We have to re-examine our trade policies. Michigan has been especially hard hit by trade policy that doesn’t like to balance trade. Clearly, we have got to address the automotive crisis right now. There are three million jobs nationally that are directly related to the auto industry and a large concentration of those are in Michigan.

A couple of other things that I am particularly passionate about– that our new president is as well– is creating green collar jobs. I think we’ve got incredible potential in Michigan and around the country to create millions of jobs in clean and renewable energy. And then, I think something that relates to the economic challenges that we experience in Michigan is healthcare. And I’m not quite sure how we’re going to start on that– whether it’s the children’s health insurance program, SCHIP or whether we tackle it in a much broader way, but I think we’ve got to help solve our healthcare crisis in this country.

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