Press Releases
Rep. Angie Craig joined Reps. Katherine Clarke (MA-5), Jahana Hayes (CT-5), Jimmy Panetta (CA-20), Suzanne Bonamici (OR-1), Danny Davis (IL-7), and Tom Malinowski (NJ-7) in calling for a $100 billion investment to aid in the relief, recovery and revitalization of the child care sector in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Rep. Angie Craig joined Reps. Alma Adams, (NC-12), Peter DeFazio (OR-04), and 80 other Members of Congress in sending a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy requesting the strongest possible relief for the United States Postal Service in the next round of COVID-19 relief legislation.
Today, U.S. Rep. Angie Craig convened owners of restaurants and breweries in the Second Congressional District, who have been hit devastatingly hard by the impacts of COVID-19. They focused their discussion on the flexibility needed in programs like the Paycheck Protection Program to support their businesses in the wake of COVID-19.
Today, Rep. Angie Craig and her wife Cheryl donated blood at the Dakota County Community Development Agency to do her part and help bring awareness to the severe shortage in the national blood supply. The American Red Cross has taken measures to ensure that donating blood remains a safe process for healthy individuals.
Today, U.S. Rep. Angie Craig hosted a roundtable for elementary and middle-school students across the Second Congressional District. As students are distance learning, Rep. Craig wanted to provide them with an opportunity to ask her the questions that are on their minds right now.
U.S. Rep. Angie Craig, a member of the Agriculture Committee, continues her push to support family farmers through the COVID-19 pandemic. Tonight she convened her Farmer Advisory Council to make sure their stories are what shapes future federal legislative decisions.
Today, U.S. Rep. Angie Craig announced the urgent push from 46 Mayors and County Commissioners from Inver Grove Heights to Belle Plaine across the Second District for direct funding to local governments to be included in the next CARES legislative package.
Today, 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.
Today, U.S. Rep. Angie Craig, a member of the House Rural Broadband Task Force, joined her colleagues to introduce an urgent framework to expand broadband access. The plan includes affordability measures for families and investments in creative solutions like lending hot spots to students to address the current lack of reliable broadband infrastructure.
U.S. Rep. Angie Craig expressed her deep gratitude to our heroic health care workers by delivering lunches to the medical staff at M Health Fairview Ridges Hospital today as well as hosting an in-depth virtual healthcare panel to discuss the resources our medical community needs moving forward.