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 years, small business owners have grappled with a struggling economy, ever-changing regulations and tax burdens far higher than those of many Fortune 500 companies. It’s long past time that we recentered our economy around the small businesses that make up 93% of employers in Minnesota’s Second Congressional District.
We must do more to ensure that small business owners have the resources and support they need – not only to keep the lights on but to continue growing and expanding to serve as the economic engines of our local communities. That’s why I’ve spent the past two years working hand-in-hand with many of our small business owners to identify and enact solutions that would help to strengthen our economy and create the pro-business climate we need to support Minnesota. In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, I helped establish the Paycheck Protection Program and led the charge in Washington to establish and fully fund the Restaurant Revitalization Fund, which has kept so many of our favorite bars and restaurants afloat. I also introduced legislation to lower the federal tax rate for small businesses to help overcome higher input costs.
Across Minnesota, our small businesses employ thousands and keep our communities flourishing and vibrant. In Congress, I’ll always work just as hard as they do to ensure they can find success in our communities.