Press Releases
SCHAUMBURG, IL – Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi today visited Loretto Hospital on Chicago’s West Side and River Bluff Nursing Home in Rockford to draw attention to the devastating impact of President Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (OBBBA) on Illinois families as the law slashes $911 billion from Medicaid over the next decade, increasing the number of uninsured Americans by 17 million. Illinois is among the hardest-hit states, facing up to a 20 percent cut in federal Medicaid funding — roughly $48 billion over ten years.
SCHAUMBURG, IL – Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi today reaffirmed the validity of the video showing ICE agents violently detaining individuals in Hoffman Estates, confirmed that the incident occurred in his district, and condemned the Trump Administration’s campaign of secrecy, brutality, and misinformation surrounding its mass immigration raids.
BROADVIEW, IL – Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi was blocked today by the Trump Administration from entering the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in Broadview, Illinois, after arriving to perform lawful congressional oversight of reported detentions. The visit comes just days after video of a fifteen-year-old constituent was seen being violently detained by ICE in Hoffman Estates in the Eighth Congressional District. ICE officials refused entry to the facility.
SCHAUMBURG, IL – Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi issued the following statement in response to a video from Hoffman Estates of what appears to be ICE agents seizing a child:
SCHAUMBURG, IL – Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) joined Congresswoman Robin Kelly (D-IL) and other members of the Illinois congressional delegation in sending a letter to the Inspectors General of the Departments of Justice (DOJ) and Homeland Security (DHS), calling for full and independent investigations into recent immigration enforcement actions and fatal shootings by federal agents in Illinois.
SCHAUMBURG, IL – Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) today called on Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins to immediately reverse the Trump Administration’s decision to cancel the annual Household Food Security Report, a critical tool for tracking hunger in the United States.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi released the following statement on the acceptance by Israel and Hamas of the first phase of a peace agreement:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Health Care and Financial Services, and Congressman Robert Garcia, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent a letter yesterday to Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard demanding all intelligence and law enforcement materials related
WASHINGTON – Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Health Care and Financial Services, and Congressman Robert Garcia, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent a letter today to Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard demanding all intelligence and law enforcement materials related to
SCHAUMBURG, IL – Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi today responded to President Trump’s decision to deploy Texas National Guard troops into Illinois over Governor JB Pritzker’s objections: