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Betty McCollum

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Betty Louise McCollum is a U.S. Representative for Minnesota's 4th congressional district, serving since January 3, 2001. A member of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, she has focused her legislative efforts on education, healthcare, and environmental issues. Throughout her tenure, McCollum has been an advocate for policies that support public education funding, access to affordable healthcare, and initiatives aimed at combating climate change. She has also been involved in various committees and has played a role in shaping national policy on these critical issues.

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Feb 23, 2021

Well, thank you. But we also don't want the Ways and Means Committee to do what they did to us in Interior--both Mr. Calvert and I had to deal with it--and that is a payment in lieu of taxes.

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Feb 23, 2021

You understand humanitarian assistance in a way that really brought it home to me.

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Sep 9, 2020

We worked closely with Chairwoman Betty McCollum, of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies to get language through Congress that allowed for a waiver of the moratorium.

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May 31, 2020

there is literally no excuse for the Park Police not to adopt body cameras.

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Mar 11, 2020

Although Rep. Tom Cole and Rep. Betty McCollum championed an amendment to strike this provision from the NDAA, no amendments were allowed to the NDAA and no further debate or consideration could be made.

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Mar 9, 2020

It needs to be done with consultation.

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Mar 9, 2020

there needs to be better consultation.

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Mar 9, 2020

we do need to bring the program to an end, but we do need to follow the law when we do that.

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Feb 26, 2020

Our fellow citizens throughout Indian country deserve no less when it comes to their health care and their safety.

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Feb 5, 2020

Considering the Department's experience in working with SARS and MERS over the past 20 years, two respiratory illnesses that are similar to COVID-19, I would like to know what the Department of Defense and the Army in particular are doing…

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Feb 5, 2020

The President zeroed that out in his budget proposal, so we will be not following the President's recommendation.

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Feb 5, 2020

We need to have a real education understanding about forests are more than trees. They are also about water.

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