Reid Ribble knows what it’s like to be frustrated with Congress. For three decades he was president of the Ribble Group in Kaukauna, Wis., a commercial and residential roofing company. He is also a former president of the National Roofing Contractors Association (NRCA). He knows firsthand the ways government can make it tougher to run a business. Eventually Ribble got so fed up with the way things worked in Washington he decided to run for Congress and change things from the inside.
In 2010, running as a Republican, Ribble was elected to the House as the representative of Wisconsin’s 8th Congressional District. Congressman Ribble recently took some time out in between votes to talk to Roofing Contractorabout his road to Congress, his priorities on the Hill and his current re-election effort.