WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Representative Michelle Fischbach (R-MN) sent a letter to the Director of the U.S. Census Bureau, Robert Santos, to urge the Bureau to work with the City of Marshall to resolve the reported undercount in the 2020 Census results. The City opened a case with the Bureau due to an undercounted student population at Southwest Minnesota State University. The Census Bureau i  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 -- Rep. Michelle Fischbach, R-Minnesota, issued the following news release on Feb. 7, 2024: Today, Congresswoman Fischbach introduced the Hearing Device Coverage Clarification Act, which clarifies that fully implanted active middle ear hearing devices are prosthetics that are not subject to the hearing aid coverage exclusion. The bill has wide bipartisan support amongst Minnesota's congressional delegation. "The FDA has approved the fully implanted hearing devices as prosthe  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 -- Rep. Betty McCollum, D-Minnesota, issued the following statement on Feb. 7, 2024: Congresswoman Betty McCollum (DFL-Minn.) and Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisc.) have introduced the Mississippi River Restoration and Resilience Initiative Act (MRRRI) in the U.S. House and the U.S. Senate , legislation to establish a non-regulatory initiative that will coordinate restoration and resilience opportunities up and down the Mississippi River corridor. MRRRI is modeled around the suc  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 (Rep.) -- House Republican Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minnesota, issued the following news release on Feb. 7, 2024: Majority Whip Tom Emmer today joined Independent Women's Forum (IWF) and Concerned Women for America (CWA) in hosting a meet and greet for National Girls and Women in Sports Day with All-American swimmer Riley Gaines, former NCAA head coach Kim Russell, former NCAA swimmer Paula Scanlan, and NCAA volleyball player Macy Petty. "As a former hockey player and coach, I unde  more