Minnesota and North Dakota Voter's Guide

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Minnesota US House District 4

Also referred to as a congressman or congresswoman, each Representative is elected to a two-year term serving the people of a specific congressional district in the federal government. Among other duties such as impeachment of executive branch members, representatives introduce bills and resolutions with the responsibility of revenue, serve on committees, and can help their constituents receive federal benefits or services. The number of representatives per state is proportional to population with 435 in total.If your candidate didn’t fill in the guide below, visit the Secretary of State’s Candidate Filing site to find contact info. If you reach out, ask candidates to complete their Vote411 Voters Guide from the LWVMN!

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    Betty McCollum
    (DFL)

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    May Lor Xiong
    (Rep)

Biographical Information

If elected, what will your top three priorities be and why? (750 characters)

What will you do to support a vibrant economy across the United States, and to address inflation? (500 characters)

What, if any, actions would you take to address threats facing the United States due to climate change? (500 characters)

What, if anything, should our country do to ensure quality healthcare at an affordable cost for all, and access to reproductive health services? (500 characters)

What measures do you support to improve and secure elections, and to ensure voting access in our country? (500 characters)

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Campaign Website http://www.mccollumforcongress.com
Facebook (Full URL) http://www.facebook.com/repbettymccollum/
Campaign Twitter Handle @BettyMcCollum04
Campaign Email info@mccollumforcongress.com
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Campaign Website http://may4mn.com
Contact Phone 612-564-8333
Facebook (Full URL) http://www.facebook.com/mayforcongress
Campaign Twitter Handle @xiongmay
Campaign Email may@may4mn.com
Inflation To make the cost of living affordable for everyday Americans, we need to reduce inflation. We can do this by ending the reckless DC spending and that ends up being paid for by people already struggling to buy groceries.

Education Any schools who receive federal funds should operate in ways that parents can trust and that maximize educational outcomes for students. This means empowering parents to choose where their kids go to school and know what’s being taught. It also means having higher educational standards and removing radical activism from the school system.

Securing our borders We need to find a balanced approach to immigration that secures our border and ensures the humane treatment and efficient processing of immigrant
To have a vibrant economy, we need to be able to participate in it. This means having prudent monetary policy that ends wasteful spending and money printing, and reduces the regulations, taxes, and changes to infrastructure that hurt business formation and free-market competition. This puts more money in pockets of Americans and helps that money retain its worth, which unlocks their ability to have a higher quality of life and create value for others.
We need safe, clean, reliable, renewable, and affordable energy. Without a healthy earth, we have nothing. We need a common sense affordable approach to fossil fuel alternatives as technology allows. Let's have massive urban tree planting and restoration program, school tree/bee pollinating gardening programs. We will support eco-friendly re-use of plastic bags and bottles for clothing, furniture and daily use items.
If we want healthcare to be more affordable, we need to incorporate more free-market practices that enable competition; especially when it comes to insurance.
I believe we should have voter ID and that mail-in ballots should be restricted to military personnel serving abroad and people who cannot get to the polls due to physical disability or lack of transportation.
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