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Curtis Hertel Jr.: “I was proud to introduce the governor's budget.”

Featuring: Curtis Hertel Jr., Democratic | Former Candidate, U.S. House Michigan, District 7

To The Point: Rep. Mark Huizenga and Sen. Curtis Hertel on the budget

Published May 15, 2021 | Video Starts at 12:39

This is an important part of the process. The governor lays out her priorities through her budget announcement. And I was proud to introduce the governor's budget. and that now the leaders of the House and the Senate get to put out their priorities. (12:39–12:43)

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“The governor lays out her priorities through her budget announcement.”
To The Point: Rep. Mark Huizenga and Sen. Curtis Hertel on the budget | Uploaded May 15, 2021 | 12:34-12:40
“Michigan has a chance to surge forward, and we need to make sure that we're making strategic investments in people, in our kids and in job…”
To The Point: Rep. Mark Huizenga and Sen. Curtis Hertel on the budget | Uploaded May 15, 2021 | 13:24-13:35
“Kids have experienced learning loss over the last year.”
To The Point: Rep. Mark Huizenga and Sen. Curtis Hertel on the budget | Uploaded May 15, 2021 | 14:33-14:37
“One of the biggest challenges of the pandemic was that we lost a lot of manufacturing as a country.”
To The Point: Rep. Mark Huizenga and Sen. Curtis Hertel on the budget | Uploaded May 15, 2021 | 15:04-15:10
“The Double Up Food Bucks program was cut in this budget.”
To The Point: Rep. Mark Huizenga and Sen. Curtis Hertel on the budget | Uploaded May 15, 2021 | 17:07-17:11
“We've lost so many teachers during this pandemic.”
To The Point: Rep. Mark Huizenga and Sen. Curtis Hertel on the budget | Uploaded May 15, 2021 | 17:49-17:53
“There aren't people going into the teaching profession because we've in many ways deprofessionalized [the] profession.”
To The Point: Rep. Mark Huizenga and Sen. Curtis Hertel on the budget | Uploaded May 15, 2021 | 17:52-18:02
“The legislature hasn't done any of that [passed a mask mandate or codified what the governor was doing].”
To The Point: Rep. Mark Huizenga and Sen. Curtis Hertel on the budget | Uploaded May 15, 2021 | 19:42-19:45
“There's never been a time in Michigan history where we had too much money and couldn't find a way to spend it.”
To The Point: Rep. Mark Huizenga and Sen. Curtis Hertel on the budget | Uploaded May 15, 2021 | 22:14-22:20
“We still have federal money that we have to get out the door.”
To The Point: Rep. Mark Huizenga and Sen. Curtis Hertel on the budget | Uploaded May 15, 2021 | 22:30-22:34
“These aren't Michigan legislature dollars. They're not the governor's dollars. They're dollars that are our federal dollars that we sent to…”
To The Point: Rep. Mark Huizenga and Sen. Curtis Hertel on the budget | Uploaded May 15, 2021 | 22:53-23:02