Today, House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Angie Craig (D-MN-02) responded to President Trump’s State of the Union address.
“Right now, farm country and rural Americans need stability and opportunity. Since coming to office, this Administration has caused chaos and uncertainty for our nation’s family farmers. Mass firings of employees and funding freezes at USDA have threatened… Read more »
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… 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… 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… 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… 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.”
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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… 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… 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… 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… Read more »
