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This week, Congresswoman Angie Craig (MN-02) and Congressman Jeff Fortenberry (NE-01) introduced Matt's Act, a bill addressing high insulin prices. By eliminating the role that middlemen, pharmacy benefits managers (PBMs) play in increased drug costs, this legislation rethinks insulin pricing by allowing patients without insurance to purchase insulin at the net rate and capping copays for patients with insurance. Currently, the estimated 358,093 Minnesotans who live with diabetes spend between $1,200 and $20,000 annually on insulin.

U.S. Rep. Craig had two critical amendments included in today's bipartisan passage of the National Defense Administration Act (NDAA). The first is a $30 million increase in support services for active duty Army families. The bill also includes Craig's bipartisan Seeding Rural Resilience Act, which would increase rural mental health services.

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.