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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.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, 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.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Pete Stauber (MN-08) voted to pass H.R. 4031, the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Act of 2019, of which he is an original cosponsor, out of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. This legislation would reauthorize the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) for another five years and increase its annual funding level from $300 million to $475 million by fiscal year 2026.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Pete Stauber (MN-08) announced that the Department of Transportation has allocated grant money to two vital airports in Minnesota's Eighth District. The Duluth Sky Harbor will receive $971,946 in funds for the construction of a runway and Falls International-Einarson Field will receive $15,873,211 in funds for a variety of purposes, including the reconstruction of a runway.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Pete Stauber (MN-08) made the following statement after the Trump Administration's Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Army Corps of Engineers finalized the repeal of the harmful Waters of the Unites States (WOTUS) rule, put into effect by the Obama Administration.
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.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Pete Stauber (MN-08) announced that St. Louis County, Minnesota was approved to become part of the existing High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (HIDTA) Program.
The HIDTA Program, a key component of the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), provides counties with federal resources to assist the coordination and development of drug control efforts among Federal, State, local, and tribal law enforcement officials.
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."
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Pete Stauber (MN-08) announced today that his office will be hosting a Service Academy Night for individuals interested in applying for a nomination to one of our nation's service academies.