Press Releases
WASHINGTON – This week, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi was awarded the 2023 Public Officials Award by the Water Environment Federation (WEF) for his “documented, significant contribution in the areas of clean water legislation, public policy, government service, or another area of public prominence that resulted in improvements to the water environment.” Congressman Krishnamo
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) and Congresswoman Celeste Maloy (R-UT) led 10 other members of the Bipartisan Congressional Caucus to End the Youth Vaping Epidemic in a letter to the Department of
WASHINGTON – Today, the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability unanimously passed Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) and Congresswoman Nancy Mace’s (R-SC) Allowing Contractors to Choose Employees for Select Skills (ACCESS) Act.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) introduced the bicameral Welcome Back to the Health Care Workforce Act, legislation that will address the dramatic shortages plaguing the health care sector.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressmen Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) and Adam B. Schiff (D-CA) introduced the Commission on Youth Homelessness Act, legislation which would create a commission to report on how state and federal laws have negatively impacted youth at risk of homelessness.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressmen Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) and Darin LaHood (R-IL) introduced a bipartisan resolution to designate the week of March 24 through March 30, 2024, as “National Cleaning Week” to honor the essential frontline workers who protect all Americans and to emphasize the importance of routine cleaning and disinfection in the effort to protect public health.
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
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.
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.