By Blois Olson, morning take

“BWCAW: via Star Tribune, VERBATIM: ‘Congress is considering another measure to help a controversial mining project near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. A budget bill that would re-grant crucial mineral leases to the Twin Metals mine was voted out of committee [and] is expected to go to the floor of the House in the coming weeks. If passed, the bill would require the Department of the Interior to reissue two federal mineral leases to Twin Metals in Superior National Forest. … Rep. Betty McCollum, D-Minn., said she is committed to trying to remove the language when the bill comes to conference committee.’”

By Chloe Johnson, The Minnesota Star Tribune

“McCollum, who urged her colleagues to strip the lease language during a House Appropriations Committee hearing on Wednesday night, called it ‘a bad deal for the American taxpayer.’ An amendment to strip the lease language and 50 other provisions that Democrats oppose failed."

By Blois Olson, morning take

“RESPONSE: via Rep. Betty McCollum statement, McCOLLUM: ‘Democrats were finally joined by enough Republicans to assert Congress’s constitutional War Powers authority. … The President should work with the international community to negotiate a peaceful resolution to the Iran nuclear materials issue and open up the Strait of Hormuz. I call on the Senate to immediately take up and pass this resolution.’”

By Ashley Wu and Martín González Gómez, The New York Times

“Betty McCollum, Minn. 4th [Yes]”

By Punchbowl News

“‘It’s concerning that the Navy’s asking the committee for funding without the full understanding of what the final concept or true construction schedule will look like,’ Rep. Betty McCollum (D-Minn.), ranking member of the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, said in May.”

By Steven Gothrinet, Hemp Gazette

“Lawmakers, including Reps. Betty McCollum (D-WA), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Jared Huffman (D-CA), and Jesús G. “Chuy” García (D-IL), have emphasized the need for unambiguous medical cannabis tax guidance in two primary areas:

• Businesses operating under state-issued cannabis licenses that encompass both adult-use and medicinal purposes.

• Businesses holding separate state-issued cannabis licenses for adult-use and medicinal purposes.”

By Liz Fedor, Twin Cities Business

“McCollum, dean of Minnesota’s delegation, serves as the ranking member on the U.S. House Appropriations Defense Subcommittee. ‘If you look at the cost of defense programs over a lifetime, most of our costs are actually due to maintenance and repair,’ she said. If something breaks on an aircraft carrier, McCollum said it would be cost-efficient to be able to make a replacement part on a 3D printer and quickly solve the problem.”

By Blois Olson, morning take

“GLUTEN: via Rep. Betty McCollum advisory, VERBATIM: ‘Representatives Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) and Betty McCollum (D-MN) introduced the Celiac Safety Act to strengthen food labeling law and protect the roughly 3 million Americans with Celiac Disease. The legislation is the first proposal in Congress to require the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to mandate the inclusion of ‘gluten-containing grains’ as a major food allergen, ensuring manufacturers label the inclusion of all gluten-containing ingredients in products made available to the public.’”

By Tom Angell, Marijuana Moment

“In addition to Horsford and Cohen, the new letter is signed by Reps. Betty McCollum (D-WA), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Jared Huffman (D-CA) and Jesús G. “Chuy” García (D-IL).”

By The Minnesota Star Tribune

“I haven’t lived in McCollum’s district long enough to know if I agree with her on every issue, but on this one she deserves credit for calling out Israel’s brutal conduct against Palestinians, which would be universally condemned if carried out by any other nation.

Steve Schild, Falcon Heights”

By Ashleigh Fields, The Hill

“The bill’s co-sponsors are Democratic Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D.C.) and Reps. Robert Garcia (Calif.), Suhas Subramanyam (Va.), Bobby Scott (Va.), Dan Goldman (N.Y.), Pramila Jayapal (Wash.), Steve Cohen (Tenn.), Jasmine Crockett (Texas), Danny Davis (Ill.), Diana DeGette (Colo.), Lois Frankel (Fla.), John Larson (Conn.), Stephen Lynch (Mass.), Betty McCollum (Minn.), Morgan McGarvey (Ky.), Kevin Mullin (Calif.), Mike Quigley (Ill.), Mary Gay Scanlon (Pa.), Mark Takano (Calif.), Jill Tokuda (Hawaii), Paul Tonko (N.Y.), Rashida Tlaib (Mich.), and Bonnie Watson Coleman (N.J.).”

By Betty McCollum, The Minnesota Star Tribune

“I have long opposed the Israeli government’s treatment of the Palestinian people. Over the last 10 years, I have introduced my bill, the Defending the Human Rights of Palestinian Children and Families Living Under Israeli Military Occupation Act, five times. This bill ensures that not one dollar of U.S. assistance to Israel can be used to detain children, demolish families’ homes or permanently annex Palestinian lands.”

By Tiago Ventura, TIME

“‘Speaker Johnson just cancelled a vote on the Iran war powers resolution because he knows a bipartisan majority of the House of Representatives would have voted to end President Trump's illegal war in Iran,’ argued Rep. Betty McCollum of Minnesota. ‘The Speaker's cowardly decision is a complete failure of leadership.’”

By Anna Commander, Newsweek

“Representative Betty McCollum, a Minnesota Democrat, also said on X Thursday, ‘Speaker Johnson just cancelled a vote on the Iran War Powers resolution because he knows a bipartisan majority of the House of Representatives would have voted to end President Trump's illegal war in Iran. The Speaker's cowardly decision is a complete failure of leadership. Republicans care more about protecting President Trump than they do about you.’”

By Meghann Myers, Defense One

“‘Mr. Secretary, the administration is taking an enormous risk by asking for $350 billion in priorities through reconciliation,’ Rep. Betty McCollum, D-Minn., the ranking member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, told Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth earlier this month. ‘As we told you in our last meeting, reconciliation is not the best way to fund the department. Last year, reconciliation created broken glass—funding holds for vital programs that the appropriators had to fix. And that's why we need the information in a timely fashion.’”

By Blois Olson, morning take

“SENATE RACE: Star Tribune’s Sydney Kashiwagi asked Sen. Amy Klobuchar, Rep. Kelly Morrison and Rep. Betty McCollum if they plan to endorse a candidate in the DFL primary for U.S. Senate after Sen. Tina Smith and Rep. Ilhan Omar both endorsed Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan. Spokespersons for both Klobuchar and Morrison said they do not make endorsements in primaries, but McCollum said she will endorse the candidate who wins the party endorsement in the May convention. McCOLLUM: ‘We have two excellent Senate candidates competing, and I will be supporting the candidate who earns the DFL endorsement.’”

By Blois Olson, morning take

“IRAN: via MinnPost, VERBATIM: ‘Rep. Betty McCollum, D-4th District, questioned Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth [last] week over the cost of the Iran war and the budgetary needs of the nation’s military. … She asked Hegseth for an accounting of munition levels, damage to war ships, military equipment that has been lost and additional fuel delivery cost as Iran’s lockdown of the Strait of Hormuz has prevented oil tanker deliveries. … She also said the panel needed details of the $1.5 trillion 2027 defense budget no later than June 11.’ McCOLLUM: ‘I will not support a blank check for the Pentagon. The Trump Administration’s budget request must be closely scrutinized.’”

By Ana Radelat, MinnPost

“‘I will not support a blank check for the Pentagon,’ McCollum told MinnPost. ‘The Trump administration’s budget request must be closely scrutinized. They have failed thus far to provide information to Congress to justify such an extraordinary budget request, and they have failed to provide a plan to pay for it in the long-term.’”

By A New Policy Pac

“2026 Endorsed Incumbents:

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Betty McCollum (MN-04)

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By Manali Shah, Woodbury News Net

“‘This is a coordinated effort not only in our federal offices, but with state and local governments, and with the voters to get the referendum passed,’ McCollum said. ‘As this community has grown, so have the demands for public safety, whether it’s police or fire or EMS. You are watching that accelerate here. With the help of federal financing, Woodbury has secured $1 million toward the building and technology for its new Public Safety Campus.’”