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Slotkin & Peters to President Trump: “Selfridge is the Ideal Location” for Future Fighter Mission
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) and Gary Peters (D-MI) underscored their willingness to work with President Trump and his Administration to secure a new fighter mission at Selfridge Air National Guard Base in Macomb County. In a letter to President Trump, Slotkin and Peters expressed their appreciation of his recent commitment to base a new fighter mission at Selfridge, which builds on the long-term bipartisan efforts of Slotkin, Peters, and the Michigan delegation at-large to achieve this goal. “As you highlighted, Selfridge has enjoyed bipartisan support from the Michigan Congressional delegation, state and local leaders and the Macomb County community
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