Angie Craig: “I have no further speakers and I am prepared to close. I reserve the balance of my time.”

Of course, in the primary, people want to point out the few votes I’ve taken against Democrats.

But the only way we pass any of the progressive policies that all of us here support is by winning elections and taking damn majorities.

I know how to do that, but we also have to be able to reach across the aisle to get things done.

As I stood at the Whipple detention center, as I met with constituents who were being literally rounded up by ICE in Minnesota under Operation Metro Surge, I couldn’t help but regret giving this administration any additional authority.