ABC This Week interviews during 2019
(Martha Raddatz interviewing candidates for 2019-2020 races)


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Abortion     Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: Hyde amendment about healthcare for poor & women of color.     Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: Repeal Hyde amendment; it's about inequality.     Beto O`Rourke: Repeal Hyde Amendment; work to secure women's rights.     Beto O`Rourke: Repeal Hyde Amendment; will lead pro-choice administration.

Budget & Economy     Michael Bennet: Real problems if we don't address income inequality.

Civil Rights     Amy Klobuchar: Paper ballots allow audits, ensure election integrity.     Pete Buttigieg: Voters have judged his record, not his marriage.

Corporations     Cory Booker: Enforce antitrust; president shouldn't decide targets.     Tim Ryan: We need an industrial policy: government involved in process.

Drugs     Andrew Yang: Pardon non-violent drug offenders, focusing on marijuana.

Education     Bernie Sanders: Busing an option, but integrated community schools are best.     Seth Moulton: Voluntary public service rewarded with education guarantee.

Energy & Oil     Tim Ryan: Green New Deal means manufacturing jobs.     Jay Inslee: We're the optimists: can invent and create solutions.     Jay Inslee: The real costs of climate change comes from doing nothing.

Foreign Policy     Doug Jones: Impeachment warranted if withheld Ukraine aid helped Russia.     Bernie Sanders: Talk to adversaries but we need more than photo ops.     Cory Booker: Not working with allies on Iran makes us weaker.     Seth Moulton: America leads the world when it is strong.     Tulsi Gabbard: We need to engage in diplomacy & deescalate tensions.     Pete Buttigieg: Pay attention to assessments of intelligence agencies.     Julian Castro: Strengthen our relationship with allies to keep us safe.

Free Trade     John Hickenlooper: Fair & open trade makes us safer and more prosperous.

Government Reform     Jerrold Nadler: Impeachment: Trump continuing threat to election & democracy.     Tom Steyer: Government is broken; push power back to people.     Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: Impeachment is now about the rule of law.     Beto O`Rourke: New Voting Rights Act: eliminate gerrymandering & PACs.     Andrew Yang: Create department to regulate social media.

Gun Control     Michael Bennet: People support background checks, GOP Senate won't allow it.     Michael Bennet: Colorado experience shows gun control can work.     Cory Booker: Gun control works; refuse to believe it's not doable.

Health Care     Andrew Yang: Would expand Medicare but not offer a public option.     Steve Bullock: Health care reform without disrupting the entire system.     Bernie Sanders: People will spend less money on Medicare for All.     Julian Castro: Denying health care for undocumented is un-American.     Cory Booker: Health care is a right; public option is step towards goal.     Tim Ryan: Prevention should be key focus.     Amy Klobuchar: For public option, taking on Big Pharma.     Pete Buttigieg: Single payer can still allow role for private insurance.

Homeland Security     Donald Trump: Would take info on opponents from foreigners, might call FBI.

Immigration     Steve Bullock: No wall; no open borders; need immigration reform.     Amy Klobuchar: Against open borders & decriminalizing illegal entry.     Amy Klobuchar: Administration to blame for chaos at the border.     Seth Moulton: Helped his Iraqi interpreter get asylum in U.S.     Julian Castro: Can't take in everyone seeking asylum but can do more.     Julian Castro: No to "open borders"; increase number of refugees admitted.

Jobs     Bill de Blasio: Working people's bill of rights.     Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: We need to address inequality in pay & parental leave.     Tim Ryan: Rebuild the middle class: just getting by not enough.     Andrew Yang: Universal payments to all adults would have no stigma.     Julian Castro: Minimum wage should be a living wage.

Principles & Values     Andrew Yang: Impeachment: Open to pardoning Trump if elected.     Doug Jones: Impeachment should include witnesses & documentary evidence.     Ron Johnson: Impeachment charges are "pretty thin gruel".     Adam Schiff: Impeachment: Can't turn away from cheating in next election.     Doug Collins: Impeachment started with tears in Brooklyn in 2016.     Val Demings: Trump failed to bribe Ukraine, but still accountable.     Cory Booker: It's not who's racist; it's what are you doing about it.     Justin Amash: People want open, honest representation.     Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: Presidential nominee must fight for transformational change.     Donald Trump: Foreign-provided opposition info? Read it; maybe call FBI.     Donald Trump: No collusion, if you read the Mueller Report as I did.     Beto O`Rourke: Future Justice Dept. should follow facts on Trump.     Cory Booker: We succeed by showing the best of who we are.

Tax Reform     Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: Workers & government should not pay for billionaires.     Andrew Yang: Value Added Tax would generate $800 billion.     Amy Klobuchar: Changes in corporate tax would fund infrastructure.     John Delaney: Increase marginal rate, tax investments like income.     Julian Castro: Top earners, corporations should pay "fair share".

Technology     Bill Weld: Teach skill sets for tech jobs of the future.

War & Peace     Cory Booker: Would rejoin Iran nuclear deal & work with allies.     Tulsi Gabbard: Ending regime change wars allows investment at home.

Welfare & Poverty     Michael Bennet: Everybody should have a share in our prosperity.

Click for quotations from other sources by: Adam Schiff Democrat U.S. Rep California-28 Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Democrat U.S. Rep New York- 14 Amy Klobuchar Minnesota Democratic candidate for President; Minnesota Senator Andrew Yang New York Democratic candidate for NYC Mayor Bernie Sanders Democratic Presidential candidate Beto O`Rourke Texas Democratic candidate for Governor; U.S. Rep Bill de Blasio New York Democratic primary candidate and NYC mayor Bill Weld Massachusetts Republican presidential primary challenger Cory Booker New Jersey Mayor of Newark; N.J. Senator Donald Trump Republican Presidential incumbent Doug Collins Republican challenger for 2-year special election Georgia Doug Jones Democratic Alabama U.S. Senator Alabama Jay Inslee Washington Democratic Washington Governor Jerrold Nadler Dem./Lib./Working-Families U.S. Rep New York-10 John Delaney Maryland Democratic candidate for President; U.S. Rep from MD-6 John Hickenlooper Colorado Democratic Colorado Governor Julian Castro Texas Mayor of San Antonio; HUD Secretary Justin Amash Michigan Libertarian Presidential Challenger Michael Bennet Colorado Democratic candidate for President; Colorado Senator Pete Buttigieg Indiana DOT Secretary Ron Johnson Republican Sr Senator Wisconsin Seth Moulton Massachusetts Democratic candidate for President; U.S. Rep from MA-6 Steve Bullock Montana Democratic Montana Governor Tim Ryan Ohio Democratic candidate for President; U.S. Rep from OH-13 Tom Steyer Possible Democratic candidate for President from California Tulsi Gabbard Hawaii Democratic candidate for President; U.S. Rep from HI-2 Val Demings Democratic Challenger Florida