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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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Jun 3, 2022

I believe that President Biden is being responsible, as is President Macron, as is Italy, as is Germany, by saying, yes, we are going to stand fully, 100 percent with Ukraine.

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Jun 3, 2022

This is a moral issue. He`s rallying the Western world.

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Jun 3, 2022

Well, I think the president has handled the situation absolutely correctly. Look, we have provided $40 billion of aid to Ukraine. That's about ten times their original defense budget. They have brilliantly fought to resist Russia. It is…

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May 11, 2022

You have a saying that FTX has, quote, 'no capital requirements for participants.' I think that is on its face a false statement.

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Apr 26, 2022

I want to applaud you for that and applaud your commitment to that. I think that is the right thing to do as Americans.

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Apr 26, 2022

We thank Rep. Gooden (TX-5) and Rep. Khanna for sponsoring this bill.

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Apr 26, 2022

I was a little bit surprised that he was criticizing you, Mr. MacLennan, for having a program to seek Black farmers.

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Mar 30, 2022

We support the $6,100,000 funding increase for CoFAR in fiscal year 2023.

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Mar 28, 2022

We could save about a trillion dollars a year for our country to do other useful things.

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Mar 28, 2022

private health care insurance is a crushing tax on working families in this country and on businesses.

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Mar 28, 2022

I strongly support Bernie Sanders' Medicare plan, which is a very reasonable plan.

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Mar 15, 2022

I want to thank our panelists for their remarks, and I want to commend my colleagues for participating in this important conversation.

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Mar 15, 2022

The climate crisis and misguided forestry policies have given rise to catastrophic burning across our western forests.

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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

I look forward to the committee's continued efforts to make sure the logging industry understands that public land belongs to the public, today, tomorrow, and in the future, and the best way we can preserve it is to literally preserve it.

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Mar 15, 2022

I know it will make a big difference.

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Mar 15, 2022

I think we are unified in this Congress in making sure no Russian oil comes to the United States shores.

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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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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

Thank you. It looks like we have had the members who wish to ask questions.

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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

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

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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