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Good morning! I& #39;m live tweeting my pre-recorded interviews with "the Blue Team," several Texas Democratic U.S. candidates Candace Valenzuela, Wendy Davis, Sri Kulkarni and Gina Ortiz Jones
Question One: Why is your historically Republican district in play for Democrats this year?
Candace Valenzuela, #TX24: "The demographics have changed pretty significantly over the decades"
Wendy Davis, #TX21: "This district is the fastest growing congressional district in the state and that fast-growth has primarily toward Democrats...[and] independents are moving our way..."
Gina Ortiz Jones, #TX23: "This district is hungry for change."
Sri Kulkarni: #TX22: "One out of every four people here is an immigrant...however up until recently, a lot of these groups weren& #39;t being talked to at all."
Question 2: If you are elected to Congress, what are you going to urge Speaker Pelosi to move on?
Valenzuela: A substantial campaign finance reform, making sure people have access to the polls, making sure the USPS is funded...and making sure families get the relief they need."
Wendy Davis: "Restoring the Voting Rights Act."
Gina Ortiz Jones: "Health care, health care, health care."
Sri Kulkarni: "We have to control the spread of the coronavirus."
Do you support Medicare for All? And if not, what is the solution?
Wendy Davis: "If we don& #39;t have a public option that people can either buy into or subsidized into then we are not going to be able to provide the health care delivery we need."
Candace Valenzuela: "I& #39;m supporting a robust public option."
What is the role of the individual US House member amid Black Lives Matter and criminal justice?
Wendy Davis: "This is a systemic problem that needs system reforms."
Candace Valenzuela: "It& #39;s going to be a little bit of everything. It& #39;s going to be leadership, it& #39;s going to be setting an example and it& #39;s going to informing policies based on those lived experiences."
Gina Ortiz Jones: "I think we have to have first and foremost leaders that understand that everybody has to have equal protection under the law. That has to be the starting point."
Sri Kulkarni: "Common sense reforms, like making sure we have body cameras on our police officers and making sure that we have training."
Question: Do you support a pathway to citizenship on immigration?
Candace Valenzuela: "I do support a pathway to citizenship."
Wendy Davis: "I think [an immigration overhaul] is doable...and yes it means we should have a path to citizenship."
Sri Kulkarni: "People agree across my district that we need a pathway to citizenship for DACA recipients but we also need to make sure our immigration system works."
Question: How will the federal response to COVID-19 look differently to the citizens of your district if you win this race?
Wendy Davis: We will have leadership that puts science foremost in our decision-making ...That& #39;s not what& #39;s been happening, and the failures of the Trump administration and reps like Chip Roy have demonstrated that when we put politics first, people& #39;s lives are at risk.
Sri Kulkarni: "Personal protective equipment for all of our frontline health care workers....universal testing and it has to be rapid results."
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