One of the biggest races in California is actually one of the quietest in the 2024 General Election.The race for U.S. Senate got a lot of attention during the primary with three powerful Democrats and a Republican baseball star fighting for the job.Now it's down to Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff and former National League All-Star Steve Garvey on the Republican side.KCRA 3's Edie Lambert spoke with both candidates.Watch Schiff's responses to questions on the issues below. Watch Garvey's interview here. ON BEING CALLED AN 'ENEMY FROM WITHIN'Question: This week former President Trump called you and Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi "enemies from within," as dangerous as adversaries like China and Russia. He has suggested that if he's reelected he could use the military to deal with "enemies from within." How seriously do you take these threats?Congressman Adam Schiff: "I think we should all take seriously when a presidential candidate says he wants to call out the military to go after his domestic political opponents. That's the language you hear from would-be dictators. And it comes during the same week when his former Chief of Staff Gen. Kelly has described him praising Hitler. When the former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff has said that he sort of meets the textbook definition of an authoritarian or a fascist, you can't ignore those warning signs, so I take them seriously. It does underscore just how much our democracy is on the ballot."Question: Former President Trump has argued that he should be elected to keep you in check. You led the first impeachment trial against him and served on the Jan. 6 committee. To what degree is your campaign looking at somewhat the same message, that people should elect you as a U.S. Senator to keep him in check if he is reelected President?Congressman Adam Schiff: "Well, I would say the relevance is this. Donald Trump had too many enablers in the Congress of the United States when he was president. Too many people willing to do whatever he wanted them to do, violate their constitutional oath and tear down the guardrails of our democracy. We don't want more enablers of that kind of behavior and conduct in Congress. We need people that are willing to stand up to a bully, willing to defend our institutions."IMMIGRATIONQuestion: Let's talk about if Kamala Harris is elected President. She has said she would revive the bipartisan immigration bill that died in Congress earlier this year. Is that something that you would help move through the U.S. Senate?Congressman Adam Schiff: "I would want to see that broaden to include not just the enforcement measures at the border, which are important, but also relief for the Dreamers. I want to make sure that there's a pathway to citizenship for farm workers and others, millions of people who have been in this country for years. So it should be broader than just an enforcement bill."HOUSING AND AFFORDABILITY Question: What would you do in the U.S. Senate that we would feel here in Sacramento, lowering the cost of housing?Congressman Adam Schiff: "This is the number one issue throughout the state. Rent increases are as high in rural areas as in urban and suburban areas. People can't find a home they can buy, they can't afford it. It's a supply problem at its essence, and that is, we need to build hundreds and hundreds of thousands of new units of housing in California. We really need to do that ASAP at the federal level. We can help dramatically by massively expanding the low-income housing tax credit to incentivize developers to build housing, and build housing that's affordable. We also need to incentivize local governments to get to yes on approvals much more quickly."HOMELESSNESSQuestion: So obviously the cost of housing and the limits on housing, and homelessness, are twin crises in our state. A similar question on homelessness: what can you do in the U.S. Senate that we would see on the streets of Sacramento and Stockton and Modesto?Congressman Adam Schiff: "Well, the challenge with homelessness is you can spend billions, as we have, to move people off the street and into shelter, but if you don't do something about the overall scarcity of housing, new people are simply going to take their place on the sidewalk. So contemporaneously to moving people into shelter, getting them the mental health services they need, the substance abuse services they need, we also need to be building that housing. We have to approach it from both points of view."ON BEING A SENATOR FOR ALL CALIFORNIANSQuestion: We have more than five million Republicans in California. How would you convince them that you would also be looking out for their interests?Congressman Adam Schiff: "Well, I tend to represent aggressively every part of the state and everyone in the state, I don't care whether it's a red area, a blue area, or a purplish area, it doesn't matter. Everyone is entitled to strong representation. And on the issues that I find people most concerned about -- that is bringing down the cost of living, building more housing, bringing down the cost of childcare -- those problems are very nonpartisan, bipartisan. I'm going to work across the aisle to bring about solutions."For more information about the November election, including key issues and other races on the ballot, check out the KCRA 3 Voter Guide.Find more political news from our national team here.