Elissa Slotkin

We want to tighten that crank. We want to turn that crank faster.

It takes us from concept to fielding 3 years where it takes the Chinese Government a year.

Are we keeping up with the bad guys? They seem to be doing all this cool stuff.

I think, you know, from my perspective, the global security environment--we all know it's changing.

Our economic security is connected to China, whether we like it or not.

It is certainly hard to miss the sort of aggressiveness on this.

It is hard to not interpret it as something that was pretty assertive.

I find it ironic that, in a conversation where we are going to be talking about protecting the homeland, this idea that we are not addressing school shootings in a real way in this body is at this point insane.

Representative Slotkin inquired about I&A's policy and procedures, if any, for monitoring individuals who have projected hateful rhetoric.

The Office of Intelligence and Analysis plays a critical role in protecting the American people from harm by analyzing and disseminating timely threat information.

But when you have had double the incidents of antisemitism in my State, the question remains, like, what is my Government doing to help my population?

As the Chairwoman of a committee, the fact that I go to non-Governmental agencies to learn about the Proud Boys--which we had a real problem with.

When I go to understand antisemitism and the rise of incidents in my State, I don't go to the Department of Homeland Security I&A. I go to the ADL, I go to other organizations.

In Michigan, we have had double the number of antisemitic incidents in the past year, in 2022.

If you are espousing violence, that is where your freedom of speech ends.

Without objection, I ask unanimous consent to enter into the record a statement by the National Fusion Center Association.

I hope that the work that you are going to put on display for us is something we can take forward into the next Congress.

I was pleased to hear you say, under secretary, during your Senate confirmation hearing that you are committed to the production of 'objective, unvarnished intelligence' and that is your first focus as under secretary.

The threats that are most prominent for Americans today are really affecting civilians.

It is my fervent hope that as the other side of the aisle seems poised to take over, that we keep this focused on homeland threats and not making this a place of political theater.

If he decides to run again, I'm going to support him, the party's going to support him.

I appreciate his willingness to try, and there's nothing more important right now to inflation than the price of gas.

I did not support the proposal that the President put forward or the action that the President took forward.

I think they do. I think-- while I think inflation is obviously a worldwide phenomenon, I'm open to the fact that we have to make decisions here in the United States, Democrats are in power, we're in the White House, in the House, in the…

I think for me I represent a district that's Republican-leaning. The vast majority of my constituents identify as pro-life, and I've been at plenty of events as recently as yesterday where people will say, 'Look, I'm a pro-life Democrat.'