119th Congress
This week, the U.S. House Appropriations Committee marked up the Fiscal Year 2027 Financial Services and General Government (FSGG) funding bill, ultimately passing the legislation by a party-line vote of 34-28. Congresswoman McCollum voted no on the bill because it cuts funding for the Small Business Administration and ends the IRS direct free file program – benefitting billionaires and large corporations at the expense of working families and small businesses struggling to keep up with rising costs.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Betty McCollum (D), Dean of the Minnesota Congressional Delegation, issued the following statement on Thursday upon Senate passage of H.J. Res. 140, which would allow foreign mining companies to begin toxic mineral extraction which would permanently pollute the headwaters of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCA):
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Betty McCollum issued the following statement on Monday:
SAINT PAUL, Minn. — Congresswoman Betty McCollum, Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, issued the following statement on Tuesday morning:
SAINT PAUL, Minn. — Congresswoman Betty McCollum, Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, issued the following statement on President Trump’s Fiscal Year 2027 budget request outline, which was delivered to Congress over two months late:
SAINT PAUL, Minn. — Congresswoman Betty McCollum, the Dean of the Minnesota Congressional delegation, issued the following statement upon reports that President Trump fired Attorney General Pam Bondi:
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Betty McCollum (D, MN-04), the Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, issued the following statement on Wednesday in response to President Trump’s address to the nation:
“President Trump’s war in Iran is a strategic and diplomatic failure. His actions have made the Middle East more unstable. Thousands of civilians throughout the region are dying. And yet, President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu show no signs of stopping.
Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Subcommittee
Project: Records Management System and Technology Bundle
$650,700
City of Maplewood, 1830 County Road B East, Maplewood, MN 55109
The funding would be used to modernize the technology platform used by the Maplewood Police Department to manage reports, evidence, investigations and data sharing across the criminal justice system. The project is an appropriate use of taxpayer funds because it will improve case accuracy, evidence management, and communication with victims and witnesses.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Betty McCollum, Dean of the Minnesota Congressional delegation, issued the following statement on Friday:
Mr. Speaker, I rise to restate my strong opposition to President Trump’s unlawful and unconstitutional decision to order U.S. military strikes on Iran on February 28. His actions have entered our nation into war without any imminent threat posed by Iran to the United States and lacking necessary Congressional authorization.