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WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi released the following statement in response to reports that President Trump is actively considering firing Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein to limit Special Counsel Mu
SCHAUMBURG, IL – Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi released the following statement in response to reports that the Assad Regime has once again used internationally banned chemical weapons in an attack which killed dozens of men, women, and children, this time in the Damascus suburb of Douma:
SCHAUMBURG, IL — Original cosponsors Congressmen Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Richard Hudson (R-NC), Buddy Carter (R-GA), and G.K Butterfield (D-NC) hailed passage of the Senate version of their legislation, the Ceiling Fan Energy Conservation Harmonization Act. The law helps the environment by making it easier for consumers to purchase energy efficient ceiling fans. Statements from the cosponsors follow below.
Washington, D.C. (Apr. 3, 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 following statement in response to the White House's assertion that the White House counsel's office is not investigating whether Senior Advisor Jared Kushner violated the law:
Washington, DC — Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi of the House Oversight Committee today introduced the No Disrupting Accountability (NDA) Act in response to
SCHAUMBURG, IL — Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi of the Oversight Committee, who questioned former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe in December, issued the following statement in response to his Friday night firing by the Trump administration:
"Firing Deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe at 10pm on a Friday night is an attack on law enforcement staggering in both its cowardice and vindictiveness. The White House has shown yet again that it will stop at nothing to discredit the FBI and, through it, Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation.
WASHINGTON, DC — Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi has called upon CIA Director Mike Pompeo to publicly commit to using the $120 million Congress allotted for the State Department to combat Russian hacking and foreign propaganda efforts if confirmed as Secretary of State. Earlier this month, the New York Times reported that none of the funding had been spent.
Washington, DC — Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi wrote to all the members of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations yesterday to urge them to question CIA Director Pompeo during his confirmation hearing on President Trump's potential interference in investigations into Michael Flynn and potential Trump campaign collusions with the Russian government.
WASHINGTON, DC — Congressmen Raja Krishnamoorthi and Mark DeSaulnier of the Oversight Committee wrote to Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy and Ranking Member Elijah Cummings yesterday, urging them to hold hearings to address the continuing problems with the White House security clearance process and the full extent of the issue throughout the executive branch.