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.
We need research, we need standards. But we need the Department of Defense to stand up in doing research, in setting safe standards, and in cleaning up these plumes so that they don't spread any farther.
I respectfully request that the committee appropriate robust funding for our National Park Service and work to move my bill through the House in order to give this site the recognition that it deserves.
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.
Native women are important. We are going to make sure that you get the funding that you need.
I think it is something we are going to need to look at, the way that we are doing counseling and outreach.
We, again, thank Chair McCollum, Ranking Member Joyce, and the entire subcommittee for your efforts towards prioritizing funding in Indian Country and for holding this hearing.
I would like to see us do some of that where we can get something completed and done.
We would like to work with you to resolve that, but that is something at this time that we would find very difficult.





