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Good afternoon. I would like to provide a few updates on recent developments in Congress and share some important information.
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A BIPARTISAN GROUP of senators unveiled legislation on Wednesday designed to end U.S. support for the Saudi-led war in Yemen.
The resolution — introduced by Sens. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt.; Chris Murphy, D-Conn.; and Mike Lee, R-Utah — attempts to use the War Powers Act of 1973, a Vietnam War-era law that limits the president's power to wage war without congressional authorization, to disentangle the U.S. from a campaign that has claimed thousands of civilian lives and led to mass starvation.
Washington, DC – Today, Reps. Ro Khanna (D-CA), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), and Ryan Costello (R-PA) introduced a bipartisan bill, the Measuring the Economic Impact of Broadband Act, to require the Bureau of Economic Analysis to conduct a study of the effects of broadband deployment and adoption on the U.S. economy. The legislation empowers policymakers to make more informed decisions about broadband, connecting underserved communities and keeping America competitive in a digital world.
Cars are heavily regulated, why aren't weapons of war at least up to this standard? Congressman Ro Khanna joins us to answer this and more. Watch the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asRtNSieq0Y
Lawmakers are concerned that advances in video manipulation technology could set off a new era of fake news. Now legislators say they want to start working on fixes to the problem before it's too late.
Technology experts have begun to sound the alarm on the new software, which lets users take existing videos and make high-quality altered video and audio that appears real. The emergence of the technology opens up a new world of hoaxes driven by doctored audio or video, and threatens to shake faith in the media even further.
The mining of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, which have been in the spotlight recently due to their fluctuating valuations and investors, should be taxed for their considerable energy consumption, according to a Democratic congressman.
We're on Capitol Hill, as Reps. Jodey Arrington (R-TX) and Ro Khanna (D-CA) discuss congressional action in the wake of yesterday's deadly school shooting, and the continuing battle over immigration reform. Watch the video here: https://www.facebook.com/ABCNews/videos/10156913571523812/
California Representative Ro Khanna and other Democratic lawmakers, in a letter today, urged HHS Secretary Alex Azar to pave the way for cheaper generic drugs to treat the hepatitis C virus (HCV), helping patients who can't afford brand-name medicines from Gilead and AbbVie. Patent holders such as Gilead and AbbVie can choose whether to sell their drugs and for how much. But under 28 U.S.C. § 1498, the federal government can take patents if it provides reasonable compensation to the patent holder.
Washington D.C. – Today, Rep. Ro Khanna (CA-17), with more than a dozen of his house colleagues, sent a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar, urging him to exercise his existing authority to use patented pharmaceuticals to help millions of Americans with hepatitis C access the expensive drug therapies they need.
Do you think that Members of Congress get too many lifetime perks? Apparently some in Congress do.
Congressmen Ro Khanna (D-CA) and Ralph Norman (R-SC) have introduced the Stop Congressional Retirees' Accessing Perks (SCRAP) Act (H.R. 4981) in an effort to pare back on some of the perks.
It would end many of the benefits awarded to lawmakers after they leave office, including: