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VIDEO: Slotkin Says Tulsi Gabbard is Unfit to be Director of National Intelligence

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Elissa Slotkin, a former CIA analyst and national security professional, took to the Senate floor to highlight her opposition to Tulsi Gabbard as the Director of National Intelligence and how she is unqualified and unfit for the office.  Slotkin’s floor remarks focused on Gabbards’ long-record of cozying up to foreign adversaries and her lack of competence and character. Slotkin also urged her Senate colleagues to join her in voting ‘NO’ on Gabbard’s nomination.                                      DOWNLOAD AND WATCH SLOTKIN’S REMARKS HERE.    

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Slotkin, Peters Lead Bipartisan Legislation to Extend Federal Funding and Protections for the Great Lakes

    Bipartisan Bill Would Reauthorize and Increase Funding for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Elissa Slotkin (MI) and Gary Peters (MI) are leading bipartisan legislation to extend federal funding and protections for the Great Lakes. The senators introduced the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Act of 2025 to reauthorize the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) through 2031 and increase the program’s annual authorized funding levels from $475 million to $500 million. The GLRI is the most significant investment ever made to restore and protect our Great Lakes. The GLRI combines federal and nonfederal efforts to stop the spread of carp

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Slotkin and Colleagues Call for Immediate Pause on Elon Musk and DOGE’s Activities in Federal Agencies Amid Alarming Reports

Democrats on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Press for Answers on Elon Musk and DOGE Staff’s Federal Employment, Security Clearance Status  WASHINGTON, D.C. —U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee led five of his committee colleagues in calling for an immediate pause on all work by Elon Musk and staff associated with the U.S. DOGE Service (USDS) that is currently underway at federal agencies. In the letter to the White House, the senators also pressed for answers on how Musk and DOGE employees are able to access sensitive government systems, including demanding answers on their status

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DETROIT NEWS: Michigan Dems raise alarm over Musk team’s access to personal data of millions

“American citizens don’t want unelected billionaires with their private data, all their tax information, their Medicare healthcare records. … What do they want it for? The goals of a billionaire are not the same as the goals of the average American citizen. He has other conflicting interests,” Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Holly, said Thursday on the Senate floor.  Slotkin argued that Musk, whose companies hold billions worth of government contracts and who has business interests in China, should have to follow the law and file a publicly available financial disclosure after CBS News reported Friday that Musk won’t have to. “This is how we ensure

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POAM VICE PRESIDENT MEETS WITH U.S. SENATOR ELISSA SLOTKIN

POAM VICE PRESIDENT MEETS WITH NEWLY ELECTED U.S. SENATOR ELISSA SLOTKIN On January 30, 2025, Jonathan Pignataro, President of the Calhoun County Deputy Sheriffs Association and POAM Vice President, met with Michigan’s newly elected U.S. Senator Elissa Slotkin on a recent trip to Washington, D.C. Jon was representing POAM members on various issues. Senator Slotkin is very supportive of issues concerning law enforcement, and she has committed to supporting issues POAM brings forward. Senator Slotkin supported the Social Security Fairness Act, which affects many of our members. POAM thanks her for that support.

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