Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Following robust advocacy to strengthen investments in workforce development, Congressman Krishnamoorthi applauded the House Education and Labor Committee passing its portion of the Build Back Better Act, which includes nearly $80 billion in funding for workforce development programs and $4 billion for career and technical education (CTE) programs.
SCHAUMBURG, IL – Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi issued the following statement today in response to news of President Biden's plan for a global summit on COVID-19 vaccine supplies:
SCHAUMBURG, IL – Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi issued the following statement in response to the passing of former U.S. Senator Adlai Stevenson III:
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Representatives Raja Krishnamoorthi (IL-08), Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), Tom Malinowski (NJ-07), Mark Pocan (WI-02), and Jake Auchincloss (MA-04) launched the COVID-19 Global Vaccination Caucus with Senator Ed Markey of Massachusetts as co-chairs. This caucus will advocate for the one solution that has proven to work and that majority of Americans and scientists agree is crucial to ending the pandemic: vaccines. Currently, only 24% of the global population is fully vaccinated.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi issued the following statement in response to the Supreme Court's dark-of-night decision to leave SB8, the most restrictive abortion ban in half a century, in place:
WASHINGTON – Yesterday, Congressmen Raja Krishnamoorthi (IL-08) and Jim Langevin (RI-02) introduced a resolution to double federal funding for career and technical education (CTE). Krishnamoorthi and Langevin previously partnered on CTE reform as the co-lead and an original sponsor, respectively, of the Strengthening Career And Technical Education For The 21st Century Act.
WASHINGTON – Today, Representatives Krishnamoorthi, Manning, and Ross led a coalition of 40 colleagues in a letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer requesting that the budget reconciliation package provide relief to the 1.2 million individuals stuck in the employment-based green card backlog, strengthening our economy in the process.
SCHAUMBURG, IL — On Thursday, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi hosted a press conference to discuss the $103 million in funding that he and his congressional colleagues secured in President Joe Biden's American Rescue Plan (ARP) to establish health care worker mental health support and training programs. The ARP provisions that Congressman Krishnamoorthi championed on behalf of health care workers were based on provisions in the Dr.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) called on his Congressional colleagues to join him in sending a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on the need to address the employment-based green card backlog as part of budget reconciliation. Any package that addresses longstanding immigration priorities must include relief for the approximately 1.2 million individuals unable to receive a green card primarily due to country-based discrimination.