Press Releases

Santa Clara – Today, following Tim Cook's remarks at the 40^th 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.

Washington, DC – Rep. Ro Khanna released the below statement following the House OGR committee mark up and passage of the 21st Century Integrated Digital Experience Act (IDEA). This bipartisan bill will lower federal costs and increase efficiency by digitizing government processes through establishing minimum standards for federal websites, digitizing agency forms and promoting electronic signatures. Additionally, the Senate Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee favorably passed companion legislation introduced by Sen. Portman.

Washington, DC – Rep. Khanna, House sponsor (HR 2814) of the Stop BEZOS Act, a bill that would make large corporations, not the taxpayer, pay for the costs of federal programs that low-wage employees turn to in order to make ends meet, such as nutrition or housing assistance, issued the below statement following the news that Amazon will raise its minimum U.S. wage to $15 an hour.

Washington, DC – Today, Rep. Ro Khanna, joined by nearly two dozen of his colleagues in the House of Representatives, introduced a bipartisan privileged resolution that once again seeks to stop U.S. military participation in Saudi Arabia's war against the Houthi rebels in Yemen. This is an entirely separate war from the fight against Al Qaeda, yet Congress has never authorized it. By invoking the War Powers Act of 1973, these members will force a congressional vote to officially withdraw U.S. forces from this unauthorized conflict. In September of 2017, Rep.

Santa Clara, CA. – In light of new CNN exclusive reporting that found the U.S. has made weapons linked to Yemen deaths since at least 2015, Rep. Khanna issued the below statement: