Press Releases

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Representative Angie Craig released the following statement following House passage of the Build Back Better Act.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Representative Angie Craig expressed concern with recent decisions made by Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, which she argued could worsen conditions that are leaving millions of Americans concerned about mail and package delivery during peak holiday season.

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Representative Angie Craig and U.S. Senator Tina Smith announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation has awarded $8 million in federal grant funding for the US 169 & Highway 282/County Highway 9 Interchange Project in Scott County.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — This week, U.S. Representative Angie Craig called on the Biden Administration to ensure the effective and appropriate implementation of a program designed to ensure that every American has access to high-quality and affordable broadband internet connection.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Representative Angie Craig pushed Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer to take immediate action to support small businesses in Minnesota and across the country that are still reeling from the COVID-19 pandemic. In her letter, Representative Craig noted that small businesses account for 99.9% of all firms in the United States – and more than 60% of net job creation over the past 25 years.

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Representative Angie Craig released the following statement following reports that Democrats had reached an agreement on lowering prescription drug costs, one of the final provisions negotiated as part of the Build Back Better Act in Congress.

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Representative Angie Craig (MN-02) led fourteen of her Democratic colleagues in writing a letter to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and Majority Leader Steny Hoyer urging immediate action to address the high cost of prescription drugs in the United States. Prescription drug reform was not included in the original framework of the Build Back Better Act released last week.

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Representative Angie Craig released the following statement following her meeting at the White House, where Craig took part in the ongoing negotiations surrounding the Build Back Better Act with President Joe Biden, Director of the Domestic Policy Council Susan Rice and Director of the National Economic Council Brian Deese – as well as other White House officials charged with enacting President Biden's economic agenda in Washington.