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CHICAGO – Today, Ranking Member Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) of the Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) joined with Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart and other local officials at Lurie Children’s Hospital to address new efforts to combat youth vaping, including announcing a new investigation into Chinese illicit vape manufacturers.
EAST MOLINE, IL – Today, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) convened a roundtable discussion with state and local leaders to discuss the success and future of career and technical education (CTE). The discussion, held at the United Township Area Career Center, featured several elected officials and representatives of organized labor and education from within the Quad Cities and focused on how to grow CTE programs at post-secondary education facilities and institutions across Illinois.
Congressman Krishnamoorthi speaks on the impacts that will come from the completion of the Elgin O’Hare Western Access (EOWA) project.
BENSENVILLE, IL – Today, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) joined with Illinois Tollway Executive Director Cassaundra Rouse, Illinois Tollway Board Chairman Arnie Rivera, and local and state leaders in touring recent progress on the Elgin O’Hare Western Access (EOWA) project. The project, slated to be completed in 2027, will connect the Interstate-90 (Jane Addams Memorial Tollway) and Interstate-294 (Tri-State Tollway), significantly cutting travel time between the west side of Chicago O’Hare International Airport and U.S. Route 20 (Lake Street).
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) participated in a full Committee on Oversight and Accountability hearing, where Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Deanne Criswell served as the sole witness to testify on the agency’s response to recent devastating hurricanes and natural disasters that impacted parts of Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi issued the following statement:
St. Charles, IL – Today, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) presented veterans from the U.S. military with lapel pins honoring the upcoming 50-year anniversary of the end of American military involvement during the Vietnam War. The ceremony, which took place at Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 5036 in St. Charles, was attended by veterans of several branches of the military and American Legion Post 342 Commander Joe Morgan.
CHICAGO – Today, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary during a field hearing in Chicago on lowering prescription drug costs for Americans.
WASHINGTON— Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) partnered with Reps. Celeste Maloy (R-UT) and Diana Harshbarger (R-TN) to introduce the Pharmacy Audit and Compensation Transparency (PhACT) Act directing the Secretary of Health and Human Services to thoroughly investigate how Pharmacy Benefit Managers audit pharmacists and make recommendations for more transparency and fairness.
SCHAUMBURG, IL – Earlier this week, the U.S. Marshals Service announced the arrest of John Panaligan, who was wanted for allegedly murdering attorney Victor Jigar Patel, in Patel’s Northbrook, Illinois, office on December 7, 2016. At the time of his death, Patel, 36, was representing plaintiffs suing Panaligan in civil court. Panaligan’s arrest in Tepic, Mexico, and extradition ends a more than seven-year manhunt that led to Panaligan’s placement on the U.S. Marshals Most Wanted Fugitives list in 2020.
SCHAUMBURG, IL – Last week, the Cook County Health Foundation presented Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) with the 2024 Ruth Rothstein Award for Excellence during the organization’s annual gala. The award, named after the former chief of the Cook County Department of Public Health and presented by Cook County President Toni Preckwinkle, highlights leadership and service in the field of health care.