Press Releases
U.S. Rep. Rick Nolan today released the following statement regarding the submission of Polymet’s Permit to Mine application:
U.S. Rep. Rick Nolan today joined his colleagues in calling on leadership in the Senate and House Committees on Appropriations and the Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education (LHHS) Subcommittee to ensure that all available resources in the Pell Grant program are used to improve college access and affordability for low-income students.
U.S. Rep. Rick Nolan today urged Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Paul Ryan to immediately bring the Affordable Care Act (ACA) up under an open rule when Congress returns to Washington for the lame duck session in November.
U.S. Rep. Rick Nolan today applauded Secretary of Defense Ash Carter’s decision to order the immediate suspension of all efforts to collect reimbursement from affected National Guard members as a positive first step.
Following the Social Security Administration’s announcement of a .3% Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) for 2017, U.S. Rep. Rick Nolan today renewed his call for Congress to intervene and provide a fair COLA for America’s seniors.
[WASHINGTON D.C.] U.S. Rep. Rick Nolan today urged the Secretaries of Defense and the Army to restore full funding for the Minnesota Army National Guard’s Military Funeral Honors Program.
Nolan’s office helps residents of Minnesota's 8th District who are having trouble with federal agencies, including the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Defense.
In honor of National Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Day, September 29th, U.S. Rep. Rick Nolan saluted the thousands of brave men and women who have served our Nation and doubled down on his commitment to continue serving our military Veterans when they return home.
U.S. Rep. Rick Nolan this week introduced H.RES 913, legislation to declare the commitment of Congress to our nation’s students through support of a federal, publically-funded Universal School Meal & Nutrition Program that benefits all students and generations to come.
U.S. Rep. Rick Nolan today voted for legislation to keep the Federal government funded through December 9, 2016 while decrying Congress’s “governing by crisis management” culture of repeated short-term stopgap funding bills.
Citing $300 million per year for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) and several other successful Nolan initiatives for Minnesota’s Eighth District included in the bill, U.S. Rep. Rick Nolan today voted in favor of the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2016.