By Blois Olson, morning take

“‘TODAY: via Office of the Atty. General, VERBATIM: “Attorney General Keith Ellison and U.S. Representative Betty McCollum will be joined by food-shelf managers and Minnesota SNAP recipients to highlight the harmful effects of the Trump Administration’s attempted refusal to fund the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program during the federal government shutdown.’ The event is at 9:30 a.m.”

By FOX 9

“Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison and Rep. Betty McCollum discuss the impact of the Trump administration's decision to withhold SNAP benefits during the shutdown.”

By Clara Seeley, Summer Balfanz and My Linh Nguyen, MinnPost

“Now, we need the adults in the room — especially lawmakers in Washington — to stand with us against Big Tobacco and fully restore federal funding for tobacco prevention and cessation programs. We know we can’t do this alone, and we’re thankful for champions like U.S. Rep. Betty McCollum, D-Minn. As a member of the House Appropriations Committee, she opposed the cuts to the CDC’s Office on Smoking and Health and has been a strong supporter of tobacco control. We need more lawmakers to follow her lead and put kids’ health first.”

By Sydney Kashiwagi and Bob Timmons, The Minnesota Star Tribune

“‘It would allow the Department of Homeland Security blanket permission to bulldoze, destroy, and fence off our public lands so they become inaccessible to visitors,’ McCollum said.”

By Ryan Faircloth, The Minnesota Star Tribune

“‘There's a lot of money that the president could use to keep SNAP moving forward for another month, $5 billion in the contingency fund,’ Rep. Betty McCollum, Minnesota's only member on the House Appropriations Committee, said in a video, urging Trump to use the previously appropriated money to fund SNAP during the shutdown.”

By Alexa Bobyak, Minnesota Reformer

“Our U.S. House Reps. Betty McCollum and Ilhan Omar, for instance, have been champions for housing that our communities can afford. I’m grateful for their dedication and hope they soon have the chance to lead again on housing by working closely with the U.S. Senate to pass a major housing package, which hasn’t been done since 2008.”

By Alex Jokich, KSTP

“From Rep. Betty McCollum:

‘Republicans control the White House, the House, and the Senate. Twenty-four days ago Republicans shut down the government after they failed to pass government funding by October 1st,’ said Congresswoman McCollum. ‘Their partisan temporary funding bill has failed in the Senate more than 12 times.  Unbelievably, the House has only held votes 12 days since July, and has not voted since September 19th. A government shutdown and a growing health care crisis are not good for anyone. I have returned to Washington each week with my Democratic colleagues, ready to work with Republicans. Clearly Republicans need Democratic votes, so they must work with us on bipartisan legislation to reopen government to serve the American people, pay our hardworking federal workers, and fix the Republican health care crisis. It’s time to end the shutdown.’”

By Kyle Jaeger, Marijuana Moment

“Meanwhile, during a House Appropriations Committee markup last month, Rep. Betty McCollum (D-MN) criticized the exclusion of provisions to protect banks that work with state-licensed marijuana and hemp businesses from a key spending bill.”

By Dana Ferguson, Peter Cox and Brian Bakst, MPR News

“Betty McCollum [Incumbent]

[4th Congressional District]

[Democrat]

[Raised] $155,743 [in Q3]

[Spent] $156,640 [in Q3]

$672,953 [Cash on Hand as of 9/30]”

By Ana Radelat, MinnPost

“‘Congratulations to @AFGENational members and all federal employees on a major victory in the fight against the illegal mass firing instituted by President Trump and Russ Vought,’ said U.S. Rep. Betty McCollum, D-4^th District, in a post on X.”

By Emily Wilkins and Dan Mangan, CNBC

“Minnesota Rep. Betty McCollum, the top Democrat on the House panel overseeing military funding, opposed the bill, noting it eliminates assistance to Ukraine, rolls back vaccine requirements, and limits service members’ access to abortions, among other things.”

By the League of Conservation Voters Action Fund

“Washington D.C. – The League of Conservation Voters (LCV) Action Fund, which works to elect candidates who will fight to lower energy costs, build a clean energy economy, and strengthen our democracy for all, announced 15 endorsements for candidates for the U.S. House of Representatives. The endorsements include Representatives Janelle Bynum (OR-05), Laura Friedman (CA-30), Sylvia Garcia (TX-29), Laura Gillen (NY-04), Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Betty McCollum (MN-04), Kristen McDonald Rivet (MI-08), Kelly Morrison (MN-03), Delia Ramirez (IL-03), Greg Stanton (AZ-04), George Whitesides (CA-27), and candidates Christina Bohannan (IA-01), Paige Cognetti (PA-08), Rebecca Cooke (WI-03), and JoAnna Mendoza (AZ-06).”

By By Tony Romm and Lazaro Gamio, The New York Times

Minn. 4th [District]

[Represented by] Betty McCollum

2 [grants cancelled]

$465.9 mil. [in cancellations]

By White Bear Press

“U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar and Tina Smith and Representative Betty McCollum are pressing Postmaster General David Steiner not to relocate retail services from the downtown White Bear Lake Post Office.”

By Ana Radelat, MinnPost

“When she began criticizing Israel 25 years ago, McCollum was among a minority of lawmakers from her party.

But no more as McCollum’s fellow Democrats have recently moved toward the Minnesota lawmaker on the question of whether the United States should continue its largely unconditional support of Israel.”

By Danny Spewak, KARE 11

"‘These are big packages that we put together to help keep Minnesota energy effective, efficient, and have fewer disruptions and keep costs down for ratepayers,’ Rep. Betty McCollum (D-Minnesota) said. ‘This is being punitive, this is being harmful, this, in my opinion, almost bears to be childish.’"

By Andy Mannix and Sydney Kashiwagi, The Minnesota Star Tribune

“U.S. Rep. Betty McCollum, a Democrat, also said the use of the Army division in Portland would be illegal and ‘a gross mismanagement of these soldiers’ who have trained for war. She said the 82nd Airborne is one of the nation’s elite military units.

‘That’s why they’re on an 18-hour standby to respond to urgent global emergencies, not local law enforcement missions. The fact that this conversation even took place — by text, no less — is highly inappropriate,’ said McCollum, the ranking member on the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense.”

Nina Moini and Kirsti Marohn, MPR News

“KIRSTI MAROHN: ‘Yeah, it was really kind of a big deal. There were a lot of people there, including some pretty high-ranking elected officials from both political parties. Governor Tim Walz was there, US representatives Tom Emmer and Betty McCollum, several state lawmakers. And both Republicans and Democrats have supported this project, in part because it promises to benefit both the economy and the environment.’”

By Blois Olson, morning take

“WHITE BEAR LAKE: via a Sen. Amy Klobuchar press release, VERBATIM: ‘U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Tina Smith (D-MN), and Representative Betty McCollum (D-MN) are pressing Postmaster General [David] Steiner not to relocate retail services from the downtown White Bear Lake Post Office. The current location is convenient, allowing customers to access its services without relying on transportation, and is well situated for local businesses.’”

By Gordon Severson, KARE 11

“Democratic congresswoman Betty McCollum says, ‘I hope Republicans come to the table and begin working with us on commonsense legislation that cancels healthcare cuts.’”