Press Releases
WASHINGTON – Tomorrow, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi is set to bring Rushan Abbas, Founder and Executive Director of Campaign for Uyghurs, as his guest at the State of the Union in Washington, D.C. Ms. Abbas is an outspoken Uyghur human rights advocate, becoming one of the most prominent Uyghur voices in the world following her sister's detainment by the Chinese Communist Party in 2018. In February 2022, Campaign for Uyghurs, which Ms.
WASHINGTON –Select Committee on the CCP Chairman Mike Gallagher (R-WI) and Ranking Member Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) today released the following statement regarding the suspected Chinese spy balloon flying over the United States.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (IL-08) and seven other Members of the House sent a letter to House Speaker Kevin McCarthy requesting the Speaker to bring legislation to ban the trading of stocks by Members of Congress to the House floor for a vote as soon as possible. The letter, cosigned by Reps.
WASHINGTON – Today, Representatives Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) and Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) introduced the Shielding All Federal Employees and Consumers from Actionable Recall Situations Act, or the SAFE CARS Act. This bill would prohibit the federal government from selling vehicles with an open and actionable recall to the public and requires federal agencies that lease or own vehicles with an available recall to remedy the defect, which is a free process for the user.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), and Reps. Judy Chu (D-Calif.) and Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-Ill.), members of the House Ways and Means and House Oversight Committees, respectively, urged the Internal Revenue Service to investigate the data-sharing practices of online tax filing companies that have been found to have disclosed taxpayers' sensitive personal and financial information to Facebook.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi was appointed to serve as Ranking Member on the House Select Committee on Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), a new committee formed in the 118th Congress for the specific purpose of investigating and developing policy to address the United States' economic, technological, and security competition with the Chinese Communist Party.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Krishnamoorthi (IL-08) issued the following response to the joint statement from DuPage County Board Chair Deborah Conroy, Sheriff James Mendrick, and State's Attorney Robert Berlin on public safety in DuPage County:
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi reintroduced the Choosing Our Own Lives Over Fast Firearms (COOL OFF) Act with the support of 14 original cosponsors.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi and Congresswoman Katie Porter reintroduced the Booster Seat Safety Act, which addresses the dangers that were revealed in their December 2020 report through the House Oversight Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy on the safety gaps in the booster seat industry. In their report, the members uncovered that leading booster seat manufacturers continued to market booster seats that were unsafe for children under 40 pounds as safe to use for children as light as 30 pounds.
WASHINGTON — After the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued draft guidance to reduce levels of lead in baby food earlier this week, today U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), U.S. Representative Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL-08) and U.S.