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
10/14/2003	H.R.2998	To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide permanent authority for the exemption for certain members of the uniformed services from an otherwise-applicable requirement for the payment of subsistence charges while hospitalized.	Passed	Yea
10/10/2003	H.R.3199	To expand the Rest and Recuperation Leave program for members of the Armed Forces serving in the Iraqi theater of operations in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom to include travel and transportation to the members' permanent station or home.
10/08/2003	H.R.3275	Clean Contracting in Iraq Act of 2003
10/08/2003	H.Res.372	Expressing the condolences of the House of Representatives in response to the murder of Swedish Foreign Minister Anna Lindh.	Passed	Yea
10/08/2003	H.R.1482	Access for Afghan Women Act of 2003
10/07/2003	H.Res.234	Condemning bigotry and violence against Arab-Americans, Muslim-Americans, South Asian-Americans, and Sikh-Americans.
10/07/2003	H.R.1738	To require payments to State and local governments for infrastructure and social services needs in the same amount as the amount of relief and reconstruction funds provided to Iraq.
10/06/2003	H.R.3133	Freedom to Establish State High Air Quality (FrESH AIR Quality) Act
10/06/2003	H.R.3111	Calling for 2-1-1 Act of 2003
10/06/2003	H.R.3078	Employee Right to Choose Act of 2003
10/03/2003	H.R.3148	To award a congressional gold medal to Monsignor Ignatius McDermott in recognition of his contribution to the drug treatment community, and his accomplishments as a priest and humanitarian.
10/02/2003	H.R.3246	Mobile Machinery Tax Fairness Act
10/02/2003	H.Res.364	Of inquiry requesting the President to transmit to the House of Representatives not later than 14 days after the date of adoption of this resolution the report prepared for the Joint Chiefs of Staff entitled "Operation Iraqi Freedom Strategic Lessons Learned" and documents in his possession on the reconstruction and security of post-war Iraq.
10/01/2003	H.Res.387	Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Rest and Recuperation Leave program for members of the Armed Forces serving in combat zones in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom or Operation Enduring Freedom should cover all travel and transportation costs necessary to return members of the Armed Forces granted such leave to their homes located throughout the United States.
10/01/2003	H.R.3051	To pay a one-time bonus to members of the Armed Forces who served or serve in a combat zone designated for Operation Iraqi Freedom or Operation Enduring Freedom, and for other purposes.
10/01/2003	H.R.130	Biofuels Energy Independence Act of 2003
09/25/2003	H.R.13	Museum and Library Services Act of 2003	Passed	Yea
09/24/2003	H.R.1209	To extend the authority for the construction of a memorial to Martin Luther King, Jr., in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.
09/23/2003	H.R.3153	Same Day Voter Registration Act of 2003
09/23/2003	H.Con.Res.276	Providing that any agreement relating to trade and investment that is negotiated by the executive branch with other countries must comply with certain minimum standards.

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