Press Releases
Washington (April 20, 2023) – Today, Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee on Primary Health and Retirement Security and chair of the Senate Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Clean Air, Climate, and Nuclear Safety, today joined Representatives Ro Khanna (CA-17), Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), Summer Lee (PA-12), and Maxwell Frost (FL-10) in introducing the Green New Deal for Health, legislation that will enable the U.S.
SAN JOSE, CA – Today, U.S. Representatives Zoe Lofgren (CA-18), Anna Eshoo (CA-16), Ro Khanna (CA-17), and Jimmy Panetta (CA-19) announced that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) will provide Santa Clara County with $11,109,104 to support community-wide efforts to end homelessness. The FY22 consolidated appropriations package that Reps. Lofgren, Eshoo, Khanna, and Panetta voted in favor of appropriated the HUD funding being delivered around the country.
SAN JOSE, CA – Today, U.S. Representatives Ro Khanna (CA-17), Zoe Lofgren (CA-18), Anna Eshoo (CA-16), and Jimmy Panetta (CA-19) announced that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will provide Santa Clara County with $2,819,898 in funding to support HIV emergency relief efforts for low-income individuals and minority populations.
Washington, DC – Representative Ro Khanna (CA-17) spoke with Washington Post columnist Jennifer Rubin about the trip he is leading this week to Pennsylvania, Iowa, and South Carolina where he is meeting with students at community colleges that are participating in a public-private partnership program established to help prepare them to get good paying tech jobs after graduating.
Washington, DC – Today, Representatives Ro Khanna (CA-17), Zoe Lofgren (CA-18), Anna Eshoo (CA-16), and Jimmy Panetta (CA-19) released the following statement applauding the Department of Transportation for recommending $500 million in funding for the BART Silicon Valley Phase II Project.
Washington, DC – Today, Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA), the representative from Silicon Valley and Congressional Progressive Caucus Deputy Whip, issued the following statement on Silicon Valley Bank, located in his district:
Washington, D.C. — In case you missed it, Representative Ro Khanna (D-CA) published an op-ed in The Boston Globe today on how the United States can keep the peace between Taiwan and China and strengthen our own manufacturing base.
Washington, DC – After a freight train carrying hazardous materials derailed in the town of East Palestine, Ohio, just across the state line with Pennsylvania, U.S. Representatives Ro Khanna (CA-17) and Chris Deluzio (PA-17) today introduced the Decreasing Emergency Railroad Accident Instances Locally (DERAIL) Act to broaden the definition by which trains get classified as a "high-hazard flammable train" (HHFT).
Washington, DC – Today, Representative Ro Khanna (CA-17) sent a letter along with five of his colleagues to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) calling for further action in response to the ongoing ibuprofen and acetaminophen shortages.
SAN JOSE, CA – Last week, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) entered into an Memorandum Of Understanding (MOU) with the County of Santa Clara that suspends an ongoing FAA investigation into alleged grant violations at Reid-Hillview and San Martin airports and sets forth a framework for the airports to participate in a demonstration project that will study best practices for transitioning airports nationwide to unleaded aviation gasoline (avgas).