ST. PAUL — Senate Democrats announced on Tuesday, Sept. 9, that their caucus has formed a new Select Subcommittee on “Federal Impacts on Minnesotans and Economic Stability.”

Senate Majority Leader Erin Murphy, DFL-St. Paul, and Sen. Lindsey Port, DFL-Burnsville, who will serve as the chair of the committee, held a press conference announcing the new committee on Tuesday. The two said the committee is intended to primarily respond to the budget bill passed by Congress, as well as general decisions made by President Donald Trump’s administration.

“We don’t feel like we can wait until February to start trying to figure out what these impacts really look like, how Minnesotans are dealing with them,” Port said. “The SNAP changes are already in effect. Our farmers have been affected by … China

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