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Thank you for your yes vote from Gratiot County. Our State Senator failed us on this vote. Keep up the good work.

Thank you for understanding the needs Corrections Officer's have! And Thank You for Speaking for Them!

thank you !

They should have had it for nurses at Michigan Veterans Homes. Pensions should never have been taken away from them. It seems like caring for prisoners is more important to the state than caring for vets. I don't begrudge the officers if they get it, but don't forget the nurses.

FANTASTIC! As usual

We need to get Congress to restore Tribal Treaty Hunting and Trapping Rights to Yellowstone Park. Wolves kill and eat people. Wolf Terrorism is a Livestock Insurance scam. Livestock Insurance was zero in 1995, $3 billion in 2023 and expected to exceed $6 billion by 2030. Wolves mostly eat immature Ungulates. So they will need to eat four to six Deer fawns rather than one mature adult animal. Mankind is the Apex Predator and part of the Wildlife on Planet Earth. Wolves belong in safe Zoos. Children should be safe to pick berries by the Creek and Fish at the Pond. Criminals in many States ignore Federal law and sale Cannabis mostly to fuel pedophile parties. Hunters should not be held liable for mistaking a Wolf from a Coyote as from 100 yards they are indistinguishable.

This is 100% TRUE! what he doesn't touch on is how just to get sleep, officers have to use their sick/annual time. There's no work/life balance. The person at the top is always in trouble for touching women. FIRE CHAPMAN! PUT SOMEONE IN CHARGE WITH MORALS AND COMMON SENSE. Like how about you INCREASE PAY, GIVE THEM THEIR PENSION and ENFORCE THE 32 HOUR RULE! Gotta ask yourself how much you'd want to be paid to have piss and shit thrown at you all day, to be spit on. To be literally held prisoner at work. They violate FMLA. THEY VIOLATE THE 32 HOUR RULE. I CANT EVEN TELL YOU THE LAST TIME MY EX HUSBAND HAD A NORMAL WORK WEEK. IT DOESNT EXIST.

The crisis is getting worse. It’s getting so bad I believe everyone who works for Mdoc feel as if they are on board a sinking ship and wonder at what point do they jump off. The state shows no care or compassion for its Correctional Officers. If they gave incentive such as a pension or healthcare after retirement many officers would stay as of now there is none.

This is self induced. Shoulda kept the pension. Shouldn’t have cut pay and benefits. MDOC isn’t a career anymore, it’s just a job. When a better job comes along, someone is gonna take it.

Since you are UP representative i subscribed. But I'm still afraid of bears on US2...

Unreal! Let the people who live in wolf areas decide not a judge from California!

I for one that was forced out of business by bureaucrats who had the power. We have to defund agencies that are out of control.

Agree with everything you spoke about

Kudos, Sen. McBroom! My family for generations were farmers. Thank you for your passion and honesty. Great arguments. Great analogies. Let’s hope more level heads prevail.

We the people need to oppose this deal NOW not when its done !

Yea they want want to put solar panels on thousands of acres of farm land in south la. This makes no sense solar and wind cannot stand alone it will need other sources for back up. Think of the batteries needed for this idiot idea. Electric cars failed. Wake up people before it's to late.

Thank you for calling them out. This nonsense WILL cripple our state. I know of 4 families already talking about selling and moving out of Michigan now before they take a big loss of their property.

Great speech! Thank you for sticking up for the citizens of Michigan and keep up the fight against this NOT green, horrible idea that doesnt work and only puts money in the utility companies pockets and big wind/solar corporations plus destroy all of our farm land, never to be restored.

one big lie!

Thank you Senator McBroom for standing up for the majority of citizens in this great state. The promise of cheaper electric bills is

The Dems want the ability to deny responsibility for the actions of the bureaucrats they intentionally enabled. Bureaucrats are the jack boooted thugs that enable the unspoken political agenda of the globalists

I got involved in climate activism when a utility-scale solar development got proposed in Michigan's White River Township where our family has a cottage. The development would have covered half the Lake Michigan township's agricultural land in an area a Nature Conservancy study determined as ecologically significant. I got involved with locals working to right size the development and talked to folks on both side of the issue online and in person. I couldn't understand why a compromise couldn't be reached with local climate activists, but after conversations realized that they were suffering from eco-anxiety, extreme worry about current and future harm to the environment caused by human activity and climate change. I didn't even know that was a thing! We do need to fight climate change, but we also need to preserve our natural and agricultural lands, put more solar on rooftops and parking lots, and do it economic and ecologically smart manner. Although I agree we have a problem in Michigan with sighting these solar and wind power plants, I don’t agree that the state should be taking control of this zoning process from local governments and residents. Instead, the state should identify the best locations for these installations in brownfields, industrial and agriculturally zoned lands across the state. If solar is built on agricultural lands, it should be required that the land is also utilized for growing crops or grazing livestock in addition to solar power generation - this is called agrivoltaics. (see link 1 below). After identifying on a statewide scale proper locations for green energy development, the state should work with local governments to see proper zoning is developed which takes the local, long-term Master Plan and local concerns into account. They should provide guidelines, not take control over local zoning decisions. The state should also protect local governments from bullying and lawsuits by big businesses who are trying to quickly force these development projects upon our citizens so they can get their piece of the federal government subsidies available for these projects. The state should also be requiring parking lots over a certain size to be covered with solar canopies, like France has done. (see link 2 below) MSU has a demonstration site for effectively combining parking and solar. In addition to the state assisting local communities with developing proper zoning for these installations, they should also be identifying inappropriate locations for such utility-scale green energy development statewide. The Nature Conservancy has released such a regional study which includes Michigan that identifies ecologically sensitive areas inappropriate for utility-scale solar and wind development. (see link 3 below) This sort of development should be spread around the state and close to the urban areas where it is needed instead of in remote, rural areas. There should also be caps on the percentage of agriculturally zoned land and total percentage caps of the township/city. 3% of agriculturally zoned land is the figure many keep referring to in these discussions, but this is a statewide figure. Maybe utility-scale solar development sizes should be capped at 10% to 15% of agricultural lands in the specific counties, cities, and townships. I am not as familiar with wind power development, but similar restrictions should be developed for that as well. Clustering these huge, utility-scale solar development in rural areas is discriminatory as well as bad business and policy. If we cover all our agricultural lands, we will have to import all our food. Also, I want to address the argument that private landowners should be able to do whatever they want with their property. We have Zoning and Master Plans that guide the use of our lands and protect the development rights of all landowners and citizens. Part of the issue with building utility-scale solar on agricultural lands is that it is not agricultural use - it is industrial (see link 4 below). If the farmer wanted to build a coal power plant or manufacturing plant on their property, they would have to get a change in zoning or special use permit. They must do the same with utility-scale solar because it is not farming. Lastly, the rollout of solar energy is an opportunity to democratize our power grid. Solar makes the most sense at the point of power need. There should be panels installed at every residence, business location and government office. Local installation is more efficient and reliable. It both minimizes power loss in transmission and is more reliable than transporting power hundreds of miles over our electrical grid.

Great speech! Thank you for representing and supporting the U.P!

A little late to be worried about increasing rates and worse reliability, and getting hard on utilities. Stop taking utility lobbist money, you and all the other politicians. Go look it up people, Ed McBroom accepted DTE money too, as much as he acts like he doesn't! Solar and wind are brilliant, it's the lowest cost generation now and no mountains of coal ash.

Ed, is not crimate change. None. They have yelled that stuff for centuries.

Dems are destroying our state.

Great speech. It is making the rounds on Facebook but has already been flagged by the "fact checkers" (from foreign locations, no less). Keep up the great work. God bless and be well. We are here for a reason!

It’s so ridiculous!!!

Michigan has to quit stealing from the taxpayers. We're overtaxed, and over regulated and now they want to steal our farmland. Just say NO to solar!

Fantastic speech, thank you for representing we the people!!!

Nothing is cheaper !

Solor and wind is not the answer

We don't want to eat sythenic meat or bugs

Thanks, Senator Ed, for speaking Truth. "Truth needs to be heard. Truth needs to be spoken." I love Truth's other name: Jesus.

Yes! Stand strong for the truth-human life is precious from conception to natural death.

Support Jim Jordan and Donald Trump ❤

Trains are bad for delivery of oil and chemicals

She's selling us out!

❤ agree 100 % charge them for selling baby parts too

We need someone like this man for governor

A very boring and depressing job. Labor is a commodity. Supply and demand. Gotta pay more. High priced babysitting.

Can you please stand up for all Corrections Employees and not just officers. Every department within Corrections is experiencing everything you mentioned in this video. Staff Shortages, Working Double Shifts ect. Warehouse Staff, Maintenance Staff, Kitchen Staff, not just Officers. We are all STRESSED to the MAX and then to find out that ONLY Corrections Officers could potentially be transferred to the State Police Retirement fund and not all Correction Staff only adds to it. We all need to be rewarded with a Pension for dedicating 25 years of service to the State of Michigan.

Senator McBroom? What was your vote on HB 4001 again?

Tom was a good friend. I miss him.

This guy is a liar! Any man who says he doesn’t fear God belongs job hunting!

Excellent job. Thanks you for saying what needs to be said!

This dude’s pissed because his form of Christianity isn’t as popular as it used to be. Religion is already part of MI civil rights law. He can sue if he’s discriminated against. That’s not so for gays and transgenders.

Nailed it 100%