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Foreign Affairs

Information regarding my stance on Foreign Affairs issues.

Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong opposition to the State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs appropriations bill. 

Issues: Appropriations & Budget Defense & National Security Foreign Affairs Human Services

June 5, 2024

Congresswoman Betty McCollum (MN-04) released the following statement today on her participation in the bipartisan delegation to Normandy in remembrance of the 80th anniversary of D-Day.


I rise in strong opposition to H.R. 8369, the Israel Security Assistance Support Act. 

Issues: Defense & National Security Foreign Affairs

February 9, 2024

Congresswoman Betty McCollum (MN-04) released the following statement on the Biden administration’s National Security Memorandum on Safeguards and Accountability With Respect to Transferred Defense Articles and Defense Services:


February 1, 2024

Today, Congresswoman Betty McCollum (DFL-MN) and Congressman Bill Huizenga (R-MI) announced the establishment of the first ever Congressional Caucus on Burma. This caucus was created to bolster congressional support for the Burmese people in their fight for democracy and human rights against the brutal military junta.

Issues: Foreign Affairs

January 28, 2024

Congresswoman Betty McCollum (MN-04), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, released the following statement today after three U.S.

Issues: Foreign Affairs

December 22, 2023

Congresswoman Betty McCollum (MN-04) released the following statement today:

“I commend the UN Security Council for adopting its legally-binding resolution today calling for urgent and extended humanitarian pauses and corridors to enable full, rapid, safe, and unhindered humanitarian access.

Issues: Foreign Affairs

December 1, 2023
Statements For the Record

Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to H.R. 5961, the No Funds for Iranian Terrorism Act. If passed, H.R. 5961 would destroy our credibility in negotiation for our nation moving forward on future diplomacy with Iran, putting the U.S.—and the world—in danger of a nuclearized Iran.   

Issues: Foreign Affairs

November 15, 2023

Congresswoman Betty McCollum (MN-04), Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14), and Congressman Mark Pocan (WI-02), have sent a letter to the Biden administration expressing concern and calling for immediate action to protect the rights of children in Gaza, Israel, and the West Bank.

Issues: Foreign Affairs

November 8, 2023
Statements For the Record

Mr. Speaker, I rise to address my votes on bills passed through the House of Representatives under suspension of the Rules the week of October 30, 2023: H.Res. 559, H.R. 340, H.R. 3774, and H.Res. 798.

Issues: Foreign Affairs