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July 23, 2026

WASHINGTON — Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), a member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Ranking Member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, and Congressman Ro Khanna (D-CA), a member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, today sent a letter to Barclays Group Chairman Nigel Higgins seeking answers about Barclays' handling of former CEO Jes Staley's relationship with Jeffrey Epstein and the bank's response after evidence emerged that Staley had misrepresented the nature of that


July 22, 2026

WASHINGTON — Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) yesterday opened his questioning in a Democratic shadow hearing on President Donald Trump's billion-dollar vanity projects by comparing the President's self-promotional initiatives to those of authoritarian rulers, then questioning witnesses about democratic backsliding, taxpayer waste, and the Administration's law enforcement priorities.


July 21, 2026

WASHINGTON — Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), a senior member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, today questioned witnesses during the committee's hearing, "25 Years After 9/11: Confronting the Next Generation of Threats," after President Trump recently refused to rule out deploying the National Guard or ICE to polling places during the 2026 elections. During the hearing, retired Lieutenant General H.R. McMaster reaffirmed that discussing a military role in U.S.


July 21, 2026

WASHINGTON — Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), a senior member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, today announced that several of his intelligence oversight priorities were included in the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027, which was approved by the House Intelligence Committee.


July 18, 2026

WASHINGTON — Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) released the following statement after two American service members were killed in an Iranian attack:


July 17, 2026

PALATINE, Ill. — Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) today joined Palatine Police Chief William Nord, Deputy Chief David Brandwein, and local leaders to present the Palatine Police Department with $239,000 in federal Community Project Funding he secured for the department's Community Engagement and Patrol Enhancement Project.


July 17, 2026

WASHINGTON — Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) released the following statement renewing his call for the Senate to reject Todd Blanche's nomination to serve as Attorney General following Blanche's Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearings:


July 16, 2026

WASHINGTON — Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) released the following statement after President Donald Trump used a primetime address to declassify election-related intelligence, renew false claims about the 2020 election, and announce new federal investigations:


July 16, 2026

WASHINGTON — Ahead of President Trump's address on election security tonight, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), a senior member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, released the following statement:


July 16, 2026

WASHINGTON — Today, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) and Congressman Adam Smith (D-WA) introduced the Welcome Back to the Health Care Workforce Act, legislation to help address the nation's persistent health care workforce shortage by helping internationally educated health care professionals overcome barriers to practicing in the United States. Of the two million college-educated immigrants currently living in the United States, roughly 14 percent hold health-related degrees.