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Washington, DC – After seventeen months of investigation, more than $4.6 million in taxpayer funds expended, and yesterday’s grueling 11 hour interrogation of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Congresswomen Betty McCollum (D-MN) is calling for the immediate disbanding of the U.S. House of Representative’s Select Committee on Benghazi.

Ms. McCOLLUM of Minnesota: Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to the Conference Report to Accompany H.R. 1735, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016.

Yesterday, Congresswoman Betty McCollum joined leaders from federal agencies and the business community to celebrate the 6th anniversary of the “Canoemobile” program run by Minnesota non-profit Wilderness Inquiry. The Canoemobile program travels across the country with several large, custom-made canoes and hosts programming to expose inner-city youth to outdoor recreation and conservation.

Washington, DC – This week, a bipartisan team introduced the Reach Every Mother and Child Act, a bold, bipartisan legislative initiative to accelerate the reduction of preventable maternal, newborn and childhood deaths worldwide.

Congresswoman Betty McCollum released the following statement regarding President Obama’s release of the Clean Power Plan:

Washington, DC – This morning, news broke of a Minnesota dentist, Walter Palmer, accused of paying tens of thousands of dollars to poach a protected lion while touring Zimbabwe. This well-known lion, named Cecil by local residents, was lured from a protected Zimbabwean National Park, hunted with a bow and arrow, skinned and beheaded. The U.S.