State Rep. Mark Tisdel of Rochester Hills, a member of the House Health Policy Committee, today issued the following statement after Gov. Gretchen Whitmer called for reduced insulin costs in her State of the State address:

Rep. Beson says while the Governor claimed credit for afflicted business relief in Wednesday’s State of the State Address, she also vetoed similar relief in legislation he sponsored a year ago. Rep. Beson adds that retirement tax reform in Michigan is a matter of fairness.

Rep. Albert, the Chair of the House Appropriations Committee, responding to the Governor’s State of the State Address, says tax revenues in Michigan are running so high that tax relief for Michigan families is necessary, and that the relief will be sustainable.

Rep. Bellino says he is pleased the Governor discussed tax relief for seniors in Wednesday’s State of the State Address, adding that he has legislation restoring the pre-2012 senior tax system for more than a year. That legislation, HB 4002, is currently pending in the Michigan House.

Rep. Wakeman talks about House passage Wednesday of legislation to ensure hundreds of thousands of recipients of an emergency federal unemployment program do not have to repay money due to a government error on the program application, while also creating an independent ombudsman within the state’s Unemployment Insurance Agency.

State Rep. Julie Alexander today said a plan she and the Michigan House of Representatives approved to reform the Unemployment Insurance Agency (UIA) is a response to concerns that Michigan residents have raised about the agency’s effectiveness.