WASHINGTON, June 22 -- Rep. Michelle Fischbach, R-Minnesota, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Fischbach (MN-07) cosponsored the Full Responsibility and Expedited Enforcement (FREE) Act. "The FREE Act will help the many industries across Minnesota's 7th District that have been weighed down by burdensome and time consuming federal permits," said Rep. Fischbach. "One of the largest barriers and expenses to expanding businesses, growing our supply of market rate housing and improvi  more

WASHINGTON, June 20 -- Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release: Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) and Rep. Sara Jacobs (D-CA) led a letter to President Joe Biden today asking to form a humanitarian parole program for Sudanese people, similar to the humanitarian parole program created for Ukrainians. The letter is also signed by Reps. Bush, Cardenas, Carson, Casar, Clarke, Garcia, Grijalva, Jackson, Jayapal, Kamlager-Dove, Kildee, Lee, Magaziner, McGovern, Norton, Pallone, Pressl  more

WASHINGTON, June 22 -- Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minnesota, issued the following statement on June 21, 2024: * * * U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) released the statement below following the Supreme Court's decision to uphold the law 18 U.S.C. Sec. 922(g)(8), which prohibits the possession of firearms by persons subject to domestic-violence restraining orders. "Victims of domestic abuse and their families deserve peace of mind and certainty that their abuser will not have access to firearms. Th  more

WASHINGTON, June 22 -- Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minnesota, issued the following statement on June 21, 2024: * * * U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar released the following statement regarding the flooding in Minnesota: "I'm working closely with officials throughout the state as we continue to see rising flood waters cause damage and threaten the safety of Minnesotans. "All public infrastructure damage is being documented so that if and when the federal threshold for FEMA disaster relief is reached, t  more