Rep. Baca says woes are fault of Republicans

By Josh Dulaney, Staff Writer, San Bernardino Sun Posted:�10/09/2008 08:03:18 PM PDT

Rep. Joe Baca said Wednesday voters should re-elect him to the 43rd District seat in the U.S. House of Representatives because the Rialto Democrat has the personal and political experience needed in these difficult days.

An Army veteran of the Vietnam War era, Baca was clear in his opposition to President Bush's policy in Iraq.

"We need to say it's time to withdraw; it's time to bring back our troops," Baca said. "Right now, we got into a war we never should've got into." Baca voted for the second version of the economic bailout that was passed by Congress last week and signed by President Bush.

The blame for the financial crisis rests on Republicans who failed to regulate the lending industry while they controlled Congress and the White House, he said.

"They knew the tornado was coming," Baca said. "We had to turn around and do something, and we (Democrats) hated it." Baca, who serves on the House Finance Committee, said Republicans blocked meaningful mortgage legislation for 12 years after gaining control of the House.

"It's not my fault or the chair of the committee's fault," Baca said of Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass.

He said a bill he introduced last year mirrors Republican presidential candidate John McCain's proposal for the federal government to buy back bad mortgages.

As chairman of the House Subcommittee on Department operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry, Baca voted to increase funding by $1.26billion for the emergency food-assistance program, a title passed in the 2008 Farm Bill.

He supports extending unemployment insurance and increasing food-stamp benefits to poor families.

"With food stamps in my own personal life, I know what it was like and so was able to convince people we needed to ensure that we provided for the 38 million people going hungry in the United States," Baca said.

He said he would continue to work to make health care more accessible and affordable in the district, one of the poorest in the state.

Baca said things get done in Washington, D.C., because of seniority, which is lacked by his Republican challenger, Councilman John Roberts from Fontana.

"That's how you get the committee assignments; that's how you climb the ladder and deal with issues that are important to a lot of us," Baca said.

"Anybody who gets elected goes to the end of the line."

JOE BACA

On the economy: Baca said the blame rests with predatory lenders and a Republican House that for 12 years refused to regulate the lending industry.

On Iraq: Baca said it's a war we should never have entered into. He wants a timetable for troop withdrawal.

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