WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 -- Sen. Elissa Slotkin issued the following press release:
U.S. Senator Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) released the following statement on her vote against funding the Department of Homeland Security and ICE:
"Today, I voted no on the bill that included funding for ICE. The events taking place in Minneapolis represent a cultural moment in America - where people across the political spectrum saw, with their own eyes, U.S. citizens abused, threatened, and gunned down. Our fundamental rights as Americans, trampled.
"I have talked about these very issues for a year now, and I was unable to support more funding without serious, legislated change.
"My sincere hope is the White House and my Republican colleagues in Congress hear th...