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Congresswoman Betty McCollum (D-MN) today offered an amendment in the House Appropriations Committee to ensure no additional taxpayer dollars are spent on the Select Investigative Panel of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, informally known as the Select Committee to Target Planned Parenthood. Congresswoman McCollum’s amendment would have struck funding for the panel from the Legislative Branch appropriations bill; it was defeated on a 28-20 vote.

The Treasury Department’s rejection of a proposed plan to cut retirement benefits to over 400,000 workers and retirees of the Teamsters’ Central States Pension Fund provides Congress needed time to fix this problem and stabilize this fund. With the retirement security of 22,000 Minnesotans on the line I don’t want to see promises broken or retirees forced into poverty.

ST. PAUL — At an event for family, educators, and area service academy representatives on May 5, Congresswoman Betty McCollum recognized 13 Fourth District residents who will attend U.S. Service Academies next fall.

Trey Lervick (Woodbury High School), Nadeen Lieberman (Laurel Springs School), Marco Pirozzoli (Mahtomedi High School), Joe Puglisi (Woodbury High School), Katie Scheibner (East Ridge High School), Matthew Schwartz (Mahtomedi High School), and Sarah Warner (North High School) will all attend the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Today, Congresswoman Betty McCollum met with Dr. Michael Lomax, president and CEO of the United Negro College Fund (UNCF) for a wide-ranging discussion about Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU), the preservation of sites associated with African American history and the civil rights movement, and other topics.

U.S. Representative Betty McCollum and U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar and Al Franken today urged the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to set and maintain the highest standards for remediation as it finalizes an agreement with the U.S. Army on the cleanup of the Round Lake superfund site.

Congresswoman Betty McCollum (D-MN) issued the following statement today following the sentencing in Federal District Court of former Speaker of the House J. Dennis Hastert (R-IL) to 15 months in prison for illegal bank transactions in an effort to cover up his sexual abuse of students while he was a high school wrestling coach:

Congresswoman Betty McCollum issued the following statement today in recognition of Earth Day:

“Earth Day is a time to reflect on our efforts to protect the world’s irreplaceable resources – the air we breathe, the water we drink, the land we use, the biodiversity we depend on– for future generations.

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. Vilsack also confirmed that the Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service is working closely with the Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Land Management to review mining lease renewals in the area and to analyze their potential impacts on the watershed.