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Elissa Slotkin

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Elissa Slotkin is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Michigan's 7th congressional district since January 3, 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, she has focused on issues such as national security, healthcare, and economic development. Slotkin's background includes experience as a former CIA analyst and as a senior advisor in the Department of Defense, which informs her legislative priorities and approach to governance. She has been active in advocating for bipartisan solutions and has worked on various initiatives to support her constituents in Michigan.

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Oct 15, 2024

What do I think of someone who comes to Detroit and then dumps on Detroit? It's the dumbest thing I've ever seen.

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Oct 15, 2024

I'm not immediately saying, rah, rah, I'm on board. I can have those conversations with Kamala Harris when we disagree. Mike Rogers can't disagree with Donald Trump.

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Oct 15, 2024

Michigan, we know what happened in 2016 when Democrats took Michigan for granted and we went the wrong direction.

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Sep 30, 2024

I think it's a different type of threat, but because we depend on them, we have a globalized economy; but whether it's their military advantages that they have in some cases or it's the way they have just dominated our supply chains and…

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Sep 30, 2024

I believe in bipartisan legislation. It's always better when it's bipartisan.

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Aug 21, 2024

This November, let's elect a president who will lean forward to embrace the future because America doesn't follow. We do not retreat. We are the damn United States of America. We lead.

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Aug 21, 2024

Trump wants to take us backwards. He admires dictators, a lot. He treats our friends as adversaries and our adversaries as friends.

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Jul 9, 2024

Right now, President Biden is behind Trump in all of our polling, in the Senate races in a dead heat.

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Feb 13, 2024

Myself and Representative Feenstra from this Committee put together something that we tried to make real, which is that when a foreign entity from an adversarial country tries to buy farmland, they would just go through a national security…

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Feb 13, 2024

This bipartisan bill will require DOI to add Potash and Phosphate to the 2022 Critical Minerals list.

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Dec 5, 2023

This bipartisan bill would provide mandatory funding to purchase development rights via conservation easements from private and Tribal landowners.

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Dec 5, 2023

This bipartisan bill will require DOI to add Potash and Phosphate to the 2022 Critical Minerals list.

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Sep 13, 2023

When we stand with them we send a clear message to Iran and others about religious freedom, our own values, and how we expect Chaldeans and other religious minorities of Iraq to be treated by their own government and others.

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Sep 13, 2023

I hope that as this committee looks at ending Iran's malign activities around the world that it considers the plight of religious minorities in the Middle East who are often targeted for violence and oppression.

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Sep 13, 2023

I believe that passing this resolution would send a strong message to the governments around the world including Iran, Iraq, and others that the U.S. will not abide by the persecution of religious minorities.

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Jun 20, 2023

We appreciate Rep. Elissa Slotkin for its introduction.

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Jun 6, 2023

We have spent some money. We have seen $400 billion of capital contributions coming as a result.

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Jun 6, 2023

To be clear, Congress created that program. It was bipartisan for the new members in the room.

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Mar 27, 2023

We appreciate your consideration of the immense positive impact SNAP has on the lives of millions of Americans as well as its beneficial impact on the national economy and our nation's long-term financial sustainability.

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Mar 27, 2023

I led a defense supply chain task force in 2021 with Representative Mike Gallagher picking up the rug on defense supply chains.

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Mar 27, 2023

I think reauthorizing the farm bill is a national security imperative.

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Mar 27, 2023

I am proud to be the only Michigander on this side of the Agriculture Committee on the House side along with Senator Stabenow, obviously, the queen of agriculture on the Senate side.

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Mar 22, 2023

The EPA changing its standards on PFAS will mean that the Department is asked to live up to those standards.

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Mar 22, 2023

Research and development is important for things like weapon systems.

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