Press Releases
ST. CHARLES, IL – Today, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi announced that the Environmental Protection Agency has informed him that it launched an investigation “into the wastewater treatment processes and equipment at the Smithfield Foods facility” in St.
WASHINGTON – Following the recent Wall Street Journal investigative report identifying more than 2000 lead-covered cables across the nation that may be contributing to dangerously-high levels of toxic lead exposure across the country, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (IL-08) along with U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin and U.S.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi and Congresswoman Jenniffer González-Colón announced the reintroduction of the State Taskforce Opportunity Program (“STOP”) Bullying Act. The STOP Bullying Act incentivizes the establishment of statewide anti-bullying task forces to study, address, and reduce bullying in primary and secondary schools, with attention to the pervasive bullying of LGBTQI+ students.
ADDISON, IL – On Sunday, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi presented the Village of Addison with $600,000 in federal funding that he secured for local road and infrastructure improvements. The funding, which Congressman Krishnamoorthi secured through last December’s government spending package, will be used to repair College Boulevard’s road surface, replace its sidewalks, improve community access, and end the drainage issues the street’s flooding causes for the surrounding area and residents.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressmen Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) sent a letter to the Biden Administration regarding the continued global food insecurity crisis and the need for robust funding for emergency international food aid, particularly for Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF), in any supplemental funding request to Congress.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Ranking Member of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the U.S. and the CCP, released the following statement on today’s executive order by President Joe Biden regarding outbound investments on key technology deemed a national security priority.
HANOVER PARK, IL – On Wednesday, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi presented the Village of Hanover Park with a check commemorating the $600,000 in federal funding that he secured for Hanover Park’s wastewater treatment facility. The funding, secured through last December’s government spending package, will be used to replace the ultraviolet disinfectant system that ensures all bacteria are eliminated before water is released into the West Branch of the DuPage River.
HANOVER PARK, IL – On Wednesday, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi presented the Village of Hanover Park with a check commemorating the $600,000 in federal funding that he secured for Hanover Park’s wastewater treatment facility. The funding, secured through last December’s government spending package, will be used to replace the ultraviolet disinfectant system that ensures all bacteria are eliminated before water is released into the West Branch of the DuPage River.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressmen Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) and Larry Bucshon, M.D. (R-IN) led 56 of their colleagues in sending a bipartisan letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas requesting the Biden Administration take executive action to provide relief to high-skilled employment-based visa holders. In their letter, the U.S.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressmen Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) and Glenn "GT" Thompson (R-PA) led 10 of their colleagues in sending a letter to Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su calling for the Department to work with Congress to support employers' shifts to skills-based hiring practices to counter the challenges caused by many industries requiring college degrees to work jobs that simply do not require it. As labor shortages plague numerous industries, employers are increasingly embracing skills-based hiring and abandoning bachelor's degree requirements.