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September 2, 2025

Members of Congress should serve the public, not pad their stock portfolios.

Raja Krishnamoorthi

Raja Krishnamoorthi

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Raja Krishnamoorthi is an American politician and attorney serving as the U.S. Representative for Illinois's 8th congressional district since 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, he has focused on issues such as economic development, education, and healthcare during his time in office. Krishnamoorthi has been an advocate for transparency in government and has emphasized the importance of serving the public interest over personal gain.

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Mar 27, 2025

Mr. Speaker, I welcome the opportunity to celebrate Larry Huggins' incredible contributions to Illinois and Chicago. Larry is a trailblazer. At a time when Black people were discouraged from construction jobs, Larry founded a construction…

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Mar 4, 2025

Mr. Speaker, had I been present, I would have voted NO on Roll Call No. 57. PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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Feb 25, 2025

Madam Chair, I rise today as the ranking member of the Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party, the CCP, to express serious concerns about the proposed cuts in the…

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Jan 7, 2025

Mr. Speaker, I rise to speak out against the violence and persecution of Hindus and other religious minorities in Bangladesh. During Bangladesh's war of independence in 1971, an estimated 300,000 to 3 million people were killed, mostly…

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Dec 3, 2024

Madam Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 9151. For years, the Chinese Communist Party, the CCP, has violated U.S. trade laws flagrantly and victimized American workers, companies, and consumers through trade crimes like dumping…

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Sep 10, 2024

Mr. Chair, today I rise in opposition to the partisan H.R. 1398. Unfortunately, this new ``CCP initiative'' that this bill creates is simply a knockoff version of the China Initiative created by Donald Trump which was notorious for…

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Sep 9, 2024

Mr. Speaker, no, I support the bill. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. McGovern) will control 20 minutes in opposition. General Leave

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Sep 9, 2024

Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of the bipartisan H.R. 8333, BIOSECURE Act. Simply put, this bill prevents American taxpayer dollars from flowing to foreign adversary biotech companies of concern. The bill creates a process by which…

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Sep 9, 2024

Mr. Speaker, with regard to the process issue, on page 10 of the bill, there is actually a process where the Office of Management and Budget decides on no less than an annual basis to review the list and modify as appropriate. OMB is given…

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Sep 9, 2024

Mr. Speaker, that is why it is so disturbing to so many to see the CEO, the current CEO, of WuXi Biologics co-teaching a class with a Chinese general at the Biological Engineering Research Institute, the current CEO of WuXi Biologics…

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