We Cannot Wait For The Storm To

Our Economic Competitors ... Are Eating Us For Lunch, And We Can Get In The Game Or Not. We Can Be At The Table, Or We Can Be On The Table.

The Most Powerful Recent Innovation In Government Is When States Aggressively Use Community Colleges For Retraining. In Michigan, Where Large Numbers Of Workers Were Displaced From The Manufacturing Industry, We Created A Wildly Successful Program: No Worker Left Behind.

Do We Want In This Nation To Lose The Backbone Of Manufacturing In This Country? Do We Want To Be A Nation That Doesn't Want To Manufacture Anything?

If The Person At The Wheel Refuses To Ask For Directions, It Is Time For A New Driver.

As A State We Are So Uniquely Positioned In So Many Ways. Our Geography, Our Placement In The Country, And Our History Positions Us To Be The State That Propels Energy Efficiency As An Industry.