Press Releases
Washington (October 27, 2021) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (IL-08), co-founders of the COVID-19 Global Vaccination Caucus, today sent letters to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), the Department of State, and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) urging the agencies to provide targets and a clear outline for how the administration plans to vaccinate 70 percent of the world population by September 2022.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi, Chairman of the Oversight Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy, and Congresswoman Katie Porter introduced the Booster Seat Safety Act to address the dangers they revealed in their December 2020 report on the safety gaps in the booster seat industry.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi sent a letter to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Thomas Vilsack, and the Administrator of the USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Kevin Shea, demanding answers on the lax enforcement of the Animal Welfare Act. This letter was sent in response to the escape of three zebras, and the tragic death of one of them, from their Maryland owner who had been cited by the USDA for more than 100 past violations of the Animal Welfare Act.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Krishnamoorthi issued the following statement after voting to find Stephen K. Bannon in contempt of Congress for refusing to comply with a subpoena issued by the Select Committee to investigate the January 6th attack on the United States Capitol:
WASHINGTON – In response to reports that President Biden's plan to fund two years of free community college had been cut from the reconciliation package, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi issued the following statement:
SCHAUMBURG, IL – Yesterday, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi sent a letter to U.S Postal Service (USPS) Board of Governors Chairman Ron Bloom requesting that he support firing Postmaster General Louis DeJoy. This process must be done by a majority vote of the USPS Board of Governors.
SCHAUMBURG, IL – Today, during a Chicago-based field hearing of the House Oversight Committee regarding recent failures of the United States Postal Service, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi highlighted the need to support the United States Postal Service and solve their problems of understaffing, delayed mail, and poor leadership.
SCHAUMBURG, IL – Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi issued the following statement after spending the afternoon with President Biden on his visit to the Congressman's district to promote his Administration's work to end the pandemic and create good-paying jobs:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi issued the following statement in response to the implementation of Postmaster General DeJoy's unprecedented changes to USPS services:
WASHINGTON – In today's hearing of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi exposed the hypocrisy around the constitutionally-protected right to choose among anti-choice activists through his questioning of Dr. Ingrid Skop. In previous proceedings before the Texas State Legislature, Dr.