Elissa Slotkin

There is a huge group of people who are just ready to say, on both sides, that 2020 isn't going to be free and fair.

If we, as a people, do not believe in our system, all forward progress is lost.

I think election security has got to be one of the most bipartisan issues.

The intelligence community has made clear the threats to our elections persist, so more work remains to be done.

Frustrated by the lack of action on this critical issue, Democrats on this committee and the Committee on House Administration launched the Congressional Task Force on Election Security in July 2017.

Election security is a National security issue and it must transcend party politics because it requires a unified effort to protect America's elections.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of section 2, add the following new subsection: (c) Authority to Consult With Secretary of…

The timing of the decision to deploy, which is hard to feel wasn't political given how close it was to the midterms.

I am extremely concerned that we preserve the perception and reality that the U.S. military is apolitical.

Real border security cannot be achieved by building a wall on the Southern Border, blocking asylum seekers, or separating children from their parents.

The President himself admitted there is no emergency, even as he was announcing his declaration, saying, 'I didn't need to do this. I just want to do it faster.'

No amount of verbal gymnastics will change that she knew the Trump administration was implementing a policy to separate families at the border.

I am prepared to use the tools at the committee's disposal to obtain the information if the Secretary fails to comply.

I want people to think about where we will be if it becomes normal to ask foreign governments to intervene in our political process.

You cannot fight something with nothing.

I think that we still believe in a way forward in Iraq. They just have to take the opportunity.

The threat from ISIL that that poses to us, to our allies, to our partners, and the importance that puts on pushing back on them.

I think that it is critical that we have a thoughtful regional approach to this problem before we jump in.

I agree that the sectarian violence that had been raging in Iraq at the height of the war was significantly diminished, significantly, by the time that we departed.

It is the political piece and that is critical.

I think that things may have been different, but I don't know that we wouldn't be in a similar situation to where we are today.

Of course we are invested in making sure that it continues as a viable state and doesn't become a breeding ground for terrorists.

We have invested incredible amounts of blood and treasure.

We couldn't solve the Iraqi political problems for them when we had 170,000 troops.

The Iraqi leaders could not get it through their Parliament.