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WASHINGTON, DC — Last night, at a House Small Business Committee markup, U.S. Representative Angie Craig and her colleagues voted to advance legislation that included a relief grant program for struggling restaurants, wrapping up a months-long effort to provide support to small businesses across the country. Among other provisions, the package advanced by the House Small Business Committee included $25 billion for the creation of the Restaurants Revitalization Fund, which would provide financial support to struggling food and drinking establishments.

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Representative Angie Craig released a letter to Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Acting Director Rob Fairweather requesting full funding of the Safeguarding Tomorrow through Ongoing Risk Mitigation Act of 2020 (STORM Act) which was signed into law by President Trump on January 1, 2021. This bipartisan disaster mitigation bill aims to help communities across the country prepare for and rebuild from extreme weather events.

WASHINGTON, DC — Today, House Small Business Committee Members Angie Craig and Dean Phillips were joined by Rep. Betty McCollum, and U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar and Tina Smith in urging Congressional leaders to include direct financial support to restaurants in the upcoming COVID-19 relief package or as a standalone bill. In a letter addressed to Congressional leaders in both parties, the lawmakers called for a targeted grant relief program, as outlined in the RESTAURANTS Act, to be made a top priority in future negotiations.

WASHINGTON, DC — Today, U.S. Representative Angie Craig and U.S. Senator Tina Smith called on Congressional leadership to broaden the definition of a qualifying dependent in the upcoming COVID-19 relief package, arguing that a failure to do so would prevent many families from receiving the benefits to which they are entitled. In previous relief bills signed into law, many children, including dependents over the age of 16 and full time students claimed as dependents, were excluded from receiving direct payments from the federal government.

WASHINGTON, DC – This week, U.S. Representative Angie Craig joined a bipartisan group of her colleagues as an original cosponsor of legislation to address longstanding financial challenges at the United States Postal Service (USPS). In recent years, operating deficits at USPS have grown, largely due to a law passed in 2006 which required the agency to prefund the health care benefits of future retirees – a burdensome requirement that is not imposed on any other federal agency or private entity.

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Representative Angie Craig joined legislation to invest $15 billion in our nation's workforce training system, which will help support millions of workers who have lost their jobs or are under-employed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Relaunching America's Workforce Act authorizes funding to provide essential career services and help workers attain additional skills and credentials as the economy emerges from its deepest decline since the Great Depression.

WASHINGTON, DC — Last week, Representative Angie Craig joined Representative Rosa DeLauro and Senator Patty Murray as an original cosponsor in reintroducing the bipartisan Paycheck Fairness Act, legislation that would strengthen the Equal Pay Act of 1963, help eliminate the gender wage gap and guarantee that women can challenge pay discrimination and hold employers accountable.

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Representative Angie Craig introduced the Halt Unchecked Member Benefits with Lobbying Elimination (HUMBLE) Act, which would permanently ban Members of Congress from serving as lobbyists and require them to sell individual stocks upon being sworn in. The HUMBLE Act also restricts unnecessary perks for Members, including a ban on taxpayer funded first-class airline accommodations. Representative Craig previously introduced this critical reform legislation in the 116^th Congress.