"Obando-Derstine cited staffing reductions at national laboratories, including the National Renewable Energy Laboratory and Argonne National Laboratory, which she said were working on long-duration energy storage critical to expanding solar and wind power."

""I have made child care a central part of my platform when I talk about affordability, because I get it," she said. "I'm someone that's raising kids and also caring for aging parents, and I remember what it was like when my kids were little.""

"Obando-Derstine says people are struggling to make ends meet and pay for the essentials of life, specifically naming housing, healthcare, groceries, utilities, and childcare. She cites the United Way ALICE report and says it shows 41 percent of district families are struggling to cover the essentials."

"The Democratic candidates share similar proposals for tackling child care costs, including increasing tax credits and subsidies and expanding access to free pre-K."

"Obando-Derstine supports extending the ACA premium tax credits. She frames healthcare as personal, sharing stories of people she knew who could not afford care and how costs can financially devastate families."

"She calls for more immigration judges and support staff, modernizing immigration courts, speeding up asylum processing, and opening up DACA applications so people are not kept in limbo."

"She calls for more immigration judges and support staff, modernizing immigration courts, speeding up asylum processing, and opening up DACA applications so people are not kept in limbo."

"She criticizes what she describes as cruelty, racial profiling, and unaccountable enforcement, and says fear is widespread in immigrant communities, including among documented Latinos."

"She also says she supports secure borders, but argues the current approach creates chaos and does not make communities safer."