Media
Latest News
IMPORTANT COVID-19 Update
Good morning. Below is an important update on the serious COVID-19 situation. Please follow all directives from local, state, and national health officials. Our community and our nation will make it through this, but it will require a collective effort from all of us.
Washington, DC – Today, Reps. Khanna, Eshoo, and Cohen penned a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo with more than 60 Members of Congress urging the Trump administration to take immediate action to oppose the Israeli government's acceleration of home demolitions and displacement of Palestinian communities in the West Bank. Writing to Secretary Pompeo, the letter requests the State Department to examine Israeli compliance with the requirements applied by the Arms Export Control Act in order to ensure that U.S.-supplied equipment is not being used to destroy Palestinian homes.
More than 60 Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives want the Trump administration to press Israel not to use American military equipment to demolish Palestinian homes.
Washington, DC – Today, Rep. Ro Khanna (CA-17) and Rep. Tim Ryan (OH-13) proposed legislation to establish an emergency Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The bill would provide a check between $1,000 and $6,000 to every American who earned less than $65,000 last year. More than three-quarters of American workers would qualify for this tax relief. Americans most likely to be impacted by the public health crisis – including hourly workers, independent contractors, and gig workers – would get a much-needed emergency boost during this economic downturn.
Washington, DC – Today, Santa Clara County's Representatives in Congress, Anna G. Eshoo (CA-18), Zoe Lofgren (CA-19), Ro Khanna (CA-17) and Jimmy Panetta (CA-20), Santa Clara County Board President Cindy Chavez and San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo called on the U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to release vital information about the three employees at Mineta San Jose International Airport (SJC) who have tested positive for COVID-19.
Fremont Rep. Ro Khanna's district has been one of the hardest hit in the country by the novel coronavirus.
Santa Clara County, which covers much of Khanna's 17th Congressional District, reported 37 cases as of Monday, the most in California. There are at least 124 cases across the state.
ALMOST A YEAR after the Trump administration unsealed an indictment against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, two progressive members of Congress are trying to prevent a World War I-era secrecy law from being used to investigate and prosecute journalists for publishing classified information.
Washington, DC – Today, Rep. Ro Khanna (CA-17) introduced legislation to amend the Espionage Act of 1917 to better protect journalists and whistleblowers under attack in the modern era. Rep. Khanna's legislation reaffirms First Amendment protections for journalists who publish classified information, in addition to ensuring whistleblowers can safely come forward to report waste, fraud and abuse to Congress. Senator Ron Wyden (OR) will introduce the companion bill in the Senate.
Good afternoon. I am sure you have seen news coverage of the global outbreak of the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) and the tragic deaths of at least six Americans from this disease. I want to take a moment to directly address this very serious issue.
Good afternoon. I would like to provide a few updates about recent developments in Congress and share some important information.
National Census Day is Right Around the Corner
National Census Day is on April 1st, and over the next three weeks every household in America will receive official mail from the Census Bureau with instructions on how to respond to the 2020 Census online, by phone or by mail. It is important that you respond and account for your entire household in order to ensure that everyone is counted.