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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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Jul 27, 2022

Senator Schumer and Senator Manchin have run circles around Mitch McConnell. I know we`re fond of saying, why is our leadership not defeating McConnell? They have just done that. And that`s what`s upsetting McConnell. He`s lost and he`s…

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Jul 27, 2022

But, Joy, I`m so enthusiastic this week. This is why you come to Congress. You can see a new energy. I mean, what we are doing this week is historic, the investments in producing here, this president, Senator Schumer, Senator Manchin…

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Jul 27, 2022

I am outraged that our Federal agencies have failed to prevent lead poisoning near their small general aviation airports.

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Jul 26, 2022

I am a bit perplexed that you do not know how much revenue you are making on the sales of these weapons.

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Jul 26, 2022

Do you know what percentage of Daniel Defense's sales revenues and profits came from assault weapons in 2020?

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Jul 26, 2022

I would like you to submit to this committee year by year a statistic of how much money you are making of AR-15s or assault weapons.

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Jul 18, 2022

Why is USDA underwriting pollution with conservation dollars?

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Jul 18, 2022

I want to commend my colleagues for participating in this important conversation.

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Jul 13, 2022

I thank Chairman Smith as well as Ranking Member Rogers for their leadership to include various measures in the underlying bill that will aid the Department of Defense's effort to prevent and mitigate civilian harm, including establishing…

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Jul 13, 2022

I have an amendment at the desk. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of subtitle G of title X, insert the following: SEC. 10__. RESOURCES TO IMPLEMENT…

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Jul 13, 2022

I urge adoption of the amendment, and I just point out that a lot of these requirements already have passed. They are in the 2018 NDAA. The amount of money we are talking about here is less than 0.01 percent, so it will not have a negative…

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Jul 13, 2022

I thank Chairman Smith for his extraordinary leadership and having a strong amendment to affirm the U.S.-India defense partnership. I thank Ranking Member Rogers for making this amendment truly bipartisan. There is no relationship of…

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Jul 12, 2022

I thank Chairwoman Maloney and Chairman Connolly for their leadership, and I thank the bipartisan leadership with Representative Mace and the Republican committee. This is the most significant legislation to address the challenge that…

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Jul 12, 2022

this is going to make the gender inequality worse. And this is fundamentally an issue not just of the right to make decisions, but also fundamental equality.

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Jun 26, 2022

I just would hope you and the administration really will consider the rescheduling, and to look at what can make a difference in patients' lives.

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Jun 26, 2022

the President has the executive authority to direct DEA, HHS, and FDA to consider administratively rescheduling marijuana.

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Jun 26, 2022

It is clear that the Sackler family and Purdue Pharma, alongside with other major pharma companies, are responsible for massive crimes on the American public and the harm that they have caused with the opioid epidemic.

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Jun 21, 2022

Thank you also to you, Representative Krishnamoorthi, Chairman Krishnamoorthi, for your leadership on these issues. I know you've been advocating and leading on these issues for a number of years just to have basic equality in all our…

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Jun 21, 2022

I think there's a higher bar where what you do really matters to shaping the culture of the Nation.

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Jun 16, 2022

I have an amendment at the desk. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 7, line 1, strike ``AGRICULTURE AND'' and all that follows through ``TASK FORCE'' on line 4 and…

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Jun 7, 2022

the right of the Second Amendment is not absolute, it is important to recognize that the right of the First Amendment is not absolute.

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Jun 7, 2022

the position, H.R. 8, all H.R. 8, at its core, said is that violent felons are still getting these guns, serial rapists are still getting these guns.

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Jun 7, 2022

As she put it, what do we value more, children or our guns? It is really that simple.

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