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Republican Congressman Pete Stauber and two members of his staff joined a local father and son for the "Congress on Your Corner" event, along with a visitor from the Moorhead area who decided to attend after a golf outing near Duluth was rained out.
"I'm very happy with a lot of the conservative policies that have happened over the last three years," said Ramsay Trix, a constituent of Rep. Collin Peterson (DFL-7th Dist.). "I'm horrified by Donald Trump, the way he has treated the office of the presidency."
DULUTH, MN– Congressman Pete Stauber (MN-08) visited Duluth Wednesday, taking part in a rural healthcare round table.
Stauber joined other key health care players to hash out some of the biggest needs, including finding ways to help the Northland's most rural hospitals stay competitive.
"One of the ways we do that is make sure we deploy broadband internet, so that access via the internet, that telemedicine is available. We want our rural health care facilities to remain viable and competitive," Stauber said.
On Thursday Congressman Pete Stauber (MN-08) and Congressman Collin Peterson (MN-07) introduced the Gray Wolf State Management Act of 2019, which would return the management of the gray wolf to state control.
"Despite its evident recovery, the gray wolf remains listed due to arbitrary judicial decisions made thousands of miles away from gray wolf territory. In Minnesota, keeping the gray wolf on the Endangered Species List threatens our very way of life, as the animal cannot be deterred while attacks on family-owned livestock and pets increase," said Stauber.
On Friday morning, Minnesota Congressman Pete Stauber released a statement in support of the Trump administration having announced the repeal of an Obama-era clean water regulation, known as the Waters of the United States rule, which had placed limits on potentially polluting chemicals that could be used in various bodies of water.
Stauber went to Lake Superior State University there, playing hockey and living in a dorm overlooking the Soo Locks.
"In the springtime those lakers were backed up three and four deep coming to the Soo Locks," Stauber said during a press event at the Canadian National Railway's ore docks in Duluth. "There was pride in me, because I knew it was the men and women on the Iron Range who made those pellets."
"Today, mining and labor come together to define our future," Stauber stated in a news release. "This Project Labor Agreement for Twin Metals will allow Minnesota's future workforce to safely mine the copper, nickel, cobalt and platinum group elements that power our modern world.
But there are tweets confirming the group's arrival and some of its movements. This coming after Thursday's action to bar U.S. Reps. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib from entering the country for similarly planned visits this weekend.
Stauber tweeted from Jerusalem on Wednesday — a photo of himself standing in front of the cornerstone of the U.S. Embassy.
"Jerusalem is the capital of Israel and thankfully, the Trump Administration acknowledged this fact by moving our embassy here," Stauber tweeted.
As dangerous adversaries continue to pose a threat to the United States and our allies, ensuring the readiness of our military and a strong national defense is more important than ever. That's where the F-35 Lightning II fighter jet comes in.
The F-35 fighter jet is known as being the most advanced aircraft in the world. Rep. Pete Stauber and community leaders tried a simulated version of it at Cirrus Aircraft Friday and talked about the potential of getting F-35's in the 148th Fighter Wing.
"The biggest reason why the 148th Fighter Wing is ready for joint strike fighters now and near the future is because of our great people and work force that we have here in Duluth," Chris Blomquist, the 148th Fighter Wing Commander, said.
When they first opened up the can of worms, it had a planned shelf life of 50 years.
But the place where the I-35 and U.S. 53 merge in Duluth, an interchange colloquially known as the "can of worms," is in need of major improvements. Built in the 1960s and '70s, the interchange serves, on average, 80,000 vehicles per day. 5,300 of them are heavy commercial vehicles like trailers, trucks, and busses. It's also a critical access point to the port of Duluth, one of the major ports of the Great Lakes.