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WASHINGTON — Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), alongside Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA), Ranking Member of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party, Rep. Mike Quigley (D-IL), Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX), and Rep.
WASHINGTON — Congressmen Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) and Rob Menendez (D-NJ) today sent a letter to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. calling on HHS to update federal research and guidance on high-caffeine energy drinks and conduct a comprehensive assessment of their consumption and health effects among school-aged children.
WASHINGTON — Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (IL-08) and Congressman Adam Smith (WA-09) introduced the Immigrants in Nursing and Allied Health Act and the Internationally Trained Physicians Assistance Act, two bills to help immigrants enter the U.S. health care workforce and address the nation's growing shortage of health care providers.
WASHINGTON — Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), author of the bipartisan 988 LGBTQ+ Youth Access Act and a Vice Chair of the Congressional Equality Caucus, hailed the restoration of specialized LGBTQ+ crisis line services through the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline after the Trump Administration shut them down in July 2025.
SCHAUMBURG, IL — Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) today responded to a new report from the Center for the Study of Organized Hate, The Rising Tide of Anti-South Asian Hate in the United States, documenting a sharp rise in anti-South Asian hate online.
WASHINGTON — On Monday, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Congresswoman Janelle Bynum (D-OR), and Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ) led 21 of their colleagues in demanding answers about the Environmental Protection Agency’s work on microplastics after the agency left them out of its proposed nationwide drinking-water monitoring rule. In a letter sent on Monday to Acting Comptroller General Orice W.
WASHINGTON — On Monday, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) and Congressman Mike Lawler (R-NY) reintroduced the bipartisan Animal Welfare Enforcement Improvement Act (AWEIA) to strengthen enforcement of the Animal Welfare Act and prevent animal dealers and exhibitors with records of violating animal protection laws from receiving federal licenses. Under current law, animal dealers and exhibitors can remain eligible for federal licenses despite prior violations of animal protection laws.
WASHINGTON — On Monday, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) demanded answers from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth after F-35 parts being shipped from Australia to the United States were diverted to Hong Kong and reportedly taken into the possession of the Chinese government.
SCHAUMBURG, IL — Today, Congressman Krishnamoorthi, a senior member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement on government transparency and data center development:
WASHINGTON — Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) today pressed artificial intelligence and national security experts on catastrophic AI risks, gaps in U.S. export controls governing Chinese access to American computing power, and secretive data center deals that leave communities in the dark.