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May 19, 2017

WASHINGTON U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) led U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth and U.S. Representatives Mike Quigley (D-IL), Dan Lipinski (D-IL), Robin Kelly (D-IL), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Bobby Rush (D-IL), Peter Roskam (R-IL), Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), Rodney Davis (D-IL), Mike Bost (R-IL), Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), Bill Foster (D-IL), Cheri Bustos (D-IL), and Brad Schneider (D-IL) in pressing the Army Corps of Engineers (the Corps) to include funding for the construction of the McCook Reservoir Project in the Fiscal Year 2017 Army Corp Work Plan.


May 18, 2017

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi, a member of the House Oversight Committee, released the following statement in response to a New York Times report that former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn informed the Trump transition team, led by Vice President Mike Pence, that General Flynn was under federal investigation for secretly


May 17, 2017

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi, a member of the House Oversight Committee, released the following statement in response to the announcement of former FBI Director Robert Mueller's appointment as special counsel to investigate Russian interference in the 2016 election:


May 17, 2017

WASHINGTON, DC –Today, the Committee on Education and the Workforce approved H.R. 2353, the Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act. Introduced by Reps. Raja Krishnamoorthi (IL-08) and Glenn "GT" Thompson (PA-05), the bipartisan legislation will strengthen and improve career and technical education (CTE).


May 15, 2017

SCHAUMBURG, IL – Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi, a member of the House Oversight Committee, released the following statement in response to reports of President Trump's revealing code-word level intelligence to representatives of the Russian government.


May 10, 2017

SCHAUMBURG, IL – Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi of the House Oversight Committee today called upon the committee to issue a subpoena to the White House for all documents relating to the investigation of General Michael Flynn and any Russian interference into America's democratic government and elections.


May 9, 2017

SCHAUMBURG, IL – Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi released the following statement today in response to President Trump's sudden firing of FBI Director James Comey:


May 4, 2017
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Members of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce today introduced the Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act, bipartisan legislation to strengthen and improve career and technical education (CTE). Introduced by Reps. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) and Glenn “GT” Thompson (R-PA), the legislation reauthorizes the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act and will help more students gain the knowledge and skills they need to compete for in-demand jobs.