WASHINGTON, March 12 (Rep.) -- House Republican Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minnesota, issued the following statement on March 11, 2024: * * * Speaker Mike Johnson, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, Majority Whip Tom Emmer, and Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik issued the following statement on President Biden's proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2025: "The price tag of President Biden's proposed budget is yet another glaring reminder of this Administration's insatiable appetite for reckless s  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Rep. Pete Stauber, R-Minnesota, issued the following statement on March 11, 2024: * * * Congressman Pete Stauber (MN-08) made the following statement after learning that Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty moved ahead with charges against Minnesota State Patrol Trooper Ryan Londregan without considering the expert testimony of Jeffrey Noble, a use-of-force expert hired by her office to help determine whether the force used was justified. Noble opined that Trooper Lo  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Chairwoman of the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration with oversight over federal elections, and U.S. Senator Susan Collins (R-ME), Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, introduced the bipartisan Preparing Election Administrators for AI Act to require the Election Assistance Commission (EAC), in consultation with the National Institute of Standards  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Tina Smith (D-MN) announced a $2,194,000 U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development grant and a $26,179,000 loan to make improvements to the Lincoln Pipestone Rural Water system that services the counties of Lyon, Lac qui Parle, Lincoln, Yellow Medicine, and Redwood. This project will construct a new water source and water treatment plant, and make impr  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Tina Smith (D-MN) announced a $497,000 U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development grant and a $651,000 loan to make improvements to the water treatment plant and water tower in Osakis. Specifically, the funding supports a project that will convert the iron filter to a biological ammonia-removal filter to allow chlorine to better clean the lines during w  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Tina Smith (D-MN) announced a $906,000 U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development grant and an $8,310,000 loan to make improvements to the Red Lake Falls's water, wastewater, and sewer infrastructure. Specifically, this project will construct a new water tower and pump station and install new water meters. "Red Lake Falls's current water, wastewater, a  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Tina Smith (D-MN) announced a $851,000 U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development grant and a $1,494,000 loan to make improvements to the City of Taconite's water system. The funding will advance the construction of a new water storage tank, a water pump house, and a replacement water tower. The project will also install individual water meters for cust  more