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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 7, 2021

You are and you ask for disclosure. Here’s the hypocrisy. No one is questioning the rights. If the Exxon executive CEO wants to stand up there and say, we are for pollution, we are for disinformation and we are lying to the American…

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Jul 7, 2021

They should be called. They will be called. They’re going to show up to our committee in September.

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Jul 7, 2021

The problem has been that big fossil fuel industries have spent millions of dollars spreading climate disinformation.

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Jul 7, 2021

They should be called. They will be called. They`re going to show up to our committee in September.

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Jun 29, 2021

Thank you for your leadership in convening yet another important hearing.

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Jun 15, 2021

Pressure has to be put on all of the Democratic Party and the Republicans. Remember, they are still representing constituents to make the kind of changes that people want in voting laws.

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Jun 15, 2021

The President's climate agenda will create jobs and bring prosperity to places across this country.

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Jun 15, 2021

The key is to always talk about bringing jobs first.

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Jun 15, 2021

I want to thank all our panelists for their remarks, and I want to thank Ranking Member Norman and all my colleagues for participating in this important conversation.

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Jun 15, 2021

Think about this, the President was using the Justice Department as his own lawyer to try to overturn the election. I mean, it is incredibly dangerous. It is a threat to our democracy. And the question is what are we going to do in the…

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Jun 14, 2021

Wouldn't you describe that as an intelligence failure?

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Jun 14, 2021

I don't want the generalities, sir. I don't want the platitudes. I want the specifics of what went wrong.

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Jun 14, 2021

I want to drill down on specifics.

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Jun 14, 2021

We had an insurrection. We don't need disruptions here. Can we allow the democratic process to continue, please?

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Jun 9, 2021

I think it just is very important.

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Jun 9, 2021

I would like to understand why that option of extending it one more time is not a good option and why that hasn't been explored.

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Jun 9, 2021

President Reagan would probably roll over in his grave if he thought we would have that many ICBMs by then when his vision was to end the nuclear arms race.

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May 17, 2021

I must not be a very good businessperson, because I didn't make the billions. All the other people made the billions.

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May 12, 2021

These are the president’s enablers, Trump’s enablers.

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May 12, 2021

Your pugnacious style is not going to override the democratic process. Learn to respect it.

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May 11, 2021

You ordered--you said, OK, the National Guard should go out. It took 36 minutes before that order was implemented.

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May 11, 2021

Your pugnacious style is not going to override the democratic process.

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May 11, 2021

I have never been more offended on this committee by a witness statement than yours.

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May 11, 2021

Will you at the very least apologize to the American public for what happened on your watch?

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May 11, 2021

How can you talk about this being--you doing everything perfect when you are not even aware of the 36 minutes that took place before you----

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