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Ranking Member Raja Krishnamoorthi and Chairman John Moolenaar participate in the roundtable.
January 13, 2026

Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the Untied States and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Member Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) and Chairman John Moolenaar (R-MI) led a bipartisan Select Committee roundtable with Indo-Pacific ambassadors about the economic and security challenges posed by the CCP. The ambassadors attending the roundtable were Ambassador Jose Manuel Romualdez of the Philippines, Ambassador Shigeo Yamada of Japan, and Ambassador Kyung-wha Kang of South Korea.


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January 13, 2026

WASHINGTON — Ranking Member Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party and Committee Member Ritchie Torres (D-NY) issued the following statement condemning President Trump’s targeting of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and warning that political interference in the Federal Reserve erodes U.S. economic credibility, unsettles global markets, and advances the Chinese Communist Party’s strategic interests:


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January 13, 2026

WASHINGTON – Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi, Ranking Member of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party, issued the following statement in response to the House’s vote to renew the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA):


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January 8, 2026

WASHINGTON — Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi, Ranking Member of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party, issued the following statement in response to the Trump administration’s decision to withdraw the United States from dozens of international organizations that support U.S. security, protect public health, and project American leadership abroad:


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January 7, 2026

WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party sent a letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem expressing concern over a new DHS proposal that would require travelers from 42 long-


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January 5, 2026

WASHINGTON — Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Ranking Member of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party, announced he is stepping down from his role in leading the Committee later this month:

“I have informed Leader Hakeem Jeffries of my intention to step down as Ranking Member of the Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party later this month.


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December 30, 2025

WASHINGTON—Today, Ranking Member Raja Krishnamoorthi and Chairman John Moolenaar issued the following joint statement in response to the Chinese Communist Party’s latest military exercises in the Taiwan Strait:


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December 20, 2025

WASHINGTON— Following his December 13 letter urging the Department of Homeland Security to release and grant asylum to Guan Heng, Ranking Member Raja Krishnamoorthi issued the following statement after reports that DHS has paused its effort to d


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December 18, 2025

WASHINGTON — Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi, Ranking Member of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party, today sent a letter to the Department of Education Secretary Linda McMahon warning of the detrimental impact of the Administration's funding cuts to core Department of Education offices, including the Office of Educational Technology (OET), on America's ability to develop the STEM and AI workforce needed to compete with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). 


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December 18, 2025

WASHINGTON — Ranking Member Raja Krishnamoorthi and Chairman John Moolenaar today released Ten More for Taiwan, a bipartisan report of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party outlining urgent steps to strengthen deterrence against Chinese Communist Party (CCP) aggression toward Taiwan.