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WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Monday, Congresswoman Betty McCollum (MN-04) held a virtual event to congratulate Riddhi Singhvi of Stillwater Area High School for winning the 2026 Fourth Congressional District App Challenge. Singhvi’s app, Bite Balance, was chosen by an independent judge from the Fourth Congressional District.
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — Democratic members of the Minnesota Congressional delegation issued the following joint statement in response to the fatal shooting of a 37-year-old man, a U.S. citizen, by federal immigration agents in Minneapolis:
“Federal agents including ICE and Border Patrol who are roaming Minnesota’s streets must leave our state immediately. The presence of masked, militarized federal agents is not making our communities safer — it is making them less safe. It is leading to increased danger and violence.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Thursday, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 7148, the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2026. Upon passage of the measure, Ranking Member Betty McCollum issued the following statement:
“Due to the perseverance of my Democratic colleagues, this legislation protects funding for Democratic priorities, reasserts Congress’s power of the purse, and rejects Republicans’ poison pill riders.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Betty McCollum (D, MN-04) issued the following statement on Thursday following the vote on H. CON. RES. 68:
WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Thursday, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 7148, the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2026. Upon passage of the temporary government funding measure, Congresswoman Betty McCollum, the Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, issued the following statement:
WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Thursday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act of 2026 (H.R. 7147). Congresswoman Betty McCollum, the Dean of the Minnesota Congressional Delegation, voted no on the legislation. Upon passage of the bill, the Congresswoman issued the following statement:
Congresswoman Betty McCollum (D, MN-04) issued the following statement on Wednesday following the passage of H.J. Res. 140, which would expose the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness watershed to toxic acid mine drainage:
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Betty McCollum (D, MN-04) issued the following statement on Tuesday:
“The record of incompetence and cruelty by the Trump administration and Department of Homeland Security Sec. Noem is growing each day. Minnesotans across the state are facing masked, unprofessional, untrained federal agents who are making people feel afraid in their own communities by wreaking havoc.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Thursday morning, President Trump announced on his social media platform that he was considering invoking the Insurrection Act in Minnesota. Congresswoman Betty McCollum (D, MN-04), the Dean of the Minnesota Congressional Delegation, issued the following statement in response to the President’s threat:
WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Wednesday afternoon, Congresswoman Betty McCollum (D, MN-04) became an original co-sponsor of Congresswoman Robin Kelly’s (D, IL-02) articles of impeachment against Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. This announcement follows Congresswoman McCollum’s Friday announcement that she would support efforts to impeach Secretary Noem.