Angie Craig

I urge all of my colleagues to support this, and I reserve the balance of my time as well.

I include in the Record a letter of support for H.R. 1331 from Trout Unlimited. Trout Unlimited, Arlington, VA, April 8, 2019. Re Trout Unlimited supports HR 1331, The Local Water Protection Act. Hon. Angie Craig, House of Representatives…

I urge my colleagues to support the legislation, and I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the gentlewoman from Minnesota (Mrs. Craig) that the House suspend the rules and…

I encourage all of my colleagues to support this legislation, and I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the gentlewoman from Minnesota (Mrs. Craig) that the House suspend the…

As mother of four, the wife of an educator, and the daughter of a teacher, I know that we should never underestimate the power of a high-quality education. In the nearly 40 years since the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act was…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 37, line 21, insert ``(a) In General.--'' before ``Section 304''. Page 39, after line 19, insert the…

We have an urgent problem that we must immediately find common ground on to solve. If healthcare isn't affordable, it is not accessible. That is why I led the introduction of the State Health Care Premium Reduction Act, a bill to lower the…

We are working hard to have those conversations about how we can bring rural broadband, high-speed internet to every single part of America.

I have worked with my Republican colleague, Representative Brian Mast of Florida, and we have introduced a bill that would reauthorize this program for the first time since it was established.

nonpoint source water pollution is a big problem across the country. It comes from multiple sources...

Our bill is expected to lower premiums for individuals by approximately 10 percent.

I am committed to bringing attention to LGBTQ+ civil rights issues in agriculture and in youth organizations.

I worked in business for over 22 years, so I am new to government here.

I have supported a freshman bill called The Shutdown to End All Shutdowns.

So I was sworn into the United States Congress 12 days into this shutdown, and since 1996, we have had 22 continuing resolutions and 10 Government shutdowns.

I was proud to be joined by Katie Brenny at the State of the Union Address this week, a fifth-generation cattle farmer from Mazeppa, Minnesota. In order to maintain their farm, Katie and her husband, Ted, work day jobs to afford healthcare…

Like many of my colleagues, I came to Washington to work across the aisle and create economic opportunities for Minnesota families. Since I have gotten here, I have regularly met with Democrats and Republicans to discuss the issues so many…

Today, air traffic controllers in a regional facility in Farmington continue to work without pay, while support staff is furloughed. Adding insult to injury, in the last few hours, they received regularly scheduled earnings statements that…

I am filing at the desk today an amendment to the emergency supplemental that will be coming over, or is already here, from the House to reinsert a provision that the Senate put in our version of the emergency supplemental before it went…

Though the origin of Father's Day is not clear, fathers throughout the United States are made to feel special by their children every year, on the third Sunday in June. Sunday, June 15, marks my 24th year as Dad to Mike, Jay and Shae. And…

this Saturday, June 14, our Nation celebrates Flag Day. It was on this day 231 years ago that the Second Continental Congress officially adopted the red, white, and blue flag to serve as an icon for our newly formed Nation. Living and…

while the Senate majority leader is still on the floor, I want to talk about a fire that happened in his State just a few years ago because I was directly involved with that Senator in recognizing the dead and dying conditions of the Tahoe…

I pay tribute to Dr. James S. Holt, who passed away on April 28, 2008. Dr. Holt was known to many Members of this Senate because of the outstanding contributions he made to developing sound Federal public policy related to agriculture…

the reason I am speaking at this moment on the floor is that an event happened this week in Bonneville County, ID, in southeastern Idaho, that I think is significant not only to this Nation but ultimately to the world. A global nuclear…

I do recognize that. I do appreciate what our military has said. I also understand a few years ago we took offline a naval training area in Vieques. Why? It was no longer a popular thing to do. If there is oil under this area--and we…