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WASHINGTON, DC – This week, U.S. Representatives Angie Craig and Greg Pence (R-IN) led a bipartisan letter urging the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to support America's rural communities in the second round of funding for the Commission's COVID-19 Telehealth Program.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Representatives Angie Craig (MN-02) Gwen Moore, (WI-04), Joe Morelle (NY-25) and Marc Veasey (TX-33) introduced legislation that would use savings from Medicare prescription drug negotiations to lower Medicare Part D costs for low-income seniors.
WASHINGTON, DC – This week, U.S. Representative Angie Craig sent a letter to President Biden outlining her concerns related to the Administration's recent actions taken against employees who disclosed past cannabis use on employee background checks. In the letter, Representative Craig urges the President to clarify employment policies at the White House and remove past cannabis use as a potential disqualifier.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Representatives Angie Craig (D-MN) and Pete Stauber (R-MN) introduced the bipartisan Supporting Apprenticeship Colleges Act of 2021 to provide grants to eligible apprenticeship colleges throughout the country to expand and support enrollment. The apprenticeship programs that would be eligible for grants in this bill are federally accredited institutions that are often left out of traditional higher education grant programs despite the important work they do to prepare students for high-demand jobs.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Representative Angie Craig led a letter pressing Small Business Administration Administrator Isabel Guzman on staffing concerns at the agency and Guzman's plans to effectively prepare the SBA to implement the programs included in the recently-enacted American Rescue Plan Act. The letter emphasizes the need to assess the SBA's hiring practices and customer service systems in order to deliver on the promises made to small businesses in Minnesota and across the country.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Representative Angie Craig spoke with Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack about her agricultural priorities in the 117th Congress – including direct payments to struggling farmers, support for Minnesota's biofuels industry and efforts to rebuild and strengthen America's supply chains.
WASHINGTON, DC — Today, U.S. Representative Angie Craig questioned Facebook Chairman and CEO Mark Zuckerberg about the social media company's inconsistent and ineffective policies on monitoring hate speech. The hearing, entitled "Disinformation Nation: Social Media's Role in Promoting Extremism and Misinformation," focused on big tech's role in generating and amplifying false and inflammatory information to its online audiences.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, legislation introduced by U.S. Representatives Angie Craig (D-MN) and Brian Mast (R-FL) to reduce water pollution in local communities advanced through the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
The Local Water Protection Act would reauthorize 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 — Yesterday, U.S. Representative Angie Craig testified in front of the House Ways & Means Committee on Democratic accomplishments and outstanding priorities in the 117th Congress.
WASHINGTON, DC — Today, U.S. Representative Angie Craig questioned health care experts on the effectiveness of reinsurance programs at bringing down the cost of health care premiums for enrollees. Earlier this year, Craig reintroduced the State Health Care Premium Reduction Act, which would help states create their own reinsurance programs. In response to Craig's questions, Katie Keith, an Associate Research Professor at Georgetown University, confirmed that reinsurance programs had been widely successful in lowering the cost of premiums for customers.