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 speaks out against President Trump’s plans to send the National Guard to Chicago. (Click the image above to watch the full remarks.)
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Two weeks ago, President Trump announced plans to deploy the National Guard to Chicago and to use Naval Station Great Lakes as a staging ground for mass immigration raids. These actions are reckless, unconstitutional, and would not make our communities safer. Instead, they risk creating disorder, ensnaring U.S. citizens and lawful residents, and tearing families apart. No president should be permitted to transform the National Guard into a personal police force. Deploying troops without the request of a governor or mayor directly violates the Posse Comitatus Act, which bars the use of military forces for domestic law enforcement. On Monday, a federal judge rejected the Trump administration’s justification for such actions in California.
In response, I have introduced the Stop Trump’s Abuse of Power Act to block President Trump from deploying the National Guard to Chicago. My legislation makes clear that no president may unilaterally deploy the National Guard or active-duty forces into states or localities. Such deployments must only occur upon the request of duly elected state leadership. Anything less constitutes an abuse of executive authority and a violation of constitutional principles.
No president should be able to turn the U.S. military into their personal police force. When President Trump threatens to send the National Guard into Chicago, it’s not about keeping people safe — it’s about militarizing a city, silencing dissent, and staging political stunts. My amendment is simple: if you want to deploy troops into a state, you need the governor’s consent. Anything less is a dangerous abuse of power that tramples on the Constitution. You can watch my comments from Wednesday’s press conference here, and my interview with MSNBC from Tuesday here.
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Congressman Krishnamoorthi discusses President Trump’s threats to send the National Guard to Chicago. (Click the image above to watch the full interview.)
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Congressman Krishnamoorthi discusses the latest involving the Epstein files. (Click the image above to watch the full interview.)
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This week, I met with courageous survivors of Jeffrey Epstein’s horrific child sex-trafficking ring. For more than two hours, I listened as they shared gut-wrenching, emotional, and candid accounts of abuse. These women spoke not only for themselves, but on behalf of thousands of potential victims, demanding justice, accountability, and above all, full transparency.
The survivors and their attorneys pointed to critical documents still beyond their reach — records that could expose others complicit in these crimes and reveal how Epstein’s operation was financed. They urged us to “follow the money,” noting hundreds of millions, if not billions, of dollars in suspicious transactions. Access to these financial records, along with testimony from additional individuals the survivors named, is essential to uncovering the full truth.
As we continue this fight, we must keep the victims front and center. That means holding perpetrators accountable, preventing such crimes from ever happening again, and ensuring that justice delayed is not justice denied. Survivors should not have to bear this burden alone. Congress must act to release all relevant files, depose additional witnesses, and provide the transparency the American people deserve. I will not stop pressing forward until we expose the full scope of these crimes and deliver justice for the survivors who have shown such extraordinary courage in telling their stories. You can watch my Wednesday interviews on MSNBC here and CNN here.
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Congressman Krishnamoorthi speaks about his roundtable meeting with survivors of Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes. (Click the image above to watch the full interview.)
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Congressman Krishnamoorthi discusses the Restore Trust in Congress Act at a briefing announcing the legislation (Click the image above to watch his full remarks at the briefing.)
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This week, I led a bipartisan coalition of 16 Members of Congress to introduce the Restore Trust in Congress Act, legislation to finally ban Members of Congress and their families from trading individual stocks. When lawmakers are allowed to buy and sell shares in the very companies we regulate, it doesn’t just look like a conflict of interest — it is one. That shatters trust in our democracy. This legislation creates clear divestment rules, defers certain taxes to ensure fairness, and includes strong enforcement measures with public penalties for violations. With support from lawmakers across the political spectrum from progressives to conservatives, it represents the broadest bipartisan consensus yet on banning congressional stock trading. Passing this bill is about one thing: restoring faith that elected officials are working for you, not for their brokerage accounts.
Our bill is straightforward: if you choose to serve in Congress, you forgo the right to trade individual stocks. The American people should never have to wonder if a vote is being cast for the public good or for personal profit. If someone wants to gamble on Wall Street, they shouldn’t run for Congress — our only bet should be on the American people. You can watch my full remarks here.
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Last week, I introduced the Bringing Back Benefits Act to reverse devastating cuts to Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) enacted in the Republican-backed reconciliation package, the so-called “One Big Beautiful Bill Act.” This legislation, one of the largest attacks on health care in modern history, slashed nearly $1 trillion from Medicaid and cut SNAP by $186 billion.
In Illinois alone, these cuts put 535,000 residents at risk of losing their health care and jeopardizing food assistance for 205,000 people. The results are already being felt in our communities, from families facing rising medical costs to hospitals at risk of closing their doors. When I visited Franklin Hospital in Benton last month, I heard directly from patients and providers about the threat these cuts pose to health care access across our state. Illinois hospitals stand to lose $6.7 billion in Medicaid funding under this law. Slashing health care and food assistance to pay for tax breaks for the wealthiest is both a moral failure and a massive mistake. My bill would undo these harmful provisions and ensure that working families are not left behind. Congress has a chance to correct this serious mistake — and I’m committed to making sure we seize it.
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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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