On Friday, May 26th at 9:30am, I will be holding a town hall with a panel of local experts on combating the fentanyl epidemic while providing support to those in recovery. We will be holding the event at the Wood Dale Public Library at 520 N Wood Dale Rd, Wood Dale, IL and will be announcing our panel in the coming days. Please RSVP here to attend.
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Congressman Krishnamoorthi responding to a constituent question at his town hall in Pingree Grove last week.
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I want to thank everyone who attended my town meeting in Pingree Grove last week as we covered a wide range of topics and challenges facing our community, our state, and our country. Hearing and addressing your concerns is one of my most important responsibilities as your representative, and I hope you will be able to join me for my next town hall meeting.
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Congressman Krishnamoorthi and representatives from the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) discuss the importance of combating hate throughout the district and the country with members of a range of local faith communities.
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Last week, I convened an interfaith breakfast with representatives of the Anti-Defamation League and leaders from a number of faith communities in our area to discuss the alarming surge in hate crimes our country and region have faced in recent years. Over the last few months, a number of local hate-motivated incidents have drawn public attention, including antisemitic bullying at a middle school in Pingree Grove and Islamophobic harassment targeting DuPage Township Trustee Reem Townsend. I was grateful that Trustee Townsend was able to join us in sharing her experience and thoughts on how our community can come together against bigotry. These incidents are not who we are as Americans, and the interfaith breakfast I hosted sought to show that our communities are united against all forms of hate, discrimination, bigotry, and prejudice against anyone, while also developing community-based strategies to combat it.
I will soon be reintroducing my bicameral Hate Crimes Commission Act to establish a national bipartisan commission to investigate the increase in hate crimes we’ve seen in recent years and make recommendations to address it. I want to thank everyone who joined me at the breakfast for their thoughtful participation and insightful conversation. You can read more about our discussion in the Daily Herald here.
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Congressman Krishnamoorthi presents representatives of Harper Community College with a ceremonial check for the federal funding he secured for the college’s new aviation maintenance program.
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Last week, I presented Harper Community College President Dr. Avis Proctor and Board Chair William Kelley with a $500,000 ceremonial check for the federal funding I secured for the college’s new aviation maintenance program. This new initiative will provide training opportunities for students to gain technical skills critical for finding rewarding careers in the aviation industry, including certifications and degree programs in aviation maintenance. Specifically, the funding I secured will go to new curriculum development, instructional equipment, recruitment activities, student scholarships, and other grant activities that increase awareness of career opportunities in our area in the aviation industry. I was thrilled to be able to secure funding for this program, and I look forward to seeing the new heights to which Harper’s aviation maintenance graduates will soar in the decades to come.
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Ranking Member Krishnamoorthi joined Chairman Mike Gallagher on CNBC’s Squawk Box to discuss the implications of the Committee’s letter to the four companies regarding alleged Uyghur forced labor. (Click the image above to watch the full interview.)
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Last week, as Ranking Member of the Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), I joined with Chairman Mike Gallagher to send letters to four companies, Nike, Adidas, Shein, and Temu, about their alleged use of Uyghur forced labor from the People’s Republic of China in their supply chains, practices outlawed by the bipartisan 2021 Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA). Additionally, we have concerns that the Chinese companies Shein and Temu are continuing to use Uyghur forced labor through a loophole in the UFLPA as they sell hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of clothing to American consumers.
The American people should be able to trust that the clothing they wear is not produced by slave labor. Our committee has heard from victims of the brutality of forced labor camps that are part of the CCP’s ongoing genocide against the Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities in China. These companies need to show that they’re following the law, and that their supply chains are free from forced labor. This is just the first step of our investigation, and I look forward to working with Chairman Gallagher to shine a light on how forced labor may contaminate our supply chains, and how we can put an end to this going forward. You can read full copies of the letters we sent to the four companies here.
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If you are unable to make it to our district office in Schaumburg, my staff is available at mobile office hours throughout the district. Share your concerns, questions, issues and get help navigating federal agencies at convenient locations across the district. We will be adding additional dates and locations in the coming weeks.
Our Next Wood Dale Office Hours: Tuesday, May 16: 10:00am - 1:00pm in the Wood Dale Public Library at 520 N Wood Dale Rd, Wood Dale, IL We will continue to hold additional office hours in Wood Dale on the third Tuesday of each month.
Our Next Des Plaines Office Hours: Tuesday, June 13: 9:30am – 11:30am in the Des Plaines Public Library at 1501 Ellinwood St, Des Plaines, IL We will continue to hold additional office hours in Des Plaines on the second Tuesday of every other month.
Our Next Pingree Grove Office Hours: Tuesday, June 6: 12:00pm – 4:00pm at the Pingree Grove Municipal Center at 555 Reinking Rd, Pingree Grove, IL We will continue to hold additional office hours in Pingree Grove on the first Tuesday of each month.
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The best way to stay up to date on these issues beyond our newsletter is through my social media accounts, which I update multiple times each day. You can follow my Twitter here, my Facebook page here, and my Instagram here. Thank you for staying engaged in our community.
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P.S. I always enjoy hearing from constituents, so feel free to comment and share my social media posts! Here are the links: Twitter here, Facebook page here, and Instagram here. |
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