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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.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Representatives Angie Craig (D-MN) and Chris Pappas (D-NH) sent a letter asking House Appropriators not to include a potential pay raise for Members of Congress in upcoming appropriations legislation. In the 116th Congress, House Appropriators proposed a $4,500 pay raise for Members of Congress in fiscal year 2020, which was later blocked by Rep. Craig and other new Members.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Representative Angie Craig released the following statement on this morning's ruling from the Supreme Court in the Fulton v. Philadelphia case:
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Representative Angie Craig released the following statement after being named as one of the eight Members appointed to the Select Committee on Economic Disparity & Fairness in Growth:
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Representatives Angie Craig (D-MN), Roger Williams (R-TX), Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA), and Dean Phillips (D-MN) led more than 200 of their House colleagues in a bipartisan letter to Administrator Isabel Guzman of the Small Business Administration urging immediate action to stabilize and improve the Shuttered Venue Operators Grant (SVOG) program, which provides emergency assistance grants to venues that were unable to operate during the COVID-19 pandemic.