<![CDATA[ - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]> http://www.realclearpolitics.com/authors/rss/archive/19643.xml Author <![CDATA[Will the House Protect the Middle Class?]]> Fri, 21 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0600 The U.S. House of Representatives only has a few more days to act to stop taxes on middle-class families from going up an average of $2,200.

The Senate passed the Middle Class Tax Cut Act on July 25, but so far the House of Representatives hasn't acted on it. Unless something is done by the end of the year, middle-class families will be pushed off the fiscal cliff.

]]> <![CDATA[Government Support of Autos Worked]]> Fri, 14 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0600 Dec. 11, 2008, was the darkest night of my career. The Senate had just failed to pass critical legislation authorizing bridge loans for our automakers.

I went to the floor and gave a speech urging our country not to give up on the Big Three. Demand was down, jobs were being shipped overseas, gas prices were up and then we were hit by a global financial crisis that put our automakers in serious jeopardy.

]]> <![CDATA[Clean Energy Key to 21st Century]]> Wed, 17 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0600 $2 trillion.

That’s the amount that the global clean energy market is expected to grow in the next decade.

China and Germany, two of the world’s largest economies that have best weathered the storms of recession, both see the potential of clean energy. China has created a massive domestic market to drive up demand and spur innovations. It is now poised to sell its clean technologies to the rest of the world. Germany, already world leader in solar power, made domestic clean tech development a key part of its strategy to export its way out of recession.

]]> <![CDATA[Security & Stability in Healthcare]]> Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500 In Michigan, we know that skyrocketing health insurance costs are costing us jobs. For the majority of families in Michigan who have coverage, costs go up and up. A majority of people without insurance are working in small businesses that can’t find or afford health insurance. People who have lost their jobs are struggling to afford coverage on their own – or just giving up on it entirely and going without insurance.

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