Welcome to my Web site!
I'm State Representative Roy Schmidt, and I serve Michigan's 76th House District.
I hope you find my Web site useful and informative. You can use it to keep up-to-date on the work I'm doing in Lansing to make our community a better place to live, work and raise a family. You can also use it to sign up to receive my e-newsletter. I encourage you to please contact me if I can ever be of service. I am here to serve you and be your voice in our State Capitol.
Sincerely,
State Representative Roy Schmidt
76th House District
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Plan restores cuts to schools, increases their funding in coming year— Aug 26, 2010LANSING – State Representative Roy Schmidt (D-Grand Rapids) voted on Wednesday to protect Michigan residents and communities from additional layoffs of police and firefighters by resolving the shortfall in the current state budget. ...
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Schmidt, Huck strengthen protections in auto dealers' contracts with manufacturers— Jul 28, 2010LANSING – State Representatives Roy Schmidt (D-Grand Rapids) and Mike "Huck" Huckleberry (D-Greenville) today voted for a plan to better protect Michigan auto dealers and workers when an automaker terminates their contract. ...
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Lawmaker fosters collaboration on bills between dealers and manufacturers— Jul 01, 2010LANSING – The Michigan House of Representative today passed a plan introduced by State Representative Roy Schmidt (D-Grand Rapids) to strengthen Michigan's auto franchise law in order to better protect auto dealers when an automaker goes into bankruptcy. The plan passed with broad bipartisan support. ...
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— Jun 24, 2010"We've been weathering some pretty tough economic times in Michigan over the past few years and nowhere is that more apparent than in our auto industry. ...
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Vacant building once housed office of President Ford, Grand Rapids Art Museum— Jun 15, 2010LANSING – State Representative Roy Schmidt (D-Grand Rapids) today applauded the awarding of nearly $4.2 million in tax credits from the Michigan Economic Growth Authority (MEGA) Board to aid in the brownfield redevelopment project of the federal building in downtown Grand Rapids. ...