49th District 50th District 52nd District Mike Levin Brian Maryott Ammar Campa-Najjar Darrell Issa Scott Peters Jim DeBello Total Campaign Receipts 2019-2020 $2,953,603 $1,751,229 $3,043,705 $8,221,308 $1,515,380 $308,945 (as of Sep. 30) Top 5 Donors ActBlue PAC; California Brian Maryott; WinRed PAC; ActBlue PAC; JStreet PAC; Darrell Issa; Issa Victory Fund ActBlue PAC; Amalgamated Jim DeBello; P. Ralph; G. Lucier; 2019-2020 Candidates Victory Fund; Take Back the House 2020 PAC; Democracy Engine, Inc. PAC; G. PAC; House Freedom Fund PAC; Bank; Scott Peters; New D. Scheper; C. DeBello (as of Sep. 29; Democracy Engine, Inc. PAC; Take Back the House California Dwyer; M. Enriquez WinRed PAC; General Atomics Democrat Coalition PAC; D. including monetary Bold Democrats III PAC; Schiff 2020 PAC; Print Mail PAC Weiner and non-monetary) Hold the House 2020 Communications, Inc. Briefly tell us about My top priority in Congress has As a Certified Financial Planner, I was born in East County, raised I raised my family and built my I'm a member of the House I am a technology entrepreneur yourself and why been working across the aisle to I spent my career helping by a working-class mom. business in our district. I was Energy and Commerce that co-invented mobile check you're running. deliver on our local priorities. I'm families save and plan for the Worked as a church janitor, blessed to have that business Committee where I focus on deposit and have experience proud to have introduced more future. As your Congressman, I'll executive for a National grow to become successful. I’m climate change, renewable working in 6 different countries than a dozen bipartisan bills, work to protect choice in Chamber of Commerce, former running for the same reason I energy innovation, and ensuring including China. I am including four that were signed healthcare, foster economic federal official, and now small enlisted in the army – out of a access to affordable health care. disappointed in the lack of into law, and that will continue to growth, keep our communities business owner.I'm running to sense of duty to my country and I'm running for re-election to leadership we are getting from be my focus. safe, and get our children back in help people live, work, and retire to give back to our community. continue to fight for these and Congress and believe change is school. with dignity. other priorities. needed. What are your top It is past time that we make a It's important that going forward, California pays more federal Much of the Highway Trust I've passed bipartisan legislation Our nation's infrastructure has priorities or best comprehensive investment to we work to leverage any federal taxes than any state, we receive Fund, which our Federal Fuel to ensure infrastructure is more not kept pace with technology ideas to pass repair our country and create dollars we spend on less federal resources than we Tax pays into, is wasted funding resilient to climate-related events and is one of the most meaningful millions of jobs. We passed a bill infrastructure. A focus on public- invest every year. Similar to and subsidizing costly, like extreme weather. I disappointing failures for those in legislation to in the House that includes many private partnerships will create President Eisenhower's national inefficient, and wasteful mass- introduced the GRID Act to a leadership position to change it. modernize the of my priorities, including an services that are in demand and program (interstate highway), I'll transit programs in major address threats to the electric grid Government is both much nation's investment for VA infrastructure cost-effective. We need projects work to broker a 2 trillion dollar metropolitan areas. These funds from nature, terrorism, or needed, as well as the biggest infrastructure? upgrades, renewable energy that will provide us with reliable infrastructure reform plan that should be prioritized for road cyberattacks, as well as a bill to hindrance to progress. There is development, and new water supply, and efficient Trump and Democratic construction and surface incentivize affordable housing far too much red tape between environmentally responsible transit. I will partner with either leadership nearly passed in 2019 transportation projects. near federally funded transit local, state, and federal water supply projects such as administration to deliver that. and prioritize rural broadband. projects which protects jurisdictions. Cutting that is #1 desalination. taxpayers. top priority. What's your basic I have two young children, and I With a crisis like Covid-19, Federal investments should be When you find yourself in a hole National debt is at its highest The question is when is a dollar philosophy of deficit worry about the debt that we're deficit spending is necessary. revenue-neutral. We'd save over — stop digging. America doesn’t level as a % of GDP since the of debt worth more to our future? spending and leaving behind for future However, when looking at the a trillion dollars and reinvest in have a revenue problem. '40s; this badly hurts our ability The crisis we find ourselves in national debt? Are generations to pay off. First, we staggering level of current debt our economy while protecting Congress has a spending to respond to emergencies and today is a clear example. But these things ever need to reverse Trump's tax cuts in our country, we have to put social security/medicare by problem. The most important threats. I've worked toward a when we start leveraging our strategically for corporations and the ultra- our collective nose to the modernizing outdated way we can reduce deficit sustainable budget path, where children's future to pay for the desirable, and at wealthy. We also need a new grindstone and do the work government bureaucracy, spending is to adopt across the debt grows slower than the mistakes we made today, without what point do they bipartisan Simpson-Bowles style necessary to get a handle on the helping people transition from board caps on spending economy. I voted against the any sacrifice, then it becomes become commission to come up with annual deficit, and eventually welfare to workforce programs, increases. 6% year over year irresponsible Republican tax cuts undesirable. This is a rampant undesirable? additional solutions to get our begin to pay down debt. We owe and cut small business taxes by increases are unsustainable. If we of 2017. I was named a "Fiscal problem in Washington and fiscal house in order. you that to our children and ending giveaways to don’t act, the Debt is will exceed Hero" by the Campaign to Fix needs a much more thoughtful future generations. corporations that ship jobs 100% of GDP in 2021. the Debt. approach. abroad. COVID-19 We need to expand access to It's possible that genetics are a Income inequality has made Our failure to stockpile adequate These disparities are due to It is sad and unfortunate that illustrates health affordable health care, factor - but it's more likely that access to affordable healthcare resources was a preparedness inequity in Americans' access to these disparities exist. We must disparities, on the particularly for underserved health disparities are correlated and nurition disproportionally failure that we have learned a affordable health care. Also, look at the data and work to whole, between communities that are most with socioeconomic status. We out of reach for Hispanic, black, lesson from. Our overconfidence people of color make up a resolve the root of the issue. Too certain racial/ethnic susceptible to COVID-19. We have to increase opportunities in and rural communities. While in our public health system is disproportionate share of our often politicians want to take a demographics. should do that by strengthening areas that are challenged living in rural areas partially why I do not support a single- essential workers. The answer is picture for a camera rather than What do you make the Affordable Care Act and economically. Employers in insulates us, people of color are payer government takeover of access to health care. The roll up their sleeves and fix the of these differences maintaining protections for these areas need additional tax often the essential workers healthcare. Our district’s families COVID relief bills I helped pass problem. These problems have and what can or people with pre-existing and regulatory relief, as do our exposed. In Congress, I'll invest in greatest need rely on elements boosted access to testing, health been plaguing our urban should be done to conditions. Trump's efforts to low socioeconomic families, in in the economic and public of our public health system, and care, paid leave and Personal communities for decades but address them? undermine the ACA during a addition to access to healthcare. health needs of those most they have been let down. Protective Equipment for their leadership remains the pandemic are unconscionable. impacted. essential workers. same. Where do you see As the representative for The critical issues of the day - At the Department of Labor, I In the last Congress, I worked on The bipartisan USE IT Act I The beauty of America is our opportunity for thousands of veterans in North economic policy, healthcare, help lead the nationwide effort to H-1B reform across the aisle with introduced promotes investment diversity. To me, every issue has fruitful compromise County San Diego and South environment, and immigration - double and diversify the number fellow San Diego Congressman in carbon capture technology to room for collaboration. or collaboration Orange County, passing all present opportunities to of apprenticeships in America, an Scott Peters.