In hopes of giving those communities a hand up, Rep. Angie Craig, DFL-Eagan, has introduced the Small Cities and Towns Investment Act. If enacted, Craig’s plan would create an annual $10 billion block grant program for communities with fewer than 30,000 residents.
US. Rep. Angie Craig will hold a virtual town hall with constituents focused on the coronavirus pandemic at 6 p.m. Thursday, April 16 streamed live on Craig's Facebook page, to allow constituents to ask questions about the coronavirus while staying home.
"In the middle of a pandemic, we need to look out for our working families and make sure we are doing everything we can to provide financial support to those most in need," said Minnesota representative Angie Craig, who authored the All Dependents Count Act, in a statement when the bill was introduced. "When I learned that we were leaving out dependents over 17 and students up to age 24 as well as the disabled, I knew we needed to introduce legislation to fix this immediately. I urge the House to take up this legislation as quickly as possible or to correct this retroactively to the CARES Act in the next bill."
Craig stressed during the meeting that she understands the need for internet access throughout the Second Congressional District. She stated, “I am certainly prioritizing a huge investment in broadband through this next spending bill.”
Durand spoke during a Rural Impact Round Table hosted by U.S. Rep. Angie Craig, MN-2, who brought together rural leaders from cities, hospitals, transportation, schools and farming to talk about what might be needed next as communities struggle to survive the COVID-19 pandemic.
Craig’s staff have taken an active role in helping Minnesotans to return home. According to Craig, her office has helped Minnesotans stranded in Ecuador, Germany, Guatemala, Peru and the Philippines to return home.
District 55A Rep. Brad Tabke, D-Shakopee, and U.S. Congresswoman Angie Craig, who represents all of Scott County, held a virtual town hall meeting March 31 to discuss novel coronavirus updates and how the COVID-19 relief bill will affect Shakopee individuals and businesses.
Minnesota Representative Angie Craig is leading an effort that would include dependent adults, including college students and people with disabilities, in the federally-issued stimulus checks.
Against this backdrop, the conversation around whether members of Congress should own or trade in individual stocks at all is suddenly a live topic. Over the past few weeks, a bill authored by Congresswoman Angie Craig— the Halt Unchecked Member Benefits With Lobbying Elimination, or HUMBLE, Act—that would bar members of Congress from owning individual stocks, along with other anti-corruption measures, has gained traction.
On Thursday, U.S. Rep. Angie Craig and 86 other bipartisan members of Congress introduced the All Dependent Children Count Act which would expand the definition of a dependent for the recovery rebates for individual sections of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act to include: children younger than 19, students 24 and younger and no age limit for dependents who are disabled.
