Tony Wied officially added “Representative” to his business card after he was sworn into office this week. In addition to beating Dr. Kristin Lyerly for a full two-year term on November 5th, he also won the special election to finish Rep. Mike Gallagher’s term after leaving office earlier this year. In his first comments inside the House of Representatives, the former Green Bay-area gas station owner thanked his family for their support and his new constituents for trusting him. “Our country faces a lot of difficult challenges,” Wied said, citing record-high inflation, the border crisis, and increasing crime rates among them. “Now is the time to bring some Wisconsin common sense to Washington to lower costs, secure our border, and reign in out-of-control government spending.” He pledged to work with his congressional colleagues to lower prices for northeast Wisconsin’s middle class, families, and farmers by “putting more money back into their pockets.” Wied will have approximately four weeks of work as a part of the 118th Congress before he is sworn into office early next year.
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