Jim Hagedorn’s January 25 town hall event held in Fillmore County’s Spring Valley was memorable due to his statement that “people should fend for themselves” made during a discussion of the Trump Administration’s plans to cut food assistance benefits (SNAP aka “food stamps“), but also because he was asked to support the health care of […]

On Thursday, I got the phone that every Minnesota First District voter wanted … an invitation to Congressman Jim Hagedorn’s Tele-TownHall event that afternoon. No doubt that many expected a big announcement — such as, after the U S military which was retreating from Germany would be redeployed to protect Confederate statues … but there […]

On Friday, July 24th, Congressman Pete Stauber (MN-08) issued a press release announcing that he had received the Champion for Healthy Seniors Award from the Partnership to Fight Chronic Diseases. Impressed ? Well, Congressman Stauber is not the first Minnesotan to receive this “rare” award as Minnesota’s First District Congressman Jim Hagedorn issued a similar […]

The July 24 Hagedorn Report from First District Congressman Jim Hagedorn is out … and while there are a lot in the headlines (President Trump suggesting that he would send 75,000 law enforcement personnel into American cities, the 7,262 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the First District, the expiring of Pandemic Extended Unemployment Compensation (PEUC) […]

On Wednesday, July 23, the House approved HR 7573 removing from the Capitol facilities a number of statues … overall, the vote was strongly bipartisan … with the notable exception of the old Confederate States … but even in those States some Republicans voted YES ( AR02 French Hill, FL11 Daniel Webster, FL12 Gus Bilirakis, […]

Flashback to March 6th, MPR’s Kerri Miller featured Minnesota’s Sixth District Congressman Tom Emmer providing his assessment of the Covid-19 situation … Congressman Emmer wants us to be “hopeful” because the vaccine is closer than you think — “I heard it could be imminent” … “much sooner than a year” and that if the corona […]

It’s been a while since my email box received an edition of the Hagedorn Report, but the July 17, 2020 email was quite illuminating into what Jim Hagedorn has done for Minnesota’s First District. First of all, let’s note that the official House calendar schedules the week of July 13th for Washington committee work … […]

  For years, Minnesota’s Second District was represented by the “Gregarious Grandpa” John Kline … albeit with some complaints from a certain segment of the Republican Party (can’t forget when he got booed at a CD2 event as it was reported that “there was a good amount of people sitting down out of disapproval of […]

Yep, it’s the start of election season when incumbents hope voters forget their previous statements (and votes) and instead just appreciate funding for programs their communities want. Case in point … remember when Jim Hagedorn referred to green energy as “global warming extremism” … and remember one of his first votes in Congress was to […]