Betty McCollum: “It is just that the bureaucratic stuff, it gets to be frustrating.”

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

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.

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.