Press Releases
WASHINGTON, DC —Today, U.S. Representative Angie Craig testified in front of the House Veterans Affairs Committee on the epidemic of veteran suicide plaguing Minnesota and states across the country. Despite an ongoing effort by the State of Minnesota and veterans' advocacy groups, Minnesota continues to lose around 100 veterans to suicide every year.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Representatives Angie Craig (MN-02), Danny Davis (IL-07) and Jenniffer González-Colón (PR) and Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (NY) joined Family Equality for a virtual press conference announcing the introduction of the John Lewis Every Child Deserves a Family Act of 2021. The legislation is named after the late Congressman and civil rights hero John Lewis, an adoptive parent who worked alongside Representative Craig last year to champion the bill in the 116th Congress.
WASHINGTON, DC — Today, in a House Small Business Committee hearing, U.S. Representative Angie Craig questioned Isabel Guzman, Administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) on the status of the Restaurant Revitalization Fund (RRF) – a grant program designed to support local bars and restaurants that Craig successfully included in the American Rescue Plan earlier this year.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Representative Angie Craig announced the winners of the 2021 Congressional Art Competition for students in Minnesota's Second District. The annual competition, hosted each spring, is open to all high school students who live in the Second District.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Representative Craig announced the introduction of H.Res.399, a bipartisan resolution to recognize this week as National Public Works Week. Rep. Craig authored this resolution to celebrate the vital work of our nation's public works professionals who manage water, sewer and public transportation systems and maintain public buildings and grounds. The resolution expresses gratitude to these public works professionals for playing a key role in helping the United States recover from the COVID–19 pandemic.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Representative Angie Craig applauded members of the Minnesota House of Representatives for passing H.F. 600, introduced by House Majority Leader Ryan Winkler, which would legalize the recreational use of cannabis for adults in the state of Minnesota. Craig also called on elected officials in the Minnesota Senate to immediately take up and pass the long overdue legislation, arguing that drug laws governing marijuana usage are outdated and discriminatory.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill that included an amendment introduced by U.S. Representative Angie Craig to retroactively release all cosigners on all private student loans upon a student borrower's death. The Ryan Frascone Memorial Student Loan Relief Act of 2021 was included as part of a package of bills to reform debt collection and curb abuses in the industry.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra testified before Congress that reinsurance legislation like U.S. Representative Angie Craig's State Health Care Premium Reduction Act would lower out of pocket costs and premiums even further for many Minnesotans.
WASHINGTON, DC — Today, U.S. Representative Angie Craig highlighted the launch of the Emergency Broadband Benefit (EBB) Program and urged eligible constituents to enroll to receive a discount on their monthly internet bill. The Emergency Broadband Benefit Program is a groundbreaking new program that will help economically vulnerable Americans afford their monthly internet bill.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Representative Angie Craig introduced the Ryan Frascone Memorial Student Loan Relief Act of 2021, which would close a loophole in federal law to retroactively release all cosigners on all private student loans upon a student's death. In 2018, the law was changed to release bereaved parents from their deceased student's loans – but the change was not retroactive, forcing many families to continue to pay.