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May 8, 2020

SCHAUMBURG, IL – Today, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi introduced legislation to allow state service commissions to redeploy AmeriCorps resources and personnel to the communities most in need of assistance as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.


May 6, 2020

SCHAUMBURG, IL – Yesterday, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi led 90 of his colleagues in Congress in sending a bipartisan letter to House leadership calling for the inclusion of enhanced mental health resources for healthcare workers in the next coronavirus aid package. The letter requested that an HHS grant program be established to allow healthcare employers and facilities to confidentially assess and treat the mental health of frontline workers in addition to ordering a comprehensive study on healthcare workers' mental health.


April 15, 2020

SCHAUMBURG, IL – Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi released the following statement in response to an alarming new report from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities detailing the impact of COVID-19 on state and local budgets:


April 15, 2020

SCHAUMBURG, IL – Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi, Chairman of the Oversight Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy, which holds jurisdiction over the Treasury Department, issued the following statement in response to a report that the Treasury Department's completely unprecedented decision to include the President's name on stimulus checks could delay Americans receiving the payments:


April 13, 2020

WASHINGTON, DC – Following an FDA decision permitting labs and commercial manufacturers to develop and distribute blood-based serology tests for coronavirus without requiring FDA review, Congressman Krishnamoorthi (IL-08), as Chairman of the House Oversight Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy,


April 7, 2020

SCHAUMBURG, IL – Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (IL-08) issued the following statement regarding the Trump Administration's decision to remove Glenn Fine as the head of the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee:


April 3, 2020

SCHAUMBURG, IL – Today, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi issued the following statement in response to numerous reports of desperate, qualified small businesses unable to receive access to credit due to the failure of regulators to effectively implement the federal stimulus package's small business loan programs:


April 1, 2020

SCHAUMBURG, IL – Today, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (IL-08) issued the statement below in response to reporting on previously undisclosed investment activity on behalf of Senator Kelly Loeffler (R-GA) following a January 24 senators-only briefing on coronavirus. During the period covered by the new documents, Sen.


March 27, 2020

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL-08) voted in favor of the passage of the bipartisan CARES Act, which will direct trillions in federal economic and public health assistance to Americans across the country.