WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minnesota, ranking member of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee, issued the following news release on May 13, 2025: * * * Klobuchar Calls for Conservation Program Support WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, delivered the following opening statement at the Committee hearing Perspectives from the Field, Part 4: Conservation. In her remark  more

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minnesota, ranking member of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Klobuchar Statement on Proposed Cuts to SNAP House Republicans Plan to Take Away SNAP Benefits from Millions of Working Americans to Pay for Billionaire Tax Cut Washington - U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, released the following statement on  more

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Rep. Angie Craig, D-Minnesota, ranking member of the House Agriculture Committee, issued the following news release on May 12, 2025: * * * Ranking Member Angie Craig Blasts Catastrophic Food Assistance Cuts Today, House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Angie Craig (MN-02) released the following statement after House Republicans unveiled their bill to decimate the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and take food assistance away from millions of seniors,   more

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Rep. Angie Craig, D-Minnesota, ranking member of the House Agriculture Committee, issued the following news release on May 13, 2025: * * * Ranking Member Angie Craig Forcefully Objects to Food Assistance Cuts at Committee Markup Today, House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Angie Craig (MN-02) delivered the following opening statement at the full committee markup of the Republicans' partisan reconciliation bill. The bill, which makes $300 billion cuts to the Suppleme  more

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Rep. Angie Craig, D-Minnesota, ranking member of the House Agriculture Committee, issued the following news release on May 13, 2025: * * * Ranking Member Craig: "Forget eggs, Republicans will make food more expensive for everyone" The SNAP program on Trump's chopping block helps millions of Americans put food on the table -- and trickles down to manufacturers, truck drivers and farmers. Today, House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Angie Craig (MN-02) published an o  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Rep. Betty McCollum, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Betty McCollum Slams Trump Administration for Betraying Afghans who Supported American Troops and Diplomats WASHINGTON, D.C. -- On Monday morning, the Department of Homeland Security announced that in one month it will terminate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Afghanistan, effectively abandoning life-saving protections for over 11,000 Afghans who fled Taliban persecution after supporting  more

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Rep. Pete Stauber, R-Minnesota, issued the following news release: * * * Stauber Reintroduces the Parity in Engineering Act WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Pete Stauber (MN-08) recently reintroduced the Parity in Engineering Act, legislation that will make it easier for engineering firms in our state to do business by eliminating Minnesota's exemption from common federal procurement requirements. Of his legislation, Congressman Stauber said, "For too long, an arbitrary c  more

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Rep. Pete Stauber, R-Minnesota, chairman of the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources, issued the following news release on May 12, 2025: * * * Unleashing Geothermal Energy Development on Federal Land Today, the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources held an oversight field hearing on geothermal energy development on federal lands. "In order to restore American energy dominance, we must utilize an all-of-the-above approach that inclu  more