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Dean Phillips

Congressman

Dean Phillips is a father, businessman, civic leader, self-described "eternal optimist," and Representative for Minnesota's Third Congressional District in the US Congress for the Democratic Party. A Gold Star Son who lost his birth father, Artie, in the Vietnam War, Dean was adopted into the Phillips family when his mother DeeDee married Eddie Phillips, who raised him to work hard and always share success. Phillips is the ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Middle East, Northern Africa, and Central Asia Subcommittee. A stalwart supporter of Israel, Phillips has been instrumental in pushing back against the anti-Zionist agenda adopted by some on the left of his party. After Hamas terrorists invaded Israel in October 2023, Phillips railed against the "monsters" of Hamas, who "cut off babies' heads, massacred entire families, slaughtered 260 teens at a festival, murdered innocents in their homes, and kidnapped civilians. The blood of Israelis, Palestinians, and Americans, and of Jews, Muslims, and Christians, has stained their hands." (Photo: Wikimedia / Creative Commons License)