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Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to H.J. Res. 27, which would overturn a recent Biden Administration regulation clarifying protection of America's waters under the Clean Water Act.
Communities in Minnesota and across our nation need reliable access to clean water. Without clean water our communities don't have access to safe drinking water, farmers can't grow the food we eat, and our nurses and doctors can't clean their hands before a procedure. Clean water touches every facet of our daily lives, and our communities cannot thrive without it.
Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to H.R. 140, the Protecting Speech from Government Interference Act.
Mister Speaker, I rise today to recognize the history of Minnesota's African American railroad workers ahead of the new exhibit at the Minnesota Transportation Museum titled, "Twin Tracks: African American Railroad Workers, 1919-1941" curated by Marvin Anderson of Saint Paul, Minnesota, whose own grandfather worked as a Pullman porter. The exhibit will accurately highlight the crucial role that African American workers played in operating the early railroads by recounting the struggles and triumphs that they endured.
Congresswoman Betty McCollum (DFL-Minn.) released the following statement today after President Biden released his budget proposal for Fiscal Year 2024:
Congresswoman Betty McCollum (DFL-Minn.) released the following statement today in recognition of International Women's Day and Women's History Month:
Congresswoman Betty McCollum, along with U.S.
Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to H.R. 347, the REIN IN Act.
House Republicans are claiming this bill will require the administration to publish the inflationary impact of executive actions before enacting them, but if Republicans had taken the time to hold a hearing on this bill, they would have discovered that the bill merely requires the President to "prepare and consider" the inflationary impact—not publish it. This is yet another misleading political stunt from the new Republican majority.
Congresswoman Betty McCollum (DFL-Minn.), Ranking Member of the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, released the following statement on the majority's decision to exclude the Financial Services and General Government (FSGG); Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (LHHS); and Defense Subcommittees from the Community Project Funding process:
Congresswoman Betty McCollum (MN-04), Congressman Tom Cole (OK-04) Senator Jerry Moran (R-KS) and Senator Jon Tester (D-MT) have reintroduced legislation to amend the Act of June 18, 1934, to reaffirm the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to take land into trust for Indian Tribes, and for other purposes.
The monumental task of resuscitating St. Paul's Rondo community took a major step forward this week when the federal government announced it is committing $2m to fund planning, studies and analysis as part of the project's eventual master plan. This move is helping to fuel optimism by the effort's advocates that a growing portion of the land bridge and neighborhood's surrounding economic development may well be supported by federal funding.