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Congress is poised to face off with President Trump for a second time over his administration's policy toward Saudi Arabia, as lawmaker groups in both chambers reintroduce resolutions to end U.S. involvement in the Yemen civil war.
Second-term U.S. Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., who represents the Silicon Valley area of the West Coast state, Jan. 24 announced the committees and subcommittees he has been named to in the 116th Congress.
Khanna will serve on the Oversight and Reform, Armed Services, and Budget Committees.
More information has come to light about the direct U.S. role in an attempted coup in Venezuela. The Wall Street Journal reports Vice President Mike Pence called opposition leader Juan Guaidó on the night before he declared himself to be president, pledging U.S. support for his actions. Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has accused the United States of attempting to wage a coup.
House Democrats are renewing their push to cut off U.S. involvement in Yemen's bloody civil war, teeing up a direct challenge to President Donald Trump's foreign-policy agenda.
Poised for passage working with House leadership
Washington, DC – Today, following President Trump's announcement of a short term funding solution for the government, Rep. Khanna, working in conjunction with House leadership, announced plans to re-introduce the Yemen war powers resolution on Thursday, January 31.
The White House on Thursday said that the US is focussed on disconnecting the regime of hard-left President Nicolas Maduro from its revenue sources, a day after President Donald Trump recognised Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido as the country's interim president.
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The California Democrat has been named to several key congressional committees, including Armed Services and Budget.
Washington, DC – Today, Rep. Ro Khanna (CA-17) announced his 116th committees: Oversight and Reform, Armed Services, and Budget. He joins the House Armed Services subcommittees on Intelligence and Emerging Threats, and Strategic Forces, as well as the Oversight subcommittees of Government Operations and Economic Policy.
Washington, DC – Today, Rep. Khanna of the House Armed Services Committee and staunch voice for restraint in foreign policy, issued the below statement in response to President Trump's recent anointing of Juan Guaido, leader of the opposition-controlled National Assembly, as the "interim president" of Venezuela.
The U.S. House of Representatives now contains two democratic socialists – and both will now sit on the House Oversight Committee. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York and Representative Rashida Tlaib of Michigan will join the committee, alongside progressives Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts and Ro Khanna of California. All but Khanna are freshman Democrats.