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Ro Khanna: Outsourcing firms like Cognizant game the H-1B visa system
“Some of the outsourcing consulting companies, I don't want to go through all the names, but you know what they are, TaiDai Consulting or Cognizant or others, they've gamed the system and they get a bulk of those H-one B's”
Khanna says expiring healthcare tax credits will triple premiums to $21,000
“If the tax credits expire on the exchange, people who were paying about 7000 dollars on the exchange would go up to about 21,000 dollars.”
Khanna: 90% of healthcare tax credits do not go to undocumented immigrants
“So, 90% is not anything to do with those who are undocumented.”
Khanna: Gelsinger cited capex and procurement, not permitting, for Intel struggles
“We asked Pat Gelsinger, who was asked to leave in Intel. And I said, is it, was it the permitting reform? And he said, no, it's that the capital expenditures to make Wall Street's numbers were, was very high and there was no, no procurement.”
Khanna: Democratic Party has largely been opposed to nuclear energy
“I'm for nuclear energy. I'm for smart modular nuclear energy. I'm for looking at how we build nuclear energy. Here in the United States in a safe way, but in one that I agree that our part, my party has been opposed to largely.”
Khanna: A pro-choice Republican can be competitive in California governor race
“Can a Republican who is a pro-choice and take some of the social issues off the table be competitive? Yeah, I think the Democratic Party would be naive to take that for granted.”
Khanna: Lockheed Martin has $1.7T in F-35 cost overruns
“Lockheed Martin has gotten 1.7 trillion dollars of cost overruns on the F-thirty fives.”
Ro Khanna: US military has naval superiority to deter China in Pacific
“We are prepared. I mean, we have the enabled superiority in the Pacific. We have our seventh fleet deployed. We have nuclear-powered submarines in the area. We will make sure that China is deterred.”
US business leaders have more access to China than government officials
“Our business leaders have more access into China than our military, political or government leaders.”
U.S. Congressional turnover is lower than some European monarchies
“The turnover rate of U.S. Members of Congress was less, as according to The Economist, than certain Aristocratic and monarchies in, in Europe.”
Khanna: Only 30 to 40 U.S. House seats are actually contested
“There are only about 30, 40 actual congressional seats that are contested.”
Khanna: Major U.S. leadership turnover will happen in the cycle after 2024
“We're not going to see the dam break in 24, but I do think we'll see the dam break in the next cycle”
Ro Khanna: Democrats cannot win Rust Belt states without addressing industrial loss
“Until other people in the Democratic Party can speak to folks in places like Pennsylvania, Michigan, Ohio, about the loss that they have felt in, ah, industry and can connect and have a real vision there, they're not going to be able to win those states.”
Khanna was the sole committee vote against a trillion-dollar defense budget
“I was the only person in the entire Armed Services Committee, 56 to one, to vote no against the defense budget going to a trillion dollars”
Pentagon pays $310,000 for an oil pressure switch NASA buys for $328
“We are paying 310,000 dollars for an oil pressure switch that NASA's paying 328 dollars for.”
Raytheon makes admitted 40% to 50% profit margins on Patriot missiles
“Raytheon in the Patriot Defense missile is making 40% profits, 50% profits that they admit.”
Ro Khanna: Some H-1B visa holders are paid below market wages
“Some of the H-one B visa holders are being paid below market wages.”
Ro Khanna: Reports show one-third of global AI talent is in China
“One third of the AI talent is in China, according to a lot of the reports.”
Ro Khanna: Restricting H-1B visas will force companies to offshore jobs
“By the way, a lot of these companies that if you just limit H-Bs, they all have overseas a lot of the big companies have overseas headquarters. So they're going to just offshore the jobs instead of bringing the jobs here.”
Ro Khanna: Legalizing undocumented farm workers would help lower food prices
“By the way, if you want to see food prices come down, that would be one way to do that in terms of giving those folks a path to legalization. If they're here, non-criminal, no criminal record and paid paid their taxes.”
Khanna asserts most NYC bus passengers do not pay fare
“Most people don't pay for the buses anyway. They're on the buses without paying the ticket.”
Khanna: Strategic tariffs alone will not suffice to restore US manufacturing
“I just don't think that's going to be enough for us to Have pill factories here have the steel factories, aluminum factories to revitalize these areas and to look at what is the investment.”
Khanna: 60% of TikTok investors are already U.S. investors
“My understanding is 60% of the investors already are U.S. Investors.”
Khanna: China announces $1T surplus and outproduces U.S. in drones and steel
“The same week China announces a one trillion dollar trade surplus. They're building more drones than us, more ships than us, more steel than us”
Khanna: Admitting Greenland as a state would yield two Democratic senators
“Greenland is going to, that's going to, those two senators are going to be democratic senators.”
Ro Khanna: No bipartisan congressional delegation has visited China since before COVID
“There has not been a bipartisan congressional delegation to China since before COVID.”
Khanna: Carbon footprint of steel is three times higher in China
“The carbon footprint of steel is three times higher in China.”
Nine of the world's top 15 steel companies are Chinese
“Nine out of the 15 top steel companies are in China. We don't have a single one.”
Khanna: China has a 20% youth unemployment rate
“The one statistic that made me think we've got a lot of things right here that they haven't, 20% youth unemployment in China.”
Khanna says five Silicon Valley cities rank among safest in America
“My district is actually one of the safest in America, right? When you look at Fremont Cupertino, Sunnyvale, Santa Clara, and San Jose, they're all in the top 25 safe cities.”
Khanna: 1.3 million people signed a petition against banning TikTok
“We had 1.3 million people sign a petition.”
Ro Khanna: Silicon Valley congressional district holds $12 trillion in economic value
“The country trusted me to represent a district with 12 trillion dollars of value of the most economically prosperous place, perhaps in the history of humanity.”
Khanna: U.S. can access Greenland's minerals without purchasing the territory
“They have critical minerals. They have a lot of important resources. And basically they want to partner economically with us. They're letting us invest. They're letting us develop it.”