Press Releases
Today, U.S. Rep. Angie Craig introduced the Halt Unchecked Member Benefits with Lobbying Elimination or HUMBLE Act, which would permanently ban Members of Congress from serving as lobbyists and require them to sell individual stocks upon being sworn in. The HUMBLE Act also restricts unnecessary perks for Members, including a ban on taxpayer funded first-class airline accommodations.
Yesterday, U.S. Rep. Angie Craig introduced the Price Relief, Innovation, and Competition for Essential Drugs (PRICED) Act along with Reps. Jan Schakowsky, Rosa DeLauro, Lloyd Doggett, Andy Levin, and Raja Krishnamoorthi to lower prescription drug costs for Minnesotans and increase competition for biologic drugs.
Today U.S. Rep. Angie Craig voted to pass a House spending package that included several funding increases for critical programs in the Second Congressional District.
"I'm proud to have been a part of passing a spending bill that prioritizes the needs of Minnesotans across my district," said Rep. Craig. "That means more funding for our schools, expanding options for career and technical education opportunities, ensuring robust investments in healthcare, and building resilience to natural disasters in our communities."
Today, U.S. Rep. Angie Craig commended the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) announcement to adjust the November 1st harvest date for cover crops planted on prevent plant acres to September 1st.
Today, U.S. Rep. Angie Craig's budget amendments that prioritize funding for flood damage research, data collection, and infrastructure resilience were adopted by the House.
Today, U.S. Reps. Angie Craig and Pete Stauber continued their bipartisan push for the federal government to meet its obligation to fully fund special education for Minnesota schools. The two introduced an amendment to a House spending package that stresses the importance of state grants under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. The amendment was adopted by the House this morning, and the package itself provides over $14 billion for special education, a nearly 8% increase over the 2019 enacted level.
Today, amendments to a House spending package that U.S. Rep. Angie Craig introduced to stress the importance of special education funding, career and technical education, and rural healthcare were adopted by the House.
Rep. Craig came to Congress to fight for economic opportunity for Minnesota families - that's why she introduced amendments to prioritize funding for special education and Perkins grants, as well as an amendment to increase funding for rural healthcare programs.
Following U.S. Rep Angie Craig's introduction of the Feed Emergency Enhancement During Disasters (FEEDD) Act with U.S. Rep. Dusty Johnson, several Minnesota agriculture stakeholders expressed their support for the bipartisan bill that would give farmers and ranchers additional emergency flexibility and help alleviate feed concerns.
Today U.S. Representatives Angie Craig (D-MN-02) and Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.) introduced the bipartisan Feed Emergency Enhancement During Disasters Act (FEEDD Act). The FEEDD Act will provide farmers and ranchers additional emergency flexibility to help alleviate feed shortages during planting seasons with high levels of prevent plant due to extreme moisture or drought.
Today, U.S. Rep. Angie Craig continued her push to clean up Washington by opposing a proposed pay increase for Members of Congress.
A spending package from House Democrats expected on the floor this week would allow for a pay raise for Members of Congress in fiscal year 2020. Rep. Craig introduced an amendment that would insert language into this package that would explicitly prohibit this raise.