Ro Khanna

Progressive

Democrat

House Representative

California - District 17

Current Position: US House Representative CA-17

Running For: House Representative - District 17

Policy Positions

For posting government spending online in standardized, downloadable format
For making government data machine-readable to promote innovation
For consolidating duplicative federal agencies and programs to save taxpayer dollars
For expanding the Solar Investment Tax Credit beyond 2016
For expanding tax credits for electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids
For public investment in high-speed rail and mass transit systems
For expanding BART to San Jose and Santa Clara
For comprehensive tax reform to curtail inequality and reform the Alternative Minimum Tax to protect middle class taxpayers
For strengthening and expanding Social Security benefits; supports scrapping the payroll tax cap for incomes above $250,000 to fund benefit increases
Against raising the Social Security retirement age
Against the 'chained CPI' proposal that would reduce Social Security benefits for current recipients

For increasing the minimum wage to address high cost of living
For expanding job training and retraining programs for veterans through private-public partnerships
For offering tax credits to businesses that hire veterans
For expanding the Veterans Retraining Assistance Program (VRAP)
For increasing training opportunities for veterans to become first responders
For stronger consumer control over personal data and privacy protections
For mandatory paid parental leave and expanded access to childcare
For the Stop Price Gouging Act to reduce pharmaceutical price spikes; co-sponsored HR 2974
For raising minimum wage to $15 and indexing it to inflation
For mandatory paid sick days; supports guaranteeing workers up to seven job-protected, paid sick days per year
For mandatory paid parental leave for both men and women
For California's Domestic Workers Bill of Rights to extend overtime pay to in-home domestic employees
For making businesses supply comprehensive guidelines for filing equal-pay lawsuits and mandating wage discrimination reporting guidelines

For improving mental health care services for veterans and digitizing VA records to reduce claims backlog
For Medicare for All single payer healthcare system; supported HR 1384
For allowing importation of prescription drugs from Canada and other trusted nations
For allowing Medicare to negotiate prescription drug prices
For allowing Americans under 65 to buy into Medicare; co-sponsored HR 3748
For allowing Medicare to negotiate lower prescription drug prices directly with manufacturers
For improving Medicare transparency by releasing payment data to Medicare providers
For bringing generic drugs to market faster and preventing pharmaceutical companies from paying generics to delay market entry

For making public four-year colleges tuition-free for families making less than $125,000 and making community colleges free for all Americans
For halving student loan interest rates and allowing current borrowers to refinance to new rates
For prioritizing local California students for UC admission over out-of-state students
For increased funding for K-12 education including special education, music, art, and technology programs
Against high-stakes testing; for curriculum fostering critical thinking and creativity
For universal preschool for vulnerable students
For expanding childcare access including creating a national preschool program for low- and moderate-income four year-olds

For implementing energy savings performance contracts to reduce federal energy expenses
For increasing cyber security standards for U.S. electric grid and giving FERC greater authority
For combating climate change through alternative energy development and carbon emission reductions
For higher environmental standards and increased fines for oil spills
For removing the 'Halliburton Loophole' that exempts fracking from environmental regulations
For a moratorium on fracking in waters surrounding the Channel Islands
For carbon pollution standards for power plants

For net neutrality as part of a comprehensive Internet Bill of Rights
Against warrantless government mass surveillance of American citizens by the NSA
For women's right to choose; served as Board Member of Planned Parenthood Mar Monte
For equal pay for equal work and workplace protections for women
For religious freedom and equal treatment of all faiths including positive portrayal of Hindu culture in schools
For LGBTQ rights; supports overturning transgender military ban, passing Employment Non-Discrimination Act, amending Runaway and Homeless Youth Act to prohibit LGBTQ discrimination, implementing federal protections against LGBTQ bullying in schools, and addressing healthcare disparities for LGBTQ populations

For establishing an online Congressional outreach platform similar to White House's 'We The People'
For mandating online disclosure of interest groups' independent expenditures and campaign finance information

For reinstating DACA and giving DREAMers legal status immediately
For implementing a pathway to citizenship for 11 million undocumented immigrants
For protecting family reunification visas including sibling visas
For implementing guest worker visas for low-skilled workers and agriculture workers
For providing political asylum for emigrants and eliminating the one-year deadline for filing asylum applications

For banning AR-15s and implementing a broader assault weapons ban
For regulating magazine size to limit ammunition capacity
For strengthening background checks for gun purchases
For establishing a select House committee to tackle gun violence
For funding CDC studies of gun violence and repealing the ban on CDC gun research
For amending the PATRIOT Act and FISA to require public disclosure of surveillance interpretations
For updating the Electronic Communications Privacy Act from 1986
For stronger whistleblower protections and narrowing the Espionage Act
For the Racial Profiling Prevention Act to prohibit racial profiling by law enforcement