Cspan. Org, or listen with a free cspan radio app. Announcer cspan spoke with more than 50 freshman lawmakers of the 116th congress. We recently spoke with representatives in the midwest and northeast region. First up, angie craig. She is a former newspaper reporter and a Small Business investor. Rep. Craig i grew up in a mobile home court in arkansas. I have lived life at all extremes. My mom was a single mom. Who raised three kids mostly on our own. We had lots of farms around us. I grew up in rural america. I know what struggle looks like there. Tell us about the struggle for your family. Rep. Craig one of the things im most passionate about is making sure families have access to health care they can afford. My family did not have access themselves for a lot of my childhood. It is probably no secret that i have been working really hard to make sure that we stabilize the Affordable Care act and work toward how do we Structure Health care to make sure that every american has access to
Im most passionate about is making sure every family in this country has access to health care they can afford. Thats because i grew up in a family that did not have access to health care themselves for a lot of my childhood. It is probably no secret that i have been working really hard to make sure that we stabilize the Affordable Care act and work toward how do we Structure Health care to make sure that every american has access to it . Host how did you end up going from arkansas to minnesota . Rep. Craig i ended up working for a medical Technology Company. I ran the st. Jude medical foundation. A foundation that provided heart treatment for low income women. Im sure that is no surprise, given my own childhood. Saint jude recruited me from another medical Technology Company in tennessee. I moved from arkansas to tennessee when i was 18 to go to college. 60 miles from home. And i worked two jobs to put myself through college. Just like my mom had done all those years before. My family
116th congress. We recently spoke with members representing the midwest region. First up, angie craig. A democrat representing minnesota second district. She is a former newspaper reporter and a Small Business investor. Rep. Craig i grew up in a mobile home court in arkansas. I have lived life at all extremes. I have lived life at all extremes. My mom was a single mom. Who raised three kids mostly on her own. We had lots of farms around us. My grandfather was a farm foreman appeared i grew up in rural america. I know what struggle looks like there. Tell us about the struggle for your family. Rep. Craig one of the things im most passionate about is making sure every family in this country has access to health care they can afford. Thats because i grew up in a family that did not have access to health care themselves for a lot of my childhood. It is probably no secret that i have been working really hard to make sure that we stabilize the Affordable Care act and work toward how do we Str
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