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October 3, 2016

Future Senate committee chairs lay out plans to repair Minnesota’s broken healthcare system

Republican plans will lower health insurance costs and increase choices Senate Republicans today vowed to pass bold legislation to lower health insurance costs and make more options available to Minnesotans when they reconvene as the…

September 30, 2016

Senate Republican Leader David Hann’s statement on MNsure rate releases

The health insurance market in Minnesota has been devastated by policies based on ideology rather than economics. Hundreds of thousands of Minnesotans are losing their health insurance because of dropped plans, health care costs are…

September 1, 2016

Middle Class Loses Again With MNsure Rate Increase

Statement of Senate Republican Leader David Hann regarding today’s announcement that insurance rates for Minnesotans stuck in the individual market using MNsure are rising as much as 50%: “ObamaCare and MNsure have been disastrous…

July 18, 2016

Sen. Ingebrigtsen to introduce Senate resolution supporting police, denouncing Gov. Dayton’s accusations of racism

In the wake of multiple police fatalities in Dallas and Baton Rouge, Senator Bill Ingebrigtsen (R-Alexandria) will introduce a resolution in the special session to affirm the Minnesota legislature’s commitment to support peace officers. The…

July 12, 2016

Statement of Senate Republican Leader David Hann on the passing of Sen. James Metzen

“With the passing of Sen. Metzen, the Minnesota Senate lost a great leader and my colleagues and I lost a good friend. Jim was a true public servant who fought tirelessly for the people of…

June 29, 2016

Senate Ethics Committee urged to resume investigation into complaint regarding Sen. Jeff Hayden

Voting public deserves to know whether Hayden personally profited from improper expenditures of tax dollars and lied under oath about misconduct (St. Paul, MN…) Senate Republican Leader David Hann renewed his call for the Ethics…

June 7, 2016

Statement of Senate Republican Leader David Hann on prospects of a special session

“House Republicans did their job this year, negotiated in good faith and passed bipartisan bills on the priorities most important to Minnesotans. Unfortunately, Senate Democrats and Gov. Dayton deliberately obstructed progress. First, Senate Democrats blocked…

June 2, 2016

Senate Republican Leader David Hann initiates letter of legislative intent

(St Paul, MN…) In response to Governor Dayton’s imminent veto of the tax bill, Senate Republican Leader David Hann (R-Eden Prairie) requested legislative leaders jointly sign a letter clarifying the legislative intent of the bill.…

May 19, 2016

Democrats admit they’re holding up funding for roads & bridges across MN

May 11, 2016

Senate Democrats increase taxes on every working family

Excessive spending and tax increases define 2016 session. Meanwhile, no progress on transportation and real tax relief. (St. Paul, MN…) Today Senate Democrats went “all out,” passing not one, but two tax increases on Minnesota’s…

April 28, 2016

Senate Republicans place spending priority on transportation

Senate Republicans criticized the DFL’s supplemental spending bill today and announced they will amend the bill on the floor to provide a one-time boost to transportation funding of over $450 million. The money will be…

April 28, 2016

To Avoid Last Minute Lawmaking, New Deadline Proposed

A bipartisan group of Senators (Sen. Carla Nelson, Sen. Roger Reinert, Sen. Jeremy Miller, Sen. LeRoy Stumpf, and Sen. Karin Housley) want to end last minute lawmaking. They have proposed adding a new legislative deadline…

April 15, 2016

Senate Republicans Call on Sen. Bakk to Release Email Regarding Cook County Resolution

(St. Paul, MN…) Senate Minority Leader David Hann sent a letter to Majority Leader Tom Bakk today asking him to make public an email he sent to Cook County businessman Dennis Rysdahl. Rysdahl mentioned the…

April 13, 2016

Senate DFL Spending Proposal is Reckless and Unsustainable

Statement from Senate Republican Leader David Hann on the Senate Budget Targets “This spending proposal is reckless and unsustainable. Yesterday we heard Minnesota income tax revenues are falling $70 million behind forecast and the economy…

March 17, 2016

Senate Republicans Unveil Legislative Priorities for 2016

Transportation and tax relief lead “Ideas That Work” agenda Senate Republicans unveiled their priorities for the 2016 legislative session today renewing their call for a long-term transportation plan and tax cuts for seniors and veterans.…

March 15, 2016

Governor Dayton’s priorities “out of whack”

Republican Leader David Hann released the following statement following the governor’s supplemental budget proposal: “The two things that didn’t get done in the 2015 budget were tax cuts and transportation funding. Today the governor’s supplemental…

March 14, 2016

Week two of session and Sen. Jim Abeler still not on any legislative committees

Bakk announces he plans to ignore Senate rules to get Sen. Marty on Finance Committee (St. Paul. MN…) Senate Republicans again questioned the Senate DFL’s refusal to approve committee assignments for newly-elected Sen. Jim Abeler (R-Anoka).…

March 11, 2016

Report Shows Minnesota Lost Nearly $1 Billion in Taxpayer Income Following 2013 Tax Increase

The “Minnesotans on the Move to Lower Tax States 2016” report released today by Center of the American Experiment documents, on net, a nearly $1 billion loss of Minnesota income to other states between 2013…

March 10, 2016

DFL refuses to give newly-elected Sen. Jim Abeler a seat on legislative committees

Residents of Anoka, Ramsey, Andover, and Coon Rapids denied representation (St. Paul. MN…) Senate Republicans today questioned the Senate DFL’s refusal to approve committee assignments for newly-elected Sen. Jim Abeler (R-Anoka). The request was sent to…

March 10, 2016

The Republican State of the State

(As delivered by Sen. Paul Gazelka on MN News Network radio) If you listened to the “State of the State” speech tonight, you heard the governor take credit for some things that are going very…