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WASHINGTON, DC — Today, U.S. Representative Angie Craig cosponsored the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement (MORE) Act, one of the most comprehensive marijuana reform bills ever introduced in the U.S. Congress. Following efforts led by states across the nation, the MORE Act decriminalizes marijuana at the federal level. The bill also aims to correct the historical injustices of failed drug policies that have disproportionately impacted communities of color and low-income communities by requiring resentencing and expungement of prior convictions.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Representatives Angie Craig (D-MN) and Randy Feenstra (R-IA-04) introduced the Small Refinery Exemption Clarification Act of 2021. The bipartisan legislation would clarify that only oil refineries that have been continuously receiving small refinery exemptions (SREs) since 2011 would be eligible to petition for extensions of renewable fuel blending requirement exemptions.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Representative Craig announced that her submission for the City of Shakopee to receive federal funding was officially approved by the Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Related Agencies. The project, which was awarded $3.5 million, is now officially included in the Subcommittee's Fiscal Year 2022 funding bill, which will soon head to the full Appropriations Committee for approval.
WASHINGTON, DC — Today, U.S. Representative Angie Craig helped to pass the INVEST in America Act, a transformational surface transportation and water infrastructure bill that would modernize America's infrastructure while driving economic opportunity for American workers in Minnesota and across the country. The bipartisan, $715 billion package is designed to help meet President Biden's vision – as laid out in the American Jobs Plan – by investing in roads, bridges, transit, rail, drinking water and wastewater infrastructure.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Representative Craig announced that her submission for the City of Zumbrota to receive $448,000 was officially approved by the Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Related Agencies. The project is now officially included in the Subcommittee's Fiscal Year 2022 funding bill, which will soon head to the full Appropriations Committee for approval.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Representative Craig announced that her submission for Goodhue County to receive federal support for its efforts to expand high-speed broadband access to rural and underserved communities was officially approved by the Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies. The project, which was awarded $3.21 million, is now officially included in the Subcommittee's Fiscal Year 2022 funding bill, which will soon head to the full Appropriations Committee for approval.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Representative Angie Craig honored the heroic actions of a Shakopee constituent on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the co-chairs of the bipartisan House Biofuels Caucus—Rep. Angie Craig (MN-02), Rep. Cindy Axne (IA-03), Rep. Rodney Davis (IL-13), Rep. Dusty Johnson (SD-AL), Rep. Mark Pocan (WI-02), and Rep. Adrian Smith (NE-03)—released the following statement after the Supreme Court weakened the RFS at the expense of family farmers and biofuels producers in rural America in HollyFrontier Cheyenne Refining, LLC v. Renewable Fuels Association:
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Representative Angie Craig announced the kickoff of the 2021 Congressional App Challenge for students in Minnesota's Second Congressional District. The Congressional App Challenge was started in 2015 to provide students with the opportunity to showcase their talents in tech and coding while highlighting the importance of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education in our schools. The winner from Minnesota's Second District will have their app featured on the Congressional App Challenge website, displayed in the U.S.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Representative Angie Craig hosted Rob Tate, a fifth-generation family farmer from Cannon Falls, at a House Agriculture General Farm Commodities & Risk Management Subcommittee hearing. Mr. Tate provided key testimony on the importance of the farm safety net for producers in Minnesota's Second Congressional District and across the country that have been dealing with extreme volatility over the last few years.