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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Betty McCollum (MN-04), the Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, issued the following statement in response to the decision by President Trump to suspend all military aid to Ukraine:
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Betty McCollum (MN-04), Dean of the Minnesota Congressional Delegation, will attend President Trump’s address to the joint session of Congress on Tuesday, March 4. The Congresswoman’s guest is Ramsey County Commissioner Mary Jo McGuire, who served as President of the National Association of Counties (NACo) from 2023-2024.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Betty McCollum (MN-04), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, released the following statement on Friday after President Trump and Vice President Vance publicly denigrated Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Oval Office:
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Republican majority in the U.S. House of Representatives voted to advance their budget proposal on Tuesday night, furthering a GOP scheme that would make massive cuts to critical services that Americans rely on while spiking the deficit. Following the vote, Congresswoman Betty McCollum (MN-04) released the following statement:
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Betty McCollum (MN-04), the Dean of the Minnesota Congressional delegation, released the following statement on Tuesday ahead of a planned vote by the U.S. House of Representatives on the Republican majority’s budget proposal:
Mr. Speaker, on the morning of February 24, 2025, I was attending the University of Minnesota’s National Security Research & Innovation Day in my district, and the flight I took back to Washington, D.C. was delayed departing from Minnesota. This resulted in my absence from the House during three suspension votes on February 24. Had I been present, I would have voted AYE on H.R. 825, the Assisting Small Businesses Not Fraudsters Act; H.R. 832, the Small Business Advocacy Improvements Act; and H.R.
Mr. Speaker, on the morning of February 24, 2025, I was attending the University of Minnesota’s National Security Research & Innovation Day in my district, and the flight I took back to Washington, D.C. was delayed departing from Minnesota. This resulted in my absence from the House during three suspension votes on February 24. Had I been present, I would have voted AYE on H.R. 825, the Assisting Small Businesses Not Fraudsters Act; H.R. 832, the Small Business Advocacy Improvements Act; and H.R.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Betty McCollum (MN-04), the Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, released the following statement in response to the announcement that President Donald Trump fired Admiral Lisa Franchetti, Chief of Naval Operations:
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Betty McCollum (MN-04), the Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, released the following statement in response to the announcement that President Donald Trump fired General Charles Q. Brown, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff:
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Betty McCollum (MN-04), Dean of the Minnesota Congressional delegation, released the following statement after U.S. Senator Tina Smith announced that she would not run for re-election: