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The free market isn’t perfect. It is not enough to ensure we have a strong industrial base to make what we need.
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We owe the Capitol Police a debt of gratitude for what they sacrificed for democracy back in January 6, 2021, and for their loss of life. And we certainly owe it to them, on this anniversary, to tell the true story of what happened for the history books.
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Despite everything they face, the Capitol Police continue to protect lawmakers and our Capitol, including providing me with 24/7 security for the past month after a raft of new threats over the past few weeks.
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violence on January 6th, and pardoned this year by Trump. And on yet other screens, reports of how the White House was trying to claim that January 6th was "a hoax."
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As I stood in their operations center, it was surreal and sobering: on the big screens behind them were TV stations replaying footage of the attack five years ago, side by side with a live coverage of a protest today on the National Mall, led by Proud Boys who had been found guilty of...
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... preventing the certification of the 2020 election. Five U.S. Capitol and DC Metropolitan police officers lost their lives as a result of January 6, by heart attack and by suicide. Today, I stopped by U.S. Capitol Police headquarters to thank them for their service five years ago.
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Today marks 5 years since the attack on our Capitol on January 6. There have been a lot of efforts to rewrite history, but I was there that day. The building that represents American democracy was attacked by a violent mob, incited by President Trump, with the goal of...
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Every dollar of taxpayer money President Trump gives to the largest oil corporations in the world to "rebuild" Venezuela is a dollar robbed from rebuilding America.
link:https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/us-may-subsidize-oil-companies-rebuild-venezuelas-energy-infrastructure-trump-2026-01-05/
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Technology is putting our citizens on the front lines.
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Many Americans have lost confidence that we know what we're doing abroad.
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President Trump wants to look tough by attacking countries abroad to distract from his failure to attack the core issue of the cost of living at home.
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This is quite literally the opposite of what is taught to our most junior folks in uniform. And it's most definitely why the six of us made our video in the first place.
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Secretary Hegseth continues to show us who he is: a man who doesn’t understand the values of the institution he now leads. Holier-than-thou, attacking free speech, loathsome of the very values enshrined in our Constitution, and refusing of any accountability as a leader.
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Same words, same concepts, same reference to our constitution — and, ironically, same concerns about President Trump. Watch for yourself.
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Take a step back and think about Hegseth’s decision to censure Mark Kelly: Former Major Hegseth is trying to demote and cut the pension of a 25-year military pilot for saying the *very same things* Hegseth himself said in 2016.
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Critical minerals are needed for the production of everything from cars to wind turbines, chips to defense systems.
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We cannot allow China to have a veto on our manufacturing and national security by continuing to dominate critical mineral production. My bill ensures the US can kickstart production of critical minerals sourced here at home. www.eenews.net/articles/bip...
link:https://www.eenews.net/articles/bipartisan-bill-would-accelerate-mineral-project-reviews/
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Anyone who tells you we should scrap certain types of energy because it’s “woke” doesn’t actually give a crap about your costs.
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Our veterans need an electronic health system that works with and for them—not against them. That’s why I am leading this effort with members of the Senate Veterans Committee to ensure they have the best health care experience possible. www.detroitnews.com/story/news/p...
link:https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2025/12/19/veterans-affairs-va-hospital-electronic-health-record-system-in-michigan-elissa-slotkin-tom-barrett/87847960007/
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Despite all the talking points to the media — and by Cabinet members directly to senators last month — this was never about stopping the drug cartels. If it were, President Trump wouldn’t have pardoned drug kingpin Juan Orlando Hernández.
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The bottom line is that President Trump wants to look tough by attacking countries abroad to distract from his failure to attack the core issue of the cost of living at home.
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Maduro is a bad man, and the people of Venezuela deserve better. But we know that regime change isn’t as simple as removing one leader. While there are comparisons to the arrest of Manuel Noriega in Panama in 1989, let’s not forget that the U.S. sent in over 27,000 troops and lost 23 servicemembers.
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The President laid out his plan of regime change. He says he now wants to “run” Venezuela and, particularly, Venezuela's vast oil reserves.
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Despite all the talking points to the media — and by Cabinet members directly to senators — this was never about stopping the drug cartels. If it were, President Trump wouldn’t have pardoned drug kingpin Juan Orlando Hernández, and he’d be going after Mexican cartels that move the fentanyl.
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So instead of action on health care costs or housing or energy bills, Americans get military action in Iran, Iraq, Nigeria, Somalia, Syria, Yemen, the Caribbean, the Pacific, and now a long-term engagement in Venezuela.
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President Trump's decision to bomb targets in Venezuela, depose Nicolas Maduro, and "run" Venezuela continues the signature trend of his presidency: relentless focus on foreign entanglements and looking tough abroad, to distract from what’s happening to Americans' pocketbooks.
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Happy New Year, Michigan! Here's to a healthy, happy 2026. 🎆 🎉