GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) – Whether Russia meddled in the U-S presidential election last November is a question that will be debated and investigated for months to come.
Wisconsin’s 8th District Congressman Mike Gallagher, appearing on WTAQ’s Jerry Bader show, thinks any further collaboration with Russia needs to be done very cautiously.
“I think any objective assessments of Russia’s longterm interests, shows that they don’t really share our interests” Gallagher says the angst that the election debate has caused, and the time its taken away from other national issues, has been a win for Russia.
“The Russians have achieved their objective os making us question some of the basic institutions of our democracy”
Gallagher says one thing that has him very concerned is that while the U-S defense has stagnated in the last few years, Russia has been building up its military.
And while the finger pointing over why the GOP healthcare bill crashed in D. C. last week continues, Gallagher thinks it’s better to have things slow down and get it right.
He says sooner or later dumping Obamacare will be necessary.
But setting artificial deadlines is not the best way to move forward.
“Increasing our mandatory spending on healthcare is crowding out all of our other priorities. So we need to take a broader look at how we approach the cost of healthcare”
Gallagher says when it comes to healthcare legislation Congress needs to follow the “Hippocratic Oath”…..”first do no harm”.
