WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release: * * * As Republicans Attack Public Education, Rep. Omar Joins Rep. Pressley in Reintroduces Bills to Invest in Safe, Nurturing Learning Environments for All Students Pair of Bills Would Address Pushout of Black Girls, Invest in Counselors and End Over-Policing of Public K-12 Schools Ending PUSHOUT Act (link is external) | Counseling Not Criminalization in Schools Act (link is external) WASHINGTON - As   more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Rep. Angie Craig, D-Minnesota, ranking member of the House Agriculture Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Craig, Boyle, Pallone, Casar, Schneider, Correa Lead Fight Against Draconian Republican Cuts to SNAP and Medicaid Leading Democrats Introduce the Hands Off Medicaid and SNAP Act As Republicans push a far-right budget that hands $7 trillion in giveaways to billionaires and big corporations, leading Democrats introduced legislation to block the extr  more

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release: * * * Klobuchar, Capito, Colleagues Press Administration on Recent FAA System Outages WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), along with Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Jerry Moran (R-KS), and Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and Representatives Pete Stauber (R-MN) and Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA) are pressing the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for information regarding the recent Notice to Airmen   more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minnesota, ranking member of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee, issued the following news release on April 9, 2025: * * * Klobuchar, Grassley, Rounds, Slotkin Press USDA on Avian Flu Response WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, and Senators Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Mike Rounds (R-SD), and Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) are pressing U.S. Secreta  more

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Rep. Angie Craig, D-Minnesota, ranking member of the House Agriculture Committee, issued the following news release on April 8, 2025: * * * Ranking Member Angie Craig Opening Statement at SNAP Hearing Today, House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Angie Craig (MN-02) delivered the following opening statement at a full committee hearing titled "The Power of Work: Expanding Opportunity through SNAP." Watch the full hearing here. Thank you, Chairman Thompson. This hea  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Rep. Kelly Morrison, D-Minnesota, issued the following statement, which was published in the Congressional Record on April 7, 2025: * * * Mr. Speaker, today I rise with a letter. This is a letter from Republican State legislators from my home State of Minnesota, addressed to President Trump and Republicans in Congress. Please listen carefully. Dear Mr. President, Congressman Emmer, Congressman Finstad, Congresswoman Fischbach, Congressman Stauber, and Ms. Carlton, Minn  more

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Rep. Angie Craig, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release: * * * Reps. Craig, Jayapal, Deluzio, Ryan Launch Monopoly Busters Caucus to Fight Corporate Greed and Lower Costs for Everyday Americans WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Representatives Angie Craig (MN-02), Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), Chris Deluzio (PA-17) and Pat Ryan (NY-19) launched the Monopoly Busters Caucus, a new caucus with nine founding Members to fight corporate greed, lower costs and promote a pro-wor  more

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Sen. Tina Flint Smith, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release: * * * U.S. Senator Tina Smith Introduces Legislation to Protect the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness from Sulfide Mining WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Tina Smith (D-MN) introduced legislation that would protect the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW) from the threat posed by sulfide mining in the surrounding watershed. The Boundary Waters Wilderness Protection Act would permanen  more

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Sen. Tina Flint Smith, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release: * * * U.S. Senators Tina Smith, Elizabeth Warren, Patty Murray Introduce Bill to Protect Federal Funding for Birth Control, Reproductive Health Care Services WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Tina Smith (D-MN), Patty Murray (D-WA), and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) introduced the Expanding Access to Family Planning Act, a bill that would safeguard funding for Title X - the country's only federal prog  more