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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 8, 2022

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…

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Oct 8, 2022

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

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Oct 1, 2022

A cold, heartless, violent approach to women's health.

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Sep 28, 2022

There has been a lot of talk on the other side of the aisle, and I just want to be clear. No one in this room is in the judicial branch, and no one in this room that I am aware of is a medical doctor. If you believe that the provisions…

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Jul 25, 2022

I feel like Americans do really care about this war, being able to understand the decisions that the American government can make about what we can do and what we can’t is a really important part of staying engaged with reality here.

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Jul 25, 2022

It just brings them a new capability to them that they haven’t had before and they are used to go good effect.

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Jul 19, 2022

Thank you, Representative Schneider, for your leadership. I rise today to honor the struggle that so many parents who must do the unimaginable have gone through, to grieve the loss of a child. As an Army wife and a former CIA officer who…

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Jul 13, 2022

For years, 9/11 veterans have walked into their local VA center only to be turned away. Madam Speaker, one of the most important things I have worked on in my short 3\1/2\ years here is this bill. It is the biggest veterans' healthcare…

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Jun 27, 2022

As a Nation, two high-profile ransomware attacks last year... showed Americans how vulnerable our critical infrastructure can be.

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Jun 27, 2022

Ransomware is a National security threat that has a direct impact on the lives of Michiganders.

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Jun 27, 2022

I urge again all of our businesses, our farmers, our K-12 schools, our local electeds to get to know Mr. Ellis and his team before you have a problem.

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Jun 27, 2022

Ransomware has become a kitchen-table issue for Michiganders.

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Jun 27, 2022

Let me say that again: 90 million times a day.

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Jun 27, 2022

But you certainly from the Michigan State Police perspective are not going to do anything punitive against an organization that decides to pay ransom.

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Jun 27, 2022

I am happy to be here in my Congressional district in East Lansing, Michigan bringing Congress and the subcommittee that I chair to the people that I serve.

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Jun 14, 2022

As a former CIA officer and Pentagon official, I am keenly aware of the destruction ISIS and al-Qaeda can leave in their wake.

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Jun 14, 2022

But through affiliates in several countries across the Middle East, Africa, and South Asia, ISIS and al-Qaeda are planning, plotting, fundraising, recruiting, and carrying out attacks.

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Jun 14, 2022

In the midst of addressing emerging threats to the homeland, including the divisiveness from an increased polarization of the political landscape; domestic terrorist events, particularly targeting protests and religious institutions; and…

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Jun 14, 2022

Because of today's testimony--because today's testimony may endanger National security, pursuant to clause 2(g) of rule 11, I move to hold the remainder of this hearing in executive session.

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Jun 8, 2022

part of the reason we have this hearing was to try and set us off, the Congress and the cryptocurrency community, on a better foot than we now find ourselves with the big social media giants.

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Jun 8, 2022

the difference between traceability and retrievability, which I can imagine from my past life is going to be of a lot of interest to the National security world

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Jun 8, 2022

Last week, I introduced the 'Cryptocurrency Accountability Act' to ensure that as the use of cryptocurrency grows, Members of Congress are required to disclose all holdings and trades.

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Jun 8, 2022

we don't want it to be the same way it has been around kind-of the big tech and social media.

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Jun 8, 2022

I think what we are all concerned about is what is the right space for the U.S. Congress to provide oversight.

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Jun 8, 2022

The goal is just to improve transparency and help stop corruption that erodes confidence in our Government.

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