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Contact: Maria Reppas, (202) 225-6631 / (202) 527-0149 maria.reppas@mail.house.gov
St. Paul, MN – Congresswoman Betty McCollum (MN-04) issued the following statement as the head of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and Democratic House Leader Nancy Pelosi announced a new U.S. commitment to famine relief at a University of Minnesota forum.
Contact: Maria Reppas, (202) 225-6631 / (202) 527-0149 maria.reppas@mail.house.gov
St. Paul, MN – Congresswoman Betty McCollum (MN-04) issued the following statement, regarding Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki's trip to Minnesota. Today, Secretary Shinseki met with veterans at the Minnesota State Fair and spoke at the American Legion Convention.
CHUCK TODD: We're expecting the president to arrive in St. Paul in about 90 minutes from now, and then he'll head over here for the first of five town halls over the next three days. We met in St. Paul with Democratic Congresswoman Betty McCollum, but she drove down here, and she joins me now.
REPRESENTATIVE BETTY MCCOLLUM (D-MN): Well, it's good to be here. Great Minnesota weather. Welcome.
MR. TODD: Well, there's a lot of Minnesotans in the news over the last 24 hours, so let me ask you about former Governor Tim Pawlenty. Were you surprised that he got out?
WASHINGTON, DC -- Ducks Unlimited recently held its Conservation Programs Committee (CPC) meeting in Bloomington, Minn. to discuss DU’s conservation projects and initiatives. As a portion of the meeting, DU invited CPC members, along with local members of the Minnesota congressional delegation and their staff, to attend breakfast meetings. U.S. Representative Betty McCollum attended the meetings and praised DU’s conservation efforts.
Contact: Maria Reppas, (202) 225-6631 / (202) 527-0149 maria.reppas@mail.house.gov
St. Paul, MN – U.S. Congresswoman Betty McCollum (D-MN) issued the following statement in the aftermath of today's -5.5% / 634 point fall of the Dow Jones Industrial. Today was the first day of trading following Standard & Poor's (S&P) downgrade of U.S. long-term sovereign credit rating from a rating of "AAA" to "AA+."
Contact: Maria Reppas, (202) 225-6631 / (202) 527-0149 maria.reppas@mail.house.gov
Washington, DC – Congresswoman Betty McCollum (MN-04) issued the following statement as global financial markets plummeted and the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 512 points. This was the worst day for the Dow since the depths of the financial crisis in 2008.
Contact: Maria Reppas, (202) 225-6631 / (202) 527-0149 maria.reppas@mail.house.gov
Budget Control Act Risks Economic Recovery, Job Creation
Washington, DC – Tonight, Congresswoman Betty McCollum (MN-04) joined 161 Democrats and Republicans in voting against the Budget Control Act Agreement (S. 365) otherwise known as the bipartisan debt ceiling compromise brokered by President Obama and Congressional leadership. During this process, Congresswoman McCollum has voted twice to increase the debt ceiling.
Contact: Maria Reppas, (202) 225-6631 / (202) 527-0149 maria.reppas@mail.house.gov
As Tuesday's Debt Crisis Deadline Looms, House Republicans Defeat Sen. Reid's Budget Control Act and Take Sunday Off to Relax
Contact: Maria Reppas, (202) 225-6631 / (202) 527-0149 maria.reppas@mail.house.gov
Washington, DC – A few minutes ago, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Republican Budget Control Act (S. 627) by a vote of 218-210 with Democrats unanimously voting against it. Congresswoman Betty McCollum (MN-04) issued the following statement:
Thank you for that introduction and for inviting me to be here with you all today!
This is a historic time to be here in DC. I can honestly say that no one knows what's going on here in Washington. I say that in sincerity. And I say that in sadness. We have to get this issue resolved, because it affects all of us.