Key Points
Omnibus supplemental appropriations – HF 1812
$619,000 one-time increase to food shelves
Since 2000, food shelf visits have increased 62% – last year nearly 2 million visits
Hunger in the News
HSM Fact Sheets
Minnesota Food Shelf Fact Sheet
Mn Food Shelf Visits 2002-2007
Contact the Conference Committee Members
Senate Conferees: Cohen, Tomassoni, Frederickson, Betzold, Higgins
Senator Richard J. Cohen (DFL) District 64 – CO CHAIR
Senator David J. Tomassoni (DFL) District 05
Senator Linda Higgins (DFL) District 58
Senator Don Betzold (DFL) District 51
Senator Dennis R. Frederickson® District 21
House Conferees: Carlson; Murphy, M.; Wagenius; Rukavina; Ozment
Lyndon Carlson (DFL) 45B – CO CHAIR
Tom Rukavina (DFL) 05A
Jean Wagenius (DFL) 62B
Dennis Ozment® 37B
Mary Murphy (DFL) 06B
Other Key contacts
State Senator Linda Berglin
Telephone (651) 296-4261
Thomas Huntley
(651) 296-2228
E-mail: rep.thomas.huntley@house.mn
Legislative Assistant: Jan Horner (651) 296-5496
Contact the Governor’s Office
Call Governor Pawlenty at (651) 296-3391.
If you’d like to write a letter, send it directly to the Governor’s Mansion at:
1006 Summit Ave., St. Paul, MN 55105
Toll Free: (800) 657-3717
Facsimile: (651) 296-2089
E-mail: tim.pawlenty@state.mn.us
Mailing Address:
Office of the Governor
130 State Capitol
75 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
St. Paul, MN 55155