Defending The Homeland

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi, a member of the House Oversight Committee, released the following statement in response to reports of President Trump asking former FBI Director Comey to end the investigation of General Michael Flynn.

SCHAUMBURG, IL – Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi, a member of the House Oversight Committee, released the following statement in response to reports of President Trump's revealing code-word level intelligence to representatives of the Russian government.

SCHAUMBURG, IL – Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi, a member of the House Oversight Committee, released the following statement in response to President Trump's tweeting earlier this morning "James Comey better hope that there are no ‘tapes' of our conversations before he starts leaking to the press!":

SCHAUMBURG, IL – Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi of the House Oversight Committee today called upon the committee to issue a subpoena to the White House for all documents relating to the investigation of General Michael Flynn and any Russian interference into America's democratic government and elections.

SCHAUMBURG, IL – Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi released the following statement today in response to President Trump's sudden firing of FBI Director James Comey:

WASHINGTON DC – In response to the national wave of hate-motivated crimes against religious minorities, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi authored a congressional letter to Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly urging him to use the full powers of his office to combat these attacks and their foundation in hatred and intolerance. Rep. Krishnamoorthi was joined in sending the letter by 68 cosigners.

SCHAUMBURG, IL – Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi released the following statement on President Trump's decision to launch airstrikes in response to Bashar al-Assad's use of illegal chemical weapons in an attack which killed more than one hundred people:

"Bashar al-Assad's massacre of men, women, and children through the use of banned chemical weapons is only his most recent atrocity. The Assad regime must be held to account for the horrors it has wrought upon its own people. This newest barbarism serves as a reminder that the Assad regime must go.

WASHINGTON, DC – In response to the news that Representative Devin Nunes, Chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, had recused himself from the committee's Russia probe, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi issued the following statement: