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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.

SCHAUMBURG, IL - Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) of the Committee on Education and the Workforce, issued the following statement in response to the Department of Education's decision to block states from enforcing consumer protections against student loan collection companies:

WASHINGTON, DC — Congressmen Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) and Matt Gaetz (R-FL) today called on the FBI to provide a comprehensive summary of the powers and jurisdiction that allow it to monitor social media for warning signs that individuals are planning mass violence as well as the privacy and due process safeguards that exist.

WASHINGTON, DC — Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi today demanded Secretary of State Rex Tillerson explain why the State Department failed to spend any of the $120 million provided by Congress to counter Russian and other foreign attempts to disrupt American elections and sow distrust in democratic governance.