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Today, U.S. Rep. Angie Craig spoke on the House floor urging leadership to include her bipartisan and bicameral bill aimed to require an examination of the health and economic impacts of skyrocketing insulin prices. The bipartisan bill would require the government to study and report the scope of the problems created across healthcare by the rise in insulin costs, which are up more than 600% in recent years and have increasingly led to patient rationing of the drug.
Yesterday, Rep. Angie Craig (MN-02) and Rep. Pete Stauber (MN-08) introduced the Stop Coronavirus Scams Act in a bipartisan effort to crack down on the rising number of scams occurring during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Stop Coronavirus Scams Act would double the maximum forfeiture penalty, criminal fine, and term of imprisonment for anyone who attempts to wrongfully obtain anything of value from individuals by using false COVID-19 related information.
This afternoon, U.S. Rep. Craig introduced the Ryan Frascone Memorial Student Loan Relief Act of 2020, which would release all cosigners on all private student loans upon a student's death.
Today, Rep. Angie Craig, a member of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, passed H.R.7575, the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2020 out of Committee with overwhelming bipartisan support.
"Farmers, families and communities across my district depend on the Mississippi River for their economic livelihoods," said Rep. Angie Craig. "I am proud WRDA 2020 includes essential funding that communities and businesses rely on to export their goods, drive economic growth and effectively respond to floods."
Today, U.S. Rep. Angie Craig brought career and technical education leaders together to discuss how a focus on career and technical education will be needed to rebuild the economy following the COVID-19 pandemic.
Today, U.S. Rep. Angie Craig was one of three members of Congress to give remarks at The Hill's Virtual Health Care Summit, where she spoke about the problem facing our health care system today: if health care isn't affordable, it isn't accessible.
You can watch her remarks here.
Today, U.S. Reps. Angie Craig (MN-02) and Pete Stauber (MN-08) introduced bipartisan legislation, the Supporting Apprenticeship Colleges Act of 2020.
This bill would provide assistance to apprenticeship colleges throughout the country. As these colleges bestow an Associate's Degree and a Registered Apprenticeship, they are federally accredited institutions but are often left out of traditional higher education grant programs while they prepare students for the most in-demand jobs available.
Today, U.S. Rep. Angie Craig hosted policymakers and real estate professionals to learn more about and to collaborate on the best ways to address racial disparities in homeownership in Minnesota.
Today, U.S. Rep. Angie Craig hosted public health experts from the University of Minnesota and community health clinics as well as county public health officials and hospital leadership to talk about the need to address health inequities.
Today, U.S. Rep. Angie Craig, a member of the Small Business Committee, brought local chambers from across the Second Congressional District together in the second of two critical conversations about the effectiveness of federal small business relief and the reopening of the economy.