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May 24, 2017

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi, lead Democrat on the Subcommittee on Healthcare, Benefits and Administrative Rules, released the following statement in response to the the Congressional Budget Office's report on the Republican American Health Care Act (AHCA) which passed the House by two votes in early May:


May 20, 2017

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi, lead Democrat on the Subcommittee on Healthcare, Benefits and Administrative Rules, released the following statement in response to the Trump administration's threats to imperil health care affordability for 7 million Americans through eliminating crucial subsidies:


May 19, 2017

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi, a member of the House Oversight Committee, released the following statement in response to an undisputed New York Times report that President Trump told Russian officials firing former FBI Director James Comey took the pressure off him, and a separate


May 19, 2017

WASHINGTON U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) led U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth and U.S. Representatives Mike Quigley (D-IL), Dan Lipinski (D-IL), Robin Kelly (D-IL), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Bobby Rush (D-IL), Peter Roskam (R-IL), Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), Rodney Davis (D-IL), Mike Bost (R-IL), Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), Bill Foster (D-IL), Cheri Bustos (D-IL), and Brad Schneider (D-IL) in pressing the Army Corps of Engineers (the Corps) to include funding for the construction of the McCook Reservoir Project in the Fiscal Year 2017 Army Corp Work Plan.


May 18, 2017

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi, a member of the House Oversight Committee, released the following statement in response to a New York Times report that former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn informed the Trump transition team, led by Vice President Mike Pence, that General Flynn was under federal investigation for secretly


May 17, 2017

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi, a member of the House Oversight Committee, released the following statement in response to the announcement of former FBI Director Robert Mueller's appointment as special counsel to investigate Russian interference in the 2016 election:


May 17, 2017

WASHINGTON, DC –Today, the Committee on Education and the Workforce approved H.R. 2353, the Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act. Introduced by Reps. Raja Krishnamoorthi (IL-08) and Glenn "GT" Thompson (PA-05), the bipartisan legislation will strengthen and improve career and technical education (CTE).