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U.S. Representative Angie Craig Secures Second District Wins in this Year’s Appropriations Package

December 23, 2022
Press Release

The FY 2023 appropriations package includes more than $30 million in federal funding for 15 local projects championed by Representative Craig

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Representative Angie Craig helped pass annual government funding legislation that includes several key priorities designed to support working families and local communities in Minnesota’s Second Congressional District.

The appropriations package, which passed the Senate earlier this week and is now heading to the President’s desk for final approval, contained several of Representative Craig’s priorities, including special education funding, federal grant dollars for local law enforcement agencies, humanitarian and security assistance for Ukraine and critical investments in local infrastructure and community projects across the Second District.

“Today, I was proud to support an appropriations package that will provide critical resources to strengthen, support and protect our communities both across the nation and world,” said Representative Craig. “I was especially pleased to see that this year’s package included all 15 of my Community Project Funding submissions – and look forward to seeing the great benefit each of these projects will bring to the Second District.”

The package includes funding for federal defense and non-defense spending, as well as several of Representative Craig’s legislative priorities, including:

  • $14.2 billion for funding the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), an increase of $850 million above the fiscal year 2022 enacted level
  • $1.72 billion for Career and Technical Education programs
  • $770.8 million for Byrne Justice Assistance Grants (JAG) and $662.9 million for COPS program grants to help local law enforcement fight crime and improve public safety - both significant increases above fiscal year 2022 enacted levels.
  • $5 billion in mandatory funding for the Cost of Toxic Exposures Fund established in the Honoring our PACT Act of 2022
  • $1.2 billion for the Small Business Administration (SBA), an increase of $188 million above the fiscal year 2022 enacted level, to support investments in programs to help underserved entrepreneurs access capital and contracting opportunities
  • $45 billion in emergency funding to defend the Ukrainian people and global democracy against Russia’s ongoing attacks
  • Report language that urges Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) to develop a pilot program to incentivize the utilization of U.S.-manufactured generic and biosimilar medications
  • Modified version of Rep. Craig’s Modernizing Therapeutic Equivalence Rating Determination Act, which will accelerate access to low-cost generic alternatives.
  • Rep. Craig’s Enhanced Access to Affordable Medicines Act of 2022, which will save the health care system millions and increase access to generic medications
  • Modified version of Rep. Craig’s PATCH Act, which would ensure that the U.S. health care system’s cyber infrastructure remains safe and secure for American patients
  • Rep. Craig’sImproved Mental Health Outcomes for Patients Act of 2022, which would reauthorize and improve SAMHSA programs for adult mental health, suicide prevention, and substance abuse

Today’s appropriations package includes funding for all 15 of Representative Craig’s Community Project Funding submissions for Minnesota’s Second Congressional District – totaling more than $30 million for projects in communities across Southeastern Minnesota, including:

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