Today, House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Angie Craig (MN-02) released the below statement following a vote to end Trump’s tariffs on Canada, which House Republicans have for months blocked in their support of the president’s trade war which has increased costs on hardworking Americans and family farmers. Last month, Ranking Member Craig and fellow… Read more »

Today, House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Angie Craig (MN-02) introduced the Farm and Family Relief Act alongside fellow U.S. Representatives  Shontel Brown (OH-11), David Scott (GA-13), Jim Costa (CA-21), Alma Adams (NC-12), Jahana Hayes (CT-05), Andrea Salinas (OR-06), Jill Tokuda (HI-02), Nikki Budzinski (IL-13), Eric… Read more »

Today, House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Angie Craig (MN-02) and fellow Agriculture Democrats hosted a roundtable featuring Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) stakeholders from the state and county level. Watch the roundtable here. Panelists included Joy Bivens, the Deputy County Administrator of Health and Human Services for Franklin County, Ohio; Larry Braasch,… Read more »

Today, House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Angie Craig (MN-02) unveiled the framework of the Farm and Family Relief Act with Democratic members of the House Agriculture Committee at a press conference on Capitol Hill. Watch the press conference here. The Farm and Family Relief Act is a response to President Trump’s crushing tariffs and massive unfunded mandate… Read more »

House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Angie Craig (MN-02), Congresswoman Nikki Budzinski (IL-13) and Congressman Eric Sorensen (IL-17) led a letter to Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins, seeking clarification over inconsistencies in public statements made by several Trump officials regarding the details of the alleged soybean trade deal with… Read more »

Today, House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Angie Craig (MN-02) released the following statement regarding the Trump administration’s announced $11 billion farm aid plan. “Despite the administration’s repeated denials, farmers know that they experienced billions of dollars in losses for this past crop year thanks to the Trump administration’s crushing tariffs and trade… Read more »

Today, House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Angie Craig (MN-02) released the following statement responding to threats made by Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins at a cabinet meeting. The secretary threatened to withhold federal funding from states that refused the Trump administration’s illegal demand for access to the sensitive personal information of… Read more »

Today, House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Angie Craig (MN-02), and House Agriculture Committee's Subcommittee on Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture Ranking Member Jahana Hayes (CT-05) were joined by U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-NM), ranking member of the Senate Agriculture Committee’s Subcommittee on Food and Nutrition, Specialty Crops, Organics, and Research, Democratic… Read more »

Today, House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Angie Craig (MN-02) released the below statement following the Trump administration asking the Supreme Court for permission to cut SNAP benefits for 42 million Americans. “The Trump administration continues its push to take food away from millions of Americans. Instead of helping hungry seniors and children, President Trump and… Read more »

Today, House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Angie Craig (MN-02) released the following statement regarding the Trump administration’s decision to fight for its right to deprive 42 million Americans of food assistance, rather than follow the law and court orders to fully fund November SNAP benefits. “The administration should be ashamed. They are fighting to take away food… Read more »