By Sydney Kashiwagi, The Minnesota Star Tribune

“‘The Republicans say, well, we got to give the president a chance to implement his policies. He has a mandate. It’s just a bunch of poppycock. It’s bullshit. He doesn’t have a mandate. He won the popular vote by 49.8%. That’s not a mandate. He didn’t get 50% in Minnesota. And I represent Minnesota. He had 46%, that’s not a mandate. Did he win the election? Do I honor and recognize that, yes. But President Trump does not have a mandate. And then to have Elon Musk, who’s unelected, who has conflicts in many of the agencies he’s now investigating, to do oversight and tell us how to reform government.’”

By Association of Defense Communities

"[The letter] was signed by Sens. Chris Coons (D-Del.), Jack Reed (D-R.I.) and Mark Warner (D-Va.) and Rep. Betty McCollum (D-Minn.) They all hold leadership roles on committees handling defense and intelligence."

By Sydney Kashiwagi and Chloe Johnson, The Minnesota Star Tribune

"Last month, Rep. Betty McCollum, D-St. Paul, reintroduced a bill that would permanently protect the same 225,000 acres of federal land and waters. She has carried the proposed legislation for the past decade and acknowledges it’s an uphill battle."

By Dan Kraker, MPR News

"Meanwhile, U.S. Rep. Betty McCollum, D-Minn., who represents the St. Paul area, introduced legislation two weeks ago to make the 20-year mining ban permanent. 'The Boundary Waters are a national treasure that must be protected,' McCollum said when she introduced the bill. But its prospects appear dim in the current GOP-controlled Congress."

By the International Association of Mechanists and Aerospace Workers

“U.S. Rep. Betty McCollum and Campaign Manager Raquel Sidie-Wagner for U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar, spoke about how powerful and mighty a union could be for Delta ramp, cargo, and tower workers, who are organizing with the IAM Union, and their siblings who are Delta flight attendants, organizing with the AFA-CWA, across the country.”

By Cole Premo and Aki Nace, WCCO

"'My heart is with the families and loved ones of those impacted by the tragic aircraft collision at DCA. Our nation is grateful for the heroic first responders who are doing everything they can to rescue potential survivors. America goes to sleep with a heavy heart tonight,' said Rep. Betty McCollum."

By Howard Thompson, FOX 9

"Congresswoman Betty McCollum called the freeze an 'illegal and unconstitutional action' by Trump." 

By Briana Bierschbach, Sydney Kashiwagi, and Rochelle Olson, The Minnesota Star Tribune

"Across the aisle, Democrats expressed outrage and questioned the legality of the directive. Democratic Rep. Betty McCollum called the move 'brazenly illegal and unconstitutional.'”

By Ana Radelat, MinnPost

"Rep. Betty McCollum, D-4th District, a senior member of the House Appropriations Committee, said the phones in her Capitol Hill and St. Paul offices were 'ringing off the hook' with calls from hospital administrators, community health centers, nonprofits, and ‘Minnesotans who are scared that they will not have the federal assistance they rely on.’”

By the St. Paul Reporter

“On January 22, 2025, Rep. McCollum tweeted about the injuries sustained by law enforcement during the events at the U.S. Capitol. She stated: "More than 140 police officers were injured and several lost their lives as a result of the events of that day. Nobody in America takes seriously Republicans who claim to 'back the blue' while supporting a felon President who pardons right-wing extremists who attacked cops."

By Save the Boundary Waters

“Today, U. S. Rep. Betty McCollum (D-MN) re-introduced legislation to permanently protect Minnesota’s Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness and Voyageurs National Park from the threat of sulfide-ore copper mining. The Boundary Waters Wilderness Protection and Pollution Prevention Act permanently withdraws 225,504 acres of federal land and waters within the Superior National Forest, banning risky sulfide-ore copper mining in the headwaters of the Wilderness and of Minnesota’s only National Park. The bill does not restrict taconite or iron-ore mining anywhere in the State of Minnesota.”

By Richard Reeve, KSTP

“On Tuesday, Democratic Congresswoman Betty McCollum reintroduced a bill to permanently protect more than 225,000 acres of federal lands and waters within the Superior National Forest from copper mining.”

By Woodbury News Net

“Idrees Ahmad of Woodbury won the 2024 Fourth Congressional District App Challenge. The contest was sponsored by the office of Congresswoman Betty McCollum.”

By Jane McClure, My Villager

“ReConnect Rondo received a $2 million grant earlier this month through the federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to aid in its efforts to construct a land bridge over Interstate 94. U.S. Representative Betty McCollum announced the grant January 10 as one of nine Minnesota projects to receive funding.”

By Frederick Melo, Pioneer Press

“The nine grants, announced this month by the office of St. Paul’s U.S. Rep. Betty McCollum, a Democrat, come from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law that was passed when Democrats controlled Congress and signed by President Joe Biden in 2021. McCollum, the dean of the state’s Congressional delegation, is a longstanding member of the House Appropriations committee.”

By Sydney Kashiwagi, The Minnesota Star Tribune

“The funding was secured by Rep. Betty McCollum through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law passed in 2021. Sen. Amy Klobuchar also helped lock down the federal funding for the project.”

By ReConnect Rondo

“This success would not have been possible without the long-term support and advocacy of U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar and Tina Smith and Representative Betty McCollum. Their unwavering commitment to the Rondo community and instrumental efforts in securing this funding have been pivotal to ReConnect Rondo’s progress.”

By Sydney Kashiwagi, The Minnesota Star Tribune

“‘Four years ago was a sad day in our history,’ the Minnesota Democrat said after the certification. ‘Today was a disappointing day for me personally, but a proud day in the way that Democrats and Vice President [Kamala] Harris conducted their responsibilities of carrying out our duties.’”

By Frederick Melo, Pioneer Press

“In 1994 she was named by the St. Paul Area Chamber of Commerce as its “Greatest Living Saint Paulite.” Hamline University gave her its first ‘Women in Public Service” award in 2012, and created the Ruby Hunt Endowed Scholarship for Public Administration in 2014. U.S. Rep. Betty McCollum entered her achievements into the official Congressional Record on Nov. 12 of that year.”

By National Audubon Society

“The bipartisan United States Foundation for International Conservation Act of 2023 (H.R. 6726/S. 618) was introduced in the U.S. House by Reps. Michael McCaul (R-Tex.) and Gregory Meeks (D-N.Y.) and in the Senate by Sens. Chris Coons (D-Del.) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), along with original co-sponsors such as Reps. Dave Joyce (R-Ohio), Betty McCollum (D-Minn.), Henry Cuellar (D-Tex.) and Jake LaTurner (R-Kan.); and Senators John Boozman (R-Ark.), Martin Heinrich (D-N.Mex.), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.).”