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Washington, DC – Today, Rep. Ro Khanna joined a bicameral group of lawmakers in introducing the Opioid Crisis Accountability and Results Act, as Vermont Attorney General T. J. Donovan announced a lawsuit today against former Purdue Pharma CEO Richard Sackler and seven family members who served on Purdue's Board of Directors for deliberately misrepresenting the risks of the drug OxyContin.
Donald Trump recently called Jimmy Carter to ask for advice. Carter, who normalized relations with China during his presidency, told Trump that China has not fought a single conflict since 1979, while America stayed at war. Both presidents were concerned China is "getting ahead of us."
Silicon Valley Congressman Ro Khanna spoke at a forum in the South Bay this weekend to help unveil key actions that Bay Area cities can take to combat climate change, while touting the importance of the Green New Deal on the region's economy.
Khanna, who represents California's 17th Congressional District on Saturday spoke to a crowd of roughly 100 residents during a Climate Action Leadership Forum hosted by the Sierra Club Loma Prieta Chapter.
House Democrats on Thursday forced Republicans to vote against their own drug pricing bills by packaging them with measures intended to shore up ObamaCare.
The House passed the package in a 234-183 vote, with Democrats drawing only five Republicans to vote with the majority.
As part of the package, Democrats voted on three bills that would help remove barriers to generic drugs entering the market, and would crack down on tactics that lawmakers say pharmaceutical companies use to tamp down competition and keep prices high.
WASHINGTON ― Call it the gold-plated clutch disk.
The Pentagon paid contractor TransDigm $1,443 for a for a three-inch ring called a "non-vehicular clutch disk" which is used in the C-135 transport aircraft, though it cost the company just $32 to produce, giving it 4,436 percent in excess profit, according to a House Oversight and Government Reform memo released Wednesday.
Washington, DC – Tomorrow, Rep. Ro Khanna will chair a hearing titled, "DOD Inspector General Report on Excess Profits by TransDigm Group, Inc." at 10:00am in 2154 Rayburn HOB in the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
If Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and President Trump can't strike an infrastructure deal, key Democrats say they should push their own partisan bill through the House ahead of the 2020 elections.
That strategy, backers argue, would demonstrate to voters that they're making good on the campaign promises that won them the lower chamber last year — and remain focused on those bread-and-butter issues looking ahead.
Today, Rep. Khanna issued the below statement in response to today's reporting from TIME.
In response to today's oped in the New York Times by Facebook Co-Founder Chris Hughes, Rep. Khanna issued the below statement:
"Chris Hughes is a thoughtful voice for those left out of the digital economy. I agree with him that, in retrospect, the FTC should not have approved Facebook's acquisition of Instagram & WhatsApp in 2012. I believe the way forward is to heavily scrutinize future mergers and to ensure no company has anti-competitive platform privileges.
Yesterday, Rep. Ro Khanna (CA-17) along with Reps. Debbie Dingell (MI-12) and Dan Kildee (MI-5), introduced the PFAs Waste Incineration Ban Act of 2019.
The legislation would require the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to prohibit the incineration of firefighting foam containing per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAs). Additionally, the bill would require the EPA to identify other wastes containing PFAs and prohibit their incineration.