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In a letter sent to Congresswoman Betty McCollum, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has written that he shares the Congresswoman’s concerns that “inappropriate mining could do irreparable damage” to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCA) and Voyageurs National Park.

WASHINGTON — This morning, Congresswoman Betty McCollum addressed a large delegation of the Minnesota Oromo community visiting Washington today to attend a briefing held by the United States House of Representative’s Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission. In her address, Congresswoman McCollum reiterated her concern about human rights abuses against the Oromo people in Ethiopia.

To give more students the opportunity to participate, the deadline for submissions to Congresswoman Betty McCollum’s Congressional Art Competition has been extended to 6:00 p.m. Tuesday, April 19.

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. House Republicans failed to meet the statutory deadline to enact the fiscal year 2017 budget resolution. Passing the budget resolution should have been especially straightforward this year, because the House and Senate passed – and the President signed – a bipartisan agreement setting overall spending levels for fiscal years 2016 and 2017.

Today, the United States House of Representatives passed the Global Food Security Act (H.R. 1567), a bill which would take significant steps to fight hunger worldwide by empowering and supporting small-scale local farmers.

Congresswoman McCollum was the lead Democratic sponsor of the bill, which was introduced by Rep. Christopher Smith (R-NJ).

Following today’s shooting at the Dacotah Building in St. Paul, across the street from Congresswoman McCollum’s District Office at 165 Western Avenue North, Congresswoman McCollum issued the following statement:

Today, Department of the Interior Acting Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Larry Roberts announced that the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe has been prioritized for Fiscal Year 2016 funding to replace the Bug-O-Nay-Ge-Shig High School.

On Tuesday, April 12, 2016, Congresswoman Betty McCollum's (MN-04) office will host an informational event to discuss the nomination process and application requirements for admission to a U.S. Service Academy.