conversation. i will be sharing it with you with little bits all this weekend. michigan is a state that has been a key battleground for several election cycles now. this year is no different. even though it s not a presidential election year, and neither of the states two u.s. senators are up for election, there are outcomes of several races here that will have huge implications in the years to come, especially for the 2024 presidential election. for one thing, democrats hold a very slim majority in congress. the senate, as you know, evenly split. 50/50. in the house of representatives, democrats only have an eight seat advantage over republicans going into election day. right now, michigan has an even number of democratic and republican representatives in the house. seven representatives each, but due to redistricting, michigan has lost one district, which means one party is certain to lose at least one of its seats in congress. on top of that, four of the most competitive h
has a real focus on technology, automators technology. i was talking with an automaker yesterday who seemed excited about something that automakers were not excited, or auto workers, or not excited about, which is changes in technology, including battery technology, electric vehicles. they sort of initially felt that would hurt their jobs and job creation, and now, they re a little more excited about it. look. i kept my finger on the pulse of this as the subcommittee chair for research and technology on how science committee our innovation didn t stop, even though we had a covid-19 pandemic. we are proliferating and assuring in the electric vehicle technologies, the hydrogen technologies, that zero emissions, you know we got that inflation reduction act done for the first time in history, we have the environmentalists and the automakers saying, we want the same thing. we want to win the future together, and it s happening here in oakland county, the place i am so privileged to call h