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Gretchen Whitmer: “I decided I would use my unilateral powers to ask the…”

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Conversation with Gov. Gretchen Whitmer about her Rebuilding Michigan plan

Published June 16, 2026 | Video Starts at 01:28

And yet I got no traction with the legislature and not even that they wouldn't even counter me with a thoughtful proposal. So I didn't think they were serious about fixing this problem, and I am. So I decided I would use my unilateral powers to ask the transportation commission to do a bond. And that's what I did. So when you talk about not countering with a serious proposal, like anything that was ever made public that they put out there, did you … (01:28–01:36)

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Asserts that she used unilateral powers to request a bond from the transportation commission.

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