WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- Rep. Brad Finstad, R-Minnesota, issued the following news release: Today, Congressman Brad Finstad (MN-01) applauded the House passage of his legislation, the Prove It Act (H.R. 7198), which protects small businesses from government overreach by giving small businesses a larger voice in the regulatory process. The bill passed the House of Representatives on a bipartisan basis by a vote of 208-196. "Too often, small businesses across America are saddled with unnecessary and more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- Rep. Tom Emmer, R-Minnesota, issued the following news release on Dec. 4, 2024: Today, Congressman Tom Emmer announced that Tiny Thinkers has been selected as the winner of the Congressional App Challenge for Minnesota's Sixth Congressional District. The application was developed by Suditya Singh of Blaine and Muskan Singh of Eden Prairie and uses videos and quizzes to help children with autism develop social and emotional skills. "In our increasingly digital world, suppo more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- Rep. Tom Emmer, R-Minnesota, issued the following news release on Dec. 4, 2024: Today, Congressman Tom Emmer accepted the Charles Dick Medal of Merit Award from the National Guard Association of the United States. Emmer was announced as a recipient of the award in July for his continued support of the Minnesota National Guard. "Thanks to our citizen soldiers in the Minnesota National Guard, our state and our nation are more secure. I am deeply honored to receive this pres more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release: Today, the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) announced the results of internal leadership elections for the 119th Congress, the seventeenth Congress in the history of the CPC. The new leadership will oversee a Caucus of nearly 100 members with the addition of 9 freshmen from diverse districts across the nation. The members elected unanimously by their colleagues today include: Representative Greg Casar more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- Sen. Tina Flint Smith, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release: MINNEAPOLIS, MN Today, U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar and Tina Smith (both D-MN) announced additional medical residency slots in five Minnesota teaching hospitals. The slots were created in the 2022 budget law supported by both Senators. The law authorized funding 1,000 new residency slots across the country over a five-year period to combat the nation's physician shortage by training new providers. 69 of  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- Sen. Tina Flint Smith, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar and Tina Smith (both D-MN) applauded that Minnesotan exporters are participating in a USDA agribusiness trade mission to Casablanca, Morocco, ending today. Morocco is the second-largest export market for U.S. agriculture in Africa. U.S. sales of farm and food products to the country topped $619 million last year. Representatives from the Duluth Seaway Port Authority,  more PR