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WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) and Congresswoman Celeste Maloy (R-UT) led 10 other members of the Bipartisan Congressional Caucus to End the Youth Vaping Epidemic in a letter to the Department of Justice urging greater enforcement in prosecuting illegal flavored vaping products not authorized by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) while requesting an update on th
WASHINGTON – Today, the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability unanimously passed Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) and Congresswoman Nancy Mace’s (R-SC) Allowing Contractors to Choose Employees for Select Skills (ACCESS) Act. This bipartisan legislation would eliminate arbitrary education and experience requirements that exclude skilled workers from participating in government contracts, opening the door to more diverse and qualified candidates to apply for government positions.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) introduced the bicameral Welcome Back to the Health Care Workforce Act, legislation that will address the dramatic shortages plaguing the health care sector. Of the two million college-educated immigrants currently living in the U.S., roughly 14 percent hold health-related degrees.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressmen Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) and Adam B. Schiff (D-CA) introduced the Commission on Youth Homelessness Act, legislation which would create a commission to report on how state and federal laws have negatively impacted youth at risk of homelessness. Due to an increased presence of asylum-seeking individuals, 22 percent of all people under the age of 25 experiencing homelessness are unaccompanied youth.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressmen Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) and Darin LaHood (R-IL) introduced a bipartisan resolution to designate the week of March 24 through March 30, 2024, as “National Cleaning Week” to honor the essential frontline workers who protect all Americans and to emphasize the importance of routine cleaning and disinfection in the effort to protect public health.
WASHINGTON – Last week, President Joe Biden signed into law a six-bill minibus package passed by Congress that funds parts of the federal government for the duration of Fiscal Year 2024, averting a partial government shutdown and providing $14,490,287 in federal funding that Congressman Krishnamoorthi secured for community projects in Illinois’ Eighth Congressional District.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) is proud to announce Planned Parenthood of Illinois (PPIL) President and CEO Jennifer Welch as his guest for the 2024 State of the Union. Since 2017, President Welch has led the organization, and last year, PPIL served more than 66,000 patients at its 17 health centers across Illinois.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi joined Reps. Hank Johnson (D-GA), Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), Adam Schiff (D-CA), Shri Thanedar (D-MI), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Dan Goldman (D-NY), and Barbara Lee (D-CA) in cosponsoring the Supreme Court Tenure Establishment and Retirement Modernization (TERM) Act.
Washington DC — Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi, Ranking Member of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the U.S. and the Chinese Communist Party, issued the following statement today regarding the death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny:
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi, Ranking Member of the Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the U.S. and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), joined with the majority of his House colleagues in voting to pass H.R. 5375, the Strengthening the Quad Act, legislation which will reinforce the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (Quad) and establish an Interparliamentary Working Group among the four nations.