His Appalachian district is one of the most Medicaid-dependent in America. At least seven of the Kentucky hospitals flagged as at risk of closing sit in it. He voted yes and called it a win.
In March 2025 the House Agriculture chairman told a Pennsylvania reporter that SNAP cuts were 'a rumor' and 'just misinformation.' In May he released the committee text that wrote them. About 98,000 Pennsylvanians have since lost their food benefits.
The only member of Congress who still sees patients told insurance CEOs he'd "turn all of you guys into dust." He is right about them. He also voted Aye on Trump's budget bill, which state health officials say costs North Carolina $49.9 billion in federal Medicaid money over a decade.
Audio obtained by the Daily Beast catches Michigan's Republican nominee for governor promising to pass 'the most conservative, most pro-life bill' he can — after telling voters during his 2024 campaign that Proposal 3 had closed the question.
The EPA sent Wisconsin $94.3 million in May 2026 to rip out lead water lines. The money came from the 2021 infrastructure law, which Steil voted no on. He posted that he was proud to have brought it home.
When he said it in March 2026, neither blast furnace at the Granite City mill was making steel and the plant was still hiring for a restart that hadn't happened yet. One furnace had been down since 2019 — a year after the tariffs. A fully staffed mill employs 1,200 to 1,300 people. And it isn't in his district anymore.
He won't hold an in-person town hall because they get 'overrun by organized protests.' Then he told a hometown paper that protesters are paid — citing nicer-looking signs and unnamed 'United States intelligence.'
In one CNN interview on July 31, 2026, Baumgartner made a false claim about airport ID, cited a New Jersey case that undercuts the bill he voted for, and blamed Biden for the economy before saying presidents shouldn't be blamed for the economy.
On August 6, 2026, the GAO reported that DOGE's savings claims were incorrect or unsupported — including $1.7 billion booked on a Pentagon contract that was never actually cancelled. Lee had passed the numbers along to her constituents as fact.