Press Releases
WASHINGTON, DC – Following reports of an impending Syrian and Russian military campaign to take the northwestern Syrian province of Idlib, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi issued the following statement:
ELGIN, IL – On Monday, Congressman Krishnamoorthi convened with more than fifty state and local education leaders, including Illinois School Superintendent Tony Smith and U-46 CEO Tony Sanders, to tour career and technical education (CTE) programs at Elgin High School and South Elgin High School. During the tour, attendees met with students and teachers participating in CTE courses designed to prepare students for high-tech, in-demand jobs in the region.
SCHAUMBURG, IL – Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi issued the following statement in recognition of the anniversary of the ongoing ethnic cleansing the Burmese military is committing against the Rohingya:
SCHAUMBURG, IL – Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi of the Oversight Committee issued the following statement in the wake of former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort's conviction on federal fraud charges and the guilty plea deal Michael Cohen, the President's former lawyer, reached with prosecutors:
SCHAUMBURG, IL – Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi issued the following statement in response to former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort's convictions on federal bank and tax fraud charges:
SCHAUMBURG, IL – Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi issued the following statement in response to the devastating flooding taking place in the Indian state of Kerala:
"I'm horrified to see the loss of life and broader destruction caused by the continuing floods in Kerala. With more than a quarter of a million people displaced and hundreds dead, the human cost of this continuing tragedy is nearly unimaginable, and it is felt far beyond Kerala by countless families across the whole of India, here in the Chicago area, and throughout the world.
SCHAUMBURG, IL – Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi of the Oversight Committee called on FBI Director Christopher Wray to assure Congress and the American people that former Special Agent Peter Strzok's firing from the FBI, a penalty far in excess of the Bureau's Office of Professional Responsibility's recommendation, was not undertaken as political reprisal or at the urging of either the White House or Attorney General Sessions.
SCHAUMBURG, IL – Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi issued the following statement on the anniversary of the 2017 white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, which led to the murder of Heather Heyer, and the ongoing white supremacist rally in Washington, DC:
SCHAUMBURG, IL – Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi held a forum on climate change in Schaumburg on Saturday, combining expert presentations with open discussion. The Congressman was joined by WGN Meteorologist Tom Skilling, Professor Don Wuebbles of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, and climate researcher Doug Sisterson of Argonne National Laboratory. Each panelist presented compelling research on human-driven climate change before taking questions from the audience with the Congressman.
SCHAUMBURG, IL – Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi issued the following statement in response to a Congressional Research Service report confirming that his bipartisan career training law, which was signed into law last week, would significantly increase federal funding for Illinois skills-based learning and on-the-job training.