Press Releases
SCHAUMBURG, IL – Tonight, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) hosted a town hall with more than 300 constituents, filling an entire main room and overflow space, at Roosevelt University’s Schaumburg Campus.
SCHAUMBURG, IL – Today, in a letter to Secretary of Veterans Affairs Douglas Collins, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) denounced potential plans for the Trump Administration to cut veterans benefits as part of Elon Musk’s DOGE initiative, including recently revealed plans to eliminate 83,000 employees from the department, potentially drastically slowing and reducing serv
WASHINGTON — Today, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Health Care and Financial Services, Congressman Gerald E.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi issued the following statement in response to the Department of Education’s announcement that it would be eliminating half of its workforce as President Trump reportedly pursues plans to eliminate the entire agency:
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Health Care and Financial Services, joined his fellow Democrats on the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform in urging consumer protection agencies to investigate the rising costs of essential goods and services.
EAST ST. LOUIS, IL – Today, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) was joined by elected officials, community leaders, and representatives of organized labor from the Metro East area in East St. Louis to discuss the importance of protecting Medicaid and Social Security for Illinoisans. Congressman Krishnamoorthi also participated in a walk-through tour of the Clyde C. Jordan Senior Center and spoke directly with seniors who would be most impacted by any potential cuts to critical social programs.
WASHINGTON – Today, in response to reports that the White House is preparing to announce a ban expanding the “Muslim Ban” and other travel bans of President Trump’s first term, Congressman Krishnamoorthi wrote to President Trump to urge him to abandon the effort due to its harm to American interests.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Ranking Member of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party, U.S. Representatives Adam Smith (D-Wash.), Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee, Gregory R.
WASHINGTON — Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi announced Steve Powell, President of United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 881, as his guest to Donald Trump’s address to a joint session of Congress tomorrow night.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL), and Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) reintroduced the End Tobacco Loopholes Act, bicameral legislation that will establish new federal taxes on e-cigarettes and vaping products. Closing tax loopholes for tobacco companies will generate new federal revenue, reduce public spending on health care, and reduce tobacco product usage, specifically among young Americans and children.