Skills Gap Crisis Is Great Threat to US Economy, Congressman Says

WASHINGTON—Optimism within the nation’s business world has reached its highest levels in years, yet this optimism is challenged by a growing shortage of skilled workers—an issue that cuts across many industries. As the U.S. economy continues to expand, investment in workforce education and training have never been more important to sustain growth, according to the […]

It’s time to shut down all future government shutdowns

BY REPS. RAJA KRISHNAMOORTHI (D-ILL.) AND PAUL MITCHELL (R-MICH.), OPINION CONTRIBUTORS — 02/07/19 08:25 AM EST THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY CONTRIBUTORS ARE THEIR OWN AND NOT THE VIEW OF THE HILL We just came through a 35-day partial government shutdown that impacted millions of Americans, hurt our economy, and harmed our world standing. This was […]

Hardball Interview Part 2

The second part of my appearance on MSNBC’s Hardball with host Chris Mathews. Check it out!

Part 1 of my interview on Hardball

I appeared on MSNBC’s Hardball with Chris Mathews to discuss the investigations of this administration. Check out part 1!

Suburban girl, immigrant, domestic abuse survivor, furloughed workers at State of the Union

A 7-year-old Naperville girl, an undocumented immigrant from Waukegan protected through the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, federal workers who were furloughed and suburban advocates for domestic violence survivors, the hungry, Native Americans and veterans are attending tonight’s State of the Union address. They were invited as guests of suburban members of Congress, all […]

CNN Interview Discussing Oversight and Intel Work

Rep. Krishnamoorthi: ‘Outraged’ by Joe Ricketts’ Islamophobic emails

WASHINGTON — Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Ill., one of four Hindus in Congress, on Wednesday said he was “outraged” by Islamophobic emails written by Cubs patriarch and conservative mega-donor Joe Ricketts, and urged the baseball organization to meet with “leading” Muslim-Americans in the Chicago area. A meeting is already in the works, spokesman Dennis Culloton said, […]

Congressman Krishnamoorthi discusses the State of the Union speech on CNN

Raja on CNN 2/1

Legislation calls for end of government shutdowns

WASHINGTON — A bipartisan House resolution is calling on Congress to end future government shutdowns. Introduced by Reps Paul Mitchell (R-Dryden) and Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), the resolution calls on Congress to prevent any future lapse in appropriations, and to permanently end government shutdowns. “One of Congress’ most fundamental duties is to fund the government and […]