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Tony Wied: “It's been a very positive experience for those that have…”

Featuring: Tony Wied, Republican | U.S. House Wisconsin, District 8

From De Pere to D.C. with Tony Wied

Published November 17, 2025 | Video Starts at 33:37

And we'll be flexible. We'll work around your schedule and that sort of thing. But It's been a very positive experience for those that have been here already. Wonderful. And what a great opportunity to learn not just about politics, but to learn about the government. Thank you for mentioning that. That's wonderful. (33:37–33:42)

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Asserts that past internships in Tony Wied's office have been positive experiences.

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“I went to school here in the late. Well, mid to late 90s, graduated in 1998.”
From De Pere to D.C. with Tony Wied | Uploaded November 17, 2025 | 00:51-00:57
“I think it's ranked in the top five in the country.”
From De Pere to D.C. with Tony Wied | Uploaded November 17, 2025 | 01:27-01:30
“My dad was able to get a scholarship to play football in the early 70s.”
From De Pere to D.C. with Tony Wied | Uploaded November 17, 2025 | 01:57-02:03
“I grew up in Ashwaubenon, which is very close to campus, and went to public schools through eighth grade.”
From De Pere to D.C. with Tony Wied | Uploaded November 17, 2025 | 02:20-02:28
“My parents had a small business, and so I grew up with them, and they were in the snowmobile parts business.”
From De Pere to D.C. with Tony Wied | Uploaded November 17, 2025 | 03:40-03:49
“I joined in in 1998 when I graduated from St. Norbert, and it was. It was kind of a newer business.”
From De Pere to D.C. with Tony Wied | Uploaded November 17, 2025 | 04:42-04:51
“We had a small business and four kids under the age of five.”
From De Pere to D.C. with Tony Wied | Uploaded November 17, 2025 | 05:55-06:00
“Our business was seven days a week because we were open 24 hours a day at every one.”
From De Pere to D.C. with Tony Wied | Uploaded November 17, 2025 | 06:03-06:10
“We had the good opportunity, and it was an amazing opportunity and feel very blessed to sell it our business in 2022.”
From De Pere to D.C. with Tony Wied | Uploaded November 17, 2025 | 07:00-07:07
“The previous congressman just abruptly decided in February of 2024, so I had about a year, a little over a year of not working.”
From De Pere to D.C. with Tony Wied | Uploaded November 17, 2025 | 09:04-09:16
“I announced. You have to announce that you're running for Congress. And so I did that in April of 24.”
From De Pere to D.C. with Tony Wied | Uploaded November 17, 2025 | 12:01-12:15
“And then you go through a very difficult. It was a primary. You have to go through a primary election. And that election was in August.”
From De Pere to D.C. with Tony Wied | Uploaded November 17, 2025 | 12:14-12:21
“You serve and you were elected by the people of the 8th district of Wisconsin.”
From De Pere to D.C. with Tony Wied | Uploaded November 17, 2025 | 13:31-13:38
“I got sworn in literally a week after I got elected because I was fulfilling. Oh, because the previous congressman left early.”
From De Pere to D.C. with Tony Wied | Uploaded November 17, 2025 | 13:33-13:41
“There are 435 members in the House of Representatives.”
From De Pere to D.C. with Tony Wied | Uploaded November 17, 2025 | 16:01-16:09
“I'm a Republican, but meeting people that are Democrats in this day and age, you think, well, they're a Democrat, so you must not like them.”
From De Pere to D.C. with Tony Wied | Uploaded November 17, 2025 | 17:12-17:22
“I think northeast Wisconsin is the best place to live. I wouldn't want to live anywhere else. I've never lived anywhere else.”
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“Some of those concerns [of older constituents] are going to lean into the economy, their checkbook, and just making sure that that's going…”
From De Pere to D.C. with Tony Wied | Uploaded November 17, 2025 | 22:13-22:23
“As it relates to, you know, Medicare, Social Security and, you know, those types of things, those more adult situations that you have to…”
From De Pere to D.C. with Tony Wied | Uploaded November 17, 2025 | 22:23-22:31
“That's my goal and that's what we're going to do is continue to make sure that we're, you know, making sure that those programs continue…”
From De Pere to D.C. with Tony Wied | Uploaded November 17, 2025 | 22:37-22:48
“If you are a young conservative in college, that has been difficult for some in different universities and colleges throughout the country…”
From De Pere to D.C. with Tony Wied | Uploaded November 17, 2025 | 23:19-23:32
“Part of our job is helping constituents, the people that the 750,000 approximate people that I work with.”
From De Pere to D.C. with Tony Wied | Uploaded November 17, 2025 | 25:21-25:30
“We do a lot of work for folks that maybe need help with immigration or IRS issues or Veterans affairs and those types of things.”
From De Pere to D.C. with Tony Wied | Uploaded November 17, 2025 | 25:31-25:41
“Helping people get the Veterans Administration services they deserve, maybe they're having an issue.”
From De Pere to D.C. with Tony Wied | Uploaded November 17, 2025 | 26:20-26:27
“Help someone with immigration, you know, help them get that final process to have a work permit to start working.”
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“You just go look up weed.house.gov okay? And it's I before E. So w, I, e d.house.gov and that there. It'll show you the number for our De…”
From De Pere to D.C. with Tony Wied | Uploaded November 17, 2025 | 32:46-33:02
“St Norbert has been very good to us this way, is internships.”
From De Pere to D.C. with Tony Wied | Uploaded November 17, 2025 | 33:11-33:16
“We've had others from St. Norbert that have been amazing.”
From De Pere to D.C. with Tony Wied | Uploaded November 17, 2025 | 33:17-33:21
“If anyone's interested in politics at all or wants to, you know, learn about the House of Representatives, learn about the government, we…”
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