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WASHINGTON – Today Congressman Ro Khanna (CA-17) and Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (IL-08) introduced the Security of the Economy, Climate, and other U.S. interests with Recent and Existing Food alternatives (SECURE Food) Act, which would require the Director of National Intelligence to submit an intelligence report on the effects of increased production and consumption of alternative proteins on American national security.
Good afternoon. I would like to provide you with a few updates about recent developments in Congress and share some important information.
Bringing Down Gas Prices and Putting Money Back in Your Pocket
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Representatives Ro Khanna (CA-17) and Anna G. Eshoo (CA-18) announced that $1.5 million from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law will be directed to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to make critical advancements on the South San Francisco Bay Shoreline Project (Shoreline Project) Phase III.
Washington, D.C. — Today, Representative Ro Khanna (D-CA) and Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) led a bicameral group of colleagues in introducing the Future of Water Act to amend the Commodity Exchange Act to prohibit futures trading of water or water rights and protect our country's water. Water is a basic human right that must be managed and protected as a public trust resource.
Washington, D.C. — With gas prices skyrocketing in recent days against a backdrop of continued Russian aggression in Eastern Europe, Representative Ro Khanna (D-CA) and U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) are introducing the bicameral Big Oil Windfall Profits Tax to curb profiteering by oil companies and provide Americans relief at the gas pump.
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.
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.