Bryan Steil

Bryan Steil likes taking photographs on bicycle rides through southeastern Wisconsin, a hobby he discussed in a 2023 interview about life beyond committee hearings.¹ The Janesville native also recalled a Ben Folds Five concert at Washington's 9:30 Club as a favorite live show.¹

After Georgetown, he spent a year in Paul Ryan's congressional office, starting as an intern and answering phones before handling legislative work.¹ He earned a University of Wisconsin law degree and spent more than a decade working for manufacturers in southeastern Wisconsin before winning Ryan's open seat in 2018.² /),³ His public experience also includes appointment to the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents in 2016.³

Steil now chairs the House Administration Committee and the Financial Services subcommittee on digital assets, financial technology and artificial intelligence.³ One specific piece of his legislative work is the STABLE Act, introduced in March 2025 to create a framework for payment stablecoins.⁴ The Financial Services Committee advanced the proposal by a 32 to 17 vote in April 2025.⁵

For another term, he emphasizes reducing household costs and taxes, stronger border enforcement, support for police and protections for Social Security and Medicare.³ He faces Democratic emergency nurse Mitchell Berman in a district attracting national attention as both parties compete for the House majority.⁶ Their debate placed the cost of living at the center, with Steil advocating tax relief and Berman tariff repeal.⁷