Rebecca Cooke

WI-03

Data Centers and AI
Health Care
Taxes
Monopolies
Money in Politics
Ethics
Everyday Costs
Party Leadership
Workers
Social Security
Housing
Wall Street
Abortion
Climate
Immigration
Democracy
War

Attacked tax breaks and handouts for Big Tech and data centers

Protect our communities from unchecked hyperscale data centers that raise utility rates by moratorium on new development and ending tax breaksCampaign website, September 16, 2026

Derrick Van Orden took thousands from one of the biggest data center developers in America. Then he voted to give them $70 billion in tax breaks. Now we’re stuck paying higher utility billsFacebook/Instagram ad, September 29, 2026

Supported stronger oversight of data-center development

I’ll fight for a moratorium on data centers because our communities deserve leaders who don’t sell them out.News story, August 11, 2026

Protect our communities from unchecked hyperscale data centers that raise utility rates by moratorium on new development and ending tax breaksCampaign website, September 16, 2026

I am not going to be beholden to big tech companies. My top priority will always be West Central Wisconsin. That's why I've taken the No Corporate PAC Pledge and support a data center moratorium.Post on X, September 1, 2026

I've taken the No Corporate PAC Pledge and support a data center moratorium.Post on X, September 1, 2026

I've come out for a data center moratorium, and you know, we've got Meta trying to build a a data center just down the road here in MenomonieVideo, August 14, 2026

I've come out for a data center moratoriumVideo, August 14, 2026

That's why I've taken the No Corporate PAC Pledge and support a data center moratorium.Post on X, September 1, 2026

I've been calling for a moratorium um and that's been something we we just did some recent ads with somebody that's an activist over in Menomonie where they've been pushing back on on data centers and a moratorium isn't banning data centers, but it's like let's press pause here.Video, August 10, 2026

I've come out for a data center moratorum and you know we've got Meta trying to build a a data center just down the road here in MonomonyVideo, August 13, 2026

Wisconsinites have made their stance clear: protect our farms and small businesses, keep money out of politics, and stop building AI data centers. I am working to get these things done but Van Orden, out of touch as ever, has ignored their concerns, doubling down on deepfakes instead of offering real solutions.News story, October 22, 2026

I believe we need to institute a federal moratorium — pressing pause on the building of new data centers — to give community leaders more time to understand the impact on rate payers, our environment, long-term job creation and impact on our local communitiesNews article, August 16, 2026

I'm advocating for a data center moratorium. We have to press pause until we can learn more about impacts on utility bills, the environment and our communities in the long term.Instagram, September 9, 2026

Rebecca Cooke will fight for a moratorium on data centers and work to lower costs for working people like Michael.Facebook/Instagram ad, August 5, 2026

I want to make sure we're thinking about the environment and about long-term job creation and just how our local communities are protected in that process. And that's sort of the way that big tech and these data centers have been coming in. It's been shrouded in secrecyInterview, August 13, 2026

let's press pause here and make sure that ratepayers are protected, that you know, folks' utility rates aren't going to be jacked up and through the roofInterview, August 10, 2026

I think it's important that we understand the impact that data centers are going to have on ratepayers and what our utility bills look like, so that people's utility bills are not going through the roofInterview, October 5, 2026

I think we need a moratorium. We got to press pause until we understand more about thisInterview, August 14, 2026

It's been shrouded in secrecy. There's not a lot of transparency. It's just like folks are coming in and taking what they want from rural America. And that's why I've stood up to say I think we need a moratorum. We got to press pauseInterview, August 13, 2026

I've been out at the forefront and talking about having a moratorium. I was talking about this back in July and AugustInterview, October 5, 2026

I think that we need to have a federal moratorium until we can learn moreInterview, October 5, 2026

I’m advocating for a data center moratoriumPost on X, September 9, 2026

I'm supporting a data center moratorium because that's what our communities in West Central Wisconsin are demandingPost on X, September 2, 2026

Called for moratoria, pauses, or stopping new data-center projects

I’ll fight for a moratorium on data centers because our communities deserve leaders who don’t sell them out.News story, August 11, 2026

Protect our communities from unchecked hyperscale data centers that raise utility rates by moratorium on new development and ending tax breaksCampaign website, September 16, 2026

I've taken the No Corporate PAC Pledge and support a data center moratorium.Post on X, September 1, 2026

I've come out for a data center moratorium, and you know, we've got Meta trying to build a a data center just down the road here in MenomonieVideo, August 14, 2026

I've come out for a data center moratoriumVideo, August 14, 2026

That's why I've taken the No Corporate PAC Pledge and support a data center moratorium.Post on X, September 1, 2026

I've come out for a data center moratorum and you know we've got Meta trying to build a a data center just down the road here in MonomonyVideo, August 13, 2026

Rebecca Cooke will fight for a moratorium on data centers and work to lower costs for working people like Michael.Facebook/Instagram ad, August 5, 2026

let's press pause here and make sure that ratepayers are protected, that you know, folks' utility rates aren't going to be jacked up and through the roofInterview, August 10, 2026

I think we need a moratorium. We got to press pause until we understand more about thisInterview, August 14, 2026

I've been out at the forefront and talking about having a moratorium. I was talking about this back in July and AugustInterview, October 5, 2026

I think that we need to have a federal moratorium until we can learn moreInterview, October 5, 2026

I’m advocating for a data center moratoriumPost on X, September 9, 2026

I'm supporting a data center moratorium because that's what our communities in West Central Wisconsin are demandingPost on X, September 2, 2026

Enforceable water, energy, and community protections

Supported reining in or regulating Big Tech and AI companies

End surveillance pricing to stop companies from using personal data to charge people more than their neighbors.Campaign website, September 16, 2026

I think that we have to have some guardrails around AI and its use, especially when it comes to political campaigns, but for so many different things.News story, September 7, 2026

We need leaders in Congress to put guardrails on this technology to protect our communities.News story, August 19, 2026

Called for big structural changes that expand public coverage or Medicare benefits: Medicare for All, a public option, a Medicare buy-in, lowering the Medicare age such as Medicare at 55, or dental, vision, and/or hearing in Medicare

If I'm elected, I'll lower healthcare costs by passing a public option, prioritize our small and midsize farms in the farm bill and end the war in IranPost on X, October 30, 2026

We’ve got to change our healthcare system, not just Medicare expansion but creating a public option so that more people can get access to careNews story, July 28, 2026

like expanding Medicare to cover vision, dental, and hearing. The the things that deteriorate as folks age, it's kind of a no-brainer. Combating corruption by banning stock trading for members of Congress, so they're not operating off of insider information. I've taken no corporate PAC pledgeVideo, October 18, 2026

I want to expand Medicare to cover vision, dental, hearing, the things that deteriorate as folks age. I want to protect your Social Security and scrap the cap to help make the program solvent for years to come.Video, October 25, 2026

done, like expanding Medicare to cover vision, dental, and hearing. The the things that deteriorate as folks age, it's kind of a no-brainer. Combating corruption by banning stock trading for members of Congress so they're not operating off of insider information. I've taken no corporate PAC pledgeVideo, October 19, 2026

Second: passing a public option. Folks who like private insurance, they can keep it, but creating a public option would help more folks be insured at a lower rate.News story, October 23, 2026

Annually lower the age that Seniors can start receiving Medicare benefits – each year expanding the number of Americans covered by Medicare.Campaign website, September 16, 2026

In addition to expanding Medicare, I want to make sure that we have a public option so that people can afford the healthcare that they need and deserveDebate, July 15, 2026

expanding Medicare to cover vision, dental, and hearing. The the things that deteriorate as folks age, it's kind of a no-brainer. Combating corruption by banning stock trading for members of Congress, so they're not operating off of insider information. I've taken no corporate PAC pledgeVideo, October 18, 2026

expanding Medicare to cover vision, dental, and hearing. The the things that deteriorate as folks age, it's kind of a no-brainer. Combating corruption by banning stock trading for members of Congress so they're not operating off of insider information. I've taken no corporate PAC pledgeVideo, October 19, 2026

And finally, I want to expand Medicare to cover vision, dental, and hearing.News story, October 23, 2026

Expand Medicare to cover vision, dental, and hearing.Campaign website, September 16, 2026

Pass a public option so that people can afford their healthcareDebate, July 15, 2026

I'll work to pass the PRO Act to undo the work that Scott Walker and his cronies did with Act 10. I'll work to expand Medicare to cover vision, dental, and hearing. I'll end these tariffs that have decimated income for our farmers. I'll ban stock trading from members of Congress. 3rd CD: pass a public option so more people can afford their healthcare, and end Citizens UnitedDebate, May 20, 2026

Want to see folks be able to age with dignity, have a public optionInterview, June 25, 2026

I think getting a public option passed um is something that I'd like to see us do. Um expanding Medicare to cover vision, dental, and hearingInterview, August 10, 2026

Expand Medicare to include vision, dental and hearing coverage.Campaign website, September 16, 2026

Called to reverse the cuts to Medicaid, Medicare, or ACA coverage

Reverse Medicaid and Affordable Care Act cuts and fund rural hospitals.Campaign website, September 16, 2026

Called for lowering prescription-drug prices

We have to work to enforce antitrust law to take on big egg and support family farms We need to end vouchers for private schools We need to cut red tape for Main Street businesses and cap out-of-pocket Costs on essential drugs like insulin asthma inhalers and cancer medications at $30 a monthVideo, October 25, 2026

We need to cut red tape for Main Street businesses and cap out-of-pocket Costs on essential drugs like insulin asthma inhalers and cancer medications at $30 a monthVideo, October 25, 2026

In Congress I'd work to lower health care and prescription drug costs, protect and expand rural health care access, and crack down on the corporate price gouging and consolidation that drive up costs for patients, farmers and small businesses. Enforcing our antitrust laws when large corporations abuse their market power is one of the fastest ways to bring costs down.News story, July 28, 2026

Take on prescription drug companies, ensuring Seniors can get the drugs they need at prices negotiated through Medicare and that drug companies can’t inflate their prices based on brand or speciality of the drugCampaign website, September 16, 2026

Cap out-of-pocket costs on essential drugs like insulin, asthma inhalers, and cancer medications at $30/month.Campaign website, September 16, 2026

Stand-up to pharmaceutical companies and their outrageous drug prices.Campaign website, September 16, 2026

Stand-up to pharmaceutical companies and their outrageous drug prices. Lower the cost-burden of long-term care facilities and predatory beneficiariesCampaign website, September 16, 2026

Prescription-drug price limits

We need to cut red tape for Main Street businesses and cap out-of-pocket Costs on essential drugs like insulin asthma inhalers and cancer medications at $30 a monthVideo, October 25, 2026

Cap out-of-pocket costs on essential drugs like insulin, asthma inhalers, and cancer medications at $30/month.Campaign website, September 16, 2026

Called for restoring ACA subsidies

HR 1 has to be focused on healthcare, expanding the ACA premium tax credit for three years, which would stop the hemorrhaging that a lot of people are feeling across west central Wisconsin.News story, October 23, 2026

I think Congress is failing there to expand the ACA tax credit premiums. Farmers and small business owners in my district have seen their premiums go up from $400 to $1,800 a month in some cases. So, I think one of the first things that Democrats need to do if we win the House is to expand the ACA tax credit premiumInterview, October 5, 2026

Work to improve the Affordable Care Act and healthcare exchange as it exists by providing more tax credits to lower premiums, creating more options on the exchange and simplifying the process to make obtaining health insurance less confusing.Campaign website, September 16, 2026

Government price negotiation

Creating a public option

If I'm elected, I'll lower healthcare costs by passing a public option, prioritize our small and midsize farms in the farm bill and end the war in IranPost on X, October 30, 2026

We’ve got to change our healthcare system, not just Medicare expansion but creating a public option so that more people can get access to careNews story, July 28, 2026

Second: passing a public option. Folks who like private insurance, they can keep it, but creating a public option would help more folks be insured at a lower rate.News story, October 23, 2026

In addition to expanding Medicare, I want to make sure that we have a public option so that people can afford the healthcare that they need and deserveDebate, July 15, 2026

Pass a public option so that people can afford their healthcareDebate, July 15, 2026

Want to see folks be able to age with dignity, have a public optionInterview, June 25, 2026

I think getting a public option passed um is something that I'd like to see us do. Um expanding Medicare to cover vision, dental, and hearingInterview, August 10, 2026

Lowering the Medicare age, such as Medicare at 55

Annually lower the age that Seniors can start receiving Medicare benefits – each year expanding the number of Americans covered by Medicare.Campaign website, September 16, 2026

Adding dental, vision, and/or hearing to Medicare

expanding Medicare to cover vision, dental, and hearing. The the things that deteriorate as folks age, it's kind of a no-brainer. Combating corruption by banning stock trading for members of Congress so they're not operating off of insider information. I've taken no corporate PAC pledgeVideo, October 19, 2026

And finally, I want to expand Medicare to cover vision, dental, and hearing.News story, October 23, 2026

Expand Medicare to cover vision, dental, and hearing.Campaign website, September 16, 2026

I think getting a public option passed um is something that I'd like to see us do. Um expanding Medicare to cover vision, dental, and hearingInterview, August 10, 2026

Expand Medicare to include vision, dental and hearing coverage.Campaign website, September 16, 2026

Called for higher taxes on billionaires and the wealthy

Scrap the cap on Social Security so that higher earners are paying their fair share and keeping the program solvent for all of usCampaign website, September 16, 2026

Called for corporations to pay more in taxes

Protect our communities from unchecked hyperscale data centers that raise utility rates by moratorium on new development and ending tax breaksCampaign website, September 16, 2026

Big corporations and the ultra wealthy should be paying their fair share of taxes.Debate, October 21, 2026

Called for stronger competition and limits on monopoly power

we've got to work to enforce antitrust law across the board, whether that's in agriculture, whether that's the way that impacts our small town and Main Street businesses. I want to take our corporations on that are price gouging consumersDebate, July 15, 2026

Enforce antitrust laws that are impacting the ability for farmers to compete with growing conglomerates. These corporate conglomerates are robbing us of our farming traditionsCampaign website, September 16, 2026

Enforce anti-trust laws to take on Big Ag and support family farms.Campaign website, September 16, 2026

We have to work to enforce antitrust law to take on big egg and support family farmsVideo, October 25, 2026

Enforcing our antitrust laws when large corporations abuse their market power is one of the fastest ways to bring costs down.News story, July 28, 2026

I think that it's important that we work to, you know, break up some of these corporate conglomerates that make it really hard for small businesses and mid-size businessesVideo, October 26, 2026

In Congress, I want to work to enforce anti-trust law to level the playing field for all sorts of different small businesses, not just to survive, but to thriveNews story, September 9, 2026

Enforce antitrust laws on larger corporate players who don’t play by the same rules as main street and enjoy tax loopholesCampaign website, September 16, 2026

Address antitrust issues in the healthcare system that put the power in a few major corporations and provide consumers with little choiceCampaign website, September 16, 2026

we need members of Congress that are really working to address that head on to enforce antitrust laws, not just in agriculture, but I'll underscore that in that we have four main meat processors in this country, rightDebate, July 15, 2026

Will enforce antitrust law, expand our export markets and end the war in Iran that’s increasing costs across the board from farmers to consumers.Facebook/Instagram ad, October 6, 2026

We need to address our health care costs here at home, rising prices at the gas pump and at the grocery store, enforcing anti-trust laws, taking on corporations that are price gouging consumersInterview, July 23, 2026

I want to make sure that the economy is in a place in which they're able to afford all their costs and their fixed costs. In Congress, I want to work to enforce anti-trust law to level the playing field for all sorts of different small businesses, not just to survive, but to thriveNews article, September 9, 2026

Enforcing anti-trust laws, taking on corporations that are price gouging consumers, ending the war in Iran and what that's done to increase costs here for working AmericansNews article, July 23, 2026

if I get elected to Congress, I want to make sure that we're enforcing anti-trust law.Video, June 25, 2026

Breaking up monopolies

I think that it's important that we work to, you know, break up some of these corporate conglomerates that make it really hard for small businesses and mid-size businessesVideo, October 26, 2026

Strengthening antitrust enforcement