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Candidates Answer Questions on the Issues United States Representative; District 45 | |||||
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The questions were prepared by the League of Women Voters of California Education Fund and asked of all candidates for this office.
See below for questions on
Economy and Jobs,
Health Care,
Energy Policy,
National Security,
Immigration Reform
Click on a name for candidate information. See also more information about this contest.
Answer from Drew E. Leavens:
Economy: Increase the minimum wage, extend unemployment benefits, provide a middle class tax cut, invest in infrastructure projects, be sure our high schools and colleges are preparing kids for the jobs available today and in the future, provide tax incentives for businesses who hire Americans and tax penalties for companies who send American jobs overseas.
Answer from Drew E. Leavens:
Medicare should not be 'voucherized' and the minimum age should not be moved to 70 as proposed by the GOP. The program has been an enormous success in mitigating the cost of healthcare on our seniors. We should look for savings in Medicare by increasing the investigations of Medicare fraud.
Answer from Drew E. Leavens:
Oil and gas, on the other hand, have contributed to the problem of climate change. Oil spills have had devastating effects on our environment and economy. Fracking has polluted our ground water and air and is considered responsible for earthquakes where we normally have none. We need to continue to expand the research and capabilities of electric cars.
Answer from Drew E. Leavens:
We should re-think the drone program. Every time innocent civilians are killed, terrorist groups are able to recruit a multitude of new terrorists, making it likely that our children and grandchildren will be living with this problem.
Intelligence agencies must be coordinated. With several agencies gathering information, there is great risk in having a 'silo' effect. We have already seen the negative effects of that phenomena.
Answer from Drew E. Leavens:
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