Last night, House Agriculture Committee Republicans advanced their unpopular budget bill, which cuts $300 billion from basic needs food assistance programs that help feed hungry Americans.
The Republican budget would make food more expensive for parents struggling to afford groceries for their children, seniors living on fixed incomes, veterans and people with disabilities, to fund tax… Read more »
Today, House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Angie Craig (MN-02) released the following statement after the committee advanced the largest cut to food assistance in American history in their partisan reconciliation bill.
“While Democrats showed up to this two-day hearing ready to work, Republicans hardly showed up at all. When their seats weren’t empty, they were… Read more »
Today, House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Angie Craig (MN-02) published an op-ed in the MinnPost. Read the full op-ed here and an excerpt below.
“The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), which helps over 42 million Americans keep food on the table, is on Trump’s chopping block. SNAP provides only around $6 a day to help people meet their basic food needs.… Read more »
Today, House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Angie Craig (MN-02) delivered the following opening statement at the full committee markup of the Republicans' partisan reconciliation bill. The bill, which makes $300 billion cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), will take food away from millions of American seniors, children, veterans and people… Read more »
Today, House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Angie Craig (MN-02) released the following statement after House Republicans unveiled their bill to decimate the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and take food assistance away from millions of seniors, children, veterans and people with disabilities.
“With American families feeling anxious about the economy and… Read more »
Today, House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Angie Craig (MN-02), Vice Ranking Member Shontel Brown (OH-11), Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture Subcommittee Ranking Member Jahana Hayes (CT-05) and Congresswoman Nikki Budzinski (IL-13) were joined by farmers, veterans and parents to speak out against the Republican plan to cut $230 billion from… Read more »
Today, House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Angie Craig (MN-02) released the following statement regarding President Trump’s first 100 days in office.
“Family farmers are struggling right now. They need certainty. They need access to new markets and stability within established ones. Trump’s on-again, off-again tariffs make it impossible for farmers and businesses to plan… Read more »
Today, House Committee Ranking Member Angie Craig (D-MN-02) released the following statement in response to the president’s 2026 budget proposal which cuts around $5 billion from critical U.S. Department of Agriculture programs that support farm country.
“The president’s budget proposal is out of touch and ignores the needs of America’s farmers, ranchers, foresters and rural… Read more »
Today, House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Angie Craig (MN-02) led fellow Agriculture Committee Democrats on a letter to Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins expressing deep concern regarding the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) anticipated Reduction in Force (RIF).
The letter comes after months of chaos and discord at USDA have sowed confusion… Read more »
Yesterday, House Agriculture Committee Democrats hosted a briefing on the dangers of cutting the nation’s most effective anti-hunger program, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), by imposing benefit costs on state governments. Since SNAP was created in its current form 50 years ago, the federal government has paid the full cost of benefits and split administrative… Read more »
