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February 1, 2023

WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi was appointed to serve as Ranking Member on the House Select Committee on Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), a new committee formed in the 118th Congress for the specific purpose of investigating and developing policy to address the United States' economic, technological, and security competition with the Chinese Communist Party.


February 1, 2023

WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Krishnamoorthi (IL-08) issued the following response to the joint statement from DuPage County Board Chair Deborah Conroy, Sheriff James Mendrick, and State's Attorney Robert Berlin on public safety in DuPage County:


January 31, 2023

WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi reintroduced the Choosing Our Own Lives Over Fast Firearms (COOL OFF) Act with the support of 14 original cosponsors.


January 27, 2023

WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi and Congresswoman Katie Porter reintroduced the Booster Seat Safety Act, which addresses the dangers that were revealed in their December 2020 report through the House Oversight Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy on the safety gaps in the booster seat industry. In their report, the members uncovered that leading booster seat manufacturers continued to market booster seats that were unsafe for children under 40 pounds as safe to use for children as light as 30 pounds.


January 27, 2023

WASHINGTON — After the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued draft guidance to reduce levels of lead in baby food earlier this week, today U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), U.S. Representative Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL-08) and U.S.


January 24, 2023

WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi issued the following statement, applauding the FDA's announcement of its decision to issue marketing denial orders (MDOs) for the Vuse Vibe Tank Menthol 3.0% and the Vuse Ciro Cartridge Menthol 1.5%, two menthol e-cigarette products curr


January 24, 2023

WASHINGTON – Congressmen Mike Gallagher (R-WI) and Raja Krishnamoorthi (IL-08) today released the following statement in response to a Forbes report that TikTok and ByteDance employees can utilize a secret tool that can make any video go viral:


January 24, 2023

WASHINGTON - Today, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi, who led the Congressional investigation that revealeddangerous levels of toxic heavy metals in baby food during his tenure as Chairman of the Oversight Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy, issued the following response to the Food and Drug


January 20, 2023

Carpentersville, IL – Today, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (IL-08) presented Boys & Girls Clubs of Dundee Township (BGCDT) President Wendy Farley and CEO Drew Glassford with a $2 million grant for their new Woodlands Impact Center.

The funding will provide vital services directed at under-served middle and high school students in their daily afterschool and summer programs. The Impact Center's programs include academic support, mentoring, career pathway support, especially in STEM-related opportunities, and counseling services.


January 16, 2023

SCHAUMBURG, IL — Today, on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi issued the following statement in response to last Wednesday's violent attack on an Indiana University student by a woman who told police she targeted the victim for "being Chinese," adding "it would be one less person to blow up our country":