Help with a Federal Agency
If you are a resident of Minnesota's 8th District and are having trouble with a federal agency, my staff and I are here to help you. For example, if you aren't receiving your Social Security disability, or are having issues resolving difficulties with your federal income tax, we can open a case file for you. Because casework so often involves working directly with Minnesotans, casework is done from my Minnesota offices.
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If you are having trouble solving a problem you are having with a federal agency, I may be able to assist you in working with the agency. While I can't ask the agency to do anything which they are unable to do under law or regulations, I can make sure that all of your rights are respected and that errors in procedure are corrected.
Unfortunately, I am unable to assist you if your problem is not with a federal agency. You can use the information on this page to determine whether the issue you're having is something we can help with. We will, however, always try to point you in the right direction and connect you with appropriate people when we can't be of assistance.
Examples of items out of our purview:
- Judicial issues like trials, imprisonment, child support, child custody, or divorce
- State government issues
- Motor vehicle registration or license issues
- Welfare
For these problems, you should contact the Governor's Office for assistance at 1-800-657-3717 or the appropriate state agency.
If your issue can be determined as casework, please carefully review and include all of the information listed below, so that you don't miss important information that could impact your case or my staff's ability to help you with it:
If your issue can be determined as casework, please carefully review and include all of the information listed below, so that you don't miss important information that could impact your case or my staff's ability to help you with it:
- Your Social Security number for a case involving Social Security;
- VA claim number for a case with Department of Veterans Affairs;
- Taxpayer identification number (Social Security number, if individual) for an Internal Revenue Service problem, etc.;
- Your address, home phone number and daytime phone number (if different than home) so that we can obtain any additional information from you that might be necessary;
- Copies of any related documents or correspondence that you may have from the agency involved.