Rep.-elect Rob Bresnahan of Pennsylvania discusses his priorities for the next Congress with Fox News Digital after he unseated six-term incumbent Rep. Matt Cartwright.
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VotersinPennsylvania’s8thCongressionalDistrictgavesix-termincumbentRep.MattCartwright,D-Pa.,thebootlastmonthinfavorofayoung,energeticandsuccessfulbusinessmanwhosayshe’sreadytodefendtheirinterestsinthenation’scapital.
RepublicanRep.-electRobBresnahan,34,tellsFoxNewsDigitalinaninterviewthat“kitchentableissues”helpedhimconnectwithnortheasternPennsylvaniansandoustCartwright,aprogressivewhohadservedinCongressformorethanadecade.
“Whenwewereknockingondoorsandtalkingtopeopleeverysingledayoveraperiodof13months,thefirstthinganyonehadtosaywas,‘Ican’taffordmybills.Ican’taffordrent.Ican’taffordmymortgage.Ican’taffordschoolpropertytaxes.Ican’taffordgroceries,'”Bresnahansaid.
RisingpricesforfoodandgashavemadelivingcostsunaffordableforPennsylvanians,heexplained.Andasvotershavewat
