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.

Slotkin votes in a bipartisan manner on first personnel votes  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Elissa Slotkin, a member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee and the Senate Armed Services Committee, voted to confirm Senator Marco Rubio for Secretary of State on the Senate floor. In the Armed Services Committee, Slotkin also voted against advancing Secretary of Defense nominee Pete Hegseth to a full Senate vote. In the Homeland Security Committee, Slotkin voted in favor of advancing Secretary of Homeland Security nominee Governor Kristi Noem and against advancing Director of the Office of Management and Budget nominee Russell Vought. [SJ1] 

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