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Candidates express causes ' ■ A Democrat, a Republican and a Socialist discuss their policy goals in their run for the U.S. Congress By Lindsay Bucheie Oregon Daily Emerald The three candidates running for the U.S. House of Representa tives seat for the Eugene area have different causes. The incumbent stresses support for the environ ment, his Republi can op p o n e nt pushes reform for Social Security, and the Socialist candi date just wants his voice to be heard. Protecting the environment U.S. Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Ore., is facing challenges to his seven term run from Republican John Lindsey and Socialist David Duemler. DeFazio was elected to the U.S. Congress in 1986 and has served since then. He said he recently helped pass legislation to protect the Steens Mountains in South eastern Oregon and to establish an expansive wilderness area. “I have a very strong record of supporting the environment,” De Fazio said. “[I’ve supported] every thing from energy conservation to forest conservation. We just recent ly got money to expand the Eugene wetlands.” As a member of the Progressive Caucus, DeFazio said he has in vested more in education and transportation and moved away from overfunding Cold War weapons. “I was the principal author of a bill that would bring $600 million to help fund county and rural school districts,” DeFazio said. “I also supported a federal plan to provide loans at lower interest rates for students.” Part of DeFazio’s pay is given to the University every year in the form of a Presidential Scholarship, DeFazio said. Next year, DeFazio said he would fight for the national sur plus to be spent funding education and health care. He also said he would continue his work to get Eu gene a high-speed rail line. Social Security reform John Lindsey, a Linn County commissioner, said he has some paramount issues of his own to tackle. He said Social Security needs to be reformed as soon as possible. “I’m very much in favor of the plan that Bush is presenting,” Lindsey said. Under the plan, 2 percent of a person’s payroll would be invested in a tax-sheltered safe return ac count so that the money could be passed on to one’s heirs, Lindsey said. In addition, Lindsey said gov ernment-supported health-care programs also need reform. “We need to concentrate on the doctor-patient relationship,” Lind sey said. “The problem with HMOs is they are government funded and therefore harder to re form.” Education is another of those paramount issues Lindsey said he would like to address. He said Ti tle One schools, which are failing schools offered federal money, of ten abuse those funds. “We throw money at the prob lems in Title One schools without directly answering the problem,” Lindsey said. “By giving more money to failing schools, we are encouraging failure.” Lindsey said that by giving vouchers to students in Title One schools, they will be able to leave those schools and attend more suc cessful ones. “It’s time we started focusing on inner-city schools and how we are cheating some youth by funding failing schools,” Lindsey said. Lindsey said he would also like to localize crime control and focus on working together with the pub lic, businesses and workers’ unions. Fighting to he heard David Duemler said his activism in the Eugene Peace Works and Citizens for Animal Rights has helped him talk about issues major party candidates are afraid to ad dress. He’s never held a political office, but Duemler said that helps him discuss issues such as a per Candidates for U.S* House of Representatives < ( DEFAZIO LINDSEY - I' ! * m ff 4 iki£ L DUEMLER son’s right to impart information through the media and the elimi nation of nuclear weapons. "One of the most important rights a person has is to be heard,” Duemler said. “Public interest groups should have a regular op portunity to develop programs and air them in the mass media.” Duemler said he is a big support er of the Global Action Plan to pre vent war and wants to reduce in vestments in national security. He also said that if elected, he would continue to fight for animal rights. 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