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Kristin Lyerly: “The ACA was a wonderful step in the right direction, and I…”

Featuring: Kristin Lyerly, Democratic | Former Candidate, U.S. House Wisconsin, District 8

Kristin Lyerly-Tony Wied U.S. House debate

Published September 27, 2024 | Video Starts at 49:04

I mean, we've been building this healthcare system for over 100 years, and it's gotten this way because of the way it was built. And the way we have to fix it is by working within the system. The ACA was a wonderful step in the right direction, and I support the ACA. I have been very vocal in my support for the ACA. I am on the exchange myself as an independent contractor. Just kind of like being a small business person. (49:04–49:11)

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“We have not had [a debate] in the 8th congressional district.”
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“All of my dad's family worked at Filmany, the paper mill in Kaukauna.”
Kristin Lyerly-Tony Wied U.S. House debate | Uploaded September 27, 2024 | 04:44-04:49
“My mom's side. They're dairy farmers from Calumet and Fond du Lac county.”
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“I'm a first generation college student.”
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“I have fought hard for everything that I've earned.”
Kristin Lyerly-Tony Wied U.S. House debate | Uploaded September 27, 2024 | 04:56-05:02
“My North Star has always been service, service to others.”
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“I think what you're going to see tonight is a pretty distinct contrast between someone who has a life of public service and someone who…”
Kristin Lyerly-Tony Wied U.S. House debate | Uploaded September 27, 2024 | 05:12-05:29
“Two years ago, [inflation] was at 9%.”
Kristin Lyerly-Tony Wied U.S. House debate | Uploaded September 27, 2024 | 08:27-08:31
“We need programs for first-time homebuyers.”
Kristin Lyerly-Tony Wied U.S. House debate | Uploaded September 27, 2024 | 09:03-09:15
“We need federal incentives for developers and builders so that they will put their time and energy into local projects.”
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“Home ownership is a step in upward mobility.”
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“There’s an option in many communities where we can use federal lands for public development.”
Kristin Lyerly-Tony Wied U.S. House debate | Uploaded September 27, 2024 | 09:40-09:46
“We can also create federal incentives for these kinds of mixed-use communities.”
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“The tax cuts that President Trump passed in his last presidency really benefited the very wealthy and corporations, but the little guy bared…”
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“We don't have childcare providers because we're not paying our childcare providers.”
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“50% of the price rise in inflation is due to corporate greed.”
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“Corporations are making record profits.”
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“Congress has not been able to pass a budget.”
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“My opponent opposes continuing resolutions and would shut down the government.”
Kristin Lyerly-Tony Wied U.S. House debate | Uploaded September 27, 2024 | 19:12-19:18
“We would have police officers, border patrol agents, military working unpaid because of that bad decision [to oppose continuing…”
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“College is a lot more expensive than it was when I went to college.”
Kristin Lyerly-Tony Wied U.S. House debate | Uploaded September 27, 2024 | 21:19-21:26
“It shouldn't cost more to go to college than it does to buy a car.”
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“College should be something that is available to everyone, and not just four year colleges, but grad school, trade schools, all of the other…”
Kristin Lyerly-Tony Wied U.S. House debate | Uploaded September 27, 2024 | 21:42-21:52
“We need better programs, we need lower interest rates, we need more opportunities for students.”
Kristin Lyerly-Tony Wied U.S. House debate | Uploaded September 27, 2024 | 21:59-22:04
“We need a way to forgive these students student loans that people have accumulated at seven, 8% interest.”
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“My opponent said recently in a number of different interviews, he would eliminate the Department of Education.”
Kristin Lyerly-Tony Wied U.S. House debate | Uploaded September 27, 2024 | 24:11-24:44
“By eliminating the Department of Education, that would eliminate a number of funding streams for students.”
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“It would drive states and local municipalities into chaos as they're trying to backfill and figure out how they are going to provide…”
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“We need immigrants who are here legally to help out in our agriculture industry, to help out in meatpacking, to help out in nursing homes.”
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“There is a crisis at the border.”
Kristin Lyerly-Tony Wied U.S. House debate | Uploaded September 27, 2024 | 26:25-26:28
“This bipartisan border bill...put 1500 new border patrol agents into play.”
Kristin Lyerly-Tony Wied U.S. House debate | Uploaded September 27, 2024 | 26:48-27:04
“It also created a better path, a more efficient path to citizenship.”
Kristin Lyerly-Tony Wied U.S. House debate | Uploaded September 27, 2024 | 27:06-27:12
“It stemmed the flow of fentanyl across the border.”
Kristin Lyerly-Tony Wied U.S. House debate | Uploaded September 27, 2024 | 27:11-27:16
“I promise you, as your next congressperson, I will do everything in my power to stop the flow of fentanyl across the border.”
Kristin Lyerly-Tony Wied U.S. House debate | Uploaded September 27, 2024 | 27:28-27:38
“They get stuck in a cumbersome system that is incredibly difficult to navigate for years.”
Kristin Lyerly-Tony Wied U.S. House debate | Uploaded September 27, 2024 | 29:28-29:38
“They are in situations where they may have a work permit, but they don't have a driver's license.”
Kristin Lyerly-Tony Wied U.S. House debate | Uploaded September 27, 2024 | 29:37-29:43
“This border bill starts to solve that problem.”
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“That effective immigration policy is sitting there just waiting to be signed.”
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“People across the country and in northeast Wisconsin believe that we all should have the freedom to make our own choices about our own…”
Kristin Lyerly-Tony Wied U.S. House debate | Uploaded September 27, 2024 | 32:47-33:00
“In states like Arkansas and Idaho, where there are no exceptions for rape or incest, that tells me that you're okay with that.”
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“In states with bans, where mothers die at a rate three times greater than in states without bansite, you're okay with that?”
Kristin Lyerly-Tony Wied U.S. House debate | Uploaded September 27, 2024 | 33:24-33:34
“In states like Texas, where they have a major abortion ban, infants die, babies die at a rate 12% higher than in states without bans.”
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“We all know the person who pulls Tony Weid's strings is proud of taking roe v way down.”
Kristin Lyerly-Tony Wied U.S. House debate | Uploaded September 27, 2024 | 35:00-35:08
“It's killing my patients.”
Kristin Lyerly-Tony Wied U.S. House debate | Uploaded September 27, 2024 | 35:10-35:13
“Those are things that we're dealing with on a federal level.”
Kristin Lyerly-Tony Wied U.S. House debate | Uploaded September 27, 2024 | 35:19-35:23
“In fact, recently the surgeon general issued a report that said nearly half of all parents are struggling with their mental health.”
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“We have a profound physician and healthcare provider crisis in this country.”
Kristin Lyerly-Tony Wied U.S. House debate | Uploaded September 27, 2024 | 37:15-37:21
“We're seeing farmer suicide at record levels.”
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“We lose 22 veterans a day to suicide in this country.”
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“My cousin, my classmates committed suicide earlier this year, and it was because he couldn't get access to the care that he needed.”
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“Congress is so divided. They are the least effective Congress since the civil war.”
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“The bipartisan border bill...could have happened but didn't because of politics, because of this severe division.”
Kristin Lyerly-Tony Wied U.S. House debate | Uploaded September 27, 2024 | 43:54-44:07
“Tammy Baldwin...got the respect for marriage act passed.”
Kristin Lyerly-Tony Wied U.S. House debate | Uploaded September 27, 2024 | 46:03-46:10
“Clarence Thomas wrote this opinion where he said, same amendment also is the thing that makes gay marriage legal.”
Kristin Lyerly-Tony Wied U.S. House debate | Uploaded September 27, 2024 | 46:18-46:27
“We have a complicated health care system...the data that you used comes from the University of Wisconsin.”
Kristin Lyerly-Tony Wied U.S. House debate | Uploaded September 27, 2024 | 48:01-48:08
“The University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health...was the first medical school that added public health as an initiative.”
Kristin Lyerly-Tony Wied U.S. House debate | Uploaded September 27, 2024 | 48:09-48:22
“We see people who can't get to the doctor. There is no doctor there. They don't have a car. They don't have the money to pay for their…”
Kristin Lyerly-Tony Wied U.S. House debate | Uploaded September 27, 2024 | 48:28-48:40
“But then we saw Republicans pulling back on provisions of the ACA, making it less available less affordable.”
Kristin Lyerly-Tony Wied U.S. House debate | Uploaded September 27, 2024 | 49:22-49:31
“We need to go in the other direction. And that's a good start.”
Kristin Lyerly-Tony Wied U.S. House debate | Uploaded September 27, 2024 | 49:30-49:34
“The truth of the matter is we have the most expensive healthcare on the planet and our outcomes are dismal compared to our peer countries…”
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“Because of inefficiencies. Because of things like prior authorizations, things that prevent people from getting the treatment, the…”
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“Prescription drugs are too expensive. They are more expensive in this country than in any other country.”
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“The ability for Medicare to negotiate, capping insulin at dollar 35 a month is literally a lifesaver for seniors on Medicare.”
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“Social Security is something that we've been paying in our whole lives and we expect it to be there for us.”
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“Seniors are worried that things are going to change, that they're going to lose their benefits, that the age of retirement is going going to…”
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“The reason Social Security security was created was so that we wouldn't have the most vulnerable people in our population at risk at a time…”
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“I have a lifetime of public service for the people of northeast Wisconsin.”
Kristin Lyerly-Tony Wied U.S. House debate | Uploaded September 27, 2024 | 57:54-58:01
“My opponent recently picked up public service.”
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“He is not a moderate. He is not an independent.”
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