WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Rep. Betty McCollum, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release: On Wednesday evening, the House of Representatives voted in a bipartisan fashion to reject Republicans' extreme continuing resolution (CR) that would have curtailed Americans' voting rights while providing insufficient funding for key agencies and government functions. The proposal failed on a vote of 202-220. The legislation: Risks our national security and hurts our military readiness by putting go  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- Rep. Brad Finstad, R-Minnesota, issued the following news release: Today, Congressman Brad Finstad (MN-01) released the following statement following his vote on the Continuing Appropriations and Other Matters Act, 2025, legislation that would extend government funding for an additional six months, while also ensuring proof of citizenship in order to vote in our elections: "In Minnesota, we have seen the detrimental consequences of the Biden-Harris Administration's open  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 -- Rep. Tom Emmer, R-Minnesota, issued the following news release on Sept. 19, 2024: Today, the Office of National Drug Control Policy announced that Stearns County will receive additional federal resources for law enforcement to target illegal drug trafficking through the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (HIDTA) Program. In March, Congressman Emmer sent a letter to Director of National Drug Control Policy, Shannon Kelly, urging her to include Stearns County in the HI  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 -- The Senate Foreign Relations Committee issued the following information for a business meeting at 10 a.m. on Sept. 25, 2024: Agenda Nominees * Dr. Vivek Hallegere Murthy, of Florida, to be Representative of the United States on the Executive Board of the World Health Organization * Ms. Kristen Sarri, of Maryland, to be Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs * The Honorable John N. Nkengasong, of Georgia, to be A  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Sen. Tina Flint Smith, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release: Sen. Tina Smith (D-Minn.), Chair of the Senate Housing, Transportation and Community Development Subcommittee, and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14) today unveiled legislation that would reimagine housing in America, making a historic and long overdue investment in our housing supply. The bill would help build and preserve as many as 1.3 million homes in small towns, big cities, and rural communit  more