WASHINGTON, D.C. —Today, Rep. Dean Phillips (D-MN) introduced the American Dream Accounts Act – a historic down payment to help every child in this country realize the American Dream. The American Dream Accounts Act would establish within the Social Security Administration a $5,000 account for every American child, to be invested in an index fund, grow with compound interest, and vest upon graduat... Read More »
Washington, D.C. —Today, Rep. Dean Phillips (D-MN), Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia, introduced the United States-Jordan Defense Cooperation Act of 2024 to advance and deepen our strategic defense partnership. Jordan has long been a reliable partner and has worked alongside the U.S. in countering our adversaries and ensuri... Read More »
Washington, D.C. — Today, Rep. Dean Phillips reintroduced the bipartisan Pathways to Policing Act to address the police shortage in Minnesota and across the nation. The bill is endorsed by the Minnesota Chiefs of Police Association, the Minnesota Police and Peace Officers Association, and the Fraternal Order of Police. Original cosponsors of this legislation include Representatives Brad Finstad (R... Read More »
WASHINGTON, D.C. —Today, Rep. Dean Phillips (D-MN) reintroduced the bipartisan Porch Pirates Act in the 118th Congress. As online shopping increases, studies have shown that one in five Americans have been the victims of porch piracy on their own front doors, resulting in millions of dollars in stolen goods every year. The Porch Pirates Act seeks to combat this type of crime by applying the same ... Read More »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Dean Phillips voted against H.Res.1371, “Strongly condemning the Biden Administration and its Border Czar Kamala Harris’s failure to secure the United States border,” and called on Congress to get serious about solving our nation’s border security and immigration problem. “If there is someone to blame for the human and security failures at our southern border, it is,... Read More »
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Rep. Dean Phillips, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia, issued the following statement in response to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to a Joint Session of Congress: "In his address to Congress, Prime Minister Netanyahu spoke about the threat that Iran and its terror proxies pose not onl... Read More »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Dean Phillips (D-MN) reintroduced the Voter Choice Act in the 118th Congress. The Voter Choice Act boosts adoption of a ranked choice voting (RCV) model for elections by investing $40 million in federal grants to cover up to 50 percent of the cost for local and state governments that choose to adopt RCV. The bicameral bill is led by Sens. Michael Bennet (D-CO) and An... Read More »
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Representatives Costa, Cohen, Goldman, Manning, Norcross, Phillips, Schrier, Stevens, Stanton, Sherman, Wasserman-Schultz, and Wild voted against H.R. 8369, the Israel Security Assistance Support Act, and issued the following joint statement in response to repeated attempts by House Republicans to use Israel and the American Jewish community as political pawns: “For over ... Read More »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Dean Phillips voted to pass the bipartisan, bicameral Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Reauthorization Act of 2024. The bill will be signed into law by President Biden and includes an amendment authored by Rep. Dean Phillips (D-MN) aimed at making travel more accessible for disabled Americans and their caretakers by requiring all medium and large airports to ins... Read More »
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Rep. Dean Phillips (D, MN) released the following statement today after H.R. 6090, the Antisemitism Awareness Act, passed the House on a 320-91 vote: "For years, antisemitism has been steadily rising across the United States and around the world. Following the October 7th terrorist attack on Israel in which 1,200 people were brutally murdered and over 200 were taken hostage, tha... Read More »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Dean Phillips (D, MN) voted against H.R. 7521, a bill to require the Chinese company ByteDance to sell TikTok to an American or allied company or face a nationwide ban. “As members of Congress, it’s our duty to ensure America’s national security and our collective personal security - and the risks of misinformation and misuse of personal data is subject to malign act... Read More »
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Rep. Dean Phillips (D, MN) will vote against Republicans’ long-shot bid to remove Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. The quixotic campaign has baffled many, since it is Congress - not Cabinet secretaries – that is at fault for the shameful state of our immigration system. “This Republican Majority will go down in history as a complete nonentity,” said Phillip... Read More »
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today Rep. Dean Phillips (MN-03) released the following statement on Speaker Johnson’s Israel funding bill: “With a bipartisan deal in hand that would strengthen U.S. national security and support our Ukrainian, Israeli, and Taiwanese allies in their defense against dictators and terrorists, I’m appalled that Speaker Johnson has chosen –for the second time since October 7th – to... Read More »
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Rep. Dean Phillips congratulated Eden Prairie Sophomore Ananya Murugavel for winning the 2023 Congressional App Challenge in Minnesota’s Third District. Ananya’s app, Act1on 4 Chang3, makes it easier for students to track their volunteer hours. The Congressional App Challenge was launched by the House of Representatives in 2015 to highlight the value of computer science a... Read More »
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Rep. Dean Phillips (MN-03) signed on to H.R. 3421, Medicare for All. Inspired by conversations with small business owners and Minnesotans in his Common Ground Workshops, the move makes Phillips one of the leading moderate voices backing the legislation within the democratic party. “We don’t have a health care system, we have a sick-care system,” said Phillips. “Represent... Read More »
