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Good afternoon. I would like to provide a few updates about recent developments in Congress and share some important information.
Government Shutdown Ends
Washington, DC -- Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Mike Lee (R-Utah) and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Reps. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.), Mark Pocan (D-Wis.) and Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) renewed their efforts in the Senate and House Wednesday to end U.S. support for the Saudi-led war in Yemen pursuant to the War Powers Resolution.
As a result of the Saudi-led war, 14 million Yemenis are at risk of starvation and some 85,000 children have already starved to death.
The Trump administration's embrace of the self-proclaimed new leader of Venezuela, Juan Guaidó, reeks of the highly ambitious social engineering that has been at the cornerstone of neoconservative thinking for a century. The old gang is back at it.
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.
He also 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.
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. Meanwhile, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has named Elliott Abrams to be his special envoy to Venezuela.
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.
Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) told POLITICO on Monday that he planned to reintroduce a War Powers resolution in the coming days, and the chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Rep. Eliot Engel (D-N.Y.), indicated that his panel would make the issue a top priority.
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.
Rep. Ro Khanna, D-California, has come up with a plan to open the federal government and end the ongoing crisis. The congressman has urged President Trump and both chambers of Congress to appoint outside negotiators in order to reach a budget agreement to end the impasse.