SAINT PAUL, Minn. – A new Minnesota DFL State Senate subcommittee has been created that will look at possible cost increases and lost services caused by the budget bill passed by Congress this summer.
State Senator Rob Kupec of Moorhead has been named vice chair of the Select Subcommittee on Federal Impacts on Minnesotans and Economic Stability.
“I thinks it’s important to have someone from the Agriculture Committee on this subcommittee to ensure that the impacts to farmers and greater Minnesota are recognized,” Kupec said in a statement to Flag Family News.
Democrats have said they hope to make Minnesotans understand how decisions made by President Trump and his cabinet will impact them including tariffs, canceled contracts and withheld funding.
The Trump administration argues the budget bill, which was once known as the ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’, expands benefits for new farmers and ranchers, increases choices for coverage, and makes crop insurance more affordable.
Flag Family News reached out to Minnesota Senate Minority Leader Mark Johnson of East Grand Forks about the new subcommittee.
He didn’t directly address it, but said Republicans are looking forward to exploring opportunities the working families tax cut gives to Minnesota families and communities “after years of neglect by Democrats” including Governor Tim Walz.
“They created opportunities for waste and fraud to abound and are unwilling to take the needed steps to hold government accountable for results because they are happy to just pass another tax increase on hard-working Minnesotans,” Johnson wrote.
You can read Johnson’s full statement below:
“Senate Republicans are looking forward to exploring opportunities the Working Families Tax Cut gives to Minnesota families and communities after years of neglect by Democrats.
Remember, it was Governor Walz and legislative Democrats who burned through the entire $18 billion surplus, raised taxes by $10 billion, and passed unfunded mandates to counties, cities and schools that are leading to higher local property taxes. They created opportunities for waste and fraud to abound and are unwilling to take the needed steps to hold government accountable for results because they are happy to just pass another tax increase on hard-working Minnesotans.”
