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Quick Facts
Personal Details

Caucuses/Former Committees

Former Member, Subcommittee on Diversity and Inclusion, United States House of Representatives

Former Member, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations (Financial Services), United States House of Representatives

Education

  • JD, University of Wisconsin, 2007
  • BS, Business Administration, Georgetown University, 2003

Professional Experience

  • JD, University of Wisconsin, 2007
  • BS, Business Administration, Georgetown University, 2003
  • General Counsel, Charter NEX Films
  • Former Attorney, McDermott Will & Emery
  • Former Corporate Counsel, Regal Beloit Corporation
  • Former Staff Member, Office of Representatives Paul Ryan, 2003-2004

Political Experience

  • JD, University of Wisconsin, 2007
  • BS, Business Administration, Georgetown University, 2003
  • General Counsel, Charter NEX Films
  • Former Attorney, McDermott Will & Emery
  • Former Corporate Counsel, Regal Beloit Corporation
  • Former Staff Member, Office of Representatives Paul Ryan, 2003-2004
  • Representative, United States House of Representatives, District 1, 2019-present
  • Candidate, United States House of Representatives, Wisconsin, District 1, 2020

Current Legislative Committees

Member, Committee on Financial Services

Member, Committee on House Administration

Member, Joint Committee on Printing

Assistant Ranking Minority Member, Subcommittee on Housing, Community Development and Insurance

Member, Subcommittee on Investor Protection, Entrepreneurship and Capital Markets

Religious, Civic, and other Memberships

  • JD, University of Wisconsin, 2007
  • BS, Business Administration, Georgetown University, 2003
  • General Counsel, Charter NEX Films
  • Former Attorney, McDermott Will & Emery
  • Former Corporate Counsel, Regal Beloit Corporation
  • Former Staff Member, Office of Representatives Paul Ryan, 2003-2004
  • Representative, United States House of Representatives, District 1, 2019-present
  • Candidate, United States House of Representatives, Wisconsin, District 1, 2020
  • Member, University of Wisconsin Board of Regents, 2016-present
  • Member, Saint John Vianney Parish, present

Other Info

Priority Issues:

Education and workforce development, veterans and the military, health care, the Second Amendment, and debt and deficit.

Policy Positions

2021

Abortion

1. Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation?
- Pro-life

Budget

1. In order to balance the budget, do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket?
- No

2. Do you support expanding federal funding to support entitlement programs such as Social Security and Medicare?
- Yes

Campaign Finance

1. Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions?
- Unknown Position

Crime

Do you support the protection of government officials, including law enforcement officers, from personal liability in civil lawsuits concerning alleged misconduct?
- Unknown Position

Defense

Do you support increasing defense spending?
- Yes

Economy

1. Do you support federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth?
- No

2. Do you support lowering corporate taxes as a means of promoting economic growth?
- Unknown Position

3. Do you support providing financial relief to businesses AND/OR corporations negatively impacted by the state of national emergency for COVID-19?
- Yes

Education

1. Do you support requiring states to adopt federal education standards?
- No

Energy and Environment

1. Do you support government funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, geo-thermal)?
- Unknown Position

2. Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions?
- No

Guns

1. Do you generally support gun-control legislation?
- No

Health Care

1. Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare")?
- Yes

2. Do you support requiring businesses to provide paid medical leave during public health crises, such as COVID-19?
- No

Immigration

1. Do you support the construction of a wall along the Mexican border?
- Yes

2. Do you support requiring immigrants who are unlawfully present to return to their country of origin before they are eligible for citizenship?
- Unknown Position

National Security

1. Should the United States use military force to prevent governments hostile to the U.S. from possessing a weapon of mass destruction (for example: nuclear, biological, chemical)?
- Unknown Position

2. Do you support reducing military intervention in Middle East conflicts?
- Unknown Position

Trade

Do you generally support removing barriers to international trade (for example: tariffs, quotas, etc.)?
- Yes

2019

Abortion

1. Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation?
- Pro-life

Budget

1. In order to balance the budget, do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket?
- No

2. In order to balance the budget, do you support reducing defense spending?
- No

Campaign Finance

1. Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions?
- Unknown Position

Economy

1. Do you support federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth?
- No

2. Do you support lowering corporate taxes as a means of promoting economic growth?
- Yes

Education

1. Do you support requiring states to adopt federal education standards?
- No

Energy & Environment

1. Do you support government funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, thermal)?
- Unknown Position

2. Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions?
- Unknown Position

Guns

1. Do you generally support gun-control legislation?
- No

Health Care

1. Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare")?
- Yes

Immigration

1. Do you support the construction of a wall along the Mexican border?
- Unknown Position

2. Do you support requiring immigrants who are unlawfully present to return to their country of origin before they are eligible for citizenship?
- Unknown Position

Marijuana

Do you support the legalization of marijuana for recreational purposes?
- Unknown Position

National Security

1. Should the United States use military force in order to prevent governments hostile to the U.S. from possessing a nuclear weapon?
- Unknown Position

2. Do you support increased American intervention in Middle Eastern conflicts beyond air support?
- Unknown Position

Congress Bills
Speeches
Articles

Waukesha Freeman - Steil Working To Stop Fast-Tracked Elections Bill

Mar. 5, 2021

By Bryan Steil Well, at least they made their priorities clear. As soon as Joe Biden, Nancy Pelosi, and Chuck Schumer gained complete control of the White House and Congress this year, what was the bill Speaker Pelosi labeled H.R. 1? A bill that is a massive re-write of America's election process. That's right. Not vaccines, not unemployment, not reopening schools. Nope. The bill titled H.R. 1, signifying the House Democrats' top priority, is a partisan bill to fund politicians' elections and make it easier to cheat. Holding free, fair, and secure elections is vital to the legitimacy of our democracy. After all the questions that were raised surrounding the last election, this year, I asked to serve on the House Committee that oversees federal elections with the goal of digging into these issues and correcting past mistakes. Rather than conduct that needed review, however, the Committee rushed to jam massive election changes through Congress. While we were not allowed to make changes, or even offer amendments to the bill in Committee, House leadership did allow a hearing to be held. This should have been an opportunity to hear from experts about what does and does not work in our elections. Instead, House Democrats' only witnesses were partisans who had never run statewide elections. After a review of the bill, it is clear why House Democrats did not want to get into the details. So, exactly what is in it? H.R. 1 or as I call it, the "For the Politicians Act", is an assault on election integrity. Let me explain. Here in Wisconsin, we have a strong voter ID law to prevent fraud and ensure the integrity of each person's vote. H.R. 1 ends this safeguard by gutting states' voter ID laws. In fact, H.R. 1 expressly allows voting without an ID by simply providing a written statement. The bill also authorizes ballot harvesting nationwide. Ballot harvesting, seen at events in Madison last year, entails mass collection of ballots by individuals with little to no guarantees on the security of the collected ballots. Not only does H.R. 1 threaten the integrity of our elections, it takes public money to fund campaigns for politicians. These are dollars that could be used to fix roads, open schools, provide tax relief to you and your family, or pay down our national debt. Instead, the bill sends those dollars to political campaigns, filling the pockets of campaign consultants and filling the airwaves with attack ads. Taken together, H.R. 1 nationalizes our elections, tying the hands of any state or local government trying to control vote fraud. The strength of our democracy depends upon people having faith in our elections, trusting that their vote will count, and that only legal votes will count. H.R. 1 moves us in the opposite direction and is why I have worked to defeat the bill. Despite my opposition, the bill passed the House on Wednesday night with only support from Democrats. There is still time to stop this partisan election takeover in the Senate. While working to block these misguided proposals at the federal level, I am also continuing to work with state and local officials here in Wisconsin to secure our elections. Many Wisconsin laws already in place can be effective if they are properly enforced. Several bills proposed by Republicans in the Wisconsin State Legislature could also represent major steps forward. To help encourage reform along, I outlined my six steps to restore confidence in our elections in a column on my website, Steil.house.gov. These steps include correcting the voter rolls, banning ballot harvesting, closing the voter ID loophole, ending midnight ballot dumps, and following our existing laws. If we can stop Speaker Pelosi's election power grab, pass commonsense reforms here in Wisconsin, and properly enforce our election laws, I believe we can run fair and open elections. For me, getting our elections right is vital to restoring trust in our system.

EmpowerWisconsin.org - GOP congressional delegation: Restore trust in Wisconsin's elections

Jan. 4, 2021

By U.S. Representatives Glenn Grothman, Mike Gallagher, Bryan Steil, Tom Tiffany and outgoing Congressman Jim Sensenbrenner Wisconsinites have lost trust in our election system. Whether you agree or disagree with the many claims of election fraud, the fact is there are glaring problems with our voting processes that need to be fixed. Just as Florida passed election reform in 2001 after the 2000 election controversy, Wisconsin must do the same before any future election is held. This election reform should include, at a minimum, the following steps. Step 1: Correct the voter rolls First, Wisconsin must maintain up-to-date, accurate voter rolls so non- residents and deceased individuals cannot vote in Wisconsin elections. This was perhaps the Wisconsin Election Commission's (WEC) biggest failure leading up to the 2020 election. Due to WEC decisions, tens of thousands of names of individuals that had moved remained on the voter rolls. Those registrations, at the addresses from which they had moved, should have been deactivated. The state legislature and the courts cannot allow WEC to continue this conduct which creates a substantial opportunity for voter fraud. If WEC will not comply with the law as written, then the law must be updated so that WEC has no wiggle room to make up the law as it prefers. Also, we must clarify, in our state criminal code and in federal criminal law, that double-voting is illegal and demand elected District Attorneys enforce the law. Step 2: Ban Ballot Harvesting "Ballot harvesting," where individuals or groups gather other people's absentee ballots and deliver them to election clerks, is a dangerous idea and is ripe for voter intimidation. Technically it is already illegal in Wisconsin, but again WEC has failed to enforce the law as written. Instead, WEC issued guidance that permits ballot harvesting and allowing reckless partisans to exploit the guidance to conduct de-facto ballot harvesting events like "Democracy in the Park" in Madison, which additionally violated early voting timelines. Restoring trust in our elections means we all follow the rules we agreed to before the election, not altering the rules to benefit one side when voting has begun. Step 3: Close the Voter ID Loophole Wisconsin has strong, necessary voter ID laws, but a current loophole allows absentee voters to sidestep these requirements if they self-identify as "indefinitely confined." Unsurprisingly, after liberal county clerks in Dane and Milwaukee counties encouraged voters to claim indefinite confinement due to the coronavirus pandemic, the number of "indefinitely confined" voters in Wisconsin skyrocketed from 72,000 to over 200,000. The massive increase is not a result of age, physical illness, infirmity, disability (i.e. legitimate reasons for claiming indefinite confinement), or even coronavirus. Moreover, in a state where elections are frequently decided by just thousands of votes, to allow nearly a quarter of a million voters to vote without showing an ID invites fraud and skirts the obvious intent of the law. We should close this loophole and require an ID in order to vote. Step 4: No Midnight Ballot Dumps On election night, after weeks of voting, many Wisconsinites went to bed thinking President Trump had won re-election, only to wake up to see that his 100,000 vote lead had disappeared when absentee ballots in largest cities were counted. Thirty-nine Wisconsin municipalities count ballots at a central location and consistently some of our most liberal cities return their ballots late in the night. Even if every one of those votes was a legal vote, counting in this manner often presents confusion and creates many questions in the minds of voters, campaigns, and the media. Many other states have solved this issue and report absentee ballot counts on time. We must find a way to avoid central counts coming in late, either with more manpower, disallowing central counts, or by allowing clerks to review and verify signatures without opening absentee ballots prior to election day. Step 5: All clerks must follow the letter of the law All clerks must follow the letter of the law and follow the same rules. A core tenant of fairness is to treat everyone equally. This is critical in our elections. We need consistent rules across the state and clerks must be required to follow them to the letter of the law. We can no longer allow some clerks to discard a ballot when a witness address is not complete and allow another to "cure" the ballot by filling in missing information. Failure to treat every voter the same allows clerks (who naturally have their own political preferences) to decide which ballots to "correct" and then count, and which ones not to fix. Our current practice means that the process can be different in different municipalities, and we all know different municipalities have different voting patterns. What is needed are clear, consistent rules applied fairly and uniformly across the state. Step 6: Eliminate confusion Under current law, voters can request an absentee ballot at the beginning of the year for every election held in that calendar year. This practice has created confusion and misunderstanding for both voters and clerks. Many clerks have reported that voters forget (or do not realize) that they checked the box to receive a ballot for every election in a year. This has resulted in people showing up to vote in person who have already been issued an absentee ballot. These lost absentee ballots create the ability for fraud to occur and makes it difficult for clerks to keep accurate records on absentee ballots. At minimum, the law should allow voters to only request an absentee ballot for one primary and general election at a time. Conclusion Doing nothing and ignoring the legitimate concerns of so many Wisconsinites is not an option. Many of these reforms require state law changes. The U.S. Constitution rightly gives states the authority to conduct elections. As the Governor, State Senate and State Assembly work to make improvements, we believe the reforms should contain these key steps. We need a Wisconsin election reform law now, one that sets the new national standard for electoral integrity, transparency and simple fairness.

The Hill - To fight human trafficking, follow the money

Jul. 15, 2019

By Bryan Steil Combating human trafficking is an issue that transcends partisanship and ideology -- and one that calls on our common humanity. Each year, more than 500,000 people are trafficked across international borders. Worldwide, nearly 25 million people are victims of human trafficking--more than the combined populations of our home states, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania. Trafficking is also lucrative: the International Labor Organization estimates that forced labor generates more than $150 billion in illegal profit annually. This isn't just a faraway crime. It's an epidemic that impacts communities--from Southeast Wisconsin to the suburbs of Philadelphia--across the United States. That's why we've teamed up to combat human trafficking. As members of the Financial Services Committee, we examine ways our country can bolster partnerships between government, law enforcement, and financial institutions to curtail this horrific crime. In particular, we see how human traffickers and other criminals abuse the financial system to further their illegal activities--including organized crime and terrorism. For this reason, American financial institutions play an important role in curbing human trafficking. The United States requires these institutions to partner with regulators and law enforcement by reporting suspicious activity. Countries that receive U.S. foreign aid must be held to similarly high standards. No country should be permitted to turn a blind eye to human trafficking. That's especially true today, as technological advancements provide traffickers with greater access to financial services and other resources to hide their crimes and fund criminal activity. Thankfully, we are fighting back. Just last month, the U.S. State Department released its annual Trafficking In Persons (TIP) report -- the world's most comprehensive tool for holding foreign governments accountable when it comes to fighting human trafficking. The TIP report places countries into one of three tiers based on governments' efforts to comply with the "minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking." The United States then uses countries' respective tier designations to condition foreign aid. Unfortunately, the TIP report does not cover governments' efforts to investigate, prosecute, or penalize the financing of human trafficking crimes. Failing to do so has consequences: in some countries, governments ignore these crimes because trafficking-related money laundering supports the local economy. This is where our bill comes into play. We've introduced the Exposing the Financing of Human Trafficking Act (H.R. 2149) to require the State Department to track, evaluate, and report on countries' efforts to disrupt illicit financial activities associated with human trafficking. Forty of our colleagues--Republicans and Democrats--have already signed on. Shining a light on countries' efforts to combat illicit finance--or their failure to stop it--strengthens the global fight against human trafficking. It also gives the United States leverage to encourage better behavior from foreign countries. Our bill is just one piece of the puzzle, but a critical piece. Ultimately, addressing human trafficking requires a multifaceted approach from local, state, federal and international partners. The United States cannot end the human trafficking epidemic alone. We need help from our allies. We need the commitment of all 187 countries who participate in the TIP report. And we need to follow the money.