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.
"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."
There are now federal loans available to help small businesses dealing with the impact of COVID-19. Minnesota congresswoman Angie Craig (DFL) is holding a webinar at 6:30 Tuesday evening, discussing available assistance.
Minnesotans in Congress lined up Friday behind the $2.2 trillion stimulus package to battle the COVID-19 pandemic, even as they looked ahead to what else is needed to respond to the crisis.
Gaps in the medical industry supply chain, emergency preparedness and access to broadband internet have all surfaced as the coronavirus pandemic has swept across the U.S. Those were among the topics that U.S. Rep. Angie Craig, D-Eagan, and Dakota County officials touched on during a town hall meeting on Facebook Live on Saturday morning, as people were able to pass along the comments and questions online.
“What happened over the weekend, you know, it’ll be someone else to determine whether or not there was insider trading involved,” said Rep. Angie Craig, who represents Minnesota’s Second District. “But the real question is, why in the world would members of Congress be allowed to trade individual stocks?”
Rep. Angie Craig Wednesday sent a letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Minority Leader Chuck Schumer urging for the inclusion of small and mid-sized communities in the Senate new coronavirus relief package, through the State Stabilization Fund.