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McCollum Saint Paul Office Moving to 661 LaSalle Street on May 2

April 11, 2017

Congresswoman Betty McCollum’s Saint Paul office will be closed Friday, April 28 and Monday, May 1 to facilitate a move to a new location: 661 LaSalle Street, #110, Saint Paul, MN 55114. Congresswoman McCollum’s new office will reopen on Tuesday, May 2.

McCollum Statement on U.S. Airstrikes in Syria

April 7, 2017

Press Release

“I urge Speaker Paul Ryan to immediately call the U.S. House of Representatives back into session. Now is not the time for Congress to be in recess for two weeks. Congress must fully debate the Trump administration's military actions in Syria and set clear limits on the use of U.S. troops and military action in accord with our responsibilities under the Constitution.”

Issues: Defense & National Security Foreign Affairs

McCollum Announces 2017 Congressional Art Competition

April 5, 2017

Press Release

Congresswoman Betty McCollum invites high school students in Minnesota's Fourth Congressional District to participate in the 2017 Congressional Art Competition. Submissions are due on Friday, April 21, 2017 by 4:30 p.m.

Issues: Arts & Humanities

McCollum Statement Honoring Mr. Jean DeCurtins

April 5, 2017

Statements For the Record

Mr. Speaker, I would like to take a moment to recognize the last surviving member of the Stillwater, Minnesota ``Last Man's Club'' of World War II veterans, Mr. Jean DeCurtins.

At age 98, Mr. DeCurtins is the only survivor of the 180 men who left Stillwater in February 1941 as part of the Minnesota Army National Guard's 34th Infantry Division Red Bulls mobilization for World War II. The A&D Last Man's Club was named for the A and D Army Companies in which members served and in honor of Stillwater's original Last Man's Club of 34 Civil War veterans.

McCollum Co-Sponsors Paycheck Fairness Act To Enforce Equal Pay For Women

April 4, 2017

Press Release

Congresswoman Betty McCollum (DFL-Minn.) today marked Equal Pay Day and co-sponsored the Paycheck Fairness Act, legislation that would enforce equal pay for women.

Issues: Economy & Jobs Women

McCollum Hosts U.S. Service Academy Information Night April 11

March 30, 2017

Press Release

On Tuesday, April 11, 2017, Congresswoman Betty McCollum’s office will host an informational event to discuss the nomination process and application requirements for admission to a U.S. Service Academy at Mounds View High School.

McCollum Opposes H.R. 1430, Another Republican Attack on Public Health, Scientific Integrity

March 29, 2017

Press Release

Congresswoman Betty McCollum (DFL-Minn.), Ranking Member of the House Interior-Environment Appropriations Subcommittee — which funds the Environmental Protection Agency, spoke today on the House Floor against House Republicans’ H.R. 1430, a bill that prevents the EPA from functioning effectively and using the best scientific data available.

Issues: Environment & Energy

McCollum Statement on Trump Order Attacking Environmental and Public Health Protections

March 28, 2017

Press Release

Congresswoman Betty McCollum (DFL-Minn.), Ranking Member of the House Interior-Environment Appropriations Subcommittee, released the following statement on President Donald Trump’s executive order attacking environmental and public health protections:

Issues: Environment & Energy

McCollum Statement on House Republicans Abandoning TrumpCare

March 24, 2017

Press Release

Congresswoman Betty McCollum (DFL-Minn.) released the following statement after Speaker Paul Ryan pulled TrumpCare rather than face certain defeat in the House of Representatives: “Congress heard the American people loud and clear: They don’t want Republicans to take away their health care."

Issues: Health Care

McCollum Floor Remarks Opposing TrumpCare

March 24, 2017

Press Release

Congresswoman Betty McCollum (DFL-Minn.) spoke on the House Floor this morning as the House prepares to consider TrumpCare: "Mr. Speaker, TrumpCare is a disaster for children, families, seniors, and people with disabilities... It is not a health care bill, it is a prescription for disaster. I urge my colleagues to strongly oppose TrumpCare."

Issues: Health Care

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