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Rep. Ro Khanna, who made waves last week for saying the Biden administration would "radically reset" U.S.-Israel ties, is calling for improved relations between the United States, Israel and the Palestinians through innovation and economic development.
Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.), a vocal opponent of the Saudi-led offensive in Yemen's civil war, called on President Biden to withdraw further support from the campaign and cut off all arms sales to Riyadh.
Khanna hailed Biden's reversals of Trump administration policies on Yemen, calling them "a huge commitment to end US support for the Saudi war in Yemen." But he added that "our work to support a brighter future for the people of Yemen is just beginning."
California Democrat Ro Khanna is taking the helm of the House Oversight and Reform Subcommittee on Environment, offering both progressive climate ambitions and pragmatic sensibilities to a panel charged with scrutinizing environmental agencies and the energy industry.
The congressman represents the Silicon Valley area and, in just a few years in Congress, his national reputation has grown to "lion size," to borrow a phrase from Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.).
During a recent congressional hearing, Rep. Ro Khanna asked Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz if the Trump administration's zero tolerance immigration policy ultimately harmed national security.
"That's certainly what the marshals expressed concern about, precisely that issue," Horowitz replied.
In his first major foreign policy address, President Joe Biden announced on Thursday that he would end American support for Saudi and United Arab Emirates-led "offensive operations" in Yemen, echoing a promise he made on the campaign trail in 2019.
Speaking at the State Department, Biden told diplomats that he would prioritize diplomatic solutions to the conflict and appointed, as a special envoy, one of the department's top Middle East experts. He also announced support for a cease-fire and an effort to restart long-stalled peace talks.
Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., entered the debate over giving the COVID-19 vaccines as a single dose and delaying a second dose, urging President Joe Biden's administration to consider a new vaccine strategy to get more doses out to Americans.
A prominent House Democrat slammed Robinhood's move to restrict trading on some stocks like Gamestop and endorsed the idea of holding a congressional hearing on the popular trading app's decision.
Rep. Ro Khanna, a leading member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, said there was "visceral anger" at hedge funds for their role propelling economic inequality in the United States.
"Everyone on Robinhood should have equal access for trading," Khanna said in an interview with Insider. "They can't just shut down trading for retail investors and not hedge funds."
Progressive Congressman Ro Khanna on Wednesday cautioned President Joe Biden and the Democratic leadership against further restricting eligibility for any future round of direct coronavirus relief payments, warning that excluding many struggling middle-class Americans from checks would be misguided and politically disastrous.
Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) laid out a few specific policies he and some of Congress' other leading progressives are likely to demand when the next U.S. Congress begins its term.
The big picture: Khanna wants Congress to deliver more direct aid to Americans in the form of $2,000 monthly checks and to provide $1 trillion over 10 years in loans and grants to small businesses but is also taking aim at the Fed, arguing that the central bank has gone astray of its original intent to help small businesses and community banks.