WATCH | The Issues Senate Candidate Angela Alsobrooks Wants To See Addressed - video Dailymotion

U.S. Senate candidate Angela Alsobrooks speaks to ESSENCE after delivering a powerful speech during the Democratic National Convention.

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00:00You used your primetime moment tonight to not only talk about yourself, but to share

00:05personal stories about Kamala Harris.

00:07You also used the moment to really talk about and share some of the issues that you hope

00:12to really address.

00:13Talk to our audience a little bit about some of those key issues with the economy, with

00:18women's right to choose, and some of the other issues that are so central to your campaign

00:22for Senate.

00:23You know, economic opportunity, I think, is the number one issue for most families.

00:28And part of what you heard me talk about, her Back on Track program recognized that

00:33people need opportunity, that they need job training.

00:37You notice that the apprenticeships, the other things that are needed, and this is a focus

00:42that I have also had as county executive and will continue to do, making sure that opportunity

00:47is there.

00:48I call it the first chance.

00:49You know, we often talk about people in the criminal justice system who are looking for

00:53second chances, and I recognize many of those people never had the first chance at success.

00:58So investing in affordable housing, investing in jobs and growing income, investing in the

01:03health care of people, making sure that people have the opportunity to make their own health

01:07care decisions, that women have the freedom to do that, really is core to our success

01:12in this country, is core to us experiencing the American dream.

01:16And I recognize that, and I know that Vice President Harris does as well, is that those

01:21investments have to happen early and often for us to really have the fair shot at the

01:26American dream that we deserve.