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WASHINGTON, DC — Today, U.S. Representative Angie Craig announced that seven of her Member Designated Projects submitted on behalf of communities in Minnesota's Second Congressional District were included in the INVEST in America Act, a transformative five-year, $547 billion surface transportation reauthorization bill. If ultimately signed into law, the projects combined would bring $15,815,000 in direct federal funding to communities across the District.

CANNON FALLS, MN – Today, U.S. Representative Angie Craig convened her Farmer Advisory Council at the Cannon Falls VFW to discuss pressing issues in agriculture and focus on bipartisan, commonsense solutions to address them. Representative Craig first assembled the group in 2019 to bring together farmers, producers and agriculture advocates from Minnesota's Second District to serve as experts on issues facing Minnesota farmers. Today's meeting was the first of the 117th Congress.

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Representatives Angie Craig (D-MN), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) and Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY) led 100 of their colleagues in a bipartisan letter to House leadership pushing for replenishment of the Restaurant Revitalization Fund (RRF) program to meet current demand.

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.