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KRISHNAMOORTHI, S. Raja

KRISHNAMOORTHI, S. Raja
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KRISHNAMOORTHI, S. Raja
1973–

Office

Representative

State/Territory

Illinois

Party

Democrat

Congress(es)

115th (2017–2019), 116th (2019–2021), 117th (2021–2023), 118th (2023–2025), 119th (2025–2027)

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Concise Biography

KRISHNAMOORTHI, S. Raja, A Representative from Illinois; born in New Delhi, India, July 19, 1973; graduated from Richwoods High School, Peoria, Ill., 1991; B.A., Princeton University, Princeton, N.J., 1995; J.D., Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Mass., 2000; lawyer, private practice; business executive; clerk, United States District Court for Northern District of Illinois, 2000-2002; campaign staff, Barack Obama, 2004, 2008; staff, Illinois housing development authority, 2005-2007; Illinois special assistant attorney general, 2006-2007; deputy state treasurer of Illinois, 2008-2009; unsuccessful candidate for Illinois state comptroller, 2010; unsuccessful candidate for nomination to the One Hundred Thirteenth Congress in 2012; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Fifteenth and to the four succeeding Congresses (January 3, 2017-present).

View Record in the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress

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Bibliography / Further Reading

"S. Raja Krishnamoorthi" in Asian and Pacific Islander Americans in Congress, 1900-2017. Prepared under the direction of the Committee on House Administration by the Office of the Historian and the Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives. Washington: Government Publishing Office, 2018.

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Committee Assignments & Leadership

Committee Assignments

Committee Name & Date Congresses Congresses
Education and the Workforce
[1997–2007; 2011–2019; 2023–2025]
105th through 109th Congresses; 112th Congress through 115th Congress; 118th Congress
(See also the following standing committees: Education and Labor; Education; Economic and Educational Opportunities; Labor)
115th (2017–2019)
115th (2017–2019)
Oversight and Government Reform
[2007-2019; 2025-Present]
110th Congress-115th Congress; 119th Congress-Present
(See also the following standing committees: Expenditures in the Executive Departments; Government Operations; Government Reform and Oversight; Government Reform; Oversight; Oversight and Reform; and Oversight and Accountability)
115th (2017–2019);
119th (2025–2027)
115th (2017–2019);
119th (2025–2027)
Oversight and Reform
[2019–2023]
116th Congress through 117th Congress
(See also the following standing committees: Expenditures in the Executive Departments; Oversight; Oversight and Government Reform; Government Operations; Government Reform; Government Reform and Oversight; and Oversight and Accountability)
116th (2019–2021) – 117th (2021–2023)
116th (2019–2021) –
117th (2021–2023)
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
[1977-Present]
95th Congress-Present
116th (2019–2021) – 119th (2025–2027)
116th (2019–2021) –
119th (2025–2027)
Oversight and Accountability
[2023-2025]
118th Congress
(See also the following standing committees: Expenditures in the Executive Departments; Government Reform and Oversight; Government Reform; Government Operations; Oversight and Government Reform; and Oversight and Reform)
118th (2023–2025)
118th (2023–2025)
Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party
[2023-present]
118th Congress-present
118th (2023–2025) – 119th (2025–2027)
118th (2023–2025) –
119th (2025–2027)

Committee & Subcommittee Chair

Committee Subcommittee Congresses Congresses
Oversight and Reform Economic and Consumer Policy
116th (2019–2021) – 117th (2021–2023)
116th (2019–2021) –
117th (2021–2023)
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Related Links

Related Links

Office of the Historian: history@mail.house.gov
Office of Art & Archives, Office of the Clerk: art@mail.house.gov, archives@mail.house.gov