Press Releases
Washington, DC – January 13, 2022 – Today, Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) cheered President Biden's announcement that he will be making high-quality masks free and easily accessible for every American. The news follows the introduction of Rep.
Washington, DC – Today, Representative Ro Khanna (CA-17), chair of the House Oversight Subcommittee on the Environment, applauded the EPA's response to Santa Clara County's Petition for Rulemaking to eliminate lead pollution from aircraft.
Washington, DC – January 13, 2022 – As the world enters the third year of the coronavirus pandemic, with Omicron surging and cases skyrocketing, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA), with more than 50 of their Democratic colleagues in the Senate and House, reintroduced lifesaving legislation to manufacture and distribute highly-protective N95 masks to every person in America.
Washington, DC – Congressman Ro Khanna (D-CA), Congressman Adam Schiff (D-CA), Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), and more than 40 members of the House and Senate sent a letter to President Joe Biden on Sunday, calling on his administration to build on its current efforts to expand access to COVID-19 testing by substantially increasing the supply of rapid tests and removing financial and logistical barriers to access for the duration of the pandemic.
Washington, DC – January 6, 2021 – Today, Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) issued the following statement on the one-year anniversary of the January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol.
Washington, DC – December 13, 2021 – Today, Representatives Ro Khanna (CA-17), Chair of the House Oversight Subcommittee on the Environment, Raúl Grijalva (AZ-03), Chair of the House Natural Resources Committee, and Mike Quigley (IL-05), member of the House Committee on Appropriations, introduced the End Polluter Welfare for Enhanced Oil Recovery Act to repeal a tax giveaway that enables the fossil fuel industry to profit off capturing carbon emissions and using them to increase oil production.
Washington, DC – December 7, 2021 – Representatives Ro Khanna (CA-17), Tom Malinowski (NJ-07), and Gerald E. Connolly (VA-11) issued the below statement this evening after voting against the Fiscal Year 2022 National Defense Authorization Act.
Washington, DC – Today, Representatives Ro Khanna (CA-17) and Darren Soto (FL-9) led a group of House Democrats in sending a letter to President Biden urging him to tap into the Strategic Petroleum Reserve and ban crude oil exports to bring down high gasoline and fuel prices.
Washington, DC – November 22, 2021 – Today, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Representative Ro Khanna (CA-17) announced the Protecting America's Meatpacking Workers Act which would provide stronger workplace protections for meat and poultry processing workers.
Washington, DC – November 19, 2021 – Today, Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA), Deputy Whip for the Congressional Progressive Caucus, cheered the House passage of the Build Back Better Act, which includes free universal pre-school, paid family and medical leave, affordable childcare, clean energy investments and more.