Press Releases
Report summarizes constituent input garnered over last two years along Southern Minnesota Way of Life Tour, features Small Town and Regional Vitality Investment Act
MANKATO, MN – Today, U.S. Representative Tim Walz (MN-01) released the Southern Minnesota Way of Life Report on behalf of the people of Minnesota’s First Congressional District. The report summarizes what Rep. Walz and his office learned from constituents over the last two years along their listening tour across southern Minnesota.
MANKATO, MN – Today, U.S. Representative Tim Walz (MN-01), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs (HVAC), released the following statement commemorating Veterans Day 2018 and the 100th Anniversary of the end of World War I:
Bipartisan legislation empowers employers to invest in the high-quality workforce of the Reserve Component
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Representative Tim Walz (MN-01) introduced the Reserve Component Employer Incentive, Compensation, and Relief Act of 2018 in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Award recognizes outstanding and exceptional service of a patriotic nature to the United States Government or Armed Forces
WASHINGTON, DC – This week, U.S. Representative Tim Walz (MN-01), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, was presented with the Enlisted Association of the National Guard of the United States’ (EANGUS) Patriotism Award. EANGUS declared Walz its 2018 Patriotism Award recipient during their National Conference in August.
Fights for beginning farmers, veterans, the most vulnerable, renewable energy and conservation at first public 2018 Farm Bill Conference meeting
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Representative Tim Walz (MN-01) joined fellow Farm Bill Conferees at the first public meeting of the 2018 Farm Bill Conference Committee. This is the second consecutive Farm Bill Conference Committee on which Rep. Walz has been selected to serve.
MANKATO, MN – Today, U.S. Representative Tim Walz (MN-01) released the below statement following the passing of Senator John McCain of Arizona:
“Senator John McCain was a humble hero and an American patriot. He emanated bravery. All the days of his life, he fought for – and represented – the values we hold dear as Americans.
Walz’s bill to invest in the needs and longevity of Minnesota’s small towns and empower local leaders to create jobs is the product of constituent input
NEW ULM & EYOTA, MN – Today, U.S. Representative Tim Walz (MN-01) stood with local leaders from small towns across southern Minnesota to showcase the Small Town and Regional Vitality Act of 2018 (H.R. 6383), a strategic investment in the small town way of life and regional vitality.
Bipartisan VET-2-FARM Act invests in our next generation of farmers by paving the way for veterans to pursue their American Dream in agriculture
WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, U.S. Representative Tim Walz (MN-01) introduced the Veteran Empowerment and Training to Facilitate Agricultural Revitalization and Mobilization Act (VET-2-FARM Act) of 2018 in the U.S. House of Representatives. By ensuring that all veterans are eligible for support from the U.S.
Legislation to invest in the needs and longevity of Minnesota’s small towns and empower local leaders to create jobs is the product of constituent input
MANKATO, MN – This week, U.S. Representative Tim Walz (MN-01) introduced the Small Town and Regional Vitality Act of 2018 (H.R. 6383), a strategic investment in the small town way of life and regional vitality.
Bill will delay the transition of Medicare Cost beneficiaries until 2021; Decision follows Trump administration’s failure to address concerns Walz and Peterson raised in 2017 about the potential disruption of health coverage for over 300,000 Minnesota seniors
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Representatives Tim Walz (MN-01) and Collin Peterson (MN-07) announced they are introducing the Protect Medicare for Seniors Act of 2018 to delay the transition of Medicare Cost plan beneficiaries to Medicare Advantage plans from 2019 to 2021.