Democrats on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Press for Answers on Elon Musk and DOGE Staff’s Federal Employment, Security Clearance Status  WASHINGTON, D.C. —U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee led five of his committee colleagues in calling for an immediate pause on all work by Elon Musk and staff associated with the U.S. DOGE Service (USDS) that is currently underway at federal agencies. In the letter to the White House, the senators also pressed for answers on how Musk and DOGE employees are able to access sensitive government systems, including demanding answers on their status

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) joined Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Ranking Member Bernie Sanders (I-VT) in leading a group of 34 Senators calling on Acting Secretary of Health and Human Services Dorothy Fink to end the unprecedented freeze on all external communications and funding. This freeze has disrupted clinical trials, prevented the National Institutes of Health and other agencies from engaging with patient groups and scientific advisory committees, and delayed the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), the nation’s premier publication for disseminating public health updates, for

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) joined Senator John Fetterman (D-PA) and Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) to introduce the Banning SPR Oil Exports to Foreign Adversaries Act. The bipartisan bill would prohibit the sale or export of oil from the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) to China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, or any entity owned or controlled by those nations. Congresswoman Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA) led the introduction of this legislation in the House.  “Our Strategic Petroleum Reserve is meant to bolster our national security, and it should never be sold to hostile nations like Russia, Iran or China,” said Senator Slotkin. “This bipartisan bill