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WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, during consideration of Speaker Pelosi's partisan Green New Deal legislation (H.R. 4447), Congressman Pete Stauber (MN-08) introduced two commonsense amendments to reduce reliance on unreliable foreign nations and horrific child labor for America's energy needs and create more opportunities for the American worker. Despite the fact that both amendments received bipartisan support in the past, the majority blocked both measures.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Pete Stauber (MN-08) made the following statement after the House voted to pass Savanna's Act and the Not Invisible Act. Congressman Stauber cosponsored and continuously fought for the passage of both bipartisan bills as they will both address the high rates of violence faced by Native American women. Both bills, which had previously passed in the U.S. Senate, will now move to the President's desk for signature.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Pete Stauber (MN-08) led a bipartisan letter with Congressman Peter Welch (VT-At Large), requesting that the Department of Treasury allow state and local funds available through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act to be used for permanent broadband infrastructure in rural America.

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Last Saturday, Congressman Pete Stauber (MN-08) introduced legislation that would fund better training for police officers, increase the number of body cameras, and fund important grants to police departments that help with community policing. During debate on the Postal Service Funding bill, a motion was made to bring up three additional funding bills to the House Floor for consideration including Congressman Stauber's police reform funding bill.

HERMANTOWN, MN – Today, Congressman Pete Stauber (MN-08) made the following statement after the Walz Administration's Department of Commerce announced their plan to appeal state utility regulators' decision earlier this year to approve Line 3.

HERMANTOWN, MN – Today, Congressman Pete Stauber (MN-08) received the prestigious Spirit of Enterprise Award from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce for his support of pro-growth policies in 2019. The award was presented virtually by representatives of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce here in Minnesota in coordination with the Hermantown Chamber of Commerce. Upon receiving this award, Congressman Stauber made the following statement:

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Pete Stauber (MN-08) and Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) introduced the Last Mile Act in a bipartisan effort to bring quick and reliable broadband to rural small businesses. The bill would improve high speed internet access for rural small businesses by creating a grant program to help small businesses build the ‘last mile' of broadband infrastructure.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Pete Stauber (MN-08) made the following statement after President Trump signed an Executive Order that calls on federal agencies to purchase "essential drugs" and medical supplies from American suppliers, rather than overseas. The signing of this Executive Order comes after Stauber introduced bipartisan legislation that would require federal agencies to purchase drugs made in the United States earlier this year.