News – Page 329 – Minnesota Senate Republicans

July 12, 2016

Statement of Senate Republican Leader David Hann on the passing of Sen. James Metzen

“With the passing of Sen. Metzen, the Minnesota Senate lost a great leader and my colleagues and I lost a good friend. Jim was a true public servant who fought tirelessly for the people of…

June 29, 2016

Senate Ethics Committee urged to resume investigation into complaint regarding Sen. Jeff Hayden

Voting public deserves to know whether Hayden personally profited from improper expenditures of tax dollars and lied under oath about misconduct (St. Paul, MN…) Senate Republican Leader David Hann renewed his call for the Ethics…

June 7, 2016

Statement of Senate Republican Leader David Hann on prospects of a special session

“House Republicans did their job this year, negotiated in good faith and passed bipartisan bills on the priorities most important to Minnesotans. Unfortunately, Senate Democrats and Gov. Dayton deliberately obstructed progress. First, Senate Democrats blocked…

June 2, 2016

Senate Republican Leader David Hann initiates letter of legislative intent

(St Paul, MN…) In response to Governor Dayton’s imminent veto of the tax bill, Senate Republican Leader David Hann (R-Eden Prairie) requested legislative leaders jointly sign a letter clarifying the legislative intent of the bill.…

May 19, 2016

Democrats admit they’re holding up funding for roads & bridges across MN

May 11, 2016

Senate Democrats increase taxes on every working family

Excessive spending and tax increases define 2016 session. Meanwhile, no progress on transportation and real tax relief. (St. Paul, MN…) Today Senate Democrats went “all out,” passing not one, but two tax increases on Minnesota’s…

April 28, 2016

Senate Republicans place spending priority on transportation

Senate Republicans criticized the DFL’s supplemental spending bill today and announced they will amend the bill on the floor to provide a one-time boost to transportation funding of over $450 million. The money will be…

April 28, 2016

To Avoid Last Minute Lawmaking, New Deadline Proposed

A bipartisan group of Senators (Sen. Carla Nelson, Sen. Roger Reinert, Sen. Jeremy Miller, Sen. LeRoy Stumpf, and Sen. Karin Housley) want to end last minute lawmaking. They have proposed adding a new legislative deadline…

April 15, 2016

Senate Republicans Call on Sen. Bakk to Release Email Regarding Cook County Resolution

(St. Paul, MN…) Senate Minority Leader David Hann sent a letter to Majority Leader Tom Bakk today asking him to make public an email he sent to Cook County businessman Dennis Rysdahl. Rysdahl mentioned the…

April 13, 2016

Senate DFL Spending Proposal is Reckless and Unsustainable

Statement from Senate Republican Leader David Hann on the Senate Budget Targets “This spending proposal is reckless and unsustainable. Yesterday we heard Minnesota income tax revenues are falling $70 million behind forecast and the economy…

March 17, 2016

Senate Republicans Unveil Legislative Priorities for 2016

Transportation and tax relief lead “Ideas That Work” agenda Senate Republicans unveiled their priorities for the 2016 legislative session today renewing their call for a long-term transportation plan and tax cuts for seniors and veterans.…

March 15, 2016

Governor Dayton’s priorities “out of whack”

Republican Leader David Hann released the following statement following the governor’s supplemental budget proposal: “The two things that didn’t get done in the 2015 budget were tax cuts and transportation funding. Today the governor’s supplemental…

March 14, 2016

Week two of session and Sen. Jim Abeler still not on any legislative committees

Bakk announces he plans to ignore Senate rules to get Sen. Marty on Finance Committee (St. Paul. MN…) Senate Republicans again questioned the Senate DFL’s refusal to approve committee assignments for newly-elected Sen. Jim Abeler (R-Anoka).…

March 11, 2016

Report Shows Minnesota Lost Nearly $1 Billion in Taxpayer Income Following 2013 Tax Increase

The “Minnesotans on the Move to Lower Tax States 2016” report released today by Center of the American Experiment documents, on net, a nearly $1 billion loss of Minnesota income to other states between 2013…

March 10, 2016

DFL refuses to give newly-elected Sen. Jim Abeler a seat on legislative committees

Residents of Anoka, Ramsey, Andover, and Coon Rapids denied representation (St. Paul. MN…) Senate Republicans today questioned the Senate DFL’s refusal to approve committee assignments for newly-elected Sen. Jim Abeler (R-Anoka). The request was sent to…

March 10, 2016

The Republican State of the State

(As delivered by Sen. Paul Gazelka on MN News Network radio) If you listened to the “State of the State” speech tonight, you heard the governor take credit for some things that are going very…

March 8, 2016

Senate DFL Reveals Existence of Secret Committee That Decides Committee Structure

During discussion of the Senate’s new Environment and Energy Budget Division it was revealed that the decision to create the new committee was made by a previously unknown “committee on reorganization” within the DFL Caucus…

March 8, 2016

Senate DFL Empowers Liberal Environmentalists, Greater Minnesota Loses Again

Internal leadership squabble results in loss of metro-rural balance on important committee Senate Republicans criticized a recent change in the committee structure that puts Sen. John Marty, the legislature’s most radical environmentalist, in charge of…

March 1, 2016

Childcare providers win freedom from unionization!

Statement of Senate Republican Leader David Hann on the childcare unionization election results: “Today Minnesota childcare providers voted against forming a union, strongly rejecting Gov. Mark Dayton’s attempt to force unionization on their small businesses.…

February 29, 2016

Senate Republicans Propose Education Reforms for 2016 Session

Empowering families and improving accountability the focus of third installment of Your Schools, Your Needs plan. (St. Paul. MN…) Senate Republicans today announced a series of proposals to improve K-12 education in Minnesota that focus…