50 Quotes by Elissa Slotkin

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.