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Wisconsin Student Government - Issues
Every year various guest speakers appear at the Legislative Seminar held in Madison during the month of February. These speaker offer a valuable amount of information to college student during their presentations. Below you will find links to the speeches and words of wisdom that were offered during the 2010 Legislative Seminar. This will be updated as information is sent to us. Please feel free to contact your local representatives and ask them to send along their words of wisdom and encouragement to Wisconsin Technical College Students.
Mark Miller is serving his second term in the Wisconsin Senate. He serves the 16th Senate District which includes parts of Dane County, Columbia County and the Village and Town of Merrimac in Sauk County. He was elected on November 2, 2004 and was sworn in on January 3, 2005. He was reelected in 2008.
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Senator Miller is the Co-Chair of the Joint Committee on Finance and the Chair of the Senate Committee on the Environment and Natural Resources. He also serves on the Joint Audit Committee, the Joint Legislative Council Committee, the Joint Committee on Employment Relations, the Joint Committee on Policy Information and Technology and the Claims Board.
He also served on the Governor’s Task Force to Improve Access to Oral Health (2005), the Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Board, the Child Welfare Program Enhancement Plan Implementation Team, and the Board of Health for Madison and Dane County.
Before being elected to the State Senate, Senator Miller served in the Wisconsin State Assembly from January of 1999 to January of 2005. Senator Miller also served on the Dane County Board of Supervisors and was a military pilot in the Air National Guard, retiring in 1995 at the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.
Senator Miller is a leading advocate in health care reform and has led the fight to pass a statewide health care plan in Wisconsin. He is committed to making health care both affordable and accessible. He is the author of legislation requiring health care coverage be provided for Wisconsin residents and children. He has continued to work to find effective and reasonably priced solutions to prescription drug costs and assure good quality health care for all Wisconsin citizens.
Senator Miller is committed to sound environmental policy and conservation. Mark strongly believes it is imperative to prevent contaminated drinking water, reduce runoff pollution into Wisconsin’s lakes, rivers and streams and make Wisconsin more energy self-sufficient. He is the author of legislation that will reduce our dependence on imported energy, create jobs and encourage a cleaner environment.
Mark graduated from Middleton High School, received his Bachelor of Science from UW-Madison in 1973. He also attended the Bowhay Institute for Legislative Leadership Development in 1999 and the Fleming Fellows Leadership Institute in 2002.
Senator Miller is married, has 3 adult children, and two grandchildren.
Read Senator Miller's Words of Wisdom to the 2010 Legislative Seminar here
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