Elissa Slotkin Quotes

Elissa Slotkin

Profession : Politician

Birth : July 10, 1976

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.

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But I think when you have something like the Green New Deal, which tends to be about big, bold ideas, instead of specifics, and then adds in other controversial topics like universal health care, and a guaranteed job for all Americans, it makes it less likely that it will pass, not more.

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My job is to represent my district. That's who I'm responsible to and for.

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I'm always going to have a strong preference for things that can actually pass into legislation. We can talk about big issues and have big goals while also working on pragmatic things.

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I want to be very honest, that I believe impeachment is a very big step - I believe it is something that should not be taken lightly - and it has to be something where we bring people along.

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I'm a former CIA officer and Pentagon official. I'm a deep believer in border security, but we have to be a nation of moral - of morals and, like, a moral core.

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The thing I get pulled over for in Kroger is the cost of health care and the cost of prescription drugs.

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A big reason I ultimately decided to run was because of my family's experience when my mom was diagnosed with stage four ovarian cancer and did not have health insurance at the time.

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

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You take an oath to defend the constitution. Congress is the next chapter of our national service. We pledged an oath to defend the constitution and that means working together to make our constituents' lives better.

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Where people are trying to split Americans from each other I want there desperately to be bipartisanship.

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I am a Midwestern Democrat, which I believe means practical, reasonable, willing to work across the aisle and focused on the economy and the middle class, saving the middle class.

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I worked for President Bush and President Obama. I had Democratic bosses and Republican bosses. I believe in order to actually get things done, we do need to buckle down and often reach across the aisle.

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You know, because of my military background, I talk to voters who for the first two minutes think I'm a Republican.

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Before the Affordable Care Act, one in five bankruptcies in this state was health care related.

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That hasn't been easy, because in order to run a clean and transparent race, I announced in January I was not going to accept any corporate PAC money.

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Between stagnant wages and the cost of everything going up - particularly health care and college tuition - people have less money to save and less money to spend.

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Michigan has always been a swing state, so we understand that the goal is to have two political parties, debating the issues with empathy and respect.

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

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I have a very politically diverse district.

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