Congressional District 2 Debate with DFL candidate Matt Little and GOP candidate Eric Pratt!

Thanks, Blois.

Yeah, it's a really important question because families are working harder and they're just not getting ahead.

They're doing everything right.

Paychecks are getting stretched.

You know, there's a lot of things that go into affordability.

You know, I can look back to what we did in the Minnesota Senate when the Democrats had control.

They spent an $18 billion surplus.

They raised $10 billion in new taxes.

They raised everybody's property tax.

They raised everybody's sales tax.

They raised everybody's tab fees.

And that's not helping make life more affordable for anybody.

So what do we need to do? We need to focus on helping people keep more of their own money in their pocket.

I was proud to offer the author of the child tax credit here in the state of Minnesota, which is helping families keep more money in their pocket who have children.

And that was a bipartisan effort that went across and worked very well.

I've really spent my career focusing on helping people make their dreams come true to be able to afford things.

But higher taxes, more spending from government, and getting less is not the way that we help families afford what's going on.

Matt Little, your answer for what you could do in Congress to help make life more affordable for Minnesotans.

Yeah, thanks, boys.

And just a thank you to you for putting on this debate.

Truly appreciate you getting into the weeds on actual policy.

So much of campaigning is you got about eight seconds to explain your entire domestic and foreign policy.

So appreciate the time you put in to do these.

Also want to thank my opponent, Eric Pratt, for agreeing to this debate.

I think that's an important thing for democracy.