Elissa Slotkin

Our family lives military and veterans issues in a way few others do. ”

I come from a service family - I met my husband Dave during my third tour in Iraq serving as a CIA analyst alongside the military. ”

When I was negotiating with our foreign allies, I knew I had to do so in good faith, or trust would be broken - and those allies wouldn’t be there when we really needed them." ”

Listen, I think we all believe that we need to take aggressive steps to mitigate the effects of climate change. ”

Each week, I will release a public schedule of how I am spending my time, and who I am meeting with in my Congressional office. ”

I ran for Congress as a first-time candidate to fight to protect everyone with a pre-existing condition, to bring down the skyrocketing costs of healthcare and prescription drugs, to fight for clean drinking water, and to help restore civility and decency to our politics. ”

I believe in our country. Fiercely. And our institutions are the bones that keep us upright. We can and must restore decency to our system - and that requires the exercise of the checks and balances intended by our Founders. ”

Our American experiment deserves an advocate, and the American people respond best to inspiration, not fear-mongering, ”

Labor Day is a time to recognize and reflect on that work, and for elected officials to recommit to the too-often ignored task of fighting to improve the lives of working families. ”

In my district, I have a very clear mandate to work across the aisle. ”