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Elissa Slotkin: “Middle class Americans are unable to buy a home.”

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 11:09

So as Michiganders are waiting in line at the gas pumps right now, as the price of gas jumps 60 cents per day in some cases as Middle class Americans are unable to buy a home. We're talking about making it harder for women and old people and the military to vote instead of addressing the fundamental issues of Americans. (11:09–11:12)

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Asserts that middle-class Americans are facing difficulties in purchasing homes.

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“In an election won by Donald Trump wasn't contested by anyone on the other side of the aisle. 15 individual voters were flagged as…”
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“As Michiganders are waiting in line at the gas pumps right now, as the price of gas jumps 60 cents per day in some cases.”
Slotkin Speaks about the SAVE Act and the President's Failed Record on Lowering Costs | Uploaded March 19, 2026 | 11:00-11:09
“The SAVE act does not safeguard our elections. It does the opposite.”
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“If you want to get a passport, it's nearly $200.”
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“In 2018, Michiganders voted in a law that said that anyone could vote absentee for any reason, and it passed with 67% of the vote.”
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“Mail in Voting is safe, it's secure, it's the law in Michigan.”
Slotkin Speaks about the SAVE Act and the President's Failed Record on Lowering Costs | Uploaded March 19, 2026 | 03:42-03:47
“The SAVE act undoes that, and it represents a significant change.”
Slotkin Speaks about the SAVE Act and the President's Failed Record on Lowering Costs | Uploaded March 19, 2026 | 04:00-04:06
“It gives the federal government enormous power over voting.”
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“This bill makes it harder for millions of Americans, particularly women, to vote in these elections.”
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“We are only debating this bill because of one fact. Donald Trump doesn't like to lose elections.”
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“Seven months before the 2020 election, [Donald Trump] got up in front of the United States and said, if I don't win in 2020, the election is…”
Slotkin Speaks about the SAVE Act and the President's Failed Record on Lowering Costs | Uploaded March 19, 2026 | 07:50-07:58
“Passing the SAVE act will 'guarantee the midterms for Republicans.'”
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“He says, 'we'll never lose a race for 50 years if this passes.'”
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“The President of the United States has laid out what he believes for everyone to see.”
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“That same President is now grinding the Senate to a halt by trying to pass a bill that doesn't do a single thing for your pocketbook, your…”
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“He's busy taking weeks at a time on this floor of time.”
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