DEFENSE
DEFENSE LAWYER4@4@ WHO IS MAKIN HER FIRST RUN FOR OFFICE. WE WILL TALK TO HER ABOUT WHY
SHE WANTED TO GET 4@IN THIS RAC
>> YEAH, I DID NOT THINK
POLITICS WAS FOR ME.
THAT WAS FOR MANY REASONS.
I HAD STATE POLICY EXPERIENCE
AND EXPERIENCE AS A LAWYER.
I 4@TRIED TO TAKE INTEREST ON A
NUMBER OF DIFFERENT ISSUES AND
KEPT 4@GETTING NON-RESPONSES, I
I GOT 4@ANY RESPONSE AT ALL. 4@
IT CAME TO BE THAT I GOT SO
FRUSTRATED,4@ THIS IS NOT
REPRESENTATION IS SUPPOSED TO
BE.
THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE WHERE 4@
YOU ARE ABLE TO ENGAGE WITH
REPRESENTATION AND BE HEARD AND
TALK ABOUT IDEAS AND HAVE A
MEANINGFUL EXPERIENCE WHEN YOU @
GET TO YOUR REPRESENTATION. 4@
I GOT SO MAD AFTER THE
CAVANAUGH HEARING.4@
I WENT TO DC AND SAID, YOU KNOW
WHAT?
I THINK I CAN DO THE JOB
BETTER.
>>4@ 4@A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE NOT
FAMILIAR WITH YOU.
I THINK IF PEOPLE BUMPED INTO
YOU ON THE STREET, THEY WOULD
HAVE NO IDEA WHO YOU ARE.
WHAT DOES TH4@AT SAY ABOUT THE
EFFECTIVENESS OF THE CAMPAIGN
THAT YOU HAVE FOUND SO FAR?
>> YEAH, I MEAN, MOST MAINERS
WOULD HAVE NO IDEA WHO 4@I AM.
THAT IS 4@ALL OF US HAVING A NA
RECOGNITION ISSUE GOING IN 4@TH
RACE LIKE SUSAN COLLINS, SINCE
I WAS IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL4@4@,
OF US ARE GOING TO HAVE A
CHALLENGE BEING RECOGNIZED.
HOWEVER, WHEN I START TALK4@ING
TO PEOPLE ABOUT THE TYPE OF
CAMPAIGN THAT I AM RUNNING,
THEY GET EXCITED ABOUT IT.
THEY GET 4@EXCITED THAT THERE
COULD BE A DIFFERENT OPTION.
BASED ON THE RESPONSIVENESS
THAT I HAVE SEEN, THE WORD IS
SPREADING.
WHEN YOU DO GOOD THINGS, WHEN
YOU SHOP YOU SHOW UP FOR YOUR
COMMUNITY, THAT HELPS.4@4@4@
>> WHAT WOULD BE OUR NUMBER ONE
PRIORITY?
>> MY NUMBER ONE PRIORITY WOULD
BE CHANGING THE WAY WE 4@DO
ELECTIONS IN THIS COUNTRY.
I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT IT IS
THE HEALTHCARE, THE MEDICARE
FOR ALL, BUT IT IS APPROACHING
THIS FROM A DIFFERENT
4@ STANDPOINT.
I THINK ALL OF THOSE THINGS
BECOME MORE POSSIBLE WHEN WE
START ELECTING PEOPLE WHO DO
NOT TREAT MONEY IN POLITICS AS
A NECESSARY EVIL.
IF YOU TREATED AS UNNECESSARY,
STOP PRIORITIZING GETTING MONEY
OVER ENACTING THE WILL OF
PEOPLE.
MOST MAINERS WANT4@ THE NEW DEA
I HAVE NOT COMPROMISED MY 4@
CAMPAIGN BY4@4@ STOOPING TO ANY
THE INTERESTS THAT WOULD STOP
THAT FROM HAPPENING.
I AM FIGHTING FOR A PROCESS
THAT CREATES SPACE FOR
LEGISLATORS TO SAY, NO, I AM
NOT PLAYING THAT GAME.
I AM DOING WHAT IS RIGHT FOR 4@
CONSTITUENTS.4@
THAT IS THE WORK I LIKE 4@TO DO
>>4@ YOU WOULD ALSO HAVE A ROLE
IN GUIDING AMERICA'S PLACE 4@IN
THE WORLD.
WHAT EXPERIENCE DO YOU HAVE IN
THE FIELD OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS,
NATIONAL SECURITY AND DEFENSE?4
>> YEAH, 4@4@SO, ADMITTEDLY, GO
INTO THE RACE, THAT WAS AN
ISSUE WHERE I DID NOT HAVE AS
MUCH EXPERIENCE.
I RECOGNIZE THAT THAT WAS AN
ISSUE EARLY ON.
ONE OF OUR VOLUNTEER MEMBERS IS
ACTUALLY A VETERAN WHO WAS
STUDYING FOR CONTINUED
EDUCATION IN NATIONAL SECURITY
AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.
I KEPT ABREAST OF THESE ISSUES
AS THEY COME UP.
I HAVE SPOKEN WITH MY TEAM
MEMBER WHO HAS KEPT ME WELL-
INFORMED4@4@, SENDS ME POWER PO
AND SOURCE MATERIAL SO I CAN
READ.
I THINK ONE 4@OF THE GOOD THING
ABOUT RUNNING A CAMPAIGN WHERE
I AM NOT SPENDING ALL MY MONEY
DIALING FOR DOLLARS IS 4@THAT I
HAVE TIME TO PREPARE FOR THE
JOB, ITSELF.
I HAVE TIME TO FOCUS ON WHAT I
NEED TO LEARN AND WHERE I NEED
TO GO.
I HAVE HAD TIME WHERE I HAVE
NOT BEEN ABLE TO JUMP IN WITH
BOTH FEET.
>> AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE 4@THE
NATIONAL DEBT ON THE SOMETHING
ORDER OF $25 TRILLION.
WHAT WOULD YOU DO TO 4@GET THE
HOUSE IN ORDER?4@
WHAT SPECIFIC STEPS WOULD YOU
RECOMMEND?
>> RIGHT NOW, WE ALWAYS HAVE
MONEY WHEN BILLIONAIRES AND
CORPORATIONS NEED A BAILOUT.
WE 4@ALWAYS HAVE MONEY WHEN 4@T
RICH NEED A TAX CUT.
WE DO NOT ALWAYS HAVE MONEY 4@
WHEN INDIVIDUALS NEED HELP.4@
THAT IS NOT THE WAY THAT THE
GOVERNMENT IS SUPPOSED TO
PROVIDE FOR THE PEOPLE,
ESPECIALLY WHEN IT IS OUR MONEY
DOING MOST OF THE WORK.
I THINK IF WE FOCUS ON MAKING
SURE BILLIONAIRES ARE PAYING
THEIR PORTION OF TAX INTO THE
SYSTEM AND WE ARE GETTING
ENOUGH IN, WE ARE FOCUSED ON
HELPING PEOPLE GET THE HELP
THEY NEED, WE WILL GET CLOSER
TO A 4@BALANCED BUDGET BY WAY O
THE NUMBER OF ZEROS AFTER THE
POLICIES WE 4@ARE MAKING.4@4@