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A Republican Alternative

The past few weeks my colleagues and I in the Republican Caucus have held a number of press conferences to lay out our alternative plans regarding taxes, education, and public safety. These proposals act as our alternative to what is currently being rushed through the House floor. All good legislation needs scrutiny and alternatives to make it better, these represent some of the ideas of how we might better address these issue areas.

The ?Give it Back? tax plan, which in contrast to Governor Walz's, actually cuts taxes instead of raising them is the basis for our budget proposal. A top priority is to completely end the tax on Social Security, something most of those seeking office ran on during the election, but now that we want to work across the aisle to provide relief to our seniors there seems to be a loss of interest by many. Our plan also includes property tax relief for a number of Minnesotans who are impacted most because of their location or the businesses they run. The last piece of Give it Back is of course rebate checks to Minnesota Tax Payers to provide some relief as the Biden-Walz economy continues to pinch the budgets of everyone else except government.

Next is our Education plan? to address the reading crisis students are facing as they continue to fall behind usual benchmarks. ?Reading Reset? is both a funding and curriculum framework to get our students back on track and reading at their grade level. Reading Reset is first and foremost about assuring that our students have access to the materials needed for successful learning. This means investing in curriculum with proven science to teach reading and writing skills as well as making sure teachers have the support they need to integrate this curriculum? through workshops and professional development. I have had school administrators personally reach out to me supporting this plan to make sure Minnesota teachers and students are set up for success.

Another important aspect of everyone?s success is Public Safety. The Safe and Sound Minnesota package includes 17 different bills from 15 different Republican authors across the state. Confronting the criminal threat would include new laws to add a new crime of carjacking to state statute, increase penalties for fleeing police in a motor vehicle, align fentanyl to the same weight thresholds and penalties as heroin, and increase sentences for those convicted with at least two prior crimes of violence. We continue to support our state?s law enforcement officers with robust recruitment, training, and retention plans. This plan provides $1 million for Pathway to Policing, the award-winning program that brings new recruits into public safety from other careers.

I hope the House majority will take our proposals into consideration and listen to a diversified perspective on these issues that are affecting so many in our state. My office is always happy to listen to others' views and concerns.?






Please Contact Me

Please continue to reach out if I can be of any assistance to you. You can reach me by phone at 651-296-7065 or by email at [email protected].?

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