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US lawmakers Ro Khanna to attend PM Modi's
address on Independence Day at Red Fort
Los Angeles, August 08, 2023
NRIpress.club/Ramesh/ A.Gary Singh
The bi-partisan Congressional delegation is led by Indian-American Congressman Ro Khanna and Congressman Michael Waltz. The two are co-chairs of the bipartisan Congressional Caucus on India and Indian Americans.
The lawmakers will visit Red Fort where the Prime Minister will address the nation on August 15. They will meet with business, tech, government, and Bollywood leaders in Mumbai, Hyderabad, and New Delhi, and visit Raj Ghat, a historic memorial dedicated to Gandhi,
Khanna and Waltz will be joined by Congressmen Deborah Ross, Kat Cammack, Shri Thanedar, and Jasmine Crockett, along with Rich McCormick and Ed Case.
For Congressman Khanna, this is history coming full circle. His grandfather Amarnath Vidyalankar was an Indian freedom fighter who spent four years in jail alongside Gandhi and later was part of India’s first parliament, said the statement issued on August 7.
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4 NRI lawmakers appointed members
of key US House committees
Los Angeles, Feb 02, 2023
NRIpress.club/Ramesh/ A.Gary Singh
Four prominent NRI lawmakers -- Pramila Jayapal, Ami Bera, Raja Krishnamoorthi and Ro Khanna-- have been appointed members of three key House panels, reflecting the growing influence of the community in US politics.
The Appointments
Congresswoman Jayapal, 57 is the first immigrant to hold a leadership position for the subcommittee after being named Ranking Member of the influential House Judiciary Committee’s panel on Immigration......... Read More
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NRI Ro Khanna Congressman Said India-US
relationship can define 21st century
Washington, Jan 03, 2023
NRIpress.club/Ramesh/ A.Gary Singh
The relationship between India and the United States can define the 21st century, Indian-American Congressman Ro Khanna said Monday, as a leading American daily in a long-form article articulated that the post-Ukrainian war world would see India's emergence.
Khanna said the prominent American daily writes beautifully about India's rising confidence and paradoxes. The article ends on a hopeful note that pluralism, etched by Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru, are an indelible part of its palimpsest, the Congressman said.
The daily quotes External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar as saying that a world order which is still very, very deeply Western, is being hurried out of existence by the impact of the war in Ukraine, to be replaced by a world of multi-alignment where countries will choose their own particular policies and preferences and interests.
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NRI RO Khanna, California Lawyer in race for elections in November 2022
Washington, August 02, 2022
NRIpress.club/Ramesh/ A.Gary Singh
Ro Khanna (Democratic Party) is a member of the US House representing California's 17th Congressional district.
He assumed office on January 3, 2017. His current term ends on January 3, 2023. Khanna is running for re-election and is on the ballot in the general election on November 8, 2022.
He advanced from the primary on June 7.
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NRI Ro Khanna named Democratic Vice Chair
of Congressional India Caucus
Washington, December 17, 2020
NRIpress.club/Ramesh/ A.Gary Singh
NRI Congressman Ro Khanna, who represents the Silicon Valley in the US House of Representatives, has been named as Democratic Vice Chair of the Congressional India Caucus.
Khanna, who was recently elected for a third consecutive term from the congressional district representing Silicon Valley, is being considered as a potential contender to fill the US Senate seat from California that will fall vacant in January after Kamala Harris is sworn in as the country's vice president.
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NRI Congressman Ro Khanna appointed to COVID-19 advisory council by Donald Trump
Washington, April 17, 2020
NRIpress.club/Ramesh/ A.Gary Singh
NRI Congressman Ro Khanna has been appointed to President Donald Trump’s COVID-19 advisory council.
Representative Ro Khanna (CA-17) released the following statement following the first Advisory Council conference call with President Trump:
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The American people need action, support, and direction from the federal government. The Small Business Administration’s Paycheck Protection Program just ran out of the funds to keep Main Street afloat.
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Millions of Americans are filing for unemployment every week. That’s why I, along with several of my Democratic colleagues, decided to accept President Trump’s invitation to serve on the White House Coronavirus Advisory Council.
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Though we continue to share obvious and pronounced disagreements, the task at hand is too important for partisanship. As a member of the Council, I will continue to fight to get working class Americans the relief they need to make it to the other side of COVID-19.
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I will call for massive investment in advanced manufacturing, in innovative scientific advancement, and in smart technology. Already, we have seen that America was too dependent for crucial medical equipment and electronics on China, Germany and other nations. Like Eisenhower did during the Cold War, we can reshape the future of American industry to rebuild our economy if we harness the power of American innovation.
“The American people need action, support, and direction from the federal government. The Small Business Administration’s Paycheck Protection Program just ran out of the funds to keep Main Street afloat. Millions of Americans are filing for unemployment every week,” Khanna said , “That’s why I, along with several of my Democratic colleagues, decided to accept President Trump’s invitation to serve on the White House Coronavirus Advisory Council.”
“As a member of the council, I will continue to fight to get working class Americans the relief they need to make it to the other side of COVID-19,” he said.
He is s an NRI American teacher, lawyer, politician, and the member-elect for California's 17th congressional district. He served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary in the United States Department of Commerce under President Barack Obama. Khanna is a member of the Democratic Party and was an unsuccessful candidate for the United States House of Representatives in California's 17th congressional district in 2014.
Ro's parents immigrated to the United States—coming from India to seek opportunity and a better life for their children. Ro was born in Philadelphia in 1976, and learned the value of education and hard work from his parents. Ro’s father studied engineering at the University of Michigan; his mother was a substitute teacher. Ro benefited from a quality public school education and took out student loans to attend great universities, which he is still paying off today. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a B.A. in economics from the University of Chicago, and received a law degree from Yale University. Ro is currently a Vice President for Strategic Initiatives at Smart Utility Systems, an energy efficiency company with an office in Santa Clara. The company produces software for water conservation and for reducing electricity consumption.
