Protect and preserve the environment, including air, water, and land, for current and future generations.

The environment — our air, our water, our land — is a sacred trust that we must protect and preserve for ourselves and future generations.

Commits to environmental protection and preservation.

Issues | Congresswoman Betty McCollum
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works to protect federal funding for the Environmental Protection Agency, our national parks, public lands, the arts & humanities, and tribal nations

Commits to protecting federal funding tied to environmental and public-land priorities.

About Betty — Betty McCollum for Congress
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McCollum’s issue page says the environment, including air, water, and land, is a sacred trust and says she supports climate action, full funding for environmental protections, and clean-air and clean-water laws.

This is the clearest official statement of the promise itself and her continuing policy stance.

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Environment & Energy | Congresswoman Betty McCollum
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McCollum introduced H.R. 588 to protect the Boundary Waters and connected federal lands and waters from pollution and mining impacts, and the bill was referred to the House Natural Resources Committee.

She introduced concrete conservation legislation aimed at protecting water, land, and habitat, but it remained at the committee-referral stage.

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H.R.588 - Boundary Waters Wilderness Protection and Pollution Prevention Act
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On the House vote to overturn EPA and Army rules on Waters of the United States, McCollum voted no; the disapproval resolution failed.

She opposed a rollback of federal water protections, which is consistent with the campaign promise, though it was a defensive vote rather than a policy enactment.

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Roll Call 187 | H.J. Res. 27 | Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives
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On the House vote to disapprove the BLM withdrawal protecting lands in Cook, Lake, and Saint Louis Counties, Minnesota, McCollum voted no; the resolution passed the House.

She again voted against a measure that would reduce environmental protection for Minnesota land and waters, showing continued effort to preserve them.

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Roll Call 38 | H.J. Res. 140 | Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives
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McCollum said she will continue to fight to stop the resolution and to pass her Boundary Waters Wilderness Protection and Pollution Prevention Act to permanently protect the BWCA.

Her own statement confirms ongoing, concrete advocacy for environmental protection, but not completion of the promise.

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U.S. Rep. McCollum Statement on Passage of House Republicans' Legislation to Remove Boundary Waters Protections
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