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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

I live on a dirt road, nowhere near a charging station, so I don't own an electric car.

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Oct 15, 2024

I think her coming to the top of the ticket was like splitting an electron. It just like created its own energy.

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

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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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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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Jun 13, 2024

The annual National Defense Authorization Act is the Pentagon's budget. It is perhaps one of the most important tasks we fulfill here in Congress, protecting our national security and taking care of servicemembers, their families, and…

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Feb 13, 2024

Today we mark the first anniversary of the shooting at Michigan State University that took the lives of Arielle Anderson, Brian Fraser, and Alexandria Verner, and physically injured five others. I spent today's anniversary on campus in…

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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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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 7, 2024

Today I pay tribute to two members of the Michigan State University faculty who have contributed to the rich artistic landscape of our great State and helped shape the next generation of musical talent, all set to a distinctive jazz beat…

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Feb 7, 2024

Each year in February, we have the opportunity to study the past and use it as a learning tool to move closer to a future of social equity for all. As we are now in the midst of Black History Month, it is both fitting and necessary that we…

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Feb 7, 2024

Today I honor the groundbreaking service of a Livingston County woman who never even planned to live in the area, much less to make history there. Fortunately, life had its own plans for Elsie McPherson-Brown, and the community is so much…

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Feb 7, 2024

Today I honor a man who was a trailblazer in athletics and education and used his talents to break barriers and change the lives of generations of young people. Dr. Samuel Edward Holloway lived to serve others: his Nation, his community…

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Feb 7, 2024

Today I pay tribute to two of the most beloved residents to ever call the St. Johns, Michigan, community home: Orrin and Luvina Wilson. Settling in Clinton County post-Civil War, the Wilsons were a ``power couple'' before the term existed…

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Feb 7, 2024

Today I pay tribute to a legendary Lansing family that has broken barriers across generations and continues to make history to this very day. The story begins in 1927 when the family matriarch, Ms. Hortense Canady, was born in Chicago…

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Feb 7, 2024

I ask for unanimous consent that all Members have 5 legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on the subject of my Special Order. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the…

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Feb 7, 2024

I pay tribute to a basketball coaching legend who helped lead the Michigan State University Spartans men's basketball team to 19 NCAA tournaments, 10 Big Ten championships, 7 Final Fours, and a national championship. As impressive as those…

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Feb 5, 2024

I came out today to address the issue that is top of mind for so many Americans: Immigration. We find ourselves at this existential moment on the issue. As a Nation of immigrants, where nearly every single one of us has our own immigration…

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Jan 11, 2024

Now that we are back in Washington and starting some very serious conversations, I wanted to make clear where I stand on an issue that I think most Americans, certainly most Members of Congress, believe is of urgent importance, and that is…

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