1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:01,920 Speaker 1: I've been welcome to the fifty five Caarsee Morning Show. 2 00:00:01,920 --> 00:00:03,920 Speaker 1: I'm sure not the first time. We'll be talking to 3 00:00:04,840 --> 00:00:08,160 Speaker 1: doctor Steven Urbach. He is running for a district one 4 00:00:08,200 --> 00:00:10,960 Speaker 1: for Congress and you can find him online at rbek 5 00:00:11,000 --> 00:00:13,920 Speaker 1: E rb E c K four that's the word four 6 00:00:14,240 --> 00:00:16,520 Speaker 1: congress dot com. Steve Urbeck, Welcome to the fifty five 7 00:00:16,600 --> 00:00:19,640 Speaker 1: KRSCESE Morning Show. It's great having you on today, Brian. 8 00:00:19,680 --> 00:00:22,080 Speaker 2: Thanks for having me. I really enjoyed a few weeks 9 00:00:22,079 --> 00:00:24,319 Speaker 2: back seeing you at your listener's lunch and meeting some 10 00:00:24,360 --> 00:00:26,759 Speaker 2: of the folks that had previously supported and listened to 11 00:00:26,800 --> 00:00:27,600 Speaker 2: you for many years. 12 00:00:27,680 --> 00:00:29,400 Speaker 1: Well, I appreciate you being there, and I think it 13 00:00:29,440 --> 00:00:30,920 Speaker 1: was a pleasure for me to meet you as well. 14 00:00:30,960 --> 00:00:32,800 Speaker 1: And of course you're always invited to listener to lunch. 15 00:00:32,800 --> 00:00:34,479 Speaker 1: Everybody is. So I'll put a plug in for the 16 00:00:34,520 --> 00:00:36,760 Speaker 1: next one, which is going to be at Ron's Roost 17 00:00:36,840 --> 00:00:39,920 Speaker 1: Westside on the fourth of February. We do them every 18 00:00:40,200 --> 00:00:42,440 Speaker 1: first Wednesday of every month, so an opportunity to meet 19 00:00:42,440 --> 00:00:45,800 Speaker 1: some voters and some really active political folks too, Stephen, 20 00:00:45,840 --> 00:00:48,479 Speaker 1: because they'll knocked doors and they'll pass out flyers and 21 00:00:48,520 --> 00:00:51,360 Speaker 1: they'll have conversations with people. So my listening audits are 22 00:00:51,479 --> 00:00:53,560 Speaker 1: great in that regard. So shout out to you in 23 00:00:53,600 --> 00:00:56,640 Speaker 1: a candidate that want some help on the streets. In 24 00:00:56,640 --> 00:01:00,000 Speaker 1: the meantime, Steven, what you're a doctor of your dentist right, 25 00:01:00,120 --> 00:01:03,280 Speaker 1: it's just a fourth generation. Yeah, you're really following with 26 00:01:04,120 --> 00:01:05,360 Speaker 1: the family practice. 27 00:01:05,400 --> 00:01:08,640 Speaker 2: There no doubt. It's a good thing. I like it, Brian. 28 00:01:08,720 --> 00:01:12,120 Speaker 2: And you know, four generations of dentistry downtown Mason. My 29 00:01:12,160 --> 00:01:15,600 Speaker 2: great grandfather started the practice in nineteen twenty six. So 30 00:01:15,680 --> 00:01:17,920 Speaker 2: this year we've got one hundred years of indo our 31 00:01:17,959 --> 00:01:20,640 Speaker 2: business and we do have about ten or fifteen patients 32 00:01:20,680 --> 00:01:22,880 Speaker 2: to have seen all four generations. So our joke is 33 00:01:23,319 --> 00:01:25,480 Speaker 2: if they got their teeth, we must be doing something right. 34 00:01:25,400 --> 00:01:28,000 Speaker 1: There you go. I love that motto. Now, in so 35 00:01:28,120 --> 00:01:31,319 Speaker 1: far as your motive for running for Congress, what's pushing 36 00:01:31,319 --> 00:01:33,560 Speaker 1: you in that direction, because that's not a road I 37 00:01:33,640 --> 00:01:36,600 Speaker 1: go down. To be honest with you, Steve, Well. 38 00:01:36,360 --> 00:01:38,399 Speaker 2: You're spot on. I had a patient in a few 39 00:01:38,440 --> 00:01:40,520 Speaker 2: weeks back and he said, you know, Steve, you are 40 00:01:40,560 --> 00:01:43,680 Speaker 2: going from the second most dislike profession to the first 41 00:01:43,680 --> 00:01:46,400 Speaker 2: most dislike profession, from dentistry to politics and I said, 42 00:01:46,760 --> 00:01:48,600 Speaker 2: thank you for the encouragement. But I had a time 43 00:01:49,080 --> 00:01:51,240 Speaker 2: back in college at Ohio State, I had the opportunity 44 00:01:51,280 --> 00:01:53,520 Speaker 2: to intern on Capitol Hill, and that really was an 45 00:01:53,560 --> 00:01:55,960 Speaker 2: eye opening experience. He gave me that knowledge of how 46 00:01:55,960 --> 00:01:58,680 Speaker 2: our federal government works, but also that passion for policy 47 00:01:58,960 --> 00:02:01,520 Speaker 2: and for public service. So I stayed involved with the 48 00:02:01,560 --> 00:02:06,080 Speaker 2: dental associations and pushed, you know, for advocates, for patients 49 00:02:06,120 --> 00:02:08,560 Speaker 2: and for consumers of dentistry and all the rest and 50 00:02:08,600 --> 00:02:11,400 Speaker 2: our profession. We went to Washington in twenty eighteen and 51 00:02:11,600 --> 00:02:13,840 Speaker 2: worked on the opioid issue through the Support Patients in 52 00:02:13,919 --> 00:02:16,200 Speaker 2: Act of twenty eighteen, and what that did was kind 53 00:02:16,240 --> 00:02:19,800 Speaker 2: of decreased, you know, increased the regulations on opioid addictions 54 00:02:19,840 --> 00:02:22,920 Speaker 2: because twenty seventeen, you know, Southwest Ohio has hit really hard, 55 00:02:23,360 --> 00:02:26,520 Speaker 2: and so we dropped those regulations down where you know, 56 00:02:26,600 --> 00:02:29,240 Speaker 2: on average, people were getting seven days at prescriptions and 57 00:02:29,320 --> 00:02:31,320 Speaker 2: navigating three, which is a lot less likely that they 58 00:02:31,320 --> 00:02:33,679 Speaker 2: would get hooked on opiates and lead to you know, 59 00:02:33,760 --> 00:02:34,720 Speaker 2: ventanyl addictions and. 60 00:02:34,720 --> 00:02:36,959 Speaker 1: The rest, no question about it. Sadly, a lot of 61 00:02:36,960 --> 00:02:38,799 Speaker 1: people are turning to the ones they find on the streets, 62 00:02:38,800 --> 00:02:42,080 Speaker 1: which are usually counterfeit contained fentanyl and will likely kill you. 63 00:02:42,160 --> 00:02:45,680 Speaker 1: So don't go down that road either, Steve. If you 64 00:02:45,760 --> 00:02:48,000 Speaker 1: had to choose a topic, and I know you're into 65 00:02:48,200 --> 00:02:51,560 Speaker 1: you know, family values, affordable health care, clearly have an 66 00:02:51,560 --> 00:02:54,760 Speaker 1: interest in healthcare giving. You're a doctor, our dentist. Savor communities, 67 00:02:54,760 --> 00:02:58,480 Speaker 1: protecting the country, and housing affordability, all the issues right 68 00:02:58,520 --> 00:03:00,840 Speaker 1: there on your website. If you had to pick a 69 00:03:00,880 --> 00:03:03,880 Speaker 1: reason your primary motivation for wanting to run for District 70 00:03:03,880 --> 00:03:05,960 Speaker 1: one in Congress, what would it be? 71 00:03:07,680 --> 00:03:10,200 Speaker 2: It's to get back to work, to dignified work in 72 00:03:10,280 --> 00:03:12,600 Speaker 2: strong families. That's what we need in this country. That's 73 00:03:12,639 --> 00:03:14,600 Speaker 2: what's built this country. And I feel like, you know, 74 00:03:14,600 --> 00:03:16,600 Speaker 2: from the left, you have a full attack on that. 75 00:03:16,720 --> 00:03:18,959 Speaker 2: And as Republicans, that's what we need to be the 76 00:03:19,000 --> 00:03:20,720 Speaker 2: party of. We need to stick out for the you know, 77 00:03:20,760 --> 00:03:22,400 Speaker 2: the young families that are trying to buy a house, 78 00:03:22,639 --> 00:03:24,799 Speaker 2: get ahead and live that American dream. My family and 79 00:03:24,840 --> 00:03:26,800 Speaker 2: I we've been blessed to live that dream, and I 80 00:03:26,840 --> 00:03:29,359 Speaker 2: want that opportunity for others, Brian. But we lead the 81 00:03:29,440 --> 00:03:32,280 Speaker 2: leaders in Washington. They can deliver real results, and that 82 00:03:32,360 --> 00:03:34,639 Speaker 2: starts with small business owners. That starts with people who 83 00:03:34,639 --> 00:03:36,800 Speaker 2: have been out there, who've done real things, who have 84 00:03:36,880 --> 00:03:39,440 Speaker 2: families and understand what's going on in the first district. 85 00:03:39,440 --> 00:03:41,680 Speaker 2: You know, through this process, I've had a chance to 86 00:03:41,680 --> 00:03:43,840 Speaker 2: speak with thousands of voters across the first District, and 87 00:03:43,880 --> 00:03:45,720 Speaker 2: I'm starting to get a feel for what it is 88 00:03:45,760 --> 00:03:48,120 Speaker 2: that's important to them. So I looked at President Trump, 89 00:03:48,160 --> 00:03:49,680 Speaker 2: and you know the things that he got re elected 90 00:03:49,720 --> 00:03:52,080 Speaker 2: on the three promises that I saw. We're closing the 91 00:03:52,120 --> 00:03:54,960 Speaker 2: southern border, they were addressing the crime and the cities 92 00:03:54,960 --> 00:03:57,400 Speaker 2: and the great American cities we've got, and then tamping 93 00:03:57,440 --> 00:03:59,520 Speaker 2: down the inflation you know that was caused by the 94 00:03:59,520 --> 00:04:02,080 Speaker 2: Biden min So you know, I'm big on the economy. 95 00:04:02,120 --> 00:04:04,080 Speaker 2: I think we need to be on shore jobs in 96 00:04:04,120 --> 00:04:07,520 Speaker 2: southwest Ohio. You look back to the manufacturing base that 97 00:04:07,640 --> 00:04:10,080 Speaker 2: was Ohio and the last turn of the last century 98 00:04:10,120 --> 00:04:13,640 Speaker 2: with Longworth Hall and the railway centers there, ak steel 99 00:04:13,720 --> 00:04:16,080 Speaker 2: up in Middletown. I mean, these are really good paying, 100 00:04:16,120 --> 00:04:18,880 Speaker 2: stable jobs for you know, middle class Americans that led 101 00:04:18,880 --> 00:04:21,159 Speaker 2: them to that American dream. And so we can bring 102 00:04:21,160 --> 00:04:24,600 Speaker 2: back those semiconductor jobs, we can bring back the pharmaceutical industries, 103 00:04:24,640 --> 00:04:26,960 Speaker 2: and that helps us with our national security. Purpose there. 104 00:04:27,520 --> 00:04:29,400 Speaker 2: So I'm big on the economy. I'm big on young 105 00:04:29,440 --> 00:04:31,679 Speaker 2: families and getting people back into work. 106 00:04:32,000 --> 00:04:34,359 Speaker 1: And one of my favorite topics I mentioned several times 107 00:04:34,360 --> 00:04:36,839 Speaker 1: this morning, but I typically bring it up the idea 108 00:04:36,880 --> 00:04:40,720 Speaker 1: of a quality education. I believe in flexibility, and I 109 00:04:41,279 --> 00:04:43,680 Speaker 1: struggle with the idea that there are families out there 110 00:04:43,680 --> 00:04:47,400 Speaker 1: with school age children, say K through twelve, that reject 111 00:04:47,520 --> 00:04:50,120 Speaker 1: the idea of choice when it comes to where their 112 00:04:50,200 --> 00:04:52,680 Speaker 1: children can go to school. I cannot believe that that 113 00:04:52,760 --> 00:04:55,720 Speaker 1: is a popular concept. What are you hearing when you're 114 00:04:55,760 --> 00:04:58,560 Speaker 1: out in the world asking about education and what potential 115 00:04:58,640 --> 00:04:59,760 Speaker 1: education reforms you have? 116 00:04:59,800 --> 00:05:03,320 Speaker 2: In Steve, that's spot on, Brian. I mean, you know, 117 00:05:03,400 --> 00:05:05,520 Speaker 2: I was educated at public schools. I went to Mason 118 00:05:05,560 --> 00:05:06,960 Speaker 2: all the way through. But I think it's really a 119 00:05:06,960 --> 00:05:09,599 Speaker 2: different time. I mean, I have a young daughter. She 120 00:05:09,720 --> 00:05:11,600 Speaker 2: just turned one, and so she'll be school aged soon 121 00:05:11,720 --> 00:05:14,360 Speaker 2: enough before I know it. And me and my wife 122 00:05:14,400 --> 00:05:15,880 Speaker 2: and I are Catholic and we want her to share 123 00:05:15,920 --> 00:05:17,840 Speaker 2: those values. And so you know, you have to have 124 00:05:17,880 --> 00:05:20,160 Speaker 2: avenues for people. You know, families like ours and other 125 00:05:20,160 --> 00:05:22,240 Speaker 2: families who want to send their kids to schools. They 126 00:05:22,279 --> 00:05:24,080 Speaker 2: can use the money that they're paying, you know, through 127 00:05:24,120 --> 00:05:27,359 Speaker 2: tax fair dollars towards their kids' education. And so you know, 128 00:05:27,360 --> 00:05:29,480 Speaker 2: I'm a big proponent of school choice, and I hear 129 00:05:29,520 --> 00:05:31,800 Speaker 2: that a lot of folks are concerned with the education 130 00:05:31,839 --> 00:05:33,680 Speaker 2: that their kids are getting in the public school system. 131 00:05:33,920 --> 00:05:36,200 Speaker 2: And or you know, the kind of indoctrination that's coming 132 00:05:36,200 --> 00:05:38,599 Speaker 2: from the left there that you know previously wasn't the 133 00:05:38,600 --> 00:05:39,480 Speaker 2: case when I grew up. 134 00:05:40,040 --> 00:05:43,320 Speaker 1: And Steve Erbek Erbek for Congress is where you find 135 00:05:43,360 --> 00:05:46,920 Speaker 1: them online, Erbek for Congress dot Com Energy policy. Obviously, 136 00:05:47,000 --> 00:05:49,440 Speaker 1: I was talking to Americans for Prosperies Donovan earlier about 137 00:05:49,520 --> 00:05:51,960 Speaker 1: energy policy, the Speed Act, and ways that we can 138 00:05:52,040 --> 00:05:56,560 Speaker 1: streamline the the energy generation and you know, maybe fix 139 00:05:56,600 --> 00:06:00,120 Speaker 1: our power line problems. We have constantly increasing demand and 140 00:06:00,360 --> 00:06:04,320 Speaker 1: you had a bureaucracy that refuses, seemingly intentionally to allow 141 00:06:04,480 --> 00:06:08,120 Speaker 1: us access to abundant, reliable energy sources. Where are you 142 00:06:08,200 --> 00:06:10,320 Speaker 1: on energy policy, mister Irbek. 143 00:06:10,880 --> 00:06:12,760 Speaker 2: Well, that's right. I mean you look at Ohio and 144 00:06:12,800 --> 00:06:14,280 Speaker 2: that's you know, it's one of the large national and 145 00:06:14,320 --> 00:06:16,839 Speaker 2: natural gas producers in the country, and we have to 146 00:06:16,960 --> 00:06:19,919 Speaker 2: you know, deregulate what the Abiden of the Abiden administration 147 00:06:20,240 --> 00:06:23,960 Speaker 2: threw up in constant regulation that really hurt oil companies 148 00:06:24,080 --> 00:06:25,880 Speaker 2: and exploration and all the rest. We need to open 149 00:06:25,960 --> 00:06:28,360 Speaker 2: up those lands where we do have that production. I 150 00:06:28,520 --> 00:06:31,000 Speaker 2: really am kind of a free market capitalist at heart 151 00:06:31,000 --> 00:06:32,919 Speaker 2: and think the government should stay out of, you know, 152 00:06:32,960 --> 00:06:35,839 Speaker 2: the business of you know, the economy and letting people 153 00:06:35,839 --> 00:06:38,040 Speaker 2: get back to doing their job because that's what small 154 00:06:38,080 --> 00:06:41,239 Speaker 2: business owners and big businesses do best. It's drop prices 155 00:06:41,240 --> 00:06:43,960 Speaker 2: for consumers. And so, you know, we've got to make 156 00:06:44,000 --> 00:06:45,880 Speaker 2: sure that these ev manmates and all the things that 157 00:06:45,920 --> 00:06:48,880 Speaker 2: were pushed, you know, in that administration really are cut 158 00:06:48,880 --> 00:06:51,320 Speaker 2: back so that the free market can get ahead of things. Well. 159 00:06:51,320 --> 00:06:53,840 Speaker 1: And the other issue that's really festering out there given 160 00:06:53,839 --> 00:06:57,120 Speaker 1: the well the interest rates currently, but they're dropping down 161 00:06:57,120 --> 00:06:58,840 Speaker 1: and they aren't nearly as bad as they were when 162 00:06:58,880 --> 00:07:00,679 Speaker 1: my wife and I bought our first house. But putting 163 00:07:00,680 --> 00:07:05,080 Speaker 1: that aside, I knew similar your energy policy viewpoints are 164 00:07:05,080 --> 00:07:10,720 Speaker 1: similar to your policies that encourage affordable housing, like responsible development, 165 00:07:10,920 --> 00:07:15,560 Speaker 1: reducing unnecessary regulations, expanding housing supply, which comes when you 166 00:07:15,560 --> 00:07:18,000 Speaker 1: reduce unnecessary regulations. And I think about this, and I 167 00:07:18,040 --> 00:07:21,440 Speaker 1: talk about your energy your housing policy. I think about California. 168 00:07:21,560 --> 00:07:23,520 Speaker 1: They have all those wildfires out there, but they haven't 169 00:07:23,560 --> 00:07:26,360 Speaker 1: even put out any permits to build if they could 170 00:07:26,400 --> 00:07:29,200 Speaker 1: find the builders. They're not making it easy to build. 171 00:07:29,520 --> 00:07:31,440 Speaker 1: That's a nefarious thing, which standing in the way of 172 00:07:31,440 --> 00:07:34,800 Speaker 1: affordable housing, not that California was really ever affordable, Steve. 173 00:07:36,040 --> 00:07:38,200 Speaker 2: Oh one hundred percent. I mean, you know, the tough 174 00:07:38,200 --> 00:07:40,200 Speaker 2: part is that you need to cut these red tape 175 00:07:40,280 --> 00:07:42,800 Speaker 2: regulations that have stopped builders from being able to build. 176 00:07:43,040 --> 00:07:44,680 Speaker 2: I mean, back in the day, you could afford to 177 00:07:44,840 --> 00:07:47,520 Speaker 2: buy a house, send your kids to school, sometimes on 178 00:07:47,560 --> 00:07:49,760 Speaker 2: a single job, on a single income, when you know 179 00:07:50,000 --> 00:07:52,360 Speaker 2: a significant other could raise the children. And these days, 180 00:07:52,360 --> 00:07:55,240 Speaker 2: for my generation, that's becoming ever harder. And what that 181 00:07:55,280 --> 00:07:58,320 Speaker 2: does is it delays family formation, that delays child bearing. 182 00:07:58,560 --> 00:07:59,960 Speaker 2: I mean, you know this, but it's hard to raise 183 00:08:00,040 --> 00:08:02,240 Speaker 2: four kids in a one bedroom apartment, right, Brian. So 184 00:08:02,800 --> 00:08:05,080 Speaker 2: the hope is that we can get out there, make 185 00:08:05,120 --> 00:08:07,800 Speaker 2: the housing stock a lot bigger for this next generation 186 00:08:08,080 --> 00:08:10,400 Speaker 2: and also allow them that next shot at the American dream. 187 00:08:10,440 --> 00:08:13,520 Speaker 2: For most folks, housing is you know, their primary investment, 188 00:08:13,960 --> 00:08:16,080 Speaker 2: it's a buy into the American dream. 189 00:08:16,360 --> 00:08:19,320 Speaker 1: Doctor Steven Erbak find him online rbek RB e c 190 00:08:19,480 --> 00:08:21,800 Speaker 1: K four Congress dot com help him out. There's a 191 00:08:21,800 --> 00:08:24,520 Speaker 1: donate button. I'll encourage my listeners to take advantage of that, 192 00:08:24,920 --> 00:08:27,040 Speaker 1: but also to help you take action, spread the word 193 00:08:27,040 --> 00:08:29,720 Speaker 1: about your campaign, and you are always welcome here in 194 00:08:29,720 --> 00:08:31,600 Speaker 1: the fifty five KRC Morning Show. I feel very confident 195 00:08:31,640 --> 00:08:33,680 Speaker 1: that you and I'll be speaking quite a few times 196 00:08:33,720 --> 00:08:34,680 Speaker 1: between now in November. 197 00:08:35,679 --> 00:08:37,480 Speaker 2: Absolutely, thanks so much, Brent, take care of 198 00:08:37,559 --> 00:08:40,920 Speaker 1: My friend Steven Erbek for Congress eight fifty five fifty 199 00:08:40,920 --> 00:08:41,880 Speaker 1: five KRCD Talks