- Greetings, my name is Dick Ausman
and I'm running for the House of Representatives seat
for Wisconsin's 7th Congressional District.
The reason I'm running is the incumbent, Tom Tiffany,
his votes are actually hurting people.
He voted against lowering the cost of insulin,
against the infant formula funding bill,
against Medicare being able to negotiate
prescription drug prices.
He voted against the Honor Our Pact Act
to help our veterans with their medical needs
due to exposure to toxins.
And again, recently, against helping them
with their hunger and nutritional needs.
He's voted against all aid for Ukraine,
and he's even voted against allowing people access
to contraceptives.
And the list just goes on and on and on.
He also wants to privatize Social Security.
That's a horrible idea.
And in the last Congress,
his missed 350% more votes than the average Congressperson.
He's not even showing up to do his job.
Since May, I put more than 25,000 miles on my bus
and truck, traveling around this district,
meeting with hundreds upon hundreds of Republicans,
independents, Democrats.
They all agree with what I want to accomplish
when I arrive in Congress.
Number one, health care is a right.
Medicaid and Medicare for all.
58% of all American debt is medical debt.
We owe it to our children and future generations
not to allow that to happen to them.
People are also concerned about Social Security.
It can be solved in a day.
Most people don't know
that when someone currently earns $147,000 in a year,
they stop contributing to the Social Security fund
for the remainder of the year.
Eliminate the cap on contributions
and Social Security is immediately solved.
People are concerned about what's going on with guns.
I own guns; I'm not here to take away anyone's guns.
But there's four things we can do to make an immediate impact.
Number one: No more than five bullets in a clip.
Number two: Universal background checks.
Number three: Red flag laws.
And number four: When someone purchases a firearm
for the first time, they need to take a gun safety course.
As it relates to women, it is a woman's choice.
The founders of our country were very faith-based,
but they were very insistent
that our country be established as a secular country in nature.
We all have the ability to worship
when, where, and how we choose, but we don't have the ability
to impose our religious views on others.
And that's what's happening with abortion.
The government needs to butt out.
They have no right in intruding in the most personal decision
a woman will ever make.
Also related to that is the Equal Rights Amendment.
The Constitution simply states
that when three-quarters of the states ratify an amendment,
it becomes an amendment to the Constitution.
That has happened.
38 states have ratified the Equal Rights Amendment.
It's time to make it a part of our Constitution.
A little about me.
I live in Lac du Flambeau,
but I was born and raised in Merrill.
My parents both grew up on farms.
When I was seven years old, my dad passed away.
My mom had six kids,
no insurance or savings, in Merrill.
She worked in a department store.
She picked up selling Avon products.
We got food in white boxes from the county building.
She baked bread; I delivered it around the neighborhood.
And she rented out my sister's bedroom
to a student at the teacher's college to make ends meet.
She defined who I am.
Make it happen.
I attended the University of Wisconsin,
was a member of the UW Marching Band.
I'm the only person you will ever meet
who has done complete somersaults
strapped to a bass drum.
For my work life, I've been a publisher
of both weekly, daily newspapers.
The majority of my work life,
I was a business to business publisher.
And I published Training magazine,
the leading magazine as to how to develop our workforce,
and Presentations magazine, the leading magazine
as to communication skills around the world.
I also created Russian and Japanese language editions
of my publications, and my publications have won
numerous national and state awards.
You need someone looking out for your best interests
in Congress.
For more information, check out ausmanforcongress.com.
Send me to Congress, and on Wisconsin.