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WASHINGTON — Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL-08), a senior member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, today sent a letter to Attorney General Todd Blanche sounding the alarm over the Trump Administration’s plans to deploy as many as 1,000 Department of Justice election monitors during the 2026 midterms and demanding safeguards against voter intimidation.

SCHAUMBURG, IL — During a meeting at the Vatican last week, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), a lifelong Cubs fan, presented Pope Leo XIV with a custom Chicago Cubs jersey, prompting a lighthearted discussion of the recent performance of the Cubs and the Pope’s beloved White Sox. The jersey reads “Da Pope” and bears the number 267, marking Leo’s place as the 267th Bishop of Rome.

WASHINGTON — Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL-08), a senior member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today led 13 of their Illinois colleagues in sending a letter to Attorney General Todd Blanche calling on the Trump Administration to end its use of so-called “mega master” immigration hearings, mass proceedings in which as many as 185 noncitizens can be called to court on a single docket.

WASHINGTON — Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Health Care and Financial Services on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement after President Donald Trump signed an executive order seeking to reduce the number of vaccines routinely recommended for children and space out their administration across separate medical visits:

WASHINGTON — Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), a senior member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, today urged the United States Postal Service Board of Governors to remove Postmaster General David Steiner for pursuing implementation of President Trump’s mail-ballot executive order despite federal court rulings that key provisions violate the Constitution. Krishnamoorthi also cited Steiner’s failure to provide Congress with a clear accounting of USPS’s implementation efforts or whether they stopped after the courts intervened.

WASHINGTON — Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), a senior member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, joined House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jamie Raskin (D-MD) and House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Ranking Member Robert Garcia (D-CA) in sending a letter on Thursday urging Speaker Mike Johnson to immediately bring to the House floor a resolution opposing any presidential pardon, commutation, or other form of executive clemency for convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell.

WASHINGTON — Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), a senior member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and the House Select Committee on Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party, today sent a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, and CIA Director John Ratcliffe seeking answers about recent public reportsth

WASHINGTON — Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) today applauded the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee's unanimous approval of the bipartisan Skills-Based Federal Contracting Act, legislation he co-led in the House to tear down the paper ceiling by expanding opportunities for skilled workers and ensuring federal contracting decisions focus on demonstrated ability rather than unnecessary degree requirements. The bill previously passed the House unanimously and now advances to the full Senate.