[upbeat music] - Hello, I'm Peter Barca.
Families in Kenosha and Racine County know me best.
They know my commitment to public service.
It's been a privilege building relationships and trust with people across southeastern Wisconsin, from my hometown of Somers to people in Kenosha and Racine counties.
In the last few years, I've seen them left behind by partisan politics.
Nearly everybody agrees that we have a do-nothing, dysfunctional House of Representatives, and that needs to change.
And that's a major reason why I'm running for Congress.
Because I've always worked across the aisle with Republicans and Democrats to get things done.
That will always be my priority.
I was proud to be a teacher, helping kids get a good education, being an employment and training leader.
And I'm running a small business, understanding what it takes to meet a payroll.
I bring those experiences to my job as a legislator.
I've always put what's best for southeastern Wisconsin and the communities here ahead of party politics.
I helped to lead the efforts against NAFTA 'cause I knew it was a bad trade deal that would outsource good-paying jobs.
I even went against the president of my own party to do that.
I stood up to special interests time and time again because you are my priority.
As a member of Congress, I passed a Buy American provision that helped to bring ships' engines, make sure they were made in Beloit, Wisconsin, where they recalled nearly 100 people and hired nearly 100 more.
That's just not what we have with Bryan Steil.
Washington is paralyzed by extreme partisanship, and he's putting his party and corporate interests first.
Wisconsin families need leaders who will address rising costs, keep our communities safe, and protect the access to health care.
We need leaders in Congress that will work across the aisle and stand up for Wisconsin.
Sadly, Bryan Steil says one thing and too often, he does another.
He said he believed in infrastructure, and yet he voted against one of the biggest deals in a decade to build roads, bridges.
In the summer of 2022, he wrote an editorial in "The Racine Journal Times" saying that chips should be made right here in America.
And a month later, he voted no.
He said he wants to cut costs for Americans, and yet he voted to raise credit card fees.
No wonder he got nearly $200,000 from credit card companies.
And yet he voted three times against lowering prescription drug costs.
No wonder Big Pharma helps fund his campaigns.
And he supported a bill that would add $4 trillion to our national debt.
I'll work to keep our communities safe.
I'll work to keep guns out of the hands of felons and mentally ill people.
Unfortunately, the thing that made me the most angry was when Bryan Steil talked endlessly about immigration problems.
And here we had a bipartisan deal put together by one of the most conservative Republicans, an independent, and a Democrat.
And yet when he said in the early part of the year he'd work with anybody, it turns out he'd work with nobody.
Because when he had a town hall meeting this summer, he said that he only would work for the House of Representatives Republican bill.
And we have 70,000 people that die of fentanyl every year.
And even though the border patrol supported that deal, he was content to wait a year to get anything done.
Protecting your health care is a priority for me, and I'll protect women's freedom to make their own health care decisions.
I'm asking for your vote because I'll prioritize getting things done.
We can bring down costs, protect workers, create jobs.
We can expand health care with public-private partnerships and help cure diseases.
We can accomplish these things together 'cause I'll go to bat for your families every day, like I've done my entire life.