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Good afternoon. I would like to provide you with a few updates about recent developments in Congress and share some important information.
Taking Action to Lower Gas Prices
Fashion isn't usually the first industry that comes to mind when we think of the climate crisis. The key perpetrators are generally seen as oil, gas, and transportation. But Silicon Valley representative Ro Khanna (D-CA) wants to add fashion to that list. He's spearheading an effort that is asking the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to finally measure, for the first time, the environmental impacts of the fashion industry.
Washington, DC – Today, Representatives Ro Khanna (CA-17) and Darren Soto (FL-9) led a group of House Democrats in sending a letter to President Biden urging him to tap into the Strategic Petroleum Reserve and ban crude oil exports to bring down high gasoline and fuel prices.
Washington, DC – November 22, 2021 – Today, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Representative Ro Khanna (CA-17) announced the Protecting America's Meatpacking Workers Act which would provide stronger workplace protections for meat and poultry processing workers.
Nearly a dozen Congressional Democrats are urging President Joe Biden to combat high gas prices by not only releasing barrels from the US Strategic Petroleum Reserve but by banning US oil exports, according to a letter viewed by CNN.
Washington, DC – November 19, 2021 – Today, Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA), Deputy Whip for the Congressional Progressive Caucus, cheered the House passage of the Build Back Better Act, which includes free universal pre-school, paid family and medical leave, affordable childcare, clean energy investments and more.
Washington, D.C. – November 18 – Reps. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., and Peter Meijer, R-Mi., introduced bipartisan legislation today to protect Americans against warrantless searches of the data generated and stored in their cars and trucks.
On November 5 we showed that our Congress is capable of coming together on a bipartisan basis to ensure that America leads in the 21st century. Democrats and Republicans voted to pass legislation that will rebuild our roads and bridges and make sure every American has clean drinking water and access to high-speed internet.
Washington, DC – November 8, 2021 – Reps. Ro Khanna (D-CA) and Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) today led 77 members of Congress on a letter to Secretary of Education Dr. Miguel Cardona asking him to update guidance regarding Campus Climate surveys, which are used to assess campus culture on a variety of issues including sexual violence. This letter serves as a follow-up to the U.S.