{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://craig.house.gov/media/press-releases/us-representative-angie-craig-secures-second-district-wins-years", "U.S. Representative Angie Craig Secures Second District Wins in this Year\u2019s Appropriations Package", "2022-12-23", "2022", "2022-12", "Democrat", "House", "MN", "Angie Craig", "C001119", "craig.house.gov", "craig", "https://craig.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "December 23, 2022\n\nThe FY 2023 appropriations package includes more than $30 million in federal funding for 15 local projects championed by Representative Craig\n\nWASHINGTON, DC \u2013 Today, U.S. Representative Angie Craig helped pass annual government funding legislation that includes several key priorities designed to support working families and local communities in Minnesota\u2019s Second Congressional District.\n\nThe appropriations package, which passed the Senate earlier this week and is now heading to the President\u2019s desk for final approval, contained several of Representative Craig\u2019s priorities, including special education funding, federal grant dollars for local law enforcement agencies, humanitarian and security assistance for Ukraine and critical investments in local infrastructure and community projects across the Second District.\n\n\u201cToday, I was proud to support an appropriations package that will provide critical resources to strengthen, support and protect our communities both across the nation and world,\u201d said Representative Craig. \u201cI was especially pleased to see that this year\u2019s package included all 15 of my Community Project Funding submissions \u2013 and look forward to seeing the great benefit each of these projects will bring to the Second District.\u201d\n\nThe package includes funding for federal defense and non-defense spending, as well as several of Representative Craig\u2019s legislative priorities, including:\n\n$14.2 billion for funding the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), an increase of $850 million above the fiscal year 2022 enacted level\n\n$1.72 billion for Career and Technical Education programs\n\n$770.8 million for Byrne Justice Assistance Grants (JAG) and $662.9 million for COPS program grants to help local law enforcement fight crime and improve public safety - both significant increases above fiscal year 2022 enacted levels.\n\n$5 billion in mandatory funding for the Cost of Toxic Exposures Fund established in the Honoring our PACT Act of 2022\n\n$1.2 billion for the Small Business Administration (SBA), an increase of $188 million above the fiscal year 2022 enacted level, to support investments in programs to help underserved entrepreneurs access capital and contracting opportunities\n\n$45 billion in emergency funding to defend the Ukrainian people and global democracy against Russia\u2019s ongoing attacks\n\nReport language that urges Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) to develop a pilot program to incentivize the utilization of U.S.-manufactured generic and biosimilar medications\n\nModified version of Rep. Craig\u2019s Modernizing Therapeutic Equivalence Rating Determination Act, which will accelerate access to low-cost generic alternatives.\n\nRep. Craig\u2019s Enhanced Access to Affordable Medicines Act of 2022, which will save the health care system millions and increase access to generic medications\n\nModified version of Rep. Craig\u2019s PATCH Act, which would ensure that the U.S. health care system\u2019s cyber infrastructure remains safe and secure for American patients\n\nRep. Craig\u2019s Improved Mental Health Outcomes for Patients Act of 2022, which would reauthorize and improve SAMHSA programs for adult mental health, suicide prevention, and substance abuse\n\nToday\u2019s appropriations package includes funding for all 15 of Representative Craig\u2019s Community Project Funding submissions for Minnesota\u2019s Second Congressional District \u2013 totaling more than $30 million for projects in communities across Southeastern Minnesota, including:\n\n$3,000,000 for the City of Burnsville\u2019s Highway 13 & Nicollet Avenue Mobility Improvement Project\n\n$5,000,000 for the City of Cottage Grove\u2019s 80th Street Transportation and Infrastructure Project\n\n$750,000 for the City of Farmington\u2019s Rambling River Center and Exterior Plaza\n\n$632,150 for the City of Prior Lake\u2019s Trail Gap Construction Project\n\n$750,000 for the City of Shakopee Riverfront Cultural Corridor Project - Phase II\n\n$3,100,000 for the City of West St. Paul Smith/Dodd Intersection Realignment Project\n\n$5,040,000 for the Dakota County I35 & 50 Interchange Reconstruction Project\n\n$4,995,000 for the Dakota County Veterans Memorial Greenway Project\n\n$325,000 for Dakota County Sheriff\u2019s Electronic Crimes Unit Outreach and Program Expansion\n\n$750,000 for the City of Lakeville\u2019s Freight Rail Car Storage and Transload Facility\n\n$1,169,000 for the Prairie Island Indian Community\u2019s Tribal Homes Carbon Reduction and Safety Initiative\n\n$1,500,000 for the City of Shakopee\u2019s Regional Innovation Hub\n\n$750,000 for Scott County\u2019s Merriam Junction Regional Trail Improvement Project\n\n$84,000 for the Scott County Sheriff's Office Purchase of Rescue Technology and Equipment\n\n$2,500,000 for the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community\u2019s Stormwater Reclamation PFAs Reduction Project\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T03:32:05Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://craig.house.gov/media/press-releases/us-representative-angie-craig-secures-second-district-wins-years"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9345710277557373, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}