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
03/21/2013	H.R.1371	To restore to the Indian Health Service funds sequestered under section 251A of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to the extent that the percentage reduction for that program exceeded 2 percent.	03/21/2013 Referred to the House Committee on the Budget. (All Actions)
09/14/2012	H.R.6385	Strategic Response to Asian Carp Invasion Act	09/14/2012 Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs. (All Actions)
08/02/2012	H.Res.768	Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to expand the jurisdiction of the Committee on Small Business to include nonprofit organizations.	08/02/2012 Referred to the House Committee on Rules. (All Actions)
07/09/2012	H.R.6087	International Protecting Girls by Preventing Child Marriage Act of 2012	07/09/2012 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. (All Actions)
02/03/2012	H.R.3357	Child Marriage Violates the Human Rights of Girls Act of 2011	02/03/2012 Referred to the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, and Human Rights. (All Actions)
11/29/2011	H.R.3434	Fiscally Responsible St. Croix River Crossing Authorization Act	11/29/2011 Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands. (All Actions)
07/14/2011	H.R.2544	Don't Default on America's Debts and Destroy American Jobs Act of 2011	07/14/2011 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. (All Actions)
05/26/2011	H.Res.280	Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to prevent any Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of the House from benefitting financially from a vote to change the statutory limit on the public debt.	05/26/2011 Referred to the House Committee on Ethics. (All Actions)
04/01/2011	H.R.1317	Stop Wasting Taxpayer Money on Cuba Broadcasting Act	04/01/2011 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. (All Actions)
12/15/2010	H.Res.1600	Supporting the critical role of the physician assistant profession and supporting the goals and ideals of National Physician Assistant Week.	12/15/2010 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. (All Actions)
11/29/2010	H.Res.771	Supporting the goals and ideals of a National Mesothelioma Awareness Day.	11/29/2010 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. (All Actions)
09/13/2010	H.R.5533	Nonprofit Sector and Community Solutions Act of 2010	09/13/2010 Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities. (All Actions)
07/21/2010	H.R.5805	Thermal Renewable Energy and Efficiency Act of 2010	07/21/2010 Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform (All Actions)
06/08/2010	H.Res.1426	Urging the Government of the Republic of Rwanda and President Paul Kagame to immediately release human rights lawyer Professor Peter Erlinder from jail and allow him to return to the United States.	06/08/2010 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. (All Actions)
05/28/2010	H.R.5456	National Farm-to-School Act of 2010	05/28/2010 Referred to House Agriculture (All Actions)
02/23/2010	H.R.4475	To amend sections 14006 and 14007 of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to reserve funds under the programs established under such sections for payments to the Bureau of Indian Education of the Department of the Interior for Indian children.	02/23/2010 Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education. (All Actions)
02/23/2010	H.Res.990	Expressing support for designation of January 2010 as "National Mentoring Month".	02/23/2010 Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities. (All Actions)
10/23/2009	H.R.3679	Against Corporations Organizing to Rip-off the Nation Act	10/23/2009 Referred to the Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization, and Procurement. (All Actions)
10/01/2009	H.R.3701	More Books for Africa Act of 2009	10/01/2009 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. (All Actions)
07/23/2009	H.Res.499	Congratulating the University of St. Thomas Tommies baseball team for winning the 2009 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division III Men's Baseball National Championship.	07/23/2009 Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness. (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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