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.
No investment in the fight against COVID-19 is more urgent and cost effective now than an investment in getting the world vaccinated as quickly as possible.
this is cheap insurance compared to the trillions of dollars that we`re going to be spending on the economic recovery.
Oh, absolutely. You know, Kevin McCarthy made it very clear to his colleagues and he has not denied that when he spoke to Donald Trump, you know, Donald Trump basically questioned Kevin McCarthy’s loyalty in terms of why he didn’t believe…
The leak hunt began when the FBI sent a subpoena to Apple in February 2018. You don`t dispute that report, correct?
Sir, you`re being evasive. These are yes or no questions, sir. You`re under oath. These are yes or no, simple questions that we need to get to the bottom of.
There is no explanation, Joy. And it goes to what Paul Gosar, the congressman from Arizona, was saying, that kind of gives you a window into the thinking behind why they think they were justified in not voting for this congressional gold…
And that Ashli Babbitt, the woman who Gosar said was executed, was doing her duty somehow in breaching the Capitol and trying to get into the House chambers and pose a threat to others.
No, I`m not satisfied with the answer, and I think that we have to come to terms -- come to grips as a country and certainly as a government with this white supremacist danger.
I think that we further exposed how they`re not only just accommodating the crazies, you could say, but they`re encouraging them.
Unless we get to the truth of exactly what happened before, during, and after January 6th, we`re not going to see the end of January 6th.
And I think that is just completely bonkers. They`ve taken the bus to crazy town and they want all of us to go along for the ride, and I`m not going to, and neither are most of my colleagues.
It`s an outrageous trampling of democratic norms. We knew that Donald Trump had politicized DOJ, now we know that he weaponized the DOJ as well.
We’re going to double down on our oversight duties and we’re going to make sure that this cannot happen again.
As a father of three, I wanted to sound the alarm on something that we only learned about recently.
The consequences of consuming these toxic heavy metals in infancy and early childhood are significant and lifelong.
My parents brought me as an infant to America because they knew it is the land of democracy. It is the beacon of hope for all the world. We called it the American Dream. When Donald Trump told rioters to go to the Capitol and, quote…
I am so glad our friends have changed their mantra from ``stop the steal'' to ``start to heal.'' But in order to heal, you have to take strong medicine, and that medicine happens to be the truth. My friends, the truth is, unfortunately…
Today, on the 102nd anniversary of his birth, I rise to honor Dr. Govindappa Venkataswamy, an Indian ophthalmologist who devoted his life to preventing blindness in India and across the world. Dr. Venkataswamy's work preserved the vision…
I thank Congressman Davis for yielding. Madam Speaker, I rise today to thank John Shimkus and wish him the very best in his retirement. Now, John, you may not remember this, but 4 years ago when I joined this Congress, I said I would like…
Today I rise in support of H. Res. 908, condemning all forms of anti-Asian sentiment related to COVID-19. Since this pandemic began, there have been thousands and thousands of reports of discrimination and xenophobic attacks against Asian…
I thank the gentlewoman from New York for her leadership. Madam Speaker, I rise as a proud cosponsor of H.R. 8015, the Delivering for America Act. Madam Speaker, the USPS is under attack. In the last month, Postmaster General DeJoy has…
I rise as a proud cosponsor of the Moving Forward Act and to urge support for two public safety amendments I authored. The first amendment is based on a bipartisan piece of legislation, the SAFE TO DRIVE Act, which is co-led by my…





