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EAGAN, MN – Today, U.S. Representative Angie Craig pressed the Trump Administration on their continued lack of responsiveness to inquiries directed to the Office of Federal Student Aid (FSA) and the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) following the Department of Education’s (DoEd) decision to gut department staff and offload its responsibilities to other federal agencies.
BURNSVILLE, MN – Yesterday, U.S. Representative Angie Craig hosted her inaugural Unsung Heroes Recognition Event in Burnsville to honor union workers in Minnesota’s Second District. Rep. Craig was joined by Minnesota labor leaders to highlight their collective support for working class wins.
EAGAN, MN – U.S. Representative Angie Craig recently joined Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL-25) in introducing legislation to protect Temporary Protected Statuses (TPS) and fight President Trump’s continued attacks on our nation’s immigrants.
Trump Media is preparing to launch a premium API that gives businesses faster, machine-readable access to Truth Social posts—including those from President Donald Trump—and lawmakers are already questioning whether the service could create an unfair advantage for investors.
Rep. Angie Craig, D-Minn., ranking member on the House Agriculture Committee and a candidate for the Minnesota Democratic nomination for the Senate, and Rep. Andy Barr, R-Ky., today introduced a bill to provide a comprehensive regulatory framework for hemp and hemp-derived THC products.
In a news release, Craig said her Lawful Hemp Protection Act “comes after House Republicans effectively repealed a 2018 law that allowed Minnesota and other states to legally produce hemp and sell hemp-derived products, such as hemp beverages and textiles.”
Two House lawmakers on Wednesday introduced bipartisan legislation to federally regulate hemp products, including those with the intoxicating cannabinoid THC. Republican Rep. Andy Barr of Kentucky and Minnesota Democratic Rep. Angie Craig introduced the bill, known as the Lawful Hemp Protection Act, as a looming ban on hemp THC products is set to go into effect later this year.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Representative Angie Craig released the following statement on her vote against House Republicans’ disastrous and blatantly anti-democratic budget reconciliation package that does nothing to lower costs for Minnesotans.
Andrea Pedro-Francisco feels like part of her is still trapped in a nightmare — back in the crowded, windowless cell block of the Texas detention center she left weeks ago.
“My mind is halfway here, thinking ‘Yes, I’m back,’ but the other half feels like I’m still there,” said Pedro-Francisco, a migrant from Guatemala who was among thousands of people detained during the winter immigration crackdown in Minnesota.
With less than four months until a federal ban on most hemp-derived THC products is set to take effect, time is running short for lawmakers supporting the hemp industry to roll back the strict new rules.
A new bipartisan bill introduced Wednesday is the latest effort in Congress to replace the ban with a new framework to regulate and tax hemp-derived cannabinoid products at the federal level.
Reps. Angie Craig (D-Minn.) and Andy Barr (R-Ky.) on Wednesday introduced a bill designed to set up a clear regulatory framework for hemp and hemp-derived THC products.