“Some of our department heads in state government are shaking in their boots after the governor’s speech – they know how inefficient their agencies are and how much effort it will take to fix the permitting process,” said Neyer, R-Shepherd. “But honestly, if she means what she says, the governor hit the nail on the head with her proposal to streamline the permitting process. The best way to get these state agencies to respond is to start threatening their fee income if they don’t change their ways.”

“The legislative process can be tough, but days like today prove that our system works,” said Neyer, R-Shepherd. “Two sides with vastly different viewpoints recognized there was a problem and set aside their partisan differences to find solutions. House Republicans spearheaded this effort, but we wouldn’t have a common-sense plan that keeps businesses open and servers working without Senate Democrats who were willing to abandon their liberal ideals to protect our state. It wasn’t easy, but we can leave Lansing this week knowing we did what had to be done.”