By MPR News

“Democratic U.S. Rep. Betty McCollum

This is a shocking and heinous act of targeted political violence against elected officials. Minnesotans of all political backgrounds must unite to condemn this and all politically motivated acts of violence. In a democracy, we do not respond to acts of public policy with acts of violence motivated by extremism.”

By Betsy Klein, CNN

“‘The bipartisan Minnesota Congressional delegation united to express ‘outrage, grief, and condemnation’ after a targeted shooting of state Democratic legislators overnight Saturday.”

By Kathy Saltzman, Woodbury News Net

“The initiative is backed by $15 million from 2023 federal funding. U.S. Rep. Betty McCollum, a Democrat whose district includes most of Woodbury, secured the funding when she served as chair of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense.”

By Ryan Faircloth, The Minnesota Star Tribune

“U.S. Rep. Betty McCollum spars with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. The Twin Cities Democrat McCollum questioned fellow Minnesotan Hegseth about the Trump administration’s response to unrest in Los Angeles and how the federal government was paying for it, my colleague Christopher Vondracek reports.”

By Helene Cooper, The New York Times

“‘The president’s decision to call the National Guard troops to Los Angeles was premature, and the decision to deploy active-duty Marines as well is downright escalatory,’ Representative Betty McCollum, Democrat of Minnesota, said at a House committee hearing on Tuesday as lawmakers grilled Mr. Hegseth. ‘Active-duty military has absolutely no role in domestic law enforcement, and they are not trained for those missions.’”

By Christopher Vondracek, The Minnesota Star Tribune

“‘I asked about the budget,’ McCollum said, repeatedly. ‘Where are you pulling the money from?’”

By Anne Flaherty and Luis Martinez, ABC News

"‘Active-duty military has absolutely no role in domestic law enforcement, and they are not trained for those missions. I ask you, Mister secretary, and I ask the president, follow the law,’ [McCollum] said.”

By Good Morning America

“Rep. Betty McCollum of Minnesota, the top Democrat on the House Appropriations Defense Subcommittee, insisted the Marines aren't trained for a domestic mission.”

By Good Morning America

“Rep. Betty McCollum, D-Minn., slammed Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth for his actions and the responses the Trump administration made during the ongoing Los Angeles ICE protests.”

By ABC News

“McCollum, the ranking member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, said Trump calling the National Guard was ‘escalatory’ and that deploying Marines was uncalled for.”

By Anthony Capaccio, Bloomberg News

“Representative Betty McCollum, the top Democrat on Calvert’s panel, said in a statement that ‘we haven’t seen any analysis to justify this decision.’”

By General Atomics

“SAN DIEGO – 09 June 2025 - General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) announced today that Minnesota Congresswoman Betty McCollum (D-MN) and other members of state and local government attended a real-time demonstration of the complete destruction of per- and polyfluoroalkyl (PFAS) waste streams using GA-EMS’ PERSES™ waste destruction system at a site located in Lake Elmo, MN on Friday, May 30. The PERSES system is currently on-site at the Lake Elmo facility for a four-week period to demonstrate the system’s industrial-scale capabilities to destroy a wide variety of PFAS and PFAS contaminated waste. The PERSES system will then be shipped to other suitable test sites for additional on-site PFAS destruction testing and demonstrations.”

By Warren P. Strobel and Ellen Nakashima, The Washington Post

“The letter was signed by Sen. Mark R. Warner (Virginia) and Rep. Jim Himes (Connecticut), the top Democrats on the Senate and House intelligence committees; and Sen. Chris Coons (Delaware) and Rep. Betty McCollum (Minnesota), ranking Democrats on the chambers’ defense appropriations subcommittees.”

By Blois Olson, Fluence Media

“RESPONSE: via a Rep. Betty McCollum statement, McCOLLUM: ‘President [Donald] Trump is deliberately escalating the situation in Los Angeles by calling up the National Guard without a request from Governor [Gavin] Newsom. This decision is downright dangerous. Secretary [Pete] Hegseth’s statement implying active duty Marines could also be called up is outrageous. The active duty military has absolutely no legal role in domestic law enforcement. President Trump and Secretary Hegseth should read the Constitution and follow the law.’”

By Woodbury News Net

“Josh Straka, chief of staff to U.S. Rep. McCollum, presented a letter of appreciation from the Congresswoman along with a flag flown over the U.S. Capitol.”

By Tim Harlow, The Minnesota Star Tribune

“Minnesota U.S. Rep. Betty McCollum also called out Trump’s focus on Laos, saying he ‘betrays our American values’ by restricting travel from countries ‘he doesn’t like.’”

By FASD United

“The authorizing language, The FASD Respect Act, has been a several years long bi-partisan effort led by Betty McCollum (D-MN) and Don Bacon (R-NE) in the House and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) in the Senate to address FASD on the national level and positively impact the lives of people across the country living with FASD and prenatal substance exposure.”

By Sydney Kashiwagi, The Minnesota Star Tribune

“Bipartisan push on for Minnesota magnets. Reps. Betty McCollum and Brad Finstad teamed up to pen a letter urging Congress and Trump to get behind rare-earth-free magnet manufacturing amid a trade war with China. “

By Rep. Kaohly Vang Her, Minnesota House of Representatives

“This past Saturday I joined Congresswoman Betty McCollum, along with my fellow State Representatives, for an important conversation at the Medicaid Matters Town Hall.

The event featured a panel of expert speakers who highlighted the real-life consequences of the GOP’s ‘Billionaire Tax Giveaway’ bill. This proposal would strip healthcare coverage from 20,000 Minnesotans. Congresswoman McCollum offered critical updates on this harmful legislation and its far-reaching impact.”

By John Lauritsen, WCCO

“‘We are in this together. We are one team making sure our constituents have safe drinking water,’ said DFL Rep. Betty McCollum.”