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January 31, 2022

Congresswoman Betty McCollum (DFL-Minn.) issued the following statement after at least six Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) were targeted with bomb threats Monday:


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January 26, 2022

Congresswoman Betty McCollum (DFL-Minn.) released the following statement today after the Department of the Interior announced its reversal of Trump-era decisions imperiling the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW)


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January 24, 2022

Congresswoman Betty McCollum (DFL-Minn.) will host three virtual field hearings this week to hear testimony from leaders of Fourth Congressional District cities, counties, and school districts on each entity's use of more than $500 million in federal American Rescue Plan pandemic relief.


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January 14, 2022

Congresswoman Betty McCollum (DFL-Minn.) released the following statement today ahead of Monday's observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day:


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January 14, 2022

Today, Congresswoman Betty McCollum (DFL-Minn.) announced the first round of investments in repairing Minnesota bridges under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act she and four Minnesota Democratic colleagues helped pass into law. All Minnesota Republicans voted against the bill.


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January 6, 2022

Congresswoman Betty McCollum (DFL-Minn.) released the following statement today on the one-year anniversary of the January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol:


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December 16, 2021

Congresswoman Betty McCollum (DFL-Minn.) celebrated the announcement that $2,327,046 will be awarded to eight organizations in Minnesota's Fourth Congressional District to fund AmeriCorps VISTA (Volunteers in Service to America) projects:


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December 2, 2021

Congresswoman Betty McCollum (DFL-Minn.), Chair of the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, today delivered the following remarks on the House Floor regarding the Fiscal Year 2022 Continuing Resolution to prevent a government shutdown and extend funding until February 18, 2022 – more than four months past the start of the fiscal year:


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December 1, 2021

Today the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 4352 to amend the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934, reaffirming the authority of the Secretary of Interior to take land into trust for all federally recognized Indian tribes, regardless of the date of their recognition. In the 2009 Carcieri v.