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March 11, 2024

WASHINGTON – Last week, President Joe Biden signed into law a six-bill minibus package passed by Congress that funds parts of the federal government for the duration of Fiscal Year 2024, averting a partial government shutdown and providing $14,490,287 in federal funding that Congressman Krishnamoorthi secured for community projects in Illinois’ Eighth Congressional Distr


March 6, 2024

WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) is proud to announce Planned Parenthood of Illinois (PPIL) President and CEO Jennifer Welch as his guest for the 2024 State of the Union.


February 27, 2024

WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi joined Reps. Hank Johnson (D-GA), Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), Adam Schiff (D-CA), Shri Thanedar (D-MI), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Dan Goldman (D-NY), and Barbara Lee (D-CA) in cosponsoring the Supreme Court Tenure Establishment and Retirement Modernization (TERM) Act.


February 16, 2024

Washington DC — Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi, Ranking Member of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the U.S. and the Chinese Communist Party, issued the following statement today regarding the death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny:


February 15, 2024

WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi, Ranking Member of the Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the U.S. and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), joined with the majority of his House colleagues in voting to pass H.R.


February 13, 2024

WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi, alongside Congressman Mike Quigley, Congresswoman Delia Ramirez, and Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, sent a letter to Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator Michael Whitaker urging the FAA swiftly consider the O’Hare Noise Compatibility Commission’s (ONCC) proposal to update the current Fly Qu


February 7, 2024

WASHINGTON – This week, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi joined with members of the bipartisan Great Lake Task Force in introducing the Great Lakes Restoration Act of 2024, legislation that would extend critical protections for the Great Lakes and the surrounding region through 2031, with annual funding levels increasing from $475 million in 2026 to $500 million from 2027 to 20


February 6, 2024

WASHINGTON – Today, the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability unanimously voted to adopt Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi’s amendment to H.R.