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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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Mar 15, 2022

Would you be willing to sit down with all of the communities, including the indigenous communities, to see how we can have the best science dictate our policies?

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Mar 15, 2022

Congress must conduct careful oversight to make sure that the U.S. Forest Service has the tools they need to reduce large fires and the resources to pay our firefighters.

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Mar 15, 2022

We cannot allow short-term financial gains to substitute for collaborative, careful forest management based on the science.

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Feb 28, 2022

Thank you for your leadership in Munich and working with the speaker...

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Feb 14, 2022

I talked with Congressman Ro Khanna in the piece and he`s helped shepherd through, as by the way, Senate Majority Leader Schumer have been a huge champion on this, a bill called -- in the senate it`s called the Compete Act, which is a huge…

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Feb 7, 2022

I agree with President Biden. We need a strong supply of oil and gas in the short term to lower prices at the pump.

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Feb 7, 2022

I support President Biden who has taken decisive action to help lower gas prices.

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Feb 7, 2022

I think Mr. Raymond's statement was consistent with the science at the time.

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Feb 7, 2022

What is impressive to me is that a 1977 Exxon report said there is, quote, "general scientific agreement that the most likely manner in which mankind is influencing the global climate is through carbon dioxide released from the burning of…

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Feb 7, 2022

The purpose of this investigation isn't to embarrass anyone, and it is certainly not put any company out of business.

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Feb 2, 2022

I do. And I think also for legislation -- I mean some of these companies came out and said that they had nothing to do with January 6, that it was all Parler and all these fringe sites. That is just factually false.

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Feb 2, 2022

Well, she`s right. But the story gets worse. Before January 6, Facebook knew that there were specific threats with specific time and place against lawmakers on January 6. They decided to sit on that information.

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Feb 1, 2022

Technology is key to opening up more markets on the farm, better access to technology.

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Feb 1, 2022

That is one of the reasons why we fought very hard, and now we are making that scholarship program permanent and we are adding $100 million for the 1890s land-grant college scholarships at these schools.

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Feb 1, 2022

I definitely think programs like those and partnerships with the HBCUs that can incentivize students to pursue careers in agriculture, as well as getting the opportunity to have their student loan debt forgiven, that would definitely make…

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Feb 1, 2022

I urge Congress to consider building this greater flexibility for non-emergency programs in the upcoming farm bill.

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Jan 21, 2022

Climate will be the foundation for what we come up with. And it`s going to be about $500 billion.

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Jan 19, 2022

How do you think we can start to overcome some of the divides in this country and do what President Biden had aspired to do and start to heal this country and bring it together?

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Jan 19, 2022

I think there is a day when the issue of lagoons will be something that we talk about as having been in the past.

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Jan 19, 2022

I believe there is no one, frankly, in our party or in our country who cares more or knows more about rural America.

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Jan 19, 2022

I appreciate the expert testimony.

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Jan 19, 2022

It is my belief that the Federal Government needs to think about how to move our encrypted data to algorithms that use post-quantum cryptography.

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Jan 19, 2022

I want to thank both the majority and minority staff for working with Nancy Mace and me on a bill to ensure that our Federal Government is prepared to tackle the powerful quantum computing challenges.

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Jan 19, 2022

I am appreciative, again, of Representative Mace working on this.

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Jan 18, 2022

Are you going to pay it or are you not going to pay it?

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