Skip to main content

Media

Latest News

July 21, 2020

WASHINGTON, DC – On Friday, the U.S. House found Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi's amendment regarding Chinese aggression toward India along the Line of Actual Control in order, ensuring it will receive a vote to pass the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday. In response, Congressman Krishnamoorthi issued the following statement:


July 16, 2020

SCHAUMBURG, IL – Earlier this week, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi wrote to Emory A. Rounds, Director of the U.S. Office of Government Ethics (OGE), with regard to serious questions surrounding its oversight of executive branch conflicts of interest in the Trump administration and with specific respect to Marc Short, Vice President Pence's Chief of Staff:


July 15, 2020

SCHAUMBURG, IL – Today, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi urged Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar to denounce the political attacks launched against Dr. Anthony Fauci by members of the Trump administration, including trade advisor Peter Navarro, due to the chilling effect they could have on public health officials:


July 14, 2020

WASHINTON, DC – Today, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) and Congressman Peter Welch (D-VT), both members of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, wrote to the CIA and FBI requesting any information the agencies have about the spread of localized misinformation promoting


July 10, 2020

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Reps. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Paul Mitchell (R-MI), Elise Stefanik, (D-NY) and Josh Harder (D-CA) announced more than half of the House of Representatives have now cosponsored the College Transparency Act (H.R. 1766). The bipartisan bill will provide students and families with the data they need to make informed choices about post-secondary education.


July 9, 2020

SCHAUMBURG, IL – In recognition of his public service and record of standing up to powerful interests inside and outside of government, the Northwest Suburban Bar Association recently recognized Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi with its Truth To Power Award.


July 1, 2020

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (IL-08) hailed the passage of the Moving Forward Act, a transportation and infrastructure package which he cosponsored and which included two pieces of legislation he authored. The Congressman's first amendment was based on a bipartisan piece of legislation, the SAFE TO DRIVE Act, which he co-led with Congressman Mike Gallagher (WI-08), to reduce distracted driving.


June 26, 2020

WASHINTON, DC – Today, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi wrote to Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross concerning allegations recently leveled by former National Security Advisor John Bolton that President Trump harmed United States national security by supporting the Chinese telecommunications companies ZTE and Huawei at the urging of President Xi Jinping, even as officials in his own Administration warned against it. Noting Mr.


June 24, 2020
WASHINTON, DC – Earlier this week, in response to multiple reports earlier this month of US Army units being armed with bayonets in preparation for their potential deployment to protests in Washington, DC, Congressmen Raja Krishnamoorthi (IL-08) and Ted Lieu (CA-33) wrote to General Mark Milley, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, to express their concerns

June 22, 2020

SCHAUMBURG, IL – Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi issued the following statement today in response to President Trump's order suspending work visas through 2020: