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WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, Congressman Pete Stauber (MN-08) joined a bipartisan group of his colleagues in sending a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar to request that unallocated funds from the Provider Relief Fund be delivered to senior living facilities for testing and personal protective equipment. Many of these facilities are suffering financially because of decline in occupancy rate.
HERMANTOWN, MN – Today, Congressman Pete Stauber (MN-08) issued the following statement after the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources and Minnesota Pollution Control Agency issued state permits necessary for construction on the Line 3 replacement project.
MINNESOTA – After tireless advocacy from Congressman Pete Stauber (MN-08) on behalf of Minnesota's hunters, farmers, and ranchers, the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) under the Trump Administration announced the final rule to delist the gray wolf in the lower 48 states today. In doing so, the FWS has rightfully returned management of the gray wolf to the states, who have been pivotal to the species' recovery. As a leader on bipartisan House legislation to delist the gray wolf, Congressman Stauber made the following statement applauding the decision:
MORRISON COUNTY, MN – Today, Congressman Pete Stauber (MN-08) joined United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Sonny Perdue in announcing a $3 million ReConnect Grant to help deploy high-speed internet in Morrison County, Minnesota. The grant awardee, Consolidated Telephone Company, will use this grant to grant to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network, which will connect 819 people, 34 businesses and 25 farms to high-speed internet.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressmen Pete Stauber (MN-08), Tom Emmer (MN-06), and Jim Hagedorn (MN-01) led members of the Minnesota congressional delegation in a letter to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar expressing concern over the recently released Provider Relief Fund (PRF) reporting requirements, which change how healthcare providers document lost revenue as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
HERMANTOWN, MN – With rifle season only 19 days away, Congressman Pete Stauber (MN-08) announced that Minnesota is receiving $546,535 from the United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) to research and combat chronic wasting disease (CWD).
Mining trucks, utility trucks, ice-breakers, and fellow bunchers drive the economy. And leaders from those industries are constantly working to make sure they stay competitive.
Congressman Pete Stauber wanted to hear what's happening on the ground, so he can continue to advocate for them out in D.C.
He hosted a roundtable with people who are leaders in shipping, mining, power, timber and logging, and business. For about an hour, he asked them questions about policy, current and proposed.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Pete Stauber (MN-08) released the following statement after Speaker Pelosi brought forward a $2.2 trillion stimulus package containing countless partisan provisions, many of which are unrelated to COVID-19 relief:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Pete Stauber (MN-08) made the following statement after President Trump signed an Executive Order on Wednesday, declaring a National Emergency to expand the domestic mining industry, support mining jobs, alleviate unnecessary permitting delays, and reduce our nation's reliance on China for critical minerals. Congressman Stauber personally requested that the President take this step.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, during Congressman Pete Stauber's (MN-08) first markup as a Member of the Natural Resources Committee, he strongly opposed H.R. 5598, a bill authored by Congresswoman Betty McCollum (MN-04), that would kill high-wage mining jobs in his district.