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A reminder to come join us at the Jeffersonville Firefighters Union Hall for a Meet & Greet Open House with Congressional Candidate Brad Meyer.

Doors open at 6 and Brad will speak and take your questions beginning at 7 PM. Light appetizers and beverages will be served. Come meet Brad, ask questions, and learn how he will fight for Southern Indiana.

For more information to support the campaign, visit https://bradmeyer.org/ or scan the QR code above.

We hope to see you there!

This weekend is the 145th IDEA Convention. We will be present throughout the weekend as a campaign. Take the opportunity to talk with Brad to learn more about the campaign.

It’s going to be a great weekend at the French Lick Resort!

That means treating federal education funding as a long term investment in a skilled local workforce. Stopping federal support from being siphoned away into private voucher programs. Defending the Department of Education to ensure funding decisions are based on facts, not partisan agendas. Direct federal grants to hire more teachers, lower class sizes, and restore critical support staff.

Every community deserves a strong public school. Federal education policy should strengthen local schools rather than force communities into one size fits all solutions. Public dollars should support the schools that serve our children, not be redirected toward private and religious schools through voucher programs. The federal government should make sure students have access to equal public education opportunities.

Every child deserves the opportunity to learn, grow, and build a full and dignified life. When we invest in public education, we invest in our children, our communities, our workforce, and the future of Indiana.

That is the kind of public education system I will fight to protect in Congress.

Thank you to everyone in Monroe County who came out and supported our food drive. Your generosity will help make sure families in our community have food on the table when they need it most.

It was incredible to see our community come together and show what we can accomplish when we look out for one another. Thank you to everyone who participated and made this food drive a success!

If the United States is to have a stronger future, we must be oriented toward expanding opportunity and stability for the next generation, not narrowing it. We must rebuild a system where young adults, have opportunity to move up. That requires a framework rooted in fairness and growth.

We will lower the cost of entry into adulthood, strengthen earnings, and create direct pathways to stable careers and long-term financial security. These are not isolated fixes. The challenges facing young adults are cumulative, and they require a coordinated set of policy changes to restore a viable path to stability and growth.

Politicians have designed the system to fail the people it serves, and it is getting worse:

Young adults: Doing worse at 30 than their parents were at 30

Homeownership (1980–2024): Home prices rose from ~2x to 5–6x income

Childcare (1990–2023): Costs up 214%  

Tuition (2000–2024): Annual cost rose $10k → $28k+

Student Debt (1970-2025): Up nearly 10x even when inflation adjusted

And in response we must:

Raise Wages and Strengthen Worker Stability

Lower the Cost of Getting Started

Restore Access to Wealth-Building

Align Education with Real Opportunity

Reduce Structural Barriers to Mobility

For more detailed information please visit: https://bradmeyer.org/economic-policy/#young-adults

My Platform: The United States shall establish, fund, and maintain a universal, publicly administered, non-profit healthcare system securing the right to comprehensive, high-quality, timely, and equitable healthcare.

If a universal healthcare system is strong enough to pull American doctors across an entire border, that's not a talking point. That's a market signal. Rural hospitals aren't just short on money - they're short on doctors, and doctors are voting with their feet for the kind of system universal healthcare could build here.

Join me in demanding that Congress face the facts: that our current healthcare system is dragging families into debt, delivering worse outcomes, and derailing our prosperity.

This is the message I will bring to Washington. This is why I am running for Congress. Elect me in November for a better life for all Hoosiers.

This new executive order, "Delivering Gold Standard Childhood Vaccine Recommendations for Americans" is pushing faulty recommendations that go against decades of medical research. Medical groups, including the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American College of Physicians, have called these recommendations dangerous and pointed out that there is no new evidence supporting the administration’s claims.

Dozens of studies involving millions of children have found no link between vaccines and autism. The original 1998 study that fueled this claim was retracted after serious scientific misconduct was uncovered. This question has been studied for decades. The evidence is clear: vaccines and autism have no correlation.

Vaccines work. They have nearly eliminated diseases like measles, polio, and smallpox that once killed or disabled thousands of children. And there is a reason we are seeing measles spread again under this administration. When our leaders undermine trust in vaccines and spread misinformation, people become less likely to vaccinate their children.

We should be listening to doctors, scientists, and evidence, not fear and political agendas. Our children’s health is too important for anything less.

For young people today, getting a college education can mean taking on more debt just to have financial obstacles with little opportunity waiting on the other side.

Tuition has nearly tripled. Student loan interest rates have risen. Graduates are leaving school with more debt and less financial security, while the job market remains stagnant. Unemployment among recent college graduates is now at its highest level since the pandemic.

This is not just a temporary economic shift. It reflects decisions that have made education more expensive while making it harder for a degree to lead to financial stability. College should be a pathway to opportunity, not a financial risk that follows you for decades. It is time to realign workforce systems, education, and federal support.

That means expanding Pell Grants, making public college more affordable for low income families, lowering student loan interest rates, expanding work study and apprenticeships, and connecting education and training directly to the jobs employers actually need.

A college education should help young people build a future, not leave them struggling to afford one.

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Indiana's 9th is nearly a Planned Parenthood desert.

Nearly 300,000 adult women in our district have access to only two Planned Parenthood locations.

While other clinics often require appointments and can have long wait times, Planned Parenthood can provide same day care for patients who seek medical attention.

To be absolutely clear: This post is not only about abortion because Planned Parenthood is more than just abortion. It is access to a healthcare provider that offers same day care. It is about healthcare pregnancy testing, reproductive care, STD testing, and more. This post is about accessibility to women's health centers.

Southern Indiana has a healthcare accessibility and funding problem, and the hospital shortage is making access to care even harder. Women should not have to drive hours, wait weeks, or struggle to find a provider just to receive the care they need.

Medicare for All would make sure everyone has coverage, but coverage only matters if there are medical institutions and providers available to deliver that care.

We need to invest in healthcare infrastructure across the 9th District and make sure Hoosiers can actually access the care they need, when they need it.

Claysburg Days proved to be a hot one. The team had the chance to enjoy some delicious lemonade from u/bigmans_lemonade. Small, locally owned businesses like these are the economic backbone of Southern Indiana.

These are the kind of places we want to give federal support when we get to Washington.

One thing that can be done is to restore the Small Business Administration workforce and funding. The current administration plans to cut the agency by 33% and cut $167 million from entrepreneurial development programs, directly harming small business startups and growth. Small businesses need the support and cutting the SBA is only weakening them and our local economies.

Cheers!

It was great spending time with the Jeffersonville community at the 28th Annual Claysburg Day! I had a wonderful time meeting people, hearing their stories, and enjoying a day filled with community, family, and fun. Thank you to everyone who came out and helped make Claysburg Day such a great event.

On Saturday, August 15th, there will be a district wide Day of Service. If you have spare cash, factory sealed toiletries, or nonperishable food that you would like to donate to help those experiencing food insecurity, find the location nearest you on our flyer. We encourage you to get out and help your local communities. Hope to see you out there!

There are only 90 days left until the general election. If you haven't done so already, please take the time to submit and check that you are registered to vote. Even if you have already registered for a previous election, you should check again. Thank you.

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A reminder that next week, August 12th, I will be speaking at the Indivisible Southern IN event. The event lasts from 6 to 7:30 pm at Bearno's Pizza. I look forward to meeting and speaking with all in attendance. Thank you.

We must make sure hard work pays. That means raising the minimum wage to $20 an hour, expanding a $20,000 standard deduction so families keep more of what they earn, and protecting the right to organize. Our economy should reward work, with fair wages, support for small businesses, fair union rights, and more opportunity for the next generation.

Attention! This is a reminder that if you are planning on registering to vote in person, you have 45 business days left to do so. As an alternative, you can click this link below to register online or scan the QR code.

https://indianavoters.in.gov/

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