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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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Apr 22, 2019

the only reason Mueller didn't have a more damning conclusion and left some ambiguity in terms of the obstruction issue is that it was a clumsy and inept attempt because he had people who were willing to defy him and not carry out…

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Apr 22, 2019

the problem with our constitutional democracy...is people are more loyal to their party than to the institution.

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Apr 22, 2019

Well, it's just a delay tactic. Don McGahn has already waived his executive privilege by giving this information to Mueller. And the executive privilege doesn't apply when there are issues of possible fraud or obstruction.

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Apr 22, 2019

Congress' power to subpoena is at its maximum when you have misconduct in the White House or allegations of misconduct.

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Apr 22, 2019

the president knows there's no expectation of privacy in the same way when you're president of the United States.

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Apr 15, 2019

Well, it's important because the American people should know whether there was misconduct. Whether the president or any of its subordinates violated the law or engaged in behavior that is inappropriate.

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Apr 15, 2019

I think in an investigation like this, if you work for the president, especially as a White House counsel, you should assume that this is going to become public.

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Apr 15, 2019

The White House did not calculate their White House counsel cooperated with Mueller and spent over 30 hours testifying to Mueller.

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Apr 8, 2019

We at least ought to talk about the things that succeeded.

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Apr 8, 2019

Let me say I actually agree with my friend, Representative Jordan, about the history, that the Green New Deal isn't a new idea.

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Apr 8, 2019

Is there a single American, in your view, Secretary Kerry or Secretary Hagel, democrat, republican, I don't care what party, who believes that America should lose the green energy race to China?

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Apr 4, 2019

I want to thank the chairman for his leadership and his entire staff's leadership for getting us to this point. Let me be very clear. If it weren't for Chairman Engel, we would not have this vote on the floor today. My motivation for this…

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Apr 2, 2019

I thank Chairman McGovern for his leadership in finally bringing up for a vote this resolution on Yemen and for the terrific people on his team, Don Sisson; on Speaker Pelosi's team, Keith Stern, and Shuwanza Goff; and on Majority Leader…

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Mar 27, 2019

But the serious issue here is why is the president attacking separation of powers?

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Mar 27, 2019

It's highly unfair, because they're attacking Adam Schiff's integrity without letting Adam Schiff or the American people read the report and read what Mueller found.

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Mar 25, 2019

I was recently with Secretary Condoleezza Rice, and she said one of the biggest things we can be doing for this country is doubling funding for the NIH and National Science Foundation.

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Mar 20, 2019

If anything, this President should have been aware of this law. I mean, he based his whole campaign on this law against Hillary Clinton.

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Mar 20, 2019

Both President Obama and President Bush in the past have complied with providing readouts and summaries of conversations with foreign leaders.

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Mar 20, 2019

There are reports that Jared Kushner has been using this to give sensitive information to MBS in Saudi Arabia.

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Mar 20, 2019

We're about to pass a war powers resolution in the House and the Senate.

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Mar 13, 2019

I do question--you know Gary Cohn said, and I don't agree with all of Gary Cohn's policies, but I have respect for him.

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Mar 13, 2019

The only reason I bring the process, because it comes back to some of the census issues.

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Mar 13, 2019

So putting aside the issue of whether they should ask the question of citizenship--obviously, I think that's ridiculous and they shouldn't.

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Mar 13, 2019

But do you think that the process could have been better, that there were cases of people being taken into the Oval Office for industry CEOs?

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