WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Elissa Slotkin, a member of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee (SVAC), questioned U.S. Department of Veteran’s Affairs nominee Doug Collins at his nomination hearing. Slotkin is a former CIA officer who was deployed three times in Iraq alongside active-duty military and served presidents of both parties in national security roles at the White House and Pentagon. Slotkin’s remarks and questions of Collins focused on the needs of Michigan VA facilities and working in a bipartisan way to deliver for our veterans.  DOWNLOAD AND WATCH SLOTKIN’S REMARKS HERE.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Elissa Slotkin, a member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, questioned Governor Kristi Noem, President-elect Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Homeland Security. Slotkin’s questions focused on Gov. Noem’s responsibility, if confirmed, to address the significant threat of domestic terrorism threats; the need for reform of the nation’s broken immigration system; Gov. Noem’s responsibility to uphold her oath of office to protect the U.S. Constitution; the need for DHS to coordinate with state governors when deploying federal law enforcement officers; and the need to keep politics out of disaster assistance funding. DOWNLOAD AND WATCH SLOTKIN’S REMARKS

Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Patty Murray (D-WA), Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), led 20 other senators in introducing a resolution honoring the service of women in combat roles in the U.S. Armed Forces. The resolution comes as President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Department of Defense (DoD), Pete Hegseth, continues to face scorching criticism for, among many other things, his long record of denigrating women servicemembers who bravely serve our nation in combat roles. The resolution can be viewed HERE. Joining Senators Murray and Duckworth in introducing the resolution today were Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI),