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California Rep. Ro Khanna told CNBC on Tuesday the government should take control of PG&E as the nation's largest utility puts millions of state residents in the dark in hopes of preventing more wildfires.
"I would have them as a public utility," said Khanna, a Democrat whose district spans Silicon Valley. "They have failed to make the investments in the infrastructure. The regulators are too loose."
"It's time for the state to take ownership of PG&E, and make sure that they are doing what they need to do to keep the power on and keep people safe," he added.
Silicon Valley's lawmaker wants to make sure every federal employee knows how to securely interact with technology, including the internet-connected devices that are proliferating throughout the government.
On Monday, Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., will introduce legislation that would mandate that all federal employees receive training in basic cybersecurity practices. The training, overseen by the Office of Management and Budget, would also teach feds to identify and mitigate security risks associated with the internet of things.
Representative Ro Khanna has been one of the most outspoken critics of endless wars, military interventionism, and ill-conceived military alliances in the current Congress. He has long advocated for the withdrawal of US troops from Syria. Yet he has been sharply critical of President Trump's decision to order troops out of northern Syria, and of the Turkish invasion of the region.
A collection of former high-ranking Obama administration national security officials who pushed a policy that led the United States to support Saudi Arabia in the war in Yemen are now pleading with leaders in Congress to defund that effort.
Navy SEAL Matthew Axelson was a 29-year-old petty officer 2nd class, when he deployed to Afghanistan in 2005.
In June of that year, his team -- SEAL Team 10 -- was assigned to capture or kill a high-ranking Taliban leader in the Hindu Kush mountains, a mission known as "Operation Red Wings" and later memorialized in the book and film, "Lone Survivor."
California Rep. Ro Khanna said Wednesday he would be surprised if the impeachment inquiry didn't end with a vote on articles, opening the door for a formal vote to impeach President Donald Trump.
Khanna told ABC News' "Powerhouse Politics" podcast that while he, along with other House Democrats, believe the impeachment inquiry could be finished as early as Thanksgiving, the ideal goal is to have it wrapped before the Iowa caucuses in February.
Ro Khanna, a rising star among progressive Democrats, wants to make a point about how to be progressive and pro-Israel, so he quotes Alan Dershowitz.
Yes, that Alan Dershowitz, the Fox News habitue who has accused the Democratic Party of "tolerating anti-Semitism."
Rep. Ro Khanna's first foray into national politics dates back to his days as a Barack Obama appointee to the U.S. Department of Commerce.
Now, the Democratic Silicon Valley congressman is leading the charge to end US involvement in a conflict that began under Obama's presidency and intensified under Donald Trump's: the Saudi-backed war in Yemen.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A leading progressive voice in the U.S. House of Representatives called on Thursday for intensifying the probe into President Donald Trump's behavior in office with the goal of determining whether to impeach him by year's end.
Democratic Representative Ro Khanna, vice chair of the 98-member Congressional Progressive Caucus, told reporters he thought former Special Counsel Robert Mueller's multiple findings of obstruction by Trump formed the strongest basis for impeaching the Republican president.