Press Releases

SCHAUMBURG, IL – Yesterday, Congressmen Raja Krishnamoorthi and Jamie Raskin introduced legislation to establish a bipartisan commission to investigate and report on hate crimes. Specifically, the commission would be charged with determining if there had been a rise in hate crimes, the causes of that increase, and how to combat it. The 12-person panel would have one year to prepare its report and its members would be appointed by the House and Senate leadership of both parties with equal representation from the civil rights and law enforcement communities.

SCHAUMBURG, IL – Today, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi of Illinois released the following statement in response to Attorney General Jeff Sessions' new religious freedom guidelines which will negatively impact women, the LQBTQ community, and millions of other Americans:

"Under the auspices of religious liberty, the Department of Justice's new guidance would sanction a broad license to discriminate against LGBTQ people, women, and other minorities, all at the taxpayers' expense. The DOJ should be protecting vulnerable populations, not enabling discrimination against them.

SCHAUMBURG, IL – Today, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi released the following statement in response to the Trump administration's decision to roll back the federal mandate for copay-free birth control coverage:

"By eliminating the guarantee that women will have coverage for birth control through their insurance, regardless of who they work for, the Trump administration is doing nothing less than turning back the clock on women's health care. No woman should need her boss's permission to receive medical care.

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi wrote to Chairman Kevin Brady (TX-08) and Ranking Member Richard Neal (MA-01) of the Ways and Means Committee, which has jurisdiction over tax policy, urging them to preserve the state and local tax (SALT) deduction which helps working families across the country write off the money they pay in state income and property taxes each year.

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressmen Raja Krishnamoorthi, Luis Gutiérrez, and Bill Foster wrote to Governor Bruce Rauner to ask that he join them in urging Congress to preserve the state and local tax (SALT) deduction which nearly a third of Illinois families use to deduct the cost of state income and property taxes, an average savings of thousands of dollars annually.

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi, co-chair of the House Democratic Caucus New Economy Task Force, asked community colleges to specify how they are addressing the skills gap in the American workforce with the goal of gathering new information that will help guide policy discussions on the issue in Congress.

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi released the following statement in response to the provision in the Republican tax plan which would eliminate the deductibility of state and local taxes:

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi released the following statement in response to the attack in Las Vegas:

"I condemn in the strongest terms the violence and carnage we witnessed in Las Vegas. As our nation processes this senseless violence, I'm reminded of Fred Rogers' advice to find hope even in the darkest of times. In any tragedy, he urged us, ‘look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.' The courage and bravery shown by police and first responders is a beacon of hope amidst a scene of unimaginable devastation.