Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi joined Representatives Susan Wild (D-PA-07), Judy Chu (D-CA-27), and David McKinley (R-WV-01) in reintroducing the Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act. This is comprehensive, bipartisan legislation to reduce and prevent suicide, burnout, and mental and behavioral health conditions among health care professionals.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Representatives Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL-08) and Matt Cartwright (D-PA-08) introduced a bill to prepare today's students for financial success in adulthood.
WASHINGTON – Today, Representative Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), and Representative Tony Cárdenas (D-CA) reached out to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to request guidance on what regulations and limits should be made public on toxic heavy metals in baby food.
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WASHINGTON – Today, the House of Representatives passed the American Rescue Plan, President Biden's $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package that includes critical funding for frontline health care workers struggling with the mental toll of caring for patients during a once-in-a-century pandemic. Since U.S.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi, who chairs the House Oversight Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy, voted in favor of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, which implements President Biden's urgently-needed American Rescue Plan and includes state and local aid funding which the Congressman ushered through the Oversight Committee.
WASHINGTON – Today, in the House Committee on Oversight and Reform's joint hearing with the House Committee on Homeland Security on the SolarWinds cyberattack, titled "Weathering the Storm: The Role of Private Tech in the SolarWinds Breach and Ongoing Campaign," Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi questioned Microsoft President and Chief Legal Officer Brad Smith on what steps would need to be take
WASHINGTON – Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi, who serves on the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis and chairs the House Oversight Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy, issued the following statement in response to the announcement of the United Center becoming a mass vaccination site in Chicago:
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi, who serves as a Vice Chair of the Congressional LGBTQ+ Equality Caucus, hailed the passage of the Equality Act this afternoon:
WASHINGTON – Today, in the House Committee on Oversight and Reform's hearing on the U.S. Postal Service (USPS), titled "Legislative Proposals to Put the Postal Service on Sustainable Financial Footing," Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi questioned Postmaster General Louis DeJoy on the failures of the Postal Service during his tenure and its increasingly slow and late mail delivery.