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Washington, DC – November 4, 2021 – Congressmen Ro Khanna (D-CA-17) and Ken Buck (R-CO-4) along with Senators Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) introduced the Foreign Agents Registration Modernization Act (FARM) today. The FARM Act would strengthen the outdated Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938.
Washington, DC – November 4, 2021 – Today, Representative Ro Khanna, Chairman of the House Oversight Subcommittee on the Environment, urged Administrator Regan at the Environmental Protection Agency and Secretary Raimondo at the Department of Commerce to consider the problem of apparel waste as they work to finalize a national recycling strategy.
Good afternoon. I would like to provide you with a few updates about recent developments in Congress and share some important information.
Working with the President to Pass the Build Back Better Agenda
Congress has made tremendous progress toward advancing what is perhaps the most transformational social safety net legislation since FDR's New Deal.
Democratic Congressman Ro Khanna, a leading progressive lawmaker from California, said Sunday he plans to vote in favor of the $1.75 trillion social policy and climate change package unveiled by President Biden last week, as well as a $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill, when the two plans are brought to the House floor.
Washington, DC – October 28, 2021 – Today, Rep. Ro Khanna, Chair of the House Oversight Subcommittee on the Environment, will deliver opening remarks at the House Oversight hearing. This hearing focuses on the climate crisis and will feature executives from ExxonMobil, Chevron, Shell, BP, the American Petroleum Institute, and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
Rep. Khanna's opening remarks are below.
There were tense moments in a House Oversight Committee hearing Thursday, where executives from the world's biggest oil and gas companies took questions about their role in the climate crisis. It's the first time all were testifying together.
Top executives of ExxonMobil and other oil giants denied spreading disinformation about climate change as they sparred Thursday with congressional Democrats over allegations that the industry concealed evidence about the dangers of global warming.
Testifying at a landmark House hearing, ExxonMobil CEO Darren Woods said the company "has long acknowledged the reality and risks of climate change, and it has devoted significant resources to addressing those risks.″
In April 1994, seven top tobacco CEOs testified to Congress that they didn't believe nicotine was addictive. Two years later, they were all under federal investigation for potentially lying under oath and no longer leading their embattled cigarette companies.
Democrats believe the oil industry and trade association leaders appearing tomorrow at a high-profile hearing on climate change disinformation could meet a similar fate.
Washington, DC – October 20, 2021 – Earlier today, Rep. Ro Khanna (CA-17), Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Rep. DeLauro (CT-3), and Rep. Adam Schiff (CA-28) held a press conference with Paris Hilton and other institutional abuse survivors and child welfare advocates to discuss upcoming legislation to reform congregate care facilities across the United States.
What happened: She pioneered the modern reality TV show, but Paris Hilton broke sober new ground Wednesday. The celeb implored Congress to do more to address what she described as systemic physical, sexual and emotional abuse at residential children's treatment centers around the country. Hilton said, during her time in these centers, she endured strangulation, male staff watching her shower, no access to the outdoors and forced medication, among other abuse.