Press Releases

WASHINGTON – In today's Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis hearing with Trump White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx, Congressman Krishnamoorthi questioned Dr. Birx on the embrace of COVID misinformation and discredited health claims by President Trump and members of his inner circle over the protests of many doctors and scientists in the administration. Over the course of their discussion, the Congressman touched on Dr.

WASHINGTON – In today's hearing of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform titled "Tackling Toxic Workplaces: Examining the NFL's Handling of Workplace Misconduct at the Washington Commanders," Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi, Chairman of the Oversight Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy and co-lead of the investigation, questioned NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell on the lack of transparency in the NFL's investigation into misconduct at the Washington Commanders organization as well as owner Daniel Snyder's own conduct.

SCHAUMBURG, IL – Last night, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi joined Schaumburg Mayor Tom Dailly and Deputy Police Chief Kristine Provenzano to present the Schaumburg Police Department with a check for $340,000 in recognition of federal funding he secured for the village's mobile response unit for mental health and substance misuse.

WASHINGTON – Yesterday, Representatives Raja Krishnamoorthi (IL-08), Abigail Spanberger (VA-07), and Sharice Davids (KS-03) introduced a resolution urging President Biden to use the Defense Production Act to expand short-term oil refinery capacity to eliminate the refining bottleneck that is currently contributing to high gas prices.

WASHINGTON – Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi welcomed President Biden's letter to oil refiners urging immediate action to increase the fuel supply and reduce fuel prices.

WASHINGTON – In today's hearing of the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis (SSCC) titled "Examining Federal Efforts to Prevent, Detect, and Prosecute Pandemic Relief Fraud," Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi presented the subcommittee's new report documenting the Trump Administration's failure to protect critical pandemic relief funds from fraud. The subcommittee's analysis found that nearly 98% of DOJ's prosecutions of fraud involving the Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) program concerned fraudulent applications submitted during the Trump Administration.

WASHINGTON – Tonight, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi joined his colleagues in voting to pass the bipartisan Ocean Shipping Reform Act to combat skyrocketing shipping costs that are driving up the prices of food and other household essentials. In March, in his capacity as Chairman of the Oversight Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy, Congressman Krishnamoorthi partnered with Rep. James E. Clyburn, Chairman of the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis, to send letters to three of the world's largest ocean freight carriers—A.P.

SCHAUMBURG, IL – Last week in Los Angeles, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi joined Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi's Congressional delegation attending the Ninth Summit of the Americas, the only meeting between national leaders of the North and South American continents and a critical forum to discuss and address the region's shared challenges and opportunities. The United States served as host and chair for the first time since the inaugural event in Miami in 1994.