Eric Hovde on Government Reform

Nursing homes struggling with massive amounts of regulations

Baldwin: We need to focus on the workforce. We need to have multiple pathways to get a great paying job. Caring for our seniors. I believe in apprenticeships. I believe in the programs that are starting nursing programs in high school and then creating a debt-free path to getting a higher degree. There's a lot we can do and there's a lot that has already been advanced into congress to do just that.

Why did state Supreme Court bring back drop boxes?

Baldwin: It's already illegal for people who are noncitizens to vote in federal elections. Voting rights are so critical. At the state level including here in Wisconsin, we have seen laws passed to make it harder for some to vote. Some people don't want some people to vote. My opponent has talked about people in nursing homes. I think the exact quote was, people in nursing homes have five or six months to live. They are at no point to vote. My grandmother broke her hip and voted in my first congressional election from her nursing home.

Platform includes scaling back government regulations

Tighten up voting process; clean up voting system

Eric Hovde (R): Likely harder. Would "tighten up our voting process,... clean up our voting system." Addressing voter fraud claims, said "Almost nobody in a nursing home," is at a point in life to vote. But says the "elderly should absolutely vote."

Tammy Baldwin (D): Easier. Sponsored legislation to stop state-sanctioned voter suppression efforts: "Access the ballot box is foundational to how our democracy works."