Press Releases

McCollum, Congressional DFLers Urge Trump Administration to Rescind Proposed Cuts to MinnesotaCare

October 5, 2017

U.S. Representatives Betty McCollum, Keith Ellison, Rick Nolan, Collin Peterson, and Tim Walz wrote today to Acting Health and Human Services Secretary Don Wright and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Seema Verma, urging them to rescind their proposed cuts to MinnesotaCare.

Issues: Health Care

McCollum Statement on Congressman Emmer’s Anti-BWCA Bill

October 3, 2017

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“Congressman Emmer’s bill is an all-out attack on our nation’s most visited wilderness — the Boundary Waters Canoe Area."

Issues: Environment & Energy

McCollum Comments on Las Vegas Mass Shooting

October 2, 2017

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"I am ready to act. I am ready to vote to impose the toughest laws possible to protect the American people from this preventable madness. But this Republican Congress will instead do nothing and wait for the next tragedy to happen."

Issues: Civil Rights & Justice

McCollum Requests Details of Secretary Zinke’s Private Flights

September 29, 2017

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Congresswoman Betty McCollum, Ranking Member of the House Interior-Environment Appropriations Subcommittee, today wrote to Interior Secretary Zinke requesting specific details of his flights on private charter planes at taxpayer expense.

Issues: Appropriations & Budget Environment & Energy

McCollum Statement on Republican Tax “Framework”

September 27, 2017

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“The Republican tax framework is a multi-trillion dollar giveaway to billionaires and big corporations at the expense of working Minnesotans and Americans."

Issues: Appropriations & Budget Economy & Jobs

McCollum Statement on Trump Address to United Nations

September 19, 2017

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“President Trump’s dangerous rhetoric, coming from a man with the nuclear codes, is a global threat that puts every American at risk. I strongly condemn both his speech and the foundation of ignorance in which it was rooted.”

Issues: Defense & National Security Foreign Affairs

McCollum Statement on Trump Administration’s Secret National Monuments Report

September 18, 2017

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“Our National Monuments protect America’s natural history and they preserve our cultural heritage, including the sacred sites of our Native American brothers and sisters. It is a travesty that the Trump administration wants to abuse these treasured places for private profit.”

Issues: Environment & Energy Native Americans

McCollum Condemns EPA’s Inappropriate Personal Attack on Journalist

September 12, 2017

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Congresswoman Betty McCollum (DFL-Minn.), Ranking Member of the House Interior-Environment Appropriations Subcommittee, today wrote to Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt condemning the EPA's personal attacks on an Associated Press journalist.

Issues: Environment & Energy

McCollum Opposes Anti-Environment Riders, Including Latest Attempt to Allow Dangerous Mining Next to Minnesota’s BWCA

September 7, 2017

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Congresswoman Betty McCollum (DFL-Minn.), Ranking Member of the House Interior-Environment Appropriations Subcommittee, today opposed a Republican amendment package that included an amendment to allow mining in the Superior National Forest adjacent to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.

Issues: Appropriations & Budget Environment & Energy

McCollum Opposes House GOP’s 8-Bill Appropriations Package, Cuts to Interior-Environment Programs

September 6, 2017

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Congresswoman Betty McCollum (DFL-Minn.), Ranking Member of the House Interior-Environment Appropriations Subcommittee, spoke on the House Floor today in strong opposition to House Republicans' eight-bill appropriations package and its devastating $824 million cut to the programs funded in the Interior-Environment bill.

Issues: Appropriations & Budget Environment & Energy Native Americans