Dear Neighbors,
I hope this message finds you well. As always, if you have questions or concerns, please contact my office by calling (847) 413-1959, emailing me at [email protected], or sending a message through my website at https://krishnamoorthi.house.gov/contact/email. For more frequent updates, I encourage you to follow me on Twitter (X), Facebook, Instagram, Threads, and Bluesky.
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Congressman Krishnamoorthi condemns President Trump’s decision to take over the Metropolitan Police Department in Washington, D.C. (Click the image above to watch the full interview.)
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On Monday, President Donald Trump announced plans to take control of the Metropolitan Police Department in Washington, D.C., and send the National Guard and other federal forces into the city’s streets. He also threatened to deploy the National Guard to Chicago. These moves are reckless abuses of power and dangerous distractions from his mismanagement of the economy, the affordability crisis, and his attempts to bury the Epstein files. Using the U.S. military against Americans in our own communities without local approval is deeply dangerous and undermines our Constitution.
That’s why I introduced the Stop Trump’s Abuse of Power Act with Reps. Haley Stevens (D-MI) and Salud Carbajal (D-CA). Our bill would require that active-duty military forces be deployed within a U.S. state or territory only at the request of its governor or chief executive, protecting Americans from political misuse of the armed forces. You can watch my interview with CNN on the topic here.
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Congressman Krishnamoorthi with members of the HIRE360 leadership team. (Click the image above to watch WGN’s coverage of the event.)
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On Tuesday, I traveled to Chicago’s South Loop to see firsthand how investments in career and technical education (CTE) are being put to work at HIRE360’s Workforce Development and Green Economy Training Facility. During my visit to the recently completed facility, I had the pleasure of discussing the benefits of CTE with students, labor leaders, and contractors, including touring HIRE360’s solar training facility that’s preparing workers for success in one of America’s fastest-growing industries. HIRE360’s brand-new facility is proof that when the government, labor, and businesses come together, a stronger Illinois economy is possible.
CTE investment has always been a top priority of mine in Congress. In 2022, I secured $1 million in federal funding to help complete the HIRE360 facility, and I had the honor of attending the ribbon-cutting ceremony last fall. In Washington, D.C., I also authored the bipartisan Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act, which modernized CTE programs for the first time in over a decade and secured an additional $1.4 billion annually for training programs nationwide. I will continue leading efforts in Congress to strengthen CTE funding, expand green economy training, and ensure that every community has the tools to build a future-ready workforce. You can watch WGN’s coverage of my event here.
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Last week, I joined with Oversight Committee Ranking Member Robert Garcia (D-CA) in launching a formal investigation into Flock Group, Inc., a company that oversees license plate tracking technology. Despite the company’s claim that the surveillance tool is used for public safety, disturbing reports have surfaced that Flock’s cameras and technology may have been used to track women who have received abortion care across state lines and been used to track immigrants. One especially troubling case involved Mount Prospect here in our community after a Texas sheriff’s department used Flock’s “national lookup” tool to track a woman using phrases such as “had an abortion, search for female.” That allowed this department access to 83,000 cameras nationwide, including in Illinois, a violation of state law that caused Mount Prospect’s Police Department to withdraw from the program.
My investigation is to ensure people’s civil and personal rights are being upheld and that no American is being secretly surveilled simply for exercising their lawful rights. No one should be tracked or targeted because of where they seek medical care or who they are. When private companies enable that kind of abuse, they must be held accountable. You can read the letter to Flock here and more about my investigation in the Daily Herald here. You can also watch WGN’s coverage of my investigation here.
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Congressman Krishnamoorthi discusses President Trump’s plan to let U.S. chipmakers sell our most advanced AI semiconductors to China for a 15 percent revenue share, despite the risks to American security. (Click the image above to watch the full interview.)
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Earlier this week, I spoke out against disturbing reports that the Trump administration is preparing to grant export licenses for advanced semiconductors to China’s largest tech firms in exchange for 15 percent of their China-based chip sales revenue. These chips are central to artificial intelligence systems, powering everything from advanced data analysis to autonomous weapons. That is why their sale has been restricted by export controls, just as we would limit the spread of other sensitive military technology. Turning these protections into a revenue-sharing arrangement with no clear legal authority, congressional oversight, or transparency is a dangerous misuse of one of our most important national security tools.
President Trump’s claim that the chips in question are “obsolete” is simply wrong. They are more powerful than anything China can currently produce and are essential for high-speed AI processing. Even more concerning are reports that the Administration might allow the sale of America’s most advanced AI chips, so powerful they could be over 20 times faster than the best Chinese technology. Even a scaled-down version in Beijing’s hands could tip the balance of the U.S.–China competition in artificial intelligence across military, cyber, and economic fronts.
These are not harmless consumer products. In the CCP’s hands, they would strengthen China’s military, expand its surveillance state, and enable massive theft of American intellectual property to fuel predatory trade practices against U.S. workers and businesses. Trading away this technological edge for short-term revenue puts American security at unacceptable risk. That is why I am working with my colleagues on the House Select Committee on the CCP to introduce legislation requiring congressional approval before any leading-edge AI chip can be sold to China. Export controls must protect our security, not serve as a source of revenue. I will keep fighting to ensure we never trade away America’s future in AI for a quick payday.
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Congressman Krishnamoorthi with AFSCME members against the massive cuts to health care and our social safety net in the so-called “One Big Beautiful Bill”
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Last week, I joined members of American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Council 31, retirees, and community leaders in Rosemont to speak out against the Republican budget reconciliation package signed into law by President Trump. This so-called “One Big Beautiful Bill” enacts the largest rollback of health coverage in modern U.S. history, stripping insurance from millions while giving permanent tax breaks to the wealthiest amongst us.
Standing alongside long-term care workers, Medicaid and SNAP caseworkers, public health employees, and retired public sector workers, I emphasized the law’s devastating consequences. Up to 17 million Americans, including more than 700,000 Illinoisans, could lose health coverage. Harsh new Medicaid work requirements will push people off the rolls, even those already working, through bureaucratic red tape, while the bill increases out-of-pocket costs for low-income seniors and threatens public health services in rural and underserved communities.
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The Congressional App Challenge is the official computer science competition of the U.S. House of Representatives. Since its launch in 2013, more than 50,000 students from 374 congressional districts across all 50 states and five U.S. territories have participated—making it the largest student coding competition in the nation. This competition is a unique opportunity to develop coding skills, unleash creativity, and design innovative solutions to real-world challenges.
I’m proud to announce that my office is participating in the 2025 Congressional App Challenge. Now through the end of October, middle and high school students of all coding skill levels in Illinois’s 8th Congressional District are encouraged to take part. Learn more and get started here.
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