Agriculture & Rural Development
Family farms are an essential part of the Second District’s vibrant economy and sustainable communities. Our farmers’ hard work puts food on our tables, powers our vehicles, creates economic growth and keeps our communities running – and they deserve all the support and resources we can offer. My family has strong roots in farming and I know how important it is for those voices to be heard in Washington.
As a member of the House Committee on Agriculture, supporting our agricultural communities will always be one of my top priorities. We must ensure that all parts of the Farm Bill are implemented effectively –including a strong farm safety net and a fully funded Energy Title.
I was proud to lead efforts in the House to pass the Lower Food and Fuel Costs Act, legislation that tapped the power of family farmers to lower costs for hard-working Americans. This legislation included two of my bills – the Strengthening the Agriculture and Food Supply Chain Act, which would create a task force dedicated to shoring up the agriculture and food supply chains to prevent bottlenecks and lower food costs, and the Year-Round Fuel Choice Act, which would allow for the year-round sale of E15, a cheaper biofuel alternative. And, in order to ensure that the voices of our rural communities were being brought to the table in DC, I introduced the Rural Prosperity Act, later implemented by the White House, which would create a permanent office in the White House tasked with coordinating federal efforts to support and connect America’s rural communities to federal programs and resources.
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WASHINGTON, DC – This week, U.S. Representative Angie Craig joined her colleagues on the House Rural Broadband Task Force to introduce H.R. 1783, the Accessible, Affordable Internet for All Act. This legislation makes a bold investment of $94 billion to ensure that rural and underserved communities have affordable high-speed internet access.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Representatives Angie Craig (D-MN) and Dusty Johnson (R-SD) and Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and John Hoeven (R-ND) reintroduced the bipartisan Feed Emergency Enhancement During Disasters with Cover Crops Act (FEEDD Act). The FEEDD Act will provide farmers and ranchers emergency flexibility to help alleviate livestock feed shortages during planting seasons with high levels of prevent plant due to extreme moisture or drought. The U.S.
WASHINGTON, DC — Last week, U.S. Representatives Angie Craig (D-MN) and Dusty Johnson (R-SD) introduced bipartisan legislation to ensure transparency and predictability to the Environmental Protection Agency's small refinery exemption process, which has in recent years undercut the biofuels industry and threatened the economies of rural communities dependent on the Renewable Fuel Standard.
WASHINGTON, DC — Today, U.S. Representatives Angie Craig (D-MN) and Dusty Johnson (R-SD) led Co-Chairs of the Congressional Biofuels Caucus in introducing bipartisan legislation to ensure transparency and predictability to the Environmental Protection Agency's small refinery exemption (SRE) process.
WASHINGTON, DC — This week, at a House Agriculture Committee Markup, U.S. Representative Angie Craig spoke in favor of a budget reconciliation proposal that will be included in the upcoming COVID relief package. In her remarks, Craig urged her colleagues to support the measure, emphasizing the positive impact for rural communities across the country – including financial support for family farmers and small meat processing facilities, resources to secure the national food supply chain and additional funds to stand up COVID-19 vaccination sites in underserved communities.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Representative Angie Craig joined other Members of the Congressional Biofuels Caucus in a bipartisan effort urging the Trump Administration to reaffirm their commitment to Rural America by rejecting all pending small refinery exemptions (SREs) – which could allow more than sixty additional oil refineries nationwide to circumvent renewable fuel volume obligations mandated by the U.S. Renewable Fuel Standard.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative announced that they will begin consultations on the enforcement of Canada's tariff rate quota (TRQ) allocations for imported dairy products. U.S. Representative Angie Craig joined the National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) in applauding this news.
Today, U.S. Rep. Angie Craig, Sen. Tina Smith and Reps. Collin Peterson and Betty McCollum called on the leaders of four federal agencies to streamline hemp rules. Currently, contradictory federal guidelines are leading to uncertainty in the market and preventing Minnesota farmers and Tribes from fully reaping the economic benefits of growing hemp.
After a bipartisan push on House leadership, U.S. Rep Angie Craig helped to secure Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) funding and an extension of Pandemic EBT in the Continuing Resolution. The House passed the resolution this evening.
Earlier this year, U.S. Rep. Angie Craig led her colleagues from the Minnesota Delegation in a letter to Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue pushing for turkey growers to have access to any COVID-19 relief resources available to agriculture producers. Last week, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced the availability of $14 billion in direct payments to farmers, including turkey growers, who had been excluded in previous relief.