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Today, U.S. Rep. Angie Craig, a member of the House Small Business Committee, introduced key legislation that would allow small businesses who have received Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans to apply for a second round of PPP funding to keep their small businesses going.
Today, Rep. Angie Craig, a member of the House Small Business Committee, announced the Small Business Administration has re-opened their Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL) after she and her colleagues from the Small Business Committee authored a letter pushing them to do so.
The letter also pushed for increased transparency to understand where the loans have given the help intended to reach small businesses.
Today, U.S. Rep. Angie Craig released a letter calling on the Administration to expedite the implementation of her legislation, The Payment Integrity Information Act, signed into law on March 2, 2020. After receiving reports that constituents in the Second Congressional District were receiving economic stimulus checks for their dead relatives while it took far too long for other folks to get necessary relief, Rep. Craig is working to put a stop to the chaotic distribution.
Today, U.S. Rep Angie Craig, a co-founder of the bipartisan Congressional Supply Chain Caucus, convened family farmers, medical manufacturers and a supply chain expert from the University of Minnesota for a discussion about the issues supply chains are currently facing due to COVID-19 impacts.
Today, U.S. Rep. Angie Craig, a member of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, announced key Second District transportation priorities included in the newly released Investing in aNew Vision for the Environment and Surface Transportation in America (INVEST) Act.
U.S. Rep. Angie Craig, a member of the House Small Business Committee, today helped to pass the Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act (H.R. 7010) to immediately fix the challenges businesses have in the Paycheck Protection Program.
The Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act would:
Today, U.S. Rep. Angie Craig issued the below statement in recognition of Memorial Day.
"I ask everyone to join me in honoring those who have given their lives in selfless sacrifice to uphold our American ideals and allow us to live with the freedom and opportunity to earn a good life. Today we lovingly honor those who have made the ultimate sacrifice and their families as we thank them from the bottom of our hearts."
Today, U.S. Rep. Angie Craig joined more than 125 bipartisan Members of Congress in a letter to President Donald Trump, Secretary of Defense Mark Esper, and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Peter Gaynor calling on the administration to ensure National Guard personnel who are serving on the front lines of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) response efforts across the nation receive the federal benefits they have earned.
Today, U.S. Reps. Angie Craig (D-MN) and Dusty Johnson (R-SD) introduced the Small Packer Overtime and Holiday Fee Relief COVID-19 Act to support small meatpacking plants working overtime during COVID-19. Amid large plant closures, small packing plants have extended hours to ensure our supply chain keeps moving – this comes with added costs.
U.S. Rep Angie Craig, a member of the House Small Business Committee, today continued her push for changes to the small business loan programs to help struggling businesses, especially restaurants and retail outlets hit hardest by the economic consequences of the pandemic.
Rep. Craig is calling on her colleagues to set politics and grandstanding aside and pass the Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act immediately to fix the challenges businesses have in the Paycheck Protection Program and Economic Disaster Injury Loans. Craig is a co-sponsor of this bill.