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December 18, 2023

WASHINGTON – Today, Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi joined with Reps. Emilia Sykes (OH-13), Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) and Tony Cárdenas (CA-29) in introducing the Improving Newborns’ Food and Nutrition Testing Safety (INFANTS) Act, legislation which will set requirements that baby food products be tested for toxic heavy metals and the results be reported to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).


December 15, 2023

WASHINGTON – In response to the Thursday passage of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which included provisions to “enhance major defense partnership” between the United States and India and to “ensure that India is appropriately considered for cooperative defense activities consistent with the status of Indi


December 14, 2023

WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi, Ranking Member of the Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party voted to pass H.R. 2670, the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2024, which invests in core elements of American national defense, including our service members, our commitments to security partners and allies, and our own industrial base and capacity.


December 6, 2023

WASHINGTON – On Tuesday, as part of the commemoration of Wednesday’s 80th anniversary of the repeal of the Chinese Exclusion Act, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi was honored by the organizers of the Conference on Social Progress Since Repealing the Chinese Exclusion Act 80 Years Ago (CRCEA) with an award for his outstanding contributions to the Asian American community.


December 4, 2023

WASHINGTON – On Thursday, Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi joined Reps. Tony Cárdenas (CA-29), Katie Porter (CA-47), Sean Casten (IL-06), Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), Jared Moskowitz (FL-23), as well as Sens. Tammy Duckworth (IL), and Amy Klobuchar (MN), to call on the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to consider the sources of the over 50 recently reported cases of lead poisoning and subsequent recall of popular baby food brands.


November 9, 2023

WASHINGTON -- Today, U.S. Representatives Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Tim Walberg (R-MI), Brett Guthrie (R-KY), and Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) introduced the POW Priority Care Act. This bipartisan legislation would elevate former Prisoners of War (POW) from Priority Group 3 to Priority Group 1 in the scale used by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to determine eligibility for health care benefits and services.


November 9, 2023

WASHINGTON -- Today, U.S. Representatives Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Tim Walberg (R-MI), Brett Guthrie (R-KY), and Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) introduced the POW Priority Care Act. This bipartisan legislation would elevate former Prisoners of War (POW) from Priority Group 3 to Priority Group 1 in the scale used by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to determine eligibility for health care benefits and services.


November 6, 2023

WASHINGTON – Ranking Member Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) of the Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) partnered with Select Committee Chairman Mike Gallagher (R-WI), and Representatives Ashley Hinson (R-IA), John Moolenaar (R-MI), Brittney Pettersen (D-CO), and Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA) to introduce the bipartisan Defend Our Ne


November 3, 2023

WASHINGTON – Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi issued the following statement in response to the evacuation today of the Rauschenberger-Abu Hamad family, which has Elgin, IL ties, from Gaza to safety in Egypt.


November 2, 2023

WASHINGTON – Since 2019, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi has championed national efforts to end the youth vaping epidemic, launching the first Congressional investigation into how e-cigarette makers deliberately targeted children, founding the Bipartisan Congressional