Raja Krishnamoorthi
U.S. Representative · IL-8 · Democrat
Statements and posts
424 press releases, floor remarks and posts since Jan 3, 2025.
Activity, last 12 weeks
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Krishnamoorthi secured $239,000 in federal funding for Palatine Police Department equipment.
“Every family deserves to feel safe in their neighborhood, and every police officer deserves the tools they need to protect our communities”
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Krishnamoorthi called for Senate to reject Todd Blanche's Attorney General nomination.
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Warned Trump is politicizing intelligence to justify federal takeover of 2026 elections.
“For nearly six years, President Trump has tried to rewrite the history of the 2020 election. Tonight, he appears prepared to use handpicked political loyalists and selective declassification to relitigate a settled election and create a pretext for an unprecedented federal takeover of this fall's elections.”
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Introduced bill to help internationally educated health care professionals practice in the United States.
“Across the country, communities are struggling with health care workforce shortages while highly qualified doctors, nurses, and other health professionals trained overseas remain sidelined by unnecessary barriers”
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Warned Trump's election address could lay groundwork for federal takeover of 2026 elections.
“As a senior member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party, I’ve spent years confronting the very real threats posed by China, Russia, and other foreign adversaries.”
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Introduced bill to protect students from predatory colleges and worthless degree programs.
“Students should never spend years earning a degree, take on tens of thousands of dollars in debt, and then discover they were never actually qualified for the career they were promised”
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Krishnamoorthi Warns Trump's Devastating Research Cuts Threaten America's Scientific Leadership
Warned Trump administration's research funding cuts undermine U.S. scientific leadership versus China.
“Research security is obviously a national priority, but unfortunately, research is insecure not just because of external threats, but because of internal ones due to unprecedented cuts, posing, I think, an existential threat to our research. While President Trump wants to cut funding, China is investing.”
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Called on Trump administration to immediately restore LGBTQ+ youth crisis services on 988 Lifeline.
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Sent bipartisan letter to CISA urging strategy to protect U.S. manufacturers from Russian cyberattacks.
“Given that JLR is a major component of the UK defense industrial base, the attack raises significant concerns over Russian-backed efforts to sabotage manufacturers critical to defense supply chains here in the United States as well.”
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Krishnamoorthi Presses Polymarket Over Its Paid Influencer Deals with Election Deniers
Sent letter to Polymarket questioning paid influencer deals with election deniers.
“Recent reporting has raised significant questions about how election-related prediction markets are promoted and whether existing safeguards are sufficient to prevent the spread of misleading narratives about election integrity.”
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Led letter demanding answers on diversion of counterterrorism resources to immigration enforcement.
“There is substantial evidence that significant DOJ resources have been diverted from criminal cases in pursuit of civil immigration cases. Recent reporting brought to light the scale of this shift at DOJ.”
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Sent follow-up letter to Goldman Sachs on Kathy Ruemmler's employment and reputation management.
“The bank's June 26, 2026 response was insufficient—and in fact, it raised more questions than answers. Specifically, though the response stated that 'Ms Ruemmler [would] retire from' the roles of 'chief legal officer and general counsel of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. . . .”
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Sent letter to FEMA opposing conditioning $1 billion counterterrorism funding on voter suppression requirements.
“According to the notice, FEMA will withhold 20 percent of each recipient's total HSGP award until the recipient proves it has complied with the Department's newly invented 'Election Security' requirements.”
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Demanded USPS publicly commit to following court order blocking Trump mail voting restrictions.
“Yet despite that unequivocal ruling, serious questions remain about whether USPS intends to continue advancing policies that would condition the delivery of election mail on states turning over voter registration and absentee ballot data to the federal government.”
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Introduced bipartisan bill to expand federal job opportunities for workers without bachelor's degrees.
“Qualified Americans should not be denied a fair opportunity to compete for federal jobs simply because they don't have a bachelor's degree”
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Criticized FBI for diverting hundreds of personnel to investigate 2020 Georgia election claims.
“The FBI exists to protect the American people and uphold the rule of law, not to serve as a taxpayer-funded opposition research firm for the President's political grievances.”
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Urged HHS Secretary Kennedy to establish enforceable standards for toxic heavy metals in baby food.
“Five years after my congressional investigation first exposed dangerous levels of toxic heavy metals in baby food, the scientific case for action has only grown stronger while HHS's failure to act has become increasingly indefensible.”
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Led bicameral letter urging EPA to monitor microplastics in drinking water.
“As plastic production continues to expand rapidly, microplastics pose a potential threat to public health in the United States. Emerging research demonstrates that microplastics are now pervasive in the human body and are associated with serious adverse health effects.”
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Krishnamoorthi Responds to Supreme Court Decision Upholding Birthright Citizenship
Praised Supreme Court decision upholding birthright citizenship against Trump executive order.
“Today's decision reaffirms a fundamental constitutional principle: every child born in the United States is an American citizen.”
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Krishnamoorthi praised Supreme Court decision upholding states' ability to count timely cast mail ballots.
“The Supreme Court got this one right. Last week, I warned that President Trump's effort to throw out ballots that were cast on time but arrived after Election Day would disenfranchise military servicemembers and other Americans who rely on the mail to vote.”
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Warned of Russian cyberattack risks to U.S. government and economy following Jaguar Land Rover incident.
“The Russian cyberattack on Jaguar Land Rover is exactly the kind of threat we should be preparing for”
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Threatened subpoena of Postmaster General over Trump plan to restrict mail ballot delivery.
“If you continue to move forward with this proposed rule despite the court ruling this morning, I, as a senior member of the Oversight Committee, will move to subpoena you and lead the effort to remove you from your post”
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Led 44-member letter opposing Trump administration proposal for federal employee nondisclosure agreements.
“Federal employees are already subject to extensive laws, regulations, and agency policies regarding the handling of classified, sensitive, and protected information.”
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Questioned witnesses on Trump administration public health cuts and vaccine misinformation impacts.
“And now declining vaccination rates have helped fuel the nation's largest whooping cough outbreak in over a decade. In fact, just last year there were more than 28,000 confirmed cases of whooping cough, resulting in the deaths of 16 individuals. That's not making America healthier again, right?”
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Krishnamoorthi Joins LGBTQ+ Youth Roundtable, Calls for Restoration of 988 LGBTQ+ Crisis Services
Called on Trump Administration to restore 988 Lifeline LGBTQ+ youth crisis services.
“The young people we heard from today spoke candidly about the challenges they face and the importance of having support systems they can rely on”
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