Casey Schreiner - Candidate for Governor of Montana

We sat down with Montana House Minority Leader and Democratic candidate  for Governor, Casey Schreiner, who, in spite of being in the minority,  managed to lead a bi-partisan effort to achieve some major legislative  accomplishments in the 2019 session including protecting Medicare  expansion, passing the Firefighters Health and Safety Bill, and major  funding for infrastructure projects. His personal belief that having an  honest, informed, and practical approach to problem solving follows the  manner in which most Montanan’s expect their government to work. He  talks about how his own experiences with inadequate healthcare, being a  parent of a special-needs child, personal job loss, and carrying student  loan debt help inform him about the needs of everyday Montanans. He  feels his personal experience, combined with his legislative and  administrative experience make him uniquely qualified to be Governor.  Other issues we cover include the need for public Pre-K education,  reducing the cost of prescription drugs, creating good jobs with good  wages, and getting money out of politics. On the climate emergency, he  talks about how critical a healthy environment is to Montana’s economy  and quality of life, and says he’ll form a Climate Cabinet that will  include professors and climate experts to come up with policies to  seriously address the issue. On the Land Board he stresses the  importance of preserving and protecting Montana’s public lands and  offers a warning about how the state could lose it’s outdoor heritage,  and other gains the Democrats have fought for, if the Governor’s seat  would be won by a Republican, thus creating one party control in the  state. He finishes by stating that the 2020 general elections,  particularly the Montana Governor election, will be pivotal in deciding  the direction our state, and our country will go in the future.