Press Releases

McCollum Statement on Trump Administration’s Cruel Decision to End DACA

September 5, 2017

“President Trump’s elimination of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program is a cruel betrayal of 800,000 young DREAMers who love this country and call America home. Deporting college students, first responders, and service members who came to America as children is bigoted, callous, and does nothing to make America stronger.

Issues: Civil Rights & Justice Homeland Security & Immigration

McCollum Urges Emergency Fire Suppression Funding in Supplemental Appropriations Bill

September 5, 2017

Press Release

Congresswoman Betty McCollum (DFL-Minn.), Ranking Member of the House Interior-Environment Appropriations Subcommittee, today wrote to bipartisan House leaders urging the inclusion of $300 million for urgent wildfire suppression activities in the emergency supplemental appropriations bill for Hurricane Harvey relief.

Issues: Appropriations & Budget Environment & Energy

McCollum Formally Requests Criminal Charges Against Plating, Inc. Owners

August 25, 2017

Press Release

Congresswoman Betty McCollum (DFL-Minn.) today formally requested federal authorities to pursue criminal charges against the owners and responsible individuals at Plating, Inc., which abandoned toxic and dangerous chemicals in a residential neighborhood in St. Paul, necessitating a $1.6 million federal cleanup.

Issues: Civil Rights & Justice Environment & Energy

McCollum Statement on Latest Trump Administration Attack on National Monuments

August 24, 2017

Press Release

“From the sacred sites of Utah’s Bears Ears to the majestic splendor of Maine’s Katahdin Woods, National Monuments safeguard our country’s natural and cultural treasures. The Trump administration’s proposal to strip protections from these special places and open them up to exploitation by private interests is an attack on our public lands and national heritage."

Issues: Environment & Energy

McCollum Co-Sponsors Resolution to Censure President Trump

August 23, 2017

Press Release

Congresswoman Betty McCollum (DFL-Minn.) today co-sponsored a resolution to censure President Donald Trump for excusing the violent conduct of white supremacists, neo-Nazis, and the Ku Klux Klan at the "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville, Va. earlier this month.

Issues: Civil Rights & Justice

McCollum Statement on President Trump's Afghanistan Announcement

August 21, 2017

Press Release

"This is not a military solution or a path to an exit strategy, but a recipe for an endless quagmire," Congresswoman McCollum said.

Issues: Defense & National Security

McCollum Condemns Trump's Defense of Ku Klux Klan and neo-Nazis

August 16, 2017

Press Release

In comments on her Facebook page, Congresswoman Betty McCollum strongly condemnded President Donald Trump's defense of the Ku Klux Klan, neo-Nazis, and white nationalists who protested in Charlottesville, Va. on August 11 and 12.

Issues: Civil Rights & Justice

Neighborhood Meeting on EPA Waste Cleanup in St. Paul Set for Aug. 15

August 10, 2017

Press Release

The office of Congresswoman Betty McCollum will host a neighborhood meeting on Tuesday, August 15 to share important information about the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s cleanup of hazardous waste at 888 North Prior Avenue in St. Paul.

Issues: Environment & Energy

McCollum Statement on EPA Announcement of Hazardous Waste Cleanup in St. Paul

August 3, 2017

Press Release

Congresswoman Betty McCollum (DFL-Minn.) released a statement after the Environmental Protection Agency announced an emergency $1.6 million hazardous waste cleanup at the Plating, Inc. site in the Midway neighborhood of St. Paul.

Issues: Environment & Energy

McCollum to Host “Listening Over Lemonade” Town Hall on Aug. 9

August 3, 2017

Press Release

Congresswoman Betty McCollum (DFL-Minn.) will host a “Listening Over Lemonade” town hall on Wednesday, August 9 from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. at the East Side Freedom Library in St. Paul.