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It was standing room only at a town hall meeting at the Berryessa Community Center in San Jose.
Democratic Congressman Ro Khanna was asked about health care, the possibility of a government shutdown, and the Iran Deal.
One woman asked a timely question about historical statues.
She asked the congressman if the Washington Monument would have to be taken down because George Washington owned slaves.
Republicans have said a lot about how they want to reform the tax code this year ― repealing taxes on large inheritances, cutting the number of tax brackets, and reducing tax rates for businesses.
But they haven't said a thing about what they want to do with a tax break for working-class Americans that, as of 2015, reached more than 28 million low-income households: the Earned Income Tax Credit, or EITC. Unlike tax breaks that reduce the amount of taxes a person owes, the EITC actually gives people money directly.
Washington, DC – Rep. Ro Khanna (CA-17) is among the 64 members of the House of Representatives, who sent a letter to Secretary of State Rex Tillerson renouncing President Trump's irresponsible approach with North Korea. The letter is a follow-up to one sent to President Trump in May.
"Now is the not the time to encourage North Korea to make additional threats," said Rep. Khanna. "More than 60 members of the House recognize that we need assured leadership in regards to the situation with North Korea and urge the State Department to choose diplomacy over a show of force."
Plunging his hand into an opened computer chassis, Vichon Ward sorted through a mess of colorful cables, fans and motherboards. The 28-year-old served eight years as a mechanic in the Air Force, repairing massive jet engines at military bases around the world — but before starting a tech training course here last month, he had never seen the inside of a computer.
"I've fixed planes my whole life," said Ward, pulling out a hard drive. "This is brand new."
A controversial anti-diversity memo written by a now-fired Google employee isn't just sending shockwaves across the search giant's Silicon Valley campus — it's setting off alarms in the U.S. Congress, too.
In response to the screed by former engineer James Damore — which attributed a lack of women in tech to "personality differences between genders" — lawmakers on Capitol Hill are slamming Google and its peers for failing manifestly to recruit, retain and protect workers of diverse backgrounds.
Washington, DC – Rep. Ro Khanna (CA-17), a member of the House Armed Services Committee, issued the following statement on President Trump saying the U.S. will respond to North Korea threats with "fire and fury:"
President Trump's gibes about the failure of our foreign policy establishment and his call for a still rudimentary "America first" policy have led hawkish Republican neoconservatives to close ranks with "indispensable nation" Democrats. A remarkably unrepentant establishment has moved to resistance. If the United States is to avoid the limited choice between the delusional and the disastrous, a new progressive stance on foreign policy is utterly imperative.
Alumni of the Obama administration are heeding their former boss' call to get in the game themselves and run for office in response the election of President Donald Trump and to continue what the former president started.
Sam Jammal, an Obama appointee in the Commerce Department who is running in California's 39th District against Republican Rep. Ed Royce, said he was heeding those words.
"The president's message was to get into the arena," Jammal said.
For Jammal, the son of a Jordanian father and a Colombian mother, President Barack Obama's personal story hit home.
Washington, DC – Rep. Ro Khanna (CA-17) issued the following statement in response to news reports that the Justice Department will prohibit affirmative action in the college admissions process.
President Trump's plan to limit immigration to all but highly skilled English speakers is bad news both for Silicon Valley and the country, said Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna, whose South Bay district includes includes that high-tech hub.
While talented immigrants are both needed and welcome in Silicon Valley, he said in a video discussion with Chronicle political writers Joe Garofoli and John Wildermuth, "people aren't just software engineers. They have mothers, sisters, families," all of whom want to be part of the American community beyond the tech world.