTURE BUT 
THE OTHER IS IT MEANS FAMILY 
STRUCTURE WHICH IS A LINEAGE A 
MULTIPLICATION A HERITAGE. AND 
I THINK THAT WE'VE GOTTEN SO 
FOCUSED ON THE PHYSICAL 
TANGIBLE ELEMENTS AT TIMES THAT 
WE'VE LOST SOME OF THAT FAMILY 
STRUCTURE OF THAT A LOT OF US 
CARRY THE ANSWERS TO WHAT WE'RE 
LOOKING FOR AND THAT'S WHAT WE 
WANT TO EMPOWER BECAUSE EACH OF 
YOU AND EVERY PERSON ON YOUR 
RIGHT OR LEFT WHEREVER YOU GO 
CARRY SOMETHING. AND THAT'S 
WHAT WE WANT TO SEE COME OUT. 
WE DON'T JUST WANT TO RELY ON 
LEGISLATION TO DO THE WORK FOR 
US BECAUSE THERE IS SOMETHING 
INSIDE EVERY ONE OF US THAT HAS 
TO BE GIVEN THE LIBERTY AGAIN 
TO COME OUT BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN 
WE'LL SEE CHANGE WHEN 
THE CROSSOVER OF WHA YOU CARRY 
IMPACTS WHAT SOMEONE ELSE 
LACKS. AND THAT'S WHAT OUR 
COMMUNITIES ARE NEEDED. THAT'S 
WHAT A FAMILY STRUCTURE TRULY 
LOOKS LIKE MISS DENNING. TWO 
MINUTES FRIENDS IT'S PAST TIME 
THAT WE REPLACE OUR PARTISAN 
CONGRESSMAN WITH A TRUE PUBLIC 
SERVANT AND I AM THAT PUBLIC 
SERVANT. BUT THIS ELECTION IS 
NOT ABOUT ME. THIS ELECTION IS 
ABOUT EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US 
SHOWING UP AS PUBLIC SERVANTS 
TO FIGHT TO HEAL OUR BROKEN 
DEMOCRACY FOLKS. WESHOW UP AS 
PUBLIC SERVANTS WHEN WE LOOK AT 
OUR NEIGHBORS FIRST AS 
AMERICANS AND NOT REPUBLICANS 
DEMOCRATS RIGHT. WE SHOW UP AS 
PUBLIC SERVANTS WHEN WE USE ALL 
OF OUR GIFTS AND OUR SKILLS 
THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE OUR 
COMMUNITIES BETTER. AND YOU 
DESERVE YOU DESERVE A 
REPRESENTATIVE WHO IS A PUBLIC 
SERVANT WHO SEES YOU WHO CARES 
ABOUT YOU AND WHO WILL WORK FOR 
YOU. FOLKS I CAN'T DO IT ALONE. 
I NEED YOU TO KNOCK ON DOORS I 
NEED YOU TO MAKE PHONE CALLS. I 
NEED YOU TO WRITE POSTCARDS AND 
I NEED YOU TO DONATE. AND 
WHETHER THAT'S THE THREE 
DOLLARS I GET THREE DOLLARS 
CASH I GET EVERY MONTH IN 
THE MAIL FROM A WOMAN AND SUSAN 
M. OR WHETHER THAT'S FOLKS IN 
NEVADA COUNTY RIGHT HERE WHO 
HAVE ALREADY MAXED OUT. I 
CANNOT DO ANY OF THIS WORK 
WITHOUT YOU. AND AT THIS TIME 
OF HISTORIC BROKENNESS AND 
DIVISION AND CORRUPTION IN OUR 
COUNTRY IT IS UP TO EVERY 
SINGLE ONE OF US TO FIGHT TO 
HEAL IT. FOLKS THIS THIS MARCH 
3RD ELECTION IS IMPORTANT THIS 
NOVEMBER 3RD ELECTION IS 
IMPORTANT BUT WE HAVE TO DO 
MORE THAN THAT. DR. MARTIN 
LUTHER KING JR. SAID LIFE'S 
MOST PERSISTENT AND URGENT 
QUESTION IS WHAT ARE YOU DOING 
FOR OTHERS. SO TONIGHT I LEAVE 
YOU WITH THAT. WHAT ARE YOU 
DOING FOR OTHERS? WHAT ARE WE 
DOING FOR OTHERS TODAY. 
TOMORROW AND EVERY DAY INTO 
THE FUTURE WHAT ARE WE DOING TO 
HEAL OUR FAMILIES OUR 
COMMUNITIES AND OUR NATION. I 
AM AUDREY DENNY AND IT IS 
THE HONOR AND PRIVILEGE OF MY 
LIFE TO WALK ALONGSIDE YOU AS 
YOUR CANDIDATE AND YOUR FUTURE. 
CONGRESSWOMAN THANK YOU THANK 
YOU TO THE CANDIDATES FOR 
PARTICIPATING IN THIS EVENING'S 
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