Julian Castro in Democratic Primary Debate

On Abortion: Codify Roe v. Wade, repeal Hyde Amendment

Q: What about adding new Supreme Court seats to create a liberal majority and protect things like abortion rights?

V.P. Joe BIDEN: I would not pack the Court. What I would do is make sure that the people that I recommended for the Court [would] support the right of privacy.

Mayor Pete BUTTIGIEG: I'm not talking about packing the Court just with people who agree with me. What I'm talking about is reforms that will depoliticize the Court.

CASTRO: I wouldn't pack the Court. The might be to look at term limits or having people cycle off from the appellate courts. So that you would have a replenishment of perspective. I would also make sure that I appoint, as president, people who respect the precedent of Roe v. Wade. That we codify Roe v. Wade. That we do away with things like the Hyde Amendment because you shouldn't only be able to have reproductive freedom if you have money. We have to concern ourselves not only with reproductive freedom but also reproductiv

Source: October Democratic CNN/NYTimes Primary debate Oct 15, 2019

On Corporations: Fight back against monopolistic practices

We're on the right track in updating how we look at monopolistic practices, setting rules for the road that match the challenges that we face. Whether that's Amazon that is leveraging its size to help put small businesses out of business, then at the same time shortchanging a lot of its workers, not paying them [or] giving them the benefits that they should. Or it's a number of other companies. We need to take a stronger stance when it comes to cracking down on monopolistic trade pract Source: October Democratic CNN/NYTimes Primary debate Oct 15, 2019

On Drugs: Send high-level executives to jail for opioids & corruption

Sen. Kamala HARRIS: I think of this as being a matter of justice and accountability, because they are nothing more than some high-level dope dealers. The eight biggest pharmaceutical companies and insurance companies last year profited $72 billion on the of people that have been overwhelmed by this crisis, which is a public health epidemic. They should be held accountable. Let's end that failed war on drugs and go after these pharmaceutical companies for what they've been doing to destroy

CASTRO: They need to be held accountable, not only financially, but also criminal penalties. You know, you can draw a straight line between making sure that we hold executives accountable, whether it's these drug manufacturers or Wall Street executives that should have been held accountable a decade and a half ago.

Source: October Democratic CNN/NYTimes Primary debate Oct 15, 2019

On Foreign Policy: North Korea won't work with US after ditching Iran nuke deal

If you're Kim Jong Un why in the world would you believe anything that this President says to contain your nuclear weapons program when he tore up an Iran nuclear agreement that we just signed four years ago, which was the strongest agreement to contain Iran's nuclear weapons program, and now he's abandoned the very people that we gave our word to? Source: October Democratic CNN/NYTimes Primary debate Oct 15, 2019

On Gun Control: No mandatory buybacks--it means more cops banging on doors

Q: Sen. Warren supports voluntary buybacks of assault weapons; Sen. Harris supports mandatory buybacks. Rep. O'Rourke supports mandatory buybacks, but said police wouldn't be going door to door. Your opinion?

Julian Castro: There are two problems I have with mandatory buybacks. Number one, folks can't define it, and if you're not going to door to door, then it's not really mandatory. But also, in the places that I grew up in, we weren't exactly looking for another reason for cops to come banging on the door. And y'all saw a couple of days ago what happened to Tatiana Jefferson in Fort Worth: cops showed up at 2 in the morning at her house when she was playing video games with her nephew. He didn't even announce himself, and within four seconds he shot her and killed her through her home window. She was in her own home. And so I am not going to give these police officers another reason to go door to door, because police violence is also gun violence and we need to address that.

Source: October Democratic CNN/NYTimes Primary debate Oct 15, 2019

On Jobs: We need to invest and spark new job opportunities

I think we need to focus on making sure that we spark job opportunity for people across this country. I would invest in infrastructure to put people back to work. I would invest in a Green New Deal to unleash millions of new jobs in a clean energy economy. On top of that, we need to support working families. We need to invest in things like universal childcare so that people can afford childcare instead of having to pay 20% of their income for it. Source: October Democratic CNN/NYTimes Primary debate Oct 15, 2019

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