Government Reform

 

While serving in Congress I pledge to reject contributions from political action committees (PACs) and lobbyists because I believe that we need to remove the influence of corporate money in politics. That is why I created the bipartisan Congressional No PAC Caucus. Many of the problems in Congress could be solved if we had politicians who were not indebted to the big corporations and special interests.

I also believe that instituting term limits for both the House and Senate is an integral step towards fixing stagnation in government. Serving in Congress is meant to be a public service, not a lifelong career, and I will work to make sure that the new ideas and energy will continue to move our country forward.

Click here to learn more about the bills that I introduced and cosponsored.

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More on Government Reform

Representative Ro Khanna's Statement on DOJ's Release of Additional Epstein Files
January 30, 2026
Press Release

Washington, DC – Representative Ro Khanna (CA-17), author of the Epstein Files Transparency Act, released the following statement:

Issues: Equality and Social Justice , Government Reform
Release: Rep. Khanna’s Statement on Epstein Survivor Haley Robson’s Letter Urging Court to Enforce Epstein Files Transparency Act
January 19, 2026
Press Release

Washington, DC — Today, Representative Ro Khanna (CA-17), author of the Epstein Files Transparency Act, released the following statement after Haley Robson, survivor of Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking operation, filed a letter with Judge Richard M.

Issues: Equality and Social Justice , Government Reform , Prioritizing Public Safety
Reps. Khanna and Massie Call for the Appointment of a Special Master to Compel the Department of Justice to Release the Full Epstein Files
January 8, 2026
Press Release

Washington, DC — Today, Representatives Ro Khanna (CA-17) and Thomas Massie (KY-04), the leaders of the Epstein Files Transparency Act, sent a letter to Judge Paul Engelmayer of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, requesting the appointment of a Special Master to compel the Department of Justice to release the full Epstein files as required under Rep. Khanna and Rep. Massie’s law.

Issues: Equality and Social Justice , Government Reform
Lawmakers request court-appointed official to oversee the Epstein files release
January 8, 2026
In The News

By Hailey Fuchs

Politico

The bipartisan duo that spearheaded efforts to force the Justice Department to release the Jeffrey Epstein files is now asking a federal judge to appoint an official to oversee the process.

This new request from Reps. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) and Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) comes as the DOJ is under criticism from members of both parties for not complying with the law Congress passed late last year, which mandated the department to make materials related to the late convicted sex offender public by Dec. 19.

Issues: Equality and Social Justice , Government Reform
‘I believe this is going to be a reckoning’: Ro Khanna, the man behind the Epstein files act, on building bipartisan wins
January 7, 2026
In The News

By Joseph Gedeon

The Guardian

It was mid-December, and Ro Khanna was watching the calendar. The 19 December deadline for the justice department to comply with a new law the California representative wrote was ticking closer – and his bill was already forcing sealed documents about Jeffrey Epstein’s sex-trafficking operation into full view.

Issues: Equality and Social Justice , Government Reform
RELEASE: REP. RO KHANNA’S STATEMENT ON THE LATEST EPSTEIN FILES RELEASED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
December 23, 2025
Press Release

Washington, DC – Representative Ro Khanna (CA-17), author of the Epstein Files Transparency Act, released the following statement on the newly released Epstein files by the Department of Justice: 

Issues: Equality and Social Justice , Government Reform
DOJ must release Epstein files by Friday or risk repercussions, law's co-author says
December 17, 2025
In The News
By Ryan Nobles and Dareh Gregorian
 
NBC News

One of the sponsors of the law requiring the release of the investigative files relating to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein said he's giving the Justice Department the "benefit of the doubt" that it will make the files public by Friday — warning that there would be repercussions if it doesn't.

Issues: Government Reform , Prioritizing Public Safety
Rep. Khanna’s Statement on Third Federal Judge Granting Request to Unseal Files Ahead of December 19th Deadline Set by Epstein Files Transparency Act
December 11, 2025
Press Release

Washington, DC — Representative Ro Khanna (CA-17), author of the Epstein Files Transparency Act, released the following statement after a third federal judge this week granted a request by the Department of Justice to unseal records related to Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell:

Issues: Equality and Social Justice , Government Reform , Prioritizing Public Safety
RELEASE: REP. KHANNA’S BILL TO RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES PASSES THE HOUSE
November 18, 2025
Press Release

Washington, DC — Representative Ro Khanna (CA-17) released the following statement after his bipartisan bill, the Epstein Files Transparency Act, passed the House by 427-1:  

Issues: Equality and Social Justice , Government Reform
After months of infighting, House GOP could vote today to release the Epstein files
November 18, 2025
In The News

By Claudia Grisales

NPR

Republicans in the House are on track today to approve the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files, a vote that follows President Trump's unexpected blessing for a measure that has driven rancor through the party and its base.

Issues: Equality and Social Justice , Government Reform
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