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Elissa Slotkin: “If you want to get a passport, it's nearly $200.”

Featuring: Elissa Slotkin, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Michigan

Slotkin Speaks about the SAVE Act and the President's Failed Record on Lowering Costs

Published March 19, 2026 | Video Starts at 02:17

Passport. 60% of Michiganders have no passport. They've never applied for one. They don't need one. They're not interested in one. And If you want to get a passport, it's nearly $200. So now we're charging a fee for people to do what I hope most people believe is a God given right as an American to vote. (02:17–02:21)

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“He says, 'we'll never lose a race for 50 years if this passes.'”
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“He's busy taking weeks at a time on this floor of time.”
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