Press Releases
SCHAUMBURG – On Sunday, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) was recognized with the Appreciation Award by the Chicago chapter of the Peaceful Unification Advisory Council (PUAC) at its special lecture featuring guest speaker Dong Hyeon Seok, Secretary General of the PUAC in Korea. The award was given to Congressman Krishnamoorthi in recognition of his dedicated service toward the pursuit of peace and was presented at PUAC's Special Lecture event on Sunday evening.
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Representatives Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Joe Wilson (R-SC), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Nancy Mace (R-SC), and Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ) reintroduced the College Transparency Act (CTA), which ensures that students and families have better information as they consider higher education opportunities.
WASHINGTON — Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi helped introduced bipartisan legislation today to help tackle the prescription drug affordability crisis, hold pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) accountable, and lower drug costs. In the face of high prescription drug costs, many independent experts are concerned that the practice of using PBMs as the middlemen between drug manufacturers, health insurers, and pharmacies is contributing to rising prescription drug prices and increasing out-of-pocket costs for American patients.
WASHINGTON— Lasts week, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi joined with Reps. Young Kim (CA-40.), Andrew Garbarino (NY-02), Josh Gottheimer (NJ-05), Brad Schneider (IL-10), and other colleagues to introduce the bipartisan Securing Access to Lower Taxes by ensuring Deductibility (SALT Deductibility) Act which will fully repeal the cap on state and local tax deductions, providing much needed relief for families across Illinois and the country.
WASHINGTON – Today, as part of the U.S. House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure's Member's Day hearing, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi submitted the following testimony:
Washington, D.C. – Oregon's Senator Jeff Merkley and Ohio's Senator Sherrod Brown led 21 Senators today in introducing the Ending Trading and Holdings in Congressional Stocks (ETHICS) Act. This bill is bipartisan and bicameral, with Representatives Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) and Michael Cloud (R-TX) leading the bill in the House.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi, who co-led the Committee on Oversight and Reform's multiyear investigation into the Washington Commanders' hostile workplace culture under Daniel Snyder's leadership, issued the following statement in response to reports of Snyder agreeing to sell the team:
WASHINGTON — Today, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi, the former Chairman of the Oversight Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy, issued the following statement hailing the announcement of a $462 million settlement between Juul, states, cities
WASHINGTON – Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi issued the following statement today in response to reports of former President Donald Trump's indictment by a New York grand jury.