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WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Rep. Dean Phillips (MN-03) participated in the Gun Violence Prevention Task Force’s hearing on the impact of gun violence on children.
WASHINGTON, DC – Fresh off a 28-12 drubbing of the Atlanta Falcons, the Minnesota Vikings will travel Sunday to the Frozen Tundra of Lambeau Field for their 118th meeting with the typically overrated Green Bay
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Rep. Dean Phillips (D-MN) and Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) introduced the No PAC Act. The bill would amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit members of Congress and those running for a U.S. House or Senate seat from accepting contributions from a political action committee, other than that of the given candidate.
MINNETONKA, MN – Rep. Dean Phillips (MN-03) kicked off the Congressional App Challenge in Minnesota’s Third Congressional District as students across Minnesota headed back to school last week.
WASHINGTON, D.C. —Today, U.S. Senator Tina Smith (D-Minn.) and Representative Dean Phillips (D-MN 3) announced that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is investing more than $250,000 to Eden Prairie to develop affordable housing and economic opportunity for low- and moderate-income families.
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Dean Phillips of Minnesota delivered the Weekly Democratic Address. In this week’s address, the Congressman highlighted progress House Democrats have made For The People, including the passage of H.R.
MINNETONKA, MN – Today, Rep. Dean Phillips (MN-03) issued the following statement on Planned Parenthood being forced out of Title X funding by the Trump Administration. The White House’s gag rule denies this crucial funding to organizations that refer their patients to safe and legal abortion options.
MINNETONKA, MN – Today, Rep. Dean Phillips (MN-03), a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement in response to Israel denying entry to Reps. Ilhan Omar (MN-05) and Rashida Tlaib (MI-13).
It has been a difficult week for our country with the news of more mass shootings, this time in El Paso and Dayton. As these awful acts of domestic terrorism become regular parts of our news cycles, it can be easy to lose hope - but these are the times we must rally together as a community and keep pushing for positive change.
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In her five decades as a voter, Terry Wise had never been to a town hall held by her elected representatives. But after last week's massacre at two New Zealand mosques, the 69-year-old retiree felt heartbroken and frustrated about the prospect of passing stricter gun regulations here in the United States.
One of the prayers Maple Grove resident Magdalene Menyongar gives every morning is for President Donald Trump.
Elected representatives and community members of Brooklyn Park and beyond came together to highlight a looming crisis for the country’s Liberian population at a March 10 press conference at Brooklyn Park City Hall.
The conference lasted just shy of a half hour and featured Sen. Tina Smith, Rep. Dean Phillips (MN-03), Brooklyn Park Mayor Jeffrey Lunde and community advocates.
U.S. Rep. Dean Phillips’ voting rights and campaign finance reform bill, H.R. 1, passed the House March 8 with three amendments.
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Lawmakers are calling for an extension to the temporary protected status for thousands of Liberians in Minnesota.
Sen. Tina Smith and Rep. Dean Phillips held an event in Brooklyn Park Saturday. They’re asking the Trump Administration to extend Deferred Enforced Departure, or DED, for certain Liberians.
I have been in the room where it all happens.
Most of the time it’s a boardroom, conference room or club room, where a politician’s big political donors line up for cocktails, hors d’oeuvres and, for an extra charge, a personal photograph.
Faced with war and chaos in Liberia — war that stole her dreams and "took everything" from her — Louise Stevens fled to the United States in 2000, settling in Minnesota.
Over nearly two decades, Stevens has raised a family and worked for Boston Scientific, Medtronic and a firm that cares for vulnerable adults.
BROOKLYN PARK, Minn. — At the end of the month a program allowing Liberian immigrants to live legally in the United States ends.
Minnesota has the nation's largest population of Liberian refugees, and they now face possible deportation in three weeks if President Donald Trump does not extend their legal status in the United States.
BROOKLYN PARK, Minn. (FOX 9) - As the deadline to leave the United States nears at the end of the month, an emergency press conference was held in Brooklyn Park Sunday for the largest community of Liberians outside of Africa.
Six members of Congress from Minnesota have declared their support for an extension of the deportation order.