Raja For Congress

Congressman Krishnamoorthi calls for action on unsafe recalled cars in the government fleet

Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi was featured this week in a Spotlight on America investigation into cars in the federal fleet with active safety recall notices. Earlier this year, Congressman Krishnamoorthi called on the General Services Administration (GSA) to halt the sale and lease of government vehicles with active safety recalls, and the House of Representatives passed […]

Probe launched into unsafe children’s car seats

Congressman Raja, as Chair of the House Oversight Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy, reprimanded the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) this week for failing to establish side-impact test standards for children’s car seats and boosters, and allowing manufacturers to fashion their own standards. In the case of Evenflo, the manufacturer’s own tests found […]

Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi wins re-election with more than 73% of the vote

Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi has been re-elected to a third term in the United States Congress with more than 73% of the vote! The Congressman would like to thank everyone for all the incredible support, from voting to volunteering to donating, and talking to your friends and family. Together, we will end the COVID crisis and […]

Honoring Marine Corporal Alex Martinez, Elgin native

It was Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi’s great honor to rename the Elgin post office after American hero, Marine Corporal Alex Martinez. Assigned to the 1st Combat Engineering Battalion, Martinez was posthumously awarded a Purple Heart medal and a Navy and Marine Corps achievement medal with combat “V” for valor. He was the first serviceman from Elgin […]

Fighting against propaganda

Politico recently covered the Congressman’s fight to stop senseless propaganda by the federal government. With ongoing efforts by the Trump administration to downplay the Coronavirus pandemic, this is a critical step in combatting such misleading messaging and halting misinformation during this ongoing public health crisis. House Democrats overseeing the Trump administration’s coronavirus response will introduce […]

Major Investigation into Testing

The Congressman’s investigation into antigen tests has made some major news recently. “Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), the chairman of the House Oversight Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy, said in a letter Friday that he is probing allegations that the Department of Health and Human Services distributed thousands of testing kits in a reckless manner, […]

Fighting to stop faulty antibody tests

The Hill recently covered the Congressman’s efforts to stop the proliferation of faulty antibody tests. See the link to the full article below. If you’re one of the hundreds of thousands of Americans who have received a test for COVID-19 antibodies, the Food and Drug Administration has some bad news for you: you may have […]

Congressman Raja fighting political interference at CDC and FDA

CNBC has been fighting political interference at the CDC and FDA. See the link to the full article below. The Congressman’s subcommittee has sent “letters to the leaders of the Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention requesting documents and information on agency actions, drafts submitted to the White House […]

Oversight Committee investigates ventilator contracts, saving taxpayer dollars

With the ongoing pandemic, the Congressman has been fighting waste and graft in the contracts for ventilators. Politico wrote about his efforts and you can see the full story by clicking the link below. “Senior House Democrats have launched an investigation into the Trump administration’s awarding of a $250 million communications contract to help ‘defeat […]

Pushing for ethics reform, Congressman Raja introduces new bill

Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi has introduced a bill to ban members of Congress from buying and selling individual stocks while serving in office. His efforts were written about in the media: “After Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.) was exposed for selling more than a million dollars worth of stocks ahead of the February market crash—a period when […]