Press Releases

Washington, D.C. – Last night, Congressman Tom Emmer (MN-06) joined his House Republican colleagues in signing a discharge petition to force a vote on the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act. 

This legislation would protect children that are born alive during an abortion. When these children are born alive and viable outside of the womb, health care practitioners would be required to perform the same level of care that they would for any other premature child, and provide the necessary life-saving measures. 

Washington, D.C. - Today, Congressman Tom Emmer (MN-06) spoke in support of the Timely ReAuthorization of Necessary Stem-cell Programs Lends Access to Needed Therapies Act of 2020, known as the TRANSPLANT Act. Congressman Emmer is a co-sponsor of this legislation. 

The TRANSPLANT Act reauthorizes the C.W. Bill Young Cell Transplantation Program, which provides support to patients who need a potentially life-saving bone marrow or umbilical cord blood transplant. This program requires reauthorization every 5 years. 

Otsego, MN - Today, Congressman Tom Emmer (MN-06) announced he will be hosting a telephone town hall on Wednesday, April 21st. He will be joined by experts from the Central Minnesota Council on Aging and the Metropolitan Area Agency on Aging, which is now known as Trellis. 

Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Tom Emmer (MN-06) sent a letter to President Biden urging him to reconsider his proposed changes to the capital gains tax.

Washington, D.C. -  Today, Congressman Tom Emmer (MN-06), with the support of Congressman Ed Perlmutter (CO-07), introduced bipartisan legislation that updates credit union practices and improves employee and member safety. The Credit Union Governance Modernization Act updates the credit union member expulsion process while ensuring a fair procedure for reinstatement.
 

Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Representatives Tom Emmer (MN-06), Mike Quigley (IL-05), Brian Higgins (NY-27), and John Katko (NY-24) re-introduced legislation to award barrier breaking hockey legend Willie O’Ree with the Congressional Gold Medal. O’Ree, known as the Jackie Robinson of ice hockey, was the first black player in the National Hockey League (NHL) and is a Hockey Hall of Fame inductee.

Washington, D.C. - Congressman Tom Emmer (MN-06) today announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation has awarded the Anoka County-Blaine (Janes Field) Airport with a grant of $91,162 and Buffalo Municipal Airport with a grant of $13,000. These grants are funded by the Coronavirus Relief and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, which Congressman Emmer supported.  

Otsego, MN - Today, Congressman Tom Emmer (MN-06) announced that he will be hosting a telephone town hall on Wednesday, March 31st. He will be joined by Michelle Francis, Acting Local Taxpayer Advocate for the Internal Revenue Service in Minnesota.