Isle – Today, at Nitti’s Hunters Point Resort on Mille Lacs Lake, U.S. Representative Chip Cravaack (MN) announced he will introduce The Mille Lacs Lake Freedom to Fish Act.  Specifically, this legislation regards Minnesota’s state sovereignty, job creation, cutting federal red tape, and strengthening Minnesota’s outdoor fishing tradition. Citing a 30-year old analysis, the U.S. Coast [...]

Duluth News Tribune U.S. Rep. Chip Cravaack on Wednesday introduced an amendment to a federal funding bill to kill funding for a National Science Foundation program that teaches students and others about climate change. Cravaack, R-North Branch, said the NSF program, called the Climate Change Education Program, duplicates other programs and is unneeded. “As someone [...]

Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Representative Chip Cravaack (MN) will offer an amendment to end the duplicative Climate Change Education (CCE) program at the National Science Foundation (NSF). Currently, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) reports that 13 agencies fund 209 different Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Education programs and that 173 of them [...]

Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Representative Chip Cravaack (MN-8) is pleased to announce he has introduced federal legislation required to execute the Minnesota state-passed land swap.  H.R. 5544, the Minnesota Education Investment and Employment Act, would end 30 years of inaction, return over 86,000 acres of state-owned school trust lands trapped within the Boundary Waters area [...]

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Representative Chip Cravaack (MN) has been awarded the Guardian of Seniors’ Rights Award, the highest honor given by the 60 Plus Association for commitment to issues effecting seniors and their health care. “Today I’m singing the praises of Representative Cravaack.  Seniors can depend on Representative Cravaack,” said legendary entertainer Pat Boone, Spokesman for [...]

Washington, D.C. – The Healthcare Leadership Council (HLC), a coalition of leaders of the nation’s premier health care companies and organizations, honored U.S. Representative Chip Cravaack (MN) as “Champion of Healthcare Innovation” at an award ceremony in Washington, D.C. Rep. Cravaack was honored at the Council’s annual Healthcare Innovations Expo on Capitol Hill.  The day-long [...]

By U.S. Representative Chip Cravaack Higher energy prices have real consequences. Everything from the daily commute to the grocery bill is getting more expensive, and Americans are taking notice. Under President Obama’s watch, the price of gasoline has shot up 95 percent.  Unfortunately, this week the President is touting a tax hike that won’t help [...]

By: News Tribune editorial board, Duluth News Tribune U.S. Rep. Chip Cravaack may not have been the one to paint the target that’s on his back this election season — but he provided plenty of paint. Two years ago, when he ousted longtime Congressman Jim Oberstar, he did so, in part, by convincing voters the [...]

Washington — National Republican Congressional Committee Chairman Pete Sessions (R-TX) and Deputy Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR), the co-chairs of the Patriot Program, today announced the fourth round of Patriot Program members for the 2012 election cycle. The program is a rigorous, goal-oriented initiative that enables Members to stay on offense as they build winning re-election [...]

Cravaack greets soldiers’ returning from deployment in Middle East “I had the great privilege of welcoming the Minnesota National Guard ‘Red Bulls’ home from their deployment in Iraq and Kuwait. When I attended the deployment ceremony last year in Pine City, Lt. Col. Frizzell told me, ‘I’ll bring them all home.’ True to his word, [...]