Mike Blouin
Mike Blouin
Michael Thomas "Mike" Blouin, American politician, was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from 1975 to 1979, representing Iowa's 2nd congressional district. He was a candidate in the 2006 race for Governor of Iowa but lost in the primary to Chet Culver...
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We need to get back to the basics in elementary school. Without that, the enhanced curriculum in junior and senior high school will reject more students.
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We always had a standing rule on economic development that towns didn't steal from each other. If they were going to do that, they didn't get any help from the state. I think the same thing should apply here.
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Our reputation for a quality workforce is our greatest strength. If we are to maintain this essential aspect of Iowa life, I am convinced that we must act now to protect critical job training services.
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People here take primaries seriously. These are the folks who make the party work.
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You can have the most state?of?the?art facility, but if you don't have the staff there to deal with it, you're not addressing the real safety issues.
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It's going to take five or six years, at a minimum, to fund it properly, and it's going to take another 10 years to see outcomes.
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I introduced a bill to create the minimum wage in Iowa when I was a freshman legislator. I set it at a buck an hour, and they called me a socialist for trying.
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They believe I can win. They believe as governor I can work with them.
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Every student should have the educational opportunities available to them so that they can enthusiastically pursue any career opportunity they might be interested in. And then we need to create those career opportunities in Iowa so that they have the opportunity to live out their educational interests between our rivers.
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We live in a competitive world with states and countries that will beat our brains in if we don't have the ability to compete.
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It starts here in this building where the past collides with the future in our present struggle for where this state needs to go. It starts here and I'd like to be part of that clash as we define our future in the months and years ahead.
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It was a mistake to move into these. It's a mistake to move out of them until we know what the financial consequences are for the state of Iowa. We have some exposure here and folks are kind of ignoring that issue. Do we get out of them? You bet. But we get out of it with knowledge as to what our responsibilities and liabilities are.
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The statement we're trying to make tonight transfers the difference we have in this primary.
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She has the right experience and the right values to help me move the complex and broken system of health care.