Elissa Slotkin on Environment

More bipartisan legislation like on PFAS contamination

A: I believe it is impossible to solve tough challenges on a partisan basis, and each of my major legislative achievements has been bipartisan, including legislation to address PFAS contamination, lower prescription costs, and restore Congress' constitutional role in the use of military force. Every piece of legislation I have written that became law required working across the aisle. My membership in the Problem Solvers Caucus, a bipartisan group of lawmakers evenly divided between Republicans and Democrats, has been of great value because of the bipartisan discussions it fosters and the bipartisan solutions we have offered on tough issues. That experience tells me that we can achieve more bipartisan cooperation if members work at it: take the time to reach out to colleagues; get to know members of the opposite party as people as well as politicians; focus on areas of agreement rather than arguments and friction points.

Protecting our Great Lakes must be a top priority

Elissa Slotkin: Protecting our Great Lakes, inland waters, and drinking water must be a top priority. As a former national security analyst, I believe we need to think of environmental security the way we do about homeland security: it's about the safety of our kids. If elected, I would help reinvigorate the Great Lakes caucus; push for a comprehensive, ten-year environmental plan for Michigan; and work to manage and mitigate the impact of warming temperatures. Line 5 is decades old, it gets shut down when the waves are too high, and enormous concerns have been raised by Republicans and Democrats--it should be shut down immediately.