Senator Roger Hauck's Press Releases

LANSING, Mich. — The Michigan Senate on Wednesday passed legislation sponsored by Sen. Roger Hauck to restore Michigan’s participation in an interstate medical compact to help streamline physician licensure. “This very same effort has already been approved with vast bipartisan support by previous legislatures and has improved access to care by eliminating burdensome regulations and licensing requirements that discourage people from coming to Michigan to practice

LANSING, Mich. — Senate Republicans on Wednesday introduced a six-bill package to end Democrats’ unaffordable and unreliable energy policy mandates, restore local controls on zoning rules and lower costs for consumers. “Democrats’ Michigan Green New Deal 100% mandates have been a 100% failure,” said Sen. Michele Hoitenga, R-Manton, “They’ve stripped away local control, established a system to make energy costs skyrocket and are on track to

LANSING, Mich. — Sen. Roger Hauck, R-Mt. Pleasant, issued the following statement after the Senate finalized voting on a budget plan for the upcoming fiscal year: “The state budget has grown over 40% in recent years, and all state taxpayers got under this current budget was more government growth, along with increases in fees and taxes that further pick their pockets while Senate Democrats continue their

LANSING, Mich. — Sen. Roger Hauck voted against Senate legislation appropriating millions in additional funding to close the books on the 2023-24 fiscal year. “When it was passed last year, the budget was already too big,” said Hauck, R-Mt. Pleasant. “I voted against it then and still oppose the drastic overspending and one-sided, mismatched priorities. The Senate voted to throw even more taxpayer dollars at this

LANSING, Mich. — Sen. Roger Hauck, R-Mt. Pleasant, issued the following statement Wednesday evening after Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s 2025 State of the State address: “If the governor is genuine about her goals for Michigan moving forward, I am willing to take a seat at the table, but we’ve heard this positive message of bipartisanship before — while the results that followed were vastly different. “Under the

LANSING, Mich. — State Sen. Roger Hauck will be available for comments Wednesday evening following the governor’s 2025 State of the State address. Who:               Sen. Roger Hauck, R-Mt. Pleasant. What:             Reaction and comments following the governor’s State of the State address. When:             Immediately following the address, which is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 26. Where:           By phone or in the House Appropriations