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This week, Congressman Ellison and 31 Members of Congress sent a letter to the transportation conference committee members expressing the importance of maintaining current National Environmental Policy Act protections in the transportation reauthorization. The letter also asks conferees to not limit the ability of the EPA to regulate toxic coal ash disposal.
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MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) Environmental groups and the DNR joined Congressman Keith Ellison to show support for a plan to stop the spread of Asian carp.
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The City of Minneapolis set up a Family Assistance Center at the Northeast Armory at 1025 Broadway St. NE. (just east of Broadway and Central.)
Family members who want to check on loved ones should not go to the neighborhood, but instead should go to the Family Assistance Center or call 651-268-8537.
My thoughts and prayers are with the people and communities in Minneapolis, Fridley and St. Louis Park affected by tornadoes that struck on Sunday. I grieve for the loss of life and the broad scale destruction left in the wake of this disaster.
American support for democratic reforms in the Middle East and North Africa is critical. Without it, the movements will be weaker and extremists will be stronger. While we should fine-tune our foreign policy to the unique situations in these countries our demand for governments to halt violence against civilians and embrace reform should be unequivocal, as the President stated.