WASHINGTON D.C. — Senators Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) joined 23 of their colleagues in pressing the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for more information about the cancellation of previously-approved funding through The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) for food banks and other emergency food providers. This would take food away from hungry Americans already facing high grocery prices and hurt American farmers who are being squeezed by tariffs and other cuts to domestic markets.   The letter comes as MLive reported that 600,000 pounds of food headed to Michigan food banks have been delayed or cancelled by the USDA.   “We write

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), Tim Kaine (D-VA), and 12 of their Senate Colleagues sent a letter to President Donald Trump demanding answers after several Cabinet officials accidentally added a reporter to an unsecured group chat where secret, high-level military planning was occurring. This was in violation of security protocols and potentially in violation of the law.   “We are gravely concerned by appalling reports that senior officials of your Administration, including the Vice President, the Secretary of Defense, and other Cabinet members, coordinated military strikes in Yemen over the commercial and unclassified messaging application Signal. We are even more concerned by

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) and Adam Schiff (D-CA) joined 17 Senate colleagues in introducing a resolution condemning President Donald Trump’s recent executive order to dismantle the Department of Education. In addition to condemning this move to gut the agency, the resolution also condemns actions to reduce federal public education funding and the freezing of federal education grant funding, and it highlights the importance of public schools in providing opportunities for all children across to succeed.  This resolution is co-sponsored by Senators Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE) Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN),