Senator Aric Nesbitt's Press Releases

Nesbitt blasts Dem stunt to sue House speaker

LANSING, Mich. — Senate Republican Leader Aric Nesbitt, R-Porter Township, issued the following statement Wednesday after Senate Democrats passed Senate Resolution 3 to authorize legal action against the Speaker of the House: “It is unfortunate for the people of Michigan that Democrats continue to be divisively partisan instead of working across the aisle with Republicans who are ready to focus on real solutions to the problems

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Nesbitt applauds House for moving fix to save tip credit, jobs

LANSING, Mich. — Senate Republican Leader Aric Nesbitt, R-Porter Township, on Thursday issued the following statement after a state House committee voted 14-0 to approve legislation to preserve Michigan’s tip credit system and save thousands of jobs: “Within just two weeks of taking the majority, Speaker Hall and Rep. Schuette have managed to move forward on a bipartisan solution to protect 50,000 jobs and tipped wages

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Nesbitt responds to governor’s ‘Road Ahead Address’

LANSING, Mich. — Senate Republican Leader Aric Nesbitt, R-Porter Township, on Wednesday released a video response to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s “Road Ahead Address” at the Detroit Auto Show. “Gov. Whitmer just gave another rosy speech asking you not to believe your own eyes — to not believe that our roads are crumbling, our schools are failing, and our families are falling further and further behind,” Nesbitt

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Nesbitt: Prioritize road spending, tax relief with projected budget surplus

LANSING, Mich. — Senate Republican Leader Aric Nesbitt, R-Porter Township, issued the following statement after state fiscal and economic leaders made their economic and state tax revenue projections — anticipating a $1.1 billion surplus in the general fund over the next two years — during Friday’s annual January Consensus Revenue Estimating Conference: “Over the past two years, Democrats fought to stick struggling Michiganders with a $700

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Nesbitt: ‘It’s time to start putting Michigan first’

LANSING, Mich. — Senate Republican Leader Aric Nesbitt on Wednesday renewed his calls for bipartisan collaboration to best serve the people of Michigan as the Senate convened for its first session of the 103rd Legislature. “The people of Michigan delivered a clear message in November — the radical far-left agenda of the previous two years is over — they demand real leadership and real solutions because

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Nesbitt: Dem lame duck ‘short-sighted, chaotic’

LANSING, Mich. — Senate Republican Leader Aric Nesbitt, R-Porter Township, issued the following statement Friday afternoon at the conclusion of a record-breaking overnight 29-hour Senate session: “This legislative session ended just as it started, with the Democrat majority trying to push their far-left agenda and ignoring the working families of the state of Michigan. “Their short-sighted, chaotic antics were a disgraceful last grasp attempt to cling

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