I think our goal is that affordable, quality health care is available to everyone who wants it. Access isn’t the issue; if you need treatment, you can have it. The question is “can you afford it?” According to a 2008 Congressional Budget Office report, health care costs increase about 5% each year compared to an [...]
The number one job of the Legislature is to set the state’s spending priorities through the budgeting process. In trying to be everything to everyone, the Legislature has failed the citizens of Minnesota. The Legislature should decide how to spend YOUR MONEY by the Constitutionality, efficiency and effectiveness of programs and agencies. It will take [...]
“Self-government requires a well educated public.” – Samuel Casey Carter, author of “No Excuses : Lessons from 21 High-Performing, High-Poverty Schools” If it weren’t for the current economic challenges, K-12 education would be the number one concern of residents in Senate District 43. As I have spoken with hundreds of people in the district, they [...]
