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Ro Khanna

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Ro Khanna is an American politician and attorney currently serving as the U.S. Representative for California's 17th congressional district, a position he has held since January 3, 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, Khanna has focused on issues such as technology, economic justice, and transparency in government. He has been an advocate for progressive policies, including tax reform aimed at wealth inequality and increased accountability for corporations.

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Sep 28, 2022

The decision to take away women's fundamental rights, the decision to take away women's rights to choose and make decisions about their own healthcare has affected different districts across America differently.

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Sep 28, 2022

Most Americans understand what's going on. They understand that this was an ideological political decision, and they disapprove, and the Supreme Court is losing the respect of the American people at large.

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Sep 28, 2022

the right to abortion is a fundamental human right.

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Sep 27, 2022

two-thirds of polled Americans want to see an outright ban.

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Sep 13, 2022

I have been working on it with Chair Maloney. We have a hearing tomorrow to go over a lot of the misinformation that Big Oil has engaged in since the 1970s.

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Sep 13, 2022

We must maintain robust domestic energy policies to allow ourselves and our allies to be energy independent.

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Sep 13, 2022

Thank you, Madam Chair. And thank you to Chair Porter and Chair Grijalva for your leadership on this important issue.

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Aug 26, 2022

Democrats need to lean in and you know what, let`s not be anti-intellectual.

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Aug 26, 2022

President Biden is actually delivering, CHIPS Act $52 billion to get semiconductor manufacturing in the United States, two new plants coming in Ohio, that the president is going to be there for the groundbreaking.

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Aug 26, 2022

Chris, the president has had so many wins that even Democrats on the Hill are optimistic. And genetically, Democrats are always anxious and paranoid, but you have text chains members who are saying, look, I think we have a real shot to…

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Aug 26, 2022

I don`t, because a lot of the people who take out student loans are the first generation -- in their family, first generation to go to college. A lot of them are from working class families.

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Aug 26, 2022

Is it the whole idea that we want to make the country better, that we want people not to have the same burdens and no other nation in the world do you have to go into $30,000, $40,000, $50,000 of debt to get a college education.

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Aug 26, 2022

Donald Trump’s whole campaign was we’ve offshored our jobs, we need new factories. There were no new factories, no new industry with Donald Trump, the trade deficit actually increased.

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Aug 26, 2022

if you have a significant number on climate, it can`t be window dressing. But if it`s north of 300 billion people on the house will say, yes, the environmental groups will say yes.

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Aug 26, 2022

the president deserves credit for this with this strategic petroleum reserve that he released, with the fact that we have gone after big oil and the hearings that we`re having on the climate agenda that we`re passing.

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Aug 24, 2022

I had to take out like I said, $100,000 of loans for three years. So $10,000 is just not enough.

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Aug 24, 2022

the House of Representatives, who care about environmental justice, should do whatever we can to oppose that kind of a deal going through the House?

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Aug 24, 2022

Our committee--one of the first things we did is had Greta Thunberg in, and we've been leading on getting rid of the fossil fuel subsidies on this committee.

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Aug 24, 2022

I mean, these are huge disparities based on where--what ZIP code you're living in in the 21st century in America.

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Aug 24, 2022

Thank you, Madam Chair. Thank you for the moving testimony.

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Aug 24, 2022

Representative Tlaib has been a leader, as has Chair Grijalva, on this Environmental Justice for All Act.

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Aug 24, 2022

This applies to trade school, applies to vocational school, and let`s double down on investing in people who don`t go to college.

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Aug 24, 2022

I`m glad that the President did this.

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Aug 24, 2022

I mean, it is outrageous that it is basically misleading, not submit complaints to the appropriate agency, but almost deceiving them.

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Aug 24, 2022

We have to hold corporations accountable for pollution, we have to look at the impacts on vulnerable communities in my district, and has just been relentless.

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