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July 24, 2023

SAN JOSE, CA – Today, Representatives Ro Khanna (CA-17), Zoe Lofgren (CA-18), Anna Eshoo (CA-16), and Jimmy Panetta (CA-19) announced that San Jose University (SJSU) will receive a total of $4,456,790 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to support STEM education and research initiatives.


July 21, 2023

Democrats continue to raise the alarm about the battle being fought in the House of Representatives as Republicans make their mark on bills relating to LGBTQ+ people as part of the 2024 budget process. Although the Democratic Party is largely supportive of LGBTQ+ rights, some members of the party in Congress have been hesitant to speak out about transgender rights or gender-affirming care as the country enters an election cycle.


July 20, 2023

Washington D.C.—Today, Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA-17) and Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC-01) introduced the Streamlining Effective Access and Retrieval of Content to Help (SEARCH) Act to improve the search functionality of government websites and make key information easily accessible to the public.


July 17, 2023

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Representative Ro Khanna (CA-17) along with U.S. Representatives Zoe Lofgren (CA-18), Anna Eshoo (CA-16), and Jimmy Panetta (CA-19) announced the U.S.


July 14, 2023

Washington D.C.—Today, Representative Khanna (CA-17) voted against the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2024 on the House Floor. Earlier this month, he was the lone no vote on the NDAA out of the House Armed Services Committee. 


July 11, 2023

The US chief justice should testify before Congress about ethics scandals besetting his supreme court “for the good of democracy”, a leading Californian progressive said.

The justices are “so cloistered, they’re so out of touch”, the congressman Ro Khanna told MSNBC on Sunday. “They don’t have a sense of what life is like, so my plea to him would be for the good of democracy come testify. What are you afraid of?”


July 6, 2023

Washington, DC – Representatives Ro Khanna (CA-17) and Michael Waltz (FL-06), co-chairs of the Congressional Caucus on India and Indian Americans, released the following statement on the reported vandalism and attempted arson at the Indian Consulate in San Francisco on Saturday, July 1, 2023, and the posters circulating on social media with violent rhetoric directed toward Indian diplomats: 


July 2, 2023

California Rep. Ro Khanna on Sunday praised President Joe Biden's continued efforts to cancel federal student loan debt after the Supreme Court struck down his initial plan to forgive up to $20,000 for some borrowers.

Biden said Friday that he will now rely on the 1965 Higher Education Act to try to enact debt forgiveness, rather than the Higher Education Relief Opportunities for Students (HEROES) Act of 2003, on which his initial plan was based.


June 30, 2023

Washington, DC – Today, Representatives Ro Khanna (CA-17) and Don Beyer (VA-08) reintroduced The Supreme Court Term Limits and Regular Appointments Act following the Supreme Court's decision to block the Biden Administration's Student Debt Relief Plan.


June 28, 2023

A handful of liberal lawmakers are urging the Biden administration to prepare an alternative plan to cancel student debt, as the Supreme Court could soon strike down the White House's program for forgiving the debts of tens of millions of American borrowers.

Issues: Education