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Medical Students Lobby for GME Funding, Loan Forgiveness at State Capitol
Students met with the following legislators (or staff):
House of Representatives:
- Representative Brian Banks (D – Detroit)
- Representative John Bizon, MD (R-Battle Creek)
- Representative Charles Brunner (D-Bay City)
- Representative Wendell Byrd (D-Detroit)
- Representative Mike Callton (R-Nashville); Health Policy Chair
- Representative Stephanie Chang (D-Detroit)
- Representative Triston Cole (R-Mancelona)
- Representative Kevin Cotter (R-Mt. Pleasant); Speaker of the House
- Representative Laura Cox (R-Livonia)
- Representative Kathy Crawford (R-Novi)
- Representative Gretchen Driskell (D-Saline)
- Representative Jeff Farrington (R-Utica)
- Representative Anthony Forlini (R-Harrison Township)
- Representative Daniela Garcia (R-Holland)
- Representative Christine Greig (D-Farmington Hills)
- Representative Jon Hoadley (D-Kalamazoo)
- Representative Martin Howrylak (R-Troy)
- Representative Brandt Iden (R-Oshtemo)
- Representative Jeff Irwin (D-Detroit)
- Representative Bradford Jacobsen (R-Oxford)
- Representative Tim Kelly (R-Saginaw Township)
- Representative Klint Kesto (R-Commerce Township)
- Representative Marilyn Lane (D-Mount Clemens)
- Representative Dan Lauwers (R-Brockway Township)
- Representative Bill Lavoy (D-Monroe)
- Representative Frank Liberati (D-Dearborn Heights)
- Representative Lisa Posthumus Lyons (R-Ionia)
- Representative Michael McCready (R-Bloomfield Hills)
- Representative Kristy Pagan (D-Belleville)
- Representative Phil Potvin (R-Cadillac)
- Representative Amanda Price (R-Park Township)
- Representative Sarah Roberts (D-St. Clair Shores)
- Representative Rose Mary Robinson (D-Detroit)
- Representative Jim Runestad (R-White Lake)
- Representative Sam Singh (D-East Lansing); Democratic Floor Leader
- Representative Pat Somerville (R-New Boston)
- Representative Alberta Talabi (D-Detroit)
- Representative Jim Tedder (R-Clarkston)
- Representative Jim Townsend (D-Oak Park)
- Representative Henry Vaupel (R-Fowlerville)
- Representative Michael Webber (R-Rochester Hills)
- Representative Robert Wittenberg (D-Royal Oak)
- Representative Henry Yanez (D-Sterling Heights)
- Representative Adam Zemke (D-Ann Arbor)
- Senator Darwin Booher (R-Evart)
- Senator Jack Brandenburg (R-Harrison Township)
- Senator Patrick Colbeck (R-Canton)
- Senator Judy Emmons (R-Sheridan)
- Senator Vincent Gregory (D-Southfield)
- Senator Morris Hood III (D-Detroit)
- Senator Hoon-Yung Hopgood (D-Taylor)
- Senator Ken Horn (R-Frankenmuth)
- Senator Joe Hune (R-Hamburg)
- Senator Bert Johnson (D-Detroit)
- Senator David Knezek (D-Dearborn Heights)
- Senator Marty Knollenberg (R-Troy)
- Senator Mike Kowall (R-White Lake); Republic Floor Leader
- Senator Peter MacGregor (R-Rockford)
- Senator Jim Marleau (R-Lake Orion)
- Senator Arlan Meekhof (R-West Olive); Senate Majority Leader
- Senator Margaret O’Brien (R-Portage)
- Senator Phil Pavlov (R-St. Clair Township)
- Senator Tory Rocca (R-Sterling Heights)
- Senator Wayne Schmidt (R-Traverse City)
- Senator Rebecca Warren (D-Ann Arbor)
- Senator Coleman Young II (D-Detroit)
- Senator Dale Zorn (R-Ida)
For more information about legislative advocacy or Student Lobby Day, contact MSMS Senior Director of Government Relations Colin Ford at 517/336-5737.