Ro Khanna

Rohit Khanna was born on September 13, 1976, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, into a Punjabi Hindu family.{{cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/ro-khanna-named-democratic-vice-chair-of-congressional-india-caucus/story-zgY15rufcr3EVfDMhrs4YK.html|title=Ro Khanna named Democratic vice chair of Congressional India Caucus|website=Hindustan Times|agency=Press Trust of India|last1=Bhaduri|first1=Ayshee|date=December 17, 2020|access-date=September 23, 2021}} His parents immigrated to the U.S. from Punjab, India, in the 1970s. His father is a chemical engineer who graduated from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) and the University of Michigan while his mother is a former schoolteacher.{{cite news|title=Meet 'Ro' Khanna, 3 Other Indian-Americans Elected to US Congress|url=https://www.thequint.com/news/world/indian-americans-krishnamoorthi-harris-jayapal-register-big-win-us-elections-hillary-clinton-donald-trump|work=The Quint|date=November 10, 2016}}{{cite news|last1=Herhold|first1=Scott|title=Ro Khanna's family narrative rivals that of Mike Honda|url=http://www.eastbaytimes.com/2015/06/17/ro-khannas-family-narrative-rivals-that-of-mike-honda/|work=East Bay Times|date=June 17, 2015}}

Khanna's maternal grandfather Amarnath Vidyalankar was from Bhera City, Shahpur District, Punjab Province, British India (now Bhera, Sargodha District, West Punjab, Pakistan). He was part of the Indian independence movement, working with Lala Lajpat Rai, and spent two years in jail in the pursuit of Dominion status for India.{{cite web|url=http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/biodata_1_12/1098.htm|title=Members Bioprofile|publisher=164.100.47.132|date=December 8, 1902|access-date=July 16, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105211206/http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/biodata_1_12/1098.htm|archive-date=November 5, 2013|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n50-59159|title=Towards socialism: a compilation|publisher=Worldcat.org |date=July 26, 1974|access-date=July 16, 2013}}{{cite web|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/1999/99aug19/head6.htm|title=Elections '99|publisher=Tribuneindia.com|date=August 19, 1999|access-date=July 16, 2013}} In a 2018 Boston Globe op-ed, Khanna and Representative John Lewis examined how Gandhi's movement was intertwined with the civil rights movement.{{cite web|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2018/04/05/the-intertwined-freedom-movements-gandhi-and-martin-luther-king/BmVLzhgwgJZE1Oz4CWiF4M/story.html|title=The intertwined freedom movements of Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr.|last1=Lewis|first1=John|last2=Khanna|first2=Ro|newspaper=The Boston Globe|access-date=July 26, 2018}}

Khanna graduated from Council Rock High School, now Council Rock High School North, a public school in Newtown, Bucks County, in 1994.{{cite news|last1=Bunch|first1=Will|title=From Council Rock to Congress: Philly-born Ro Khanna is saving U.S. foreign policy from itself|url=https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/ro-khanna-congressman-bucks-county-philadelphia-end-war-yemen-20190502.html|work=Philadelphia Inquirer|date=May 2, 2019}} He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics with honors from the University of Chicago in 1998, where he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa,{{cite web|url=http://www.rokhanna.com/about.php|title=Ro Khanna profile|publisher=RoKhanna.com|access-date=January 27, 2013}}{{cite news|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=SMCB&p_theme=smcb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=10064DF7CCFA7118&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|title=Young hopeful touts vision|first=Justin|last=Jouvenal|date=January 14, 2004|newspaper=San Mateo County Times|access-date=April 4, 2013}} {{subscription required|date=April 2013}} and a Juris Doctor from Yale Law School in 2001.

After graduation, Khanna clerked for federal appeals judge Morris S. Arnold in Little Rock, Arkansas. In private practice, he specialized in intellectual property law.

As a student at the University of Chicago, Khanna worked for William D. Burns walking precincts during Barack Obama's first campaign for the Illinois Senate in 1996.{{cite news|last=Green |first=Joshua |url=http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-04-04/ro-khanna-silicon-valleys-wannabe-obama|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130406045606/http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-04-04/ro-khanna-silicon-valleys-wannabe-obama|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 6, 2013|title=Ro Khanna, Silicon Valley's Wannabe Obama|newspaper=Bloomberg |date=April 5, 2013 |publisher=Businessweek|access-date=July 16, 2013}}{{cite web|last=Jaffe|first=Alexandra|url=https://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/house-races/156075-top-5-house-primaries-to-watch/|title=Top 5 House primaries to watch|date=July 14, 2013|publisher=Thehill.com|access-date=July 16, 2013}}{{cite web|author=Margarita Lacabe (posted)|url=http://sanleandrotalk.voxpublica.org/2013/08/26/ro-khanna-a-political-portrait|title=Ro Khanna: A Political Portrait|publisher=Sanleandrotalk.voxpublica.org|date=August 26, 2013|access-date=May 21, 2014}} Khanna interned for Jack Quinn when Quinn served as the chief of staff for Vice President Al Gore.{{cite web|title=Silicon Valley Democrat tops in fundraising, even though he's not running yet|url=http://www.mercurynews.com/top-stories/ci_19922331|access-date=January 24, 2013|work=Mercurynews.com|date=February 8, 2012}} As a sophomore, he interned at former president Jimmy Carter's Carter Center.

Khanna worked at O'Melveny & Myers as an attorney representing technology companies on intellectual property and trade secret issues from 2004 to 2009.{{cite web|url=https://www.omm.com/our-firm/media-center/in-the-news/omelveny-alumnus-khanna-takes-us-commerce-department-appointment/?sc_lang=zh-CN|title=O'Melveny Alumnus Khanna Takes US Commerce Department Appointment |website=Omm.com|access-date=July 6, 2022}}

In 2009, President Barack Obama appointed Khanna deputy assistant secretary of the United States Department of Commerce.{{cite news|url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2009/08/07/obama-names-prominent-fremont-indo-american-to-commerce-post/|newspaper=San Jose Mercury News|date=August 8, 2009|title=Obama names prominent Fremont Indo-American to Commerce post|last=Boudreau|first=John|access-date=February 4, 2019}} In that role,{{cite news|last=Marinucci|first=Carla|url=http://blog.sfgate.com/nov05election/2013/01/21/honda-v-khanna-could-silicon-valley-be-ground-zero-for-2014-house-asian-american-battle-royale-video|title=Honda v. Khanna: Could Silicon Valley be ground zero for 2014 House Asian-American battle royale?|newspaper=San Francisco Chronicle|date=January 21, 2013|access-date=January 24, 2013}} Khanna led international trade missions{{cite web|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/ro-khanna-to-lead-us-energy-trade-mission-to/505038|title=Ro Khanna to lead US energy trade mission to India|newspaper=Indian Express|date=August 21, 2009|access-date=January 24, 2013}} and worked to increase United States exports.{{cite news|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=CO&s_site=charlotte&p_multi=CO&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=12FDB98300BEE330&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|newspaper=Charlotte Observer|date=May 21, 2010|page=8A|title=Government helping firms expand exports|access-date=April 5, 2013}} {{subscription required|date=April 2013}} He was later appointed to the White House Business Council.

Khanna left the Department of Commerce in August 2011{{cite web|url=https://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/Ro-Khanna-challenges-status-quo-in-race-against-5740473.php|title=Ro Khanna challenges status quo in race against Rep. Mike Honda|last=Marinucci|first=Carla|date=September 14, 2014|website=sfgate.com|publisher=San Francisco Chronicle|access-date =November 12, 2022|quote= Sánchez said Khanna was energetic in overseeing domestic trade issues in "about 100 different cities around the country," and disputes Honda campaign attack mailers that say Khanna resigned "after missing performance marks." "I was happy to have him on my team," he said, adding that Khanna moved on after two years with a solid record.}} to join Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, a law firm in Silicon Valley.{{cite news|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=CFAB&p_theme=cfab&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=139433ED517C3DF8&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|title=Ex-U.S. Commerce official from Bay Area believes government can help, not hinder economy|first=John|last=Boudreau|date=August 20, 2011|newspaper=The Argus|access-date=April 5, 2013}} {{subscription required|date=April 2013}} His pro bono legal activity includes work with the Mississippi Center for Justice on several contractor fraud cases on behalf of Hurricane Katrina victims and coauthoring an amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court in the Mt. Holly case to allow race discrimination suits under the Fair Housing Act of 1968.{{cite web|first=Keith |last=Kamisugi |url=http://equaljusticesociety.org/2013/11/05/brief-filed-with-supreme-court-in-mt-holly-case-says-implicit-bias-a-major-cause-of-housing-discrimination|title=Brief Filed with Supreme Court in Mt. Holly Case Says Implicit Bias a Major Cause of Housing Discrimination|publisher=Equal Justice Society|date=November 5, 2013|access-date=February 16, 2016}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.omm.com/newsroom/news.aspx?news=1271 |title=O'Melveny & Myers LLP | Newsroom | Litigation News | Media Coverage | O'Melveny Alumnus Khanna Takes US Commerce Department Appointment |access-date=July 1, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924060206/http://www.omm.com/newsroom/news.aspx?news=1271 |archive-date=September 24, 2015 |url-status=dead }} As part of a pro bono legal team, Khanna filed an amicus brief on behalf of 13 of the country's leading social scientists in the Supreme Court case Fisher v. University of Texas (2016). That brief included research on how a diverse educational environment benefits students and cited studies showing that race-conscious admissions policies (known as affirmative action) used by institutions like the University of Texas result in a more diverse student body.{{cite web|url=http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/08/06/donald-trump-immigration-affirmative-action-raise-act/|title=How Trump could reshape the American Dream|date=August 6, 2017|website=MercuryNews.com|access-date=October 21, 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.scotusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/11-345-respondent-amicus-SOP.pdf|title=Abigail Noel Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin, et al.|website=Scotusblog.com|access-date=July 6, 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://www.wsgr.com/WSGR/Display.aspx?SectionName=clients/081312-social-scientists-amicus-brief.htm|title=Social Scientists File Amicus Brief with U.S. Supreme Court in High-Profile Affirmative Action Case - Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati|website=Wsgr.com|access-date=October 21, 2017}}

Khanna was a visiting lecturer of economics at Stanford University from 2012 to 2016, taught law at the Santa Clara University School of Law, and taught American jurisprudence at San Francisco State University.{{cite web|url=http://www.clubrunner.ca/portal/story/StoryDetail.aspx?accountid=3975&sid=293676&stid=|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140826011330/http://www.clubrunner.ca/portal/story/StoryDetail.aspx?accountid=3975&sid=293676&stid=|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 26, 2014|title=The Website You are Trying to Access is not Currently Active|access-date=November 12, 2016}} In 2012, he published a book on American competitiveness in business, Entrepreneurial Nation: Why Manufacturing is Still Key to America's Future.{{cite news|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/kensweet/2012/08/13/former-obama-official-says-manufacturing-should-be-a-national-security-issue|title=Former Obama Official Says Manufacturing Should be a National Security Issue|work=Forbes|date=August 13, 2012|access-date=April 5, 2013|first=Ken|last=Sweet}} Governor Jerry Brown appointed Khanna to the California Workforce Investment Board in 2012.{{cite news|url=http://www.sfgate.com/business/bottomline/article/Governor-staffs-up-job-investment-panel-3822807.php|title=Governor staffs up job investment panel|first=Andrew S.|last=Ross|newspaper=San Francisco Chronicle|date=August 29, 2012|access-date=January 27, 2013}} Khanna served on the board of Planned Parenthood Mar Monte from 2006 until 2013 while on leave from the Obama Administration.{{cite web|url=http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2013/09/24/ca17-honda-and-khanna-on-abortion-choice/|title=CA17: Honda and Khanna on abortion choice - Political Blotter|date=September 24, 2013|website=IBABuzz.com|access-date=October 21, 2017}}

In 2014, Khanna left Wilson Sonsini for his first, unsuccessful campaign for California's 17th congressional district seat.{{Cite web|url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2016/10/25/all-eyes-on-congressional-showdown-of-honda-vs-khanna/|title=Mike Honda vs. Ro Khanna: All eyes are on congressional showdown in Silicon Valley|date=October 25, 2016}} Khanna finished second in the top-two primary behind seven-term incumbent and fellow Democrat Mike Honda. He lost a close general election to Honda, but garnered substantial support from the Silicon Valley tech industry.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/06/us/politics/tech-industry-flexes-muscle-in-california-race.html|title=Tech Industry Flexes Muscle in California Race|first=Norimitsu|last=Onishi|newspaper=The New York Times|date=February 5, 2014}} Khanna then took a job as Vice President of Strategic Initiatives at Smart Utility Systems.

In 2016, Khanna challenged Honda again. He narrowly finished first in the top-two primary over Honda, then defeated him in the general election by a nearly 2-to-1 margin, with significant support from venture capital firms and tech companies.{{Cite web|url=https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2016/06/wall-streets-fab-five-the-house-candidates-most-dependent-on-the-finance-industry/ |title=Wall Street's fab five: House members, candidates most reliant on funding from finance industry | publisher=OpenSecrets |date=June 1, 2016}} Khanna was reelected in 2018, 2020, 2022, and 2024.

As chair of the House Oversight Subcommittee on the Environment, Khanna presided over the "Big Oil hearing", bringing the CEOs of ExxonMobil, Chevron, Shell, and BP to appear before Congress under oath to investigate their spreading of disinformation about climate change. The hearing took place on October 28, 2021. As late as 2000, Exxon advertised in The New York Times that "scientists have been unable to confirm" that burning fossil fuels causes climate change. The Big Oil hearings were the first time oil executives were compelled to answer questions under oath about whether their corporations misled the public about the effects burning oil, gas and coal have on raising the Earth's temperature and extreme weather patterns like intensifying storms, deadlier wildfires, and worsening droughts.{{cite news |last1=Friedman |first1=Lisa |first2=Hiroko |last2=Tabuchi |author2-link=Hiroko Tabuchi |title=Oil Executives to Face Congress on Climate Disinformation |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/27/climate/oil-congress-climate-disinformation.html|access-date=29 October 2021 |language=en |date=October 27, 2021}} During the hearing, Khanna called on the executives to "Spare us the spin today. We have no interest in it... Spin doesn't work under oath."{{cite web |last1=Egan |first1=Matt |title=Oil Executives to Face Congress on Climate Disinformation |website=CNN |url=https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/big-oil-climate-change-hearing-10-28-21/h_7f619c623dcafb4a3f1d0c7d61dcbbde|access-date=October 29, 2021 |language=en |date=October 28, 2021}} In an interview with Yahoo Finance, Khanna described the oil industry's role in obfuscating climate science: "We will have scores of evidence that these big oil companies misrepresented to the American public the threat of climate change. They cast doubt and uncertainty, even though they had scientists in their own company telling them that climate change and climate crisis was going to be catastrophic. And that they continue to engage in a pattern of deception."{{Cite web |url=https://finance.yahoo.com/video/representative-ro-khanna-takes-big-180000665.html |title=Representative Ro Khanna takes on big oil, Silicon Valley |website=Yahoo! Finance|access-date=October 29, 2021 |language=en |date=October 26, 2021}} Khanna led the House Committee on Oversight and Reform's two-year investigation, which uncovered documents showing how Big Oil continues to mislead the public about its commitment to climate goals.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/14/climate/oil-industry-documents-disinformation.html|title=Oil Executives Privately Contradicted Public Statements on Climate, Files Show|last=Tabuchi|first=Hiroko|date=September 14, 2022|website=The New York Times|access-date=September 15, 2022|quote=Documents obtained by congressional investigators show that oil industry executives privately downplayed their companies’ own public messages about efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and weakened industry-wide commitments to push for climate policies.}}

Khanna played a key role in year long negotiations with Senator Joe Manchin to secure the $369 billion climate investment in the Inflation Reduction Act and bring House progressives and environmental groups on board.{{cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook/2022/08/04/why-the-left-is-quiet-about-manchins-reconciliation-deal-00049788|title=POLITICO Playbook: Why the left is quiet about Manchin's reconciliation deal|last=Lizza and Daniels|first=Ryan and Eugene|date=August 4, 2022|website=Politico|access-date=August 10, 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://theintercept.com/2022/07/28/manchin-climate-deal-schumer-inflation/|title=A Manchin Miracle Brings Biden's Climate Agenda Back From the Dead|last=Grim|first=Ryan|date=July 28, 2022|website=theintercept.com|access-date=August 10, 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/ro-khanna-talks-joe-manchin-17361675.php|title=Bay Area Rep. Ro Khanna dishes on Manchin, Pelosi's Taiwan trip, DeSantis and more|last=Ting|first=Eric|date=August 10, 2022|website=sfgate.com|access-date=August 10, 2022}}

Khanna criticized oil executives for increasing their oil production on October 28, 2021;{{Cite web |author=Ella Nilsen, Aditi Sangal, Angela FritzMeg Wagner and Adrienne Vogt |date=2021-10-28 |title="Are you embarrassed?" Ro Khanna slams Exxon and Chevron for production plans |url=https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/big-oil-climate-change-hearing-10-28-21/h_fec75beb7f5a7f13f69d917852666afa |access-date=2022-06-01 |website=CNN |language=en}} conversely, in March 2022, he called for an increase in production after gas prices increased."{{Cite web |date=2022-03-27 |title='Fox News Sunday' on March 27, 2022 |url=https://www.foxnews.com/transcript/fox-news-sunday-on-march-27-2022 |access-date=2022-06-01 |website=Fox News|language=en-US}} In a Wall Street Journal piece, Khanna laid out a comprehensive strategy to increase production and supply in the short term to dramatically lower prices for the working class and to have a "moonshot" in renewable energy for the long run to diversify energy sources and stabilize prices.{{cite web|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/big-oil-companies-gas-gasoline-prices-production-khanna-climate-renewable-11649457936|title=What Is to Be Done About Gas Prices?|website=The Wall Street Journal|date=2022-04-10}} In a New York Times piece, Khanna called on Biden to do "way more" to lower gas prices by having the Strategic Petroleum Reserve buy and sell oil cheaply to stabilize prices.{{Cite web|date=2022-06-02|title='There Is Way More Biden Can Do to Lower Prices'|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/02/opinion/inflation-biden-congress.html|access-date=2022-06-05|website=The New York Times|language=en-US}}

Khanna called climate activist Greta Thunberg to testify in a hearing on eliminating fossil fuel subsidies{{cite web|url=https://oversight.house.gov/legislation/hearings/on-the-role-of-fossil-fuel-subsidies-in-preventing-action-on-the-climate-crisis |title=The Role of Fossil Fuel Subsidies in Preventing Action on the Climate Crisis |website=oversight.house.gov/ |date=April 22, 2021 |access-date=June 18, 2021}} and worked with executive director of Greenpeace Annie Leonard to lead the campaign to stop new fossil fuel permitting in California.{{cite web|url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/09/12/opinion-california-needs-bold-climate-leadership/ |title=Opinion: State needs bolder climate leadership from governor |work=Mercury News |date=September 12, 2018 |access-date=January 13, 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://www.commondreams.org/news/2018/08/23/reps-barbara-lee-and-ro-khanna-call-gov-jerry-brown-be-bold-and-halt-all-new-fossil |title=Reps. Barbara Lee and Ro Khanna Call on Gov. Jerry Brown to Be 'Bold' and Halt All New Fossil Fuel Projects in California |website=Common Dreams |date=August 23, 2018 |access-date=January 13, 2019}}

As chair of the House Oversight Subcommittee on the Environment, Khanna worked with President Joe Biden to refashion his climate agenda.{{cite news|first=Katie|last=Rogers|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/02/us/politics/biden-cop26.html|title=Biden Tries to Reassert American Leadership, and His Own|date=November 2, 2021|work=The New York Times}}

In 2018, Khanna signed on to then Representative-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's "Green New Deal" proposal, which seeks to form a climate change plan with a goal of a 100% renewable energy economy.{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/house/417355-john-lewis-backs-ocasio-cortezs-proposed-climate-change-plan/|title=John Lewis joins Ocasio-Cortez on climate change push|date=November 18, 2018|work=The Hill}}{{cite news|url=https://www.mv-voice.com/news/2019/05/20/ro-khanna-makes-economic-case-for-green-new-deal|title=Ro Khanna makes economic case for Green New Deal|last=Noack|first=Mark|website=Mountain View Voice|date=May 20, 2019}}{{cite news|first1=Miranda|last1=Green|first2=Timothy|last2=Cama|url=https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/419014-progressives-say-dire-climate-reports-point-to-need-for-green-new/|title=Progressives say dire climate reports point to need for 'Green New Deal'|date=November 30, 2018|work=The Hill}}

In March 2019, Khanna was one of 14 members of the House to cosponsor the PFAS Detection Act, legislation intended to provide $45 million (~${{Format price|{{Inflation|index=US-GDP|value=45000000|start_year=2019}}}} in {{Inflation/year|US-GDP}}) to the U.S. Geological Survey for the purpose of developing advanced technologies that can detect PFAS and afterward conduct nationwide sampling for PFAS in the environment.{{cite news|url=https://www.nbc15.com/content/news/Sen-Baldwin-helps-introduce--507861181.html|title=Sen. Baldwin helps introduce PFAS Detection Act|date=March 29, 2019|website=nbc15.com}}

In a December 2019, New York Times op-ed, Khanna and former secretary of state John Kerry laid out a plan for how America should win the green energy race, analogizing it to the space race.{{cite news|first1=Ro|last1=Khanna|first2=John|last2=Kerry|authorlink2=John Kerry|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/09/opinion/china-renewable-energy.html|title=Don't Let China Win the Green Race|date=December 9, 2018|work=The New York Times}} Khanna and Kerry called for expanding the electric vehicle tax credit to make it fully refundable at the time of purchase. This would mean that a person would receive money back immediately when buying an electric vehicle rather than waiting a year for a tax refund. They also called for an exponential increase in the Advanced Research Projects Agency's budget and for doubling the budgets for the Energy Department's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy and Office of Science, which they say would support renewable energy research to foster the sort of innovation necessary to meet the scale and urgency of the climate challenge. Kerry and Khanna also called for the creation of an infrastructure bank to finance a high-speed rail system to relieve congestion, reduce pollution, increase energy efficiency, and provide alternatives to regional air travel. Finally, Khanna and Kerry called for the US to match China's annual investment in public-private partnerships, noting that China spent $126 billion on renewable energy investments in 2016, while the US spent just over $40 billion.{{cite news|url=https://qz.com/1247527/for-every-1-the-us-put-into-renewable-energy-last-year-china-put-in-3/|title=For every $1 the US put into adding renewable energy last year, China put in $3|date=April 9, 2018|website=Quartz}}

Khanna has said that creating a Select Committee specifically dedicated to a Green New Deal would be a "very commonsense idea", based on the recent example of the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming (2007–2011), which proved effective in developing a 2009 bill for cap-and-trade legislation.{{Cite news|url=https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/417843-five-things-to-know-about-ocasio-cortezs-green-new-deal/|title=Five things to know about Ocasio-Cortez's 'Green New Deal'|last=Homan|first=Timothy R.|date=November 24, 2018|work=The Hill |language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181126140623/https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/417843-five-things-to-know-about-ocasio-cortezs-green-new-deal|archive-date=November 26, 2018|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|url=https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/419117-dems-rally-for-green-new-deal/|title=Dems rally for Green New Deal|last=Cama|first=Timothy|date=November 30, 2018|work=The Hill|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181201051457/https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/419117-dems-rally-for-green-new-deal|archive-date=December 1, 2018|url-status=live|language=en}}

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In April 2018, Nancy Pelosi asked Khanna to draft the Internet Bill of Rights in wake of Cambridge Analytica's breach and Mark Zuckerberg's testimony to Congress.{{cite web|url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/04/21/rep-ro-khanna-tapped-by-pelosi-to-draft-internet-bill-of-rights/|title=Rep. Ro Khanna tapped by Pelosi to draft "Internet Bill of Rights"|date=April 21, 2018|access-date=July 26, 2018}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.newsweek.com/facebook-silicon-valley-regulation-891989 |title=Should Facebook be Regulated? Silicon Valley Lawmaker Wants 'Internet Bill of Rights' |website=Newsweek |access-date=April 27, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180423042409/http://www.newsweek.com/facebook-silicon-valley-regulation-891989 |archive-date=April 23, 2018 |url-status=dead }} In October 2018, Khanna released a set of principles for an Internet Bill of Rights, including the right of US citizens to have full knowledge of and control over their personal online data, the right to be notified and consent when an entity seeks to collect or sell one's personal data, and the guarantee of net neutrality.{{cite news|first=Kara|last=Swisher|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/04/opinion/ro-khanna-internet-bill-of-rights.html|title=Opinion - Introducing the Internet Bill of Rights|newspaper=The New York Times|date=October 4, 2018|access-date=October 23, 2018}}

The inventor of the World Wide Web, Tim Berners-Lee, has endorsed Khanna's principles for the Internet Bill of Rights, saying, "This bill of rights provides a set of principles that are about giving users more control of their online lives while creating a healthier internet economy."{{cite web|first=Mark|last=Sullivan|url=https://www.fastcompany.com/90246977/tim-berners-lee-endorses-ro-khannas-internet-bill-of-rights-heres-all-10|title=Tim Berners-Lee endorses Ro Khanna's Internet Bill of Rights–here's all 10|website=Fast Company|date=October 4, 2018|access-date=October 23, 2018}}

Former secretary of state Hillary Clinton praised the efforts to establish an Internet Bill of Rights in her keynote speech at Mansfield College, Oxford, saying, "it is past time to demand that all nations and corporations respect the right of individuals to control their own data... There is important work now being done by technologists like Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the World Wide Web, and Ro Khanna, the U.S. Congressman representing Silicon Valley. They are trying to develop guidelines for how this could work."{{cite web|url=https://www.law.ox.ac.uk/sites/files/oxlaw/keynote_speech_by_secretary_hillary_clinton_20181009_0.pdf|title=Hillary Clinton 2018/10/9 keynote, full text (PDF)|access-date=November 2, 2021}}

Khanna, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, Senator Todd Young and Representative Mike Gallagher coauthored the Endless Frontier Act, a massive increase in science funding that creates technology hubs across the nation.{{cite news|last=Kopan |first=Tal |url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/Groundbreaking-tech-R-D-bill-clears-Senate-16234268.php |title=Senate passes $250 billion tech investment bill, co-authored by Ro Khanna |newspaper=San Francisco Chronicle|date=June 8, 2021 |access-date=June 16, 2021}}

The White House invited Khanna to be on stage with President Biden when he signed the Chips and Science bill. This law is based on Khanna's Endless Frontiers bill and is one of the largest investments in science and in chip manufacturing in American history.{{cite web|last=Breuninger|first=Kevin|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2022/08/09/biden-to-sign-chips-act-china-competition-bill.html|title=Biden signs China competition bill to boost U.S. chipmakers|date=August 9, 2022|website=CNBC|access-date=August 10, 2022}}

Khanna's Valor Act passed both the House and the Senate and was signed by President Donald Trump on November 21, 2017. The legislation makes it easier for companies to offer veterans apprenticeships.{{cite web|last=Arrington |first=Jodey |url=https://www.tribtalk.org/2017/11/15/bipartisanship-inspired-by-our-nations-heroes/ |title=Bipartisanship inspired by our nation's heroes |publisher=Tribtalk.org |date=November 15, 2017 |access-date=January 19, 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2017/11/21/president-donald-j-trump-signs-hr-194-hr-1545-hr-1679-hr-3243-and-hr |title=President Donald J. Trump Signs H.R. 194, H.R. 1545, H.R. 1679, H.R. 3243 and H.R. 3949 into Law |date=November 21, 2017 |via=National Archives |work=whitehouse.gov |access-date=January 19, 2018}}

Trump signed Khanna's second bill, the IDEA Act, into law on December 20, 2018. It requires all federal agencies to modernize their websites to the standard of the private sector.{{cite web|url=https://www.meritalk.com/articles/president-trump-signs-21st-century-idea-act-into-law/ |title=President Trump Signs 21st Century IDEA Act Into Law – MeriTalk |website=Meritalk.com |date=December 20, 2018 |access-date=January 13, 2019}}

In a New York Times op-ed, Khanna laid out his vision for bringing technology jobs to rural and small-town America. He called for additional funds to existing community colleges and land grant universities to create technology institutes,{{cite web|author=Lauren Gambino in Washington |url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/nov/10/ro-khanna-silicon-valley-tech-rural-america-bill-lincoln |title=Silicon Valley Democrat channels Lincoln for tech-to-Trump-country bill | Technology |work=The Guardian |date=November 11, 2018 |access-date=January 13, 2019}} endorsed an $80 billion investment in high-speed fiber internet throughout the country, and called for federal incentives for government hiring of rural-based software development companies.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/30/opinion/tech-rural-america.html |title=Opinion | Spread the Digital Wealth - The New York Times |work=The New York Times |date=December 30, 2018 |access-date=January 13, 2019}} Khanna also led a delegation of Silicon Valley executives to Jefferson, Iowa, where they partnered with local community colleges and Pillar Technology to create software designer jobs paying $65,000 a year.{{cite news|first=Douglas|last=Burns|url=http://www.beeherald.com/opinion/opinion-ro-khanna-jefferson%E2%80%99s-real-congressman |title=OPINION: Ro Khanna: Jefferson's real congressman|newspaper=The Jefferson Herald |date=December 12, 2018|access-date=January 13, 2019}}{{cite web|first=Andrew|last=RomanoWest|url=https://www.yahoo.com/news/rep-ro-khannas-new-new-deal-bringing-tech-jobs-rural-america-191623021.html |title=Rep. Ro Khanna's 'new New Deal': Bringing tech jobs to rural America |website=Yahoo.com |date=December 14, 2018 |access-date=January 13, 2019}}{{cite news|first=Donelle|last=Eller|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2018/12/09/silicon-valley-microsoft-linkedin-rural-america-iowa-tech-workers-jobs-workforce-careers-investment/2258246002/ |title=Silicon Valley looks to rural America for new generation of tech workers |newspaper=USA Today|date=December 9, 2018 |access-date=January 13, 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://video.foxnews.com/v/5983115877001/?#sp=show-clips |title=Democrat Rep. Ro Khanna's plan to bring tech jobs to middle America|website=Fox News |date=May 20, 2015 |access-date=January 13, 2019}}

Khanna spearheaded a joint effort with Google, community colleges, HBCUs, and HSIs to establish a public-private partnership aimed at offering financial assistance, skills training, and access to high-paying positions in the technology sector to more than 100 students. This initiative was implemented at eight colleges, in Pennsylvania, Iowa, South Carolina, Mississippi, Illinois, New York, New Hampshire, and Nevada. Each participant received a $5,000 stipend and an 18-month credential.{{cite news |last=Rubin |first=Jennifer |date=13 April 2023 |title=California needs to lead on tech education to create jobs and help rural America |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/04/13/california-tech-education-jobs-ro-khanna-rural-america/ |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=16 April 2023}}{{cite news |last=Tugade |first=F. Amanda |date=14 April 2023 |title=Ro Khanna celebrates DMACC TechWISE program |url=https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/local/2023/04/14/ro-khanna-celebrates-dmacc-techwise-program-google-software-underserved-students-tech-industry/70100844007/ |work=The Des Moines Register |access-date=16 April 2023}}{{cite news |last=Rudolph |first=Angela |date=6 February 2023 |title=Congressman Khanna visits UNR |url=https://www.unr.edu/nevada-today/news/2023/congressman-khanna-visits-unr |work=Nevada Today |access-date=16 April 2023}}{{cite news |last=Manchester Community College |first= |date=5 January 2023 |title=Google selects Manchester Community College as partner in new software development project |url=https://biz.manchesterinklink.com/google-selects-manchester-community-college-as-partner-in-new-software-development-project/ |work=Manchester Ink Link |access-date=16 April 2023}}{{cite news |last=Flowers |first=Marcus |date=14 April 2023 |title=Benedict College celebrates implementation of TechWISE program |url=https://www.wistv.com/2023/04/14/benedict-college-celeberates-implementation-techwise-program/ |work=WISTV |access-date=16 April 2023}}{{cite news |last=Mercy College News |first= |date=8 August 2023 |title=Mercy College one of only five institutions to pilot prestigious technology education program |url=https://www.mercy.edu/news-events/news/mercy-college-one-only-five-institutions-pilot-prestigious-technology-education |work=Mercy News and Events |access-date=16 April 2023}}

Khanna has argued that Silicon Valley should share its economic success with the rest of the U.S.{{cite web|url=https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/recode-decode-rep-ro-khanna/id1011668648?i=1000384462376|title=Recode Decode, hosted by Kara Swisher by Recode on Apple Podcasts|website=Apple Podcasts}} He has also been a longtime supporter of bringing advanced manufacturing jobs across America, the topic of his book, Entrepreneurial Nation: Why Manufacturing Is Still Key To America's Future.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mCk7EwgRU64C|title=Entrepreneurial Nation: Why Manufacturing is Still Key to America's Future|first=Ro|last=Khanna|publisher=McGraw Hill Professional|location=New York City|date=2012|isbn=978-0-07-180201-7|via=Google Books}}

In March 2017, Khanna traveled to Paintsville, Kentucky, also known as "Silicon Holler", with a bipartisan delegation from Congress, to lend support to TechHire Eastern Kentucky, a program that trains Kentuckians in fields like computer technology and coding. He expressed support for a broad technology apprenticeship program that could help areas of the United States like Appalachia by giving blue-collar workers the skills they need to launch careers in the technology sector.{{cite web|first=Carla|last=Marinucci|url=https://www.politico.com/states/california/story/2017/02/silicon-valley-heading-to-appalachia-with-jobs-message-109845|title=Khanna headed to Appalachia to support program that trains young people for tech jobs|website=Politico|date=February 23, 2017|access-date=April 18, 2017}}{{cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/tipsheets/morning-tech/2017/03/silicon-valley-sends-its-ambassador-to-appalachia-219339|title=Silicon Valley sends its ambassador to Appalachia|website=Politico|date=March 21, 2017 |access-date=April 18, 2017}}{{cite web|url=https://www.msnbc.com/morning-joe/watch/how-congress-connects-to-jobs-of-the-future-897486915555|title=How Congress connects to jobs of the future|website=MSNBC|date=March 14, 2017|access-date=April 18, 2017}} The press has called Khanna the "Ambassador of Silicon Valley".{{cite web|url=http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/06/23/ro-khanna-wants-to-be-silicon-valleys-ambassador-to-middle-america/|title=Ro Khanna wants to be Silicon Valley's ambassador to Middle America|date=June 23, 2017|website=Mercury News|access-date=October 21, 2017}}

In May 2017, Khanna stood up for the Appalachian Regional Commission and Manufacturing Externship Partnership, a Reagan-era policy, when Trump's proposed 2018 budget zeroed out its funding. Khanna called for quadrupling the program's budget.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnpdVDvgq3E|title=Trump's budget fails to address US innovation|last=Rep. Ro Khanna|date=May 26, 2017|access-date=October 21, 2017|via=YouTube}}

Khanna passed his first legislative initiative as the lead Democrat with Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy to enable veterans to use GI funding for tech training programs.{{cite web|first=Casey|last=Tolan|url=http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/08/10/new-federal-program-could-help-veterans-join-the-tech-industry/|title=New federal program could help veterans join the tech industry|date=August 10, 2017|website=Mercury News|access-date=October 21, 2017}}

Khanna called on Silicon Valley executives and technology companies to do more nationwide to create tech jobs and diversify their recruiting efforts by making sure to recruit the next generation of tech workers from not just Ivy League institutions but also state schools and historically black colleges and universities. In a Washington Post op-ed, Khanna wrote, "Tech companies must offer an aspirational vision of how all Americans, regardless of geography, can benefit from a tech-driven economy. This means making investments not just in California, Massachusetts, and New York, but also in start-ups and entrepreneurs in cities and rural communities across the nation."{{cite news|first=Ro|last=Khanna|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trump-beat-silicon-valley-at-its-own-game-now-it-must-prove-itself/2017/10/16/a0160c36-af96-11e7-a908-a3470754bbb9_story.html|title=Opinion - Trump beat Silicon Valley at its own game. Now it must prove itself.|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=October 16, 2017|access-date=October 21, 2017}}

In February 2018, Khanna and Representative Tim Ryan led a tour of venture capitalists encouraging them to invest in middle America.{{cite web|first=Renee|last=Fox|url=http://www.tribtoday.com/news/local-news/2018/02/ryan-wants-merging-of-valleys/|title=Ryan wants merging of valleys|newspaper=Tribune Chronicle|date=February 22, 2018|access-date=July 26, 2018}}{{cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/with-jobs-in-mind-ohio-democrat-takes-venture-capitalists-on-midwest-road-trip-1519396730|title=With Jobs in Mind, Ohio Democrat Takes Venture Capitalists on Midwest Road Trip|first=Natalie|last=Andrews|newspaper=Wall Street Journal|date=February 23, 2018|access-date=July 26, 2018}}

Khanna has been called an "unconventional ambassador" for the Democratic Party in bringing technology and innovation across America.{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-tech-trump-country-20180506-story.html|title=This Silicon Valley congressman wants to sell his vision to Trump country. Here's why Democrats' future could hinge on it|first=Evan|last=Halper|website=Los Angeles Times|date=May 6, 2018|access-date=July 26, 2018}}

In 2022, Khanna was appointed to the National Security Commission on Emerging Biotechnology, a bipartisan commission charged with making policy recommendations to Congress and the Executive Branch.{{Cite web |title=Lawmakers name appointees to new emerging biotech panel {{!}} InsideDefense.com |url=https://insidedefense.com/insider/lawmakers-name-appointees-new-emerging-biotech-panel |access-date=2024-02-01 |website=insidedefense.com}}

Khanna has called on his colleagues to adopt a more progressive economic platform.{{cite web|first=Ro|last=Khanna|url=http://www.sacbee.com/opinion/op-ed/article139206973.html|title=A progressive's prescription for the future|newspaper=The Sacramento Bee|date=March 18, 2017|access-date=April 18, 2017}}{{cite news|first1=Jared|last1=Bernstein|first2=Ro|last2=Khanna|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2017/02/23/how-to-help-small-manufacturers-and-how-not-to/|title=Perspective - How to help small manufacturers (and how not to)|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=February 23, 2017|access-date=April 18, 2017}} He is an original co-sponsor of Senator Bernie Sanders's College For All Act, legislation aiming to make public colleges tuition-free.{{cite web|first=Emily C.|last=Singer|url=https://mic.com/articles/173013/bernie-sanders-introduces-college-for-all-act-to-make-public-colleges-tuition-free#.jnzt4UpDR|title=Bernie Sanders introduces "College for All Act" to make public colleges tuition-free|website=Mic|date=April 3, 2017|access-date=April 18, 2017}} He also has proposed $1 trillion expansion of the earned income tax credit (EITC),{{cite web|url=http://basicincome.org/news/2017/10/united-states-congressman-ro-khanna-introduces-eitc-bill-garners-comparison-bi/|title=Congressman Ro Khanna introduces EITC bill, garners comparison to BI|first=Peter|last=Vandevanter|date=October 2, 2017|website=basicincome.org/news/|access-date=March 26, 2018}} financed by a financial transaction tax, to help working families across America.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.wired.com/2017/03/silicon-valley-lawmakers-1-trillion-plan-save-trump-country/|title=A Silicon Valley Lawmaker's $1 Trillion Plan to Save Trump Country|first=Issie|last=Lapowsky|magazine=Wired|date=March 30, 2017|access-date=April 18, 2017}}

In the Budget Committee, Khanna pointed out that Trump was for a single-payer healthcare system in 2000.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVyrqe1rAiE|title=Trump Previously Supported Free Healthcare - Make Him Support It Now|last=Secular Talk|date=March 22, 2017|access-date=April 18, 2017|via=YouTube}} Khanna now supports a House bill to provide "Medicare for All".{{cite web|first=Jeff|last=Stein|url=https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/3/29/15056672/single-payer-democrats-medicare|title=With Trumpcare dead and Obama gone, progressives are putting Medicare for All back on the table|website=Vox|date=March 29, 2017|access-date=April 18, 2017}}

Fred Hiatt, the editor of The Washington Post's editorial page, has suggested that Khanna is a thoughtful and new economic voice for the Democratic Party.{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/how-democrats-can-be-progressive-without-being-irresponsible/2017/04/09/c8128cf6-1bb1-11e7-855e-4824bbb5d748_story.html|title=How Democrats can be progressive without being irresponsible|first1=Fred|last1=Hiatt|date=April 9, 2017|access-date=April 18, 2017|newspaper=The Washington Post}}

Khanna has co-sponsored the Reward Work Act of 2018, to reform US labor law and corporate law by guaranteeing the right of employees in listed companies to elect one third of the board of directors.

Khanna supports the unionization of Starbucks{{cite web|url=https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/05/12/let-floodgates-open-starbucks-union-scores-first-wins-california|title='Let the Floodgates Open': Starbucks Union Scores First Wins in California|first=Jake|last=Johnson|date=May 12, 2022|access-date=August 20, 2022|website=commondreams.org}} and Maximus,{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/RoKhanna/status/1507508885095133185|title=It isn't controversial to pay a living wage, provide sick leave, or allow the freedom to organize a union. Solidarity with call center workers at Maximus as they strike for what they should already have.|first=Ro|last=Khanna|date=March 25, 2022|access-date=August 20, 2022|website=twitter.com}} and urged California lawmakers and Governor Gavin Newsom to enact AB257, which sets workplace standards covering the state's fast-food industry, including wages, working hours, health and safety, and training.{{cite web|url=https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/california-fast-food-bill-inches-us-toward-bargaining-by-sector|title=California Fast Food Bill Inches US Toward Bargaining by Sector|first=Chris|last=Marr|date=August 17, 2022|access-date=August 20, 2022|website=bloomberglaw.com}} Khanna led Congress in writing a letter to Howard Schultz to stand up for Starbucks workers' right to unionize.{{cite web|url=https://www.marketwatch.com/story/exclusive-starbucks-urged-to-work-with-unions-in-letter-from-members-of-congress-11664816534|title=Exclusive: Starbucks urged to work with unions in letter from members of Congress|last=Sumagaysay|first=Levi|date=October 3, 2022|website=MarketWatch.com|publisher=MarketWatch|access-date=October 3, 2022|quote=U.S. Rep. Ro Khanna, a California Democrat, led a group of his congressional colleagues in sending a letter to Starbucks Chief Executive Howard Schultz, he revealed in an exclusive interview with MarketWatch ahead of the letter’s release. He said Starbucks has a chance to lead the way in helping change the lives of workers around the nation.}}

Khanna was among the 46 Democrats who voted against final passage of the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 in the House.{{Cite web|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4029522-republicans-and-democrats-who-bucked-party-leaders-by-voting-no/|title=Republicans and Democrats who bucked party leaders by voting no|first=Jared|last=Gans|date=May 31, 2023|access-date=June 6, 2023|work=The Hill}}

Khanna led the legislation to implement a gender-inclusive "X" identifier on U.S. passports that served as a basis for the State Department's action on the issue.{{cite web|last=Burns|first=Katelyn|url=https://www.vox.com/2020/2/25/21152857/nonbinary-gender-neutral-passport|title=Nonbinary people could get a gender-neutral passport under new legislation|website=vox.com|publisher=Vox|date=February 25, 2020|access-date=June 26, 2022}}

House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries appointed Khanna to the House Select Committee on Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party.{{cite web|url=https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/democrats-stack-new-counter-ccp-committee-with-their-china-hawks/|title=Democrats Stack New Counter-CCP Committee with Their China Hawks|last=Quinn|first=Jimmy|date=February 1, 2023|website=nationalreview.com|publisher=The National Review|access-date=2023-02-08|quote=The panel’s ranking member will be Representative Raja Krishnamoorthi, who has partnered with Gallagher on legislation to ban TikTok. Other Democrats on the committee will include Representatives Ro Khanna, Seth Moulton, and Ritchie Torres, all of whom have a record of bipartisan cooperation — particularly on foreign-policy matters.}} Khanna is pushing for rebalancing the U.S. relationship with China{{cite news|url=https://www.foreignaffairs.com/china/ro-khanna-new-industrial-age-america-manufacturing-superpower|title=The New Industrial Age America Should Once Again Become a Manufacturing Superpower|last=Khanna|first=Ro|date=January 1, 2023|newspaper=Foreign Affairs|publisher=Foreign Affairs Magazine|access-date=2023-02-08|quote=Economic imperatives must drive U.S. foreign policy toward China, as much for domestic and global security as for national prosperity. Reducing the trade imbalance will lower tensions and mitigate the risk of populist anger or supply shocks inflaming conflicts between the geopolitical rivals.}} on trade and shoring manufacturing.{{cite news|url=https://www.foreignaffairs.com/china/ro-khanna-new-industrial-age-america-manufacturing-superpower|title=The New Industrial Age America Should Once Again Become a Manufacturing Superpower|last=Khanna|first=Ro|date=January 1, 2023|newspaper=Foreign Affairs|publisher=Foreign Affairs Magazine|access-date=2023-02-08|quote=[I]nnovation is intrinsically linked to production. Manufacturing companies account for more than half of U.S. domestic spending on research and development. And, as Intel chief Andrew Grove argued more than a decade ago, a key part of innovation is the “scaling” up that happens as new technologies move from prototype to mass production. That scaling happens less and less in the United States because so much manufacturing has shifted overseas. “Without scaling,” Grove lamented, “we don’t just lose jobs—we lose our hold on new technologies. Losing the ability to scale will ultimately damage our capacity to innovate.”}} He is also the ranking member on the House Armed Services Subcommittee for Cybersecurity, Innovation Technology, and Information Systems.{{cite press release |author= |title=KHANNA TO BE RANKING MEMBER OF THE HOUSE ARMED SERVICES SUBCOMMITTEE ON CYBER, INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS|url=https://khanna.house.gov/media/press-releases/statement-khanna-be-ranking-member-house-armed-services-subcommittee-cyber|location=Washington, DC|publisher=khanna.house.gov|agency=United States Congress|date=February 2, 2023|access-date=2023-02-08}}

In 2017, Khanna co-founded the NO PAC Caucus{{cite web|last=Trickey |first=Erick |url=https://www.politico.com/tipsheets/politico-influence/2017/07/12/khanna-starts-pac-free-caucus-221295 |title=Khanna starts PAC-free caucus |website=Politico |date=July 12, 2017 |access-date=January 19, 2018}} in the House with two other members, Beto O'Rourke and Jared Polis. Three more U.S. Representatives subsequently chose to refuse all contributions from political action committees: Phil Roe, Francis Rooney, and John Sarbanes. These members would not fill out questionnaires or pledge positions to political action committees in exchange for contributions. Khanna and O'Rourke also introduced a bill to ban PACs from contributing to members of Congress.{{cite web|first=Ann M.|last=Ravel|url=http://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/openforum/article/No-PAC-Act-offers-voters-hope-to-be-heard-11056365.php|title='No PAC Act' offers voters hope to be heard|newspaper=The San Francisco Chronicle|date=April 6, 2017|access-date=April 18, 2017}}

In December 2018, Khanna, constitutional scholar Bruce Ackerman and Senator Russ Feingold proposed a plan for "Democracy Dollars". Under the proposal, every American citizen would get $50 to spend on federal elections.{{cite web|url=http://www.sacbee.com/opinion/california-forum/article197215689.html|title=Here's a campaign finance law that would take democracy back from the 1 percent|first1=Ro |last1=Khanna |first2=Bruce|last2=Ackerman|date=July 26, 2018|access-date=July 26, 2018|newspaper=Sacramento Bee}}{{cite web|url=http://www.concordmonitor.com/Getting-big-money-out-of-politics-17448454|title=Russ Feingold and Ro Khanna: A new approach to big money in politics|work=Concord Monitor|first1=Russ|last1=Feingold|first2=Ro|last2=Khanna|date=May 15, 2018|access-date=December 21, 2018}} Khanna has also worked with Republican Representative Mike Gallagher of Wisconsin on reform proposals.{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2017/06/01/two-congressmen-offer-bipartisan-plan-drain-swamp/102189506/|title=Two congressmen offer a bipartisan plan to 'drain the swamp'|newspaper=USA Today|date=June 1, 2017|access-date=October 21, 2017}}

Khanna has said he believes the Democratic Party needs to rethink its political program by running on progressive issues like free college, Medicare for all, and the removal of corporate influence and money from politics.

Khanna introduced a five-point reform ban to ban stock trading for members and spouses, to ban all PAC and lobbyist money, to have term limits for members of Congress and Supreme Court Justices, to ban Members of Congress from ever becoming lobbyists, and to have a judicial code of ethics for the Supreme Court.{{cite web |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ro-khanna-political-reform-plan_n_64fa2aace4b03d2db3493fbe/amp |title=California Rep. Ro Khanna Wants Biden To Campaign On Anti-Corruption Measures |last=Marans |first=Daniel |date=September 8, 2023 |website=Huffington Post |access-date=September 19, 2023 |quote="Khanna proposes banning candidates for federal office from receiving donations from lobbyists or political action committees of any kind, banning members of Congress from trading stocks, limiting Supreme Court appointees to 18-year terms, imposing 12-year term limits on members of Congress, and requiring federal judges and Supreme Court justices to adhere to a new and more robust code of ethics."}}

{{cite web |url=https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/house/ro-khanna-unveils-blueprint-term-limits-stock-trading-ban |title=Ro Khanna unveils political reform blueprint with term limits and stock trading ban |last=Mondeaux |first=Cami |date=September 14, 2023 |website=washingtonexaminer.com |publisher=Washington Examiner |access-date=September 19, 2023 |quote="The California Democrat is aiming to compile all five political reform proposals into one piece of legislation and hold a vote before the end of the year. If successful, the bill would significantly affect how candidates campaign next year during a crucial election cycle."}}

In 2024, Khanna introduced a universal childcare bill modeled after Canada's system. The legislation caps childcare costs for families making under $250,000 annually at $10 per day and mandates a minimum wage of $24 for childcare workers. The bill, with an estimated cost of $780 billion over 10 years, allows families to choose between private, public, neighborhood, or home-based childcare options. Stay-at-home parents are also supported through the program. Providers have the option to participate in the $10 a Day program and receive grant incentives. Nothing is mandatory.{{cite web|title=Exclusive: Ro Khanna Proposes Capping Childcare at $10 a Day|url=https://time.com/7024525/childcare-congress-bill/|publisher=Time|date=2024}}

Khanna was honored as one of two offices out of 435 for having the best workplace culture by the Congressional Management Foundation in 2023{{cite web |url=https://rollcall.com/2023/09/28/happy-staff-happy-constituents-reps-khanna-and-moore-think-so// |title=Happy staff, happy constituents? Reps. Khanna and Moore think so |last=Saska |first=Jim |publisher=Roll Call |date=September 28, 2023 |website=rollcall.com |access-date=September 28, 2023 |quote="The Congressional Management Foundation honored two of those rare, good bosses in Congress last month — Reps. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., and Barry Moore, R-Ala. — at the foundation’s annual Democracy Awards."}} and for best constituent services in 2019.{{cite web |url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/06/04/khanna-desaulnier-congress-constituent-service-award/ |title=Ro Khanna, Mark DeSaulnier win national constituent service awards |last=Tolan |first=Casey |publisher=The Mercury News |date=June 4, 2019 |website=mercuerynew.com |access-date=September 28, 2023 |quote="Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Fremont, won the foundation’s constituent service award, and Rep. Mark DeSaulnier, D-Concord, won the transparency and accountability award, two of only three House members honored nationwide. The foundation, a nonpartisan group that’s been working with Congress for more than 40 years, grades lawmakers on their effectiveness in areas other than passing legislation."}}

Khanna co-sponsored H.R.1303, a bipartisan companion bill to the H-1B and L-1 Visa Reform Act of 2017 designed to prevent the exploitation of foreign workers while still recognizing the contributions immigrants make to the US economy. The bill would overhaul the H-1B and L-1 visa programs to protect American workers and crack down on the outsourcing of American jobs abroad.{{cite web|url=https://www.americanbazaaronline.com/2017/03/03/ro-khanna-introduces-bipartisan-bill-to-reduce-h-1b-l1-fraud-and-abuse/|title=Ro Khanna introduces bipartisan bill to reduce H-1B, L1 'fraud and abuse'|website=American Bazaar Online|date=March 3, 2017|access-date=April 18, 2017}}

Khanna partnered with Senator Elizabeth Warren to study the impact of FOSTA/SESTA, including increased violence and sexual assault, on sex workers.{{cite news |last1=McCabe |first1=David |last2=Conger |first2=Kate |title=Stamping Out Online Sex Trafficking May Have Pushed It Underground |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/17/technology/fosta-sex-trafficking-law.html |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=August 8, 2020 |date=December 17, 2019}}{{cite web |last1=North |first1=Anna |title=Sex workers are in danger. Warren and Sanders are backing a bill that could help. |url=https://www.vox.com/identities/2019/12/17/21024859/sex-work-bernie-sanders-elizabeth-warren-fosta |website=Vox |access-date=8 August 2020 |language=en |date=December 17, 2019}}{{cite web |last1=Kelly |first1=Makena |title=Democrats want data on how sex workers were hurt by online crackdown |url=https://www.theverge.com/2019/12/17/21026787/sesta-fosta-congress-study-hhs-sex-work-ro-khanna-elizabeth-warren-ron-wyden |website=The Verge |access-date=8 August 2020 |language=en |date=17 December 2019}}

Khanna founded and co-chairs the Antitrust Caucus in the House.{{cite web |author=Thompson |first1=Alex |last2=Kulwin |first2=Noah |date=November 18, 2017 |title=Democrats are back to trust busting |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/democrats-are-back-to-trust-busting/ |access-date=January 19, 2018 |website=news.vice.com |publisher=Vice}} He has called for a reorientation of antitrust policy to consider the impact on jobs, wages, small business, and innovation, and for scrutiny of the Whole Foods/Amazon merger.{{cite web|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2017/06/ro-khanna-amazon-whole-foods/530805/|title=A Silicon Valley Congressman Takes On Amazon|first=Alexis C.|last=Madrigal|date=June 19, 2017|magazine=The Atlantic|access-date=October 21, 2017}}{{cite web|first=David|last=Serota|url=http://www.ibtimes.com/political-capital/amazon-whole-foods-merger-silicon-valley-lawmaker-wants-regulators-review-bezos|title=Amazon-Whole Foods Merger: Silicon Valley Lawmaker Wants Regulators To Review Bezos Deal|date=June 22, 2017|website=International Business Times|access-date=October 21, 2017}}

In 2018, along with Senator Bernie Sanders, Khanna proposed the Stop BEZOS Act, which would tax firms for every dollar that employees earn in government health care benefits or food stamps.{{Cite news|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2018/09/05/bernie-sanders-introduces-the-bezos-act-slamming-amazon-low-wages.html|title=Bernie Sanders introduces the BEZOS Act, slamming Amazon's low wages|last=D'Onfro|first=Jillian|date=September 5, 2018|work=CNBC|access-date=September 7, 2018}} The law would also make it illegal for any large company to investigate whether or not a potential employee receives federal assistance.[https://www.sanders.senate.gov/download/stop-bezos-act-2018?id=C2E88AC5-C629-4680-8F8D-9EE74F343560&download=1&inline=file] {dead link|date=July 2022}} Khanna's rationale for the legislation was that it would force corporations to increase salaries for workers or pay for the welfare programs their employees rely on. Economists at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities published an analysis of the bill finding that it would hurt low-wage workers by giving corporations incentives not to hire workers that rely on federal assistance programs.{{Cite news|first=Bob|last=Bryan|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/bernie-sanders-amazon-stop-bezos-bill-jeff-backfire-2018-9?r=US&IR=T|title=Joe Biden's former top economist thinks Bernie Sanders' bill attacking Amazon and Jeff Bezos 'may backfire'|work=Business Insider|date=September 6, 2018|access-date=September 7, 2018|language=en}}{{Cite news|first1=Robert|last1=Greenstein|first2=Sharon|last2=Parrott|first3=Chye-Ching|last3=Huang|url=https://www.cbpp.org/poverty-and-inequality/sanders-khanna-bill-risks-unintended-side-effects-that-could-hurt-lower|title=Sanders-Khanna Bill Risks Unintended Side Effects That Could Hurt Lower-Income Workers and Spur Discriminatory Hiring Practices|date=September 5, 2018|work=Center on Budget and Policy Priorities|access-date=September 7, 2018|language=en}} Khanna challenged Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos directly, saying that if Bezos "announced that [he] would pay everyone at least a $15 minimum wage and reliable hours, [he] could set the standard."{{cite web|url=https://www.fastcompany.com/90232484/silicon-valleys-congressman-slams-trumps-disingenuous-claims-about-social-media-bias|title=Silicon Valley's congressman slams Trump's "disingenuous" claims about social media bias|website=Fast Company|date=September 5, 2018|access-date=October 23, 2018 |last1=Baram |first1=Marcus }} In response to Sanders's and Khanna's legislation and criticism, on October 2, 2018, Bezos announced that Amazon would raise wages of all employees to $15 an hour, effective November 2018.{{cite web|first1=Steven|last1=Overly|first2=Ashley|last2=Gold|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2018/10/02/amazon-minimum-wage-warehouse-workers-860325|title=Amazon agrees to $15 an hour for warehouse workers amid heat from liberals|website=Politico|date=October 2, 2018|access-date=October 23, 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://thehill.com/policy/technology/409531-progressive-lawmakers-praise-amazon-wage-hike/|title=Progressive lawmakers praise Amazon wage hike|first=Ali|last=Breland|newspaper=The Hill|date=October 2, 2018|access-date=October 23, 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/JeffBezos/status/1047152109508997121|title=Jeff Bezos on Twitter|access-date=October 23, 2018}}

Khanna wrote a letter to the inspector general of the Department of Defense requesting that he look into TransDigm Group, an aviation-parts manufacturer, and supplier of companies like Boeing.{{cite web|first=Linette|last=Lopez|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/representative-ro-khanna-calls-for-inspection-into-transdigm-2017-3|title=A battleground stock for Wall Street's short sellers is getting hammered|website=Business Insider|date=March 21, 2017|access-date=April 18, 2017}} In his letter, Khanna said TransDigm may be bypassing rules that protect U.S. taxpayers since the manufacturer conducts business with the Pentagon. He said he wants to make sure the TransDigm Group is not adding unnecessary costs to the U.S. taxpayer and is not contributing to the $54 billion increase in defense spending proposed by the Trump administration.{{cite web|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2017/03/22/transdigm-shares-drop-4-as-us-rep-pushes-for-probe.html|title=TransDigm shares drop more than 5% as US rep pushes for probe|first=Luqman|last=Adeniyi|website=CNBC|date=March 22, 2017|access-date=April 18, 2017}} TransDigm agreed to refund $16.1 million to the Defense Department.{{cite news|url=https://theintercept.com/2019/05/28/ro-khanna-transdigm-refund-pentagon/|title=How Rep. Ro Khanna Got a Price-Gouging Defense Contractor to Return $16.1 Million to the Pentagon|first=David|last=Dayen|date=May 28, 2019|website=The Intercept}}

In November 2018, Khanna and Sanders introduced the Stop WALMART Act, intended to ban large companies from buying back their own stock unless the company has a minimum hourly wage of $15 (~${{Format price|{{Inflation|index=US|value=15|start_year=2018}}}} in {{Inflation/year|US}}) for all employees, allows employees to earn up to seven days of paid sick leave, and pays the company's CEO or highest-paid employee no more than 150 times the median pay for employees.{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/policy/finance/416927-sanders-rolls-out-bill-aimed-at-getting-walmart-to-raise-wages/|title=Sanders rolls out bill aimed at getting Walmart to raise wages|first=Naomi|last=Jagoda|date=November 15, 2018|work=The Hill}}

On November 20, 2018, Khanna and Sanders unveiled a bill intended to abolish monopolies on pharmaceuticals, regardless of any patents, and authorize companies to make cheaper generic versions of a drug if its price is higher than the median price in Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany, France and Japan. Sanders said in a statement that the United States was the only country in the world that allowed "pharmaceutical companies to charge any price they want for any reason they want" and that the "greed of the prescription drug industry is literally killing Americans".{{cite news|first=Peter|last=Sullivan|url=https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/417570-sanders-unveils-aggressive-new-bill-targeting-drug-prices/|title=Sanders unveils aggressive new bill targeting drug prices |date=November 20, 2018|work=The Hill}}

On November 13, 2017, the House of Representatives passed a resolution condemning civilian deaths, starvation and the spread of disease in Yemen, admitting that much of the responsibility for that humanitarian crisis rests with the U.S. because of its support for a Saudi-led military intervention, and noting that the war has allowed al Qaeda, ISIL, and other groups to thrive.{{cite web|first=Akbar Shahid|last=Ahmed|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/house-vote-humanitarian-crisis-yemen_us_5a0a6409e4b0b17ffcdfd18a |title=Obama, Trump And Saudi Arabia Devastated Yemen. Congress Is Acting. Slowly.|website=Huffington Post|date=November 14, 2017 |access-date=January 19, 2018}} Khanna, along with Representative Jim McGovern, co-sponsored the resolution on the House floor. The resolution passed with a bipartisan majority of 366–30.{{cite web|last=Nilsen |first=Ella |url=https://www.vox.com/world/2017/11/14/16648848/yemen-congress-trump-saudi-salman |title=America is fueling the war in Yemen. Congress is finally pushing back. |website=Vox |date=November 14, 2017 |access-date=January 19, 2018}}{{cite web|last=Trickey |first=Erick |url=https://www.politico.com/story/2017/11/13/house-yemen-civil-war-authorization-244868 |title=House declares U.S. military role in Yemen's civil war unauthorized |website=Politico |date=November 13, 2017 |access-date=January 19, 2018}}{{cite web|last=Keating |first=Joshua |url=http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2017/11/14/the_u_s_has_helped_saudi_arabia_bomb_yemen_for_almost_three_years_congress.html |title=The U.S. has helped Saudi Arabia bomb Yemen for almost three years. Congress just noticed |website=Slate |date=November 14, 2017 |access-date=January 19, 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/house/360202-house-votes-on-us-involvement-in-yemen/ |title=House votes on US involvement in Yemen |work=The Hill |date=November 13, 2017 |access-date=January 19, 2018}}{{cite web|first=Charlie|last=May|url=https://www.salon.com/2017/11/14/congress-recognizes-slams-the-unauthorized-american-war-in-yemen-in-bipartisan-resolution/ |title=Congress recognizes, slams the unauthorized American war in Yemen in bipartisan resolution |work=Salon |date=November 14, 2017|access-date=January 19, 2018}}{{cite web|first=Zaid|last=Jilani|url=https://theintercept.com/2017/11/14/congress-yemen-war-unauthorized/ |title=Congress Votes to Say It Hasn't Authorized War in Yemen, Yet War in Yemen Goes On |website=The Intercept |date=November 14, 2017 |access-date=January 19, 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://theweek.com/speedreads/737249/house-declares-support-saudi-arabias-yemen-war-unauthorized-use-force |title=House declares U.S. support for Saudi Arabia's Yemen war an unauthorized use of force |publisher=Theweek.com |date=November 14, 2017 |access-date=January 19, 2018}}{{cite web|first=Loree|last=Lewis |url=http://www.talkmedianews.com/pentagon-news-as-it-break-from-the-pentagon/2017/11/14/house-passes-resolution-spotlighting-us-engagement-in-yemeni-civil-war-calls-for-peaceful-end/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171116033820/http://www.talkmedianews.com/pentagon-news-as-it-break-from-the-pentagon/2017/11/14/house-passes-resolution-spotlighting-us-engagement-in-yemeni-civil-war-calls-for-peaceful-end/ |url-status=usurped |archive-date=November 16, 2017 |title=House passes resolution spotlighting US engagement in Yemeni civil war, calls for peaceful end |website=Talkmedianews.com |date=November 14, 2017 |access-date=January 19, 2018}}{{Excessive citations inline|date=August 2023}}

On September 27, 2017, Khanna and Representatives Thomas Massie, Mark Pocan, and Walter B. Jones Jr. submitted a bipartisan bill on the floor of the House that would halt U.S. military assistance to the Saudi-led campaign in Yemen on the grounds that Congress never approved the American role in the war. In a joint statement with Pocan, Khanna said, "we aim to restore Congress as the constitutionally mandated branch of government that may declare war and retain oversight over it."{{cite magazine|url=https://www.thenation.com/article/congress-must-end-us-military-support-for-the-horrific-saudi-bombing-of-yemen/|title=Congress Must End US Military Support for the Horrific Saudi Bombing of Yemen|first=John|last=Nichols|date=September 28, 2017|access-date=October 21, 2017|magazine=The Nation}}{{cite web|url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2017/09/28/lawmakers-demand-u-s-withdrawal-from-saudi-led-war-in-yemen/|title=Lawmakers Demand U.S. Withdrawal From Saudi-Led War in Yemen|website=foreignpolicy.com|date=September 28, 2017 |access-date=October 21, 2017}}{{cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-wp-yemen-policy-7921641a-a477-11e7-b14f-f41773cd5a14-20170928-story.html|title=Lawmakers demand U.S. withdrawal from Saudi-led war in Yemen|first=Dan |last=De Luce|website=chicagotribune.com|access-date=October 21, 2017}} In an op-ed for The New York Times detailing the human cost of the continued war in Yemen, Khanna, Pocan, and Jones wrote, "We believe that the American people, if presented with the facts of this conflict, will oppose the use of their tax dollars to bomb and starve civilians in order to further the Saudi monarchy's regional goals."{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/10/opinion/yemen-war-unconstitutional.html|title=Opinion - Stop the Unconstitutional War in Yemen|first1=Ro|last1=Khanna|first2=Mark|last2=Pocan|first3=Walter|last3=Jones|date=October 10, 2017|access-date=October 21, 2017|website=The New York Times}}

In December 2017, Khanna criticized President Trump's decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, saying, "The United States and Israel share similar values of peace, democracy, and entrepreneurship. We should always look for ways to strengthen the relationship and address Israel's legitimate security concerns. The President's decision to move the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem, however, is misguided and does not advance peace."{{cite news |title=Who's Speaking Out Against Trump's Jerusalem Move |url=https://jstreet.org/experts-speak-trumps-jerusalem-move/#.XYFUQmYzWUl |work=J Street |date=December 12, 2017}}

On January 18, 2018, Khanna organized a group of 33 House members to sign a letter urging Trump to reestablish military-to-military communications with North Korea. He also called for two other steps that should be taken to alleviate tension with the DPRK. He reintroduced a bill explicitly stating that the President of the United States should not be allowed to launch a nuclear strike without congressional approval, and called upon Trump to send a bipartisan team to negotiate directly with the North Koreans.{{cite web|url=https://thehill.com/policy/defense/369582-lawmakers-call-for-military-to-military-communications-with-north-korea/ |title=Lawmakers call for military-to-military communications with North Korea |date=January 18, 2018 |work=The Hill |access-date=January 19, 2018}}

In November 2018, after American and Saudi officials announced that the Trump administration had halted its inflight refueling support for the Saudi-led coalition aircraft engaged in Yemen, Khanna called the decision "a major victory" while asserting the need for Congress to pass a resolution ensuring all American involvement was ended.{{cite news|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2018/11/09/saudi-arabia-yemen-bombing-pentagon-refueling-982924|title=Pentagon: No more refueling of Saudi aircraft bombing Yemen|date=November 9, 2018|publisher=Politico}} In February 2019, the House Foreign Affairs Committee advanced a bill ending American support for the Saudi intervention in Yemen. Khanna noted that more than "14 million Yemenis—half the country—are on the brink of famine, and at least 85,000 children have already died from hunger and disease as a result of the war" and called on Congress to "end American complicity in the atrocities in Yemen."{{cite news|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2019/02/06/congress-trump-yemen-1153867|title=House Dems defy Trump on Yemen and Saudi Arabia|date=February 6, 2019|first=Andrew|last=Desiderio}} On February 13, after the House voted to withdraw support for the Saudis in Yemen, Khanna called the day "historic" and said he was "encouraged by the direction people are pushing our party to take on foreign policy, promoting restraint and human rights and with the sense they want Congress to play a much larger role."{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/policy/defense/429894-house-passes-bill-to-end-us-military-support-to-saudis-in-yemen/|title=House passes bill to end US support for Saudi war in Yemen|date=February 13, 2019|work=The Hill}}

A supporter of a more non-interventionist foreign policy,{{cite web|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2017/04/ro-khanna-trillion-dollar-plan/524754/|title=Ro Khanna Wants to Give Working-Class Households $1 Trillion|first=Annie|last=Lowrey|website=theatlantic.com|publisher=The Atlantic|date=April 28, 2017|access-date=October 21, 2017}} Khanna wrote an op-ed for the Los Angeles Times with Senator Rand Paul on June 1, 2017, making the case against military interventions when US security is not at risk. They argued that the nation is weary of perpetual war since 2001, and that calls for regime change abroad have been a mistake.{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-rand-khanna-foreign-policy-john-quincy-adams-20170601-story.html|title=The case for restraint in American foreign policy|date=June 1, 2017|access-date=October 21, 2017|via=LA Times}} Khanna has been critical of the strikes on Syria.{{cite web|url=https://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/rep-khanna-on-syria-nation-hasn-t-learned-its-lesson-917385795880|title=Rep. Khanna on Syria: "Nation hasn't learned its lesson"|website=msnbc.com|publisher=MSNBC|access-date=October 21, 2017}}

On December 22, 2018, Khanna laid out the progressive case for withdrawal of military forces from Syria and Afghanistan, noting that Congress never authorized the involvement of U.S. troops in the Syrian civil war.{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2018/12/22/trump-was-right-pull-out-syria-afghanistan-this-is-what-he-should-do-next |title=Trump was right to pull out of Syria and Afghanistan. This is what he should do next. |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=December 22, 2018 |access-date=January 13, 2019}}

Khanna worked with former president Jimmy Carter, who had agreed to travel to North Korea to meet with Kim Jong Un; in 1994, Carter met with Kim's grandfather, Kim Il Sung.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/07/politics/carter-north-korea/index.html|title=Congressman: Jimmy Carter is willing to travel to North Korea to help Trump|last=Bernard|first=Katie|date=2019-03-07|website=CNN|access-date=2019-03-11}}

In 2019, Khanna was one of eight lawmakers to sign a pledge stating their intent "to fight to reclaim Congress's constitutional authority to conduct oversight of U.S. foreign policy and independently debate whether to authorize each new use of military force" and to bring "the Forever War to a responsible and expedient conclusion" after 17 years of U.S. military conflict.{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/policy/defense/432670-sanders-ocasio-cortez-sponsoring-end-the-forever-war-pledge/|title=Sanders, Ocasio-Cortez back 'end the forever war' pledge|date=March 5, 2019|work=The Hill}}

In February 2019, Khanna introduced a resolution to end the Korean War while leaving American troops in Korea that urged the Trump administration to give "a clear roadmap for achieving a permanent peace regime and the peaceful denuclearization of the Korean peninsula." In a statement, Khanna said diplomacy between North and South Korea had "created a once-in-a-generation opportunity to formally end this war" and advocated that Trump "work hand in hand with our ally, South Korean President Moon Jae-in, to bring the war to a close and advance toward the denuclearization of the peninsula."{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/policy/defense/431697-dems-offer-resolution-calling-for-end-to-korean-war/|title=Dems offer resolution calling for end to Korean War|first=Ellen|last=Mitchell|date=February 26, 2019|work=The Hill}}

In 2019, Khanna and Senator Rand Paul led a bipartisan group of lawmakers in signing a letter to Trump asserting that it is "long past time to rein in the use of force that goes beyond congressional authorization" and they hoped this would "serve as a model for ending hostilities in the future—in particular, as you and your administration seek a political solution to our involvement in Afghanistan."{{cite news|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2019/04/03/congress-syria-withdrawal-1252185|title=Rand Paul, Ocasio-Cortez praise Trump for Syria withdrawal|first=Burgess|last=Everett|date=April 3, 2019|publisher=Politico}} In a statement, Khanna said, "The president cannot pursue a foreign policy agenda without the advice and consent, let alone the support, of the Congress" and thanked Paul for helping him "in bringing an end to these wars", citing the Constitution as not being partisan.{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/policy/defense/437144-rand-paul-teams-up-with-ocasio-cortez-omar-to-press-trump-on-syria-withdrawal/|title=Rand Paul teams up with Ocasio-Cortez, Omar to press Trump on Syria withdrawal|first=Alexander|last=Bolton|date=April 3, 2019|work=The Hill}}

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Khanna has been critical of Brazil's former president Jair Bolsonaro, a far-right politician criticized for misogynistic, homophobic and anti-immigrant views who has been embraced by the Trump administration as an ally and partner.{{cite news |title=U.S. Lawmakers Want "Severe Consequences" for Brazil If Jair Bolsonaro Delivers on Promised Violence |url=https://theintercept.com/2018/10/25/brazil-jair-bolsonaro-ro-khanna-letter/ |work=The Intercept |date=October 25, 2018}} In March 2019 Khanna and 29 other Democratic lawmakers wrote a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo that read in part, "Since the election of far-right candidate Jair Bolsonaro as president, we have been particularly alarmed by the threat Bolsonaro's agenda poses to the LGBT community and other minority communities, women, labor activists, and political dissidents in Brazil. We are deeply concerned that, by targeting hard-won political and social rights, Bolsonaro is endangering Brazil's long-term democratic future".{{cite news |title=Brazil's far-right president tweeted out a pornographic video to condemn Carnival |url=https://www.vox.com/world/2019/3/6/18253070/jair-bolsonaro-tweet-golden-showers-pompeo |work=Vox |date=March 6, 2019}} Khanna also asked the Trump administration to investigate the case that imprisoned former Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on corruption charges, following The Intercept's exposé that showed Judge Sergio Moro plotted with prosecutors to convict Lula and prevent the Workers' Party from returning to power.{{Cite web|url=https://theintercept.com/2019/06/11/brazil-lula-ro-khanna-operation-car-wash/|title=Bernie Sanders Calls for Brazil's Judiciary to Release Lula in Wake of Corruption Exposure|last1=Chávez|first1=Aída|last2=Lacy|first2=Akela|date=2019-06-11|website=The Intercept|language=en-US|access-date=2019-06-13}}

In 2023, Khanna was among 56 Democrats to vote in favor of H.Con.Res. 21, which directed President Joe Biden to remove U.S. troops from Syria within 180 days.{{cite web |url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/118-2023/h136 | title=H.Con.Res. 21: Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of … -- House Vote #136 -- Mar 8, 2023 | date=March 8, 2023}}{{cite news|url=https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2023-03-08/house-votes-down-bill-directing-removal-of-troops-from-syria |title=House Votes Down Bill Directing Removal of Troops From Syria |date=March 8, 2023 |agency=Associated Press}}

Khanna led efforts in the House to make the standard for the use of force only as a last resort.{{Cite web|url=https://www.msnbc.com/ayman-mohyeldin/watch/rep-ro-khanna-on-passing-voting-rights-legislation-this-is-an-obligation-a-duty-121271365982/|title=Rep. Ro Khanna on passing voting rights legislation: "This is an obligation, a duty"|last=Mohyeldin|first=Ayman|date=2021-09-18|website=MSNBC.com|publisher=MSNBC|language=en-US|access-date=2022-06-01}} This was adopted in the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, which passed the House.{{cite web|title=Justice in Policing Act|url=https://judiciary.house.gov/issues/issue/?IssueID=14924/|website=judiciary.house.gov}} Khanna has also been a vocal advocate of abolishing the filibuster and passing voting rights legislation.

Khanna led a bipartisan resolution to tackle antisemitism on college campuses that provides funding for education about the Holocaust, ongoing antisemitism, and World War II.{{cite news |last= Rubin|first= Jennifer|date= January 23, 2024|title= A Bipartisan Response to Campus Antisemitism Bill|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/01/23/antisemitism-campus-bill/|newspaper= Washington Post|access-date=January 24, 2023}}

On April 25, 2018, 57 members of the House of Representatives, led by Khanna, released a condemnation of Holocaust distortion in Ukraine and Poland. They criticized Poland's new Holocaust law and Ukraine's 2015 memory laws glorifying Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) and its leaders, such as Roman Shukhevych.{{cite web|url=https://khanna.house.gov/media/press-releases/release-rep-khanna-leads-bipartisan-members-condemning-anti-semitism-europe|title=RELEASE: Rep. Khanna Leads Bipartisan Members In Condemning Anti-Semitism in Europe|date=April 25, 2018|access-date=July 26, 2018}}{{cite web|url=http://defendinghistory.com/57-members-of-us-house-of-representatives-condemn-holocaust-distortion-in-ukraine-and-poland/94506|title=57 Members of US House of Representatives Condemn Holocaust Distortion in Ukraine and Poland|first=Defending|last=History|date=April 25, 2018|access-date=December 10, 2018}} The condemnation came in an open bipartisan letter to Deputy Secretary of State John J. Sullivan.{{cite web|url=https://www.jta.org/2018/04/25/news-opinion/congress-members-urge-a-us-stand-against-state-sponsored-holocaust-denial-in-ukraine-and-poland|title=Congress members call out Ukraine government for glorifying Nazis - Jewish Telegraphic Agency|website=Jta.org|date=April 25, 2018|access-date=July 26, 2018}} The letter read in part, "We urge you to join us and human rights organizations in standing against anti-Semitism, xenophobia, and all forms of intolerance by calling for the Polish and Ukrainian governments to unequivocally reject Holocaust distortion and the honoring of Nazi collaborators and fully prosecute anti-Semitic crimes. We also ask that you detail what steps are being taken by the United States (U.S.) government to monitor instances of Holocaust distortion and ensure that the U.S. is not supporting or funding groups and individuals that promote or justify anti-Semitism. We believe these steps must include a firm request that these offensive laws be repealed."{{cite web|url=https://khanna.house.gov/sites/khanna.house.gov/files/Combat%20Anti-Semitism%20Letter.pdf |title=Scanned from a Xerox Multifunction Device.pdf |access-date=December 22, 2018}} California's State Assembly passed a separate resolution calling upon Congress to pressure Polish lawmakers to change this new Holocaust speech law.{{cite web|url=https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AJR35|title=Bill Text - AJR-35 Polish law: Holocaust speech.|website=leginfo.legislature.ca.gov|access-date=July 26, 2018}}{{cite news|url=https://www.jweekly.com/2018/05/30/state-assembly-resolution-urges-changes-polish-holocaust-law/|title=State Assembly resolution urges changes in Polish Holocaust law – J.|newspaper=J |date=May 30, 2018|publisher=J Weekly|access-date=July 26, 2018 |last1=Gloster |first1=Rob }} Andrzej Pawluszek, an adviser to Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, called the claims in Congress's letter "irresponsible and shocking".{{Cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/congress/poland-rebukes-us-criticism-of-holocaust-law/2018/04/26/fd4141dc-4947-11e8-8082-105a446d19b8_story.html |title=Poland criticizes US claim that Polish law glorifies Nazism - the Washington Post |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=June 6, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180426170929/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/congress/poland-rebukes-us-criticism-of-holocaust-law/2018/04/26/fd4141dc-4947-11e8-8082-105a446d19b8_story.html |archive-date=April 26, 2018 |url-status=dead }} The Association of Jewish Organizations and Communities of Ukraine (Vaad of Ukraine) also rebuked the letter, calling it "anti-Ukrainian defamation" like that used by Russian propaganda during the war in Ukraine.{{cite web|url=http://www.vaadua.org/news/zayava-prezidiumu-vaadu-ukrayini-u-zvyazku-z-listom-kongresmeniv-ssha-pro-situaciyu-z|title=Заява Президії Вааду України у зв'язку з листом конгресменів США про ситуацію з антисемітизмом в Польщі та Україні|date=May 10, 2018|access-date=July 26, 2018}}{{cite web|url=http://www.istpravda.com.ua/articles/2018/05/10/152438/|title=Про який "антисемітизм" пишуть конгресмени США? Заява Ваад України|publisher=istpravda.com.ua|access-date=July 26, 2018}}

After the visit of Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan to the US in 2019, Khanna became the first Indian-American Congressman to join the Congressional Pakistan Caucus, which he claimed was to promote better ties between India and Pakistan, and in line with his pluralistic ideals for Hindus and Muslims.{{Cite news|url=https://www.ndtv.com/indians-abroad/ro-khanna-indian-american-congressman-joins-congressional-pakistan-caucus-2085318 |title=Indian-American Congressman Ro Khanna Joins Pak Congressional Grouping |date=2019-08-14|work=NDTV |access-date=2024-11-13}}

Varghese K. George of The Hindu called Khanna "an unequivocal and strong supporter of a pluralist America, and India-U.S. ties," who "for the same reason rejects Hindutva and its exclusive nationalism."{{cite news |last1=George |first1=Varghese K. |title=One people, many countries |url=https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/one-people-many-countries/article29471590.ece |website=The Hindu |access-date=8 August 2020 |language=en-IN |date=21 September 2019}} In a statement targeted at Tulsi Gabbard, Khanna said, "it is the duty of every American politician of Hindu faith to stand for pluralism, reject Hindutva, and speak for equal rights for Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs, Buddhists and Christians", a statement that was criticized in a letter published by the Hindu American Foundation (HAF) and signed by what was described as "a record number of 230 Indian-American organisations in the US", who also objected to Khanna's membership in the Congressional Caucus on Pakistan.{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/nri/nris-in-news/230-indian-american-organisations-urge-congressman-ro-khanna-to-withdraw-from-pakistan-caucus/articleshow/71162810.cms|title=230 Indian-American organisations urge Congressman RO Khanna to withdraw from Pakistan Caucus|date=2019-09-17|work=The Economic Times|access-date=2019-10-13}}

As of October 2021, Khanna had voted in line with Joe Biden's stated position 100% of the time.{{cite web |last1=Bycoffe |first1=Anna Wiederkehr and Aaron |title=Does Your Member Of Congress Vote With Or Against Biden? |url=https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/biden-congress-votes/ro-khanna/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210612144757/https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/biden-congress-votes/ro-khanna/|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 12, 2021|access-date=29 October 2021 |language=en |date=2021-10-22}}

Khanna opposed the overturning of Roe v. Wade, calling it "heartbreaking". He said the decision "strips Americans of their basic freedom and endangers the health and safety of millions. It strips women of the right to make their own decisions about their bodies and their futures", especially low-income women, women of color, and women living in rural areas.{{cite web |last1=Khanna |first1=Ro |title=Today's Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade strips Americans of their basic freedom and endangers the health and safety of millions. It strips women of the right to make their own decisions about their bodies and their futures. |url=https://twitter.com/RepRoKhanna/status/1540346367499018240 |website=Twitter |access-date=27 June 2022 |language=en |date=24 June 2022}}

Khanna has led a bill to limit Supreme Court justices' terms. In 2022, he called the Court's recent conservative decisions anti-egalitarian and anti-democratic.{{cite web|last=Cal|first=Sophia|url=https://www.axios.com/2022/06/25/first-look-ro-khanna-to-push-biden-to-back-scotus-term-limits|title=First Look: Ro Khanna to push Biden to bak SCOTUS term limits|website=Axios|date=June 25, 2022|access-date=June 26, 2022}}{{cite web|last=Khanna|first=Ro|url=https://medium.com/@RoKhanna/a-crisis-of-legitimacy-for-the-supreme-court-3a9bd9ab1625|title=A crisis of legitimacy for the Supreme Court|website=medium.com|date=June 25, 2022|access-date=June 26, 2022}}

Khanna is an advocate of free speech. In 2022, the publication of the Twitter Files highlighted his efforts to stop the former Twitter administration from censoring the New York Post's reporting on the Hunter Biden laptop controversy.{{Cite news |last=Khanna |first=Ro |title=Opinion {{!}} Twitter's Duty to Protect Free Speech |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/twitters-duty-to-protect-free-speech-elon-musk-social-media-democracy-new-york-post-ideas-freedom-11670281265 |access-date=2022-12-10 |newspaper=The Wall Street Journal |date=December 5, 2022 |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Vlamis |first=Kelsey |title=Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna reached out to Twitter as it suppressed the Hunter Biden laptop story to voice concerns about violating free speech and press freedom principles |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/khanna-emailed-twitter-free-speech-concerns-over-hunter-biden-laptop-2022-12 |access-date=2022-12-10 |website=Business Insider|language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Khaled |first=Fatma |date=2022-12-03 |title=Ro Khanna warned Twitter of backlash for suppressing Hunter Biden story |url=https://www.newsweek.com/ro-khanna-warned-twitter-backlash-suppressing-hunter-biden-story-1764408 |access-date=2022-12-10 |website=Newsweek |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Staff |first=Fox News |date=2022-12-09 |title=Democratic lawmaker says Twitter censorship went too far: 'Simply not what we do in this country' |url=https://www.foxnews.com/media/democratic-lawmaker-twitter-censorship-went-far-simply-country |access-date=2022-12-10 |website=Fox News |language=en-US}}

For the 118th Congress:{{cite web |title=Ro Khanna |url=https://clerk.house.gov/members/K000389 |publisher=Clerk of the United States House of Representatives |access-date=25 April 2023}}

• Committee on Armed Services
• Subcommittee on Cyber, Information Technologies, and Innovation (Ranking Member)
• Subcommittee on Strategic Forces
• Committee on Oversight and Accountability
• Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation
• Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory Affairs
• Select Committee on Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party

• Climate Solutions Caucus{{cite web|title=90 Current Climate Solutions Caucus Members|url=https://citizensclimatelobby.org/climate-solutions-caucus/|access-date=November 22, 2018|publisher=Citizen´s Climate Lobby}}
• NOPAC Caucus{{cite web|title=Ro Khanna 115th Congress Caucus Memberships|date=December 13, 2012|url=https://khanna.house.gov/about/committees-and-caucuses|access-date=August 4, 2020|publisher=US House of Representatives}}
• India Caucus
• Pakistan Caucus
• Vietnamese Caucus
• Black Maternal Health Caucus{{cite web|title=Caucus Members

|author=|url=https://blackmaternalhealthcaucus-underwood.house.gov/about-caucus/caucus-members|format=|publisher=Black Maternal Health Caucus|date=|accessdate=23 June 2025}}

• Congressional Antitrust Caucus
• Congressional Progressive Caucus{{cite web|title=Caucus Membrs|url=https://progressives.house.gov/caucus-members|access-date=January 3, 2021|publisher=US House of Representatives}}
• Medicare for All Caucus
• Congressional Blockchain Caucus{{cite web|title=Members|author=|url=https://congressionalblockchaincaucus-schweikert.house.gov/members|format=|publisher=Congressional Blockchain Caucus|date=July 13, 2023|accessdate=29 August 2024}}
• Congressional Caucus for the Equal Rights Amendment{{cite web|title=Membership|author=|url=https://bush.house.gov/era/about/membership|format=|publisher=Congressional Caucus for the Equal Rights Amendment|date=|accessdate=18 September 2024}}
• Rare Disease Caucus{{cite web|title=Rare Disease Congressional Caucus|author=|url=https://everylifefoundation.org/rare-advocates/rarecaucus/rarecaucus-members/|format=|publisher=Every Life Foundation for Rare Diseases|date=|accessdate=9 December 2024}}

{{see also|2004 United States House of Representatives elections in California#District 12}}

Khanna ran one of the nation's first anti-Iraq war campaigns for the United States House of Representatives in the 2004 elections, unsuccessfully challenging Tom Lantos in the Democratic primary in {{ushr|CA|12}}.{{cite news |last=Jouvenal |first=Justin |date=January 17, 2004 |title=City Supervisor endorses Khanna |newspaper=San Mateo County Times |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=SMCB&p_theme=smcb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=10074A629BAB3A35&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |access-date=April 5, 2013}} {{subscription required|date=April 2013}} He received endorsements from prominent officials, including Matt Gonzalez, and newspapers, including the San Mateo County Times,{{cite news |last1=Traubman |first1=Libby |last2=Traubman |first2=Len |date=February 17, 2004 |title=We can entrust America with Khanna's principles |newspaper=San Mateo County Times |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=SMCB&p_theme=smcb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=1011827F96C92B3D&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |access-date=April 5, 2013}} {{subscription required|date=April 2013}} but lost.{{cite web |date=February 4, 2013 |title=Rep. Mike Honda digs in against potential challenger Ro Khanna |url=http://www.insidebayarea.com/breaking-news/ci_22512406/rep-mike-honda-digs-against-potential-challenger-ro |access-date=April 5, 2013 |publisher=Inside Bay Area}}

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{{see also|2012 United States House of Representatives elections in California#District 15}}

Khanna intended to run for the House in {{ushr|CA|15}} in the 2012 election, hoping to succeed Democrat Pete Stark after Stark's eventual retirement, though stating he would not challenge Stark directly.{{cite news |author=Carla Marinucci, Chronicle Political Writer |date=January 20, 2012 |title=Pete Stark may put Ro Khanna's rise on hold |publisher=SFGate |url=http://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/Pete-Stark-may-put-Ro-Khanna-s-rise-on-hold-2641389.php |access-date=January 24, 2013}} He raised $1.2 million, receiving support from Governor Brown, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, former Secretary of Transportation Norman Mineta, Representatives Zoe Lofgren and Anna Eshoo, and businessmen Vinod Khosla and John W. Thompson. Khanna's fundraising total for the fourth quarter of 2011 exceeded that of all but two House candidates nationwide. Eric Swalwell defeated Stark in 2012.{{cite magazine |author=Molly Redden |date=December 5, 2012 |title=Eric Swalwell, Pete Stark's Young Vanquisher, Gets Oriented |url=http://www.tnr.com/blog/plank/110548/course-the-man-who-ousted-pete-stark-costume-donning-prop-loving-thirtysomething# |magazine=The New Republic |publisher=Tnr.com |access-date=January 24, 2013}}

{{see also|2014 United States House of Representatives elections in California#District 17}}

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On April 2, 2013, Khanna announced that he would challenge Mike Honda in {{ushr|CA|17}} in the 2014 midterm elections.{{cite web |last=Richman |first=Josh |date=April 1, 2013 |title=Silicon Valley Congressional battle takes shape: Ro Khanna to challenge Mike Honda, using Obama campaign operatives |url=http://www.mercurynews.com/bay-area-news/ci_22916803/silicon-valley-congressional-battle-takes-shape-ro-khanna |access-date=April 5, 2013 |work=San Jose Mercury News}} He assembled a campaign team composed of top members of President Barack Obama's reelection team, including Jeremy Bird, Obama's 2012 national field director, and Steve Spinner, one of Obama's top three fundraisers.{{cite news |last=Green |first=Joshua |date=April 5, 2013 |title=Ro Khanna, Silicon Valley's Wannabe Obama |work=Business Week |url=http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-04-04/ro-khanna-silicon-valleys-wannabe-obama |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130406045606/http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-04-04/ro-khanna-silicon-valleys-wannabe-obama |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 6, 2013 |access-date=April 5, 2013}} Khanna was backed by executives at Google, Facebook, Yahoo! and other tech companies,{{cite news |last=Onishi |first=Norimitsu |date=February 5, 2014 |title=Tech Industry Flexes Muscle in California Race |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/06/us/politics/tech-industry-flexes-muscle-in-california-race.html?ref=todayspaper&_r=0 |access-date=September 2, 2014}} and by the editorial boards of the San Jose Mercury News,{{cite web |date=May 3, 2014 |title=Mercury News editorial: Ro Khanna should replace Mike Honda in Congress |url=http://www.mercurynews.com/opinion/ci_25732079/mercury-news-editorial-ro-khanna-should-replace-mike |access-date=May 21, 2014 |work=San Jose Mercury News}} the San Francisco Chronicle,{{cite web |date=May 4, 2014 |title=Ro Khanna offers upgrade in Congress for Silicon Valley |url=http://www.sfgate.com/opinion/editorials/article/Ro-Khanena-offers-upgrade-in-Congress-for-Silicon-5452296.php |access-date=May 21, 2014 |newspaper=San Francisco Chronicle}} the Oakland Tribune,{{cite web |title=Oakland Tribune editorial: Ro Khanna should replace Mike Honda in Congress |url=http://www.contracostatimes.com/news/ci_25746976/oakland-tribune-editorial-ro-khanna-should-replace-mike |access-date=May 21, 2014 |newspaper=Contra Costa Times |archive-date=May 21, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140521214102/http://www.contracostatimes.com/news/ci_25746976/oakland-tribune-editorial-ro-khanna-should-replace-mike |url-status=dead }} and the Contra Costa Times.{{cite web |author=Contra Costa Times/Oakland Tribune |title=June 2014 election recommendations from the Contra Costa Times/Oakland Tribune editorial board |url=http://www.contracostatimes.com/endorsements/ci_25746930/2014-election-recommendations-contra-costa-times-editorial-board |access-date=May 21, 2014 |publisher=ContraCostaTimes.com}} He earned the endorsement of San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed,[http://www.mercurynews.com/nation-world/ci_26350031/san-jose-mayor-chuck-reed-endorses-ro-khanna Chuck Reed endorses Ro Khanna], mercurynews.com; accessed December 1, 2014. and also won the endorsement of the San Jose Silicon Valley Chamber of Commerce.{{cite news |last=Richman |first=Josh |date=August 20, 2014 |title=Silicon Valley Chamber of Commerce endorses Ro Khanna over Mike Honda |newspaper=San Jose Mercury News |url=http://www.mercurynews.com/nation-world/ci_26373773/silicon-valley-chamber-endorses-ro-khanna-over-mike |access-date=December 1, 2014}}

A lawsuit was filed before the Sacramento County Superior Court alleging that Khanna had recruited candidates with similar names to enter the race as Republicans to split the Republican vote three ways. On March 28, 2014, the Court disqualified one of the candidates and ruled that Khanna had no connection with the incident.{{cite web |title=Indian-American Vinesh Singh Rathore ousted from Congressional race |url=http://news.biharprabha.com/2014/03/indian-american-vinesh-singh-rathore-ousted-from-congressional-race |access-date=March 29, 2014 |work=IANS |publisher=news.biharprabha.com}}

On November 4, 2014, incumbent congressman Honda defeated Khanna 69,561 (51.8%) votes to 64,847 (48.2%). Khanna's campaign was funded by many of the technology industry's biggest names, including Yahoo! chief executive Marissa Mayer, Facebook executive Sheryl Sandberg, Google Chairman Eric Schmidt, Napster founder Sean Parker, investor Marc Andreessen, and venture capitalist Steve Westly.{{cite news |last=Rucker |first=Philip |date=June 2, 2014 |title=In Silicon Valley, tech titans try to replace a longtime Democratic congressman |newspaper=The Wall Street Journal |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/in-silicon-valley-tech-titans-try-to-replace-a-longtime-democratic-congressman/2014/06/02/b09cfc02-e84f-11e3-8f90-73e071f3d637_story.html |access-date=February 16, 2016}}

{{see also|2016 United States House of Representatives elections in California#District 17}}

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| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| candidate = Ro Khanna

| votes = 52,059

| percentage = 39.08%

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| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| candidate = Mike Honda (incumbent)

| votes = 49,823

| percentage = 37.40%

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| party = Republican Party (United States)

| candidate = Peter Kuo

| votes = 12,224

| percentage = 9.18%

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| party = Republican Party (United States)

| candidate = Ron Cohen

| votes = 10,448

| percentage = 7.84%

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| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| candidate = Pierluigi C. Oliverio

| votes = 5,533

| percentage = 4.15%

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| party = Libertarian Party (United States)

| candidate = Kennita Watson

| votes = 3,125

| percentage = 2.35%

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| votes = 133,212

| percentage = 100.00%

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| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| candidate = Ro Khanna

| votes = 142,262

| percentage = 61.01%

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| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| candidate = Mike Honda (incumbent)

| votes = 90,919

| percentage = 38.99%

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| votes = 233,181

| percentage = 100.00%

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In June 2015, Khanna announced his intention to run again for the House in California's 17th congressional district.{{cite web |last=Karerat |first=Raif |date=June 2, 2015 |title=Ro Khanna launches his 3rd bid to become a Congressman and unseat 'the dozer' Mike Honda |url=http://www.americanbazaaronline.com/2015/06/02/ro-khanna-launches-his-3rd-bid-to-become-a-congressman-and-unseat-the-dozer-mike-honda |access-date=February 16, 2016 |publisher=The American Bazaar}} He took no donations from PACs or corporations for his 2016 campaign. Khanna raised $480,500 from individuals associated with the securities and investment industry and $170,752 from individuals associated with the electronics manufacturing industry.{{cite web |date=June 1, 2016 |title=Wall Street's fab five: House members, candidates most reliant on funding from finance industry |url=http://www.opensecrets.org/news/2016/06/wall-streets-fab-five-the-house-candidates-most-dependent-on-the-finance-industry |access-date=June 15, 2016 |website=OpenSecrets Blog |language=en-US}} All these donations were subject to the $2,700 individual contributions cap. On June 7, 2016, Khanna won the primary with 52,059 (39.1%) votes.{{cite web |title=U.S. House of Representatives District 17 - Districtwide Results |url=http://vote.sos.ca.gov/returns/us-rep/district/17 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160614185741/http://vote.sos.ca.gov/returns/us-rep/district/17 |archive-date=June 14, 2016 |access-date=June 15, 2016 |website=vote.sos.ca.gov}} Honda came in second with 49,823 (37.4%) votes. The two Democrats advanced to the general election on November 8, 2016. Khanna became the Representative-elect on November 8 after defeating Honda, 61% to 39%.{{cite web |title=Mike Honda vs. Ro Khanna: Rematch set in District 17 congressional race |url=http://www.mercurynews.com/elections/ci_29989930/district-17-rematch-expected-between-rep-honda-and |access-date=June 15, 2016 |website=mercurynews.com}} According to the East Bay Times, Khanna won with a campaign platform focused on "moving the Democratic Party to a more progressive stance." He held his first town hall as a congressman on February 22, 2017, at Ohlone College.{{Citation |last=Geha |first=Joseph |title=Khanna says Democrats must be more "far more bold" at first town hall |date=February 23, 2017 |url=http://www.eastbaytimes.com/2017/02/23/khanna-says-democrats-must-be-more-far-more-bold-at-first-town-hall/ |newspaper=East Bay Times |access-date=February 28, 2017}}

During his successful campaign for Congress, Khanna endorsed Bernie Sanders for president of the United States in 2016.

On May 10, 2017, Khanna officially joined the Justice Democrats.{{Cite news |title=California politics updates: Gov. Brown's adds cash to budget; McClintock calls for independent prosecutor for Russia investigation |language=en-US |work=Los Angeles Times |url=https://www.latimes.com/politics/essential/la-pol-ca-essential-politics-updates-rep-ro-khanna-joins-progressive-group-1494621068-htmlstory.html |access-date=May 15, 2017 |issn=0458-3035}}{{cite book |last1=Grigoryan |first1=Nune |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=D_CYDwAAQBAJ&q=Alternative+Media+Meets+Mainstream+Politics:+Activist+Nation+Rising |title=Alternative Media Meets Mainstream Politics: Activist Nation Rising |last2=Suetzl |first2=Wolfgang |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |year=2019 |isbn=9781498584357 |editor1-last=Atkinson |editor1-first=Joshua D. |pages=190 |chapter=Hybridized political participation |editor2-last=Kenix |editor2-first=Linda}} He is a member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus{{cite web |title=Members |url=https://cpc.grijalva.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=71§iontree=2,71 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171022024104/https://cpc.grijalva.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=71§iontree=2,71 |archive-date=October 22, 2017 |access-date=October 12, 2017 |publisher=Congressional Progressive Caucus}} and the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus.{{cite web |title=Members |url=https://capac-chu.house.gov/members |access-date=May 17, 2018 |publisher=Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus}}

{{see also|2018 United States House of Representatives elections in California#District 17}}

Khanna won reelection, defeating Republican Ron Cohen in the 2018 general election, by a margin of 72.5% to 27.5%.{{cite news |date=November 7, 2018 |title=Rep. Ro Khanna wins California's 17th Congressional District seat |newspaper=The Wall Street Journal |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/election-results/california-17th-congressional-district/ |url-status=dead |access-date=November 7, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180806143327/https://www.washingtonpost.com/election-results/california-17th-congressional-district/ |archive-date=August 6, 2018}}

{{Election box open primary begin no change

| title = {{ushr|California|17}} election, 2018

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| candidate = Ro Khanna (incumbent)

| votes = 72676

| percentage = 61.98%

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| candidate = Ron Cohen

| votes = 26865

| percentage = 22.91%

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| candidate = Khanh Tran

| votes = 8455

| percentage = 7.21%

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| candidate = Stephen Forbes

| votes = 6259

| percentage = 5.34%

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| party = Libertarian Party (United States)

| candidate = Kennita Watson

| votes = 2997

| percentage = 2.56%

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{{Election box total no change

| votes = 117252

| percentage = 100.00%

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{{Election box open primary general election no change}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| candidate = Ro Khanna (incumbent)

| votes = 159105

| percentage = 75.35%

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| candidate = Ron Cohen

| votes = 52057

| percentage = 24.65%

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{{Election box total no change

| votes = 211162

| percentage = 100.00%

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| winner = Democratic Party (United States)

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{{see also|2020 United States House of Representatives elections in California#District 17}}

Khanna was reelected, defeating Republican Ritesh Tandon in the general election with 71.3% of the vote.{{Cite web |title=November 3, 2020, General Election – United States Representative |url=https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2020-general/sov/24-us-reps.pdf |access-date=January 9, 2022 |website=California Secretary of State}}

{{Election box open primary begin no change|title={{ushr|California|17}}, 2020}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| candidate = Ro Khanna (incumbent)

| votes = 107,638

| percentage = 68.65%

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| candidate = Ritesh Tandon

| votes = 33,527

| percentage = 21.38%

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| candidate = Stephen Forbes

| votes = 12,110

| percentage = 7.72%

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| party = Libertarian Party (United States)

| candidate = Joe Dehn

| votes = 3,523

| percentage = 2.25%

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{{Election box total no change

| votes = 156,798

| percentage = 100.00%

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| candidate = Ro Khanna (incumbent)

| votes = 212,137

| percentage = 71.35%

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| candidate = Ritesh Tandon

| votes = 85,199

| percentage = 28.65%

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{{Election box total no change

| votes = 297,336

| percentage = 100.00%

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{{Election box hold with party link no change

| winner = Democratic Party (United States)

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Khanna co-chaired the Bernie Sanders 2020 presidential campaign.{{Cite news |last=Ray |first=Saswato |date=20 April 2022 |title=An Interview with Ro Khanna |work=Harvard Political Review |url=https://harvardpolitics.com/an-interview-with-ro-khanna/ |access-date=21 April 2022}}

{{see also|2022 United States House of Representatives elections in California#District 17}}

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

|party = Democratic Party (United States)

|candidate = Ro Khanna (incumbent)

|votes = 74,892

|percentage = 65.96%

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

|party = Republican Party (United States)

|candidate = Ritesh Tandon

|votes = 28,730

|percentage = 25.35%

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change

|party = Democratic Party (United States)

|candidate = Stephen Forbes

|votes = 5,694

|percentage = 5.01%

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change

|party = Democratic Party (United States)

|candidate = Rao Ravul

|votes = 2,394

|percentage = 2.11%

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change

|party = Libertarian Party (United States)

|candidate = Joe Dehn

|votes = 1,836

|percentage = 1.62%

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{{Election box total no change

|votes = 113,546

|percentage = 100.00%

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{{Election box open primary general election no change}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

|party = Democratic Party (United States)

|candidate = Ro Khanna (incumbent)

|votes = 127,853

|percentage = 70.93%

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change

|party = Republican Party (United States)

|candidate = Ritesh Tandon

|votes = 52,400

|percentage = 29.07%

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{{Election box total no change

|votes = 180,253

|percentage = 100.00%

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{{see also|2024 United States House of Representatives elections in California#District 17}}

{{Election box open primary begin no change|title=California's 17th congressional district, 2024{{Cite web |year=2024 |title=Statement of Vote |url=https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2024-primary/sov/complete-sov-updated.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240618164043/https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2024-primary/sov/complete-sov-updated.pdf |archive-date=June 18, 2024 |access-date=January 7, 2025 |website=sos.ca.gov |publisher=Secretary of State of California |page=83 |publication-place=Sacramento}}{{Cite web |year=2024 |title=Statement of Vote |url=https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2024-general/sov/complete-sov.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241230021501/https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2024-general/sov/complete-sov.pdf |archive-date=December 30, 2024 |access-date=January 7, 2025 |website=sos.ca.gov |publisher=Secretary of State of California |page=6 |publication-place=Sacramento}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| candidate = Ro Khanna (incumbent)

| votes = 74,004

| percentage = 62.90%

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| candidate = Anita Chen

| votes = 31,568

| percentage = 26.83%

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| candidate = Ritesh Tandon

| votes = 5,738

| percentage = 4.87%

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| candidate = Mario Ramirez

| votes = 4,498

| percentage = 3.82%

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| party = Libertarian Party (United States)

| candidate = Joe Dehn

| votes = 1,839

| percentage = 1.56%

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{{Election box total no change

| votes = 117,647

| percentage = 100.00%

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{{Election box open primary general election no change}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| candidate = Ro Khanna (incumbent)

| votes = 172,462

| percentage = 67.66%

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| candidate = Anita Chen

| votes = 82,415

| percentage = 32.34%

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| votes = 254,877

| percentage = 100.00%

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Khanna resides in Fremont, California, with his wife Ritu Khanna (née Ahuja), a fellow Indian American, and their two children.{{cite web|url=https://politi.co/2C2BcSt|title=POLITICO Playbook: The Playbook Power List: 19 to Watch in 2019|first1=Anna|last1=Palmer|first2=Jake|last2=Sherman|first3=Daniel|last3=Lippman|website=Politico|date=December 10, 2018 |access-date=December 10, 2018}} Ritu's father is Monte Ahuja, who in 1975 founded Transtar, an automotive transmission parts supply company in Solon, Ohio. The Monte Ahuja College of Business is named after Ahuja.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/30/fashion/weddings/ritu-ahuja-and-rohit-khanna.html?_r=2&referrer#modal-lightbox|title=Ritu Ahuja and Rohit Khanna|last=Paulson|first=Craig|date=August 30, 2015|website=The New York Times|access-date=February 16, 2016|quote=Ritu Ahuja and Rohit Khanna were married Saturday in Cleveland.}}{{cite web|url=https://business.csuohio.edu/about/more-about-monte-ahuja|title=MORE ABOUT MONTE AHUJA|website=business.csuohio.edu|publisher=Cleveland State University|access-date=September 9, 2022|quote=In 1975, launched a distribution company immediately following the graduation from CSU with an MBA. Through internal growth and careful strategic planning, grew the company, Transtar Industries, into an international business, as the leading U.S. company in the distribution of automotive transmission replacement parts to the aftermarket. The business was sold in 2010 and then re-acquired in 2017. Mr. Ahuja is currently Chairman, CEO of MURA Holdings LLC, an investment company and Transtar Industries.}}{{cite web|url=https://www.aftermarketnews.com/monte-ahuja-returns-transtar-industries-ceo-chairman-board/|title=Monte Ahuja Returns to Transtar Industries as CEO and Chairman of the Board|author=aftermarketNews Staff|date=June 8, 2017|website=aftermarketnews.com|publisher=aftermarketNews|access-date=September 9, 2022|quote=Transtar Industries Inc., has announced the return of Monte Ahuja as CEO and chairman of the Board.}}

As of 2016, Khanna was a vice president for Strategic Initiatives at Smart Utility Systems, an energy efficiency company with an office in Santa Clara. Smart Utility Systems produces software for water conservation and for reducing electricity consumption.{{cite web|first=Josh|last=Richman|url=http://www.mercurynews.com/nation-world/ci_27387641/political-blotter-ro-khannas-new-job-mike-hondas|title=Political Blotter: Ro Khanna's new job|work=San Jose Mercury News|date=January 26, 2015|access-date=February 16, 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://www.smartusys.com/company.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160121183330/http://www.smartusys.com/company.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 21, 2016|title=SUS: Company|access-date=February 21, 2016}}

Khanna is a practicing Hindu, describing his faith as "Gandhian".{{Cite web|url=https://sojo.net/articles/how-faith-fuels-anti-war-stances-3-us-representatives|title=How Faith Fuels the Anti-War Stances of 3 U.S. Reps|first=Guthrie|last=Graves-Fitzsimmons|date=January 27, 2020|website=Sojourners}}{{Cite web|date=2019-10-02|title=Ro Khanna Reflects on Gandhi's 150th Birthday|url=https://khanna.house.gov/media/editorials/ro-khanna-reflects-gandhi-s-150th-birthday|access-date=2020-06-27|website=Congressman Ro Khanna|language=en}}

• {{cite book|last=Khanna|first=Ro|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QsmU6YWMCnEC|title=Entrepreneurial Nation: Why Manufacturing is Still Key to America's Future|publisher=McGraw Hill Professional|year=2012|isbn=9780071802000}}
• {{cite book|last=Khanna|first=Ro|url=https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Dignity-in-a-Digital-Age/Ro-Khanna/9781982163341|title=Dignity in a Digital Age: Making Tech Work for All of US|publisher=Simon & Schuster|year=2022|isbn=978-1982163341}}
• {{cite book |author=Khanna |first=Ro |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ulg1EAAAQBAJ |title=Progressive Capitalism: How to Make Tech Work for All of Us |publisher=Simon & Schuster |year=2022 |isbn=9781982163365}}

• Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus
• List of Asian Americans and Pacific Islands Americans in the United States Congress
• List of United States representatives from California
• Politics of California

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