***MEDIA ADVISORY ***
TOMORROW, AUG. 4, 2022, 10:30 AM CT:
BLOOMINGTON — Rep. Dean Phillips will join representatives from SkyWater Technology to herald legislation signed into law by President Biden that will invest billions of dollars in domestic semiconductor manufacturing and science research.
The CHIPS and Science Act, which Biden plans to sign on… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, Rep. Dean Phillips voted with a bipartisan majority of the U.S. House of Representatives to pass legislation to strengthen Minnesota families’ financial future, revitalize our competitiveness on the world stage, and safeguard America’s economic and national security at home and abroad. The CHIPS and Science Act passed the House of Representatives with… Read more »
Today, Representative Dean Phillips (MN-03) announced that the House of Representatives approved nearly $18 million for nine community projects directly serving Minnesota’s Third District. The funding is included in the government funding bill passed by the House, which would fund a significant portion of the federal government.
This is the first step in a year-long appropriations… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Dean Phillips released the following statement on today’s Supreme Court decision, Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Center:
“Like a large majority of Americans, I am angered and devastated by this ruling. The consequences of this decision are a blow to all of us who believe that in a free society, there are limits to how much the government can encroach on our… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Dean Phillips voted with a bipartisan majority of the U.S. House of Representatives to pass legislation to lower costs at the grocery store, reduce gas prices and strengthen food supply chains.
VIDEO: Dean Phillips speaks at press conference heralding the Lower Food and Fuel Costs Act
The Lower Food and Fuel Costs Act is comprised of bills led… Read more »
WASHINGTON D.C. — Today, Rep. Dean Phillips announced that the Major Cities Chiefs Association (MCCA) endorsed his bipartisan Pathways to Policing bill. The MCCA is the first endorsement from a national police group after the bill received endorsements from every major police association in Minnesota and the Star Tribune Editorial Board.
“During more than 80 conversations and… Read more »
WASHINGTON D.C. — Kathryn Ramstad, widow of former Republican Congressman Jim Ramstad, wrote a note to Rep. Dean Phillips following the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas.
Phillips shared it on the House floor today before voting to pass 8 gun violence prevention measures:
Transcript:
Madam speaker,
Jim Ramstad represented Minnesota’s Third District in… Read more »
A Minnesota model to recruit and retain more-diverse law enforcement candidates could soon go national under proposed legislation aimed at beefing up depleted police ranks across the country.
U.S. Rep. Dean Phillips, D-Minn., is leading a bipartisan push to pass the Pathways to Policing Act — patterned after a six-year-old Minnesota… Read more »
Washington, D.C. — Rep. Dean Phillips issued the following statement the failure to pass a targeted small business aid package in the Senate. Today’s final vote was 52 Senators in favor and 43 against, well short of the 60 votes needed to break the Republican filibuster.
Phillips led passage of a similar relief package in the House of Representatives in April.
“For months, small… Read more »
Two members of Minnesota’s federal legislative delegation visited Brooklyn Park March 19 to celebrate new financing for the Small Business Development and Acceleration Center project, which is being constructed in the Northwind Plaza mall.
Sen. Amy Klobuchar and Rep. Dean Phillips spoke in front of the mall, located at the corner of West Broadway and Brooklyn Boulevard, after the… Read more »
