Media
Latest News
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Pete Stauber (MN-08) and Congressman Tom Emmer (MN-06) made the following statements after Twin Metals Minnesota put forward their Mine Plan of Operation, kicking off the arduous environmental review process required before construction can begin on the project.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Pete Stauber (MN-08) made the following statement after successfully stripping harmful anti-mining, anti-jobs language from the Interior appropriations package.
Nearly 30 million Americans have some type of diabetes. In Minnesota, about 466,638 people, or 10.5 percent of the adult population, face the considerate health risks that come with the disease in addition to paying about $300 for a vial of insulin here.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Pete Stauber (MN-08) made the following statement upon the news of an official agreement on the United States-Mexico-Canada (USMCA) Agreement.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Pete Stauber (MN-08) announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will allocate more than $730,000 for two projects that will expand access to education and healthcare opportunities in rural Minnesota.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Pete Stauber (MN-08) made the following statement after leaders from Enbridge Energy, pipeline contractors, and construction unions signed a Project Labor Agreement to ensure Minnesota's skilled workers will be hired to construct the Line 3 replacement pipeline.
Stauber spent a half hour with the News Tribune Editorial Board this month. Sure, there were digs at House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, former President Barack Obama, and other Democrats. But Stauber spent far more time plugging political cooperation that's sadly too rare in our nation's capital. He urged "legislating between the guardrails" and "not in the left ditch or in the right ditch."
"If we legislate in between, there's a whole bunch of things we can do," he said.
HERMANTOWN, MN – Recently, 14 congressional staffers – six from the field offices of Congressman Pete Stauber (R, MN-08) and eight from the Minnetonka office of Congressman Dean Phillips (D, MN-03) – gathered to participate in a day-long depolarization workshop facilitated by the non-profit citizens' organization, Better Angels.
Why would a freshman Republican congressman work with one of GOP's primary targets for 2020?
U.S. Rep. Pete Stauber has not tried to buck his party on pivotal issues like health care or immigration. But unlike his two Republican colleagues in the House, the Eighth District congressman has worked closely on legislation with Democratic Rep. Angie Craig. Craig, who represents Minnesota's Second District, is a top target for House Republicans in 2020.