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December 8, 2021

WASHINGTON – Today, Rep. Krishnamoorthi voted for the bipartisan Ocean Shipping Reform Act (H.R. 4996) to combat inflation through strengthening the overseas supply chain and bolstering exports from American businesses.


December 8, 2021

WASHINGTON – Tonight, the United States House of Representatives passed the Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act, a healthcare worker mental wellness bill introduced by Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL-08) with Representatives Susan Wild (D-PA-07), Judy Chu (D-CA-27), and David McKinley (R-WV-01).


December 2, 2021

WASHINGTON – Today, the bicameral Global Vaccination Caucus—Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley; U.S. Senators Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), and Tina Smith (D-MN); and U.S. Representatives Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL-08), Tom Malinowski (D-NJ-07), and Pramila Jayapal (D-WA-07)— issued the following joint statement:


December 2, 2021

WASHINGTON – Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi, co-founder and co-chair of the COVID-19 Global Vaccination Caucus, issued the following statement in response to the first reported case of the COVID-19 Omicron variant in the United States:


November 30, 2021

WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi issued the following statement encouraging the Senate to pass the Build Back Better Act (H.R. 5376), including provisions he helped lead to support American solar manufacturing based on the Solar Energy Manufacturing for America Act (SEMA) which he cosponsored:


November 30, 2021

WASHINGTON – Today, Representative Raja Krishnamoorthi issued the following statement encouraging the Senate to pass the Build Back Better Act (H.R. 5376), which the House approved last month and included nearly $40 billion for workforce development programs.


November 26, 2021

SCHAUMBURG, IL – Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi, co-founder and co-chair of the COVID-19 Global Vaccination Caucus, issued the following statement in response to the emergence in South Africa of the B.1.1.529. Omicron Variant:


November 26, 2021

SCHAUMBURG, IL – Today, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi issued the following statement in response to ongoing negotiations on the Senate passage of the Build Back Better Act (H.R. 5376) which the House of Representatives passed one week ago:


November 19, 2021

WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi voted in favor of the Build Back Better Act, once-in-a-generation legislation specifically focused on growing the economy, combatting climate change, and reducing the everyday costs faced by working families, including health care and child care.