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WASHINGTON, DC – On Thursday, Congress passed bipartisan legislation to fund Energy and Water Development programs through FY2019. Among several important provisions, this legislation increases funding for the Energy Department's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) by 2.5% to $2.38 billion, and boosts funding for the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) office by 3.7% to $366 million. In addition, this bill established the Solar Ready Vets Program, which prepares our nation's skilled veterans for high-paying careers in the solar industry.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congressmen Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) and Darin LaHood (R-IL) and introduced H.Res.1063 yesterday to name a room within Capitol Building as the "Lincoln Room." Room H-226, which is currently part of Majority Whip Steve Scalise's (LA-1) office, of the United States Capitol once served as the post office of the House while then-Representative Abraham Lincoln served in Congress from 1847-1849.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi issued the following statement as Hurricane Florence approaches the Atlantic Coast, just over a year after his September 11, 2017, letter to Federal Emergency Management Agency's Administrator Brock Long urging him to account for climate change impacts in the Risk MAP program and when drawing flood maps:

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi issued the following statement in response to reports that Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Brock Long is the subject of an ongoing Department of Homeland Security inspector general's investigations into whether he misused government vehicles for personal commutes:

WASHINGTON, DC – Following reports of an impending Syrian and Russian military campaign to take the northwestern Syrian province of Idlib, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi issued the following statement:

ELGIN, IL – On Monday, Congressman Krishnamoorthi convened with more than fifty state and local education leaders, including Illinois School Superintendent Tony Smith and U-46 CEO Tony Sanders, to tour career and technical education (CTE) programs at Elgin High School and South Elgin High School. During the tour, attendees met with students and teachers participating in CTE courses designed to prepare students for high-tech, in-demand jobs in the region.

SCHAUMBURG, IL – Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi issued the following statement in recognition of the anniversary of the ongoing ethnic cleansing the Burmese military is committing against the Rohingya:

SCHAUMBURG, IL – Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi of the Oversight Committee issued the following statement in the wake of former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort's conviction on federal fraud charges and the guilty plea deal Michael Cohen, the President's former lawyer, reached with prosecutors: