As 4-H Caucus co-chair, I’ll keep championing exciting opportunities for youth in agriculture.

Happy National 4-H Week to all the amazing young leaders in Minnesota 4-H and around the country! The Senate passed my bipartisan resolution with Senator Boozman celebrating this week and recognizing 4-H’s impact as it prepares 50,000+ Minnesota youth to lead in their communities.

They made it home just before the visa ban took effect — and now their boys are thriving!

I recognized Crystal and Justin Kasmiskie from Shakopee as this year’s Angels in Adoption Minnesota honorees. When a visa issue threatened to stop them from bringing their adopted twin sons home from Liberia, my office helped push their visas through.

Before calling someone a “dirtbag,” the Senator should have had his facts straight. An apology is in order. Glad one of us knew the difference between the Atlanta Hawks and the Iowa Hawkeyes!

Gold Star families have sacrificed so much on behalf of our nation.   I met with some of those families this week — whose loved ones died while serving in our armed forces — and heard their stories and about how TAPS provides support and hope.

I met with members of the Minnesota Transportation Alliance about the exciting projects strengthening transportation across our state. From highways to bridges to transit, these are the investments we need for the road ahead.

Sometimes small things — like a drain cover — can have a big impact.

My bipartisan bill to strengthen the Virginia Graeme Baker Pool & Spa Safety Act has passed the Senate Commerce Committee.   Since the original law passed thanks to the advocacy of Abbey Taylor’s family there have been ZERO drain entrapment deaths in compliant pools.

Spoke with leaders from the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation about their work providing care to youth and adults fighting addiction in Minnesota and across the U.S. They show people — as former First Lady Betty Ford once said — that “there's not only help but there's hope for them.”

Together, including with a strong advocate from Minnesota Cody Wilde, we’ve made progress and I know we can make even more.

Honored to receive the 2026 Congressional Leadership Award from the Council of State Governments Justice Center. We’ve worked together to better address mental health crises and other reform issues.

Today marks 25 years since 9/11, when thousands of Americans were killed in an attack against our nation. We honor the courage of first responders and the memories of all who died, including Minnesota's own Gordon Aamoth Jr., Max Beilke, Tom Burnett Jr., and Gary Koecheler. We will never forget.

Canada is Minnesota’s top trading partner. The Administration must end its trade war with one of our closest allies. I’ll continue to stand up for the U.S.-Canada relationship and Minnesota’s economy.

I’ve opposed these tariffs from the beginning and I was a lead sponsor of bipartisan legislation to overturn the tariffs on Canada that passed the Senate.

The Administration’s 50 percent tariffs on Canadian goods, along with Canada’s retaliatory tariffs that took effect today, will only make it harder for Minnesota businesses and farmers to compete and will further drive up prices for families.

But after finding Google monopolized online advertising, today the court stopped short of ordering what the DOJ sought to undo this monopoly. That’s why Congress must act to restore competition and ensure journalists are paid their fair share.

Today we remember Harper Moyski and Fletcher Merkel, and hold their families, all those injured, and the entire Annunciation community in our hearts.   One year later, we honor everyone impacted by this tragedy by standing together, continuing to choose hope, and supporting one another.