Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Ranking Member Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) and Congresswoman Shontel Brown (D-OH), Vice Ranking Member of the House Agriculture Committee and a member of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the U.S. and the CCP, sent a letter to Acting U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Gary Washington requesting information on the steps being taken to protect farmers and ranchers if the Chinese Communist Party takes retaliatory agricultural trade actions against the United States. 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Ranking Member Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) and Chairman John Moolenaar (R-MI) of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party have nominated the Campaign for Uyghurs (CFU) and freedom of expression advocate Li Ying, known on social media as "Teacher Li," for the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize. The nomination comes in recognition of CFU and Teacher Li’s unwavering commitment to justice, human rights, and the protection of the Uyghur people against genocide and repression.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) was reappointed to serve as Ranking Member of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party, a committee established in the 118th Congress to investigate and shape policies addressing the United States' economic, technological, and security competition with the CCP.

Leader Hakeem Jeffries Statement:

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Ranking Member Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the CCP issued the following statement regarding past statements made by Darren Beattie, the U.S. State Department’s next Undersecretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Ranking Member Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the U.S. and the CCP issued the following statement regarding President Trump’s decision to place tariffs on countries such as Mexico, Canada, and the People’s Republic of China. 

Today, Ranking Member Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the U.S. and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and Rep. Joe Courtney (D-CT), Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces, sent a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio and CIA Director John Ratcliffe to request a classified briefing regarding recent public reporting that the People’s Republic of China (PRC) is shipping key ingredients used for producing rocket fuel to the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC). 

WASHINGTON DC — Ranking Member Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) and Chairman John Moolenaar (R-MI) of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party urged National Security Advisor, Mike Waltz, to review the potential national security benefits of placing export controls on semiconductor chips critical to the AI infrastructure of People's Republic of China (PRC) company, DeepSeek.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Ranking Member Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party released the following statement on Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s decision to freeze all foreign assistance with the exception of a waiver for lifesaving humanitarian assistance.