Honorable Betty McCollum
United States Representative, Minnesota, Democrat
Representative McCollum, of the Fourth District of Minnesota, was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2000. She served on the North Saint Paul City Council from 1986 to 1992 and in the Minnesota House of Representatives from 1992 to 2000. She sits on the Appropriations Committee and the Budget Committee. The following is from the March 17, 2011, House floor debate on H.R. 1076, to prohibit Federal funding of National Public Radio (NPR) and the use of Federal funds to acquire radio content. The legislation on the floor today, a bill to defund National Public Radio, is…
