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Slotkin Joins Effort to Keep Social Security Field Offices Open, Amid Threats of Closure from Elon Musk’s DOGE
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) joined over 100 Members of Congress in writing to the Acting Commissioner of the Social Security Administration (SSA), Leland Dudek, to demand that he keep Social Security field offices open. Approximately 170,000 Americans visit a Social Security field office for assistance with Social Security benefits each day. The letter comes after news that that despite being on an initial list for closure, the Saginaw Social Security office will remain open. This comes as multiple reports have revealed that Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) directed SSA to close field offices across the country —
Slotkin, Colleagues Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Strengthen Criminal Penalties for Violent Crimes Directed by Foreign Adversaries
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senators Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Joni Ernst (R-IA), and Jim Banks (R-IN) introduced bipartisan legislation to increase criminal penalties for individuals who commit, or attempt to commit, violent crimes in the United States on behalf of foreign adversaries. The DETERRENCE Act would both hold offenders accountable and deter criminals, including criminal organizations, from taking money from foreign adversaries in exchange for committing crimes on American soil. “If you commit crimes in America on behalf of foreign adversaries, you must face serious consequences,” said Senator Slotkin. “The bipartisan Deterrence Act helps strengthen penalties for these crimes and sends a clear message
Slotkin, Colleagues Warn About Raising Food Costs to Give Tax Breaks to Billionaires
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) joined her Democratic colleagues in sending an open letter to the American public warning that Congressional Republicans are trying to take food away from hungry families to give tax breaks to the wealthiest Americans. “Congress should not give tax breaks to the wealthiest Americans by taking away food assistance from millions of Americans,” wrote the Senators. “SNAP supports 42 million Americans, including nearly 8 million seniors, 16 million children, 4 million people with disabilities, and 1.2 million veterans, in putting food on their tables each month. Cuts of this magnitude—or anything close to it—would be