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October 30, 2026

WASHINGTON — Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (IL-08) led ten fellow lawmakers in challenging a new Trump administration requirement forcing schools and other Department of Education grant recipients to provide a written justification of no more than 255 characters every time they request payment from previously approved federal grants.


October 26, 2026

WASHINGTON — Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) today introduced a bipartisan resolution with 256 cosponsors honoring generations of Indian American contributions to the United States and supporting the designation of July as Indian American Heritage Month. More than 5.2 million Indian Americans call the United States home. The resolution celebrates their contributions across science and medicine, technology and business, public service and the military, education and philanthropy, arts and culture, and athletics.


October 23, 2026

WASHINGTON — Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) and Congresswoman Brittany Pettersen (D-CO) today led 33 other House Democrats in demanding answers from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) following reports that the agency has used local police to gain backdoor access to Flock Safety's nationwide license plate surveillance network. In a letter to Acting ICE Director David Venturella, the lawmakers demanded information about whose movements ICE has been tracking, how the information has been used, and what legal authority permits this surveillance.