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McCollum Statement on Trump Administration’s Secret National Monuments Report

September 18, 2017

“Our National Monuments protect America’s natural history and they preserve our cultural heritage, including the sacred sites of our Native American brothers and sisters. It is a travesty that the Trump administration wants to abuse these treasured places for private profit.”

Issues: Environment & Energy Native Americans

McCollum Condemns EPA’s Inappropriate Personal Attack on Journalist

September 12, 2017

Press Release

Congresswoman Betty McCollum (DFL-Minn.), Ranking Member of the House Interior-Environment Appropriations Subcommittee, today wrote to Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt condemning the EPA's personal attacks on an Associated Press journalist.

Issues: Environment & Energy

McCollum Opposes Anti-Environment Riders, Including Latest Attempt to Allow Dangerous Mining Next to Minnesota’s BWCA

September 7, 2017

Press Release

Congresswoman Betty McCollum (DFL-Minn.), Ranking Member of the House Interior-Environment Appropriations Subcommittee, today opposed a Republican amendment package that included an amendment to allow mining in the Superior National Forest adjacent to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.

Issues: Appropriations & Budget Environment & Energy

McCollum Floor Statement Opposing Anti-Environment Riders, Including Mining Near the BWCA

September 7, 2017

Statements For the Record

"I am opposed to all the amendments included in this en bloc. Many of them use offsets from accounts in the Environmental Protection Agency or Fish and Wildlife Service that are already severely underfunded. I am particularly troubled by one amendment in this group that threatens our nation’s most visited wilderness area. Let me tell you why I oppose the Emmer Amendment."

Issues: Appropriations & Budget Environment & Energy

McCollum Opposes House GOP’s 8-Bill Appropriations Package, Cuts to Interior-Environment Programs

September 6, 2017

Press Release

Congresswoman Betty McCollum (DFL-Minn.), Ranking Member of the House Interior-Environment Appropriations Subcommittee, spoke on the House Floor today in strong opposition to House Republicans' eight-bill appropriations package and its devastating $824 million cut to the programs funded in the Interior-Environment bill.

Issues: Appropriations & Budget Environment & Energy Native Americans

McCollum Floor Statement Opposing 8-Bill Appropriations Package, Cuts to Interior-Environment Programs

September 6, 2017

Statements For the Record

Congresswoman Betty McCollum (DFL-Minn.) delivered the following remarks on the House Floor opposing H.R. 3354, House Republicans' eight-bill omnibus appropriations package, and particularly its deep cuts to environmental protection.

Issues: Appropriations & Budget Environment & Energy Native Americans

McCollum Statement to Rules Committee Regarding H.R. 3354

September 6, 2017

Statements For the Record

Congresswoman Betty McCollum (DFL-Minn.), Ranking Member of the House Interior-Environment Appropriations Subcommittee, testified before the House Rules Committee opposing the House Republican majority's closed process for the consideration of H.R. 3354, and particularly Division A, the Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018.

Issues: Appropriations & Budget Environment & Energy Native Americans

McCollum Statement on Trump Administration’s Cruel Decision to End DACA

September 5, 2017

Press Release

“President Trump’s elimination of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program is a cruel betrayal of 800,000 young DREAMers who love this country and call America home. Deporting college students, first responders, and service members who came to America as children is bigoted, callous, and does nothing to make America stronger.

Issues: Civil Rights & Justice Homeland Security & Immigration

McCollum Urges Emergency Fire Suppression Funding in Supplemental Appropriations Bill

September 5, 2017

Press Release

Congresswoman Betty McCollum (DFL-Minn.), Ranking Member of the House Interior-Environment Appropriations Subcommittee, today wrote to bipartisan House leaders urging the inclusion of $300 million for urgent wildfire suppression activities in the emergency supplemental appropriations bill for Hurricane Harvey relief.

Issues: Appropriations & Budget Environment & Energy

McCollum Formally Requests Criminal Charges Against Plating, Inc. Owners

August 25, 2017

Press Release

Congresswoman Betty McCollum (DFL-Minn.) today formally requested federal authorities to pursue criminal charges against the owners and responsible individuals at Plating, Inc., which abandoned toxic and dangerous chemicals in a residential neighborhood in St. Paul, necessitating a $1.6 million federal cleanup.

Issues: Civil Rights & Justice Environment & Energy

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