Great day hanging out in Western Upper Peninsula with State Representative Greg Markkanen at the Red Bull 400!

To all those that gave the ultimate for their Country, I give you my deepest respect and thanks. This Memorial Day weekend, remember those that lost their lives defending our freedom.

I was happy to stop by the Michigan State Police Calumet Post for the open house! Back our blue! 👮‍♂️👮‍♀️

I was happy to help this evening with the restoration project at the Schoolcraft cemetery in Calumet.

Do your thing Yoopers.

"A new pipeline buried in a utility tunnel 100 ft. below the floor of the Straits is the best & safest option we have for getting crucial energy resources where they need to go," says State Representative Greg Markkanen on the #Line5 tunnel. ow.ly/oUhe50v4YMi

After the ribbon cutting, State Representative Greg Markkanen and I met with local constituents and government officials from around the county.

Happy to have the support of Colonel Sanders!

This morning, Marine Corps veteran Bernard Stanaway, Jr. of Negaunee was named U.P. Veteran of the Year! I joined other local leaders in honoring him for his courageous service to our nation and extensive volunteer work across the Upper Peninsula. Thank you! 🇺🇸

Here are 33 of the most important items to citizens of the Upper Peninsula slashed from the budget by Governor Gretchen Whitmer: 1. $2,500 for a feasibility study to bring a veterans cemetery to the U.P. 2. $4 million to help county veteran service officers connect with veterans in need

3. $250,00 for a veteran benefit eligibility study to help streamline veterans’ application for benefits 4. $250,000 for a buddy-to-buddy program that connects veterans struggling with PTSD 5. $50,000 for updated uniforms for our National Guard 6. $1 million for the Soo Locks

7. $2 million for sheriffs to hire personnel to patrol secondary roads 8. $200,000 for conservation district improvements 9. $20,000 to support the civil air patrol when they assist the state in fire surveillance, missing persons searches, etc.

10. $10 million for the rural jobs and capital investment fund 11. $200,000 designated to study PFAS in game and wildlife 12. $100,000 for deer habitat improvement 13. $100,000 in children behavioral health counseling services

14. $500,000 for mental and physical health programs at senior centers 15. $10.7 million in psychiatric services at critical access hospitals 16. $1.5 million to help detect traumatic brain injuries in children

17. $175,000 in legal services for individuals getting social security disability 18. $175,000 to support low-income refugee families’ transition to self-sufficiency 19. $300,000 to provide emergency shelter to homeless and runaway youth

20. $600,000 for high-school students struggling with opioid abuse 21. $34.2 million for services for Medicaid patients at critical access hospitals 22. $1 million in assistance for human trafficking survivors 23. $3.89 million for nurses who attend to child Medicaid patients

24. $4.6 million for replacing electronic tethers for parolees 25. $3.3 million in payments to landowners in the Commercial Forest Program 26. $18.6 million payments in lieu of taxes to local governments for property owned by the DNR 27. $16 million in grants for CTE equipment

28. $7 million for rural school districts with high transportation costs 29. $700,000 adoption support services 30. $2 million for foster care payments 31. $1 million for child advocacy centers 32. $3,750,000 for at-risk youth

33. $2 million for the state’s first responder communications network. Please let me know what you think is the worst thing our governor slashed from the state budget.

Spent the afternoon on the road with Michigan State Police Troopers from the Calumet Post. Enjoyed learning about their important role firsthand as well as various public safety issues affecting the Copper Country. Proud to #BackTheBlue! #LawEnforcementAppreciationMonth