Jennifer Granholm
Jennifer Granholm
Jennifer Mulhern Granholmis a Canadian-born American politician, attorney, educator, author, political commentator and member of the Democratic Party who served as the Attorney General of Michigan from 1999 to 2003 and as the Governor of Michigan from 2003 to 2011. She is currently a CNN political contributor...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth5 February 1959
CityVancouver, Canada
CountryUnited States of America
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The White House has to participate, ... We need to have this, not just on the president's radar, but on his agenda for action so that we can provide relief to workers, competitiveness to businesses and economic growth for our states.
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Promoting the development and use of alternative energies is vital to the state's economic success in the 21st century, ... These new plants will turn an important agricultural resource into fuel for Michigan's future, helping Michigan farmers while advancing the nation's goal to become less dependent on foreign oil.
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This project will help revitalize Hancock's entire downtown and provide a catalyst for future growth and job creation, ... The Scott Hotel will once again be able to play an important role in the economic development of the community.
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Well, clearly, for me in the immediate future, it is grappling, like so many other governors are grappling, with the economic woes of these states. We were all hoping to see some federal relief.
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We aren't leveraging this great economic engine, the strongest economy in the world. And yet we have this totally weak response. We import $500 billion a year more in products than we export.
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everybody knows the state chamber itself is a subsidiary of the Michigan Republican Party.
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I kind of agree with the position of most Democrats, that marriage is often a religious institution, and civil unions may be a better way to go.
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I'll bet the Kalamazoo system will experience unprecedented growth after this announcement.
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The jobs that are coming to Warren are precisely the kinds of jobs we need to transform Michigan's economy -- they're high-tech and high-paying. These jobs will help make Michigan the nation's center for automotive research, design and technology,
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The graphic nature and wide availability of these games should disturb all of us, whether or not we are parents, ... I am proud to sign legislation that will protect children from this kind of content.
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Our strength is not just in the size of our defense budget, but in the size of our hearts, in the size of our gratitude for their sacrifice. And that's not just measured in words or gestures.
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How fantastic that the American ingenuity of NASA scientists got us to Mars. It makes me proud to be an American. I can't get enough of these images from when the probe touched down. These scientists are American heroes.
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Mitt Romney privatizes the gains from his enterprises, but spreads the costs to the rest of us. Seems that 'free stuff' is in the eye of the beholder.
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As the cost to provide natural gas to our citizens increases, I am reminding Michigan's utilities that the MPSC will be watching closely to ensure that charges passed on are reasonable and appropriate -- and no more, ... The MPSC must be vigilant in protecting our citizens' pocketbooks, especially when costs of the things our citizens need most are on the rise.