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Today, U.S. Rep. Angie Craig was joined by Congresswoman Betty McCollum, South St. Paul Mayor Jimmy Francis and local elected officials to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment in South St. Paul.
South St. Paul is a historic place for today's celebration to take place. Shortly after its ratification on August 18, 1920, South St. Paul's Marguerite Newburgh became the first woman to vote in the United States after the passage of the 19th Amendment.
U.S. Rep. Angie Craig and Senator Tina Smith were joined by U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and Reps. Dean Phillips (MN-3), Ilhan Omar (MN-5) and Betty McCollum (MN-4) as they introduced bicameral legislation to help high school students in Minnesota who have lost jobs due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
Today, U.S. Rep. Angie Craig sent a letter to Postmaster General Louis DeJoy and Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie, Jr. asking them to urgently set aside political games and prioritize delivering mail, including prescription drugs to America's veterans.
Today, U.S. Rep. Angie Craig announced $2.8 million in grants will go to improve and modernize the Burnsville Bus Garage. The Burnsville Bus Garage is part of the Minnesota Valley Transit Authority, which provides public transportation services in Dakota and Scott counties. Rep. Craig has previously toured this site and wrote to the Federal Transit Administration in March in support of this funding.
Today, U.S. Rep. Angie Craig, Sen. Tina Smith were joined by health expert Andy Slavitt during a briefing to discuss their bipartisan bill to create a national coronavirus (COVID-19) testing and contact-tracing strategy in partnership with states.
Today, U.S. Rep. Angie Craig introduced the bipartisan and bicameral Suppress COVID-19 Act to provide states with the support they need to eliminate the spread of COVID-19. Rep. Phil Roe (TN-01) is also a lead author. In the Senate, the bill is carried by Sens. Tina Smith (D-MN) and Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA).
U.S. Rep. Angie Craig has fought for small businesses and hard-working Minnesotans since her first day in Congress. Today she continued her push in securing $2 billion for Career, Technical and Adult Education, an increase of $25 million from last year.
Craig recently convened career and technical education (CTE) leaders to discuss how a focus on career and technical education will be neededas we rebuild our economy for those who are currently unemployed and may not have a job to return to.
U.S. Rep. Angie Craig secured several key provisions to expand access to affordable, high-quality healthcare in the House appropriations package that passed last week.
Rep. Craig successfully pushed to include:
U.S. Rep. Angie Craig's push for increased special education was included in the education appropriations package with an increase of $194 million above last year's funding, for a total of $1.4 billion. Her bipartisan push for the federal government to fulfill its promise continues as she joins 73 colleagues urging House leadership to include strong funding in the next COVID-19 relief package for the Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act (IDEA) to help our schools properly support students with disabilities.
Today, the House passed annual funding legislation that includes key provisions Rep. Craig urged leadership to incorporate on behalf of the people of Minnesota's Second District.
"I am proud to work across the aisle with anyone in Congress who will sit down and work on solutions to the issues hard-working Minnesotans face every day," said Rep. Craig. "Today's bill provides much-needed funding for medical research, special education and infrastructure – including rural broadband."