Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Representatives Ro Khanna (CA-17) and Anna G. Eshoo (CA-18) announced that $1.5 million from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law will be directed to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to make critical advancements on the South San Francisco Bay Shoreline Project (Shoreline Project) Phase III.
Washington, D.C. — Today, Representative Ro Khanna (D-CA) and Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) led a bicameral group of colleagues in introducing the Future of Water Act to amend the Commodity Exchange Act to prohibit futures trading of water or water rights and protect our country's water. Water is a basic human right that must be managed and protected as a public trust resource.
Washington, D.C. — With gas prices skyrocketing in recent days against a backdrop of continued Russian aggression in Eastern Europe, Representative Ro Khanna (D-CA) and U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) are introducing the bicameral Big Oil Windfall Profits Tax to curb profiteering by oil companies and provide Americans relief at the gas pump.
Washington, D.C. — Today, Representative Khanna voted to fund $11,905,000 in Community Project Funding that he previously secured for CA-17. This funding, included in the appropriations government funding package, will respond directly to some of the most pressing needs in Santa Clara and Alameda counties.
Washington, D.C. — Today, on International Sex Worker Rights Day, Reps. Ro Khanna (CA-17), Barbara Lee (CA-13) and Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Ron Wyden (D-OR), reintroduced the SAFE SEX Workers Study Act to direct the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to conduct the first federal study on the impact that a 2018 anti-sex trafficking bill known as SESTA/FOSTA has had on sex workers.
Santa Clara, CA— On Saturday, February 26, Rep. Ro Khanna (CA-17) joined community leaders elected officials, and the Cupertino City Council to celebrate the groundbreaking of Westport Cupertino, a mixed-use development project that will bring much needed affordable and market rate housing to Silicon Valley's senior residents, young professionals, and families.
Once completed, the 8.1-acre project site located at the former Oaks Shopping Center on Stevens Creek Boulevard, will provide:
Washington, DC – Today, Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) announced that he has invited Marie Bernard, Executive Director of Sunnyvale Community Services, as his virtual guest to President Biden's State of the Union Address.