Recent podcasts on the Michigan Senate Republicans website http://www.senate.michigan.gov/gop News and information from the Michigan Senate Republicans en-us Copyright 2007-12 Michigan Senate Republican Caucus. All Rights Reserved. 5/19/2013 3:04:07 AM 20 http://www.misenategop.com/rss_audio.asp?District=32 Senator Roger Kahn's comments regarding Nexteer Automotive from a recently conducted newspaper interview. http://www.senate.michigan.gov/gop/audio/32/20110315_Kahn_Nexteer.mp33/15/2011Sen. Kahn makes the case to sunset Michigans EITC. Michigan State Senator Roger Kahn M.D. notes that Michigan's projected EITC expenditures for 2012 would exceed the cost of ten of the state's departmental budgets combined. http://www.senate.michigan.gov/gop/audio/32/20110208_Kahn_EITC.mp32/8/2011Senator Kahn addresses the issue of Canadian trash being brought to Michigans landfills. Michigan State Senator Roger Kahn M.D. notes that it is the Interstate Commerce Clause of the United State Constitution that gives the federal government jurisdiction and denies Michigan jurisdiction in this matter. He urges Senators Debbie Stabenow and Carl Levin to take action to reduce the increasing and uncontrollable amount of out of state and foreign trash that is over burdening Michigans limited landfill space. http://www.senate.michigan.gov/gop/audio/32/20110201_Kahn_Trash.mp32/1/2011Senator Roger Kahn gives this thoughts on Governor Snyder's State of the State Address. http://www.senate.michigan.gov/gop/audio/32/20110119_Kahn_SOS.mp31/19/2011Senator Kahn's bill improves trauma care throughout the entire state. http://www.senate.michigan.gov/gop/audio/32/20101206_Kahn_Trauma.mp312/6/2010Senator Kahn moves legislation to help citizens appeal their property taxes. http://www.senate.michigan.gov/gop/audio/32/20101206_Kahn_SB395.mp312/6/2010Senator Kahn passes Senate Bill 212 to help local police departments. http://www.senate.michigan.gov/gop/audio/32/20101206_Kahn_SB212.mp312/6/2010Senator Kahn announces his legislation allowing restoration of the Ground Water Use Dispute Resolution Process. Michigan State Senator Roger Kahn M.D. worked tirelessly to find funding for this important environmental protection legislation. http://www.senate.michigan.gov/gop/audio/32/20100929_Kahn_Ground_Water.mp39/29/2010Senator Kahn introduces a Senate Resolution recognizing September 23, National Falls Awareness Day. http://www.senate.michigan.gov/gop/audio/32/2-1--923_Kahn_Fall_Prev.mp39/23/2010Senator Kahn comments on Senate Bill 1432: a bill to prevent Michigan Bridge Cards from being used to make fund withdrawals at ATM machines in casinos. Michigan State Senator Roger Kahn M.D. acted along with Senate Republicans after hearing testimony of this widespread abuse of money intended to help feed families. http://www.senate.michigan.gov/gop/audio/32/20101921_Kahn_SB1432.mp39/21/2010Senator Kahn introduces legislation to provide funding to local law enforcement through the sale of confiscated firearms. Michigan State Senator Roger Kahn M.D. worked to give law enforcement this funding option which has been prohibited under state law. http://www.senate.michigan.gov/gop/audio/32/20100921_Kahn_SB212.mp39/21/2010Senator Kahn comments on Senate passage of the Community Health budget for the coming fiscal year. Michigan State Senator Roger Kahn M.D. is Chair of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on the Michigan Department of Human Services. http://www.senate.michigan.gov/gop/audio/32/20101921_Kahn_DHS_Budget.mp39/21/2010Senator Kahn comments on a Senate Resolution he sponsored to dedicate September 15 through October 15, 2010 as Hispanic heritage Month in Michigan. Michigan State Senator Roger Kahn sponsored this resolution in recognition of the contributions of Michigan's Hispanic people. http://www.senate.michigan.gov/gop/audio/32/20100915_Kahn_Hispanic_Mo.mp39/15/2010Senator Kahn invites pastor Rod McTaggart to give the Senate Invocation. http://www.senate.michigan.gov/gop/audio/32/20100819_Kahn_Invocation.mp38/19/2010Senator Kahn comments on Senate passage of Senate Bill 1077. Michigan State Senator roger Kahn M.D. sponsored this legislation to help local fire departments partner with schools to train future firefighters. http://www.senate.michigan.gov/gop/audio/32/20100721_Kahn_SB1077.mp37/21/2010Senator Kahn announces legislation to constitutionally ban oil drilling in the Great Lakes. Michigan State Senator Roger Kahn M.D. also introduced a Resolution asking Canada to cease drilling in the Great lakes as well. http://www.senate.michigan.gov/gop/audio/32/20100712_Kahn_Drilling_Ban.mp37/12/2010Senator Kahn comments on legislation to guarantee Second Amendment rights in Michigan. Michigan State Senator Roger Kahn M.D. acted after the recent United States Supreme Court decision on behalf of hunters in Michigan to legally transport firearms. http://www.senate.michigan.gov/gop/audio/32/20100701_Kahn_2nd_Amnd.mp37/6/2010Senator Kahn comments on Senate Bill 1077. Michigan State Senator Roger Kahn M.D. sponsored the legislation to allow local communities to create partnerships between high schools and fire departments for the purpose training future firefighters. http://www.senate.michigan.gov/gop/audio/32/20100701_Kahn_SB1077.mp37/1/2010Senator Kahn speaks on behalf on a Senate Resolution urging President Obama and Congress to take action in stopping Asian Carp from entering the Great Lakes. Michigan State Senator Roger Kahn M.D. asks the Obama administration to act quickly as an Asian Carp was caught Tuesday just 6 miles from Lake Michigan in Lake Calumet. http://www.senate.michigan.gov/gop/audio/32/20100624_Kahn_Asian_Carp.mp36/24/2010Senator Kahn sponsors legislation to help young people train to become fire fighters. Michigan State Senator Roger Kahn M.D. introduced this legislation to allow local fire departments to provide education and training to fire fighter candidates at no cost to the state. http://www.senate.michigan.gov/gop/audio/32/20100617_Kahn_Firefighter_Ed.mp36/17/2010Senator Kahn announces the final steps in funding for the new Saginaw Valley State University College of Nursing facility. http://www.senate.michigan.gov/gop/audio/32/20100615_Kahn_SVSU_Nursing.mp36/16/2010Senator Roger Kahn offers a tribute to those who have fallen in the service of our nation. http://www.senate.michigan.gov/gop/audio/32/20100531_Kahn_Memorial_Day.mp36/1/2010The Capitol Report with Senator Roger Kahn M.D.: May-June 2010 Edition Michigan State Senator Roger Kahn discusses economic development in Gratiot County with Greater Gratiot Development, Inc. President Donald C. Schurr. http://www.senate.michigan.gov/gop/audio/32/20100513_Kahn_Cable.mp35/17/2010Senator Kahn comments on final passage of Senate Bill 757. Michigan State Senator Roger Kahn M.D. sponsored this legislation to give curriculum choices to middle school students in order to tailor, individualize and enhance their education to their specific needs. http://www.senate.michigan.gov/gop/audio/32/20100506_Kahn_SB757.mp35/6/2010Senator Kahn comments on final passage of his legislation which prohibits texting while driving. Michigan State Senator Roger Kahn M.D. sponsored this legislation upon learning that a woman in his district received a closed head injury after being struck from behind by a texting driver. The legislation will be signed into law on Friday, April 30, 2010 by the governor on The Oprah Winfrey television program. http://www.senate.michigan.gov/gop/audio/32/20100429_Kahn_Texting.mp34/29/2010Senator Kahn comments on his legislation to require homeless sex offenders to register with the Michigan State Police as to the areas they frequent most. Michigan State Senator Roger Kahn M.D. sponsored this legislation to correct Michigan law after the courts decided that convicted sex offenders who were homeless were not required in current statute to register with the Michigan Sex Offender Registry. http://www.senate.michigan.gov/gop/audio/32/20100429_Kahn_Sex_Offenders.mp34/29/2010Senator Kahn addresses the Senate on the the need to review Michigan's parole statutes. Michigan State Senator Roger Kahn M.D. sites several cases in which paroled offenders commit violent acts soon after being released back into our communities. http://www.senate.michigan.gov/gop/audio/32/20100427Kahn_Statement.mp34/28/2010Senator Kahn presents Senate Resolution 134 to the Senate Body. Michigan State Senator Roger Kahn M.D. sponsored SR134 urging the United States Supreme Court to clarify the right to bear arms as it applies to individuals. http://www.senate.michigan.gov/gop/audio/32/20100420_Kahn_SR134.mp34/20/2010Senator Kahn comments on his legislation to require homeless sex offenders to comply with the state's sex offender registry laws. Michigan State Senator Roger Kahn M.D. sponsored this legislation to correct a glitch in state law that did not require such registration. http://www.senate.michigan.gov/gop/audio/32/20100415_Kahn_Homeless_Sex_Offender.mp34/15/2010Senator Kahn discusses legislation he introduced to prohibit the use of Asian Carp as bait fish in Michigan,. Michigan State Senator Roger Kahn M.D. sponsored this bill in recognition of the fact that bait fish often get loose, reproduce and over populate Michigan's waterways. http://www.senate.michigan.gov/gop/audio/32/20100331_Kahn_Asian_Carp.mp34/5/2010