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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.
Congresswoman Betty McCollum (DFL-Minn.) released the following statement on the one-year anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine:
"One year on, Vladimir Putin's illegal invasion of Ukraine has resulted in needless tragedy, loss of life, and countless war crimes," McCollum said. "Since the invasion, the world's democracies joined together in an unprecedented united front to defend the principles of freedom over authoritarianism, of self-determination over annexation, and human rights over the killing of innocents."
Congresswoman Betty McCollum (DFL-Minn.) released the following statement commemorating Black History Month:
Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to H. J. Res. 24 and H. J. Res. 26 which would nullify legislation enacted by the D.C. Council.
Our constituents did not elect us to get involved in the local politics of our nation's capital city. Yet, House Republicans think it's appropriate to waste Congress's time to weigh in on D.C. politics instead of getting to work for the American people to cap insulin costs for everyone, make the wealthiest and the biggest corporations pay their fair share in taxes, or strengthen Social Security and Medicare.
Mr. Speaker, I rise to provide remarks on H.R. 185, a bill House Republicans have brought to the Floor to revoke vaccine requirements for global travelers entering the United States. This legislation puts American health care at risk, flies in the face of settled science surrounding the COVID-19 vaccine, and hinders America's ability to adapt and respond to emerging variants.
Congresswoman McCollum announced today she will welcome Tony Sanneh as her guest for President Joseph R. Biden's State of the Union address to the Joint Session of Congress on February 7, 2023.
Mr. Speaker, let's be clear about what this resolution is. A complete waste of time. This resolution is not about Stalin. It is not about Mao. It is not about Castro. It is not even about condemning the human rights abuses that many communist dictators throughout history have committed. Instead, the Republican majority has thrown together a poorly written, ill-conceived resolution so sloppy that it condemns socialism in all its forms.