Transportation and Infrastructure

WASHINGTON, DC – This summer, the New Dem Coalition released a comprehensive action plan to fight inflation, lower the cost of living for Americans and secure the long-term fiscal future of the nation. Included in this plan were two of Representative Craig's bills – the Affordable Insulin Now Act and the Truck Parking Safety Improvement Act.

WASHINGTON, DC — Today, U.S. Representatives Angie Craig (D-MN) and Pete Stauber (R-MN) announced the introduction of the Tax Emergency Adjustment for Mileage Volunteers (TEAM Volunteers) Act, which would increase the charitable mileage reimbursement rate from $0.14 to $0.625 per mile for a 2-year period in order to address the financial burden that rising gas prices and inflationary pressures have placed on volunteer drivers.

WASHINGTON, DC — Today, the House Agriculture Committee voted unanimously to send to the House Floor U.S. Representatives Angie Craig (D-MN) and Dusty Johnson's (R-SD) bipartisan Strengthening the Agriculture and Food Supply Chain Act, which would create a dedicated task force designed to shore up the American food supply chain, increase government coordination and provide recommendations to Congress to prevent future supply chain issues. The bill is part of Rep. Craig's continued effort to lower prices at the grocery store for working families.

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Representative Angie Craig announced that Minnesota will receive a $166,590,643 investment in American transit through the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (FTA), thanks to the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. The funding levels will enable transit agencies to modernize and expand services for residents in communities across Minnesota.

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Representative Angie Craig announced that the Minnesota Valley Transit Authority had been selected to receive $4.96 million in federal funding to improve and modernize the Burnsville Bus Garage. The project will allow MVTA, which provides transit service to Twin Cities suburbs in Dakota and Scott counties, to improve safety and efficiency and accommodate future fleet and service expansions.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — This week, U.S. Representative Angie Craig filed three amendments to the newly unveiled America Creating Opportunities for Manufacturing, Pre-Eminence in Technology, and Economic Strength (COMPETES) Act, a bill to increase U.S. competitiveness with China and support American manufacturing, which would help to address supply chain bottlenecks and lower prices for working Americans.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Representatives Angie Craig (D-MN), David Rouzer (R-NC), Colin Allred (D-TX) and Rodney Davis (R-IL) announced the relaunch of the bipartisan Congressional Supply Chain Caucus. The caucus, which was originally formed prior to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, was reformed to help identify commonsense, bipartisan solutions to ongoing challenges and prevent future disruptions to global and domestic trade.

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Representative Angie Craig applauded the U.S. Department of Transportation announcement that the Saint Paul Port Authority has been awarded $4.14 million through the Maritime Administration's Port Infrastructure Development Program (PIDP). The federal funding, which Craig advocated for in a letter to Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg in August, will go toward replacing the Barge Terminal 2 dock wall, which originally was constructed in 1964.