Press Releases
Congresswoman Betty McCollum (DFL-Minn.) will host a town hall meeting on Wednesday, October 2, from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Stillwater Area High School in Stillwater.
Congresswoman Betty McCollum (DFL-Minn.) released the following statement today after the release of a memo detailing a phone conversation between President Trump and Ukrainian President Zelenskyy:
U.S. Rep. Betty McCollum (DFL-Minn.) released the following statement today:
U.S. Rep. Betty McCollum (DFL-Minn.) released the following statement today after the Trump administration announced a "modest" deployment of U.S. troops to Saudi Arabia following attacks on Saudi oil sites:
U.S. Rep. Betty McCollum (DFL-Minn.) released the following statement after yesterday's passage of a continuing resolution to ensure government funding through November 21, 2019. The continuing resolution included a provision allowing sugarbeet cooperative processors to qualify for disaster assistance funding from the Supplemental aid bill passed in June.
Today, U.S. Reps. Betty McCollum (MN-04), Angie Craig (MN-02), and Ron Kind (WI-03) sent a letter to the Office of Management and Budget pushing for the distribution of $100 million for the Army Corps of Engineers to address the impacts of this spring's devastating floods along the Mississippi River. The funds were included in the Additional Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief Act, and were signed into law by President Trump in June 2019. Those funds have not yet been disbursed so the Army Corps can do their jobs.
Congresswoman Betty McCollum (DFL-Minn.) released the following statement today on the 18th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks:
"The Government Accountability Office, under the authority of the Comptroller General, has issued a legal decision that the Secretary violated appropriations law. The Secretary must respect this judgment, not resort to harsh partisan attacks. Instead, he appears to be continuing this administration's alarming pattern of undermining our constitutional principles of the rule of law and the separation of powers.
Today, U.S. Representative Betty McCollum (DFL-Minn.) and U.S. Senator Tom Udall (D-N.M.) the chair and ranking member of the U.S.
Citing a lack of meaningful analysis and consultation, McCollum & Udall call on BLM to suspend any efforts to move headquarters and abruptly relocate staff. Lawmakers express concerns that proposed reorganization is part of a "deliberate effort to dismantle and weaken the Bureau"