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DES PLAINES, IL — Today, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi joined local leaders from Des Plaines, Elk Grove Village, DuPage County, Bartlett, and Schaumburg to announce nearly $5.8 million in Community Project Funding he secured for five infrastructure projects across the 8th Congressional District. The investments will upgrade aging water infrastructure, reduce neighborhood flooding, improve road and pedestrian safety, and advance major transportation improvements. 

CICERO, IL — Today, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi joined Cook County Clerk Monica Gordon and Illinois voting rights leaders at the Cook County Elections Processing Center for a tour and roundtable discussion on threats to voting access and election administration ahead of the November elections.

WASHINGTON — Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi issued the following statement after the Supreme Court lifted an injunction against President Trump’s executive order restricting mail voting while a separate nationwide injunction remains in effect:

WASHINGTON — Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), a senior member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, today renewed his call for Postmaster General David Steiner to resign after the United States Postal Service finalized a rule restricting the delivery of mail ballots under President Trump’s election mail executive order despite an active federal court order expressly prohibiting Steiner from completing that rulemaking.

In the letter, Krishnamoorthi writes:

ELMHURST, Illinois — Today, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi joined the DuPage Water Commission (DWC) to announce $1 million in federal Community Project Funding he secured to advance Stage 1 of the Lake Michigan Regional Water Supply Initiative, a major regional infrastructure project that will provide safe, reliable drinking water while addressing contaminants including lead, PFAS, and microplastics.

WASHINGTON — Following his official visit to Ukraine, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (IL-08), a senior member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, today announced plans to introduce the Learning Effective Strategies and Systems Optimization for National Security (LESSONS) from Ukraine Act, legislation requiring the Pentagon to study and apply lessons from Ukraine’s battlefield innovations to U.S. military doctrine and training.

WASHINGTON — Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL-08), a senior member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, today sent a letter to Attorney General Todd Blanche sounding the alarm over the Trump Administration’s plans to deploy as many as 1,000 Department of Justice election monitors during the 2026 midterms and demanding safeguards against voter intimidation.

SCHAUMBURG, IL — During a meeting at the Vatican last week, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), a lifelong Cubs fan, presented Pope Leo XIV with a custom Chicago Cubs jersey, prompting a lighthearted discussion of the recent performance of the Cubs and the Pope’s beloved White Sox. The jersey reads “Da Pope” and bears the number 267, marking Leo’s place as the 267th Bishop of Rome.