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.
For far too long, working Minnesotans have been forced to watch career politicians treat the United States Capitol like a revolving door of self-interest, using their positions for career advancement and personal profit. It’s no wonder that the American people have lost faith that their elected leaders in Washington are going to work every day with the best interests of their constituents in mind.
That’s why, since the very first day I set foot in Washington, I have been focused on reforming the way Washington works so that Minnesotans can feel confident that they are – and will always be – their elected officials’ No. 1 priority.
I’m helping lead the effort that would prevent Members of Congress from buying or selling individual stocks while they are in office. I introduced legislation that would impose a lifetime ban on lobbying for Members of Congress after their time in public service. And I’m leading a long-overdue bill banning Members of Congress from flying first-class on taxpayer-funded travel. In 2019, I also introduced an amendment blocking a pay raise for Members of Congress – and had a bill signed into law which helps to address improper and wasteful payments that can total as much as $281 billion per year.
I was also proud to work with my colleagues to pass H.R.1, the For the People Act, a comprehensive bill that would reform America’s corrupt campaign finance system and return power where it belongs – in the hands of the people, not corporate donors.