Rep. Angie Craig represents Minnesota’s Second Congressional District. She is fighting for working families - and for a Minnesota where every member of every family gets a fair shot. That means a future with lower health care costs and opportunities for career skills and technical training for 21st century jobs. She’ll work with anybody - and take on the Washington establishment - to get things done for her constituents.
Rep. Craig learned the value of hard work from her mother, a single mom who raised three children while earning her teaching degree. She too worked two jobs to help put herself through college. Years later, she moved to Minnesota and fell in love with the strong communities and quality of life. She and her wife Cheryl Greene have four sons – three who have already graduated from college or tech school and one who graduated from Rosemount High School in 2021 and is currently a college student. They lived in Eagan for nearly a decade and recently moved to Prior Lake. Angie attends church in Apple Valley and is a Rotarian who has served on several local community boards over the years. She is a small business investor, the former head of Global HR and Corporate Relations for a major Minnesota manufacturer, and a former newspaper reporter.
Across Minnesota’s Second Congressional District, constituents, small business owners and family farmers all rely on broadband to make a living, stay connected to family and friends, obtain an education and access health care. In today’s economy, broadband is not a luxury – it’s critical infrastructure of the 21st century.
As a member of the House Rural Broadband Task Force and the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, I am focused on ensuring that every Minnesotan, especially those living in rural communities, has access to the broadband and technology they need to succeed.
I was proud to support the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, which included a historic $65 billion investment in broadband infrastructure. And to further combat the digital divide that separates our country, I introduced the Broadband MAPS Act, which would establish a task force at the FCC responsible for coordinating and overseeing the creation and maintenance of broadband availability maps of the United States – to determine exactly which areas lack broadband internet access. I also secured more than $3 million to support the Goodhue County Broadband Expansion Project to expand access in underserved communities.
All Minnesotans deserve access to reliable broadband – so students can finish their homework, farmers can market their businesses and small business owners can access the resources they need. In Washington, I will always be on the lookout for new ways to close America’s digital divide and connect communities across the Second District.