Help with a Federal Agency

118th Congress: $2,471,378 total casework dollars saved/brought to the district. 

Total: $5,049,255 total casework dollars saved/brought to the district. 

Bob and Carmen M. - Cottage Grove 

"Angie Craig's staff managed to do in 10 days what no one could do in a year. The way I was treated is the way everyone should be treated." 

Bob and Carmen tried to work with Social Security for over a year to correct an error in their account that created a debt to Social Security of nearly $20,000. My team was able to work with their local Social Security Office to get their hard-earned money refunded. 

Judy L. - Hastings and Donald S. - Mazeppa 

Donald is a 98-year-old World War II veteran who was in need of a hearing aid. His daughter, Judy, had been working to get him an appointment with VA community care, calling over and over again with no results. Judy got in touch with my team who was able to get an appointment scheduled for Donald right away. At the appointment, Donald was told it would take up to six months to get the hearing aid he needed. My team reached out to the VA and Donald had his hearing aid less than one month after the appointment. 

Robert S. – Lakeville 

"They helped me get a stimulus check which the IRS said I was not entitled to because my wife passed away in January.

Robert's wife, Ella Mae, passed away in January of 2020 after they had filed their taxes jointly in 2019. Due to this joint filing, the IRS was wrongly denying Robert a stimulus check. My office worked diligently with the IRS and successfully got Robert the $1,200 payment he was entitled to. 

Jennifer B. - Shakopee 

"The attention that my case with the Department of Education was given from the beginning was professional and thorough. I received prompt responses to all of my inquiries. As a life-long resident of MN, I never dreamed I would need the assistance of my elected officials, but this experience confirmed that we are represented by the very best!" 

Jennifer contacted our office after serving diligently as a public-school teacher for many years and qualifying for public service loan forgiveness. She was being stonewalled by the Department of Education and my office was able to get her the loan forgiveness she worked so hard to qualify for. 

Glenda G. - Savage 

"After having tried everything to get the IRS to finish my 2019 taxes I finally called Angie Craig's office for help. I already had missed my 600.00 stimulus check and I feared would lose my 1,400.00 check if I couldn't get my taxes finished. As a childcare provider any help while partially shut down would help and I saw everything going down the drain. Thank God I made that call! Taxes done and 1400.00!" 

Glenda reached out to my office in early 2021 after waiting over a year for her 2019 taxes to process. With her childcare business hanging in the balance, Glenda desperately needed the funds. We worked with the Local Taxpayer Advocate and Glenda's return was finally processed. 

Li C. - Rosemount 

"I couldn't get a tax refund for 2019 though I filed my tax return 03/04/2020. […] I called you office and left a voicemail sometime in January 2021. […] From then on [your office] kept contacting me via emails and got a taxpayer advocate to help me too. I got a refund 3/11/21." 

Li was owed a refund for nearly a year. She contacted our office and we worked with the IRS and Local Taxpayer Advocate to release her refund in a matter of weeks. 

Abdulnasir A. - Burnsville 

"Without the help and influence of this office, I believe our case would've still been on a desk somewhere collecting dust. As disabled combat veteran, We would like to say thank you to all." 

Abdul is a 100% service-connected disabled combat veteran. The visa for his fiancé was held up because of bureaucratic red tape. He had upcoming surgery and desperately needed her here for support. My office worked with the Embassy to cut the red tape and get reunited with his family.