Issues
What I Will Fight For
Brooks has a proven record of fighting for conservative values during his time in Madison. As a business owner and family man, Brooks knows how decisions in Madison impact all of us and he will continue to fight to keep taxes low and stop government overreach.
Tax reform
Throughout my tenure in the legislature, tax reform has been one of my foremost priorities. Republican tax reform has saved Wisconsin more than $22 billion since 2011. Individual tax rates have declined, the state property tax has been eliminated and every Wisconsinite has benefited from these policies. This session, I introduced legislation to phase out the income tax in its current form and transition to a flat tax. Additionally, I joined my colleagues in supporting shared revenue legislation providing every municipality in the state with additional funds. In so doing, communities throughout Wisconsin will be able to reduce their property tax rates. I look forward, next session, to working with my colleagues to further reduce the tax burden for hard working Wisconsin families
Housing
Access to safe, quality, affordable housing is a necessity in every Wisconsin community. As Chairman of the Assembly Housing and Real Estate Committee, I coauthored a once-in-ageneration workforce-housing package that will create greater access to quality, affordable housing in every Wisconsin community. Additionally, I have authored innumerable bills during my nine years in the legislature, designed to protect the rights of property owners. Among those were provisions making squatting illegal, statutorily defining service and emotional support animals, protecting waterway rights, and working to create greater equity in communitywide rental inspection programs.
Protecting Your Rights
Overzealous bureaucrats and a barrage of nonsensical regulations has threatened the rights and liberties of Wisconsinites. During the COVID-19 pandemic, I fought ravenously against the unprecedented infringement of personal liberties imposed by Governor Evers and unelected bureaucrats. Illegal mask mandates coupled with the shuttering of businesses, schools and every fabric of society, adversely affected our quality of life. Throughout my tenure in the legislature, I have consistently voted against bureaucratic red tape and administrative rules promulgated by unelected bureaucrats to further erode our freedoms. Next session, I look forward to working with my colleagues to ensure your rights and freedoms are further protected from bureaucratic socialism.
Second Amendment
The right to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. Throughout my nine years in the Wisconsin State Assembly, I have authored several consequential pieces legislation protecting the right to keep and bear arms: constitutional carry; allowing law-abiding gun owners to carry a concealed weapon on the grounds of a school; and allowing Wisconsinites to hunt with crossbows. More importantly, however, I rejected attempts by the left and gun control activists to impose red flag gun seizure laws, prevent law-abiding citizens from exercising their constitutional rights, and overturning conceal and carry laws. Under no circumstance will I capitulate to the whims of anti-gun activists.
Education
Ensuring that the institutions entrusted with our children’s education offer comprehensive services geared towards fostering excellence and learning is not just crucial but imperative. Making sure they do it in a transparent manner with parental involvement is a must! It is essential that we ensure that your tax dollars on spent on education – not bloated administrative costs and DEI programs. For example I proposed a bill that would require schools to utilize competitive bidding, which was ultimately vetoed by Governor Evers. Competitive bidding has proven, repeatedly, to save taxpayers copious amounts of money on a myriad of capital improvement projects and procurement processes. Wisconsin is one of only three states (Connecticut and New Hampshire being the others) that is devoid of a state law requiring school districts to follow a competitive bidding process for construction projects. We are hoping that in next session we will be able to reintroduce this bill and that the governor will sign it into law. I look forward, next session, to working with my colleagues to develop legislation that will benefit our education systems in Wisconsin.
Families
Ensuring the rights of the family in the State of Wisconsin has been a priority for my Republican colleagues and I this session. We introduced legislation that would “prohibit the state from infringing on the fundamental right of parents to direct the upbringing, education, health care, and mental health of their children without demonstrating that the infringement is required by a compelling governmental interest of the highest order as applied to the child, is narrowly tailored, and is not otherwise served by a less restrictive means” (Assembly Bill 510). This bill is common sense as the parent should be the only one making these decisions for their children until the child is of age. This bill was vetoed by the governor causing parents in Wisconsin to not have the control and rights that they deserve. In the next session, my republican colleagues and I will continue to fight for the rights of the parents in Wisconsin.
Secure Elections
Ensuring Wisconsin elections are secure and transparent has been a seminal priority this session and will be a priority in the next session. This session, I have joined my colleagues in supporting legislation designed to strengthen voter identification requirements, strengthen the parameters for claiming indefinitely confined status, ban ballot harvesting, requiring the Wisconsin Elections Commission to establish a uniform statewide absentee ballot, and eliminating the Wisconsin Elections Commission. Our Democratic colleagues unfortunately rejected many of the bills that were proposed and the governor vetoed almost all of them
Join Our Hands & Support Our Campaign
CONTRIBUTE
BLog & NEWS
GerNast Update & News
We are a vibrant and inclusive community of artists, enthusiasts, and learners, dedicated to exploring the endless possibilities of clay.
Evers Vetoes Legislation to Ban Males From Girls Sports
May 16, 2024
Evers vetoes historic reforms to Wisconsin income tax rates
May 16, 2024
New ballpark district board acknowledges team’s statewide role
May 16, 2024
5 bipartisan housing measures pass Legislature, head to governor
May 16, 2024