U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin, D-Lansing — who said she is working to elevate more Midwestern voices in the Democratic Party — has been elected to represent the Midwest on the Steering & Policy Committee, which helps decide committee assignments and leadership spots.
Slotkin is also joining the new Heartland Caucus to “bring more Midwestern pragmatism to Congress.”
“We may disagree on college football (ahem, Ohio), or the right way to prepare a hot dog (ahem, Illinois), but we share the same sense of decency and sensibility,” Slotkin said.
It’s that sense of decency and sensibility, she said, that seems to have been lost in the “politicized and polarized Congress.”
“Fresh off the heels of our electoral success in November, it’s high time we bring it back,” Slotkin said.
The Congresswoman also has a new office in the Rayburn House Office Building, one with a view of the mall and the botannical gardens (the oldest in the U.S.).
“We scored a good lottery number,” Slotkin said.
