Press Releases
SCHAUMBURG, IL – Today, the resolution introduced by Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL-08) to ensure the election is held on November 3rd, 2020 surpassed fifty co-sponsors. Below is a statement from Congressman Krishnamoorthi on the growing support for passage of this resolution:
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed an appropriations funding bill, which included an amendment introduced by Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) and Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) to prohibit Executive Branch employees from using their public office or public appropriation funds to endorse or support any product, service, enterprise, or private company.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed an appropriations funding bill, which included an amendment introduced by Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) and Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), to prohibit the General Services Administration (GSA) from selling cars at auction that are under a recall notice. As the federal agency in charge of acquisition and disposal of government property the GSA leases vehicles to federal agencies and then, when they are no longer in use, auctions them off to private buyers.
WASHINTON, DC – Today, Congressmen Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL-08), Bobby Rush (D-IL-01), and Danny Davis (D-IL-07) wrote to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) following the Trump Administration's announcement to expand "Operation Legend" by deploying hundreds of federal agents, including DHSagents, to the City of Chicago in an effort to combat crime and violence.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) and Congresswoman Katie Porter (D-CA) wrote to the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services and the Acting Director of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) urging them to allocate more funding for clinical trials of preventative COVID-19 immune globulin (COVID-IG) injections. Public health experts and officials believe these COVID-IG injections could potentially prevent COVID-19 infection in healthy individuals before a vaccine is widely available.
WASHINGTON, DC – On Tuesday, the U.S. House passed its annual National Defense Authorization Act which included Congressman Krishnamoorthi's bipartisan amendment regarding Chinese aggression toward India along the Line of Actual Control. Congressman Krishnamoorthi's statement follows below.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the US House of Representatives passed an amendment introduced by Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) to require the Secretary of Defense to provide a report to Congress on the effectiveness of readiness contracts in meeting the military's prescription drug supply needs and how the contractual approach can be a model for responding to drug shortages in the civilian health care market. Congressman Krishnamoorthi issued the following statement in response:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL-08), along with Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet, U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Richard Durbin (D-Ill.), and Cory Booker (D-N.J.), introduced the National Emergency Student Vote Act to help college students nationwide exercise their right to vote in the 2020 elections, even as millions are displaced from campus due to the pandemic.
WASHINGTON, DC – On Friday, the U.S. House found Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi's amendment regarding Chinese aggression toward India along the Line of Actual Control in order, ensuring it will receive a vote to pass the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday. In response, Congressman Krishnamoorthi issued the following statement:
SCHAUMBURG, IL – Earlier this week, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi wrote to Emory A. Rounds, Director of the U.S. Office of Government Ethics (OGE), with regard to serious questions surrounding its oversight of executive branch conflicts of interest in the Trump administration and with specific respect to Marc Short, Vice President Pence's Chief of Staff: