Press Releases
Historic snowfall, ice, and melting snow caused widespread flooding and significant infrastructure damage across the state, affecting at least 51 counties and four tribal nations in the winter months
Presidential Disaster Declaration for 51 counties and 4 tribal nations follows a Minnesota Congressional Delegation letter and Governor Tim Walz’s formal request for federal assistance to help these communities rebuild and recover
WASHINGTON– U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar and Tina Smith, along with Representatives Collin Peterson, Tom Emmer, and Dean Phillips announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation has awarded a grant for $2,010,000 in infrastructure and safety improvements to the Twin Cities & Western Railroad Company in Bongards, Cologne, Jonathan, Norwood, and Plato Minnesota.
WASHINGTON - Congressmen Jim Hagedorn (MN-01), Tom Emmer (MN-06) and Pete Stauber (MN-08) sent a letter today to President Donald Trump and Speaker Nancy Pelosi urging expeditious passage for the United States-Mexico-Canada-Agreement (USMCA), a trade pact that will expand Minnesota’s economy.
Washington, D.C. - Following the Department of Treasury's announcement Tuesday to increase restrictions on travel from the United States to Cuba, the Co-Chairs of the Bipartisan Cuba Working Group released the following statement:
Historic snowfall, ice, and melting snow has caused widespread flooding and significant infrastructure damage across the state, affecting at least 51 counties and four tribal nations
Delegation letter follows Governor Tim Walz’s formal request for federal assistance to help these communities rebuild and recover
Otsego, MN - Today, Congressman Tom Emmer (MN-06) announced that he will be holding a townhall in Benton County.
The Minnesota Homeless Veteran Registry identifies all known homeless veterans in an effort to ensure that they have access to appropriate housing and social services
WASHINGTON- Representative Collin C. Peterson, Senators Amy Klobuchar and Tina Smith, and Representatives Betty McCollum, Tom Emmer, Ilhan Omar, Pete Stauber, Angie Craig, Dean Phillips and Jim Hagedorn sent a letter to President Trump calling for a non-presidential state funeral for the last surviving Medal of Honor recipient from World War II.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Following Congressman Tom Emmer's (MN-06) bipartisan letter, led along with his fellow co-chairs of the Congressional Blockchain Caucus calling on the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to issue guidelines for reporting virtual currency on tax day, the agency expressed their intent to publish guidance.
(Courtesy of the Western Caucus)
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Department of the Interior’s Assistant Secretary for Land and Minerals Management Joe Balash and Members of the Western Caucus released statements following the reinstatement of two Twin Metals Minnesota LLC-held hardrock mineral leases located on the Superior National Forest in Northern Minnesota: