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June 4, 2025

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, building on her years-long effort to reform Washington, U.S. Representative Angie Craig joined her colleagues in introducing the End Corruption Now legislative agenda. Through this anti-corruption campaign, Rep. Craig and her colleagues aim to confront political corruption and clean up government by introducing six bills that will put power back in the hands of the American people.


June 3, 2025

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Representative Angie Craig announced that she has secured $1,836,883 in federal grant funding for Scott, Carver and Dakota County’s Community Action Partnership (CAP) Agency to support Head Start programming.


June 2, 2025

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, as Congress comes back into session following a week-long district work period, U.S. Representative Angie Craig is continuing to lead the charge to protect the Supplement Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and ensure Minnesota’s kids, seniors, veterans and people with disabilities can put food on the table. 

Last month, House Republicans passed a partisan budget bill that cut nearly $290 billion from SNAP – a program that is under the jurisdiction of the House Committee on Agriculture.


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Jordan Interchange Groundbreaking
May 28, 2025

JORDAN, MN – Today, U.S. Representative Angie Craig (MN-02), Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Tina Smith (D-MN) and Governor Tim Walz joined statewide and local officials to break ground on the US 169 & Highway 282/County Highway 9 Interchange Project in Scott County. 


May 21, 2025

WASHINGTON — During an hours-long spending bill debate Wednesday, U.S. Representative Angie Craig (D-MN) strongly criticized proposed Republican-led cuts to the nutrition title of the Farm Bill, which she emphasized is a crucial part of the bill. She argued that these cuts—she said amounting to $313 billion—would jeopardize the entire Farm Bill and disproportionately harm vulnerable populations, including children, veterans, and seniors.

Specifically, Craig pointed to South Carolina.


May 21, 2025

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Representatives Angie Craig (D-MN) and Ashley Hinson (R-IA) led 26 of their bipartisan colleagues in calling on the Administration to expand annual Renewable Volumes Obligations for biomass-based diesel in their upcoming rulemaking for 2026.

In a letter to President Donald Trump, the Members urged the Administration to support a strong Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) by adopting timely, robust blending requirements in the upcoming “Set 2” rule establishing Renewable Volume Obligations (RVOs) for 2026 and beyond.


May 8, 2025

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, during Small Business Week, U.S. Representative Angie Craig re-introduced her bill to cut taxes for small businesses and put more money back into Minnesotans’ pockets. 

 Rep. Craig’s Small Business Tax Relief Act will cut the corporate tax rate for small businesses to 18%, increase the self-employment tax deduction for small business owners and help reduce the national deficit.


May 6, 2025

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Representative Angie Craig led 89 of her Congressional colleagues in blasting the Administration’s decision to eliminate critical Head Start programs that promote early childhood development and ease the burden of child care on working families. 

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May 2, 2025

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Representative Angie Craig (MN-02) and Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Tina Smith (D-MN) demanded answers from the Administration about the status of key renewable energy projects that help Minnesota farmers and small businesses lower their costs.  


April 28, 2025

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Representative Angie Craig recently introduced a bipartisan bill to eliminate tax breaks for pharmaceutical companies on prescription drug advertising. The bipartisan No Handouts for Drug Advertisements Act would eliminate the tax deduction companies can claim for pharmaceutical marketing and promotional expenses related to advertising on television, radio, social media and other common platforms.