Press Releases
Washington, DC – Rep. Khanna, with more than two dozen cosponsors, introduced today legislation to award the Congressional Gold Medal to civil rights icon Reverend James Lawson, who celebrated his 90th birthday this year.
Reverend Lawson joined the sponsors and others including Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer for a reception on Capitol Hill today to honor his work and announce introduction of the legislation, which Rep. Khanna and the cosponsors plan to reintroduce in every Congress until it is passed.
Washington, DC – Representatives Ro Khanna (CA-17), Adam Smith (WA-09), and Mark Pocan (WI-02), leaders of H. Con Res. 138 in the House, released the following statement in response to the announcement that the U.S. will be halting the refueling of Saudi-coalition aircraft in Yemen:
Fremont, CA. – U.S. Representatives Ro Khanna (D-CA) and Mark Pocan (D-WI) issued the following response to announcements by Secretary of Defense James Mattis and Secretary of State Pompeo regarding their intention to spur negotiations for a ceasefire to the conflict in Yemen within 30 days.
Santa Clara – In light of Secretary Pompeo's recent statement, Rep. Ro Khanna, sponsor of H. Con. Res. 138, which seeks to stop U.S. military participation in Saudi Arabia's war against the Houthi rebels in Yemen, issued the below response:
Washington, DC – Today, Rep. Ro Khanna introduced legislation to strengthen the Federal Reserve's mandate to pursue robust job and wage growth, on the 40th anniversary of the signing of the law that enshrined the Fed's "maximum employment" goal.
Named after the renowned leader in the civil rights and full employment movement, the Coretta Scott King Full Employment Federal Reserve Act directs the Federal Reserve to target wages that keep pace worker productivity growth and to shrink discrepancies in unemployment due to race, gender, or geography.
Washington, DC – Today, Rep. Ro Khanna, joined by more than a dozen progressive colleagues in the House, sent a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo urging him to make it clear to the government of Brazil that the United States of America finds the positions and statements of leading Brazilian presidential candidate, Jair Bolsonaro, unacceptable.
Santa Clara – Today, following Tim Cook's remarks at the 40th International Conference of Data Protection & Privacy Commissioners, Rep. Ro Khanna issued the following statement:
"These are a well-crafted set of principles necessary for federal privacy law reform in the United States. I applaud Tim Cook for articulating clear and simply stated principles and leading on these issues."
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Washington, DC – U.S. Representatives Ro Khanna (CA-17) and Mark Pocan (WI-02) today circulated a letter to their colleagues, requesting that Members of Congress join them in calling on Daniel Coats, Director of National Intelligence, to release information regarding the U.S. intelligence community's advance knowledge of Saudi Arabia's plot to capture journalist and American resident Jamal Khashoggi.
Washington, DC – Rep. Ro Khanna, who has been dubbed "Silicon Valley's ambassador to Middle America" released his set of consumer data privacy regulations principles for an ‘Internet Bill of Rights.' His principles have earned the endorsement of world wide web inventor, Sir Tim Berners-Lee.