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Speaker 1 (00:00):
I've been welcome to the fifty five Caarsee Morning Show.
(00:01):
I'm sure not the first time. We'll be talking to
doctor Steven Urbach. He is running for a district one
for Congress and you can find him online at rbek
E rb E c K four that's the word four
congress dot com. Steve Urbeck, Welcome to the fifty five
KRSCESE Morning Show. It's great having you on today, Brian.
Speaker 2 (00:19):
Thanks for having me. I really enjoyed a few weeks
back seeing you at your listener's lunch and meeting some
of the folks that had previously supported and listened to
you for many years.
Speaker 1 (00:27):
Well, I appreciate you being there, and I think it
was a pleasure for me to meet you as well.
And of course you're always invited to listener to lunch.
Everybody is. So I'll put a plug in for the
next one, which is going to be at Ron's Roost
Westside on the fourth of February. We do them every
first Wednesday of every month, so an opportunity to meet
some voters and some really active political folks too, Stephen,
because they'll knocked doors and they'll pass out flyers and
(00:48):
they'll have conversations with people. So my listening audits are
great in that regard. So shout out to you in
a candidate that want some help on the streets. In
the meantime, Steven, what you're a doctor of your dentist right,
it's just a fourth generation. Yeah, you're really following with
the family practice.
Speaker 2 (01:05):
There no doubt. It's a good thing. I like it, Brian.
And you know, four generations of dentistry downtown Mason. My
great grandfather started the practice in nineteen twenty six. So
this year we've got one hundred years of indo our
business and we do have about ten or fifteen patients
to have seen all four generations. So our joke is
if they got their teeth, we must be doing something right.
Speaker 1 (01:25):
There you go. I love that motto. Now, in so
far as your motive for running for Congress, what's pushing
you in that direction, because that's not a road I
go down. To be honest with you, Steve, Well.
Speaker 2 (01:36):
You're spot on. I had a patient in a few
weeks back and he said, you know, Steve, you are
going from the second most dislike profession to the first
most dislike profession, from dentistry to politics and I said,
thank you for the encouragement. But I had a time
back in college at Ohio State, I had the opportunity
to intern on Capitol Hill, and that really was an
eye opening experience. He gave me that knowledge of how
our federal government works, but also that passion for policy
(01:58):
and for public service. So I stayed involved with the
dental associations and pushed, you know, for advocates, for patients
and for consumers of dentistry and all the rest and
our profession. We went to Washington in twenty eighteen and
worked on the opioid issue through the Support Patients in
Act of twenty eighteen, and what that did was kind
of decreased, you know, increased the regulations on opioid addictions
(02:19):
because twenty seventeen, you know, Southwest Ohio has hit really hard,
and so we dropped those regulations down where you know,
on average, people were getting seven days at prescriptions and
navigating three, which is a lot less likely that they
would get hooked on opiates and lead to you know,
ventanyl addictions and.
Speaker 1 (02:34):
The rest, no question about it. Sadly, a lot of
people are turning to the ones they find on the streets,
which are usually counterfeit contained fentanyl and will likely kill you.
So don't go down that road either, Steve. If you
had to choose a topic, and I know you're into
you know, family values, affordable health care, clearly have an
interest in healthcare giving. You're a doctor, our dentist. Savor communities,
(02:54):
protecting the country, and housing affordability, all the issues right
there on your website. If you had to pick a
reason your primary motivation for wanting to run for District
one in Congress, what would it be?
Speaker 2 (03:07):
It's to get back to work, to dignified work in
strong families. That's what we need in this country. That's
what's built this country. And I feel like, you know,
from the left, you have a full attack on that.
And as Republicans, that's what we need to be the
party of. We need to stick out for the you know,
the young families that are trying to buy a house,
get ahead and live that American dream. My family and
I we've been blessed to live that dream, and I
want that opportunity for others, Brian. But we lead the
(03:29):
leaders in Washington. They can deliver real results, and that
starts with small business owners. That starts with people who
have been out there, who've done real things, who have
families and understand what's going on in the first district.
You know, through this process, I've had a chance to
speak with thousands of voters across the first District, and
I'm starting to get a feel for what it is
that's important to them. So I looked at President Trump,
and you know the things that he got re elected
(03:49):
on the three promises that I saw. We're closing the
southern border, they were addressing the crime and the cities
and the great American cities we've got, and then tamping
down the inflation you know that was caused by the
Biden min So you know, I'm big on the economy.
I think we need to be on shore jobs in
southwest Ohio. You look back to the manufacturing base that
was Ohio and the last turn of the last century
(04:10):
with Longworth Hall and the railway centers there, ak steel
up in Middletown. I mean, these are really good paying,
stable jobs for you know, middle class Americans that led
them to that American dream. And so we can bring
back those semiconductor jobs, we can bring back the pharmaceutical industries,
and that helps us with our national security. Purpose there.
So I'm big on the economy. I'm big on young
families and getting people back into work.
Speaker 1 (04:32):
And one of my favorite topics I mentioned several times
this morning, but I typically bring it up the idea
of a quality education. I believe in flexibility, and I
struggle with the idea that there are families out there
with school age children, say K through twelve, that reject
the idea of choice when it comes to where their
children can go to school. I cannot believe that that
(04:52):
is a popular concept. What are you hearing when you're
out in the world asking about education and what potential
education reforms you have?
Speaker 2 (04:59):
In Steve, that's spot on, Brian. I mean, you know,
I was educated at public schools. I went to Mason
all the way through. But I think it's really a
different time. I mean, I have a young daughter. She
just turned one, and so she'll be school aged soon
enough before I know it. And me and my wife
and I are Catholic and we want her to share
those values. And so you know, you have to have
avenues for people. You know, families like ours and other
(05:20):
families who want to send their kids to schools. They
can use the money that they're paying, you know, through
tax fair dollars towards their kids' education. And so you know,
I'm a big proponent of school choice, and I hear
that a lot of folks are concerned with the education
that their kids are getting in the public school system.
And or you know, the kind of indoctrination that's coming
from the left there that you know previously wasn't the
case when I grew up.
Speaker 1 (05:40):
And Steve Erbek Erbek for Congress is where you find
them online, Erbek for Congress dot Com Energy policy. Obviously,
I was talking to Americans for Prosperies Donovan earlier about
energy policy, the Speed Act, and ways that we can
streamline the the energy generation and you know, maybe fix
our power line problems. We have constantly increasing demand and
(06:00):
you had a bureaucracy that refuses, seemingly intentionally to allow
us access to abundant, reliable energy sources. Where are you
on energy policy, mister Irbek.
Speaker 2 (06:10):
Well, that's right. I mean you look at Ohio and
that's you know, it's one of the large national and
natural gas producers in the country, and we have to
you know, deregulate what the Abiden of the Abiden administration
threw up in constant regulation that really hurt oil companies
and exploration and all the rest. We need to open
up those lands where we do have that production. I
really am kind of a free market capitalist at heart
(06:31):
and think the government should stay out of, you know,
the business of you know, the economy and letting people
get back to doing their job because that's what small
business owners and big businesses do best. It's drop prices
for consumers. And so, you know, we've got to make
sure that these ev manmates and all the things that
were pushed, you know, in that administration really are cut
back so that the free market can get ahead of things. Well.
Speaker 1 (06:51):
And the other issue that's really festering out there given
the well the interest rates currently, but they're dropping down
and they aren't nearly as bad as they were when
my wife and I bought our first house. But putting
that aside, I knew similar your energy policy viewpoints are
similar to your policies that encourage affordable housing, like responsible development,
reducing unnecessary regulations, expanding housing supply, which comes when you
(07:15):
reduce unnecessary regulations. And I think about this, and I
talk about your energy your housing policy. I think about California.
They have all those wildfires out there, but they haven't
even put out any permits to build if they could
find the builders. They're not making it easy to build.
That's a nefarious thing, which standing in the way of
affordable housing, not that California was really ever affordable, Steve.
Speaker 2 (07:36):
Oh one hundred percent. I mean, you know, the tough
part is that you need to cut these red tape
regulations that have stopped builders from being able to build.
I mean, back in the day, you could afford to
buy a house, send your kids to school, sometimes on
a single job, on a single income, when you know
a significant other could raise the children. And these days,
for my generation, that's becoming ever harder. And what that
does is it delays family formation, that delays child bearing.
(07:58):
I mean, you know this, but it's hard to raise
four kids in a one bedroom apartment, right, Brian. So
the hope is that we can get out there, make
the housing stock a lot bigger for this next generation
and also allow them that next shot at the American dream.
For most folks, housing is you know, their primary investment,
it's a buy into the American dream.
Speaker 1 (08:16):
Doctor Steven Erbak find him online rbek RB e c
K four Congress dot com help him out. There's a
donate button. I'll encourage my listeners to take advantage of that,
but also to help you take action, spread the word
about your campaign, and you are always welcome here in
the fifty five KRC Morning Show. I feel very confident
that you and I'll be speaking quite a few times
between now in November.
Speaker 2 (08:35):
Absolutely, thanks so much, Brent, take care of
Speaker 1 (08:37):
My friend Steven Erbek for Congress eight fifty five fifty
five KRCD Talks
I've been welcome to the fifty five Caarsee Morning Show.
(00:01):
I'm sure not the first time. We'll be talking to
doctor Steven Urbach. He is running for a district one
for Congress and you can find him online at rbek
E rb E c K four that's the word four
congress dot com. Steve Urbeck, Welcome to the fifty five
KRSCESE Morning Show. It's great having you on today, Brian.
Speaker 2 (00:19):
Thanks for having me. I really enjoyed a few weeks
back seeing you at your listener's lunch and meeting some
of the folks that had previously supported and listened to
you for many years.
Speaker 1 (00:27):
Well, I appreciate you being there, and I think it
was a pleasure for me to meet you as well.
And of course you're always invited to listener to lunch.
Everybody is. So I'll put a plug in for the
next one, which is going to be at Ron's Roost
Westside on the fourth of February. We do them every
first Wednesday of every month, so an opportunity to meet
some voters and some really active political folks too, Stephen,
because they'll knocked doors and they'll pass out flyers and
(00:48):
they'll have conversations with people. So my listening audits are
great in that regard. So shout out to you in
a candidate that want some help on the streets. In
the meantime, Steven, what you're a doctor of your dentist right,
it's just a fourth generation. Yeah, you're really following with
the family practice.
Speaker 2 (01:05):
There no doubt. It's a good thing. I like it, Brian.
And you know, four generations of dentistry downtown Mason. My
great grandfather started the practice in nineteen twenty six. So
this year we've got one hundred years of indo our
business and we do have about ten or fifteen patients
to have seen all four generations. So our joke is
if they got their teeth, we must be doing something right.
Speaker 1 (01:25):
There you go. I love that motto. Now, in so
far as your motive for running for Congress, what's pushing
you in that direction, because that's not a road I
go down. To be honest with you, Steve, Well.
Speaker 2 (01:36):
You're spot on. I had a patient in a few
weeks back and he said, you know, Steve, you are
going from the second most dislike profession to the first
most dislike profession, from dentistry to politics and I said,
thank you for the encouragement. But I had a time
back in college at Ohio State, I had the opportunity
to intern on Capitol Hill, and that really was an
eye opening experience. He gave me that knowledge of how
our federal government works, but also that passion for policy
(01:58):
and for public service. So I stayed involved with the
dental associations and pushed, you know, for advocates, for patients
and for consumers of dentistry and all the rest and
our profession. We went to Washington in twenty eighteen and
worked on the opioid issue through the Support Patients in
Act of twenty eighteen, and what that did was kind
of decreased, you know, increased the regulations on opioid addictions
(02:19):
because twenty seventeen, you know, Southwest Ohio has hit really hard,
and so we dropped those regulations down where you know,
on average, people were getting seven days at prescriptions and
navigating three, which is a lot less likely that they
would get hooked on opiates and lead to you know,
ventanyl addictions and.
Speaker 1 (02:34):
The rest, no question about it. Sadly, a lot of
people are turning to the ones they find on the streets,
which are usually counterfeit contained fentanyl and will likely kill you.
So don't go down that road either, Steve. If you
had to choose a topic, and I know you're into
you know, family values, affordable health care, clearly have an
interest in healthcare giving. You're a doctor, our dentist. Savor communities,
(02:54):
protecting the country, and housing affordability, all the issues right
there on your website. If you had to pick a
reason your primary motivation for wanting to run for District
one in Congress, what would it be?
Speaker 2 (03:07):
It's to get back to work, to dignified work in
strong families. That's what we need in this country. That's
what's built this country. And I feel like, you know,
from the left, you have a full attack on that.
And as Republicans, that's what we need to be the
party of. We need to stick out for the you know,
the young families that are trying to buy a house,
get ahead and live that American dream. My family and
I we've been blessed to live that dream, and I
want that opportunity for others, Brian. But we lead the
(03:29):
leaders in Washington. They can deliver real results, and that
starts with small business owners. That starts with people who
have been out there, who've done real things, who have
families and understand what's going on in the first district.
You know, through this process, I've had a chance to
speak with thousands of voters across the first District, and
I'm starting to get a feel for what it is
that's important to them. So I looked at President Trump,
and you know the things that he got re elected
(03:49):
on the three promises that I saw. We're closing the
southern border, they were addressing the crime and the cities
and the great American cities we've got, and then tamping
down the inflation you know that was caused by the
Biden min So you know, I'm big on the economy.
I think we need to be on shore jobs in
southwest Ohio. You look back to the manufacturing base that
was Ohio and the last turn of the last century
(04:10):
with Longworth Hall and the railway centers there, ak steel
up in Middletown. I mean, these are really good paying,
stable jobs for you know, middle class Americans that led
them to that American dream. And so we can bring
back those semiconductor jobs, we can bring back the pharmaceutical industries,
and that helps us with our national security. Purpose there.
So I'm big on the economy. I'm big on young
families and getting people back into work.
Speaker 1 (04:32):
And one of my favorite topics I mentioned several times
this morning, but I typically bring it up the idea
of a quality education. I believe in flexibility, and I
struggle with the idea that there are families out there
with school age children, say K through twelve, that reject
the idea of choice when it comes to where their
children can go to school. I cannot believe that that
(04:52):
is a popular concept. What are you hearing when you're
out in the world asking about education and what potential
education reforms you have?
Speaker 2 (04:59):
In Steve, that's spot on, Brian. I mean, you know,
I was educated at public schools. I went to Mason
all the way through. But I think it's really a
different time. I mean, I have a young daughter. She
just turned one, and so she'll be school aged soon
enough before I know it. And me and my wife
and I are Catholic and we want her to share
those values. And so you know, you have to have
avenues for people. You know, families like ours and other
(05:20):
families who want to send their kids to schools. They
can use the money that they're paying, you know, through
tax fair dollars towards their kids' education. And so you know,
I'm a big proponent of school choice, and I hear
that a lot of folks are concerned with the education
that their kids are getting in the public school system.
And or you know, the kind of indoctrination that's coming
from the left there that you know previously wasn't the
case when I grew up.
Speaker 1 (05:40):
And Steve Erbek Erbek for Congress is where you find
them online, Erbek for Congress dot Com Energy policy. Obviously,
I was talking to Americans for Prosperies Donovan earlier about
energy policy, the Speed Act, and ways that we can
streamline the the energy generation and you know, maybe fix
our power line problems. We have constantly increasing demand and
(06:00):
you had a bureaucracy that refuses, seemingly intentionally to allow
us access to abundant, reliable energy sources. Where are you
on energy policy, mister Irbek.
Speaker 2 (06:10):
Well, that's right. I mean you look at Ohio and
that's you know, it's one of the large national and
natural gas producers in the country, and we have to
you know, deregulate what the Abiden of the Abiden administration
threw up in constant regulation that really hurt oil companies
and exploration and all the rest. We need to open
up those lands where we do have that production. I
really am kind of a free market capitalist at heart
(06:31):
and think the government should stay out of, you know,
the business of you know, the economy and letting people
get back to doing their job because that's what small
business owners and big businesses do best. It's drop prices
for consumers. And so, you know, we've got to make
sure that these ev manmates and all the things that
were pushed, you know, in that administration really are cut
back so that the free market can get ahead of things. Well.
Speaker 1 (06:51):
And the other issue that's really festering out there given
the well the interest rates currently, but they're dropping down
and they aren't nearly as bad as they were when
my wife and I bought our first house. But putting
that aside, I knew similar your energy policy viewpoints are
similar to your policies that encourage affordable housing, like responsible development,
reducing unnecessary regulations, expanding housing supply, which comes when you
(07:15):
reduce unnecessary regulations. And I think about this, and I
talk about your energy your housing policy. I think about California.
They have all those wildfires out there, but they haven't
even put out any permits to build if they could
find the builders. They're not making it easy to build.
That's a nefarious thing, which standing in the way of
affordable housing, not that California was really ever affordable, Steve.
Speaker 2 (07:36):
Oh one hundred percent. I mean, you know, the tough
part is that you need to cut these red tape
regulations that have stopped builders from being able to build.
I mean, back in the day, you could afford to
buy a house, send your kids to school, sometimes on
a single job, on a single income, when you know
a significant other could raise the children. And these days,
for my generation, that's becoming ever harder. And what that
does is it delays family formation, that delays child bearing.
(07:58):
I mean, you know this, but it's hard to raise
four kids in a one bedroom apartment, right, Brian. So
the hope is that we can get out there, make
the housing stock a lot bigger for this next generation
and also allow them that next shot at the American dream.
For most folks, housing is you know, their primary investment,
it's a buy into the American dream.
Speaker 1 (08:16):
Doctor Steven Erbak find him online rbek RB e c
K four Congress dot com help him out. There's a
donate button. I'll encourage my listeners to take advantage of that,
but also to help you take action, spread the word
about your campaign, and you are always welcome here in
the fifty five KRC Morning Show. I feel very confident
that you and I'll be speaking quite a few times
between now in November.
Speaker 2 (08:35):
Absolutely, thanks so much, Brent, take care of
Speaker 1 (08:37):
My friend Steven Erbek for Congress eight fifty five fifty
five KRCD Talks
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