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WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, Congressman Pete Stauber (MN-08) voted to ensure Minnesota's workers don't lose the benefits they worked hard to earn over a lifetime. H.R. 397, the Rehabilitation for Multiemployer Pensions Act, more commonly known as the Butch Lewis Act, would support troubled multiemployer pensions so they don't fail, and countless Americans don't see their retirement security decimated. It passed the House with a vote of 264 – 169.
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.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, the House of Representatives with Congressman Pete Stauber's (MN-08) support, overwhelmingly voted to repeal a major provision of Obamacare. H.R. 748, the Middle Class Health Benefits Tax Repeal Act would repeal the Cadillac Tax, a 40 percent penalty on high-value employer sponsored health insurance plans. The legislation passed with a vote of 419-6.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the House of Representatives passed Congressman Pete Stauber's (MN-08) Clarifying the Small Business Runway Extension Act (H.R. 2345), which will ensure the immediate implementation of the Small Business Runway Extension Act. Signed into law in December of 2018, the Small Business Runway Extension Act aims to provide growing small firms additional time to classify as a small business, so they can more easily vie for Small Business Administration (SBA) benefits, such as loans and federal contracts.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Pete Stauber's (MN-08) amendment creating more opportunities for non-coastal shipyards such as Fraser Shipyards in Superior, WI passed out of the House as a part of the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2020. It will now head to the Senate for consideration.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, during a hearing in the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands, Congressman Pete Stauber (MN-08) testified on how the United States Forest Service's (USFS) arbitrary decision to move the Boundary Waters Canoe Area (BWCA) reservation system from the lottery system to a first-come, first-serve basis devastated small businesses in northeastern Minnesota.
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.
"If I know better, I do better to move forward."
That was the message Congressman Pete Stauber brought Monday about local, state and federal concerns to a round table discussion at the Northome City Hall.
While nearly hunted to extinction in the early twentieth century, the gray wolf population is now thriving. In fact, a 2018 survey performed by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources put Minnesota's gray wolf population at 2,655 wolves, a twenty-five percent increase from 2017 and well above the state's minimum goal of 1,600.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Pete Stauber (MN-08) along with U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar and Tina Smith, announced that the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) has awarded Itasca County $190,000 for the hiring of an economic recovery coordinator to help boost economic development in the county.