Tennessee State House of Representatives-49th District
In general, the functions of the Legislature (House & Senate) are to enact, amend, and repeal the laws of Tennessee. Some of the specific powers granted to the General Assembly by the state Constitution include: the appropriation of all money to be paid out of the state treasury; the levy and collection of taxes; and the right to authorize counties and incorporated towns to levy taxes.To qualify for election to the House, one must be 21 years old, a U.S. citizen, a state resident for three years, and a resident of the county in which elected for one year immediately preceding the election.The larger house, and arguably the more representative one, of Tennessee's bicameral legislature is called the House of Representatives. The state is divided into 99 House districts from each of which one representative is elected. Each district is comprised of approximately 64,102 residents. Representatives are elected to two-year terms.
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Connie Casha
(Dem)
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Mike Sparks
(Rep)
What are the most important challenges facing our state and how do you propose to address them?
What specific fiscal policies will you champion to stabilize everyday household costs?
What additional legislation is needed to address the impact of data centers on the quality of life in our communities?
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6155450924
Where do I begin? Our state is facing many challenges, and most are the result of the lack of concern for the needs of our families struggling to make ends meet. I plan on addressing why every family doesn’t have access to health insurance, why we aren’t working with builders to provide affordable housing, why we continue to allow ICE to drag our neighbors off the streets, why families who are eligible for child care certificates are not getting those funds, and why we are not using our rainy day funds to support our families since it is a rainy day for way too many people. Denying people services does not eliminate their needs. In fact, their needs are compounded and it creates a larger cost to our system that is passed on to the workers
Some of the fiscal policies that need to be prioritized to assist with stabilizing everyday household costs include: 1) Increase minimum wages. The reason families are unable to make ends meet is because their wages do not pay for the everyday costs of living. No one working a full time job should be unable to pay their daily living expenses. 2) I will propose reversing the funds given for private school vouchers and reallocate those funds to increase funding for public schools. 3) For working families needing child care, we need to develop an affordable system to provide quality care that does not cost more than 7% of a family’s income. 4. It is way past the time to remove the sales tax on food and provide feminine products at no cost.
Our legislators need to put a moratorium on approving any data centers until research is completed to better understand the real impact of these centers on our water, electricity, and noise pollution. This information then needs to be shared with the people of Tennessee to better inform all of us about the impact of data centers in our communities. We need to pass a law similar to the Jackson law, a Tennessee statute that gives local governments a say over new landfills. The new law would require local governments to have a voice in any decisions to build a new data center in their community.
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