Last week the House passed a package of legislation to relieve America's housing crisis, assist families in need and bring our economy back from the brink of recession.
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Statement by Congresswoman Betty McCollum:
“For more than twenty years Mayor Bill Sandberg has been a dear friend, a mentor and a man I admired greatly for his commitment to family, community and country. Bill’s extraordinary leadership for North Saint Paul is well known and will be missed.
“Personally, I feel a great personal loss and will miss Bill profoundly. Bill encouraged me to get involved in politics and really created the opportunity for me to enter public life. I was honored to serve on the North Saint Paul City Council under his leadership for four years and working closely with him since.
“Bill’s legacy will always be the family he loved deeply, as well as the community he served nobly. All of us who worked with Bill Sandberg over the years were fortunate and blessed and we are all better for his friendship.”
Congresswoman McCollum introduced H.J.Res. 80, an amendment to the U.S. Constitution to end the use of capital punishment in the United States, on Wednesday, April 16 - the same day that a U.S. Supreme Court decision likely restarted executions in the United States after a six month hiatus, and that the most high-profile death penalty opponent in the world, Pope Benedict XVI, payed his first visit to America.
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On Thursday, April 10, Congresswoman McCollum voted to reject President Bush’s demand that Congress approve his Colombia Free Trade Agreement within 60 days.
“With our economy in recession, the first priority of Congress should be providing relief to Americans who are struggling to hold on to their jobs and homes, not President Bush’s Colombia trade deal,” McCollum said.
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Click here to read Rep. McCollum's message as America enters year six of the War in Iraq.
The U.S. House of Representatives has continued to make important progress in 2008, the second year of the Democrat-led 110th Congress. The House has now passed 142 key measures since January 2007.
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Every day around the world, an average of 25,000 girls under the age of 18 become child brides, many of them forced into marriages to much older men.
On Monday, February 25, Rep. McCollum joined girls from Oakland Mills Middle School in Columbia, Maryland, along with the organizations ICRW and One by One, for a Capitol Hill event to raise awareness about child marriage. McCollum has introduced a bill to help prevent the practice, and the Oakland Mills students came to Washington to support it on behalf of girls their age around the world.
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"Diploma Mills" Provisions
On February 7, the U.S. House of Representatives voted 354 to 58 to pass the College Opportunity and Affordability Act, a major higher education reauthorization bill which includes language championed by Congresswoman McCollum to crack down on phony universities that sell fraudulent degrees.
2008 Congressional Art Competition
Congresswoman Betty McCollum invites high school students in the Fourth Congressional District to participate in the 27th Annual Congressional Art Competition. The winning work of art will be dsplayed in the U.S. Capitol for one year. The sumission deadline is April 16, 2008.
On Monday, January 21, Congresswoman McCollum marched with African American leaders and other St. Paul community members in commemoration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s legacy. Click here for more.
Important Notice
Due to the discovery of the toxin Ricin on Capitol Hill, incoming mail service to Congressional offices in Washington, DC continues to be slow and sporadic. Until further notice, the best way to contact Congresswoman McCollum continues to be via e-mail, fax, or by phone.
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