Today, House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Angie Craig (D-MN-02) announced that Representatives Salud Carbajal (D-CA-24) and Chellie Pingree (D-ME-01) will serve on the Committee for the 119th Congress. “I am happy to welcome Congressman Carbajal and Congresswoman Pingree back to the Agriculture Committee for the 119th Congress. Their voices are crucial to our work serving America’s family ... Read More »
WASHINGTON – Today, House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Angie Craig (D-MN-02) released the following statement after voting against the House Republican budget resolution that betrayed the middle class by deeply cutting Medicaid and SNAP to pay for tax breaks for billionaires and large corporations. “Today, House Republicans voted to increase the national debt, cut health care for children,... Read More »
EAGAN, MN – Congresswoman Angie Craig (D-MN-02), ranking member of the House Agriculture Committee, and Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, are pressing the Administration for answers following actions — including a stop work order — that halted delivery and distribution of hundreds of millions of metric tons of American-gro... Read More »
Today, House Committee Ranking Member Angie Craig (D-MN-02) released the following statement regarding the Honorable Brooke Rollins’ Senate confirmation as the Secretary of Agriculture. “I congratulate Secretary Rollins on her confirmation. Secretary Rollins begins her new role at a critical time for American agriculture. Family farmers are struggling with high input costs and low prices; tariffs ... Read More »
Today, House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Angie Craig announced subcommittee vice ranking members for the committee. “Today, I am pleased to announce the vice ranking members of our subcommittees. I look forward to working with them to work toward getting a farm bill that boosts our rural communities and creates opportunities in farm country and beyond.” Rep. Nikki Budzinski (IL-13), vice ... Read More »
Today, House Committee Ranking Member Angie Craig (D-MN-02) released the following statement in response to the House Republicans’ budget resolution which appears to call for $230 billion in cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). “A bipartisan farm bill has always been a coalition between the farmers who produce the food and Americans who need a helping hand. Today, it appea... Read More »
Today, House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Angie Craig delivered the following opening statement at today's full committee hearing titled "Examining the Economic Crisis in Farm Country." Watch the full meeting here. Thank you, Chairman Thompson for organizing this extremely timely hearing on the economic crisis in farm country. Thank you to my colleagues on both sides of the aisle for your ... Read More »
Today, House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Angie Craig (D-MN-02), Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-ME-01) and House Appropriations Agriculture Subcommittee Ranking Member Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA-02) demanded answers from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) over the Trump administration’s illegal federal funding freeze – which is already causing significant harm to America’s farme... Read More »
Today, House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Angie Craig released the following statement regarding the unelected billionaire Elon Musk’s barrage of attacks on the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). “U.S.-run international food assistance programs provide critical business for American farmers and the entire agricultural supply chain. There are currently over 550 million metri... Read More »
Today, House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Angie Craig released the following statement in response to President Trump’s decision to place across-the-board 25 percent tariffs on products imported from Canada and Mexico, and 10 percent tariffs on Canadian energy products. “No one wins in a trade war. The last time President Trump started a trade war, costs went up for America’s family farmer... Read More »
Today, House Agriculture Ranking Member Angie Craig released the following statement in response to a poorly written and vague memo from the Office of Management and Budget declaring that federal loan and grant programs must cease operations by 5 PM EST on January 28, 2025. “I am hearing questions and concerns from across the farm bill coalition. People want to know if farm loans will be disrupted... Read More »
Today, House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Angie Craig released the following statement in response to President Donald Trump’s firing of inspectors general of at least a dozen federal agencies: “This midnight purge of inspector generals, including at the USDA, is alarming and unprecedented. While the president has the right to replace inspector generals, the late-night firing of these inde... Read More »
Today, House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Angie Craig joined House Committee Ranking Members in a letter to President Donald Trump condemning his attempted late-night purge of at least 12 independent inspectors general, which appears to have violated federal law designed to protect their work from political interference and intimidation. The Ranking Members wrote: “We write to express our ... Read More »
House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Angie Craig delivered the following opening statement at today's organization meeting for the 119th Congress. Watch the full meeting here. [As prepared for delivery] Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I am excited to get to work! As the granddaughter of an Arkansas bean, rice, and cotton farmer, agriculture is in my blood. My grandfather lost the farm in the 1980s ... Read More »
House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Angie Craig (MN-02) and Chairman Glenn “GT” Thompson (PA-15) issued the following statement after organizing the committee for the 119th Congress: “Today, the House Agriculture Committee officially organized for the 119th Congress, and is now ready to tackle the many challenges facing America’s farmers, ranchers, and rural communities. From market volatil... Read More »
