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Mike Braun

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Mike Braun is an American businessman and politician currently serving as the junior United States senator from Indiana, a position he has held since January 3, 2019. A member of the Republican Party, Braun has focused on issues such as fair representation and gerrymandering, advocating for equitable electoral maps in Indiana. His business background includes founding a successful auto parts company, which has informed his approach to economic policy and job creation.

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Jul 20, 2023

The ability to achieve the American dream of homeownership is in peril as housing today is less affordable than it has ever been.

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Jul 19, 2023

When 75% of Hoosiers are unable to afford the median price of a new home under President Biden's economy, we know there is a serious issue.

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Jul 19, 2023

We are going to have to--you know, STEM degrees are under produced in Indiana, for instance, and we need more of them to fill that high demand, very high pay niche.

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Jul 19, 2023

Federal Government, I think too, can help generally on the main drivers of an economy that folks are wondering what do we have, by not spending and borrowing more, because you don't need a macroeconomics degree, that creates inflation.

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Jul 19, 2023

I want to give a shout out to a company in Indiana, the Cook Medical Group, who does medical device manufacturing as its business, but it has taken on trying to make affordable housing something that they are going to try to make--weigh in…

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Jul 19, 2023

at least 10 places across our State we have had PFAS showing up in the water at levels above the Federal guidelines.

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Jul 19, 2023

They are going to make more money in many cases than most four-year degrees would produce, and they are going to have a job from the day they get their diploma.

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Jul 19, 2023

But regulation, as it comes from here especially. Can you cite a couple of the key regulations that drive costs up?

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Jul 19, 2023

A lot of times things we do here are well-intended, but you cannot do it by borrowing from future generations.

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Jul 19, 2023

at least 10 places across our State we have had PFAS showing up in the water at levels above the Federal guidelines.

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Jul 19, 2023

I challenge employers throughout the country to make sure to take that into consideration.

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Jul 19, 2023

When I do visit all 92 counties in our State, by far the issue I hear even above and beyond rural broadband, affordable housing, would be workforce.

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Jul 19, 2023

I mean, that just seems outrageously high as a median, and that is actually higher than what the median is across the country.

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Jul 19, 2023

I think the solutions to all of these are probably left best to the laboratory of the states.

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Jul 19, 2023

Spending policies, I think, have exacerbated an already unaffordable housing market.

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Jul 19, 2023

The ability to achieve the American dream of homeownership is in peril as housing today is less affordable than it has ever been.

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Jul 19, 2023

I think that is the wrong way to accomplish maybe a goal that is noble to help those that need help affording a place to live, but not like that.

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Jul 19, 2023

Under the Biden Administration, Americans are less able to afford a home than practically any other time in our history.

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Jul 19, 2023

Federal bureaucrats should not step in the way. We must do more to address federal regulatory burdens.

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Jul 19, 2023

More housing needs to be built in order to lower prices.

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Jul 18, 2023

I have gotten water, ever since I moved back to my hometown, from a rural water district, Patoka Lake, an Army Corps lake.

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Jul 12, 2023

You know, Social Security is closer, but as you look over time... the increment in Medicare is...

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Jul 12, 2023

You know, Social Security is closer, but as you look over time... the increment in Medicare is...

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Jul 12, 2023

If we want to focus on policy that would really make a difference, that would probably be the thing we could do...

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Jul 12, 2023

It's shameful that we keep projecting the Bidenomics, the Biden plan, to where we're 52 trillion in debt.

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