Video from Senator Thomas A. Albert
Sen. Albert: So-called ‘Innovation Fund’ is a step backward
Sen. Albert: So-called ‘Innovation Fund’ is a step backward
Once again, the Legislature advanced a plan that costs taxpayers without an adequate return on investment. It’s a return to a policy that already has been proven a failure. (December 20, 2024)
Sen. Albert: Democrats sabotage public safety plan
Sen. Thomas Albert details how Democrats used political gamesmanship to kill a public safety funding plan that should have had bipartisan support. (December 20, 2024)
Sen. Albert: Democrats stick taxpayers with higher health care bills
Democrats approved a plan that will increase the cost of taxpayer-funded public employee health care — after rejecting Sen. Thomas Albert’s commonsense amendments to try and hold costs down. (December 20, 2024)
Sen. Albert: Why change youth work permit process?
Sen. Thomas Albert explains his vote against House Bill 5594. Efforts to help kids are commendable, but the current youth work permit system in Michigan already works well. (December 20, 2024)
Sen. Albert: ‘Call center’ legislation is misguided
Sen. Thomas Albert explains his opposition to HB 5164, which requires extra registration for call centers and advance notice when they plan to move. The legislation needlessly duplicates federal law and is so poorly conceived even the state agency that would run the program opposes it. (December 20, 2024)
Sen. Albert: Medicaid work rules make sense
Sen. Albert explains his opposition to HB 4224, which ends workforce engagement requirements for able-bodied Medicaid recipients. Instead of abandoning these commonsense provisions, Michigan should work with the federal government to implement them. (December 20, 2024)
Sen. Albert opposes museum tax plan for Southeast Michigan
It’s extremely important that we preserve history, but House Bill 4177 goes about funding museums the wrong way. This proposal does not create winners and losers among communities – it’s a losing proposition for everyone through higher taxes. (December 20, 2024)
Sen. Albert opposes new Michigan Sentencing Commission
Sen. Thomas Albert explains his opposition to HB 4173, which would re-establish a Michigan Sentencing Commission. Guidelines are already in place, and judges may follow or not follow them at their discretion. Also, the new commission would prioritize the input of former criminals over victims. (December 20, 2024)
Sen. Albert opposes shifting more costs to taxpayers
Senate Democrats approved a measure that would saddle taxpayers with more of the cost to fund public employee health care. Senator Thomas Albert spoke against this proposal last week. (December 13, 2024)
Sen. Albert: Protect victims and ‘Truth in Sentencing’
Sen. Thomas Albert spoke against a plan that would allow prisoners to earn ‘productivity credits’ and get time cut off their minimum sentences. The primary focus of the criminal justice system should be victims, not early release of criminals. (December 12, 2024)
Sen. Albert: Patchwork of minimum wage rules hurts workers
Sen. Thomas Albert spoke against a Democrat plan that would allow local communities to adopt higher wage mandates on publicly funded projects. The plan could backfire, raise costs on housing and redevelopment projects, and hurt workers who need help the most by driving jobs out of their communities. (December 12, 2024)
Sen. Albert: Democrats vote to repeal ‘Fair and Open Competition’
Sen. Thomas Albert explains why he voted against a bill that would discriminate against non-union construction workers and raise costs for taxpayers related to public construction projects. (December 12, 2024)