WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Rep. Betty McCollum, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release: * * * Congresswoman Betty McCollum and Minnesota Health Care leaders Highlight Importance of Medicaid WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Democrats across the country, as well as health care providers and advocates, are highlighting the negative impacts that face seniors, children, and working parents if the House Republican budget becomes law. Republicans' budget sets up billions of dollars of cuts to Medicai  more

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release: * * * Klobuchar Statement on Illegal Firing of Federal Trade Commissioners WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), the only Democratic Senator on both the Judiciary and Commerce Committees, released the following statement on the illegal firing of Federal Trade Commissioners Rebecca Kelly Slaughter and Alvaro Bedoya. "This is outrageous. President Trump's dismissal of Commissioners Slaughter  more

WASHINGTON, March 20 -- Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minnesota, ranking member of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Klobuchar Statement on USDA Implementation of the Emergency Commodity Assistance Program WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, released the following statement on the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announcing it will issue up  more

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release: * * * Klobuchar, Durbin, Cantwell, Colleagues Call on President Trump to Reverse the Illegal Firing of FTC Commissioners WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Ranking Member of the Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and the Law and a member of the Commerce Committee, along with Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Dick Durbin (D-IL), Commerce, Science and Transportation Commit  more

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-New York, ranking member of the Senate Special Committee on Aging posted the following fact sheet: * * * The Republican Plan for Medicaid Will Harm Minnesota More than 1.1 million Minnesotans rely on Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP). Republican Cuts to Medicaid Put Minnesotans' Health and Coverage At-Risk Every proposal on the Republican wish list of more than $2 trillion in Medicaid cuts is bad news for Minnesota  more

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- Rep. Angie Craig, D-Minnesota, ranking member of the House Agriculture Committee, issued the following news release on March 18, 2025: * * * Ranking Member Craig Statement on the Emergency Commodity Assistance Program Rollout Today, House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Angie Craig (MN-02) released the below statement regarding the U.S. Department of Agriculture's rollout of the Emergency Commodity Assistance Program (ECAP), authorized through the American Relief   more

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- Rep. Betty McCollum, D-Minnesota, posted the following statement in the extensions of remarks section of the Congressional Record on March 18, 2025: * * * Mr. Speaker, in the last election, then-candidate Trump ran on lowering costs for American families. He owned the issue on the campaign trail, and he won. I had hoped that he would follow through on his promise to "lower costs on day one." But instead of working to lower costs, the President has waged an unprompted   more

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- Rep. Angie Craig, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release: * * * Reps. Craig and Feenstra Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Strengthen Crop and Livestock Insurance for New, Beginning and Veteran Farmers and Producers WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Representatives Angie Craig (D-MN) and Randy Feenstra (R-IA) recently introduced the Crop Insurance for Future Farmers Act to bolster crop and livestock insurance protections for new, beginning and veteran farmers and producers. T  more