Senator Aric Nesbitt's Press Releases

LANSING, Mich. — Senate Republican Leader Aric Nesbitt, R-Porter Township, on Tuesday used the occasion of the Halloween holiday to lament the extreme partisan bills pushed through the Legislature by the new Democrat majority during the past 10 months: “Last November, the message from Michigan voters was clear: Work together to move Michigan forward. Unfortunately, the very slim Democrat majorities have taken a tremendous opportunity to

LANSING, Mich. — Senate Republican Leader Aric Nesbitt, R-Porter Township, on Thursday released the following statement after Senate Democrats passed a series of bills to drastically change Michigan’s energy policy: “Policy shifts of this magnitude should not be so blatantly partisan. This extreme, impulsive strategy thrown together by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and legislative Democrats will set Michigan on a disastrous economic course, stifling growth in our

LANSING, Mich. — Senate Republican Leader Aric Nesbitt, R-Porter Township, on Thursday issued the following statement after Senate Democrats passed legislation to drive up the cost of auto insurance by altering the state’s 2019 no-fault reforms: “After the passage of the 2019 auto insurance reforms, Michigan drivers finally found relief from some of the highest auto insurance rates in the nation. People were given the ability

LANSING, Mich. — Senate Republican Leader Aric Nesbitt, R-Porter Township, on Thursday issued the following statement after Senate Democrats passed a series of bills to repeal commonsense safeguards to protect the health of women who choose abortion and further radicalize the industry in the aftermath of Proposal 3: “Radical Democrats are putting the health and safety of women across this state in serious danger. There is

LANSING, Mich. — Senate Republican Leader Aric Nesbitt, R-Porter Township, released the following statement Wednesday after Senate Democrats jammed through partisan legislation following orders from the governor to create a prescription drug board: “These bills are not a solution to the problem of high prescription drug prices, and we know this because they’ve been taken directly from other states where there has been no real savings

By Aric Nesbitt Senate Republican Leader A legacy has been left by past leaders that made our air clearer, our water cleaner, and the land healthier than the previous generation. A key part of that legacy is responsible innovation in our energy sector that provides reliable, affordable power to our communities. Unfortunately, the extreme, spontaneous proposal thrown together by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and legislative Democrats would