A press release from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security:

STATEMENT ON FEMA ADMINISTRATOR FUGATE’S UPCOMING TRIP TO MINNESOTA

A press release from U.S. Rep. Betty McCollum, DFL-Minn.:

WASHINGTON -– Congresswoman Betty McCollum (MN-04) last week introduced bipartisan legislation to address the lack of Recovery Act funding reaching Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) schools in Minnesota and across the country. The bill, with 16 bipartisan co-sponsors, would allocate a small percentage of the “Race to the Top” funds and the Innovation Fund for Native students at BIE schools.

A press release from the Minnesota Family Council:

Tom Prichard, President of the Minnesota Family Council (MFC), today said the Senate and House health care bills contain massive financial incentives for millions of Americans to not get married.

“Hidden in the House and Senate health care bills are massive penalties on middle income individuals who choose to marry. These bills, if passed, could encourage millions of Americans not to get married, because it would cost them thousands of dollars in additional health care costs to do so,” said Prichard.

A press release from the office of U.S. Rep. John Kline:

WASHINGTON –- Minnesota Congressman John Kline strongly opposed Speaker Pelosi’s proposed government takeover of health care (H.R. 3962) that passed tonight in the U.S. House of Representatives. The Pelosi health care bill will cost at least $1.3 trillion and includes $730 billion in new taxes and $500 billion in cuts to Medicare.

WASHINGTON – In an effort to increase transparency and accountability in the federal government, Minnesota Congressman John Kline joined more than two dozen members of Congress to launch http://Sunshine.gop.gov, an interactive website that allows taxpayers to track how their hard-earned money is being spent.

A press release from the Minnesota Farm Bureau Federation:

Yesterday, the Minnesota Farm Bureau Federation (MFBF) hand delivered more than 4,000 postcards signed by Farm Bureau members from Minnesota to Washington, D.C. The postcards ask Minnesota’s members of Congress and Senators to oppose the federal climate change legislation being considered.

A column by John Kline:

A press release from the office of U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar:

WASHINGTON –- U.S. Sens. Norm Coleman, R-Minn.,
and Amy Klobuchar, DFL-Minn., announced today that the Department of Health and Human Services has released $450 million in emergency funding for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP). Of this funding, Minnesota will receive $19.9 million. LIHEAP helps over 5.8 million low-income families, as well as senior citizens and disabled people pay for home heating and insulation in winter and cooling their homes in the warmer months.

This press release received from the office of U.S. Rep. John Kline, whose district includes the Jordan area: