Bryan Steil

Rep. Steil is a member of the Republican Study Committee, whose budget proposal would “weaken protections for people with pre-existing conditions, replacing many of the ACA’s provisions with a pool of funds states can use for that purpose.” 

Rep. Steil is a member of the Republican Study Committee, whose budget proposal would end Medicare’s ability to negotiate drug prices and lift the caps on monthly insulin costs and out-of-pocket drug costs for Medicare beneficiaries. Rep. Steil voted against the Inflation Reduction Act.

Rep. Steil is a member of the Republican Study Committee, whose budget endorses the Life at Conception Act, which would outlaw abortion from the moment of conception and puts IVF at risk. Rep. Steil voted for the FY24 Agriculture, Rural Development, and Food and Drug Administration Appropriations Bill, which repealed an FDA measure allowing abortion medication to be sent to patients by mail.

Rep. Steil is a member of the Republican Study Committee, whose budget proposal endorses a plan to eliminate the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. 

Rep. Steil is a member of the Republican Study Committee, whose budget proposes eliminating the National Labor Relations Board. 

Rep. Steil voted to roll back National Labor Relations Board protections for workers with joint employers. According to a letter to Congress signed by the SEIU, CWA, and other labor groups, Steil voted to overturn a rule that helps safeguard “the labor rights of millions of workers in subcontracted employment, ensuring that corporations cannot skirt the law simply by outsourcing responsibility for their workers.”

Rep. Steil voted several times this Congress to rescind funding for the IRS to go after wealthy and corporate tax cheats to make them pay what they owe. Rep. Steil voted against the Inflation Reduction Act.

Rep. Steil voted for the Default on America Act, which would expand harsh work requirements for SNAP benefits. 

Rep. Steil is a member of the Republican Study Committee, whose budget would transition Medicare to a “Premium Support Model,” subsidizing private Medicare Advantage plans. 

Rep. Steil voted for the Lower Energy Costs Act, which would require the Bureau of Land Management to hold quarterly auctions for oil and gas leases. 

Rep. Steil voted for the Default on America Act, which included harsh new work requirements for Medicaid beneficiaries.

Rep. Steil supports legislation to make the Trump tax cuts for the wealthy permanent. Rep. Steil co-sponsored the Main Street Tax Certainty Act, which would extend tax breaks for the ultra-wealthy and give tax breaks to big corporations. Rep. Steil also co-sponsored the Death Tax Repeal Act, which would fully repeal the federal estate tax.

Rep. Steil is a member of the Republican Study Committee, whose budget endorses repealing that corporate minimum tax.

Rep. Steil voted for H.R. 7700, the Stop Unaffordable Dishwasher Standards Act and for H.R. 7637, the Refrigerator Freedom Act, which repealed energy efficiency rules for dishwashers and refrigerators. He also voted for H.R. 6192, the Hands Off Our Home Appliances Act, which would make it more difficult for the Department of Energy to impose energy efficiency standards on home appliances and easier to revoke current ones.

Rep. Steil voted for 10 FY24 appropriations bills that contained extreme policy riders, which would create a “license to discriminate” against LGBTQ+ people.

Rep. Steil voted for seven FY25 appropriations bills that contain extreme policy riders, which would create a “license to discriminate” against LGBTQ+ people.

Rep. Steil voted for H.R. 5, the “Parents Bill of Rights Act,” which would require schools to contact parents about any accommodations for transgender students, including using their preferred names and pronouns. It also requires schools to notify parents if their policy allows transgender students to participate in sports or use bathrooms that do not correspond with the gender on their birth certificate. 

Rep. Steil voted for the FY24 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies, which would have cut $14.7 billion from Title I Grants to Local Educational Agencies, nearly 80% of the program’s 2023 funding. On the whole, the appropriations bill would have cut the Department of Education’s budget by 28% below FY23 levels.

Rep. Steil voted against the Inflation Reduction Act.

Rep. Steil voted for the Lower Energy Costs Act and for the Default on America Act, both of which would have repealed the climate provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act, which cut home energy costs, reduce emissions, and boost energy efficiency. These bills would increase the cost of energy efficiency upgrades for families and endanger thousands of clean energy jobs. 

Rep. Steil is also a member of the Republican Study Committee, whose budget proposal would repeal the climate provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act.

Since 2023, House Republicans have voted 42 times to repeal the Inflation Reduction Act, either in whole or in part, including through the Lower Energy Costs Act and the Default on America Act. 

Rep. Steil approved seven FY24 appropriations bills, which contained extreme policy riders that would block President Biden’s executive orders on diversity, equity, and inclusion or prohibit the use of funds for Critical Race Theory.