MCCOLLUM, BETTY

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: Experience: House: District 4, 2001-Present; Home State: Minnesota; Running: President, United States, 2016; Total Raised: $655,275Coverage End: Thursday, June 30, 2016; Winning: Won with 0.00%; Write a Review

Personal

Full Name: Betty McCollum

Gender: Female

Family: Divorced; 2 Children: Katie, Sean

Birth Date:07/12/1954

Birth Place: Saint Paul, MN

Home City: Saint Paul, MN

Religion: Roman Catholic

Education

BA, College of Saint Catherine, 1987

AA, Inver Hill Community College, 1980

Political Experience

Representative, United States House of Representatives, 2000-present

Senior Democratic Whip, United States House of Representatives, present

Representative, Minnesota State House of Representatives, 1993-2000

Member, North Saint Paul City Council, 1987-1992

Candidate, North Saint Paul City Council, 1984

Current Legislative Committees

Appropriations, Member

Subcommittee on Defense, Member

Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, Ranking Member

Subcommittee on Legislative Branch, Member

Caucuses/Non-Legislative Committees

Member, Algerian Caucus

Member, Animal Protection Caucus

Member, Asian Pacific American Caucus

Member, Bicameral Congressional Caucus on Parkinson's Disease

Member, Bike Caucus

Member, Bipartisan Congressional Task Force on Alzheimer's Disease

Co-Chair, Caucus for Congressional-World Bank Dialogue

Member, Caucus for Women's Issues

Member, Caucus on Addiction, Treatment, and Recovery

Member, Caucus on Armenian Issues

Member, Caucus on Global Road Safety

Member, Caucus on the Netherlands

Member, Caucus on Turkey

Member, Community College Caucus

Member, Congressional Anti-Human-Trafficking Caucus

Member, Congressional Armenian Issues Caucus

Member, Congressional Arts Caucus

Member, Congressional Bicameral High-Speed and Intercity Passenger Rail Caucus

Member, Congressional Bike Caucus

Member, Congressional Caucus on the European Union

Co-Founder/Co-Chair, Congressional Global Health Caucus

Member, Congressional Humanities Caucus

Member, Congressional Military Family Caucus

Member, Dairy Farmer Caucus

Member, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee

Member, Democratic Steering Committee

Member, Diabetes Caucus

Member, Farmer Cooperative Caucus

Member, Food Safety Caucus

Member, Friends of Canada

Member, Friends of Ireland Caucus

Member, Friends of Job Corps Congressional Caucus

Co-Chair, Friends of Norway Caucus

Member, General Aviation Caucus

Member, Hearing Health Caucus

Member, Heart and Stroke Coalition

Member, High-Performance Building Caucus

Member, Historic Preservation Caucus

Co-Chair, House Mentoring Caucus

Member, Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Caucus

Co-Chair, International Conservation Caucus

Member, Internet Caucus

Member, Labor and Working Families Caucus

Member, Medical Technology Caucus

Member, Mental Health Caucus

Member, National Guard and Reserve Component Caucus

Member, Native American Caucus

Member, Progressive Caucus

Co-Chair, Quality Care Coalition

Member, Recognition for Excellence in Arts Education Awards Board

Member, Refugee Caucus

Vice Chair, State Issues, National Council of State Legislatures

Member, Sudan Caucus

Member, Urban Caucus

Member, Wildlife Refuge Caucus

Professional Experience

High School Social Science Teacher

Management, Dayton's

Retail Sales, Dayton's

Retail Sales, Sears

Management, Sears

Religious, Civic, and other Memberships

Member, American Legion Auxiliary

Member, Girl Scouts of America

Member, Habitat for Humanity

Member, National Council on the Arts

Member, Northern Saint Paul Business Association

Member, Northern Saint Paul Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary

Member, Veterans of Foreign Wars Ladies Auxiliary

General Survey

Issue Title	Candidate's Answers
1. Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right	Strongly Support Abortion should be decided by a woman herself. It is an important part of their health rights and reproductive freedom.
2. Stricter punishment reduces crime	Oppose Effective enforcement rather than strict enforcement shoud be considered. The death penalty should be used with extreme caution, if at all.
3. Marijuana is a gateway drug
4. Higher taxes on the wealthy	Strongly Support A progressive income tax is necessary in modern society. That is the right way to run our tax system.
5. Stimulus better than market-led recovery	Strongly Support The federal government should intervene in the economy and inject as much funding as needed to recover from the Great Recession, including direct federal job creation.
6. Vouchers for school choice	Strongly Oppose Public schools are an important component of American society. We should improve public schools rather than destroying them with vouchers.
7. Make voter registration easier	Strongly Support Voter ID laws are racist and intended to suppress minority voting. Taxpayer funds should be used for political campaigns.
8. Prioritize green energy	Strongly Support Overuse of fossil fuels causes serious problems that we should deal with immediately. And green energy is absolutly a good option for us to Stop Global Warming.
9. Avoid foreign entanglements
10. Expand the military	Oppose Expanding the military is not important and integrant for U.S. now. But when the country meets with defiance or agression, it is acceptable to continue expanding our military.
11. Support & expand free trade	Strongly Oppose We should restrict trade with any country which costs us jobs or which creates a trade deficit. And International trade just ships jobs overseas.
12. Support American Exceptionalism
13. Absolute right to gun ownership	Strongly Oppose Availability of guns should be absolutely limited, because more guns mean more killing.
14. Expand ObamaCare	Strongly Support Very few Americans have adequate health insurance. The government should make funds available for all citizens.
15. Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens	Strongly Support Immigration restrictions are racist because they keep out Hispanics and other non-whites. Social services should be offered to all residents of the United States regardless of immigration status.
16. EPA regulations are too restrictive	Strongly Oppose Animals have inherent rights, and nature has inherent value. It is necessary to support vegetarianism and protect environment.
17. Keep God in the public sphere	Oppose Faith-based origanizations and prayer in schools are inappropriate because they fail to recognize American pluralism and religious diversity.
18. Legally require hiring more women & minorities	Strongly Support Past discrimination should be corrected. Government should enforce Affirmative Action laws in companies.
19. Comfortable with same-sex marriage	Strongly Support In free country, people are free to choose their mate, whichever gender they like. Homosexual partners or marriages are equal with heterosexual ones.
20. Privatize Social Security	Strongly Oppose Government should control the Social Security forever. The Trust Fund should not be invested in anything with risk.

Total: 99

Introduced Date	Bill Number	Bill Title	Last Action
06/04/2004	H.Con.Res.442	Recognizing the 75th anniversary of Amtrak's Empire Builder rail line.	06/04/2004 Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads. (All Actions)
05/12/2004	H.Res.639	Condemning the abuse of Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison, urging a full and complete investigation to ensure justice is served, and expressing support for all Americans serving nobly in Iraq.	05/12/2004 Referred to House International Relations (All Actions)
02/24/2004	H.R.3822	National Livestock Identification Act	02/24/2004 Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. (All Actions)
09/30/2003	H.R.3195	To extend normal trade relations treatment to the products of the Lao People's Democratic Republic.	09/30/2003 Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade. (All Actions)
09/24/2003	H.R.3172	To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to establish a program under which Congressional candidates may receive public funding for carrying out campaigns for election for Federal office, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish an income tax checkoff to provide funding for such program and to provide a refundable tax credit for individuals who make contributions to such candidates, and for other purposes.	09/24/2003 Referred to House Administration (All Actions)
06/23/2003	H.R.2567	To name the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota, as the "Paul Wellstone Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center".	06/23/2003 Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (All Actions)
06/20/2003	H.R.2248	To expand coverage under the Arts and Artifacts Indemnity Act.	06/20/2003 Referred to the Subcommittee on Select Education. (All Actions)
04/14/2003	H.R.1398	Achieving Our IDEA Act of 2003	04/14/2003 Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform. (All Actions)
03/25/2003	H.R.897	Mississippi River Trail Study Act	03/25/2003 Executive Comment Requested from Interior. (All Actions)
03/19/2003	H.Con.Res.26	Condemning the punishment of execution by stoning as a gross violation of human rights, and for other purposes.	03/19/2003 Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (All Actions)
03/10/2003	H.R.829	Arts and Artifacts Indemnity Act Amendments of 2003	03/10/2003 Referred to the Subcommittee on Select Education. (All Actions)
02/27/2003	H.Con.Res.61	Recognizing the need to double Federal funding for the Peace Corps from fiscal year 2002 funding levels to $550,000,000 by 2007, and for other purposes.	02/27/2003 Referred to the House Committee on International Relations. (All Actions)
09/24/2002	H.R.5417	Mississippi River Trail Study Act of 2002	09/24/2002 Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands. (All Actions)
07/26/2002	H.Con.Res.456	Recognizing the occasion of the Sixth World Symposium on Choral Music, to be held August 3-10, 2002, in Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota.	07/26/2002 Referred to the House Committee on International Relations. (All Actions)
07/25/2002	H.Con.Res.351	Expressing the sense of Congress that the United States should condemn the practice of execution by stoning as a gross violation of human rights, and for other purposes.	07/25/2002 Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended). (All Actions)
03/06/2002	H.Con.Res.341	Expressing the sense of Congress that Federal funding of the Peace Corps should be doubled to $550,000,000 by 2007, and for other purposes.	03/06/2002 Referred to the House Committee on International Relations. (All Actions)
11/27/2001	H.R.3033	Foreign Student Database Funding Act of 2001	11/27/2001 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims. (All Actions)
09/10/2001	H.R.2779	International Students Reporting Act	09/10/2001 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims. (All Actions)
08/02/2001	H.R.2780	To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to establish a program under which Congressional candidates may receive public funding for carrying out campaigns for election for Federal office, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish an income tax checkoff to provide funding for such program and to provide a refundable tax credit for individuals who make contributions to such candidates, and for other purposes.	08/02/2001 Referred to House Administration (All Actions)

Total: 4436

Date	Bill Number	Bill Title
06/12/2017	H.R.2884	COVFEFE Act of 2017
06/12/2017	H.Res.380	Commemorating one year since the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando, Florida, on June 12, 2016.
06/08/2017	H.R.2862	To provide for wildfire suppression operations, and for other purposes.
06/08/2017	H.R.2827	To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend and expand the membership of the Advisory Committee on Minority Veterans to include veterans who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender.
05/22/2017	H.R.2589	To waive the 24-month waiting period for Medicare eligibility for individuals disabled by Huntington's disease.
05/22/2017	H.R.695	Child Protection Improvements Act of 2017
05/19/2017	H.Res.344	Recognizing the contributions of senior volunteers.
05/18/2017	H.R.2545	To reauthorize the special diabetes programs for Indians.
05/18/2017	H.R.2525	To improve the financial literacy of students.
05/18/2017	H.R.2519	To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint commemorative coins in recognition of the 100th anniversary of The American Legion.
05/18/2017	H.Res.311	Recognizing that for 50 years the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) has worked toward stability, prosperity, and peace in Southeast Asia.
05/18/2017	H.R.1872	Reciprocal Access to Tibet Act of 2017
05/18/2017	H.R.1477	No Taxpayer Funding for the Wall Act
05/18/2017	H.Res.128	Supporting respect for human rights and encouraging inclusive governance in Ethiopia.
05/17/2017	H.R.2508	To provide discretionary authority to an immigration judge to determine that an alien parent of a United States citizen child should not be ordered removed, deported, or excluded from the United States.
05/17/2017	H.R.2491	To impose sanctions with respect to foreign persons responsible for gross violations of internationally recognized human rights against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) individuals, and for other purposes.
05/17/2017	H.Res.332	Supporting the goals and ideals of the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia.
05/17/2017	H.R.356	Protecting Our Democracy Act
05/12/2017	H.Res.320	Expressing support for the designation of May 2017 as "Mental Health Month".
05/11/2017	H.R.2412	Keep Our Pension Promises Act

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