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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 25, 2019

I want to recognize your leadership for having the FITARA guidelines become law and really bring some accountability to technology in government.

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Jun 18, 2019

Thank you for your incredible moral leadership in this country.

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Jun 12, 2019

I would like to recognize the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Gonzalez) for his leadership, his willingness in his very first term to work across the aisle on this, and his passion for this issue. I appreciate the leadership of Representative…

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Jun 12, 2019

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 58, line 10, after the dollar amount, insert ``(increased by $3,000,000)''. Page 62, line 5, after the…

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May 21, 2019

Do you think one of the biggest things we could do, in terms of wage stagnation, is to reduce employer costs on health care?

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May 21, 2019

I think 99 percent of the people with a Ph.D., economists in this country, would say it is not socialism.

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May 21, 2019

Do you think anyone would pass Economics 101 if they gave that answer in any major university in this country?

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May 21, 2019

You could design a system that the ordinary American who is watching this would pay less money in terms of the fees to the government than they currently are paying to health care, and they would get more money in their pockets in terms of…

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May 21, 2019

But even if it was funded through a payroll tax, it would be a net increase for most Americans, correct?

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May 21, 2019

It would be a massive raise for most Americans?

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May 21, 2019

Do you think one of the biggest things our country can do to deal with wage stagnation of the bottom 50 percent of income earners is to reduce the burden that employers have in premiums?

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May 21, 2019

Do you think that this is socialism under common economic definitions?

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May 21, 2019

Let me just commend your leadership for having this hearing and helping educate the Committee Members and the American public about Medicare for All.

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May 15, 2019

Congressman Mark Meadows spoke about his outrage, as did the Ranking Member Jordan and Democrats did.

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May 15, 2019

TransDigm obviously is a bad actor.

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May 15, 2019

Thank you to Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for working to have this hearing.

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May 14, 2019

You got a bipartisan Congress saying you should pay back $16 million you owe the taxpayers.

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May 14, 2019

This is not rocket science; this is just wrong.

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May 14, 2019

Defense contractors cannot rip off the American taxpayers.

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May 14, 2019

What we will not tolerate is war profiteers, those who seek to use the fact that we are at war to hold us hostage and hike their prices on mission-critical Defense articles to astronomical levels.

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May 8, 2019

Would you be open to studying what France did and looking at how they managed to get rid of the waiver?

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May 8, 2019

I appreciate that you have called for increasing that goal to 10 percent in five years.

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May 8, 2019

Buprenorphine has been crucial to the treatment of disease for opioid addiction.

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