WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- Rep. Betty McCollum, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Betty McCollum (DFL-Minn.) released the following statement today on the 23rd anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks: "Twenty-three years ago today, the United States endured an unimaginable tragedy on September 11, 2001. Today, we honor those who died, the courage of the heroes who responded, and the American people whose spirit lives on. "While over two decades have passed since t  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- Rep. Brad Finstad, R-Minnesota, issued the following news release: Today, Congressman Brad Finstad (MN-01), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture, delivered the following opening remarks at a joint subcommittee hearing titled, "Severe Food Distribution Shortages in Tribal and Elderly Communities": Remarks as prepared for delivery:Good morning.Thank you, Chairman Cole and Chairman Harris, for including the Committee on Agricultu  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- The Senate Indian Affairs Committee issued the following information for a nomination hearing at 10 a.m. on Sept. 18, 2024, at 628 Dirksen Senate Office Building: Witness: * Patrice H. Kunesh, of Minnesota, to be Chairman of the National Indian Gaming Commission * * * Original text here: https://www.indian.senate.gov/hearings/nomination-hearing-to-consider-patrice-h-kunesh-of-minnesota-to-be-chairman-of-the-national-indian-gaming-commission/  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- Sen. Tina Flint Smith, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Tina Smith (D-MN), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, on Tuesday released the following statement on the Biden-Harris administration's recent actions to boost private insurance coverage for mental health care for 175 million Americans. Even though it's already law that insurance companies must cover mental health as they do physical health  more