Civil Rights & Justice

Resources on H.R. 2407, Promoting Human Rights for Palestinian Children Living Under Israeli Military Occupation Act

Congresswoman Betty McCollum (DFL-Minn.) has introduced legislation to promote human rights for Palestinian children by ending abusive Israeli military detention practices. Her legislation, the Promoting Human Rights for Palestinian Children Living Under Israeli Military Occupation Act, H.R. 2407, prevents the use of United States tax dollars for the Israeli military’s ongoing detention and mistreatment of Palestinian children.

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McCollum Statement on Indictment of Top Trump Advisers

October 30, 2017

Press Release

“The criminal charges against President Donald Trump’s top campaign aides confirm that illegal activity and unethical behavior proliferated in the President’s inner circle. Our worst fears about President Trump and his associates’ poor judgment and bad intentions have once again been confirmed."

Issues: Civil Rights & Justice

McCollum Comments on Las Vegas Mass Shooting

October 2, 2017

Press Release

"I am ready to act. I am ready to vote to impose the toughest laws possible to protect the American people from this preventable madness. But this Republican Congress will instead do nothing and wait for the next tragedy to happen."

Issues: Civil Rights & Justice

McCollum Statement on Trump Administration’s Cruel Decision to End DACA

September 5, 2017

Press Release

“President Trump’s elimination of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program is a cruel betrayal of 800,000 young DREAMers who love this country and call America home. Deporting college students, first responders, and service members who came to America as children is bigoted, callous, and does nothing to make America stronger.

Issues: Civil Rights & Justice Homeland Security & Immigration

McCollum Formally Requests Criminal Charges Against Plating, Inc. Owners

August 25, 2017

Press Release

Congresswoman Betty McCollum (DFL-Minn.) today formally requested federal authorities to pursue criminal charges against the owners and responsible individuals at Plating, Inc., which abandoned toxic and dangerous chemicals in a residential neighborhood in St. Paul, necessitating a $1.6 million federal cleanup.

Issues: Civil Rights & Justice Environment & Energy

McCollum Co-Sponsors Resolution to Censure President Trump

August 23, 2017

Press Release

Congresswoman Betty McCollum (DFL-Minn.) today co-sponsored a resolution to censure President Donald Trump for excusing the violent conduct of white supremacists, neo-Nazis, and the Ku Klux Klan at the "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville, Va. earlier this month.

Issues: Civil Rights & Justice

McCollum Condemns Trump's Defense of Ku Klux Klan and neo-Nazis

August 16, 2017

Press Release

In comments on her Facebook page, Congresswoman Betty McCollum strongly condemnded President Donald Trump's defense of the Ku Klux Klan, neo-Nazis, and white nationalists who protested in Charlottesville, Va. on August 11 and 12.

Issues: Civil Rights & Justice

McCollum Statement on House GOP Vote to Fund Trump’s Sham "Election Integrity Commission"

July 13, 2017

Press Release

“We should be strengthening our democracy by making it easier for our citizens to register and cast ballots. Today’s vote shows that President Trump and Republicans want to take us in the other direction."

Issues: Appropriations & Budget Civil Rights & Justice

House Appropriations Committee Adopts McCollum-Cole Amendment on Tribal Justice Funding

July 13, 2017

Press Release

The House Appropriations Committee today adopted an amendment offered by Representatives Betty McCollum (DFL-Minn.) and Tom Cole (R-Okla.) that protects tribal nations across the country from a drastic cut to their criminal and civil justice funds.

Issues: Appropriations & Budget Civil Rights & Justice Native Americans

McCollum Proposes Amendment to Defund Trump’s Sham Election Commission

July 12, 2017

Press Release

“President Trump’s sham election commission exists to justify his outrageous falsehoods about ‘illegal voting’ and to further the Republican Party’s voter suppression agenda,” Congresswoman McCollum said. “This commission is an affront to our democracy and a waste of taxpayer dollars. The American people should not have to foot the bill to indulge President Trump’s Twitter rants and conspiracy theories.”

Issues: Civil Rights & Justice