ANNOUNCER: THEN THE RACE FOR CONGRESS, THERE’S A LOT ON THE LINE, ESPECIALLY IN CALIFORNIA’S THIRD DISTRICT. FROM THE SHORES OF LAKE TAHOE, TO PLACER AND SACRAMENTO SUBURBS, SUPPLEMENTS NATIONAL FOREST ALL THE WAY TO DEATH VALLEY. THE CANDIDATES ANSWER QUESTIONS THAT IMPACT YOU. INFLATION, ROE V. WADE, AND MORE. MEET THE DEMOCRAT, DR. KERMIT JONES, AND THE REPUBLICAN, STATE ASSEMBLY MEMBER KEVIN KILEY. THIS IS THE KCRA3 CAPRADIO DEBATE FOR CONGRESS, DISTRICT THREE. NOW MODERATORS EDIE LAMBERT AND NICOLE DIXON. NICOLE: WELCOME TO THE DEBATE BETWEEN CANDIDATES IN CALIFORNIA’S CONGRESSIONAL THIRD DISTRICT. EDIE: WE WANT TO QUICKLY WALK YOU THROUGH THE GROUND RULES THAT EACH CANDIDATE HAS AGREED TO. FOR EACH QUESTION, THEY HAVE A ONE MINUTE ANSWER. IF THERE IS A FOLLOW-UP OR REBUTTAL, THEY HAVE 30 SECONDS TO RESPOND. FOR SOME QUESTIONS WE ARE LOOKING FOR A QUICK "YES" OR "NO" ANSWER. WE WANT TO THANK OUR VIEWERS FOR SENDING IN SOME REALLY GREAT QUESTIONS. WE HAVE INCORPORATED AS MANY AS POSSIBLE, AND WE LOVE TO SEE ALL THE INTEREST IN THIS DEBATE. NICOLE: WE WANT TO START WITH A CHANCE FOR EACH OF YOU TO CLEARLY DEFINE YOUR POSITIONS ON ISSUES THAT HAVE BEEN FOCAL POINTS THIS CAMPAIGN SEASON AND THAT EACH OF YOU HAS YOU SAYING YOUR OWN POSITION HAS BEEN STARTING WITH THE GAS TAX, WHICH IS A BIG ISSUE HERE IN CALIFORNIA, AS DRIVERS PAY THE HIGHEST AVERAGE GAS PRICES IN THE COUNTRY. DR. JONES, YOUR OPPONENT SAYS YOU WANT TO RAISE THE GAS TAX. DO YOU? DR. JONES: NICOLE, THAT IS ABSOLUTELY WRONG. I KNOW MY OPPONENT HAS BECOME THE DON QUIXOTE OF THE GAS TAX IN CALIFORNIA, BUT THE REALITY IS WE NEED PEOPLE WHO WANT TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM AND NOT USE IT AS A POLITICAL STEPPINGSTONE TO RUN FOR THE FOURTH OR FIFTH OFFICE HE HAS RUN FOR AT THIS POINT. WHAT I WANT TO DO IS INCREASE OUR ABILITY TO PRODUCE GAS AT HOME, INCREASE OUR REFIING CAPABILITIES. THAT IS SOMETHING HE COULD HAVE WORKED ON IN THE ASSEMBLY. THERE ARE SIX REFINERIES DOWN IN CALIFORNIA. AND DIVERSIFY OUR ENERGY SOURCES. THOSE ARE THINGS WE NEED TO FOCUS ON. I HAVE NEVER BEEN FOR THE GAS TAX. I EVEN SAID IT IN OUR LAST DEBATE. BUT I THINK WHEN WE HAVE A BUNCH OF D.C. CONSULTANTS TELLING YOU WHAT TO SAY, YOU DON’T CARE IF IT IS THE TRUTH OR NOT AS LONG AS YOU CAN GET IT ON THE AIR. I HAVE NOT BEEN FOR RAISING GAS TAXES OR ANY TAXES WHATSOEVER. NICOLE: YOU SAY YOU WANT TO INCREASE THE STATE’S ABILITY TO PRODUCE AT HOME. SO YOU ARE FOR MORE OIL DRILLING IN KELVIN YOU? DR. JONES: THAT IS NOT WHAT I SAID. THERE ARE SIX REFINERIES DOWN. AS YOU PROBABLY KNOW, THE OUTPUT OF A REFINERY IS GREATER THAN THE INPUT. IF WE FIX THAT ISSUE, AS WELL AS DIVERSIFY OUR ENERGY SOURCES, WE WILL GET A BETTER POSITION TO ACTUALLY HAVE ENERGY INDEPENDENCE AND NOT HAVE TO GO TO OTHER QUESTIONS AND BEGGED THEM TO TURN ON THE SPIGOT. NICOLE: ASSEMBLY MEMBER KYLIE, WE WANT TO GIVE YOU THE CHANCE TO DEFEND YOUR POSITION ON THE FEDERAL GAS TAX. REP. KILEY: OF COURSE I AM AGAINST A. YOU HEARD MY OPPONENT SAY HE IS CRITICIZING ME FOR TRYING TO SUSPEND THE GAS TAX YEAR IN CALIFORNIA THAT WOULD SAVE EVERY DRIVER 54 CENTS A GALLON. HE ALSO SAYS HE DOES NOT WANT TO INCREASE OUR CAPACITY TO MAKE AMERICA ENERGY INDEPENDENT, WHICH WOULD LOWER GAS PRICES ACROSS THE BOARD. BUT I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR TUNING IN TONIGHT, AND I THINK IT WOULD BE A GREAT HONOR TO REPRESENT YOU AS THE NEW MEMBER OF CONGRESS FOR OUR DISTRICT, A DISTRICT WHERE I WAS BORN AND RAISED, WHERE I WENT TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS, AND HAS ALWAYS BEEN MY HOME. I WANT TO MOVE OUR COUNTRY IN A NEW DIRECTION. ELECTIONS ARE ABOUT CHOICES, AND IN THIS RACE WE HAVE A CLEAR CHOICE. MY OPPONENT HAS SPENT MUCH OF HIS CAREER IN WASHINGTON, D.C. AS A POLITICAL STAFFER AND A LAWYER, AND HE STARTED THIS CAMPAIGN BY SAYING HIS FULL WAS TO KEEP HIS PARTY IN POWER, KEEP A LOW SEE A SPEAKER SO THEY COULD MAKE EVEN MORE CHANGES, IN HIS WORDS. I DON’T THINK WE NEED TO GO FURTHER DOWN THE PATH WE ARE ON. I THINK WE KNEW TO NEW DIRECTION -- WE NEED A NEW DIRECTION. NICOLE: ON THE GAS TAX FOLLOW-UP, HOW DO YOU ENSURE THAT SUSPENDING THE FEDERAL OR STATE GAS TAX WOULD RESULT IN LOWER GAS TAXES? REP. KILEY: WE HAVE SEEN IT HAPPEN. EVEN BLUE STATES LIKE NEW YORK AND CONNECTICUT HAVE SUSPENDED THEIR GAS TAXES. THE SAME THING WOULD HAPPEN HERE. DESPITE MY OPPONENT’S CRITICISM, IVO CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR FOLKS TO GET AT LEAST 54 CENTS OFF EACH GALLON OF GAS BY SUSPENDING THE GAS TAX HERE AND SUSPENDING IT AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL. EDIE: AS NICOLE SAID, WE WANTED TO START OUT THIS DEBATE WITH GIVING YOU BOTH A CHANCE TO SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT ON SOME OF THE ALLEGATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE DURING THE CAMPAIGN. A SIMILE MEMBER KILEY -- ASSEMBLY MEMBER KILEY, YOU HAVE BEEN PORTRAYED AS SUPPORTING A TOTAL BAN ON ABORTIONS. IS THAT YOUR POSITION? AND WOULD YOU VOTE FOR A PROPOSAL ON A FEDERAL BAN ON MOST ABORTIONS AFTER 50 WEEKS OF J JUGESTATION? REP. KILEY: NO. OPPONENT HAS RUN THIS ISSUE. HIS OWN VIEW ON THE ISSUE IS ONE THAT THE PUBLIC DOES NOT SUPPORT. HE FAVORS A FULL ELECTIVE ABORTION UP UNTIL THE MOMENT OF BIRTH. WHY IS HE FIXATING ON THIS ONE ISSUE? HE HAS NO PLANS ON DEALING WITH INFLATION, GETTING GAS IN GROCERY PRICES UNDER CONTROL, HE HAS NO PLANS FOR SECURING THE BORDER, NO PLANS FOR GETTING CRIME UNDER CONTROL, AND THE REASON HE DOESN’T IS BECAUSE HE SUPPORTED POLICIES THAT LEAD TO THESE PROBLEMS. HE SUPPORTED THE $4 TRILLION SPENDING SPREE THAT NANCY PELOSI RAN THROUGH CONGRESS. HE SUPPORTED IT EVERY STEP OF THE WAY AND BEGAN HIS COMPANION BY SAYING HIS GOAL IS TO KEEP HIS PARTY IN POWER, KEEP A LOW -- PELOSI AS THE SPEAKER. WE DON’T HAVE TO KEEP GOING DOWN THE DIRECTION WE ARE GOING. WE NEED TO CHANGE AND BALANCE IN OUR GOVERNMENT. EDIE: THE QUESTION WAS DESIGNED -- LET ME GET YOU ON THE RECORD FOR EXACTLY WHERE YOU STAND IN TERMS OF YOUR OPPOSITION TO ABORTIONS. YOU SAID YOU DON’T SUPPORT A NEAR TOTAL BAN. FOR VOTERS IN YOUR DISTRICT, WHERE DO YOU DRAW THAT LINE? REP. KILEY: THERE IS NOTHING I WOULD DO AS A MEMORY OF CONGRESS THAT WOULD AFFECT CALIFORNIA. THIS IS A STATE ISSUE AND A LEVEL OF ACCESS THAT WILL NOT BE AFFECTED BY ANYTHING I DO IS A MEMORY CONGRESS. EDIE: YOU DON’T WANT TO STAY WHERE YOU MIGHT HAVE EXEMPTIONS, EXCEPTIONS? REP. KILEY: IT IS A STATE ISSUE SO I WOULD NOT BE VOTING TO RESTRICT ANYTHING. DR. JONES: ONE OF THE THINGS I THINK MY OPPONENT AND I DO AGREE WITH IS CONGRESS IS BROKEN, WASHINGTON’S BROKEN, POLITICIANS ARE BROKEN. THE REALITY IS THERE ARE SO MANY LIES THROWN OUT IN THE LAST TWO MINUTES IT IS HARD TO RESPOND TO THEM, BUT I WILL TRY TO DO THE BEST I CAN. ONE, I NEVER SAID ANYTHING IN RESPECT TO KEEPING THE DEMOCRATS IN POWER. I THINK IN REALITY, BOTH SIDES ARE BROKEN. WE HAVE ONE SIDE THAT FOCUSES ON THINGS LIKE DEFUNDING THE POLICE, AND WE HAVE THE OTHER SIDE THAT FOCUSES ON TRYING TO LIE THEIR WAY THROUGH AN ELECTION. HE DID HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE ON STRENGTHENING THE RIGHT TO ABORTION IN CALIFORNIA, MAKING IT A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT,. AND -- AND HE VOTED AGAINST IT. WHAT HE COULD DO OTHER THAN TRYING TO STAY ON A SINGLE ISSUE WITH THE GAS TAX, HAVING NOT GETTING -- GOTTEN ANYTHING DONE, IT COST US $40 MILLION, WHICH WOULD HAVE BOUGHT ABOUT 60 MILLION GALLONS OF GAS, WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN ENOUGH TO PAY FOR THE GAS FOR A QUARTER OF THE PEOPLE IN OUR DISTRICT. INSTEAD OF FOCUSING ON THE THINGS THAT KEEPS HIM RUNNING FOR OFFICE, HE FOCUSES ON THOSE THINGS THAT DIVIDE PEOPLE. THAT IS WHY WE NEED SOMETHING NEW. NICOLE: VOTERS CONSISTENTLY SAY THEY ARE EXTREMELY CONCERNED ABOUT INFLATION AND THE RISING COST OF EVERYTHING FROM MILK TO CARS. GIVEN THAT INFLATION IS CURRENTLY A VERY COMPLEX GLOBAL ISSUE, DOES CONGRESS HAVE A ROLE TO PLAY IN TRAINING IN THESE RISING PRICES? DR. JONES, THIS QUESTION WILL GO TO YOU FIRST. DR. JONES: I THINK CONGRESS CAN DO THE RIGHT THING ON THIS ISSUE AND HAS A LOT OF POWER. AS YOU SAID, THIS IS A GLOBAL ISSUE, AN ISSUE THAT CAME AFTER THE PANDEMIC. IT IS ONE THAT NEEDS US TO RING THE SUPPLY CHAINS BACK HOME, MAKE SURE TO BRING JOBS BACK TO OUR DISTRICT AND LOWER THE COST HERE IN OUR DISTRICT. ONE OF THE THINGS I FOCUS ON IS THE FEDERAL FIRE INSURANCE PLAN BECAUSE I KNOW THE PEOPLE IN OUR DISTRICT WHO ARE PAYING WAY TOO MUCH -- THEY USED TO PAY $1000 A YEAR, NOW THEY ARE PAYING OVER $10,000 A YEAR -- I WANT TO LOWER THAT COST AND HELP THEM WITH THAT COST. THE COST OF HEALTH CARE IS WAY TOO MUCH. THAT IS WHY I THINK BEING ABLE TO NEGOTIATE DOWN DRUG PRICES IS A BIG DEAL. MY OPPONENT FEELS DIFFERENTLY. HE FEELS THAT TAKING MONEY FROM FO PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES IN MAKING IT SO THAT CHILDREN CANNOT HAVE ACCESS TO LOWER-COST INSULIN IS THE WAY TO GO. I THINK WE NEED SOMETHING DIFFERENT. I THINK THAT APPROACH IS THE CANCER. WE ACTUALLY NEED THE CURE, AND THE CURE IS TO NOT HAVE CONTINUOUS POLITICIANS RUNNING FOR OFFICE, NOT FOCUSING ON OUR ISSUES BUT FOCUSING ON THEMSELVES. NICOLE: DOES CONGRESS HAVE A ROLE TO PLAY IN INFLATION AND CONTROLLING COSTS? REP. KILEY: YES, AND THE FIRST THING TO DO IS TO STOP THE OUT-OF-CONTROL SPENDING. FOLKS IN OUR DISTRICT AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE STRUGGLING MIGHTILY UNDER THE WEIGHT OF RECORD INFLATION, RECORD GAS PRICES, RECORD GROCERY PRICES. AND EVEN BARACK OBAMA’S TOP ECONOMIC ADVISERS SAID AT THE TIME, DON’T SPEND ALL THAT MONEY, DON’T GO ON A $4 TRILLION SPENDING SPREE. HE SUPPORTED AND CELEBRATED THAT FOR TRILLION DOLLAR -- $4 TRILLION IN SPENDING THAT EVEN BARACK OBAMA’S TOP ECONOMIC ADVISOR WARNED AGAINST. HE DID SAY HE NEEDED TO KEEP HIS PARTY IN POWER IN THE HOUSE, WHICH MEANS KEEP PELOSI AS SPEAKER. THIS IS AN EXACT QUOTE, TO MAKE EVEN MORE CHANGES. IF HE IS ELECTED, YOU CAN COUNT ON EVEN MORE OUT-OF-CONTROL SPENDING. I WILL ROLLBACK REGULATIONS AND PURSUE AMERICAN ENERGY INDEPENDENCE SO WE CAN SET OUR OWN GAS PRICES HERE AND NOT BE DEPENDENT ON FOREIGN COUNTRIES. NICOLE: WHAT SPECIFICALLY WOULD YOU CUT? REP. KILEY: IF YOU HAD TAKEN A LOOK AT THE FEDERAL BUDGET, THERE IS SO MUCH WASTE, FRAUD, AND ABUSE IT IS UNBELIEVABLE. LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT THIS FOR TRILLION DOLLARS SPENDING PLAN MY OPPONENT SUPPORTED. YOU HAVE MONEY THAT WENT TO GOLF COURSES, LUXURY HOTELS, STIMULUS PAYMENTS THAT WINTER PRISONERS. OR IF YOU CAN LOOK ACROSS THE IRS, THE AGENTS THAT THE BILL WILL HIRE, MY OPPONENT SUPPORTED THAT BUT ONE OF THE FIRST VOTES I WOULD TAKE IS TO REPEAL THOSE AGENTS. DR. JONES: I THINK MY OPPONENT WOULD BE AS EFFECTIVE IN CONGRESS AS HE WAS EFFECTIVE IN THE ASSEMBLY. HE HAS RUN ON CONSTANT THINGS AND HAS EITHER GOTTEN NOTHING DONE OR WORKED IN THE INTEREST OF THOSE WHO PAID HER MONEY. I AM A PHYSICIAN, INTERNAL MEDICINE DR., NAVY VETERAN. I WAS ENDORSED BY THE POLICE GROUP, WHICH SAYS THAT THE ADS RUN AGAINST ME ARE LIES. I WAS NOT A STAFFER IN THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION. I WAS WHITE HOUSE FELLOW. THE BIGGER POSITION IS I HAVE OPPONENTS WHO WANT TO FOCUS ON DISTRACTIONS RATHER THAN POLICIES. YOU ASKED HIM MULTIPLE TIMES WHAT HE WOULD ACTUALLY DO. HE HAS NO PLAN. HE HAS NO PLATFORM. AND THAT IS ALL HE HAS COME ARE LIES. REP. KILEY: I JUST GOT TO SAY, THIS IS A CANDIDATE WHO DOESN’T EVEN LIVE IN OUR DISTRICT, AND HAS NOW RUN FOR CONGRESS IN MULTIPLE DISTRICTS THAT HE DOESN’T ACTUALLY LIVE IN. AND HE STARTED HIS CAMPAIGN BY STARTING THE ONLY WAY HE WAS EVER GOING TO GET ANYTHING DONE AND MAKE THE CHANGES HE WANTS IS IF HIS PARTY STAYED IN POWER. I HAVE A RECORD OF -- EDIE: LET’S JUMP IN BECAUSE THAT WAS NOT A REBUTTAL, THAT WAS ANOTHER ACCUSATION. DO YOU LIVE IN THE DISTRICT? REP. KILEY: I MOVED INTO THIS AREA FIVE YEARS AGO. I HAVE BEEN HERE FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS. I THINK THE BIGGER PICTURE THAT MY OPPONENT WANTS TO DISTRACT PEOPLE FROM IS THE WHOLE TIME I WAS TAKING CARE OF PEOPLE WITH RESPECT TO THEIR HEALTH CARE, HE WAS STANDING WITH INSURRECTIONISTS AND NEO-NAZIS. AT THE END OF THE DAY, WHAT WE NEED TO FOCUS ON ARE PEOPLE WHO HAVE DONE THINGS IN THIS DISTRICT, CARE ABOUT THIS DISTRICT. I HAVE NEVER SEEN ANYONE FROM A PLACE TO SO LITTLE FOR IT. HE HAS VOTED AGAINST MULTIPLE THINGS THAT COULD HELP PEOPLE. EDIE: DO YOU SUPPORT NEO-NAZIS? REP. KILEY: THIS IS JUST CRAZY STUFF. HE HAS BEGGED AND PLEADED THE SACRAMENTO BEE TO PRINT THESE ALLEGATIONS AND THEY HAVE REFUSED TO DO IT BECAUSE THEY KNOW IT IS TOTAL NONSENSE. HE SAID THIS SO MANY TIMES I LOOKED UP WHAT IS HE EVEN TALKING ABOUT. WHAT HE IS REFERRING TO IS THIS. OUT OF THE HUNDREDS OF EVENTS I HAVE BEEN TO, HE CLAIMS THERE IS ONE GUY WHO I DIDN’T KNOW, DID KNOW HE WOULD BE THERE, WHO SAID. SOME CRAZY THING SO I LOOK INTO WHO THIS GUY IS. IT TURNS OUT HE WAS A CANDIDATE FOR THE U.S. SENATE. I HAD ENDORSED HIS OPPONENT WHO ENDED UP WINNING THE REPUBLICAN NOMINATION. THIS IS THE BIG ATTACK HE IS HANGING HIS HAT ON. [CROSSTALK] REP. KILEY: HE IS TRYING TO ATTACK ME, ASSOCIATE ME WITH SOMEBODY I ACTIVELY WORKED TO THE FEE. THE REASON HE FOCUSES ON THIS NONSENSE IS BECAUSE HE SUPPORTED THAT HAVE WRECKED OUR ECONOMY. EDIE: WE HAVE GIVEN YOU A CHANCE -- DR. JONES: MULTIPLE NEWS OUTLETS SHOW THAT YOU HAVE ASSOCIATED WITH THESE PEOPLE. EDIE: ASKED AND ANSWERED. VOTERS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE ECONOMY. ONE OF THE PLACES INCLUDES THE HOUSING MARKET. INTEREST RATES HAVE MORE THAN DOUBLED. IN THE LAST YEAR JUST THIS WEEK, THEY HIT MORE THAN 7%. THAT IS THE HIGHEST IN 20 YEARS. WHAT COULD YOU DO AS MARISSA CONGRESS TO HELP -- WHAT COULD YOU DO AS MEMBERS OF CONGRESS TO HELP CALIFORNIANS REACH THEIR DREAM OF OWNING A HOME? REP. KILEY: WE NEED TO GET OUR ECONOMY BACK INTO. HOME PRICES IN CALIFORNIA ARE OUT OF CONTROL. IT IS SO DIFFICULT TO BUILD IN THIS STATE. WE YOU HAVE TO HAVE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN FEES. YOU CAN HAVE DECADES OF PROJECT IS WAITING TO MAKE ITS WAY THROUGH THE BUREAUCRACY AND GET APPROVAL. THIS IS THE FOUNDATION OF THE AMERICAN DREAM AND IT IS OUT OF REACH FOR FAR TOO MANY PEOPLE AND IT IS WHY A LOT OF FOLKS ARE LEAVING OUR STATE. BUT THE BROADER PICTURE IS WE HAVE AN ECONOMY THAT HAS BEEN. ON THE WRONG TRACK THE FIRST PRIORITY AS A MEMBER OF CONGRESS IS I WANT TO GET IT BACK ON TRACK, TO GET EVERY THING IN OUR ECONOMY MORE AFFORDABLE. THAT MEANS REINING IN SPENDING, ROLLING BACK RELATIONS ON BUSINESSES THAT HAVE INCREASED THE COST OF LIVING FOR EVERYONE. IT MEANS REACTIVATING THE WORKFORCE, SO WE ARE GIVING FOLKS AN INCENTIVE TO WORK AGAIN. IT MEANS MAKING OUR COUNTRY ENERGY INDEPENDENT SO WE ARE NOT RELIANT ON FOREIGN SOURCES OF ENERGY, AND IT MEANS FIXING OUR SUPPLY CHAIN, WHICH HAS BEEN DISRUPTED BY A NUMBER OF VERY BAD POLICIES PUT IN PLACE BY THIS ADMINISTRATION. DR. JONES: THE FIRST THING WE NEED TO DO IS PUT PEOPLE IN CONGRESS WHO HAVE A RECORD OF DOING THINGS ON THIS ISSUE, WHICH IS NOT MY OPPONENT. HE WAS ON THE HOUSING COMMITTEE AND DID ABSOLUTELY NOTHING FOR THIS. THERE ARE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS I HAVE SEEN IN THE V.A. AS A VETERAN. I HAVE HELPED GET PEOPLE HOUSING, ESPECIALLY IF THEY DO HAVE CHALLENGES WITH RESPECT TO THEIR ECONOMIC SITUATION. WE NEED TO MAKE IT SO WE ARE NOT DOING THINGS THAT ARE MAKING IT HARDER TO GET A HOUSE, LIKE PUTTING TARIFFS ON CANADIAN WOOD./ I AGREE WE NEED TO DO THOSE THINGS AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL TO MAKE IT SO WE CAN HAVE THINGS LIKE MULTI FAMILY HOUSING IN DIFFERENT AREAS, GRANTS AND OTHER AREAS OF OUR DISTRICT, SO THAT PEOPLE CAN LIVE WITH A WORK AS OPPOSED TO HAVING TO TRAVEL. NICOLE: FOR THIS ROUND, WE ARE LOOKING FOR YES OR NO ANSWERS. CONGRESS PASSED THE FIRST GUN CONTROL LEGISLATION IN THREE DECADES THIS PAST SUMMER BUT THERE HAS BEEN DISAGREEMENT ABOUT WHETHER IT WENT FAR ENOUGH. WOULD YOU RAISE THE MINIMUM AGE TO PURCHASE A SEMIAUTOMATIC RIFLE FROM 18 TO 21 YEARS OLD? DR. JONES? DR. JONES: I AM A GUN OWNER MYSELF, I SERVED IN THE MILITARY, I TOOK CARE OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN INJURED BY GUNS. I ALSO LEARNED HOW TO SHOOT AN M-16 IN THE MILITARY. I BELIEVE PEOPLE NEED PROPER TRAINING TO USE WEAPONS, SO I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED. NICOLE: YES OR NO? DR. JONES: IT IS SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE INVESTIGATED AND THAT IS SOMETHING I WOULD LOOK INTO. NICOLE: ASSEMBLY MEMBER KILEY? REP. KILEY: YOU HAVE ASKED YES OR NO QUESTIONS THAT WE HAVE NOT GOTTEN AN ANSWER. I WOULD NOT SUPPORT THAT GIVEN THE EVIDENCE WE HAVE SEEN. THERE IS NO EVIDENCE IT WOULD MAKE OUR COMMUNITIES MORE SAFE. WHAT I DO SUPPORT IS GREATER ASSISTANCE FOR MENTAL HEALTH AND FOR SCHOOL SAFETY AND STRENGTHENING BACKGROUND CHECKS. I HAVE SPONSORED LEGISLATION TO DETECT EARLY WARNING SIGNS FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVE SHOOTER SITUATIONS IN SCHOOLS THAT HAS GOTTEN BROAD SUPPORT FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT AND GROUPS THAT ADVOCATE FOR SAFETY IN OUR SCHOOLS. NICOLE: WOULD YOU BAN LARGE CAPACITY MAGAZINES THAT HOLD 15 OR MORE BULLETS? DR. JONES: I DON’T THINK THERE IS ANY EVIDENCE TO SHOW THAT WILL MOVE THE NEEDLE IN TERMS OF SAFETY. I THINK WHAT WE SHOULD DO IS PURSUE SOLUTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN SHOWN TO WORK. HERE IN CALIFORNIA, WE HAVE THE STRICTEST LAWS IN THIS RESPECT OF ANY IN THE COUNTRY. THERE’S A LOT OF WAYS IN WHICH THE CURRENT LAWS ARE BEING ENFORCED. WE HAVE A LOT OF FELONS WHO ARE ILLEGALLY IN POSSESSION OF WEAPONS AND OUR DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE REALLY ISN’T DOING MUCH ABOUT IT. I DON’T THINK THE SOLUTION IS TO PILE ON REGULATION AFTER REGULAR. NICOLE: DR. JONES, WOULD YOU VOTE TO BAN LARGE CAPACITY MAGAZINES? DR. JONES: I WOULD, YES. EDIE: MANY VOTERS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THREATS TO OUR DEMOCRACY. AGAIN, YES OR NO, DO YOU BLAME FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP FOR THE JANUARY 6 CAPITAL RIGHTS? --CAPITAL RIOTS? DR. JONES: BEING SOMEONE WHO IS IN THE MILITARY AND SERVED WITH PEOPLE WHO SERVED OVERSEAS, I DO THINK WE NEED A PRESIDENT THAT IS WILLING TO STAND UP AND NOT -- EDIE: DO YOU BLAME THE FORMER PRESIDENT? DR. JONES: I DO. REP. KILEY: I BLAME THE FOLKS WHO COMMITTED THESE ACTS OF VIOLENCE. IT WAS A HORRIFYING EVENT, ONE OF THE WORST DAYS IN OUR COUNTRY’S HISTORY, AND I BLAME THOSE PEOPLE. NICOLE: OUR LAST TWO QUESTIONS ARE LITTLE MORE PERSONAL AND WE NEED YOU TO KEEP YOUR ANSWERS TO 30 SECONDS, PLEASE. A VIEWER ASKS, WHAT BOTHERS YOU MOST ABOUT YOUR OWN POLITICAL PARTY? DR. JONES, YOU WILL ANSWER FIRST. DR. JONES: I THINK THE THING THAT BOTHERS ME THE MOST IS MY POLITICAL PARTY FOCUSES A LOT OF EMPHASIS ON D.C. IT DOES HAVE. A PROBLEM WITH SPENDING THOSE ARE THE REASONS I WANT TO GO THERE AND FIX THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. WE LIVE IN A DISTRICT THAT DOES NOT HAVE ENOUGH SPENDING AND RESOURCES WITH RESPECT TO FEDERAL LANDS. I THINK WE NEED TO PUT MORE OF OUR RESOURCES AND PRIORITIES HERE. THAT IS WHAT I THINK IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST PROBLEMS WITH THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY AND IS ONE OF THE THINGS I WOULD TRY TO FIX. NICOLE: A SUMMARY MEMBER KILEY -- ASSEMBLYMEMBER KILEY? DR. JONES: -- REP. KILEY: DR. JONES: REP. KILEY: A LOT HASN’T CHANGED. I AM NOT RUNNING TO REPRESENT A PARTY. MY OPPONENT SAID THAT AS THE OPENING STATEMENT OF HIS CAMPAIGN. HE WANTED TO HELP HIS PARTY KEEP THE MAJORITY. I HAVE AUTHORED SOME OF THE MOST GROUND BREAKING LEGISLATION IN RECENT YEARS ON PUBLIC SAFETY, FREEDOM OF SPEECH, PROTECTING HER KIDS IN SCHOOL. WHEN YOU ARE IN THE MINORITY OR SUPER MINORITY AS WE ARE HERE, YOU HAVE TO WORK IN A BIPARTISAN WAY TO DO THAT. EDIE: THAT GOES RIGHT INTO OUR NEXT QUESTION, WHICH IS THAT POLITICS HAS BECOME VERY POLARIZED. PEOPLE WANT TO FEEL THEY ARE REPRESENTED.IN THIS DISTRICT , 33% OF THE VOTERS ARE REGISTERED DEMOCRATS. IF YOU BECAME THE CONGRESSPERSON REPRESENTING CD3, WHAT WOULD YOU DO TO HELP DEMOCRATS FEEL SPECIFICALLY THAT YOU ARE REPRESENTING THEIR INTERESTS? DR. JONES: I HAVE BEEN VERY FORTUNATE-- REP. KILEY: I HAVE BEEN VERY FORTUNATE TO GET MORE VOTES FROM DEMOCRATS KAMARA PUBLIC AND, AND INDEPENDENCE. PEOPLE SEE I DON’T NECESSARILY AGREE WITH THEM ON EVERY SINGLE ISSUE, BUT THAT I AM FIGHTING FOR OUR AREA. WHEN EXAM LIVE THIS IS FIGHTING TO GET OUR SCHOOLS OPEN. WE HAD OUR SCHOOLS OPENED EARLIER HERE THAT ANY OTHER PART OF THE STATE. CALIFORNIA HAD THE LONGEST SCHOOL SHUTDOWN IN THE COUNTRY. MY OPPONENT WENT ALONG WITH IT. HE NEVER ADVOCATED FOR OPENING SCHOOLS. THAT HARMED EVERYONE, DEMOCRAT, REPUBLICAN, AND INDEPENDENT. I HAVE PEOPLE THIS DAY WHO SAID THEY HAVE NEITHER VOTED FOR ANY REPUBLICAN EXCEPT ME. EDIE: SAME QUESTION FOR YOU, PUT 38% OF REGISTERED VOTERS IN THE CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT ARE REGISTERED REPUBLICANS. IF YOU BECAME THEIR CONGRESSPERSON, WHAT WOULD YOU DO TO REASSURE THEM THAT YOU WOULD HAVE THEIR BACK? DR. JONES: I WOULD TAKE CARE OF THEM THE SAME WAY I TAKE CARE OF MY PATIENTS. I HAVE BEEN A PHYSICIAN FOR 17 YEARS, MORE THAN HALF OF THE TIME MY OPPONENT HAS BEEN ALIVE. THE THINGS PEOPLE EXPECT IS THEY WILL LISTEN TO THEM, FOCUS ON THEIR ISSUES REGARDLESS OF WHAT THEY CALL THEMSELVES, REGARDLESS OF WHO THEY LOVE. THEY WILL FOCUS ON THOSE ISSUES THAT MATTER. SO I WILL BE A PERSON THAT PROTECTS A NATIONAL ACCESS TO ABORTION, I WILL BE A PERSON THAT PROTECTS THOSE ISSUES THAT PEOPLE CARE ABOUT, WHETHER IT IS THEIR SOCIAL SECURITY, WHICH WE KNOW THAT SOME OF THE REPUBLICANS WANT TO GET RID OF. SO I WILL FOCUS ON THOSE ISSUES THAT THEY CARE ABOUT REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THEY ARE DEMOCRAT OR REPUBLICAN, AS LONG AS IT IS RIGHT FOR OUR DISTRICT. EDIE: WE WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE TIME FOR FINAL STATEMENTS. THOSE ARE COMING UP AFTER A QUICK BREAK. STAY WITH US.