Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Thursday, the House passed the appropriations bill for Military Construction and Veteran Affairs programs for FY2019. Included in the funding package was $400 million specifically to fight opioid addiction among veterans. This follows the House-passed Krishnamoorthi amendment that was included in the National Defense Authorization Act which encouraged Department of Defense (DoD) to enact a plan to prevent and treat opioid use among DoD dependents.
Washington, D.C. (Sept. 20, 2018)—Today, Rep. Elijah E.
Washington, DC (Sept. 20, 2018)—Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and Rep.
SCHAUMBURG, IL – Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi of the Oversight Committee released the statement below in response to President Trump's directives to the Department of Justice and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence to declassify materials related to Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation.
SCHAUMBURG, IL – Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi issued the following statement as FEMA fails to incorporate climate change impacts in its Risk MAP programs, flood maps, and other disaster planning systems:
SCHAUMBURG, IL – Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi issued the following statement in response to the Senate Judiciary Committee's scheduled vote on Thursday on Judge Brett Kavanaugh's nomination to the Supreme Court in the face of an accusation of sexual assault:
WASHINGTON, DC – On Thursday, Congress passed bipartisan legislation to fund Energy and Water Development programs through FY2019. Among several important provisions, this legislation increases funding for the Energy Department's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) by 2.5% to $2.38 billion, and boosts funding for the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) office by 3.7% to $366 million. In addition, this bill established the Solar Ready Vets Program, which prepares our nation's skilled veterans for high-paying careers in the solar industry.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congressmen Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) and Darin LaHood (R-IL) and introduced H.Res.1063 yesterday to name a room within Capitol Building as the "Lincoln Room." Room H-226, which is currently part of Majority Whip Steve Scalise's (LA-1) office, of the United States Capitol once served as the post office of the House while then-Representative Abraham Lincoln served in Congress from 1847-1849.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi issued the following statement as Hurricane Florence approaches the Atlantic Coast, just over a year after his September 11, 2017, letter to Federal Emergency Management Agency's Administrator Brock Long urging him to account for climate change impacts in the Risk MAP program and when drawing flood maps:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi issued the following statement in response to reports that Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Brock Long is the subject of an ongoing Department of Homeland Security inspector general's investigations into whether he misused government vehicles for personal commutes: