First elected in 2018, Congressman Bryan Steil represents Wisconsin's First Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Bryan has earned a reputation for working hard for Wisconsin during his first two terms in Congress. Being available and accessible to residents and listening to their concerns has been a top priority. To hear directly from residents, Bryan regularly holds in-person town halls across the First District as well as numerous telephone town halls. He utilizes his office to help local families. In 2021 alone, he helped more than 2,400 constituents receive assistance with federal agencies such as the Social Security Administration, VA, and Medicare. In addition, Bryan has held numerous public forums for our community regarding children's mental health, robocalls and scams prevention, and the impact of trade deals on Wisconsin dairy and agriculture.
I am fighting to protect Social Security and Medicare for our seniors and those close to retirement age. We must keep our promises made to seniors and protect these vital programs. In my first year in Congress, I worked to successfully extend Wisconsin's SeniorCare program, which provides low-income seniors with affordable prescription drugs, for ten years.
I'm also working to hold criminals accountable who target seniors and scam members of our community. Time and again, I hear from seniors across Southeast Wisconsin who have received fraudulent robocalls or been a victim of online scams. I've helped pass legislation to deter scammers, held forums for seniors to learn best practices to identify scams, and introduced legislation to hold criminal scammers accountable and enhance penalties on criminals who aim to do our seniors harm.
As the coronavirus spread, I urged the State of Wisconsin to protect our most at risk, including prioritizing vaccine distribution to our seniors.