We should never waive the checks on government spending that taxpayers deserve.
— Raja Krishnamoorthi
Following well-established national security screening procedures and accurately informing Congress about them is not a joke or a political game. It is essential to guaranteeing that our national secrets are protected and to preventing possible blackmailing of key administration officials.
My parents found good paying jobs, educated me and my brother in wonderful public schools, and entered the middle class.
I have strong differences with Mr. Trump on a woman's right to choose and what kind of justices belong on the Supreme Court.
Whenever the Congress represents the increasing diversity of the United States, that's a good thing.
Equality as a principle is at the heart of our democracy.
When our Founding Fathers wrote the historic words 'all men are created equal,' they probably didn't have people like me in mind.
Our best path to economic growth and global competitiveness is to invest in our people - not to provide huge new tax breaks to special interests.
Illinois is home to a disproportionate share of Dreamers and would suffer a significant economic blow should they be compelled to leave.
The truth is that searching for our commonality instead of our differences could transform our dysfunctional politics.
After Charlottesville, our politics have now borne witness to a U.S. president at times openly defending neo-Nazis and white supremacists before condemning them.
In some ways, political decency is a sign of a healthy democracy, but in other ways, it is the cause of it.
All in all, Trumpcare is a bad plan for older Americans.
The possibility that members of the Trump team coordinated and colluded with agents of the Kremlin on Russia's interference in our elections is a profound and disturbing one, but it is pivotal that we approach this issue with the seriousness it deserves.
Voters should know what their representative is doing, what votes he casts, and who he pays, so my office will make this data readily available in a way which is easy to understand.
For too long, people in Washington and Congress point fingers at each other, even as millions of middle-class Americans remain unemployed and our economy continues to sputter. They must realize that we are all in this together, and I respectfully submit that the best way to remind Congress of this is to tie their pay to their collective results.
Every night at dinner, my father would say something about the greatness of the United States - and tell us to make sure the government is there for the next people who come along and need it.
Before I was elected to Congress, I helped to create the public corruption unit in the office of Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan. Unfortunately, business was good. Among the usual suspects were government contracts steered to insiders - leaving Illinois taxpayers holding the bag.
We must have the strictest adherence to security procedures to protect against compromise by hostile foreign powers.
When I was a young child, my parents came to America in search of a better life for them and their family.
I hope that President-elect Trump will drop his unrealistic campaign pledge to deport millions of immigrants who've made their lives in this country and contribute to our country.
When the chair of an investigating committee refuses to share vital findings or source information with any of his colleagues, his committee's ability to function has been fundamentally undermined.
America works best when we work together to expand the circle of inclusion.
Working with a Republican co-sponsor, Rep. Glenn Thompson of Pennsylvania, I introduced a bill to strengthen our nation's career and technical education programs and more closely align them with the needs of local businesses and industries.
I believe the benefits of tax reform should flow to those who most need them most - hard-pressed working families struggling to reach or stay in the middle class.
Each Dreamer in our country is more than a mere statistic; he or she is a proud American in everything but official documentation.
When the norm is decency, other virtues can thrive: integrity, honesty, compassion, kindness, and trust.
Our political system has been bankrupted by the failures of Congress to act in ways that give meaning to the struggles our constituents endure.
In the past, leaders of both parties have been able to reach across the partisan divide. They succeeded by retaining their own humanity and recognizing the same in their political opponents.
In addition to skyrocketing premiums, Trumpcare also unravels protections that older Americans want and need in their health coverage.
The American people need to know if public servants are operating in the best interests of the United States or the Kremlin.
In my roles as Deputy State Treasurer and Special Assistant Attorney General, I strove to make government more responsive, transparent, efficient, and proactive.
If I am elected to Congress, I plan to introduce legislation tying Congressional pay to performance.
There's a lot of good, bipartisan legislation that passes in committee and then gets bottled up. As a businessman, it surprised me.
When a foreign adversary knows that an American official has deceived or withheld vital information from our government, it creates a fundamental counterintelligence vulnerability that can render that official irreparably compromised.
I'm looking forward to going to Congress to pursue my Working Families Agenda and find areas of bipartisan agreement to move forward on important legislation.
I decided to run for Congress to get and keep people in the middle class.
Donald Trump will become president even after losing the popular vote in our November elections by a wide margin. To govern effectively, he must appeal to a broader base than what he campaigned on and avoid the divisive rhetoric that alienated so many Americans.
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.
Our country's history is a generation-spanning journey to effectuate the notion that 'all men are created equal' for the members of our ever-expanding national family: women, African-Americans, Latinos, Asians, Catholics, Jews, Muslims, Hindus, gays and lesbians, the disabled, immigrants, and refugees.
Cutting tax credits for education and training will result in more Americans working at minimum-wage jobs while U.S. companies go begging for the higher-paid skilled workers they need.
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.
In truth, ending DACA will cost us tens of thousands of jobs and billions of dollars in economic activity.
In some ways, 'decency' is a hazy concept; we know it when we see it.
We must reject the politics of meanness and contempt that increasingly dominate our airwaves and Internet.
Losing access to quality and comprehensive coverage, including for prescription drugs, would be devastating to older Americans.
Trumpcare would be devastating for millions of American families, but perhaps no one will bear the brunt of its cruelty more than older Americans.
Americans want Washington to put aside political differences, find common ground, and start producing real economic solutions for the middle class.
If I am elected to Congress, I will put the interests of our community first, and I will actively seek input and respond to it.
I think with the right leadership on both sides and the right president, we can get a lot done.
