Betty McCollum
| Betty McCollum | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Minnesota's 4th district |
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Assumed office January 3, 2001 |
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| Preceded by | Bruce Vento |
| Member of the Minnesota House of Representatives from the 55B district |
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In office January 5, 1993 – January 3, 2001 |
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| Preceded by | Harriet McPherson |
| Succeeded by | Scott Wasiluk |
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July 12, 1954 Minneapolis, Minnesota |
| Political party | Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party |
| Spouse(s) | Divorced |
| Residence | St. Paul, Minnesota |
| Alma mater | College of St. Catherine |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
Betty Louise McCollum /məˈkɒləm/ (born July 12, 1954) is the U.S. Representative for Minnesota's 4th congressional district, serving since 2001. She is a member of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL).
McCollum's district centers on St. Paul, Minnesota's capital city. She is the second woman elected to Congress from Minnesota.
McCollum was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She has two younger siblings, Anthony and Monica. McCollum is divorced and has two children. She graduated from the College of St. Catherine in St. Paul, Minnesota in 1976. McCollum has worked as a high school social sciences teacher and as a sales manager. She first got involved in politics in 1986, when her daughter got hurt on a slide in a North St. Paul city park. When the city council wouldn't do anything to fix the slide, McCollum's neighbors encouraged her to run for a spot on the council herself. She won that November and served three terms. She then challenged longtime state representative Rich O'Conner in the DFL primary and won an upset victory. She went on to serve four terms in the state house.
McCollum currently serves on the United States House Appropriations Committee and the following subcommittees:
McCollum has also previously served on:
McCollum is a member of the House Appropriations Committee, where she is the only Minnesotan. At the start of the 111th Congress, McCollum was also appointed to the United States House Budget Committee. Under normal circumstances, House Democrats aren't allowed to serve on another committee when they also serve on one of the chamber's four exclusive "A" committees—Appropriations, Energy and Commerce, Rules, and Ways and Means. However, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and committee chairman Henry Waxman granted McCollum a waiver allowing her to take a second committee slot. McCollum served on the Government Reform Committee during her first term in Congress.
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