Campaign Updates
For 13 years, the Community Technology Empowerment Project (CTEP) AmeriCorps program, a project of the St. Paul Neighborhood Network (SPNN), has provided technology instruction to underserved individuals with low technology skills across the Twin Cities. Earlier this month, CTEP received a $1.2 million grant from the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) to continue the program...
I am one who believes that Baseball is America's great game and pastime. Some believe that it is now Football. Football, according to many statistics is clearly the more popular. So, it is fitting to look at the Washington Redskins on this long 4th of July weekend as we celebrate the nation's birth. The Washington Redskins, after all, has called the nation's capital its home. The 4th of July is...
It is painfully obvious that too many elected officials in Washington, D.C., have lost touch with the struggling people of this nation. This was demonstrated recently when House leaders proposed a Farm Bill that would have cut aid to food stamp (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) recipients by a whopping $20 billion over a 10-year period. The Senate version, supported by Sens. Al Franken...
U.S. Rep. Betty McCollum this week said there is "an epidemic of sexual assaults" in the nation's military. The congresswoman's office issued a statement in response to the release of the Pentagon's annual report on sexual assaults in the Armed Forces. Among the findings: Sexual assault reports by members of the military rose from 3,192 in 2011 to 3,374 in 2012, according to FOX News. Based on a...
Tuesday, May 7, 2013, the Pentagon released the FY2012 Annual Report on Sexual Assault in the Military, showing the number of sexual assaults in the military increased more than 30 percent since 2010. According to the report, an estimated 26,000 service members were victims of unwanted sexual contact in 2012. This release follows Sunday's arrest for sexual battery of Air Force Lt. Col. Jeffrey...
Congresswoman Betty McCollum (D-Minnesota) has joined with nine other members of Congress and more than 50 tribes and organizations in urging Dan Snyder, the owner of the NFL’s Washington XXXskins football team, to change his team’s racist name. For decades, Native American leaders and tribal organizations have advocated for an end to the use of this derogatory and demeaning “brand." The NFL’s...
Less than a decade ago, virtually every branch of the military sponsored a NASCAR team. With wars raging in Afghanistan and Iraq, it seemed a sure-fire way of recruiting the next generation of soldiers, given NASCAR fans’ passion for the sport and patriotic bent. So in turn, the Army, Air Force, Marines, Navy and National Guard joined the parade of Fortune 500 companies advertising on the hoods...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (May 29, 2013) — U.S. Rep. Betty McCollum (MN-4) has joined with nine Members of Congress and more than 50 organizations in urging Mr. Dan Snyder, the owner of the Washington Redskins of the National Football League, to change his team’s racist name. For decades, Native American leaders and tribal organizations have advocated for an end to the use of this derogatory and demeaning...
"We'll start signing Negroes when the Harlem Globetrotters start signing whites." —George Preston Marshall; founder of the Washington Redskins, 1961 "We'll never change the name. It's that simple. NEVER — you can use caps." —Washington Redskins owner Dan Snyder, 2013 Dear Dan Snyder, History tends to be unkind to those who make bold proclamations against change. You have made it crystal...
Democratic 4th Congressional District Congresswoman Betty McCollum heard a string of officials, faith leaders and members of the public testify against a proposal in the Republican-led U.S. House to cut about $21 billion over 10 years from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, a food stamp program nicknamed SNAP. McCollum, at the listening session Monday, June 10, at the State Capitol...