U.S. Representative — California's 17th District
Ro Khanna
Democrat · California
Democrat U.S. Representative for California's 17th congressional district. Member of the 119th Congress in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Legislative Record
Recently sponsored bills (50 on record)
- H.R.9985 — AI Ads Act (Introduced, Jul 30, 2026)
- H.R.9962 — To establish a Green New Deal for Health to prepare and empower the health care sector to protect the health and well-being of our workers, our communities, and our planet in the face of the climate crisis, and for other purposes. (Introduced, Jul 27, 2026)
- H.R.9961 — No Campaign Funded Cover-Ups Act (Introduced, Jul 27, 2026)
- H.R.9912 — To establish a program in the Department of Commerce to support expansion, modernization, and other improvements to critical and emerging technologies operations within the United States, and for other purposes. (Introduced, Jul 23, 2026)
- H.R.9857 — To improve the safety and security of Members of Congress, immediate family members of Members of Congress, and congressional staff, and for other purposes. (Introduced, Jul 22, 2026)
- H.R.9283 — Critical Defense Ownership Review Act (Introduced, Jun 11, 2026)
- H.R.9284 — Foreign Investment Review Monitoring and Commitment Tracking Oversight Board Act (Introduced, Jun 11, 2026)
- H.R.8930 — Federal Biotechnology Workforce Assessment Act (Introduced, May 20, 2026)
Recent floor votes (100 on record)
- Voted Nay on H.R.8884 — Removing Barriers to Work for Disabled Americans Act (Passed, Jul 23, 2026)
- Voted Yea on H.Con.Res.89 — Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran (Passed, Jul 23, 2026)
- Voted Nay on H.Con.Res.113 — Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2027 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2028 through 2036 (Passed, Jul 22, 2026)
- Voted Nay on H.R.7008 — Stop Insider Trading Act (Passed, Jul 22, 2026)
- Voted Yea on H.R.7008 — Stop Insider Trading Act (Failed, Jul 22, 2026)
- Voted Nay on H.R.8800 — National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027 (Passed, Jul 22, 2026)
- Voted Yea on H.R.8800 — National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027 (Failed, Jul 22, 2026)
- Voted No on H.R.8800 — On Agreeing to the Amendment (Failed, Jul 22, 2026)
Recently cosponsored bills (12 on record)
- H.R.6164 — To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 28201 Franklin Parkway in Santa Clarita, California, as the "Deputy Ryan Clinkunbroomer Post Office Building". (Introduced, Jul 30, 2026)
- H.R.9931 — To spark a renaissance in American manufacturing through the establishment of a American Manufacturing Renaissance Act to develop and monitor a national manufacturing strategy, to identify and address supply chain weaknesses as well as identify and address obstacles to inclusion and align manufacturing with strategic opportunities and imperatives through local multi-stakeholder Manufacturing Renaissance Councils, which are analogous to the technology hubs established in the Chips and Science Act, and for other purposes. (Introduced, Jul 23, 2026)
- H.R.9932 — Eleanor Smith Inclusive Home Design Act of 2026 (Introduced, Jul 23, 2026)
- H.R.9941 — Right to IVF Act of 2026 (Introduced, Jul 23, 2026)
- H.R.9874 — Get Foreign Money Out of United States Elections Act (Introduced, Jul 22, 2026)
- H.R.8630 — PEAT Act of 2026 (Introduced, Jul 20, 2026)
- H.R.4664 — Stop Shackling and Detaining Pregnant Women Act (Introduced, Jul 23, 2025)
- H.R.4696 — Renewing Immigration Provisions of the Immigration Act of 1929 (Introduced, Jul 23, 2025)
Voting analysis
Ro Khanna holds two minority-side posts that are hawkish by design: ranking member of the select committee on strategic competition with China, and ranking member of the armed services panel on cyber and information technologies. Then he voted against renewing surveillance authority and against a resolution naming Iran the leading state sponsor of terrorism.
That is not an inconsistency so much as a specific position — one that treats great-power competition and the domestic surveillance apparatus as separate questions, and declines to let hawkishness on the first carry the second. Whether it is the right position is not something a vote table can settle. That it is a deliberate one is visible in the pattern.
The full set
Five refusals: a children's online safety act, the surveillance extension, the Iran resolution, an ethics records resolution, and the consolidated appropriations act. Two crossings: a war powers resolution and a fuel retailing bill. Every refusal was on a measure that passed anyway; both crossings were on measures that did not.
| Roll call | Date | Outcome | Their vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| H.R.7757 KIDS Act On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · roll call 228 | Jun 29, 2026 | Passed | Nay (party: Yea) |
| H.Con.Res.84 Directing the President pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution to remove United States Armed Forces from Lebanon On Agreeing to the Resolution · roll call 201 | Jun 4, 2026 | Failed | Yea (party: Nay) |
| H.R.1346 Nationwide Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act On Passage · roll call 164 | May 13, 2026 | Passed | Yea (party: Nay) |
| S.4465 To amend the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 to extend the authorities of title VII of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, and for other purposes On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · roll call 155 | Apr 30, 2026 | Passed | Nay (party: Yea) |
| H.Res.1099 Reaffirming Iran remains the largest state sponsor of terrorism On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree · roll call 84 | Mar 5, 2026 | Passed | Nay (party: Yea) |
| H.Res.1100 Directing the Committee on Ethics to preserve and publicly release records of the Committee’s review of violations or alleged violations of clause 9 (as it pertains to acts of sexual harassment) and clause 18 of rule XXIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives. On Motion to Refer · roll call 83 | Mar 4, 2026 | Passed | Nay (party: Yea) |
| H.R.7148 Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026 On Passage · roll call 45 | Jan 22, 2026 | Passed | Nay (party: Yea) |
What he files
Defence tops his classified subjects, matching the committee work. The named bills run elsewhere: disclosure requirements for advertising generated by artificial intelligence, a health-sector climate programme, a bar on campaign money funding cover-ups, a commerce department programme for emerging technology manufacturing, and security for members of Congress and their staff.
Sponsored bills carry the Congressional Research Service's own subject classification. Ro Khanna's cluster into: Armed Forces and National Security (14), Taxation (7), Health (6), Government Operations and Politics (4), Foreign Trade and International Finance (3), Science, Technology, Communications (3).
Of the 50 most recent of those, 49 currently sit at Introduced.
Below the California Democrats
Against the very large California Democratic group, his departure rate is the lower number.
Among the 42 Democrats in the California delegation, the average rate of voting against the party majority is 3.7%. Ro Khanna is below that average at 3.2%.
Tenure and attendance
Five terms put him at the middle of the tenure scale, and he is present for nearly all of the voting.
First elected in 2017, now serving across 5 terms. Ro Khanna falls in the mid cohort.
By the numbers
In the 119th Congress, Ro Khanna has 194 bills sponsored, 3685 cosponsored, 100 recent floor votes recorded.
Committee assignments
- House Committee on Armed Services
- House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
- House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party (Ranking Member)
- House Committee on Armed Services: Cyber, Information Technologies, and Innovation (Ranking Member)
- House Committee on Armed Services: Seapower and Projection Forces
- House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation
- House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory Affairs
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