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March 9, 2022

Washington, D.C. — Today, Representative Khanna voted to fund $11,905,000 in Community Project Funding that he previously secured for CA-17. This funding, included in the appropriations government funding package, will respond directly to some of the most pressing needs in Santa Clara and Alameda counties.


March 8, 2022
WASHINGTON — Today, Representatives Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) and  Jody Hice (R-Ga.) and Representative Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) introduced legislation, the Chance to Compete Act (H.R. 6967). This bipartisan, bicameral bill improves the federal hiring process by giving agencies the ability to share applicant assessments, allow subject matter experts to serve as interviewers, and move assessments toward focusing on the candidate’s ability to perform the actual job rather than where or if they received their college degree.
Issues: Economy , Education

March 8, 2022
Washington, D.C. – Today, Representatives Ro Khanna (CA-17) and Jared Huffman (CA-02) re-introduced the Public Lands Telecommunications Act to unlock new opportunities for responsible broadband infrastructure deployment on and near federal public lands.

March 7, 2022
Washington, D.C. — After Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) first introduced the legislation last week, today Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.)  and Representatives Ro Khanna (CA-17) and Nancy Mace (SC-01) are joining the effort to ban Russian oil imports.

March 3, 2022

Washington, D.C. — Today, on International Sex Worker Rights Day, Reps. Ro Khanna (CA-17), Barbara Lee (CA-13) and Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Ron Wyden (D-OR), reintroduced the SAFE SEX Workers Study Act to direct the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to conduct the first federal study on the impact that a 2018 anti-sex trafficking bill known as SESTA/FOSTA has had on sex workers.


March 3, 2022

Santa Clara, CA— On Saturday, February 26, Rep. Ro Khanna (CA-17) joined community leaders elected officials, and the Cupertino City Council to celebrate the groundbreaking of Westport Cupertino, a mixed-use development project that will bring much needed affordable and market rate housing to Silicon Valley's senior residents, young professionals, and families.

Once completed, the 8.1-acre project site located at the former Oaks Shopping Center on Stevens Creek Boulevard, will provide:

Issues: Housing

March 1, 2022

Washington, DC – Today, Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) announced that he has invited Marie Bernard, Executive Director of Sunnyvale Community Services, as his virtual guest to President Biden's State of the Union Address.


February 25, 2022

Washington, DC February 24, 2022 In an effort to combat a sharp rise in oil prices amid Vladimir Putin's illegal invasion of Ukraine, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) and U.S. Representative Ro Khanna (D-CA) led a bicameral letter to President Biden urging the White House to stabilize gas prices and help working families by releasing oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR).


February 24, 2022

Washington, DC – Rep. Ro Khanna (CA-17) issued the following statement on Russia's invasion of Ukraine:


February 23, 2022

Jerusalem – Rep. Ro Khanna (CA-17) joined Speaker Nancy Pelosi today on a Congressional delegation to Israel, Germany and the United Kingdom to focus on security, economy and governance.