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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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May 11, 2021

It is you who has let them down. I cannot believe we have someone like you in that role--had someone like you.

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May 11, 2021

Is it your testimony that you refuse to apologize to the American public for what happened?

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May 11, 2021

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

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May 5, 2021

This hearing is long overdue and I am really grateful to all of you for helping educate us on this and spur us to action.

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May 5, 2021

We need universal health care. We need Medicare for all. We need equal resources.

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May 4, 2021

I think it would be a mistake to let him back on this early, there`s still a threat in terms of the big lie he`s still promoting that but a few months after the January 6 sensitive just seems too soon to me and I do think it would allow…

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Apr 29, 2021

I think that would be a very worthy project for the Congress, in a bipartisan way.

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Apr 29, 2021

I wonder if any of the panelists have followed the bipartisan effort that Senator Schumer, Senator Young, Representative Gallagher, and I [have undertaken] with the Endless Frontiers Act.

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Apr 26, 2021

President Biden says let`s actually tax the appreciation and capital gains just like most people have to pay -- That raises $400 billion.

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Apr 26, 2021

This is not some clever scheme to avoid taxes. This is flat-out cheating. People who don`t pay the taxes that they`re owed.

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Apr 21, 2021

Mr. Khanna, I listened very carefully to your statement because I was perplexed when you said that there was no special fossil fuel subsidy.

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Apr 21, 2021

We stand with the workers. We stand with those who are job creators.

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Apr 21, 2021

Would you be fine using standard accounting practices for every other industry for the oil and gas industry? Can you commit to that today?

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Apr 21, 2021

Thank you, Representative Ocasio-Cortez, and for your leadership earlier this week in the reintroduction of the Green New Deal.

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Apr 21, 2021

The answer is it's over seven years. And what the intangible drilling deduction does is for oil companies, they get to deduct expenses on the first year for seven years.

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Apr 21, 2021

The argument that the fossil fuel subsidies don't exist is simply factually false. It's a lie.

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Mar 23, 2021

When we're going to have these conversations, I just hope we could have conversations based on facts, based on data.

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Mar 23, 2021

This is just a totally manufactured concern.

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Mar 23, 2021

We need inclusive and representative laws to make sure that we can close some of these gaps.

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Mar 23, 2021

I just want to start by correcting the record about some of the misinformation about trans women's participation in sports and cite some of the data.

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Mar 23, 2021

If, as some of my colleagues suggested, that discrimination would not be in the interest of the free market, then what was the need for the civil rights law?

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Mar 23, 2021

It's saying that we need to define the market in a way that is going to promote dignity for all individuals.

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Mar 11, 2021

I don't think anyone in America, a reasonable person, thinks we should have requirements for immigrants to take math and science tests.

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Mar 11, 2021

I think the American public would love to have a math and science requirement for Members of Congress.

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Mar 10, 2021

This bill is historic because it buries the myth that the cause of childhood poverty is a lack of character, or a lack of hard work, or a lack of love. The bill affirms the simple truth that the cause of poverty is a lack of income to…

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