Rep. Krishnamoorthi on Hardball with Chris Matthews to discuss the release of the Mueller Report

I joined Hardball with Chris Matthews on MSNBC tonight to discuss the need for the full Mueller Report to be released.

New Tax Law Creating Unexpected Surprise for Local Filers

An Op-Ed by Raja Krishnamoorthi The key issue facing working families in the aftermath of the Trump tax bill is its imposition of a $10,000 annual limit on the combined amount of state and local (property, sales, and income) taxes that can be deducted from your federal tax bill. Like many others, I warned about […]

Congressmen want MLB documents on regional sports networks

NEW YORK (AP) — Two congressmen want Major League Baseball to produce documents by April 25 tied to its attempt to purchase control of 21 regional sports networks. The two Democrats are Rep. Elijah Cummings of Maryland, chairman of the House oversight and reform committee, and Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi of Illinois, chairman of the subcommittee […]

Congressman Krishnamoorthi went on CNN to discuss the latest news with Brianna Keiler

Congressmen want MLB documents on regional sports networks

NEW YORK — Two congressmen want Major League Baseball to produce documents by April 25 tied to its attempt to purchase control of 21 regional sports networks. The two Democrats are Rep. Elijah Cummings of Maryland, chairman of the House oversight and reform committee, and Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi of Illinois, chairman of the subcommittee on […]

Congressman Krishnamoorthi Discusses Barr Testimony with MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell

I discussed the Barr Testimony with MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell

Legislators in Aurora hope national cooling-off period for handgun purchases will save lives

A new bill that would require a national mandatory three-day waiting period when buying a gun could help save lives from gun violence and suicide, a Harvard Business School professor said at a roundtable discussion on gun safety in Aurora. The study, authored by Harvard professor Deepak Malhotra, Michael Luca and Christopher Poliquin, found that […]

Worries over fate of Affordable Care Act dominate Elgin town hall meeting held by Rep. Krishnamoorthi

U.S. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi blasted the Trump administration’s legal efforts to kill the Affordable Care Act, calling a recent court filing an “inane, crazy, stupid lawsuit.” Speaking at a town hall meeting Thursday at Elgin Community College, the Schaumburg-based Democrat predicted the Texas vs. United States lawsuit, which argues the health care program known as […]

Cooling-off period for handgun purchases save lives, research shows

‘It takes the passion out of crimes of passion’ AURORA – A bill to require a national mandatory three-day waiting period would save lives both from gun violence and suicide, a Harvard Business School professor said April 5 at a roundtable discussion about gun safety. The event was co-hosted by U.S. Reps. Bill Foster, D-Naperville […]

Congress urged to do more to protect China’s Uighurs

U.S. representatives and activists are calling for the U.S. to do more to protect the Uighurs, a Muslim minority in China who live primarily in the northwest autonomous region of Xinjiang. Activists have accused Beijing of putting more than a million Uighurs in detention camps with a goal of destroying their ethnic identity. China has […]