Senator Tina SmithVerified account

@SenTinaSmith

Official account of U.S. Senator Tina Smith of Minnesota. More here:

Joined December 2017

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  1. 17 hours ago

    I spent Friday in the greater Duluth area listening to Minnesotans talk about the region’s housing and workforce needs. I’m so impressed by their hard work and I’m committed to helping them in Washington. More here:

    11 replies 13 retweets 29 likes
  2. Oct 19

    I’m urging House-Senate negotiators to finalize the 2018 because I want to help provide stability and predictability to . I am proud to have helped pass the bipartisan Senate Farm Bill, and am optimistic that we can get it over the finish line.

    4 replies 19 retweets 43 likes
  3. Oct 18

    to gathering with to advocate for fair wages, safe working conditions, and retirement security. We must protect and strengthen the rights of workers in Minnesota and across the country.

    3 replies 6 retweets 12 likes
  4. Oct 18

    The amount of $ that Minnesotans are paying for their Rx drugs is unsustainable & unfair. I recently introduced a bill to tackle prescription drug prices by increasing transparency & affordability, spurring innovation, & protecting competition. Learn more:

    4 replies 10 retweets 27 likes
  5. Oct 17

    Yesterday I stopped by a new child care center in Stewartville. Here’s an excerpt about the visit from KIMT. I recently introduced a child care bill which responds to many of the concerns I have heard from Minnesota child care providers and families.

    8 replies 16 retweets 49 likes
  6. Oct 16

    Too often, Minnesota families can't access quality, affordable child care. I’ve made it a top priority to fix this problem. Today I visited Sprouts Childcare and Early Education Center in Stewartville, which will help address a shortage of child care in the area.

    11 replies 18 retweets 36 likes
  7. Oct 16

    Hello from Anderson farm in Cannon Falls, Minnesota. I told the Andersons that I’m going to push the Administration to follow through on its proposal to allow year-round sales of E-15 and that I’m pushing for negotiators to finalize the .

    8 replies 22 retweets 62 likes
  8. Oct 16

    Not everyone wants or needs to go to a four-year college. But everyone should be able to find a good-paying career. That’s why I fought to get my provisions to improve career and technical education included in a bipartisan bill that was signed into law.

    3 replies 19 retweets 49 likes
  9. Oct 15

    Imagine driving 50+ miles to take your kid to child care. Seems unbelievable, but I’ve heard from a Minnesotan who has to do that. After hearing from families, businesses & communities across MN, I intro'd a bill to address the child care shortage. More:

    4 replies 17 retweets 42 likes
  10. Oct 15

    Students should be able to access the mental health care they need. I’m glad the Pres will soon sign into law a package of bills to tackle the opioid crisis. Part of this package is a bipartisan bill that I co-wrote to ↑ access to mental health services in schools & communities.

    4 replies 20 retweets 41 likes
  11. Oct 12

    Today is the Minnesota Governor’s Pheasant Hunting Opener, so I dug up this photo from two years ago. Here’s to a good season.

    14 replies 20 retweets 143 likes
  12. Oct 12

    I know that times have been tough for our ag communities, & I’m working to help farmers in Minnesota and across the country. Today—on National Farmer’s Day—I want to extend a big thank you. Farmers in Minnesota feed families, bolster our economy, & bring pride to our state.

    5 replies 20 retweets 32 likes
  13. Oct 11

    to MNs gathering in support of our family, friends, and neighbors before the MN State Senate granted same-sex couples the freedom to marry. I’m committed to continuing the fight for equality & stand in solidarity w/ every person who has come out.

    7 replies 18 retweets 49 likes
  14. Oct 11

    Proud to be an energy nerd. I intro'd a bill to help ↑ energy storage research & deployment & today I asked an energy expert about how stored energy can help recovery from a severe power outage. There’s a lot of happening in clean energy right now & we should harness it.

    3 replies 20 retweets 91 likes
  15. Oct 11

    to story time with my mom in 1959. Here’s what my parents taught me every day: it's cool to be a girl and I could choose for myself what I wanted to do and be when I grew up. That’s a message every girl deserves to hear. It’s up to all of us to make this true.

    6 replies 21 retweets 76 likes
  16. Oct 11

    I'm inspired by these two Minnesotans, Nicole and Lija, who are working tirelessly to ↓ the cost of insulin and who I've been lucky enough to meet with in Minnesota. Thank you for your advocacy. Know that I stand with you, and I am committed to ↓ Rx drug prices.

    8 replies 40 retweets 111 likes
  17. Oct 11

    This year I hosted a roundtable discussion with 20 Minnesota women and girls from diverse backgrounds to talk about workforce development. Below is a photo from that meeting—this is exactly what a conversation about women in the workforce should look like.

    7 replies 48 retweets 83 likes
  18. Oct 10

    Thanks, Delta Sky Magazine () for including me in your "Center Aisle” column with this month. Traveling back-and-forth between Washington and home means that senators log quite a few miles on airplanes. Read here:

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  19. Oct 10

    People with pre-existing conditions should be able to get health insurance. The Trump Admin's move to strip protections from ppl w/ pre-existing conditions is appalling. I was proud to back ’s resolution to overturn this misguided effort & will keep up the fight.

    10 replies 38 retweets 67 likes
  20. Oct 10

    Millions of people in MN & across the country—incl. many students—live w/ a mental illness & the stigma that too often comes w/ it. I’m glad Pres. Trump will soon sign into law a bill I co-wrote to ↑ access to mental health services in schools & communities.

    3 replies 13 retweets 49 likes

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