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August 19, 2019

Congresswoman Betty McCollum (DFL-Minn.) released the following statement today after Planned Parenthood formally withdrew from the federal Title X program:

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July 24, 2019

Congresswoman Betty McCollum (DFL-Minn.) issued the following statement today after the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 397, the Rehabilitation for Multiemployer Pensions Act, also known as the Butch Lewis Act. H.R. 397 would stabilize multiemployer pension plans by establishing a government-backed loan program to avoid having to drastically cut pensioners' benefits as well as reducing the unsustainable liabilities of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation ("PBGC").


July 24, 2019

Following Special Counsel Mueller's testimony before the House Judiciary and Intelligence Committees today, Congresswoman McCollum (DFL-Minn.) released the following statement:

"Mr. Mueller's testimony today reaffirmed that Russia attacked our democracy in the 2016 election to solely benefit Donald Trump. The Trump campaign welcomed and encouraged the interference and lied about it to cover it up.


July 15, 2019

Congresswoman Betty McCollum (DFL-Minn.), released the following statement today after a series of remarks by the President about four Members of Congress:


July 3, 2019

Congresswoman Betty McCollum (DFL-Minn.), Chair of the Interior-Environment Appropriations Subcommittee, released the following statement today after reports that the Department of Interior is using $2.5 million in National Park entrance fees to fund President Trump's "Salute to America" event:


July 2, 2019

Congresswoman Betty McCollum (DFL-Minn.), Chair of the Interior-Environment Appropriations Subcommittee and Vice Chair of the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, released the following statement today after reports about President Trump's intention to use tanks, fighter jets, and other U.S. military equipment in his Fourth of July "Salute to America" event:


June 25, 2019

Congresswoman Betty McCollum (DFL-Minn.), Chair of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, released the following statement after the passage of the FY 20 Interior-Environment funding bill, part of a five-bill appropriations minibus, H.R. 3055:


June 24, 2019

Congresswoman Betty McCollum (DFL-Minn.) released the following statement today following reports of poor conditions at border patrol facilities along the U.S.-Mexico border:


June 19, 2019

Congresswoman Betty McCollum (DFL-Minn.) released the following statement after the passage of H.R. 2740, which consists of the FY2020 Labor-HHS-Education, Defense, State and Foreign Operations, and Energy and Water appropriations bills.

The four-bill minibus rejects President Trump's harmful budget cuts and invests in hardworking families across the nation with provisions important to Minnesotans and the American people, including: