WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: On Thursday, the U.S. Senators Kevin Cramer (R-ND) and John Hoeven (R-ND) and U.S. Representative Kelly Armstrong (R-ND) announced the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) Inspector General has agreed to expand its postal audit of the Minnesota-North Dakota District to include Dickinson, Grand Forkst. The full audit report is expected to be released in Late March or early April. The USPS IG informed the delegati  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 -- Rep. Angie Craig, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release: Following more than a year of advocacy, U.S. Representative Angie Craig announced the United States Postal Service's plans for a new post office in New Prague, MN. Since 2022, Rep. Craig and New Prague Mayor Duane Jirik have pressed USPS on the urgent need for a safer, more efficient, more accessible post office in the city. The USPS Office of the Inspector General recently announced an investigation into  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 -- Rep. Angie Craig, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release: U.S. Representative Angie Craig is leading a bipartisan, bicameral effort to ensure that biofuels are appropriately utilized in future efforts to decarbonize the aviation industry.  Rep. Craig and her colleagues wrote to the Biden Administration's Sustainable Aviation Fuels Lifecycle Analysis Interagency Working Group, urging a timely finalization of the Department of Energy's update of the Greenhouse Gas  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 -- Rep. Michelle Fischbach, R-Minnesota, issued the following news release: The House of Representatives has voted to impeach Department of Homeland Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. "Alejandro Mayorkas has refused to enforce federal immigration law, risking our national security. The American people are feeling pain of his failures every day, and he has lost their trust and the trust of the Members of the House of Representatives," said Congresswoman Fischbach (MN-07). "House   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 16 -- Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), John Thune (R-SD), and Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), and a group of 40 bipartisan members of Congress, including Senators Baldwin (D-WI), Brown (D-OH), Durbin (D-IL), Ernst (R-IA), Fischer (R-NE), Grassley (R-IA), Marshall (R-KS), Moran (R-KS), Peters (D-MI), Ricketts (R-NE), Rounds (R-SD), Smith (D-MN), and Stabenow (D-MI), as well as Representatives Craig (D-MN), Johnson (R  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 16 -- Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and U.S. Representative Pete Stauber (R-MN) announced they secured significant federal funding for Duluth International Airport's Air Traffic Control Tower Relocation project. The grant provides $10 million to fund the relocation of an Air Traffic Control Tower, a non-standard tower commissioned in 1963. The project includes design, project formulation, site preparation,   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 16 -- Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Tina Smith (D-MN) announced they secured significant federal funding for the expansion of Bemidji Regional Airport's Passenger Terminal. The grant provides $261,250 to expand the passenger terminal, which will address current concerns regarding security checkpoints and congestion throughout the terminal. The grant is funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. "Bem  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 16 -- Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Tina Smith (D-MN) announced they secured significant federal funding for Two Harbors Helgeson Municipal Airport, which will contribute to the construction of a general aviation terminal. The grant provides $1,140,000 to fund the construction of their new terminal, replacing the existing 640 square foot terminal built in 1976. The grant is funded by the Bipartisan Inf  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 -- Sen. Tina Flint Smith, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Tina Smith announced she helped secure funding for Duluth International Airport's Air Traffic Control Tower relocation project. The $10 million in funding will support relocating the non-standard tower currently at the airport, a tower which was commissioned in 1963. The airport coordinates over 67,000 arrivals/departures per year, contributes over $700 million to northern Min  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 -- Sen. Tina Flint Smith, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar and Tina Smith (both D-Minn.) announced federal funding for the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport to expand Terminal 2. The project will add two new gates to the terminal's north side, Gates H15 and H16. The funding comes from President Biden's bipartisan infrastructure legislation, which Senators Klobuchar and Smith helped pass. "Minneap  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 16 (Rep.) -- House Republican Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minnesota, issued the following news release on Feb. 15, 2024: Today, Majority Whip Tom Emmer hosted a roundtable with key Israel stakeholders to discuss continued support for our strongest ally in the Middle East. House Republicans have unequivocally condemned Hamas' barbaric acts of terrorism, demanded the release of hostages in Gaza, and called for the resignation of blatant anti-Semites who sit in leadership positions at Ameri  more