Raja Krishnamoorthi

Raja Krishnamoorthi

Subramanian Raja Krishnamoorthi (born July 19, 1973) is an Indian-born American businessman and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Illinois's 8th congressional district since 2017. The district includes many of Chicago's western and northwestern suburbs. Krishnamoorthi is a member of the Democratic Party and serves on the House Oversight Committee and the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. He is also chair of the Oversight Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy, and serves as an assistant whip.

Quotes

• There’s another important reason not to send the Dreamers packing: they are essential to preserving the social insurance programs on which older Americans rely. More and more Baby Boomers are reaching retirement age, with relatively fewer and fewer active workers paying into Social Security and Medicare. Tossing nearly a million productive, taxpaying Dreamers out of a job will remove billions of dollars in contributions to those essential retirement programs.
  • Ending DACA Would Be A Giant Blow To Our Economic Future (October 25, 2017)
• The question is are they going to be equipped and are we going to be able to aid them sufficiently to be able to reassert control eventually.[1]
• The way they handle issues of race and gender, and the way they treat their employees really influences the way society handles those very issues, we're very much interested in learning more about exactly why The NFL did what they did and the way they did it.[2]
• Certainly, I think the president does want this total absolute exoneration, in all caps, to happen, ASAP. And I think that perhaps, Mitch McConnell or four Republican senators would join with Democrats to call for a fair process.[3]
• When something as serious as cancer or carcinogens are at issue.[4]
• In light of the public interest around this particular issue.[5]
• I hope that they treat her with the dignity she deserves, the respect that she deserves. By all accounts, she was an excellent member of the foreign service.[6]
• I think that the less we know about that person, the more protected he or she will be.[7]
• It feels like that's kind of vaping on steroids.[8]
• Any such exception or exemption would be a tremendous mistake ...we respectfully request the FDA to resist.[9]
• My thoughts and prayers are with the people of Kerala and their loved ones.[10]
• I have strong differences with Mr. Trump on a woman’s right to choose and what kind of justices belong on the Supreme Court.[11]
• I decided to run for Congress to get and keep people in the middle class.[12]
• It is time to investigate Russian interference in our democracy and to address it in a manner that will help restore Americans’ trust in their government.[13]
• A functioning democracy cannot stand when its people do not trust their leaders to uphold the law.[14]
• Equality as a principle is at the heart of our democracy[15]
• Pocketbook and economic issues is pretty much all I campaigned on[16]
• I think it’s so important we’re a nation of laws but also a nation of immigrants.[17]
• The American people need to know if public servants are operating in the best interests of the United States or the Kremlin.[18]