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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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Dec 30, 2021

People still are hurting. They`re anxious about omicron. They`re anxious about COVID, so we have to make sure that our first priority is tackling COVID.

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Dec 15, 2021

We`re waiting for Manchin.

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Dec 15, 2021

I mean, they literally had a plan, and here`s what I find scary. It wasn`t just in Donald Trump`s head.

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Dec 15, 2021

Fine. So let the Republicans sue. Let them be the party that sues to say we want --

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Dec 15, 2021

You know what was the most shocking to me? Donald Trump Jr.`s text to Meadows saying please tell my father he needs to do more than tweet?

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Dec 15, 2021

I can’t tell you how dumb the politics are to have them start paying in February.

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Dec 15, 2021

It`s substantively wrong and it`s awful politics. President Biden campaigned on $10,000 of student loan forgiveness.

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Dec 15, 2021

President Biden needs to say, I got the progressives to compromise. They gave up half their stuff. I looked them in the eye and I said, I have the 50 votes. It`s time we vote. Dare him, dare him to vote no.

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Dec 15, 2021

They literally had a plan, and here`s what I find scary. It wasn`t just in Donald Trump`s head. There were 20, 30 people who knew about it and were close to going through with it.

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Dec 7, 2021

It is time for DOJ to reinstate the protections provided by the Eric Holder memorandum and to conduct a comprehensive review of its civil forfeiture program to ensure that basic civil rights and civil liberties are being protected.

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Dec 7, 2021

I am proud to be the lead Democratic cosponsor of H.R. 2857, the FAIR Act, along with my good friend Congressman Tim Walberg of Minnesota.

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Nov 23, 2021

Build Back Better exactly addresses that. It`s going to be lower costs on prescription drugs, lower costs per child care, lower cost for insurance.

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Nov 23, 2021

The president is doing whatever he can. I mean, he has called for the largest reserve tap of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.

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Nov 11, 2021

I`m back home in California, I understand that prices are going up I mean, gas is almost five bucks here, the price of eggs have gone up, the price of milk has gone up.

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Nov 5, 2021

I thank the chairman for yielding. Madam Speaker, as a progressive, I rise today to say that our party must unify, and we must vote ``yes'' today on both the rule and the bipartisan infrastructure bill. Now, I know there is all this jargon…

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Nov 4, 2021

I trust the speaker. And what choice do we have? We are so divided in this country. The working class has been left out.

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Nov 4, 2021

He wouldn’t be president if it weren’t for the African-American community. And I think it’s in his bones that he wants to deliver for those who don’t have opportunity.

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Nov 4, 2021

He gets it. He understands. He wouldn’t be president if it weren’t for the African-American community.

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Nov 1, 2021

I am confident that this president will prevail and that we will get universal child care, we will get the biggest climate, we will look at universal preschool, and that those priorities will be in the final bill.

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Nov 1, 2021

This president is going to pull up perhaps the most transformative agenda for the working class in the last 40 years with 50 senators.

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Nov 1, 2021

We do, we are. Here is why we didn`t vote on Thursday. We wanted on vote on both things, on the bipartisan bill and on the Build Back Better bill.

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Nov 1, 2021

I think they`re going to vote by and large for the framework.

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Oct 28, 2021

Today, the CEOs of the largest oil companies in the world have a choice. You can either come clean, admit your misrepresentations and ongoing inconsistencies, and stop supporting climate disinformation, or you can sit there in front of the…

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Oct 27, 2021

You would say it is false that there is no linkage between fossil fuels and warming, correct?

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Oct 27, 2021

Would any of you commit to having an independent audit to verify that none of your funds are going for climate denial?

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