Mike Blouin
Mike Blouin
Michael Thomas "Mike" Blouin, American politician, was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from 1975 to 1979, representing Iowa's 2nd congressional district. He was a candidate in the 2006 race for Governor of Iowa but lost in the primary to Chet Culver...
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We need to get back to the basics in elementary school. Without that, the enhanced curriculum in junior and senior high school will reject more students.
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You can have the most state?of?the?art facility, but if you don't have the staff there to deal with it, you're not addressing the real safety issues.
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People here take primaries seriously. These are the folks who make the party work.
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We always had a standing rule on economic development that towns didn't steal from each other. If they were going to do that, they didn't get any help from the state. I think the same thing should apply here.
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I don't think you dismiss out of hand an independent, nonpartisan report from an entity that's looked and used the same factors to grade all 50 states as something that's totally erroneous.
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I believe this is an area where we can be bold, work collectively, and make a dramatic difference in the quality of life of all Iowans.
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We live in a competitive world with states and countries that will beat our brains in if we don't have the ability to compete.
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Every student should have the educational opportunities available to them so that they can enthusiastically pursue any career opportunity they might be interested in. And then we need to create those career opportunities in Iowa so that they have the opportunity to live out their educational interests between our rivers.
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She has the right experience and the right values to help me move the complex and broken system of health care.
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Much of the talk has been about enhancing high school kinds of offerings. That's way too late.
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The statement we're trying to make tonight transfers the difference we have in this primary.
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Our reputation for a quality workforce is our greatest strength. If we are to maintain this essential aspect of Iowa life, I am convinced that we must act now to protect critical job training services.
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Children who are not covered still get sick, they still seek treatment. And the cost is dramatically higher if we ignore the problem.
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But when you're talking about replacing, expanding, renovating an existing facility, I think that has to stay in the community it came from.