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Press Releases

August 12, 2022

WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi voted to pass the historic Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and send it to the President's desk. This groundbreaking legislation will reduce health care and prescription drug costs, combat climate change, and lower the nation's budget deficit.


July 31, 2022

WASHINGTON – Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi is joining Speaker Nancy Pelosi on a Congressional delegation she is leading to the Indo-Pacific region, including visits to Singapore, Malaysia, South Korea, and Japan. The trip will focus on mutual security, economic partnership, and democratic governance in the Indo-Pacific region.


July 27, 2022

WASHINGTON – In today's Committee on Oversight and Reform hearing examining the practices and profits of gun manufacturers, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi questioned Marty Daniel, Chief Executive Officer of Daniel Defense, LLC, about the gun manufacturer's inflammatory advertisement of a precision rifle on social media, featuring an image of a sniper rifle on a rooftop trained on a parked car.


July 26, 2022

WASHINGTON – Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi was announced last week as a winner of the inaugural MerITocracy Award, which recognizes policy leaders who are helping drive change in America around issues including education and workforce, global competitiveness, and privac


July 25, 2022

HANOVER PARK, IL – This morning, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi led a press conference with both Democratic and Republican local elected officials at the Hanover Park Metra Train Station in opposition to the proposed merger between Canadian Pacific (CP) and Kansas City Southern (KCS) railroad.


July 25, 2022

WASINGTON D.C.– Today, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (IL-08) and Congressman Earl Blumenauer (OR-03) are urging the Biden Administration to scale-up its response to the global food crisis made more dire by Russia's invasion of Ukraine.


July 22, 2022

WASHINGTON – On Wednesday, the House Intelligence Committee approved the Fiscal Year 2023 Intelligence Authorization Act, which featured multiple provisions that were authored by Congressman Krishnamoorthi, including an assessment of global food insecurity resulting from Russia's invasion of Ukraine, an assessment of the priorities of the Intelligence Community wi


July 22, 2022

WASHINGTON – Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi today issued the following statement regarding the Sri Lankan Parliament voting in favor of former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe as President.


July 20, 2022

WASHINGTON – Today, Representatives Raja Krishnamoorthi, Dean Phillips, Ayanna Pressley, Katie Porter, and Cori Bush requested a closed briefing with private mail carriers to detail what each company is doing to ensure individuals' rights to privacy and protections against unreasonable search and seizure are upheld. In the wake of the recent U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Dobbs v.