As Senator, I will work with the Biden Administration as an active partner to achieve lasting peace through a two-state solution. flex: 0 0 150px; } We need to have a system that can not only transport Wisconsin produced goods to the market in an efficient manner, but also help transport our people and allow workers to live wherever they want, including rural areas, and commute more easily. .widget-row.Independent, .widget-row.Nonpartisan, .widget-row.Constitution { For years, weve been constantly fighting back against Republican threats to our democracy. Alex Lasry on Jobs. I also helped lead the successful bid for Milwaukee to host the 2020 Democratic National Convention and served as the Finance Chair for the Democratic Conventions Host Committee, raising over $40 million for the Convention. } Senators are elected to do the job, not go to Washington and get into political fights. document.getElementById('leg-hnt-toggle64003192d3c42').addEventListener('click', event => { } } Lasry, 33, is a New York native and son of Marc Lasry, a hedge fund billionaire and one of the owners of the Milwaukee Bucks. It also establishes election certification and gives voters legal remedies if partisan ofcials refuse to certify results or try to set aside the results of an election. Our generation is now being called to do our part to protect democracy. While we know that short term changes wont fundamentally fix the problems facing all working families and that much needs to be done to help uplift more people into the middle class, its also important that we do all that we can to provide relief to families as soon as possible. [2][24], Lasry has expressed support for a $15 minimum wage, the Protecting the Right to Organize Act, the notion of eliminating the filibuster, and the John Lewis Voting Rights Act. As Wisconsin continues to bask in the glow of the Milwaukee Bucks first NBA Championship in 50 years, Alex Lasry, senior vice president for the Milwaukee Bucks, sat down with Milwaukee Courier staff to talk about how the Bucks have inspired him to run for the U.S. Senate. "Alex Lasry is a New York trust fund baby who wants to buy Wisconsin's U.S. Senate seat," Anna Kelly, Communications Director for the Republican Party of Wisconsin wrote in part in a statement to Spectrum News. We need to market our rural areas as more affordable, especially as home prices in cities continue to skyrocket. font-weight: bold; This plan at its core is about investing more in our working families. .panel-heading:hover { cursor: pointer;} We need to work with and pressure online platforms to do more to push back against dangerous rhetoric when their sites are being used to manipulate Americans and sow distrust in our elections and our government. Voting should be easy. The laws do not work well for todays economy as they are written. It will help ensure that getting sick or having to care for a sick loved one wont lead to the choice between losing a paycheck or going to work sick and potentially infecting your co-workers and the community. In light of soaring gas prices, I support President Joe Bidens order today to expand the use of biofuels, allowing vehicles to use up to 15 percent ethanol blends throughout the summer. But we cant stop there. I worked with both Democrats and Republicans on the successful bid showing that it is possible to work across the aisle to get things done for the people of Wisconsin. .indicate_scroll { The Electoral Count Act is a poorly written 19th century law that establishes a convoluted process for certifying each states electoral votes. But the wants and needs of our communities are not that different. We need to increase funding for counseling, mental health, addiction, and homelessness services so police only need to focus on imminent threats to the public. Unfortunately, Republican leadership doesnt see it that way. In doing so, we not only created jobs, but also made sure that people often left out of major construction work got a chance to expand skills, find jobs, and build wealth. The size and scope of the problem is so large that the federal government is going to need to play a significant role in making sure this problem is dealt with and cleaned up. 25% of service contracts to minority/disadvantaged business. The federal government should guarantee every workers right to the freedom of association, organize a union, and bargain collectively for better working conditions, free from retaliation. .votebox-scroll-container { Progressive values are good for business and the PRO Act will ensure that projects like what he did in Milwaukee can happen across the country. (Nov 2019) Alex Lasry on Principles & Values. When we built the Bucks arena, we made sure to go out and recruit workers into the skilled trades from across the community, with a focus on people of color and women. [4] His parents funded two endowed professorships at Penn. Progressive values are good for business. Incentivizing Companies To Do the Right Thing. Even less accessible than physical healthcare services are mental health services. Republicans are trying to silence voters who dont support them in order to get themselves back in power. margin: 5px auto; According to the Economic Policy Institute, childcare workers in the U.S. are only paid $13.51/hour, and home health care workers are paid 13.81 dollars an hour, roughly half what the average U.S. worker is paid 27.31 dollars. But in order to make this possible, we also need to ensure that every community has access to affordable, reliable high-speed broadband. background-color: #003388; .key-messages li {margin-bottom: 10px;} } display: block; .leg-hnt-responsive-columns { } We need the government to incentivize more mental health workers to locate in rural communities and we need to invest more into tele-medicine in order to bring additional services wherever they are needed. Recent studies have shown that the temporary emergency paid leave provisions that were put in place in 2020 helped slow the spread of COVID by approximately 15,000 cases a day. These workers should be classified as employees in order to expand workers protections and allow them to form a union to bargain for better working conditions, pay, and benefits. I want to give Tammy Baldwin a true partner in the United States Senate. }) color: #6db24f; Lasry completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. We need to make sure that when government dollars are being spent, they are being used to Buy American goods and help prop up companies that are producing goods and services in America with American labor. Another less discussed and very important aspect of this legislation is the ending of the militarization of our police forces that occurred through President Bushs administration pushing out equipment returned directly from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan to local law enforcement. $('.showResponses').hide(); We also need to reinvest in our police training too. Many rural communities lack any access to drug treatment professionals or programs. display: flex; The Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill makes a good down payment on building out these networks, but there is a lot more that needs to be done all over our state. width: 100%; border:1px solid #FFB81F; Here in Wisconsin, Republicans in the legislature passed seven election related bills last year that would have erected significant new barriers to voting. color: #0645ad; These century-old laws must be adjusted to account for todays workforce and our current economic reality. padding-left: 10px; Lasry believes his background of working in the Obama White House and . We are in an unprecedented time in recent history where both business and the government understand the vital need to bring back critical manufacturing to the United States. It is not a coincidence that the decline of union membership in America tracks with the decline in the economic buying power for the entire middle class.
[2] Marc Lasry co-founded Avenue Capital Group with his sister in 1995, and currently has a net worth of $1.8 billion. } } } Wisconsin needs a partner for Tammy Baldwin to fight every day to ensure these issues have the funding and attention they need to help rural communities prosper and succeed. } padding-left: 0; Access to clean, safe drinking water is increasingly under threat in Wisconsin. font-weight: 300; Extending paid family and medical leave to the approximately would impact nearly 32 million private sector workers, disproportionately women and people of color. @media (max-width:600px) { .mw-body #mw-content-text th.votebox-results-cell--text { Alex's father, Marc, immigrated to the US from Morocco when he was seven years old and Cathy grew up in Long Island. We need to rebuild infrastructure across our state. MADISON, Wis. -- Democrat Alex Lasry, a 33-year-old Milwaukee Bucks executive and son of a billionaire, announced Wednesday that he's running for the U.S. Senate in 2022 for the seat currently . [3] Alex graduated from Trevor Day School and then . padding-left: 16px; Its time for the U.S. Citizens in Puerto Rico to have real self-determination. Along with increasing funding for our public safety programs, we must also increase accountability. We have seen this happen time and time again and its time to ensure that we are protecting voting rights, permanently by amending the Constitution to ensure that no state can restrict or take away the right to vote from any citizen. Congress should require every employer to guarantee 20 days of paid leave per year for every full-time employee. If Republicans are successful in continuing to block pieces of legislation like the Pro Act, George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, The John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, and the For the People Act, it will be my priority to ensure that these get passed when I get to the Senate. background-color: green; We do a great job of giving them a quality education and world class college degrees, but then they leave. .inner_percentage.Libertarian { Making child care affordable will put women back to work and strengthen our economy. } #majorleaguepb #pickleball. U.S. Congress | This should be coupled with additional tourism grant opportunities to help communities build out offerings and market the opportunities for what is available. .results_table_container { Solve child care crisis by paying child care workers, home health care workers, and long term care workers a fair wage. We need to substantially update and modernize our environmental protection laws to meet the challenges of today and enforce stronger consequences that actually dissuade people and corporations from violating these tougher standards. } I hear the same thing from voters no matter where they live: Wisconsinites want good jobs, family sustaining wages, access to quality affordable healthcare, and access to economic opportunity. I will focus on actually legislating, breaking gridlock, and delivering real results for Wisconsin. We need to emphasize things like the natural beauty, outdoor recreation opportunities, affordability, safety, and the quality of life in a community that is a good place to live and raise a family. Around the country, we saw non-elected partisan election officials refusing to certify vote counts and effectively ignoring the will of voters at the request of a President that had clearly lost his reelection. Labeled as E15, the blend can save consumers up to 10 cents per gallon on average. position: absolute; We need to work cooperatively to ensure that Wisconsin has a seat at the table in order to enact meaningful dairy policy reform in the next Farm Bill or through separate legislation. Lasry, a Democrat, is a . Likewise, healthcare should not be a barrier for a person with variable employment but wants to ensure that their family is still covered. [3], A June Marquette University Law School poll had Barnes just a few points ahead of Lasry,. We need to do more to spur on the development of additional affordable housing in rural communities. word-wrap: break-word; Whether thats creating good union jobs, paying a 15-dollar minimum wage, and creating economic opportunity right here in Wisconsin, I dont just talk about the issues, I deliver on them. event.srcElement.innerText = '[show]'; font-weight: bold; We need to create legal pathways for farms to get the workers they need. background-color: #f9f9f9; background-color: #f9d334; .infobox p { The Made in America Act identifies federal programs that fund infrastructure projects not currently subject to Buy America standards and ensures that materials used in these federal programs are domestically produced. [4][5], After graduating from UPenn, Lasry spent two months with the American Israel Public Affairs Committee followed by four months as an analyst with Goldman Sachs. (Nov 2019) Pass the PRO Act to protect unions, empower workers. vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; .race_footer { We must focus on raising wages just as much as fixing the tax code. The vast majority of people that go to prison are going to get out, this often means that they will be returning to the community they lived in prior to their incarceration. Republicans left in place the ability to deduct dues for bar associations, medical associations, trade associations, local chambers of commerce, real estate boards, business leagues, and civic or public service organizations. The continued loss of family farms and the increased concentration of farmland into larger farms is bad for our state. .image-candidate-thumbnail-wrapper .image-candidate-thumbnail { In Wisconsin, we have seen firsthand how dangerous these laws can be, and Scott Walker and the Republican legislature passed this law as a part of their war on organized labor. We need to incentivize conservation reserves on farms across this state by compensating farmers for climate smart agricultural practices. @media screen and (max-width: 350px) { margin: 0; The Republican attacks on voting rights that we have seen in Wisconsin and around the country are a threat to our democracy. The decision means front-runner Mandela Barnes, the. The proposals in this plan will have a direct effect on easing supply chain problems, help lower inflationary pressure on prices, and help create more jobs in every part of this state. Incumbents are bolded and underlined. Women in the United States only make approximately 80 cents on the dollar for doing the same job as men, and this disparity is even worse for women workers of color. NBA owner's son. Not long ago, former Wisconsin Republican Congressman Jim Sensenbrenner was a champion for the reauthorization of the Voting Rights Act. box-sizing: border-box; Whether it is inadequate access to affordable healthcare, unsafe drinking water, a lack of access to high-speed broadband, crumbling infrastructure, educational challenges, or vanishing economic opportunity, our communities need help. This was an unfair targeting of members of organized labor that should be reversed. The United States must be an active champion for democracy worldwide. .results_row td { Click here to contact our editorial staff, and click here to report an error. Wisconsin's next Democratic senator? Advances in technology are starting to change this, with newer options like 5G and satellite internet that bridge the last mile problem while delivering high-speed, reliable broadband almost anywhere. We need federal housing incentives that do a better job of incentivizing new rural affordable housing. The United States is an outlier in the 35 countries in the industrialized world, and other countries already have sector bargaining. Just as important as making sure that we have fair maps is ensuring that people are being counted in their communities. Alex Lasry completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. padding:7px 8px 8px; That represents tens of millions of research dollars that are not coming into the state and instead are going somewhere else. flex-direction: column; padding-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ccf; What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office? font-weight: bold; In building the Bucks Arena and the surrounding Deer District, we brought together a public/private partnership that emphasized workforce development. A full accounting of his holdings is expected to be released in a public filing next week. } background: #4c4c4c; According to Human Rights Watch, the Pro Act bans agreements that would prevent employees from pursuing class action lawsuits and collective claims against their employers for employment-related matters, such as wage theft, workers compensation, harassment, and discrimination. We didnt just talk about a 15 dollars minimum wage; we turned our promise into action. display: inline-block; While Johnson has gotten grief for nonstop gaffes and his. text-align: center; I will also defend against the continued efforts to limit funding for Planned Parenthood and other reproductive healthcare facilities that provide affordable care to people across the country. When the economy grows, the minimum wage goes upsimple. But since that time, our state has not experienced any growth, and most areas of the state have seen negative growth. Republicans like Ron Johnson want us to believe people in urban and rural areas dont care about the same things, that couldnt be further from the truth. margin-top: 1px; Instead of just handing out tax breaks to all businesses whether they are good corporate citizens or not, we need to incentivize companies to earn their tax breaks by making decisions that help our communities. Thats roughly twice the deficit for men in the same age bracket. } Voters are looking for their elected officials to do the things that they said they were going to do. | We need to incentivize our high schools to set up dual enrollment programs in technical schools that allow for both high school and college credits in technical education the same way that we do for college education. Counties | Abolishing the filibuster will allow legislators to move an agenda and deliver real results for our constituents. a.communitylink { color:black; font-weight:bold; } Residents of the District of Columbia overwhelmingly favor statehood, it is constitutional, and would finally right an historic wrong. .mw-body #mw-content-text .votebox .race_header h5.votebox-header-election-type { I support adding a robust public option to the Affordable Care Act because I believe that this is the fastest way to get everyone covered. Government can incentivize doctors, nurses, and other healthcare professionals to start their careers in rural medicine in exchange for student loan forgiveness. Alex Lasry, a senior vice president of the Milwaukee Bucks and son of the team's billionaire owner, announced Wednesday that he's running as a Democrat for the U.S. Senate in 2022 for the seat. Often, app companies like Uber. At least 43% of workers on the arena project consisted of people underemployed or unemployed over the past five years and 30% of service contracts were awarded to minority and disadvantaged businesses. .inner_percentage.CrossFiled { } We need new federal programs that will quantify this carbon capture and compensate farmers that do climate smart agricultural practices like these. Incumbent Ronald Harold Johnson defeated David Schroeder in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate Wisconsin on August 9, 2022. For reasons that extend well beyond workforce needs, we need comprehensive immigration reform. Cyber-attacks on our elections are an immediate threat to U.S. national security and cannot be taken lightly. .leg-hnt-border-top { We need to help raise wages for all workers and make sure we are bringing manufacturing jobs back to Wisconsin. We should require that the federal government only does business with companies who pay living wages, provide a safe workplace, and respect their workers right to organize a union, free from retaliation. .votebox-results-metadata-p { .votebox_legend { Congress should preempt these statewide restrictions and allow cities and counties to have the ability to innovate locally on consideration of wages. We still have a lot of work to do to make this a reality, and in the Senate, I will fight to make that happen. Instead of handing out corporate tax breaks across the board, we should only be rewarding companies that are doing the right thing. background-color: #6db24f; .leg-hnt-leadership-title { } I strongly oppose all efforts to undermine the Antiquities Act and, in the Senate, will ensure it stays in place. While this would be less than many other countries, it would establish a minimum floor that employers could build on. How to run for office | break-inside: avoid-column; height: 50px; font-weight: 500; .widget-row.value-only { Without direct intervention, we are staring down an enhanced rural healthcare crisis that will not be easy to solve. Our economic efforts cannot solely be focused on bringing jobs to large urban areas, we must also put an equal emphasis on helping bring jobs to rural areas to harness their available workforce and history of manufacturing. if (document.getElementById('leg-hnt-content64003192d3c42').classList.contains('leg-hnt-hide')) { } }) This money should come from the federal government to support overstretched municipal budgets. It will stop partisan efforts to seize control of election administration, and it limits the ability to manipulate outcomes by ensuring all valid votes are counted. We also ensured 80 percent of the materials and services for building the arena were sourced from Wisconsin. President Bidens Build Back Better Plan will bring good, union jobs to Wisconsin and help with desperately needed infrastructure improvements across the state. } I want to go to Washington to get things done for all Wisconsinites, no matter where they live, or who they have voted for in the past. We must ensure that all people have their constitutional right to vote protected. We need to incentivize lawyers to move to rural communities at the start of their careers by offering loan forgiveness if they stay in that community for a number of years. The boom in remote work during the pandemic is allowing more people and companies the flexibility to do their jobs wherever they want. The federal minimum wage should be immediately raised to 15 dollars an hour, and we should index it to median wage growth so that it increases without the need for politicians to take a vote. No plan that seeks to strengthen rural communities will ever address every issue. 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