By Nina Moini, Aleesa Kuznetsov, Ellie Roth, Ellen Finn and Alanna Elder, MPR News

“The U.S. House of Representatives returns to Washington Wednesday to vote on a bill that would end the longest federal government shutdown in U.S. history. We talk to one of Minnesota’s representatives, Democrat Betty McCollum, about how she plans to vote.”

By Nina Moini and Ellie Roth, MPR News

“‘The more Americans find out what’s in it,’ McCollum told MPR News, ‘it’s not — which Republicans like to call it, a ‘clean CR’ — they’re going to be appalled.’”

By Blois Olson, morning take

“TOMORROW: Rep. Betty McCollum will host a virtual town hall on Zoom at 12:00 noon to discuss the government shutdown and her opposition to a deal that could end it. The event will also be livestreamed on YouTube and Facebook.”

By Danny Spewak, KARE 11

“Similarly, Rep. Betty McCollum also told KARE 11 in an interview that she was ‘heartbroken’ by the developments in the Senate.

‘Nobody wins in a government shutdown, so of course we want it to be open,’ McCollum said. "But it's going to be open in a way that's going to bring a lot of pain and misery to a lot of people looking at their health insurance premiums.’”

By MPR News and The Associated Press

“U.S. Rep. Betty McCollum released a statement saying she also opposes the Senate’s bill.

‘Their bill cuts $18 billion more from SNAP, and fails to include any guardrails to prevent the Trump Administration from continuing their illegal and unconstitutional misuse of congressionally appropriated funds,’ she said in the statement. ‘There is no reason to believe that House Republicans will take action to reduce health care costs for the American people.’”

By Esme Murphy, WCCO

“At a St. Paul community center, Democratic U.S. Rep. Betty McCollum of Minnesota and Attorney General Keith Ellison met with SNAP recipients, including a cancer survivor who says it's hard to admit he needs the help.“

By Allison Kite, The Minnesota Star Tribune

“Sitting in front of shelves of canned goods at St. Paul’s Hallie Q. Brown Community Center, Ellison and U.S. Rep. Betty McCollum criticized President Donald Trump’s administration for withholding the funds.”

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]