Statements and posts
51 press releases and posts, newest first.
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Krishnamoorthi Sounds Alarm Over Trump DOJ Deployments to Polling Places and Voter Suppression Risks
Demanded safeguards against voter intimidation from DOJ election monitors at polling places.
“Taken together, these actions create a troubling perception: the federal government is simultaneously seeking expansive access to Americans' voter information, challenging state election systems, and preparing to place potentially 1,000 federal monitors in communities across the country. At the same time, the President…”
2026 Midterm Election Interference ConcernsVoting AccessAI-read
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Krishnamoorthi Presents Pope Leo XIV With “Da Pope” Cubs Jersey During Vatican Visit
Presented Pope Leo XIV with custom Chicago Cubs jersey during Vatican visit.
“When I presented Pope Leo the jersey, he immediately reminded me that the White Sox had lost the night before, on Pope Leo Day at Rate Field.”
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Led Illinois delegation in letter opposing mass immigration hearings with up to 185 people per docket.
“Through these hearings, the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) is intentionally overcrowding dockets with little notice to immigrants in an effort to manufacture significant numbers of removal orders and advance the Administration’s mass deportation campaign. Reports suggest…”
Immigration EnforcementAI-read
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Urged USPS Board to remove Postmaster General over unconstitutional mail-ballot order implementation.
“I write to urge the United States Postal Service Board of Governors to remove Postmaster General David Steiner for pursuing implementation of President Trump’s mail-ballot executive order, despite federal courts’ rulings that key provisions violate the Constitution. Steiner’s failure to provide Congress with a clear…”
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Criticized Trump executive order reducing vaccine recommendations for children.
“Donald Trump’s executive order puts debunked vaccine conspiracy theories ahead of children’s lives. Decades of research and an overwhelming scientific consensus show that vaccines work and have saved millions of lives, and that there is no credible link between vaccines and autism. The worst measles outbreak in decades…”
HealthAI-read
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Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), a senior member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, joined House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jamie Raskin (D-MD) and House Oversight and Government Reform Committee…
“The Senate has unanimously passed a resolution opposing a pardon or clemency for Ghislaine Maxwell. The House must, without delay, do the same. There are now multiple resolutions that have been introduced holding that Ghislaine Maxwell—a convicted child sex trafficker and essential partner in lurid crime with Jeffrey…”
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Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), a senior member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and the House Select Committee on Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party, today sent a…
“The Administration must end this needless and destructive war, which is harming the American economy and risking the lives of American servicemembers. The war has caused major damage to the U.S. global reputation and is encouraging our adversaries to cooperate in tandem against us. At the same time, it is essential…”
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Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), a senior member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and the House Select Committee on Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party, today sent a…
“The Administration must end this needless and destructive war, which is harming the American economy and risking the lives of American servicemembers. The war has caused major damage to the U.S. global reputation and is encouraging our adversaries to cooperate in tandem against us. At the same time, it is essential…”
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Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) today applauded the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee's unanimous approval of the bipartisan Skills-Based Federal Contracting Act, legislation he co-led in the House to tear…
“The Senate committee's unanimous vote brings us another step closer to tearing down the paper ceiling that has kept too many talented Americans from competing for good-paying jobs.”
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Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) today sent letters to the chief executive officers of BP, Chevron, Exxon Mobil, and Shell urging each company to take immediate steps to reduce carbon emissions, citing growing scientific evidence…
“Research clearly links wildfires to the heat-trapping greenhouse gas emissions of the oil and gas industry. A 2023 study published in the journal Environmental Research Letters found that 37 percent of the total burned forest area in Western Canada and the United States between 1986 and 2021 can be traced back to 88…”
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Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), a member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, today called on the Postal Service Board of Governors to remove Postmaster General David Steiner, accusing him of using the U.S.…
“The Administration's own filing presents a troubling contradiction. In urging the Supreme Court to allow immediate implementation, the Department of Justice characterized the Executive Order as merely 'general policy guidance' and acknowledged that USPS has not finalized any implementing regulations. Yet USPS's…”