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WASHINGTON – In today's hearing of the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis (SSCC) titled "Examining Federal Efforts to Prevent, Detect, and Prosecute Pandemic Relief Fraud," Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi presented the subcommittee's new report documenting the Trump Administration's failure to protect critical pandemic relief funds from fraud. The subcommittee's analysis found that nearly 98% of DOJ's prosecutions of fraud involving the Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) program concerned fraudulent applications submitted during the Trump Administration.

WASHINGTON – Tonight, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi joined his colleagues in voting to pass the bipartisan Ocean Shipping Reform Act to combat skyrocketing shipping costs that are driving up the prices of food and other household essentials. In March, in his capacity as Chairman of the Oversight Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy, Congressman Krishnamoorthi partnered with Rep. James E. Clyburn, Chairman of the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis, to send letters to three of the world's largest ocean freight carriers—A.P.

SCHAUMBURG, IL – Last week in Los Angeles, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi joined Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi's Congressional delegation attending the Ninth Summit of the Americas, the only meeting between national leaders of the North and South American continents and a critical forum to discuss and address the region's shared challenges and opportunities. The United States served as host and chair for the first time since the inaugural event in Miami in 1994.

SCHAUMBURG – Today, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi called on the USDA to provide more opportunities for WIC participants to purchase infant formula through retailers online, in addition to brick-and-mortar stores:

SCHAUMBURG, IL – Congressmen Raja Krishnamoorthi and Scott Peters, who led a letter of 85 Members of Congress to President Biden expressing concern about the severe economic and environmental impacts of the Department of Commerce's anti-circumvention inquiry into crystalline silicon photovoltaic (CSPV) cells and panels imported from Malaysia, Vietnam, Thailand, and Cambodia, responded today to

SCHAUMBURG, IL — Today, in response to the tragic death of Supraja Alaparthi of Elk Grove Village, who was killed in a parasailing accident in the Florida Keys that left her son and nephew injured, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi called for an immediate police investigation of the incident and a review of parasailing safety rules to ensure such a tragedy does not happen again.

SCHAUMBURG, IL – Last night, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi of the House Oversight Committee wrote to U.S. President Joe Biden expressing his concern about the current shortage of oil refining capacity within the United States and around the world, which has created supply chain bottlenecks and contributed to increasing gas prices for consumers. While oil companies continue to report near-record profits and Americans suffer from unprecedented gas prices, oil companies are sitting on shuttered refineries capable of processing nearly 1 million barrels of oil per day.

SCHAUMBURG, IL – Yesterday, Congressmen Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) and Chris Stewart (R-UT) of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence led five of their colleagues in a bipartisan letter to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken regarding their concerns about the impacts of Russia's unjustified invasion of Ukraine on the growing global food crisis and their consequences for American national security. Other co-signers of the letter included members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and the House Armed Services Committee.