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Ro Khanna
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On the record 2018–2026
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“Communities should have the right to say ``no'' to a data center being shoved down their throats, and we should have the right for women not to be surveilled by Flock cameras by rogue police officers. As a Representative of Silicon Valley, I am calling for democratic accountability of this technology revolution. We the people should call the shots. ____________________”
House of Representatives2 September 2026Source ↗
“Mr. Speaker, today, I am calling to ban data centers in residential communities and to ban Federal funding for Flock cameras. We can't have a surveillance state in America. We didn't fight a revolution to be ruled by tech billionaires. Americans are for innovation but not for the extraction of natural resources. Americans are for safety but not for the abuse of their privacy. We need guardrails on this technology.”
House of Representatives2 September 2026Source ↗
“Speaker, these are the most self-destructive, wealth-destroying policies any administration has undertaken in modern American history. They have tariffs at 1909 levels at 22.5 percent, making a global trade war. Businesses have lost confidence. There is only one way out. We need a reset of this President's economic team. Howard Lutnick was talking about building more screws in America, as if we were living in the 19th century. He needs to go. We need new economic thinkers with this President who actually understand how the economy works and can turn things around. ____________________”
House of Representatives9 April 2025Source ↗
“Mr. Speaker, the stock market is decimated, almost 20 percent down, entering bear territory. At the same time, bond yields are skyrocketing, meaning ordinary Americans are going to have higher interest rates on their credit cards and their mortgages. It means we are going to have to pay more on our debt. At the same time, the dollar is declining and prices are going up, meaning it is going to be harder to afford groceries. Mr.”
House of Representatives9 April 2025Source ↗
“You can either come to Congress to explain this chart while you are going after 0.004 percent or USAID, which is 0.7 percent, as opposed to going to the 13 percent of the Pentagon budget while you are allowing tax breaks of 455 times more than the savings you are finding at DOGE--YOU can either come to Congress or you can go to Jon Stewart. Jon Stewart called you out and said: Why not, if you want to cut waste, cut the Pentagon defense contract budget? Why not cut the fossil fuel subsidies? Why not cut the drug manufacturers who are ripping off the government? Let's talk math about how you get actual cuts because right now you are cutting 0.004 percent while not going after any of the real ``holy cows'' in our government.”
House of Representatives11 March 2025Source ↗
“Madam Speaker, last week, President Trump came in this Chamber and said he was going to balance the budget immediately. I will just go over some facts, not politically speaking, just facts. We have got a $36 trillion debt. That is where we stand. Currently, we are running a $1.8 trillion deficit. If you were to balance the budget, that would be zero and we should stay at a $36 trillion debt. What does President Trump do with the Republicans? What is their budget?”
House of Representatives11 March 2025Source ↗
“Mr. Speaker, the Republican budget calls for a trillion dollars in Medicaid cuts to pay for tax breaks for the very wealthy. Mr. Speaker, 83 percent of the tax breaks go to 1 percent of Americans. What do these Medicaid cuts mean? It means the closure of hospitals and seniors denied coverage in long-term care. Elon Musk talks about reducing deficits, but this bill would add $2.8 trillion to the deficit, taking it to $24.9 trillion.”
House of Representatives27 February 2025Source ↗
“Mr. Speaker, President Trump campaigned around the country to drain the swamp. Yet, one of the first things he did was to reverse President Biden's executive order that banned White House officials from accepting gifts from lobbyists. Today, I am introducing the Drain the Swamp Act. It is pretty simple.”
House of Representatives25 February 2025Source ↗
“Perhaps the Vice President doesn't know the history that Andrew Jackson's defiance of the Supreme Court led to the forcible removal of Native Americans and the Trail of Tears and shame for the country. It is black letter law. Vice President Vance should go back to Yale Law School where both of us studied. Article II has the President administering the law. Article III has the Courts saying what the law is. That has been the bipartisan consensus that even Richard Nixon understood. It is dangerous for him to call on the President to defy the Supreme Court.”
House of Representatives13 February 2025Source ↗
“Mr. Speaker, not since Abraham Lincoln suspended habeas corpus at the height of the Civil War has a President defied the United States Supreme Court. Yet, Vice President Vance has called for President Trump to fire every civil servant in the administrative State. When the courts stop you, Vice President Vance said, go like Andrew Jackson did and say the Court has made its ruling, now try to enforce it.”
House of Representatives13 February 2025Source ↗
“Mr. Speaker, 88 years ago, President Franklin Roosevelt stood before the American people in Philadelphia and warned of an economic aristocracy that sought to dominate not just our markets but our democracy. He spoke of those who amassed great wealth and then used that wealth to shape the laws of our Nation to serve their own worldview rather than the public good.”
House of Representatives6 February 2025Source ↗
“Mr. Speaker, NBC News is reporting that President Trump plans to eliminate the Department of Education with an executive order. This is an assault on every young American who went to public school like me. This is an assault on every American family who has someone who is disabled and needs the IDEA program to provide education.”
House of Representatives4 February 2025Source ↗
“Mr. Speaker, I rise today on the floor of Congress to speak out against the ban on TikTok that will take place in 6 days, on January 19. I call on President Biden and President-elect Trump to put a pause on this ban so 170 million Americans don't lose their free speech. Millions of Americans' livelihoods will be ended if this ban takes place. We need to be for free speech.”
House of Representatives13 January 2025Source ↗