With the number of coronavirus cases surging in many parts of the country, including California, and locally, in Alameda County, Rep. Ro Khanna, along with Sen. Bernie Sanders introduced a bill on Tuesday to mail a medical mask to all Americans. “If we can afford a $740 billion defense budget, we can afford to send … Continue reading Khanna, Sanders, propose medical masks for all
In a series of tweets last week, East Bay Rep. Ro Khanna strongly advocated for Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden to select Sen. Elizabeth Warren as his vice presidential nominee. Khanna, a former co-chair for the Bernie Sanders presidential campaign, tweeted, “She needs to be on the ticket.” On Monday, Khanna ramped up his push … Continue reading Khanna touts Warren for veep
I have missed going to coffee shops and my masala tea in Fremont.-Rep. Ro Khanna answering a constituent's question during a virtual town hall on Thursday about the first thing he'll do when social distancing orders are lifted.
How about we consider how inadequately we have been funding government and public health?—Rep. Ro Khanna challenging small government advocates by noting that funding for the Centers for Disease Control makes up just 1.5% of the U.S. defense budget during a hearing on the coronavirus on Wednesday.
After nearly two terms in Congress, Rep. Ro Khanna has become a nationwide progressive leader. His work on Sen. Bernie Sanders' presidential campaign could possibly put Khanna in line for a job in the Social Democrat's future administration.Khanna is already one of the most powerful Indian Americans in Washington. But his rise as a progressive … Continue reading Influential Indian power broker is done with Ro Khanna
The House of Representatives approved legislation authored by Rep. Barbara Lee on Thursday that would repeal the 2002 Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) that led to the war in Iraq. A bill, introduced by Rep. Ro Khanna that withholds military spending for any military conflict with Iran without congressional consent, also passed the … Continue reading House approves Lee, Khanna bills that limit presidential war powers
A day after President Trump roiled the geopolitics of the Middle East by authorizing the assassination of Iran's highest-ranking military commander, Sens. Bernie Sanders and Ro Khanna renewed an effort to limit military force in the region without the prior consent of congress. Sanders and Khanna said Friday they plan to introduce legislation that will … Continue reading Sanders, Khanna introduce legislation opposing war in Iran without approval of Congress
The House of Representatives voted along party lines to impeach President Donald Trump on Wednesday. The historic vote included support from Alameda County's three members of Congress. Below is remarks made on the House floor in support of impeachment by Reps. Eric Swalwell, Barbara Lee, and Ro Khanna. https://twitter.com/RepSwalwell/status/1207412407993356295 https://twitter.com/RepBarbaraLee/status/1207337553482919936 https://twitter.com/RepRoKhanna/status/1207342264390950912
Rep. Ro Khanna serves as one of Sen. Bernie Sanders' presidential campaign co-chairs. It seems Sanders' progressive rhetoric and propensity to skewering not only the right, but the left, is rubbing off on Khanna. The Fremont and Silicon Valley gave a blistering speech on the House floor Wednesday in opposition of the National Defense Authorization … Continue reading Khanna slams fellow Dems, GOP for supporting defense bill to fund ‘endless wars’
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called on Congress to begin drafting articles of impeachment against President Trump on Thursday for improperly asking the president Ukraine to investigate his presidential rival Joe Biden and his son in exchange for releasing military aid previously approved by Congress. Alameda County's three members of Congress, Reps Barbara Lee, Eric Swalwell, … Continue reading ‘The only remedy for his repeated misconduct is impeachment’: Alameda County reps weigh-in
Rep. Ro Khanna called on the state of California to take public ownership of the increasingly troubled PG&E. Amid several rounds of large and unprecedented power shut-offs in recent weeks intended to lower the potential of its transmission lines igniting wildfires in Northern California, Khanna told CNBC on Tuesday that PG&E's response to the wildfires … Continue reading Khanna wants PG&E to become a public utility
President Trump's latest actions involving Ukraine is too much for Rep. Ro Khanna. The Fremont congressman announced his support for an impeachment inquiry Tuesday. The declaration via a tweet followed House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's decision the same day to move forward with the inquiry. https://twitter.com/RoKhanna/status/1176618310424596480 Khanna, despite holding a clearly blue seat in the 17th … Continue reading Khanna finally backs impeachment
While on a quixotic run for president, Rep. Eric Swalwell skipped more votes than any other elected Democrat in the House of Representatives this session outside of Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Swalwell ended his bid for president after just three months last July, all the while missing a whopping 40 percent of all votes in Congress, … Continue reading Eric Swalwell has skipped more votes than any other House Democrat
East Bay Rep. Barbara Lee has seemingly always been in favor of impeaching President Trump. It took Rep. Eric Swalwell some time to come around to the idea, despite being one of the leading cable news talking heads speaking out against Trump. But Rep. Ro Khanna, the third prong of Alameda County's congressional resistance to … Continue reading Khanna voted to table impeachment
Alameda County's three U.S. representatives reacted to the release and dissemination of facts in the Mueller Report Thursday with deep concern and a determination to further investigate President Trump. Reps. Eric Swalwell, Barbara Lee, and Ro Khanna all appeared, at first glance, to harbor more vitriol toward U.S. Attorney General William Barr than any alleged … Continue reading East Bay reps respond to Mueller Report
