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Today, U.S. Rep. Angie Craig's budget amendments that prioritize funding for flood damage research, data collection, and infrastructure resilience were adopted by the House.

Today, U.S. Reps. Angie Craig and Pete Stauber continued their bipartisan push for the federal government to meet its obligation to fully fund special education for Minnesota schools. The two introduced an amendment to a House spending package that stresses the importance of state grants under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. The amendment was adopted by the House this morning, and the package itself provides over $14 billion for special education, a nearly 8% increase over the 2019 enacted level.

Today, amendments to a House spending package that U.S. Rep. Angie Craig introduced to stress the importance of special education funding, career and technical education, and rural healthcare were adopted by the House.

Rep. Craig came to Congress to fight for economic opportunity for Minnesota families - that's why she introduced amendments to prioritize funding for special education and Perkins grants, as well as an amendment to increase funding for rural healthcare programs.

Following U.S. Rep Angie Craig's introduction of the Feed Emergency Enhancement During Disasters (FEEDD) Act with U.S. Rep. Dusty Johnson, several Minnesota agriculture stakeholders expressed their support for the bipartisan bill that would give farmers and ranchers additional emergency flexibility and help alleviate feed concerns.

Today U.S. Representatives Angie Craig (D-MN-02) and Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.) introduced the bipartisan Feed Emergency Enhancement During Disasters Act (FEEDD Act). The FEEDD Act will provide farmers and ranchers additional emergency flexibility to help alleviate feed shortages during planting seasons with high levels of prevent plant due to extreme moisture or drought.

Today, U.S. Rep. Angie Craig continued her push to clean up Washington by opposing a proposed pay increase for Members of Congress.

A spending package from House Democrats expected on the floor this week would allow for a pay raise for Members of Congress in fiscal year 2020. Rep. Craig introduced an amendment that would insert language into this package that would explicitly prohibit this raise.

Today, U.S. Rep Angie Craig announced she is a cosponsor of the bipartisan Every Child Deserves a Family Act, a bill introduced this week that would prohibit discrimination against LGBTQ adoptive parents and foster youth in the foster care system.

After visiting the farm of Brad Hovel in Cannon Falls, and hearing about the importance of biofuels production in Minnesota's farm economy, U.S. Rep. Angie Craig continued her fight for stability in the biofuels market by submitting a statement for the record to the House Ways and Means Committee. Rep. Craig urged the Committee to swiftly extend the biodiesel tax credit for biodiesel facilities, providing market certainty for Minnesota farmers.