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California lawmaker Ro Khanna introduced a bill into the U.S. House of Representatives on Monday that would prevent investors from securing carbon capture and sequestration tax credits if the carbon is used to boost oil production.
The bill has little chance of being adopted into law, but reflects deep political divisions in Congress over whether and how carbon capture can be used as a tool in the fight against climate change.
Washington, DC – December 7, 2021 – Representatives Ro Khanna (CA-17), Tom Malinowski (NJ-07), and Gerald E. Connolly (VA-11) issued the below statement this evening after voting against the Fiscal Year 2022 National Defense Authorization Act.
The recent breaching of the United States' embassy in Yemen's capital city of Sanaa by rebel forces, and the detaining of Yemeni employees of the embassy, is the latest escalation in a war that has gone on for far too long. It is a war that the United States has supported and remains deeply involved in. It's time for that complicity to end.
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.