Issue Position: Jobs

Issue Position

Our top priority must be getting people back to work.

Prior to joining the Senate, Tarryl faced the same challenges in her career that thousands of Minnesota's businesses face every day: how to make payroll, how to afford the rising costs of health insurance, how to stay on budget.

As a State Senator, Tarryl worked to grow jobs and support small businesses. She blocked a major tax increase on small businesses, and started grants for entrepreneurs, small business development and worker training to create economic development.

She brought together industry and Labor to create vertical construction and transportation jobs. She authored and passed a bill to stimulate jobs through workforce development, and authored the Central Minnesota bioscience initiative to bring high-paying life sciences jobs to the 6th District.

As a member of the Senate's Higher Education Committee, Tarryl has worked closely with our state's colleges and universities to invest in the opportunities of tomorrow, investing in science and technology and training facilities. She brought together higher education institutions, workforce development and training to better leverage resources, reduce hassle for business and students, and better prepare students for the future.

While Michele Bachmann has refused to work with local governments and businesses to advance projects and secure federal funding, Tarryl has partnered with them to help create critical jobs and opportunities, such as the Northstar commuter line and road and bridge improvements, and will continue to do so as their representative in Congress.

And she's worked to create opportunity for new industries, such as bioscience and homegrown energy, that will bring new jobs to our state.

In Congress, Tarryl will make creating jobs in the District Job #1 by promoting clean energy jobs and investments in infrastructure like the Northstar line and I-94.

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