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WASHINGTON — Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), a senior member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and the House Select Committee on Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party, today sent a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, and CIA Director John Ratcliffe seeking answers about recent public reportsth

WASHINGTON — Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) today applauded the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee's unanimous approval of the bipartisan Skills-Based Federal Contracting Act, legislation he co-led in the House to tear down the paper ceiling by expanding opportunities for skilled workers and ensuring federal contracting decisions focus on demonstrated ability rather than unnecessary degree requirements. The bill previously passed the House unanimously and now advances to the full Senate.

WASHINGTON — Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) today sent letters to the chief executive officers of BP, Chevron, Exxon Mobil, and Shell urging each company to take immediate steps to reduce carbon emissions, citing growing scientific evidence linking fossil fuel emissions to increasingly severe wildfires.

In the letters, Krishnamoorthi writes:

WASHINGTON — Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), a member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, today called on the Postal Service Board of Governors to remove Postmaster General David Steiner, accusing him of using the U.S. Postal Service in an effort to implement President Trump's election mail executive order, which federal courts have twice held violates the Constitution. In a letter sent today, Krishnamoorthi also demanded answers about USPS's apparent implementation of the order.

WASHINGTON — Today, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (IL-08), Congresswoman Summer Lee (PA-12), Congressman Chris Deluzio (PA-17), and Congresswoman Madeleine Dean (PA-04) sent a letter to Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Office of Refugee Resettlement Acting Director Angie Salazar demanding answers about ORR's decision to place unaccompanied migrant children at Abraxas Academy in Morgantown, Pennsylvania, despite the facility's documented history of child abuse violations.

WASHINGTON — Today, the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee voted 21-1 to advance the bipartisan College Transparency Act, legislation led in the House by Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) and Congressman Mike Kelly (R-PA) and in the Senate by Senator Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA.).

Congressman Krishnamoorthi released the following statement:

WASHINGTON — Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), a member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Ranking Member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, and Congressman Ro Khanna (D-CA), a member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, today sent a letter to Barclays Group Chairman Nigel Higgins seeking answers about Barclays' handling of former CEO Jes Staley's relationship with Jeffrey Epstein and the bank's response after evidence emerged that Staley had misrepresented the nature of that

WASHINGTON — Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) yesterday opened his questioning in a Democratic shadow hearing on President Donald Trump's billion-dollar vanity projects by comparing the President's self-promotional initiatives to those of authoritarian rulers, then questioning witnesses about democratic backsliding, taxpayer waste, and the Administration's law enforcement priorities.