Gillen, Driscoll battle for key Nassau County congressional seat as control of House hangs in balance

It is one of the key battleground races this election season, the 4th Congressional District in Nassau County. Yes, that's where our freshman Democratic incumbent, Laura Gillen, is running for re-election against Republican Janine Driscoll. And the stakes are high. We need to get our country back on the right track. We need to bring down the cost of living. For freshman incumbent Congresswoman Laura Gillen, that starts with a win next week. The Democrat from Rockville Center has strived to strike a bipartisan approach in Washington, but says Republicans have stymied many of her efforts to lower costs for residents, something that won't happen if Democrats take the House majority. I'm hoping to get those bills across the finish line. I introduced the bipartisan bill to permanently and fully restore the SALT deduction. The SALT deduction that we got in the one big beautiful bill, that's a SALT surrender. It's temporary. Janine Driscoll and Mike LaPatrick, come on up. Meanwhile, Republicans hope to maintain their majority by making gains in Nassau County. To do that, the GOP chose Hempstead receiver of taxes, Janine Driscoll, to challenge Gillen. I think it's critical and I don't think that there's any question that we will keep it. Driscoll acknowledges the affordability crisis, but says it's a temporary byproduct of the president's justified efforts to protect the U.S. and Israel. We no longer have a nuclear threat, which has been looming over us for 50 years, 47 years. And I will say something else about President Trump is that he knows that this is an issue that is difficult for us to handle through the midterms. But he's committed to his America First agenda, making America as strong as it can and protecting our number one ally, which is Israel. A possible boost for Driscoll, having Nassau's own Bruce Blakeman at the top of the state ticket. But if there's one candidate who's had success against the Nassau GOP machine, it's Gillen, the former Hempstead town supervisor who wrestled this seat away from Republican Congressman Anthony D'Esposito two years ago. I've always stood up for my residents and I'll continue to do that in Congress. All right, so you can hear more from Gillen and Driscoll on our website. Libertarian Party candidate Blake Tarnoff is on the ballot as well.