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Gwen Moore: “Presidents as far back as anybody could remember were able…”

Featuring: Gwen Moore, Democratic | U.S. House, Wisconsin, District 4

On the Issues: Wisconsin U.S. Representative Gwen Moore

Published May 19, 2026 | Video Starts at 04:55

And so I think that, you know, that, you know, the establishment Republican Party I think is being held hostage. We saw it during the debt negotiations. I mean, the, you know, Presidents as far back as anybody could remember were able to raise the debt ceiling. And it was a yawner. It required a vote from Congress, but it was a yawner. You know, certainly media never picked, picked up on it. (04:55–05:04)

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“Under the Bush era tax cuts, we had the lowest job growth since Herbert Hoover.”
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“That bridge that collapsed in Minneapolis, we've got at least 800 other bridges that are structurally deficient and could collapse.”
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“They murder union organizers every day in Colombia.”
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“The Korea Free Trade Agreement allows for at least 65% of the content of things that are being traded to be US made.”
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“There's got to be at least $400 billion in waste and fraud in Medicare.”
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“1% of our population [holds] 40% of the wealth.”
On the Issues: Wisconsin U.S. Representative Gwen Moore | Uploaded May 19, 2026 | 22:36-22:42
“About 24, 25% of Wisconsinites currently do not have that kind of ID.”
On the Issues: Wisconsin U.S. Representative Gwen Moore | Uploaded May 19, 2026 | 32:48-32:54
“77% of African American males 18 to 24 do not have this ID.”
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“67% of African American females don't have this ID.”
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“60% [of Hispanic folks] as compared to, generally speaking, the white community, 17% of white adults don't have this kind of ID.”
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“The majority party is bound and determined to use their newfound power with the Tea Party and the ability for corporations to donate…”
On the Issues: Wisconsin U.S. Representative Gwen Moore | Uploaded May 19, 2026 | 01:54-02:21
“Corporations...find billions of dollars to spend as corporate individuals to benefit some candidate of their choice.”
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“Oil and gas companies benefit from the government largesse, but a baby who needs WIC can be cut.”
On the Issues: Wisconsin U.S. Representative Gwen Moore | Uploaded May 19, 2026 | 02:53-03:03
“They [Republicans] fought hard to try to break organized labor and they have fought hard against teachers.”
On the Issues: Wisconsin U.S. Representative Gwen Moore | Uploaded May 19, 2026 | 03:34-17:37
“Here we had the House of Representatives hold the Congress hostage over raising that debt ceiling vote. And of course it cost us a little…”
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“We could find common ground if, for example, the majority party was not bound and determined to leverage the power that they have to win the…”
On the Issues: Wisconsin U.S. Representative Gwen Moore | Uploaded May 19, 2026 | 05:43-06:00
“We haven't seen job growth any lower than that [since Herbert Hoover].”
On the Issues: Wisconsin U.S. Representative Gwen Moore | Uploaded May 19, 2026 | 08:40-08:44
“We have not seen that policy work in the last 14 years where you just give all the money to, you allow corporations to take their tax…”
On the Issues: Wisconsin U.S. Representative Gwen Moore | Uploaded May 19, 2026 | 08:50-09:08
“The fact that it [the American Jobs Act] never had any chance of passing speaks more to the tactics in Congress.”
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“The leader of the Senate saying under no circumstances is he going to give a quote, unquote, win to this Obama.”
On the Issues: Wisconsin U.S. Representative Gwen Moore | Uploaded May 19, 2026 | 11:20-11:28
“Why can't we get a transportation bill passed?”
On the Issues: Wisconsin U.S. Representative Gwen Moore | Uploaded May 19, 2026 | 11:45-11:49
“Republicans have been great fans of paving, you know, every ounce of ground that there is.”
On the Issues: Wisconsin U.S. Representative Gwen Moore | Uploaded May 19, 2026 | 11:48-12:00
“This is the first tax cut that the Republicans have not liked because I guess President Obama proposed it.”
On the Issues: Wisconsin U.S. Representative Gwen Moore | Uploaded May 19, 2026 | 12:26-12:35
“Trade agreements certainly benefit corporations.”
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“Panama [is] one of the biggest places to offshore assets.”
On the Issues: Wisconsin U.S. Representative Gwen Moore | Uploaded May 19, 2026 | 14:56-15:04
“The majority party in the House argued that the Affordable Health Care act ought to have been done [in pieces].”
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“Republicans want to pass the tax pieces first. I think they want to lower corporate tax rates.”
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“The majority party in our House [is] trying to destroy all of the work that we did...under Dodd Frank.”
On the Issues: Wisconsin U.S. Representative Gwen Moore | Uploaded May 19, 2026 | 18:48-18:55
“There has not been an effective program that has been able to unlock those seized assets to help people restructure their mortgage.”
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“Part of the President's proposal [is] to try to provide 4% mortgages for people to refinance their mortgages.”
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“People have been unemployed for longer than 99 weeks. Their unemployment benefits have run out.”
On the Issues: Wisconsin U.S. Representative Gwen Moore | Uploaded May 19, 2026 | 21:16-21:24
“People in the majority party held that unemployment compensation hostage to continuing the Bush era tax cuts.”
On the Issues: Wisconsin U.S. Representative Gwen Moore | Uploaded May 19, 2026 | 21:23-21:40
“Small businesses can't get credit.”
On the Issues: Wisconsin U.S. Representative Gwen Moore | Uploaded May 19, 2026 | 23:07-23:10
“More boarded small businesses now than I have seen in a couple of decades.”
On the Issues: Wisconsin U.S. Representative Gwen Moore | Uploaded May 19, 2026 | 23:11-23:17
“The majority party, at least in the House of Representatives, wants to maintain its hegemony.”
On the Issues: Wisconsin U.S. Representative Gwen Moore | Uploaded May 19, 2026 | 24:12-24:19
“Efforts to deny would-be Democratic voters, minorities, the elderly and students the right to vote.”
On the Issues: Wisconsin U.S. Representative Gwen Moore | Uploaded May 19, 2026 | 24:18-24:33
“African American unemployment here in this city has been anywhere from 30 to 40, 50% even before Barack Obama was elected.”
On the Issues: Wisconsin U.S. Representative Gwen Moore | Uploaded May 19, 2026 | 26:32-26:48
“The whole crack cocaine, powder cocaine bill was put through under Bill Clinton.”
On the Issues: Wisconsin U.S. Representative Gwen Moore | Uploaded May 19, 2026 | 27:02-27:10
“President Obama, under his Justice Department, has reversed [the crack cocaine, powder cocaine bill].”
On the Issues: Wisconsin U.S. Representative Gwen Moore | Uploaded May 19, 2026 | 27:02-27:10
“There was no settlement with the black farmers, and that settlement came through under President Obama's watch.”
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“I think there are things that he could have, should have, oughta, might have done differently.”
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“The first stimulus package...could have helped more African Americans if it had been targeted the way Obama's labor secretary, Ilda Solis…”
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“It wasn't timely because we should have done it under George W. Bush's presidency.”
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“I think it [voter photo ID law] will disenfranchise primarily African Americans and Hispanic voters. It will disenfranchise possibly…”
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“Here in Milwaukee, for example, 77% of African American males 18 to 24 don't have this ID.”
On the Issues: Wisconsin U.S. Representative Gwen Moore | Uploaded May 19, 2026 | 33:24-33:34
“The county and the city are broke. They don't have the monies to provide free birth certificates.”
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“We had, what, 3 million votes cast, I think, in 2008, and there were 20 cases of fraud, none of which a voter ID would have stopped.”
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“Voting, number one, Mike, is a right. It's not a privilege.”
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“It requires that you go and expend money for a birth certificate.”
On the Issues: Wisconsin U.S. Representative Gwen Moore | Uploaded May 19, 2026 | 38:55-39:01
“Even if they give it to you free, you got to sit there for two hours in line to get one.”
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“There are 30,000 people living in each one of those zip codes.”
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“There are 80% African Americans who live there [in the central city of Milwaukee].”
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“The reason that the Postal service has been hemorrhaging, you know, losing money, is because people are not using the services because they…”
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“They're like 90% usage in these five post offices.”
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“There are people who don't have birth certificates.”
On the Issues: Wisconsin U.S. Representative Gwen Moore | Uploaded May 19, 2026 | 45:11-45:14
“It still costs $20 [for a certification of birth].”
On the Issues: Wisconsin U.S. Representative Gwen Moore | Uploaded May 19, 2026 | 45:26-45:33
“The Government Accountability board was given $10 million for the state to implement this [voter ID law].”
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“We don't have a DMV that's open on Saturday in Milwaukee.”
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“We still have DMVs that are open one day a month.”
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“Our office did weigh in on this issue of for-profit colleges.”
On the Issues: Wisconsin U.S. Representative Gwen Moore | Uploaded May 19, 2026 | 49:08-49:15
“There was a rule that was negotiated that didn't go as far as some of us wanted it to go.”
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“The rule really focused on trying to have these for-profit colleges demonstrate the employability of students after they secured these…”
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“There was a tremendous lobbying effort against these rules.”
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“There's going to be a tremendous amount of research and data collection that is done with respect to the graduation rates and the employment…”
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“Recent polls have shown that the Republicans are way ahead in Florida.”
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“The only people who are talking about destroying Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security are Republicans.”
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“There could be low turnout, but not just because people are upset that Obama or the Democrats didn't deliver as much as they wanted them to…”
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“There are states that purge your lists if you haven't voted in the last cycle.”
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“If Republicans have it their way, there will be a lot of people who won't vote for one reason or another.”
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“In 1969, I was one of 39 students who came to Marquette who were not rich, middle class, or could play basketball.”
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