Press Releases
Washington, DC -- Rep. Khanna (CA-17) today was named by Democratic Leader Jefferies as a member of the Select Committee on the Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – As we enter the second month of the Medicare Advantage open enrollment period, U.S. Representatives Ro Khanna (CA-17), Mark Pocan (WI-02), and Jan Schakowsky (IL-09) are reintroducing the "Save Medicare Act." This bill renames so-called "Medicare Advantage" plans, prohibits private insurers from using "Medicare" in plan titles or advertisements, and imposes significant fines for any insurer that engages in this deceptive practice.
Washington, D.C. —U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) and U.S. Representative Ro Khanna (D-CA) joined forces to introduce the National Development Strategy and Coordination Act in the 118th Congress to jumpstart a national project to restore American manufacturing leadership.
This is a shared purpose that can unify Americans from the coasts to the heartland to the South. It is also work that can bring elected officials together to chart a bipartisan path forward — not an easy feat in a narrowly divided Congress.
Washington, DC – Representatives Ro Khanna (CA-17), Anna Eshoo (CA-16), Zoe Lofgren (CA-18), and Jimmy Panetta (CA-19) announced today that the Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport was awarded $10,990,000 through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law signed by President Biden.
WASHINGTON, DC – Representatives Ro Khanna (CA-17), Ami Bera, M.D. (CA-06), Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), Raja Krishnamoorthi (IL-08) and Shri Thanedar (MI-13) today celebrated the largest representation of Indian American Members of Congress in U.S. history.
Washington, DC – Representative Ro Khanna (CA-17) today introduced a resolution that calls on the U.S. to acknowledge its complicity in El Salvador's brutal civil war and urges the Biden Administration to support strengthening human rights protections and humanitarian assistance in the country. The resolution was introduced ahead of the 31st anniversary of the Chapultepec Peace Accords on January 16th marking a formal end to the conflict.
Santa Clara, CA –Today, Representative Ro Khanna (CA-17), announced that $24,351,000 in Community Project Funding that he previously secured for California's 17th District in the House spending bills has been included in the final 2023 appropriations government funding package. This funding responds directly to some of the most pressing needs in Silicon Valley. Rep.
Washington, D.C. — Today, U.S. Representative Ro Khanna (D-CA) and U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA) joined forces to introduce the PEACE Act to change the federal standard for the use of force by federal officers to require that force be used only when necessary to prevent imminent death or serious bodily injury. The PEACE Act was passed by the House in the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act last Congress.
Washington, D.C. — Today, U.S. Representative Ro Khanna (D-CA) published a piece in Foreign Affairs outlining how the American dream has been downsized. Khanna calls for a new economic patriotism to increase domestic production, bring jobs back from overseas, and promote exports. He argues that an agenda focused on regional revitalization will offer hope to places that have endured decades of decline and also reduce tensions with China.
Washington, DC – Representative Ro Khanna (CA-17), Deputy Whip of the Progressive Caucus, sent a letter today signed by 25 members of the House of Representatives to Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer calling for additional funding for the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) in the year-end funding package.