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.
Every American owes a deep debt of gratitude to the brave men and women who served our country in the armed forces. But right now, we are failing this nation’s veterans – many of whom face serious challenges accessing the health care and employment opportunities they’ve earned after years of service.
It is critical that Congress uphold their responsibility to take care of our nation’s veterans, who have all sacrificed a tremendous amount to protect us, when they return home. In order to do this, I formed a Veterans Advisory Council, a group of veterans and veteran service organizations from throughout the district who help me identify the challenges our veterans face as well as solutions to address them.
In Washington, I have been focused on passing legislation that would strengthen the benefits we owe our servicemembers. I worked with my colleagues to pass the PACT Act, which will expand benefits for veterans who suffer illnesses from so called burn pit exposures during their military service. I also cosponsored and supported the EVEST Act, which would automatically enroll servicemembers in VA health benefits when they transition out of service. I was also proud to lead efforts to pass the STRONG Act, a long overdue bill to strengthen the Department of Veterans’ Affairs mental health and suicide prevention programs.
Congress needs to step up to provide our veterans with the resources they need and deserve. And I won’t stop fighting until that happens.