Ro Khanna
U.S. Representative for California
Rohit Khanna was born in September 1976 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He earned an undergraduate degree from the University of Chicago. He received a Juris Doctor from Yale Law School. He clerked for a federal appeals judge in Arkansas. He practiced intellectual property law privately.
Khanna walked precincts for then-candidate Barack Obama during his campaign for Illinois Senate. He was an intern for the chief of staff for Vice President Al Gore. He interned at former President Jimmy Carter’s Carter Center.
President Barack Obama appointed Khanna deputy assistant secretary of Commerce in 2009. Khanna later served on the White House Business Council. He joined a Silicon Valley law firm. He did pro bono work for disaster victims and discrimination suits. He was a lecturer and taught law and American jurisprudence at various California universities. He serves as vice president for Strategic Initiatives at Smart Utility Systems.
Khanna campaigned unsuccessfully for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives in 2014. He ran again in 2016 and won. He has been reelected four times.
Khanna is married to Ritu Ahuja Khann. He is Hindu.
In the News…
U.S. Representative Ro Khanna of California has introduced legislation that would turn President Donald Trump’s executive order to lower the prices of prescription drugs in the United States into law. Using the identical language to garner bipartisan support, Khanna has been joined by Representatives Anna Paulina Luna of Florida and Andy Biggs of Arizona.
Representative Khanna announced last week, “I am introducing legislation to codify President Trump’s executive order, ensuring Americans do not pay more than people in other countries for drugs.”
Congressman Khanna said, “If we can get this done, it would be enormous. And I actually want to get this legislation through and I’m hopeful that with Trump leading the charge on the executive order, that we would get the vast majority of Republicans to support it.”
He added, “It should be one area where the country to work together.”
Contact this Leader…
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The Honorable Ro Khanna
Representative for California
306 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
