ALLOUEZ, WI (WTAQ) – One of Brown County’s Assistant District Attorneys has announced a Congressional bid.
Beau Liegeois of Allouez is running for Wisconsin’s Eighth Congressional District seat in the 2018 election.
“I’m running to fight for the working, middle-class families in this community because, quite simply, I have a working, middle-class family in this community. The values that my family has are the values that families in the district have.”
Liegeois is the first Democrat to formally announce intentions to run against Republican Congressman Mike Gallagher, believing he would do a better job of interacting with constituents than Gallagher.
“I would have town halls. I want to know what’s working for people. I want people to tell me what’s not working for them. I want to know what people are downright angry about.”
Liegeois says he is tired of continued partisanship on Capitol Hill, noting he is especially disappointed with the healthcare bill the House passed in the spring.
“They voted to take millions of people off of healthcare, and they did nothing to address the rising cost of healthcare in this country.”
The Wisconsin National Guard Judge Advocate Captain explains how he would’ve handled the process.
“Bring in people, all of the stakeholders in our healthcare system, in front of Congress and have them to testify in open and in public over the period of months. Maybe if they would’ve done that right away in January, we would have a bi-partisan solution here today.”
Liegeois says the Affordable Care Act has done a lot in allowing more people to get coverage but notes it has significant problems.
He believes a short-term fix is needed to allow Congress time to work on commissioning a study to find solutions that could lead to long term cost reductions in people’s premiums.
