Congressional Candidate Conversations | Bob Brooks | PA-07 (2026)

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In this episode, Bob Brooks discusses key issues such as housing affordability and healthcare as he campaigns for the U.S. House in Pennsylvania's 7th Congressional District.

Get More at LVwithLOVE.com! Become a partner or contact us On this special series of the Lehigh Valley with Love Podcast, we sat down with candidates running for U.S. House in Pennsylvania’s 7th Congressional District ahead of the May 19, 2026 primary. To keep this fair and useful, every candidate was asked the same core questions. Mark Pinsley is not included because he dropped out. We also reached out multiple times to Congressman Ryan McKenzie’s office and did not receive a response. In this episode, we speak with Bob Brooks, a career firefighter with the City of Bethlehem and a union leader. Brooks talks about affordability in the Lehigh Valley, what federal policy can do to expand housing supply, and how he thinks about public safety, healthcare, and local development.   Campaign: https://brooksforcongress.com/ Day to day financial stressBrooks says the biggest day to day financial stresses he hears about are healthcare and housing, and he focuses first on housing. He argues the region needs to build a lot more housing quickly and says that requires cutting red tape, including permitting and zoning reforms. He supports first time home buyer help and talks about…

People in this episode

Hosts: Mark Pinsley, Ryan McKenzie, Michael Bernadyn

Guest: Bob Brooks

Topics covered

• Congressional candidates
• affordability
• housing supply
• public safety
• healthcare
• local development

Keywords

• Pennsylvania
• Congress
• primary election
• 2026

Mentioned in this episode

Products: HELPERS Act style loan

Places: Pennsylvania, 7th Congressional District, the City of Bethlehem, the Lehigh Valley, the Lehigh ValleyBrooks

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