Slotkin joins Thune, Durbin, and Colleagues in Urging Trump to Approve the Nationwide, Year-Round Sale of E-15 Fuel
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Elissa Slotkin joined Senators John Thune (R-SD), and Dick Durbin (D-IL) in leading a bipartisan group of their colleagues in asking President Trump to authorize the year-round sale of E15 fuel through the summer of 2025, in order to enhance America’s energy security and lower fuel costs for consumers while […]
Slotkin Helps Introduce Bipartisan, Hard-Hitting Russia Sanctions
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) joined a bipartisan coalition of 50 U.S. Senators in introducing legislation for primary and secondary sanctions against Russia and actors supporting Russia’s aggression in Ukraine. These sanctions would be imposed if Russia refuses to engage in good faith negotiations for a lasting peace with Ukraine or initiates […]
Slotkin, Ernst Champion Fertilizer Access to Support Farmers
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) and Joni Ernst (R-IA), members of the Senate Agriculture Committee, are working to reinstate potash and add phosphate – both critical fertilizer ingredients – to the U.S. Critical Minerals List. In a letter to Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum, the lawmakers explain this designation will support […]
Slotkin Joins Colleagues in Urging President Trump to Rescind Executive Order Threatening Federal Employee’s Collective Bargaining Agreements
WASHINGTON D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Elissa Slotkin joined her colleagues in urging President Donald Trump to rescind his March 27 executive order to end collective bargaining agreements between public employee unions and dozens of federal agencies and bureaus. “We write today in outrage over your recent executive order entitled Exclusions from Federal Labor-Management Relations […]
Slotkin Statement on President Trump’s Proposed Tariffs
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) released the following statement regarding President Trump’s reciprocal tariffs: “The true impact of the tariffs President Trump announced today on Michigan’s economy will take weeks to assess. And that’s before each of the dozens of nations retaliates with new tariffs of their own. “Tariffs only work when […]
Slotkin Helps Introduce Legislation to Lower Drugs and Hold Big Pharma Accountable for Price Hikes
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) introduced the Lower Drug Costs for Families Act to make prescription drugs more affordable, hold Big Pharma accountable, and reduce the national deficit by billions of dollars. The Senators’ bill would do so by penalizing drug companies for raising prescription drug prices […]
Slotkin, Peters, Baldwin Lay Out Worker-First American Trade Policy
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), Gary Peters (D-MI), and Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) today laid out a vision to prioritize American workers in trade policy, re-establish the United States as a world leader in manufacturing, and strengthen national security. Since 2001, flawed trade policies have contributed to the loss of 4.3 million manufacturing jobs in the […]
Slotkin, Peters Accepting Applications from Candidates Interested in Nomination for Federal Judgeship, U.S. Attorney, and U.S. Marshal in Eastern and Western Districts of Michigan
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) and Gary Peters (D-MI) announced they are accepting applications from qualified persons interested in being nominated for United States District Court judge in the Eastern District of Michigan. The senators are also accepting applications for United States Attorney and United States Marshal in the Eastern and Western Districts […]
Slotkin, Klobuchar, Press USDA to Not Take Food Away from Food Banks, Hurting Families and Farmers
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 […]
Slotkin, Kaine, and Colleagues Demand Accountability Over Cabinet Officials’ Use of Unsecured Group Chat for Military Planning
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 […]