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November 19, 2018 Newsletter
Manage Our Wolves Act, Farm Bill, Secretary Sonny Perdue, American Farm Bureau Federation President Zippy Duvall, New Flyer, White Earth Tribal Council, Stronger America Through Seafood, National Young Farmers Coalition, Teamsters, Beth Ford, Energy Conservation Improvement Programs, Veterans Day Lapel Pin, Welcome Madeleine!, Spring Internship Application Deadline Approaches, Congratulations to the Fertile-Beltrami FFA, Thanksgiving Dinner Cost Drops for 3rd Straight Year, Minnesota Ranks #2 for Volunteering in the U.S., World Pancreatic Cancer Day.
November 16, 2018 Press Release

WASHINGTON – Congressman Collin C. Peterson spoke this morning on the House Floor in support of H.R. 6784, the Manage Our Wolves Act.

November 13, 2018 Newsletter
Meeting with Veterans in 2018, Blue Ribbon School Awards, Livestock Hauling Petition, Farm to Table Dinner in Crookston, Grow Our Own Summit in Marshall, UMC Campus Advisory and Advancement Board Meeting, Retirement Plan and IRA Contribution Limits Increase for 2019.
November 8, 2018 Press Release

WASHINGTON – Congressman Collin C. Peterson praised the efforts of 19 agriculture and sportsmen’s organizations that collectively sent a letter to urge Speaker Paul Ryan and Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy to place H.R. 424, the Gray Wolf State Management Act, on the House floor for a vote before the year’s end.

November 5, 2018 Newsletter
Grygla Trail Ribbon Cutting Ceremony, Tariff Relief Approved for Digi-Key Corporation, Action for Farmers with Delayed CRP Payments, Northwest Manufacturers Celebration, Redwood Area Rotary Club, Dakota Immersion School, Peterson, Klobuchar, Smith Call on FEMA to Ensure Accurate Flood Mapping for Halsted and Hendrum, Opioid Town Hall, Tour of Economic Development Projects in Marshall, USA Today’s America’s Best Cities to Live 2018, 2018-2019 Federal Duck Stamp, State of Minnesota Seeks Information on Internet Speed, Deer Season Opener.
November 2, 2018 Press Release

DETROIT LAKES – Congressman Collin Peterson issued the following statement in response to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Minnesota Farm Service Agency office announcement today that it would resume payments for Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) contracts pending revisions and corrections:

November 1, 2018 Press Release

DETROIT LAKES – Congressman Collin Peterson released the following statement Thursday calling on the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Farm Service Agency headquarters to allow local FSA offices to make payments on Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) contracts where modifications are pending, as the agency did under similar circumstances in 2013.

November 1, 2018 Press Release

Tuesday was clear and crisp in the Beltrami Island State Forest where I had the pleasure of joining members from the Fourtown-Grygla Sportsmans Club and the Roseau-Lake of the Woods Sportsmans Club, and DNR Commissioner Tom Landwehr to celebrate the official opening of the Dam 4 Trail Connection.

October 31, 2018 Press Release

WASHINGTON – Congressman Collin C. Peterson (D-MN) and U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Tina Smith (D-MN) are fighting to prevent Norman County families from having to purchase unnecessary flood insurance by ensuring access to accurate flood maps.

October 30, 2018 Press Release

Representatives Collin Peterson (D-MN), Ted Yoho (R-FL), and Roger Marshall (R-KS) submitted a bipartisan letter to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) in support of a petition to waive livestock haulers from certain provisions of Hours of Service (HOS) rules.

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