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WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Representative Angie Craig cosponsored H.R.3807, the Restaurant Revitalization Fund Replenishment Act, which would provide $60 billion to replenish the Restaurant Revitalization Fund (RRF) – a program designed to support local bars, restaurants and eateries that were impacted by COVID-19.

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the Local Water Protection Act, authored by U.S. Representatives Angie Craig (D-MN) and Brian Mast (R-FL), passed the House of Representatives with overwhelming bipartisan support. The legislation aims to reduce water pollution in local communities by reauthorizing an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) grant program that provides funds for states to develop and implement programs for managing nonpoint source water pollution, or pollution from diffuse sources including runoff from farms, managed forests and urban areas.

WASHINGTON, DC — Today, in a House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing, U.S. Representative Angie Craig questioned public health experts on the Biden Administration's ongoing efforts to equitably distribute and administer the COVID-19 vaccine. At the hearing, Craig applauded the historic achievement of delivering more than 309 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine – made possible by the $7.5 billion provided to the Centers for Disease Control for vaccine distribution and administration.

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.