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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 8, 2022

With regard to Kyiv, the Russians appeared to be attempting to cut off food and water to the city.

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Mar 8, 2022

I think that it is fair to say that the Ukrainians have put up resistance that nobody expected. I think they are over-performing all expectations.

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Feb 18, 2022

My big concern and I`ve kind of been beating the drum on this for six years is that, I believe that Donald Trump has a big counterintelligence risk in the sense that he owes a lot of people a lot of money.

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Feb 8, 2022

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. Madam Speaker, I rise in support of the Postal Service Reform Act. I thank Chairwoman Maloney and Ranking Member Comer for delivering good news for America. What is this good news? This bill eliminates…

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Dec 31, 2021

I didn’t. But you know, my pleas really came from my constituents, Rachel. We’ve received more complaints. Thousands of complaints about slower mail delivery and raised prices than perhaps any other issue that we talk about in government…

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Dec 31, 2021

In the New Year, I’m hoping that the new chair of the board of governors conducts a vote with regard to Mr. DeJoy and relieves him of his duties and so I’m very hopeful that happens sooner rather than later in the New Year.

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Dec 24, 2021

In the New Year, I`m hoping that the new chair of the board of governors conducts a vote with regard to Mr. DeJoy and relieves him of his duties and so I`m very hopeful that happens sooner rather than later in the New Year.

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Dec 24, 2021

We`ve received more complaints. Thousands of complaints about slower mail delivery and raised prices than perhaps any other issue that we talk about in government.

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Dec 17, 2021

this herd immunity theory would have led to hundreds of 1000s if not millions, more deaths.

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Dec 17, 2021

Not only did the Trump Administration not prepare for COVID even when they knew about it, not only did they pursue quack solutions to COVID, such as getting everyone to take hydroxychloroquine but they actively silenced truth tellers in…

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Dec 17, 2021

It wasn`t just the two of them. And I think that this is what happens when you have politics infecting science.

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Dec 9, 2021

I think it’ll be hopefully early next year. I think that once these two nominees get confirmed and seated, then the president will have a majority of the board of governors having been nominated by him. And I think at that point, they will…

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Nov 19, 2021

The biggest lesson is unfortunately the Republican Party has become the party of no with regard to so many priorities of our constituents.

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Nov 19, 2021

It was time to call for his removal.

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Nov 9, 2021

President Biden, Governor Pritzker, and Mayor Lightfoot have successfully vaccinated millions of Americans, over 222 million in total, including 8.3 million here in Illinois and 1.6 million in Chicago.

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Nov 9, 2021

I would also like to thank Chairman Clyburn of the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis for his strong leadership and for lending us the resources for this important hearing today.

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Sep 22, 2021

I urge support of my amendment, which would permit the Secretary of HHS to receive unused and oftentimes just about to expire COVID vaccines from States and be able to redistribute them to foreign partners or allies. Now, my primary…

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Aug 5, 2021

It turns out that this guy, Jeff Clark, was writing or drafting these types of letters to all the six states that ended up going for Joe Biden. And I think that, you know, what we see is the beginning of the effort to overturn the election.

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Aug 5, 2021

This guy Jeff Clark was writing or drafting these types of letters to all the six states that ended up going for Joe Biden.

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Aug 4, 2021

We need that right now.

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Aug 4, 2021

That goes to show how close we were to a Donald Trump getting his way.

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Jul 30, 2021

the attorney general is not the president`s lawyer. It`s not someone who`s there to do the bidding of the president.

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Jul 30, 2021

What other types of calls exist? We know about the Raffensperger call, we know about this DOJ call.

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Jul 30, 2021

I don`t know what they had planned for this DOJ maneuver to take place, and then they had certain steps to follow.

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Jul 30, 2021

It`s extraordinary evidence of the extent to which that Donald Trump would meddle in the elections and have the DOJ do his bidding.

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