Press Releases
SCHAUMBURG, IL – Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi issued the following statement in response to President Trump's nomination of Brett Kavanaugh, Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, to the Supreme Court:
GLENDALE HEIGHTS, IL – Today, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi was joined by The Home Depot's Regional Vice President Richard Goodrich and Tanya Triche Dawood from the Illinois Retail Merchants Association for a press conference on the passage of the Ceiling Fan Energy Conservation Harmonization Act.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In response to a report by the Daily Beast on Scott Pruitt's misuse of official resources to damage the reputations of current and former aides, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi called upon Oversight Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy to convene hearings on Scott Pruitt's potential misconduct.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi released the following statement in response to the Supreme Court decision in Janus v. AFSCME which found that public sector unions could not legally require workers to pay for "fair share fees":
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi released the following statement in response to the recent Supreme Court ruling upholding the Trump administration's travel ban:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Monday, Congressmen Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) and Darin LaHood (R-IL) held a bipartisan joint town hall at the John Marshall Law School in Chicago to discuss a range of issues facing Illinois and the nation.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee advanced the Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act by a unanimous voice vote.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Friday, the US House passed H.R. 6, the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act, a bipartisan package of opioid prevention, recovery, and treatment bills aimed at combatting the opioid crisis. Included in the bill was language originally introduced as H.R. 5804, the Post-Surgical Injections as an Opioid Alternative Act, which was written by Reps.
WASHINGTON, DC – In response to President Trump's executive order which requires the Secretary of Defense to make space and facilities available to build family detention camps on military bases, Congressman Krishnamoorthi has introduced an amendment to next week's defense appropriations bill to prohibit the use of any federal defense funding for