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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse

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The MeidasTouch Podcast
Senator Ruben Gallego on Trump’s Failing Presidency

are more likely to, are less likely to end up below the poverty line, are more likely to have better healthcare outcomes. Children, when raised in a stable housing environment, end up also having better healthcare and educational and societal outcomes, right? The fact is right now, you know, people in their mid-30s are not going to be able to buy a home for quite a while.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
Senator Ruben Gallego on Trump’s Failing Presidency

are more likely to, are less likely to end up below the poverty line, are more likely to have better healthcare outcomes. Children, when raised in a stable housing environment, end up also having better healthcare and educational and societal outcomes, right? The fact is right now, you know, people in their mid-30s are not going to be able to buy a home for quite a while.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
Senator Ruben Gallego on Trump’s Failing Presidency

There's just not enough market that, not being brought to the market, and when you're Even when it is there, it's extremely expensive and interest rates are so high. And then you're also creating generational wealth. And then also, at some point, it's just damn depressing, right? I was lucky enough. I used the VA home bill at 26 to buy my first condo.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
Senator Ruben Gallego on Trump’s Failing Presidency

There's just not enough market that, not being brought to the market, and when you're Even when it is there, it's extremely expensive and interest rates are so high. And then you're also creating generational wealth. And then also, at some point, it's just damn depressing, right? I was lucky enough. I used the VA home bill at 26 to buy my first condo.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
Senator Ruben Gallego on Trump’s Failing Presidency

There's just not enough market that, not being brought to the market, and when you're Even when it is there, it's extremely expensive and interest rates are so high. And then you're also creating generational wealth. And then also, at some point, it's just damn depressing, right? I was lucky enough. I used the VA home bill at 26 to buy my first condo.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
Senator Ruben Gallego on Trump’s Failing Presidency

But there are men and women that are at home with their parents leading up into their 40s. Look, no matter what we say, that's just not good for society, right? You want people to be happy, proud of themselves, be able to start families or not start families, but living on their own independent lives. And we need to make sure that government is focused on figuring out how does that look like?

The MeidasTouch Podcast
Senator Ruben Gallego on Trump’s Failing Presidency

But there are men and women that are at home with their parents leading up into their 40s. Look, no matter what we say, that's just not good for society, right? You want people to be happy, proud of themselves, be able to start families or not start families, but living on their own independent lives. And we need to make sure that government is focused on figuring out how does that look like?

The MeidasTouch Podcast
Senator Ruben Gallego on Trump’s Failing Presidency

But there are men and women that are at home with their parents leading up into their 40s. Look, no matter what we say, that's just not good for society, right? You want people to be happy, proud of themselves, be able to start families or not start families, but living on their own independent lives. And we need to make sure that government is focused on figuring out how does that look like?

The MeidasTouch Podcast
Senator Ruben Gallego on Trump’s Failing Presidency

And it could be a combination of things, like making sure we have housing subsidies, low-income housing, affordable mortgages. We need to make sure that cities don't – over-regulate and under-zone those areas. That's one of those areas that we should be working on intensely as Democrats. And the other area is energy.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
Senator Ruben Gallego on Trump’s Failing Presidency

And it could be a combination of things, like making sure we have housing subsidies, low-income housing, affordable mortgages. We need to make sure that cities don't – over-regulate and under-zone those areas. That's one of those areas that we should be working on intensely as Democrats. And the other area is energy.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
Senator Ruben Gallego on Trump’s Failing Presidency

And it could be a combination of things, like making sure we have housing subsidies, low-income housing, affordable mortgages. We need to make sure that cities don't – over-regulate and under-zone those areas. That's one of those areas that we should be working on intensely as Democrats. And the other area is energy.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
Senator Ruben Gallego on Trump’s Failing Presidency

If you're on your phone and you're doing anything with your phone, with computers, AI, or anything else like that, you are causing a lot of energy. And the United States is going to have a big problem in about 10 years if we don't upgrade our energy, energy grids, as well as trying to bring more energy on. And of course, a lot of that will be renewables, but I also do believe that

The MeidasTouch Podcast
Senator Ruben Gallego on Trump’s Failing Presidency

If you're on your phone and you're doing anything with your phone, with computers, AI, or anything else like that, you are causing a lot of energy. And the United States is going to have a big problem in about 10 years if we don't upgrade our energy, energy grids, as well as trying to bring more energy on. And of course, a lot of that will be renewables, but I also do believe that

The MeidasTouch Podcast
Senator Ruben Gallego on Trump’s Failing Presidency

If you're on your phone and you're doing anything with your phone, with computers, AI, or anything else like that, you are causing a lot of energy. And the United States is going to have a big problem in about 10 years if we don't upgrade our energy, energy grids, as well as trying to bring more energy on. And of course, a lot of that will be renewables, but I also do believe that

The MeidasTouch Podcast
Senator Ruben Gallego on Trump’s Failing Presidency

We have to really, really look at nuclear. And I think that's something that Democrats don't usually engage in.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
Senator Ruben Gallego on Trump’s Failing Presidency

We have to really, really look at nuclear. And I think that's something that Democrats don't usually engage in.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
Senator Ruben Gallego on Trump’s Failing Presidency

We have to really, really look at nuclear. And I think that's something that Democrats don't usually engage in.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
Senator Ruben Gallego on Trump’s Failing Presidency

But in order for us to make sure that working class people are going to be able to have affordable energy and still keep the lights on and still be able to have the kind of high tech jobs we want, we're going to have to do a massive investment in nuclear, which, by the way, will also keep our carbon footprint down.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
Senator Ruben Gallego on Trump’s Failing Presidency

But in order for us to make sure that working class people are going to be able to have affordable energy and still keep the lights on and still be able to have the kind of high tech jobs we want, we're going to have to do a massive investment in nuclear, which, by the way, will also keep our carbon footprint down.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
Senator Ruben Gallego on Trump’s Failing Presidency

But in order for us to make sure that working class people are going to be able to have affordable energy and still keep the lights on and still be able to have the kind of high tech jobs we want, we're going to have to do a massive investment in nuclear, which, by the way, will also keep our carbon footprint down.