Press Releases
Congresswoman Betty McCollum (DFL-Minn.) responded to a stunning report to Congress submitted by Deborah J. Jeffrey, the Inspector General for the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS-OIG), in which the "heightened risks of fraud, waste and mismanagement" resulting from Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) CEO Barbara Stewart's "Transformation and Sustainability Plan" was given as a justification for additional FY 2020 funding for the CNCS-OIG office.
In response to the CNCS-OIG request to Congress, Rep. McCollum released the following statement:
U.S. Representative Betty McCollum (D-Minn.), Chair of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, and U.S. Senator Tom Udall (D-N.M.), Ranking Member on the Senate Appropriations Subcommittees on the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, wrote to U.S. Department of Interior (DOI) Deputy Inspector General Mary L.
Congresswoman Betty McCollum (DFL-Minn.), Rep. Glenn Thompson (R-Pa.), Rep. Marcia Fudge (D-OH), and Rep.
Congresswoman Betty McCollum (DFL-Minn.), Chair of the Appropriations Subcommittee with jurisdiction over the Department of Interior, Environmental Protection Agency, and related agencies, released the following statement after President Trump released his budget proposal for Fiscal Year 2020:
Congresswoman Betty McCollum (DFL-Minn.) released the following statement:
Congresswoman Betty McCollum today invited high school students in Minnesota's Fourth Congressional District to participate in the 2019 Congressional Art Competition, "An Artistic Discovery." Submissions are due Monday, April 15, 2019 by 5:00 p.m. CT.
In a new letter sent today, Rep. Betty McCollum (D-Minn.), Chair of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.), Chair of the Committee on Natural Resources, and Rep.
Today Rep. Betty McCollum (DFL-Minn.) introduced the Keep Community Service Local Act, which would prevent the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) from closing state or territory offices without approval from Congress. CNCS is the federal agency responsible for overseeing AmeriCorps VISTA and many Senior Corps programs.
Congresswoman Betty McCollum (DFL-Minn.) released the following statement today after voting for the privileged resolution to terminate President Trump's Feb. 15 emergency declaration under the authority provided in the National Emergencies Act (NEA):
WASHINGTON — Congresswoman Betty McCollum (DFL-Minn.) has sent a letter to Acting Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler requesting a copy of any written comments or concerns prepared by EPA staff regarding a Minnesota mine project be made public. Documents revealed through a Minnesota public records request make it clear that EPA career staff had planned to deliver written comments about the project's permits to Minnesota regulators outlining their concerns.