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
03/09/2017	H.J.Res.81	Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States regarding health care.	03/09/2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice. (All Actions)
02/27/2017	H.R.1232	Save America's Science Act	02/27/2017 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. (All Actions)
06/14/2016	H.R.5479	SHINE Act	06/14/2016 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. (All Actions)
04/28/2016	H.R.4986	Sewall-Belmont House Act of 2016	04/28/2016 Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands. (All Actions)
04/22/2016	H.R.5036	Protecting Families with Disabilities Act of 2016	04/22/2016 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (All Actions)
01/13/2016	H.R.4390	Johnson-O'Malley Supplemental Indian Education Program Modernization Act	01/13/2016 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. (All Actions)
10/16/2015	H.Res.474	Recognizing the important contribution and added value of mental health and psychosocial support services and the importance of building such capacity in humanitarian and development contexts.	10/16/2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (All Actions)
07/01/2015	H.R.2751	Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children Act	07/01/2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs. (All Actions)
05/26/2015	H.R.2072	National Park and Wilderness Waters Protection Forever Act	05/26/2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources. (All Actions)
04/30/2015	H.R.1796	National Park and Wilderness Waters Protection Act	04/30/2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources. (All Actions)
03/02/2015	H.R.407	To amend the Act of June 18, 1934, to reaffirm the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to take land into trust for Indian tribes.	03/02/2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs. (All Actions)
01/27/2015	H.R.570	Stop Wasting Taxpayer Money on Cuba Broadcasting Act	01/27/2015 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. (All Actions)
07/25/2014	H.Res.688	Supporting the role of the United States in ensuring children in poor countries have access to vaccines and immunization through the GAVI Alliance.	07/25/2014 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. (All Actions)
06/16/2014	H.R.4843	Native CARE Act of 2014	06/16/2014 Referred to the Subcommittee Indian and Alaska Native Affairs. (All Actions)
05/28/2014	H.R.4747	Global Health Worker Protection Act of 2014	05/28/2014 Referred to the House Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select). (All Actions)
07/30/2013	H.R.2822	Global Food Security Act of 2013	07/30/2013 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (All Actions)
07/25/2013	H.R.358	Strategic Response to Asian Carp Invasion Act	07/25/2013 Subcommittee Hearings Held. (All Actions)
05/14/2013	H.Res.213	Establishing the Special Committee on Sexual Assault and Abuse in the Armed Forces to conduct oversight, ensure accountability, and report on the activities of the Department of Defense to prevent, reduce, prosecute, and provide victims' services for cases of sexual assault and abuse in the Armed Forces.	05/14/2013 Referred to the House Committee on Rules. (All Actions)
05/10/2013	H.Res.199	Expressing support for designation of May 2013 as "National Celiac Awareness Month".	05/10/2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (All Actions)
04/08/2013	H.R.757	SAVE Native Women Act	04/08/2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations. (All Actions)

Total: 4436

Date	Bill Number	Bill Title	Result	Vote
09/19/2006	H.Res.622	To recognize and honor the Filipino World War II veterans for their defense of democratic ideals and their important contribution to the outcome of World War II.	Passed	Yea
09/19/2006	H.Res.526	Supporting the goals and ideals of observing the Year of Polio Awareness.
09/13/2006	H.Res.1006	Recognizing the commencement of Ramadan, the Islamic holy month of fasting and spiritual renewal, and commending Muslims in the United States and throughout the world for their faith.
09/13/2006	H.Con.Res.470	Expressing the sense of Congress that the President should immediately replace the Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld.
09/13/2006	H.R.5805	North Korea Nonproliferation Act of 2006
09/13/2006	H.Res.759	Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Government of Japan should formally acknowledge and accept responsibility for its sexual enslavement of young women, known to the world as "comfort women", during its colonial occupation of Asia and the Pacific Islands from the 1930s through the duration of World War II, and for other purposes.
07/28/2006	H.Res.844	Congratulating the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative on ten years of significant achievement in the search for an HIV/AIDS vaccine, and for other purposes.	Passed	Yea
08/17/2006	H.R.5965	Program for Real Energy Security Act
08/10/2006	H.R.5755	Soldiers Targeted by Offensive Profiteering Act of 2006 (STOP Act)
08/03/2006	H.Con.Res.399	Recognizing the 30th Anniversary of the victory of United States winemakers at the 1976 Paris Wine Tasting.
08/01/2006	H.R.5969	Prescription Coverage Now Act of 2006
08/01/2006	H.R.5906	Consortium on the Impact of Technology in Aging Health Services Act of 2006
08/01/2006	H.R.5834	Protecting Children's Health in Schools Act of 2006
08/01/2006	H.R.5795	Unintended Pregnancy Reduction Act of 2006
08/01/2006	H.J.Res.86	Approving the renewal of import restrictions contained in the Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act of 2003, and for other purposes.
07/28/2006	H.Res.970	Denouncing the practices of female genital mutilation, domestic violence, "honor" killings, acid burning, dowry deaths, and other gender-based persecutions and expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that participation, protection, recognition, and independence of women is crucial to achieving a just, moral, and honorable society.
07/27/2006	H.R.9	Fannie Lou Hamer, Rosa Parks, and Coretta Scott King Voting Rights Act Reauthorization and Amendments Act of 2006
07/27/2006	H.R.2872	Louis Braille Bicentennial--Braille Literacy Commemorative Coin Act
07/27/2006	H.R.1849	Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act of 2005
07/26/2006	H.Res.954	Urging the President to appoint a Special Envoy for Middle East Peace.

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