WASHINGTON, July 23 -- Rep. Angie Craig, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release: Today, ahead of the historic markup in the U.S. Senate for legislation that would ban Members of Congress from trading stocks, U.S. Representative Angie Craig led a coalition of House Members pushing Speaker Johnson, Majority Leader Schumer and congressional leaders to bring a congressional stock trading ban to a vote on the House Floor. Rep. Craig has been a leader on this issue since she was first elect  more

WASHINGTON, July 23 -- Rep. Betty McCollum, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Betty McCollum (MN04) released the following statement on Prime Minister Netanyahu's Speech to Congress tomorrow. I plan to listen to the Israeli Prime Minister's speech from my office. The Hamas terrorist attacks of October 7, 2023, were a heinous act that cannot ever be excused. Israel has the right to self-defense. However, this speech is not about the survival of Israel, it's about Pri  more

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- Rep. Pete Stauber, R-Minnesota, chairman of the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources, issued the following news release on July 23, 2024: Today, the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources held a legislative hearing on four bills related to energy production on federal lands and waters. Subcommittee Chairman Pete Stauber (R-Minn.) issued the following statement in response: "As global demand for energy continues to rise, it's importan  more

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- The Senate Finance Committee issued the following information for a hearing entitled "Tax Tools for Local Economic Development" at 10 a.m. on July 30, 2024, at 215 Dirksen Senate Office Building: Agenda We encourage the public to utilize the Committee's livestream of the hearing, available on the website at https://www.finance.senate.gov/ Member Statements * Ron Wyden (D - OR) * Mike Crapo (R - ID) Witnesses * C. LaShea Lofton, Deputy City Manager, City of Dayton, D  more

WASHINGTON, July 23 -- Rep. Angie Craig, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release: Amid slow mail service across Minnesota, U.S. Representative Angie Craig today introduced a bill to help improve rural newspaper delivery. Rep. Craig's bipartisan bill would limit price increases on stamps until USPS achieves at least a 95% on-time delivery rate for periodicals, as highlighted in their own plan, or an improvement of at least 2 percentage points. Rep. Craig's bill would also require USPS t  more

WASHINGTON, July 23 -- Sen. Tina Flint Smith, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Tina Smith (D-MN) announced Red Lake Nation and Lower Sioux Indian Community were selected to receive federal funding to support small business development in their communities. The Tribes will use the funding to help small businesses access credit, which can be difficult in Indian Country. Tribal communities are systemically under-banked, making it nearly impossible for small busin  more