Press Releases
VIDEO: Slotkin Hosts Informational Webinar on Trump’s Federal Funding Freeze with Over 500 Michigan Leaders
Highlights How Her Senate Staff Can Help Local Communities Navigate Executive Orders WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today U.S. Senator Elissa Slotkin, hosted an informational webinar to help Michigan community leaders navigate the fast-changing, chaotic rollout of the Trump Administration’s Executive Orders. More than 500 leaders from across the state were in attendance. The topics included the now rescinded funding freeze memo. Slotkin also discussed how her Senate staff can help local leaders navigate the changes in the coming weeks and months, and how she can help with constituent services. WATCH AN EXCERPT OF SLOTKIN’S REMARKS HERE.
Slotkin Statement on Senator Peters Announcing He Will Not Seek Reelection
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today U.S. Senator Elissa Slotkin, today released the following statement on Senator Gary Peters: “Gary Peters is a true public servant who has devoted his life to making Michigan and our country better. I join millions of Michiganders in appreciating him for his decades of public service to our state and our nation. “In the Senate, Gary enjoys a reputation as a no-nonsense, bipartisan legislator. As a veteran himself, he fought tirelessly for those we served. One of his legacies on the Armed Services Committee and as Chairman and Ranking Member on the Homeland Security Committee is protecting our northern border
Slotkin: Blocking Federal Funding is Unlawful and Harms Michigan
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today U.S. Senator Elissa Slotkin issued a statement strongly condemning the Trump Administration’s freeze of federal funding appropriated by Congress: “The Trump administration’s unilateral move to block thousands of federal programs is clearly unlawful. This isn’t a wonky, Washington conversation – there are real, actual effects that will harm Michigan and put a hold on federal dollars that were already awarded. “My office is being inundated with questions from local mayors of both parties, universities, veteran care and nursing homes, people who have had cancer trials stopped, child care centers, farmer programs, Army contracts – all fearful that they will need to