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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Yesterday, the US House of Representative passed a bipartisan amendment introduced by Congressmen Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) and Andy Barr (R-KY) to require the Department of Defense to conduct a study on the extent of pharmaceutical shortages in the military health and TRICARE system. The purpose of this study would be to shed light on whether quality of care in military surgical and emergency situations has been compromised because of shortages in anesthetics and pain management medications.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Yesterday, the US House of Representative passed amendments to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) introduced by Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi to expand access to on-the-job training and reevaluate the needs of job training programs for military reservists.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Yesterday, the US House passed an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act introduced by Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi which would require the Department of Defense to inform Congress of its plan to treat and prevent opioid use among dependents of Department of Defense personnel. Once completed, the report would be shared with all on-base medical facilities to expand awareness of available intervention and treatment resources.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi released the following statement in response to reports that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services under President Trump will be instituting a domestic gag rule to prohibit any Title X family planning clinics, such as Planned Parenthood, from providing or even discussing abortion with patients:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi issued the following response to a report that Jared Kushner's family real estate firm, Kushner Companies, is nearing a deal with a Qatar-linked company regarding 666 Fifth Avenue:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi wrote to Attorney General Jeff Sessions in a letter urging him to seal and secure Special Counsel Robert Mueller's records in the event that the White House takes steps to fire the Special Counsel.

The text of Congressman Krishnamoorthi's letter follows and the signed letter is viewable here.

May 16, 2018

Attorney General Jeff Sessions

Department of Justice

WASHINGTON, DC — Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi of the Oversight Committee issued the following statement in response to the news that the Office of Government Ethics referred President Trump's financial disclosure forms from 2017 and 2018 to Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein in response to a complaint filed in March urging an investigation into whether Trump knowingly omitted a $100,000-plus payment from last year's forms:

WASHINGTON, DC — In time for Mother's Day this Sunday, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi and Congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler, Co-Chair of the Congressional Caucus on Maternity Care have led 16 cosponsors in introducing H.R 5761 the Ending Maternal Mortality Act, to create an ambitious national