Press Releases

Slotkin, Schiff Urge White House to Disclose Executive Branch Employees’ Financial Transactions Leading Up to Trump’s Tariff Pause

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Following President Donald Trump’s abrupt tariffs pause that raised alarming questions about potential violations of federal ethics and insider trading laws, U.S. Senators Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), Adam Schiff (D-CA), and other members of congress sent a bicameral letter today to White House Chief of Staff, Susan Wiles, urgently demanding a full accounting of periodic financial transaction reports filed by senior White House and executive branch employees since the start of the Trump Administration.   In the letter, the lawmakers urged Wiles to commit to ensuring that all transaction reports are transmitted to the Office of Government Ethics (OGE) to be made

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As Republicans Gear Up to Pass a Tax Bill Benefitting the Wealthy, Slotkin Supports Bills to Cut Taxes for Middle Class Michigan Families

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) announced her support for two bills aimed at putting more money in the pockets of working families in Michigan. The American Family Act, which permanently expands the Child Tax Credit to by increasing the value of the Child Tax Credit from the current level of $2,000 per child to $6,360 for newborns, $4,320 for children ages 1-6, and $3,600 for children ages 6-17. Slotkin is also supporting the Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit Act which would significantly expand and deepen tax credits available for child care to $4,000 per child. “The rising cost of

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Slotkin & Peters to President Trump: “Selfridge is the Ideal Location” for Future Fighter Mission

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) and Gary Peters (D-MI) underscored their willingness to work with President Trump and his Administration to secure a new fighter mission at Selfridge Air National Guard Base in Macomb County. In a letter to President Trump, Slotkin and Peters expressed their appreciation of his recent commitment to base a new fighter mission at Selfridge, which builds on the long-term bipartisan efforts of Slotkin, Peters, and the Michigan delegation at-large to achieve this goal.   “As you highlighted, Selfridge has enjoyed bipartisan support from the Michigan Congressional delegation, state and local leaders and the Macomb County community

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