WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) and Gary Peters (D-MI), and U.S. Representative Jack Bergman (R-MI-01), reintroduced bipartisan legislation to settle the longstanding land claims of the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community (KBIC). Through Treaties signed in 1842 and 1854, the KBIC was granted occupancy over a large area of land established as the L’Anse Reservation in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Despite those treaties, thousands of acres of reservation land were taken by the federal government without compensation and awarded to the State of Michigan. The Keweenaw Bay Indian Community Land Claim Settlement Act of 2025 would address this issue and clear the title of current

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) joined Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Ranking Member of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee, in leading Committee Democrats in pressing the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to explain recent mass layoffs at the Department. The Senators asked how many USDA employees were fired and for a breakdown by state, agency, job position, and veteran status—all details the Administration has not provided to date.  In a letter to Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins, the Senators wrote: “These widespread layoffs jeopardize USDA’s ability to respond to the ongoing avian flu outbreak, process farm loans, disaster relief

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Ahead of the Senate vote on amendments and passage of the Republican-led Budget Resolution, U.S. Senator Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) is filing and pushing for amendments focused on mitigating the bird flu to address high egg prices, protecting Americans from cyber attacks, strengthening national security and preserving an apolitical military. “This Republican led budget resolution is going to allow for unilateral cuts to programs important for Michiganders and make big, big changes to tax policy that benefit the ultra-wealthy,” said Slotkin. “My job is to protect the personal and economic security of Michiganders, and that’s my guidepost for the votes I’ll be casting