Press Releases
WASHINGTON — Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), a senior member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, today announced that several of his intelligence oversight priorities were included in the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027, which was approved by the House Intelligence Committee.
WASHINGTON — Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) released the following statement after two American service members were killed in an Iranian attack:
PALATINE, Ill. — Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) today joined Palatine Police Chief William Nord, Deputy Chief David Brandwein, and local leaders to present the Palatine Police Department with $239,000 in federal Community Project Funding he secured for the department's Community Engagement and Patrol Enhancement Project.
WASHINGTON — Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) released the following statement renewing his call for the Senate to reject Todd Blanche's nomination to serve as Attorney General following Blanche's Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearings:
WASHINGTON — Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) released the following statement after President Donald Trump used a primetime address to declassify election-related intelligence, renew false claims about the 2020 election, and announce new federal investigations:
WASHINGTON — Ahead of President Trump's address on election security tonight, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), a senior member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, released the following statement:
WASHINGTON — Today, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) and Congressman Adam Smith (D-WA) introduced the Welcome Back to the Health Care Workforce Act, legislation to help address the nation's persistent health care workforce shortage by helping internationally educated health care professionals overcome barriers to practicing in the United States. Of the two million college-educated immigrants currently living in the United States, roughly 14 percent hold health-related degrees.
WASHINGTON — Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (IL-08) and Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) today reintroduced the Protecting Students from Worthless Degrees Act, bicameral legislation to protect students from predatory higher education programs—which are often run by for-profit colleges—that target financially vulnerable students, leave borrowers buried in debt, and force taxpayers to foot the bill for federal aid that never delivered on its promise.
WASHINGTON — Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) warned today that the Trump Administration's proposed cuts to American scientific research are undermining U.S. competitiveness with China, threatening America's scientific leadership, and driving away top scientific talent during a House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party hearing on research security.
WASHINGTON — On Wednesday, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) joined Representatives Mike Lawler (R-NY), Sharice Davids (D-KS), and Seth Moulton (D-MA), along with leaders from The Trevor Project, the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, and the Mental Health Liaison Group, to call on the Trump Administration to immediately restore the specialized LGBTQ+ youth crisis services formerly available through the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline's "Press 3" option.