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WASHINGTON — Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi today demanded answers in a letter to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin following deeply troubling reports that Special Government Employees, contractors, and other non-career personnel exercised improper influence over core agency functions at DHS and FEMA, raising serious concerns about shadow operations, ethics compliance, and a broader breakdown in oversight across the Department.
WASHINGTON — The U.S. House of Representatives today passed Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi’s legislation to rename the Palatine Post Office in honor of the late Bernie Bluestein, a decorated World War II veteran, member of the legendary Ghost Army, and beloved leader in the Palatine community.
WASHINGTON — Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi today called on EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin to immediately reverse newly announced delays to critical worker safety protections for hazardous chemicals, warning that the move weakens safeguards against known carcinogens and other toxic substances and puts workers and families at greater risk of preventable harm.
WASHINGTON — Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi, a senior member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, today called on Chairman James Comer to immediately convene a public hearing and launch a full Committee investigation into whether senior Trump Administration officials, or those acting on their behalf, may have traded on nonpublic information tied to military operations and national security decisions related to the ongoing war in Iran.
WASHINGTON — Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi today sent a letter to Postmaster General David Steiner demanding immediate answers regarding President Donald Trump’s recent executive order directing the United States Postal Service to restrict the delivery of absentee and mail ballots based on a federally compiled eligibility list and new ballot envelope requirements.
In the letter, Krishnamoorthi warns that the order would force USPS into an unprecedented and deeply troubling role in federal elections.
WASHINGTON — Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi today sent a letter to President Donald Trump following the President’s White House meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, expressing deep concern over Trump’s recent statements threatening to withdraw the United States from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and warning that any unilateral withdrawal would be both illegal under current law and dangerous to American national security.
SCHAUMBURG, IL — Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi today called on Vice President JD Vance and a majority of the Cabinet to immediately invoke the 25th Amendment to remove President Donald Trump from office:
WASHINGTON — Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi, Ranking Member of the House Oversight Subcommittee on Health Care and Financial Services, today pressed health insurers for answers over whether they are diverting premium funds that federal law expressly requires to be reserved for abortion coverage.
In a letter sent today to America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP), Krishnamoorthi warned:
WASHINGTON — Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi joined Representatives Lucy McBath, Bobby Scott, and Emily Randall in demanding that Attorney General Pam Bondi immediately rescind a Department of Justice directive that weakens protections against sexual violence for transgender and intersex people in correctional facilities.In a letter sent today, the lawmakers warned that the Department’s December 2025 memo directing Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) auditors to stop applying standards designed to protect transgender and intersex inma
WASHINGTON -- Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi released the following statement on the passing of Bernie Bluestein, a World War II “Ghost Army” veteran and longtime community leader, while highlighting his ongoing efforts to rename a Palatine post office in Bluestein’s honor: