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),

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Elissa Slotkin, a member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, questioned Russell Vought, President-elect Trump’s nominee for Director of the Office of Management and Budget. Slotkin’s questions focused on Vought’s history of gutting the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, as well as his commitment to upholding the Constitution.                                      DOWNLOAD AND WATCH SLOTKIN’S REMARKS HERE.