Erin Murphy in 2018 MN Governor's race

On Immigration: Support driver's licenses for undocumented immigrants

Q: What will you do to restore access to immigrants' driver's licenses that were taken away by Tim Pawlenty in 2003?

Murphy: "I was in a church in 2014 in North Minneapolis where I made a commitment to vote for and support driver's licenses for people who are not documented here in the state of Minnesota. And as your governor I will keep that commitment." Murphy added that she will not allow law enforcement in Minnesota to become an extension of ICE.

Source: Post-Bulletin on 2018 Minnesota governor debate Oct 25, 2017

On Health Care: Allow only non-profit insurers to do business in the state

Debate opened with a motion to send back to conference committee provisions allowing for-profit insurers to do business in Minnesota. "Premiums would likely increase with for-profits because they are profit-seekers," said the Senator introducing the motion, adding that there is no evidence that welcoming for-profit carriers into the state will stabilize the market.

Rep. Erin Murphy spoke in favor of sending the bill back to conference committee to strip out the for-profit provisions. She said legislators were unprepared to vote on changing the state's 40-year policy of allowing only non-profit insurers to do business in the state. No health plans or academic health experts testified in either the regular or conference committee to explain the changes to lawmakers, she said. "We really don't really know what this means," she said

Source: PoliticsInMinnesota.com on 2018 Minnesota Gubernatorial race Jan 26, 2017

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