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SAN JOSE, CA - In the South Bay, local leaders are also stepping up this Thanksgiving holiday, volunteering and serving meals to those most in need.
With Thanksgiving just a couple of days away, Representative Ro Khanna (CA-17) and San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan were here in the community bringing more awareness to people’s needs this holiday.
Today, Representative Ro Khanna from California’s 17th District re-introduced the State-Based Universal Health Care Act, which he first introduced in 2019. The bill calls for state governments to lead the push in ushering in affordable healthcare by accessing federal funding.
“Universal health care will save lives and help fix our broken system that has left millions of Americans with crushing medical debt. As we work towards universal health coverage at the federal level, we should also support state-based plans,” said Khanna.
While Republican leaders dither on a new Speaker of the House, at least one Democratic congressmember is building bipartisan support to reform our politics.
In Santa Clara this past Saturday, Congressmember Ro Khanna held a town hall meeting at Mission College to discuss local, national, and International issues.
Khanna talked about locally funded infrastructure projects and his Congressional priorities.
But there was a lot of interest in Congressional politics and the Middle East.
Khanna weighed in on the GOP Speaker fiasco. He criticized both GOP choices: Congressmembers Steve Scalise and Jim Jordan.
For most congressional aides, coming to work on the Hill is a lesson in trade-offs. Sure, the job is prestigious, but the pay is subpar; there’s access to powerful politicians and exposure to their terrible tempers; you might love the work but hate everything else in your life.
But for a lucky few, staffing a member of Congress comes with a different lesson, one about the value of a strong workplace culture and working for a nice boss.
After autonomous vehicle interests spent at least a quarter of a million dollars on lobbying and treated two senior gubernatorial aides to a bougie dinner, California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) vetoed a bill Friday night that would have banned self-driving trucks from operating in the state without a safety operator aboard.
Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) is set to unveil a plan intended to reform Congress and the federal government that includes a number of proposals that have garnered bipartisan support in recent months, such as the implementation of term limits and a ban on stock trading for lawmakers.
U.S. Rep. Ro Khanna on Wednesday ripped a senior Johnson & Johnson attorney after she repeatedly dodged questions regarding the legal justification for the pharmaceutical giant's lawsuit alleging government efforts to negotiate lower drug prices are "unjust taking."
When Congress returns in a few days after its August recess, it will have just a few weeks to hammer out a spending bill to avoid a possible government shutdown.
It was just one of the many issues South Bay Congressman Ro Khanna addressed during a town hall Sunday evening in San Jose.
More than hundred people were at Abram Agnew Elementary School as Khanna answered questions about everything from supporting Ukraine to childcare costs, housing and avoiding a government shutdown with a looming budget deadline.
This fall, Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna plans to introduce legislation calling for a large public investment to create a high-quality universal childcare system where individual families, many of whom now pay as much or more for childcare as their rent or mortgage, would pay no more than $10 a day. And child care providers, many of whom currently earn poverty wages, would make a livable wage of $20 an hour.