Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, nine members of Congress, whose families all received government food assistance at some point in their lives, wrote to President Donald J. Trump opposing his proposed cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), which currently serves 36 million Americans of modest means.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi responded to President Donald Trump's recent budget proposal that shifts the oversight of tobacco products from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to its own independent agency run by a Trump-picked director.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) and Congressman Ralph Norman (R-SC) led a bipartisan group of fifty-one members of Congress in a letter to Acting Department of Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf encouraging him to expand the department's outreach to higher education institutions through the Homeland Security Academic Advisory Council (HSAAC).
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, in the wake of NJOY's announcement that it would voluntarily cease all sales of fruit-flavored disposable e-cigarette, Congressman Krishnamoorthi reaffirmed his call for the FDA to ban all flavored e-cigarettes, including flavored disposable e-cigarettes.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (IL-08) announced today that the Parents Against Vaping E-Cigarettes (PAVe) Illinois advocate, Ruby Johnson, will join him as his guest at the State of the Union in Washington, DC, February 4, 2020. Ruby Johnson is the mother of a college-aged student who was hospitalized last summer for severe respiratory problems linked to vaping products.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, public health officials in Illinois confirmed the first human-to-human transmission of the coronavirus. The individual affected is the spouse of the first confirmed travel-related case in Illinois. Both individuals are in stable condition and are receiving treatment in isolation at AMITA Health St.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Last week, the U.S. Surgeon General, Dr. Jerome Adams, issued a new report that details helpful smoking cessation methods, but specifies that e-cigarettes haven't yet been proven to be effective for quitting combustible cigarettes.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, the Supreme Court lifted a nationwide injunction blocking the Trump Administration's "public charge" rule, which would essentially create a wealth test for individuals looking to obtain a green card.
CHICAGO, IL – Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) and Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) held a press conference today to announce the introduction of the Providing Resources to End the Vaping Epidemic Now for Teenagers (PREVENT) Act, a bipartisan and bicameral bill with Congressman Peter King (R-NY) that will create youth vaping prevention programs in schools and provide resources to help tea
WASHINGTON, DC – Yesterday, the US House passed three of Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi's bills – the Keeping Russian Entrapments Minimal and Limiting Intelligence Networks (KREMLIN) Act, the Promoting Research, Innovation, and Zeal in Emerging 5G Technology Act (PRIZE 5G Act), and the Reducing Foreign Influence in 5G Act – as well as his amendment to protect service members and their families