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U.S. Representative — Minnesota's 4th District

Betty McCollum

Democrat · Minnesota

Democrat U.S. Representative for Minnesota's 4th congressional district. Member of the 119th Congress in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Legislative Record

Recently sponsored bills (50 on record)

  • H.R.8016 — Forever Chemical Regulation and Accountability Act of 2026 (Introduced, Mar 19, 2026)
    Forever Chemical Regulation and Accountability Act of 2026 This bill phases out the release and nonessential use of perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and addresses PFAS research, remediation, regulation, and enforcement. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) must require each…
  • H.R.7545 — Defending the Human Rights of Palestinian Children and Families Living Under Israeli Military Occupation Act (Introduced, Feb 12, 2026)
  • H.R.5521 — Peace Corps Volunteers Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2025 (Introduced, Sep 19, 2025)
  • H.R.5328 — Indian Programs Advance Appropriations Act of 2025 (Introduced, Sep 11, 2025)
    Indian Programs Advance Appropriations Act of 2025 This bill authorizes advance appropriations for several covered appropriations accounts of (1) the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Bureau of Indian Education within the Department of the Interior, and (2) the Indian Health Service within the…
  • H.R.2976 — Cold-blooded Animal Research and Exhibition Act (Introduced, Apr 21, 2025)
  • H.R.2977 — MRRRI Act (Introduced, Apr 21, 2025)
  • H.R.588 — Boundary Waters Wilderness Protection and Pollution Prevention Act (Introduced, Jan 21, 2025)
    Boundary Waters Wilderness Protection and Pollution Prevention Act This bill protects and preserves approximately 225,504 acres of federal land and waters in a specified area in the Rainy River Watershed of Superior National Forest in Minnesota from certain mining, such as sulfide-ore copper mining…
  • H.R.9571 — CARE Act (Introduced, Sep 12, 2024)

Recent floor votes (100 on record)

  • Voted Nay on H.R.8884 — Removing Barriers to Work for Disabled Americans Act (Passed, Jul 23, 2026)
  • Voted Yea on H.Con.Res.89 — Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran (Passed, Jul 23, 2026)
  • Voted Nay on H.Con.Res.113 — Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2027 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2028 through 2036 (Passed, Jul 22, 2026)
  • Voted Nay on H.R.7008 — Stop Insider Trading Act (Passed, Jul 22, 2026)
  • Voted Yea on H.R.7008 — Stop Insider Trading Act (Failed, Jul 22, 2026)
  • Voted Nay on H.R.8800 — National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027 (Passed, Jul 22, 2026)
  • Voted Yea on H.R.8800 — National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027 (Failed, Jul 22, 2026)
  • Voted No on H.R.8800 — On Agreeing to the Amendment (Failed, Jul 22, 2026)

Recently cosponsored bills (12 on record)

  • H.R.9983 — Lori Jackson-Nicolette Elias Domestic Violence Survivor Protection Act (Introduced, Jul 30, 2026)
  • H.R.9932 — Eleanor Smith Inclusive Home Design Act of 2026 (Introduced, Jul 23, 2026)
  • H.R.2717 — Servicewomen and Veterans Menopause Research Act (Introduced, Jul 22, 2026)
  • H.R.9874 — Get Foreign Money Out of United States Elections Act (Introduced, Jul 22, 2026)
  • H.R.4395 — Stephanie Tubbs Jones Uterine Fibroid Research and Education Act of 2025 (Introduced, Jul 22, 2026)
  • H.R.7867 — Infant Formula Safety Modernization Act of 2026 (Introduced, Jul 22, 2026)
  • H.R.9808 — No Passes for Polluters Act of 2026 (Introduced, Jul 21, 2026)
  • H.R.8975 — All Students Count Act of 2026 (Introduced, Jul 21, 2026)

Voting analysis

Betty McCollum leads the minority on defence appropriations — the panel that writes the largest discretionary bill of the year — and one of her filings is a human rights measure concerning Palestinian children living under military occupation. A member does not usually hold both of those positions at once. The page records that she does, and offers no reconciliation, because none is available from vote tables and bill titles.

172
Bills sponsored
6949
Bills cosponsored

Of the 50 most recent of those, 50 currently sit at Introduced.

Advance appropriations for tribal programmes

A second filing is technical and genuinely consequential: advance appropriations for Indian programmes. Funding something a year ahead insulates it from shutdowns and continuing resolutions, which is why the health service and veterans care already work that way. Extending it to tribal programmes is an appropriator's answer to an appropriator's problem, and Native American affairs sit second among her classified subjects.

Sponsored bills carry the Congressional Research Service's own subject classification. Betty McCollum's cluster into: International Affairs (12), Native Americans (6), Health (5), Public Lands and Natural Resources (4), Water Resources Development (4), Armed Forces and National Security (3).

The rest: a forever chemical regulation and accountability act, a congressional gold medal for volunteers of an overseas service corps, and a measure on research and exhibition involving cold-blooded animals.

Where she broke ranks

Four departures. One amendment vote. A daylight saving measure she declined that passed anyway. And two she supported against her caucus — cashless bail reporting and fuel retailing — both of which carried.

1.9%
Votes against the Democrat majority
214
Roll calls where a party majority formed
173 of 212
Rank among House Democrats, most defections first
All 4 roll calls where Betty McCollum voted against the House Democrat majority.
Roll callDateOutcomeTheir vote
H.R.8800
On Agreeing to the Amendment
roll call 257		Jul 21, 2026FailedAye (party: Nay)
H.R.139
Sunshine Protection Act
On Passage · roll call 238		Jul 14, 2026PassedNay (party: Yea)
H.R.5625
Cashless Bail Reporting Act
On Passage · roll call 171		May 14, 2026PassedYea (party: Nay)
H.R.1346
Nationwide Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act
On Passage · roll call 164		May 13, 2026PassedYea (party: Nay)

Below the Minnesota Democrats

Minnesota's four House Democrats hold a higher combined rate than she does.

Among the 4 Democrats in the Minnesota delegation, the average rate of voting against the party majority is 3.0%. Betty McCollum is below that average at 1.9%.

Tenure and attendance

Thirteen terms dating from the opening of this century, and few absences.

First elected in 2001, now serving across 13 terms. Betty McCollum falls in the veteran cohort.

1.8%
Roll calls recorded as not voting
220
Roll calls eligible to vote on
4
Recorded as not voting

By the numbers

In the 119th Congress, Betty McCollum has 172 bills sponsored, 6949 cosponsored, 100 recent floor votes recorded.

Committee assignments

  • House Committee on Appropriations
  • House Committee on Appropriations: Defense (Ranking Member)
  • House Committee on Appropriations: Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies

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