WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release: Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) joined Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Representative Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), Representative Joe Courtney (D-CT), and a number of her colleagues in a bicameral letter urging President Biden to extend the pause on federal student loan payments until at least March 31, 2022. During the coronavirus pandemic, executive actions by the Departmen  more

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Rep. Dean Phillips, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release on June 24, 2021: , Rep. Dean Phillips (MN-03) introduced the HONEST Enterprises Act, legislation that would incentivize responsible corporate governance and reward businesses that go above and beyond to care for their employees and make a difference in their communities. Informed by Phillips's 25-year career in the private sector, the bill was first proposed at the New Democrat Coalition's inaugural econo  more

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Rep. Dean Phillips, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release on June 24, 2021: Rep. Dean Phillips (D-MN) introduced a bipartisan resolution supporting the United States African Development Foundation's 40 years of tireless and effective community development work. The initiative is co-led by Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), Ranking Member of the Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, and Global Human Rights, and Subcommittee Chairwoman Karen Bass (D-CA) is a  more

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) led four of her colleagues in a letter to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), urging continued action to eliminate toxic heavy metals in baby food. The letter follows the recent voluntary recall of Beech-Nut Nutrition's infant rice cereal which tested above the guidance level for inorganic arsenic, a toxic heavy metal. In response, Klobuchar requested the FDA update o  more

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Sen. Tina Flint Smith, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release on June 24, 2021: U.S. Senator Tina Smith (D-Minn.) and U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger (D-VA 7)--along with U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) and Representative David G. Valadao (R-CA 21)--introduced legislation in both the Senate and House aimed at improving the Rural Energy for America Program (REAP), which provides financial assistance to agricultural producers and rural business owners to   more

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release on June 24, 2021: U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Jerry Moran (R-KS) today announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Meat and Poultry Inspection Readiness Grant (MPIRG) program is now accepting applications to help small and midsized meat processors increase market opportunities. This program was created by Sens. Moran and Klobuchar's legislation, the Requiring Assistance to Meat Process  more

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Sen. Tina Flint Smith, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Tina Smith (D-Minn.) and Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) are pressing bipartisan legislation to help Native families living in rural areas achieve homeownership. Right now, the homeownership rate for Native American households is around 54 percent, while the rate for white households is 72 percent. A study from the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis' Center for Indian Country Development also foun  more