McCollum Announces 2018 State of the Union Guest Minnesota Senator Richard Cohen

Congresswoman Betty McCollum (DFL-Minn.) today announced that Minnesota Senator Richard Cohen (DFL-SD64) will be her guest to the 2018 State of the Union Address, to be delivered by President Trump on Tuesday, January 30.

"The Trump administration's first year has targeted our communities and taken Minnesota backwards through destructive policies like Trumpcare and the Trump-GOP tax scam," Congresswoman McCollum said. "Federal, state, and local officials all have a role to play in standing up to the damaging Republican agenda, and I am pleased to be joined for the State of the Union by Minnesota Senator Dick Cohen, a distinguished legislator and a champion for the arts, our environment, and human rights."

Minnesota Senator Richard Cohen has represented St. Paul in the Minnesota Senate since 1987, where he is the immediate past chair of the Finance Committee. Before his election to the Minnesota Senate, Senator Cohen served in the Minnesota House of Representatives starting in 1977. In addition to his service in state government, Senator Cohen was appointed by President Barack Obama to the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities, where he served from 2009 to 2017.

Congresswoman McCollum previously announced that she will be wearing black to the State of the Union, in solidarity with women across the country who are bravely speaking up as part of the "Me Too" movement and saying that Time's Up on the days when sexual harassment and discrimination is tolerated in America's workplaces.