WASHINGTON, April 22 -- Rep. Angie Craig, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release: Representative Angie Craig secured $800,000 in federal funding to build a new public safety training facility in Lakeville. Last year, Rep. Craig worked with Lakeville Mayor Luke Hellier and Police Chief Brad Paulson to secure the funding needed to build a state-of-the-art training facility, the FiRST Center, for Lakeville and Dakota County law enforcement. "As public officials, we have a responsibilit  more

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- Rep. Cliff Bentz, R-Oregon, issued the following news release: Congressman Cliff Bentz (OR-02) has announced that on May 3rd in Minnesota, the Congressional Subcommittee of Natural Resources on Water, Wildlife, and Fisheries will convene a field hearing addressing the growing harm being done by the gray wolf to elk, deer, moose, farmers, ranchers, and outdoorsmen. This hearing will provide a platform for expert testimony on the multifaceted implications of the gray wolf  more

WASHINGTON, April 20 -- Rep. Pete Stauber, R-Minnesota, issued the following statement: * * * Today, Congressman Pete Stauber (MN-08) voted to supporttwo separate security supplemental packages for Israel and Taiwan, while voting against the security supplemental package for Ukraine. After voting concluded, Stauber issued the following statement. "Thanks to President Biden's weakness and appeasement on the global stage, our adversaries have become emboldened, and we are seeing an increase in   more

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) released the following statement following the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's announcement that lake sturgeon does not warrant listing under the Endangered Species Act. This announcement comes on the heels of Senator Klobuchar's April 18, 2024 letter to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director Martha Williams. In her letter, Klobuchar urged the agency to consider th  more

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- Sen. Tina Flint Smith, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar and Tina Smith (both D-Minn.) announced Cummins, Inc. received a tax credit allocation of $10,500,000 for investment in electrolyzer manufacturing and testing in Fridley, Minn., for its Accelera by Cummins zero-emissions business. This investment is expected to support more than 260 direct jobs and nearly 2,000 indirect jobs. Electrolyzers separate water into oxygen  more