June 19, 2025 • 8 mins
Fresh off a White House visit, Michigan House Speaker Matt Hall joined us to break down how Trump’s bold economic leadership—especially tariffs—has reignited American manufacturing. While GM is bringing $4 billion back to Michigan, Hall warned that bad state policy is still pushing some manufacturers to places like Indiana. He emphasized the urgency of the 2026 election to fully capitalize on this national resurgence, pointing to House Republicans’ work on energy, tax, and education reform. With work requirements, Medicaid reforms, and cutting red tape, Hall says the foundation is being laid to turn Michigan around—if voters choose wisely.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
He's back off a fresh trip, speaking of a man
with purpose living at they get the Witches got back
from Washington, d C. As a matter of fact, Speaker
Matt Hall joining us now, Speaker, appreciate you taking the
time to be here with us today and share what
you guys all learn. You know, I just gotta start
you with this. We just had a fantastic conversation with
James Dixon from the Enjoyer about how President Trump has
(00:23):
really moved the needle, moved us back into most favorite
nation status again, the economy's flag. We saw blue collar
job wage growth just exploding. Yesterday we had that story
of these stories about the four million dollars in the
Ford manufacturing here in America again, and at the same time,
(00:43):
we had a story today. I think it's a Midwesterner
that brought up there's a manufacturer here in Kentwood that
has decided to build a seventy million dollar plant not
here but in Indiana. And so my continued focus is,
as we see the research it's right, making America great
again and making manufacturing in America great again, what do
(01:05):
we do to make sure as we see the Wolverine
Queen down under again, in Australia. She's jet setting every
other day, more concerned about other places than she is
with Michigan. What do we do to get Michigan back
on track? I know that's a big focus for you all.
Welcome in.
Speaker 2 (01:21):
Well, thanks for having me again. So you're right. You know,
this was a point of emphasis when we were at
the White House a couple of days ago and had
the opportunity to talk with Howard Lutnick, who's President Trump's
Secretary of Commerce, who's doing a great job. And you know,
one of the things that we talked about is how
(01:42):
President Trump's tariff policy is working. And you mentioned, you know,
the large investment from General Motors in Michigan and across
the country, and they're going to be building big trucks
and SUVs in Lake Orion at the plant there. Interestingly enough,
that plant was one that Gretchen Whitmer gave hundreds of
(02:04):
millions of dollars to convert from a traditional auto plant
into an EV plant. Well that was money wasted because
now you see they're going back to internal combustion engines there.
They never built evs there. Pretty interesting, uh. But but
the challenge we have is is you you know, when
(02:25):
you talk to Secretary of Leutnik, I mean he is
landing big deals. Uh. You know with President Trump, you know,
you know you read about him every day. But in Michigan,
you know, we we have to have policies, uh that
that helped them, you know, and and you you you're correct.
I mean the regulatory policies, the tax policies, the education system.
(02:52):
You know, all these things are adding up and it's
making it more challenging. So it really is remarkable that
President Trump is able to land these deals to bring
GM back into Michigan to build big trucks and big
SUVs again. So you know, but I will say there
is you know, a silver lining here in that. You know,
(03:15):
when I've been talking up at the Detroit Chamber conference
with the pliers, you know, they're saying that because of
President Trump's tariff policies, they're getting opportunities and inquiries to
do expanded manufacturing in Michigan coming from other countries. So
the teriff policies are working. But if we could get
(03:36):
our regulatory and tax policies right in Michigan, you know,
we could really take advantage of this opportunity, this resurgence
in American manufacturing that President Trump is leading.
Speaker 1 (03:50):
Yeah, you just hate to see Michigan miss out on
all of that. And that's that's my major concern because
things are shifting, and they're shifting rapidly here. That's again
I made this point with James, and I know it's
not lost on you either, but you know, the same
sort of significance that the twenty twenty four election had
on the nation, I believe the twenty twenty six election
(04:13):
here in Michigan will have on the state. We have
a chance to turn this state around. You're already in
the process of putting the groundwork down, landed the groundwork
to make that happen.
Speaker 2 (04:24):
Well, that's right. You know, we're in the last two
years of Governor Whitmer, the last two years with Winnie
Brinks and the Democrats hopefully in control of the Senate.
We have a Republican House. We took that back this
year and you know, I'm really proud of our House
Republican Caucus because we've been unified and I think we've
(04:47):
been principled and you know, what we've tried to do
is we're trying to develop you know, what is the
next energy policy for Michigan is what are the regulatory
policies that will turn our state around. Bill G. Shooty
just issued a report, you know, on on you know,
(05:09):
over one hundred regulations that that are that are causing
difficulty in creating jobs in Michigan. You know, we can
go to work on repealing those. You know, what should
the next tax policy be for Michigan? Our education policy.
So what we're doing is we're developing those policies. We're
moving them through the House and you've seen a lot
(05:31):
of them move already, and we may not get them
all through the Senate and all through the governor this time,
but our goal is to vet them to get them ready,
h to to you know, iron out anything that we
weren't thinking about that causes problems so that when the
next governor comes in, we can just hit the ground running, uh,
to turn this state around.
Speaker 1 (05:53):
There's been a lot of work behind the scenes, oversight
and things of that nature. Already we saw the big
significance and consequences. I call it the find out era.
We are in the find out early fulled around. Now
we're finding out and as Republicans took back controling Houns,
there's a lot of that's been able to happen with
oversight and some of these other issues where you've had
(06:14):
been able to come in and make de saies. What
else would you like to see happen? We only have
a little bit of time left here with you, but
what else would you like to see happen in the
days ahead?
Speaker 2 (06:25):
Well, you know, when we talked to Secretary Robert F. Kennedy,
you know, we had a great conversation with him. There's
a lot of bills that we're working on in the
Michigan House. Is aligned with the MAHA agenda to band die,
to ban soft drinks in the food stamp program. You know,
we're very aligned on work requirements for Medicaid. You know,
(06:49):
our Medicaid system is being overwhelmed by able bodied adults.
I think the cost has expanded, you know, like like
you know, almost fifty percent in recent years. I mean,
the Medicaid program is twenty five billion dollars of an
eighty four billion dollars state budget. I mean, that's what
(07:10):
it is. And so this thing is ballooning. And so
you know, it's hard for people on Medicaid to get
the services they need because it's exploding. With able bodied
men in their you know, twenties and thirties that are
on this program. So I appreciate what President Trump's doing
too in the Big Beautiful Bill to rein in the fraud.
(07:33):
There's a lot of fraud Whitmer's administration is paying out
in these systems. They're going to get fined for it
under the Big Beautiful Bill in the food stamps program.
And we're going to see improvements with work work requirements
for Medicaid. So there's some really good things going on
in a lot of alignment between us and President Trump's administration.
Speaker 1 (07:52):
Speaker of the House here in Michigan, Matt Hall, always
a pleasure. Republicans have taken back control and now things
back on track and continued push. Please join us again,
give us another update when you have more to talk about.
Would love to have you back on anytime.
Speaker 2 (08:07):
Thank you, I will you.
Speaker 1 (08:08):
Gotta thank you speaking mister Speaker. Appreciate it, Speaker, Man Hall,
God bless
He's back off a fresh trip, speaking of a man
with purpose living at they get the Witches got back
from Washington, d C. As a matter of fact, Speaker
Matt Hall joining us now, Speaker, appreciate you taking the
time to be here with us today and share what
you guys all learn. You know, I just gotta start
you with this. We just had a fantastic conversation with
James Dixon from the Enjoyer about how President Trump has
(00:23):
really moved the needle, moved us back into most favorite
nation status again, the economy's flag. We saw blue collar
job wage growth just exploding. Yesterday we had that story
of these stories about the four million dollars in the
Ford manufacturing here in America again, and at the same time,
(00:43):
we had a story today. I think it's a Midwesterner
that brought up there's a manufacturer here in Kentwood that
has decided to build a seventy million dollar plant not
here but in Indiana. And so my continued focus is,
as we see the research it's right, making America great
again and making manufacturing in America great again, what do
(01:05):
we do to make sure as we see the Wolverine
Queen down under again, in Australia. She's jet setting every
other day, more concerned about other places than she is
with Michigan. What do we do to get Michigan back
on track? I know that's a big focus for you all.
Welcome in.
Speaker 2 (01:21):
Well, thanks for having me again. So you're right. You know,
this was a point of emphasis when we were at
the White House a couple of days ago and had
the opportunity to talk with Howard Lutnick, who's President Trump's
Secretary of Commerce, who's doing a great job. And you know,
one of the things that we talked about is how
(01:42):
President Trump's tariff policy is working. And you mentioned, you know,
the large investment from General Motors in Michigan and across
the country, and they're going to be building big trucks
and SUVs in Lake Orion at the plant there. Interestingly enough,
that plant was one that Gretchen Whitmer gave hundreds of
(02:04):
millions of dollars to convert from a traditional auto plant
into an EV plant. Well that was money wasted because
now you see they're going back to internal combustion engines there.
They never built evs there. Pretty interesting, uh. But but
the challenge we have is is you you know, when
(02:25):
you talk to Secretary of Leutnik, I mean he is
landing big deals. Uh. You know with President Trump, you know,
you know you read about him every day. But in Michigan,
you know, we we have to have policies, uh that
that helped them, you know, and and you you you're correct.
I mean the regulatory policies, the tax policies, the education system.
(02:52):
You know, all these things are adding up and it's
making it more challenging. So it really is remarkable that
President Trump is able to land these deals to bring
GM back into Michigan to build big trucks and big
SUVs again. So you know, but I will say there
is you know, a silver lining here in that. You know,
(03:15):
when I've been talking up at the Detroit Chamber conference
with the pliers, you know, they're saying that because of
President Trump's tariff policies, they're getting opportunities and inquiries to
do expanded manufacturing in Michigan coming from other countries. So
the teriff policies are working. But if we could get
(03:36):
our regulatory and tax policies right in Michigan, you know,
we could really take advantage of this opportunity, this resurgence
in American manufacturing that President Trump is leading.
Speaker 1 (03:50):
Yeah, you just hate to see Michigan miss out on
all of that. And that's that's my major concern because
things are shifting, and they're shifting rapidly here. That's again
I made this point with James, and I know it's
not lost on you either, but you know, the same
sort of significance that the twenty twenty four election had
on the nation, I believe the twenty twenty six election
(04:13):
here in Michigan will have on the state. We have
a chance to turn this state around. You're already in
the process of putting the groundwork down, landed the groundwork
to make that happen.
Speaker 2 (04:24):
Well, that's right. You know, we're in the last two
years of Governor Whitmer, the last two years with Winnie
Brinks and the Democrats hopefully in control of the Senate.
We have a Republican House. We took that back this
year and you know, I'm really proud of our House
Republican Caucus because we've been unified and I think we've
(04:47):
been principled and you know, what we've tried to do
is we're trying to develop you know, what is the
next energy policy for Michigan is what are the regulatory
policies that will turn our state around. Bill G. Shooty
just issued a report, you know, on on you know,
(05:09):
over one hundred regulations that that are that are causing
difficulty in creating jobs in Michigan. You know, we can
go to work on repealing those. You know, what should
the next tax policy be for Michigan? Our education policy.
So what we're doing is we're developing those policies. We're
moving them through the House and you've seen a lot
(05:31):
of them move already, and we may not get them
all through the Senate and all through the governor this time,
but our goal is to vet them to get them ready,
h to to you know, iron out anything that we
weren't thinking about that causes problems so that when the
next governor comes in, we can just hit the ground running, uh,
to turn this state around.
Speaker 1 (05:53):
There's been a lot of work behind the scenes, oversight
and things of that nature. Already we saw the big
significance and consequences. I call it the find out era.
We are in the find out early fulled around. Now
we're finding out and as Republicans took back controling Houns,
there's a lot of that's been able to happen with
oversight and some of these other issues where you've had
(06:14):
been able to come in and make de saies. What
else would you like to see happen? We only have
a little bit of time left here with you, but
what else would you like to see happen in the
days ahead?
Speaker 2 (06:25):
Well, you know, when we talked to Secretary Robert F. Kennedy,
you know, we had a great conversation with him. There's
a lot of bills that we're working on in the
Michigan House. Is aligned with the MAHA agenda to band die,
to ban soft drinks in the food stamp program. You know,
we're very aligned on work requirements for Medicaid. You know,
(06:49):
our Medicaid system is being overwhelmed by able bodied adults.
I think the cost has expanded, you know, like like
you know, almost fifty percent in recent years. I mean,
the Medicaid program is twenty five billion dollars of an
eighty four billion dollars state budget. I mean, that's what
(07:10):
it is. And so this thing is ballooning. And so
you know, it's hard for people on Medicaid to get
the services they need because it's exploding. With able bodied
men in their you know, twenties and thirties that are
on this program. So I appreciate what President Trump's doing
too in the Big Beautiful Bill to rein in the fraud.
(07:33):
There's a lot of fraud Whitmer's administration is paying out
in these systems. They're going to get fined for it
under the Big Beautiful Bill in the food stamps program.
And we're going to see improvements with work work requirements
for Medicaid. So there's some really good things going on
in a lot of alignment between us and President Trump's administration.
Speaker 1 (07:52):
Speaker of the House here in Michigan, Matt Hall, always
a pleasure. Republicans have taken back control and now things
back on track and continued push. Please join us again,
give us another update when you have more to talk about.
Would love to have you back on anytime.
Speaker 2 (08:07):
Thank you, I will you.
Speaker 1 (08:08):
Gotta thank you speaking mister Speaker. Appreciate it, Speaker, Man Hall,
God bless
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