Press Releases
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Mark Warner (D-Va.) and U.S. Representative Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-Ill.) sent a letter to Equifax, blasting the company for its failure to correctly report consumer credit scores and its delays in informing lenders and consumers of these problems – resulting in consumers being denied or charged higher interest rates for auto loans, mortgages, and credit cards.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi is joining Speaker Nancy Pelosi on a Congressional delegation she is leading to the Indo-Pacific region, including visits to Singapore, Malaysia, South Korea, and Japan. The trip will focus on mutual security, economic partnership, and democratic governance in the Indo-Pacific region.
WASHINGTON – In today's Committee on Oversight and Reform hearing examining the practices and profits of gun manufacturers, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi questioned Marty Daniel, Chief Executive Officer of Daniel Defense, LLC, about the gun manufacturer's inflammatory advertisement of a precision rifle on social media, featuring an image of a sniper rifle on a rooftop trained on a parked car.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi was announced last week as a winner of the inaugural MerITocracy Award, which recognizes policy leaders who are helping drive change in America around issues including education and workforce, global competitiveness, and privacy and security. Congressman Krishnamoorthi was recognized at MeriTalk's event MerITocracy: American Innovation Forum as a recipient of the award on July 21.
HANOVER PARK, IL – This morning, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi led a press conference with both Democratic and Republican local elected officials at the Hanover Park Metra Train Station in opposition to the proposed merger between Canadian Pacific (CP) and Kansas City Southern (KCS) railroad.
WASINGTON D.C.– Today, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (IL-08) and Congressman Earl Blumenauer (OR-03) are urging the Biden Administration to scale-up its response to the global food crisis made more dire by Russia's invasion of Ukraine. In a letter signed by 36 members of the House of Representatives, they call for at least $200 million from the Additional Ukraine Supplemental Appropriations Act to boost the procurement and distribution of ready-to-use therapeutic food (RUTF) in countries whose populations are increasingly at risk of famine and severe malnutrition.
WASHINGTON – On Wednesday, the House Intelligence Committee approved the Fiscal Year 2023 Intelligence Authorization Act, which featured multiple provisions that were authored by Congressman Krishnamoorthi, including an assessment of global food insecurity resulting from Russia's invasion of Ukraine, an assessment of the priorities of the Intelligence Community with respect to STEM fields and the personnel necessary to address such priorities, and a provision directing an Intelligence Community assessment of Russia's gray zone assets.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi today issued the following statement regarding the Sri Lankan Parliament voting in favor of former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe as President.
"Following the Sri Lankan Parliament's election of Ranil Wickremesinghe as President, it is time for the people and government of Sri Lanka to unite and restore stability in the country and address the serious economic challenges facing it."
WASHINGTON – Today, Representatives Raja Krishnamoorthi, Dean Phillips, Ayanna Pressley, Katie Porter, and Cori Bush requested a closed briefing with private mail carriers to detail what each company is doing to ensure individuals' rights to privacy and protections against unreasonable search and seizure are upheld. In the wake of the recent U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health, certain state and local law enforcement entities may attempt to prevent access to safe, effective, and legal abortion medication by seizing deliveries while in transit.
WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. House approved language to protect Documented Dreamers based on legislation co-authored by Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi. The language amends the Child Status Protection Act to protect dependent children of green card applicants and long-term dependent children of employment-based nonimmigrants from aging out of our legal immigration system.