Betty McCollum

The American people just want to afford the basic necessities for everyday life, but this administration is not doing anything to help them with the cost of living crisis.

The Republican's Reckless Budget Scheme is back on the House floor today, proposing the same devastating cuts to our families and communities in exchange for massive tax breaks for Elon Musk, President Trump, and their billionaire buddies.

I urge the Republican House Majority to stop bringing these harmful and nonsensical attacks on our public health and the environment to the House floor.

H.R. 881 is a solution in search of a problem.

Mr. Speaker, last week the Republican Majority in the House of Representatives decided that they know better than the residents of the District of Columbia what their local government needs.

Impeachment is the most consequential tool Congress has for upholding our duty to defend the Constitution and protect the American people from a president who has betrayed his oath and engaged in illegal conduct.

I rise in opposition to H.R. 3633, the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act.

I expressed my serious concerns with how this resolution was written then, but nothing has changed.

I rise in opposition to the slate of permitting bills that the Republican majority has brought to the House Floor this week.

This bill does nothing to address the health care affordability crisis and is full of tired, failed ideas from previous GOP efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA).

We cannot afford to abandon these investments during a worsening climate crisis.

Let me be clear--I will not write blank checks to the Department of Defense.

For America to be engaged in large scale conflict overseas for nearly a month--with no clarity for Congress or the American public about why--is shocking, unacceptable, and unprecedented in our history.

If the American people are being asked to pay for this war, then they deserve clear answers from President Trump on why he chose to attack Iran.

The President is now reportedly seeking $200 billion in supplemental funding from Congress for his war--an astounding amount that far surpasses the costs of the war that have been reported during the past four weeks.

I will not write blank checks to the Department of Defense.

Congress should be following Minnesota's lead and working to make it easier for Americans to vote, not putting up roadblocks.

This bill is not simply a voter ID bill and labelling it as such is a trick to convince Americans of its intent.

It is more important than ever that the CDFI Fund remain fully funded to assist small business owners as our community rebuilds after this crisis.

This bill also makes strides in international conservation and environmental programs.

I rise in support of the FY2026 Financial Services and General Government and National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Appropriations Act.

I am angry, and angry can be a very good emotion when utilized appropriately.

We were the first State in 2021 to put together a State task force on it.

84 percent of my Native-American sisters will experience sexual violence, that was mind blowing.