Norm Coleman - United States Senator - Minnesota
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Album: June 2006
Last updated on 07/06/2006


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On June 29th, Senator Norm Coleman, along with Senators Frist, Warner, and Alexander, participated in a press conference to tout the program Operation Jump Start – an effort to help secure the border by deploying National Guard personnel to support the work of U.S. Border Patrol agents.

Senator Coleman speaks at National Guard deployment press conference
Concerned that meth smuggled in from abroad threatens to undermine the significant recent gains in limiting the domestic production and distribution of the dangerous drug, Senator Norm Coleman (R-MN), along with Senator Chuck Hagel (R-NE), on June 22, 2006 co-chaired a joint subcommittee hearing to examine the options available to impede its flow into communities throughout the country. During the hearing, Coleman expressed the need to focus America’s efforts and resources on the Mexican border, as a majority of the meth entering the U.S. – close to 90 percent of the total amount consumed by Americans – comes from Mexican international drug trafficking organizations, made in superlabs along our southern border. The joint hearing was held by the Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Narcotics Affairs, and Peace Corps and Subcommittee on International Economic Policy, Export and Trade Promotion.

Coleman co-chairs international meth trafficking hearing with Hagel
Called on to testify about how to move America towards energy independence, on June 22, 2006 Senator Norm Coleman (R-MN) urged the Energy and Natural Resources Committee to adopt the Enhanced Energy Security Act of 2006 (S. 2747), legislation aimed at enhancing energy efficiency and conserving oil and natural gas. As an original cosponsor of the bipartisan measure, Coleman explained how implementing an aggressive national energy plan will allow the United States to reduce its dependence on fossil fuels. Among the most important provisions of the bill is the emphasis placed on an expanded plan for economy-wide oil savings. This plan includes cutting domestic oil use exponentially, from to 2.5 million barrels of oil per day by the year 2016 to 7 million barrels of oil per day by the year 2026 and to 10 million barrels of oil per day by the year 2031.

Coleman testifies at energy hearing on reducing dependence on foreign oil
During a June 9th visit to Mercy Hospital in Moose Lake, where Sen. Coleman held a discussion on Critical Access Hospitals before touring the facility, local resident Cole Lower gave the Senator a Minnesota Wild drawing and discussed the past hockey season with the Senator and his dad, Norm Coleman, Sr.

Coleman Talks With 11-year-old Cole Lower During Stop In Moose Lake
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