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Illinois, COVID, Buisness, and Opening Back Up?

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Commentary: Small towns, suburbs need more federal coronavirus aid

By Raja Krishnamoorthi The coronavirus pandemic knows no boundaries. Nor should the federal government’s efforts to fight it. Congress recently passed bipartisan legislation to replenish assistance to our nation’s small businesses, with new measures expanding access to the smallest ones. That bill also contained aid for our nation’s hospitals and, for the first time, funds […]

Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi is pressuring the FDA to police COVID-19 antibody tests

“There is still time to fix shortfalls in FDA policy,” Krishnamoorthi said in a letter to the Food and Drug Administration about fraudulent antibody test claims. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Ill., chairman of a House panel investigating whether COVID-19 antibody tests work, accused the FDA on Tuesday of stonewalling in developing information about antibody test kits […]

House subcommittee says Trump administration did not adequately screen travelers from Italy, South Korea for COVID-19

A House committee probe found that the Trump administration failed to adequately screen travelers from Italy and South Korea in early March after both countries showed earlier outbreaks of the coronavirus. “This investigation reveals another opportunity the administration missed to limit the impact of coronavirus,” said Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-Ill.), chairman of the House Oversight […]

Antibody tests may now be more readily available, but they are not all reliable

As antibody tests start to flood the market, many lack proper certification and produce unreliable results. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) is conducting a congressional investigation into the matter and tells Ali Velshi his concern is people being “fooled into thinking you have antibodies to COVID-19, and potentially immunity, when you actually do not.” Watch the […]

Rep. Krishnamoorthi investigation finds lax airport screenings in March

An oversight panel Krishnamoorthi chairs found the Trump administration on March 14 “put passengers at risk” at O’Hare and other airports. A House panel chaired by Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Ill., investigating lax airport screenings found the Trump administration “did little” in early March to screen passengers arriving in the U.S. from Italy and South Korea, […]

Unsanitized: How to Do Oversight, With Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi

Also, another coronavirus bill, and killing the Ruth’s Chris rule. This is The COVID-19 Daily Report for April 20, 2020. I have made no secret of my views on Donna Shalala, chosen as one of the members of the Congressional Oversight Commission. One of the reasons why the choice is so distressing is that oversight, […]

Congress Is Investigating Whether a Ventilator Company Is Gouging the U.S. — and Why the Government Is Letting It Happen

A congressional subcommittee is questioning a federal decision to pay quadruple the price for the commercial version of a ventilator Royal Philips N.V. had developed with taxpayer funds. A congressional subcommittee is investigating whether the U.S. government is paying too much for ventilators made by a Dutch company that received millions in tax dollars to […]

Democrats Push Crackdown on COVID-19 Hucksters

Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) said they need to make an example of “the Alex Jones of the world who seek to profit off the coronavirus pandemic.” House Democrats are urging the Trump administration to do more to crack down on the sale of untested, bogus remedies for the coronavirus as federal authorities begin warning pushers […]

Editorial: How to prevent insider trading in Congress

By the Editorial Board, chicagotribune.com On Jan. 24, Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C.,attended a private Senate briefing on the coronavirus, which featured Anthony Fauci, the government’s top infectious disease expert. At the time, the virus was a news story, but the headlines for the most part were confined to travel warnings. Illinois officials were following the […]