- Hi, I'm Representative Amanda Stuck,
running for Congress here in the 8th Congressional District
in Wisconsin.
I am running because earlier last year,
a constituent named Len had written to me
about his wife's breast cancer.
He had written to me about how their insurance
is very unaffordable and they are very concerned
if the Affordable Care Act goes away,
that they will not be able to afford insurance at all.
And that is even if they can find a plan
that will take him and his wife with her preexisting condition.
When I received this letter, I called my constituent back
to talk about healthcare and this issue.
When I called him, he said he had heard from myself,
but he had never heard a word back from Mike Gallagher.
That was when I decided to run.
To me, it is completely unacceptable
that a representative would not
call a constituent back after getting a letter like that.
And especially, to explain why they had voted multiple times
to take away healthcare from people
right here in Northeast Wisconsin.
Mike Gallagher is able to vote against his constituents
because he doesn't understand what they go through.
Mike Gallagher comes from a family
with wealth and connections.
Mike Gallagher went to the best schools in California.
He doesn't know what it's like
to be a family right here in Northeast Wisconsin,
making the tough decisions
between putting their last few dollars in their gas tank
or buying some food to eat for the week.
But I do.
When I was born right here in Northeast Wisconsin,
my mom was a waitress and my dad worked
at a grocery store bagging groceries.
I don't come from wealth and privilege
like Mike Gallagher does.
I didn't marry a Broadway star like Mike Gallagher did,
I married a sheet metal journeymen.
We know what it's like to have to work
multiple jobs to stay ahead.
We know what it's like to worry when work and the shop is slow
and we have to wonder
if we'll be able to pay the mortgage that month.
We know the families in Northeast Wisconsin
are facing those same issues too every day.
We know what it's like for them
to lay awake in the middle of the night,
worrying about how they're going to make it
and how they're going to make it
even though they're working so hard every single day,
working multiple jobs,
doing everything they're supposed to do.
For most of us, Broadway is a street in Green Bay.
It isn't a place in Manhattan like Mike Gallagher knows.
And we need people in Congress
who really understand what it's like.
We don't need more millionaires
who are paying off their third or fourth mortgages.
We need people who know what it's like to be trying
to pay off that student debt
or trying to get that employment check
when work is slow from a pandemic.
We need people who will put the people here
over party politics or personal ambition.
I'm proud to say I won an award in Washington, D.C. in December
for my work with a bipartisan caucus
right here in Wisconsin,
because I'm committed to working across the aisle
and to putting the people here first,
by working with whoever wants to work with me
on the issues that we face every day
so that more families
won't have to lay awake at night,
wondering how to simply make ends meet
when they are doing everything right,
and when they are working so hard.
I would love to have your vote and support
and I look forward to working for you in Washington.