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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 5, 2020

When our last bill that Mr. Joyce and I worked on left here at the House, it has $1.3 billion more dollars in it than when it came back from conference committee.

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Feb 5, 2020

Clean, safe water is the hallmark of an advanced society. And for too long, we have taken it for granted.

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Feb 5, 2020

we had $1.3 billion less than what we left the House with.

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Feb 5, 2020

We are allowing our children to fall through the cracks, and that is something that we can't continue to do.

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Feb 5, 2020

Chairwoman McCollum, you have been just a champion for the Land and Water Conservation Fund.

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Feb 5, 2020

I think it is really important to get into schools and for kids to understand music is language, music is math.

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Feb 5, 2020

I wholeheartedly agree with you that we need to have better oversight of how the money is being spent.

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Feb 5, 2020

I want to figure out what that Safe School Grant looks like, and I, quite honestly, don't know whether or not that those are grants you are available for.

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Feb 5, 2020

We cannot afford to push trail funding to the sidelines.

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Feb 5, 2020

We want the funding to continue to move forth and Congress to continue to move those fundings to fund that program.

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Feb 5, 2020

There is nothing any of us, I think, throughout Congress, huge bipartisan support to support LWCF, fully funded.

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