Julie DeRose
RepublicanQ1 Scientific and technical expertise can inform decisions related to healthcare, energy, infrastructure, manufacturing, and emerging technologies. What role, if any, should scientific evidence and expert input play in your policymaking process, and how would you communicate scientific uncertainty or evolving evidence to the public?
“Evidence, expert input and common sense will play a significant role in my policy making process as well as the best way to communicate uncertainty to the public. “
KEYWORDS: evidence, reliable, objective, people
Q2 Government research funding supports universities, medical centers, and technology development across Michigan and the nation. What role, if any, should the federal government play in supporting scientific research and innovation, and what outcomes would you prioritize when evaluating those investments?
“Honest, scientific evidence where outcomes are not influenced by money or politics. I would not support research that is skewed due to funding, political priorities, etc. “
KEYWORDS: Transparent, honest, innovative
Q3 Michigan farmers face challenges including shifting weather patterns, localized droughts, fluctuating input costs, and global market pressures. What policies or investments, if any, would you support to help farmers remain productive and economically competitive, and what role could scientific research and innovation play in those efforts?
“Farming plays a significant, vital role in our State’s economy, in the country and globally. I support farmers and innovation/technology that can safely and efficiently help them with productivity, profitability and good health of our farms and farmers. I will protect our farmers and listen to them to help address needs and barriers to their best possible success. “
KEYWORDS: Vital, innovation, productivity, profitability, support
Q4 Michigan communities continue to face challenges related to aging water infrastructure, contamination concerns such as PFAS, and long-term protection of the Great Lakes. What policies or investments, if any, would you support to improve drinking water safety and water infrastructure in Michigan?
“I want to learn more from objective, smart, unbiased experts in order to determine the best solutions for these issues. We must protect our water supplies and our Great Lakes with reasonable, efficient, innovative solutions.”
KEYWORDS: Healthy, resources, safe, innovation, science, improvement, plan
Q5 Many communities face shortages in healthcare providers and limited access to specialty care. What policies, if any, do you support to address this daily challenge and do you envision emerging technologies playing a role?
“I envision emerging technologies playing an increasingly larger role in all of our lives. With healthcare, the human connection and prevention is so important and the shortage of healthcare providers in Michigan is real. Policies that create opportunities, incentives and benefits for healthcare providers to stay in Michigan are vital. Too many are leaving our State.”
KEYWORDS: Incentives, community, access, specialty, family practice, specialists
Q9 Rapid expansion of artificial intelligence and large-scale data centers are increasing demand for energy and water infrastructure. What policies, if any, would you support to balance technological growth with infrastructure reliability and environmental sustainability?
“Although these centers already exist in our country on a fairly large scale, I need to learn more about this rapidly changing technological expansion. Location, energy and water usage are among many concerns that people have. I expect these to be addressed objectively and not blurred by big business, money, politics and non-disclosure agreements. Water and energy infrastructure created by the centers themselves seems like a reasonable requirement, but again I need objective, honest data and projections from experts and from actual residents who live, work and are impacted by these centers already.”
KEYWORDS: Controlled, objective, self-sustaining, location, infrastructure, plan, balance, environment, health, economics