Rep. Khanna to serve on House Armed Services Subcommittee on Cyber and IT systems

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Rep.Ro Khanna (CA-17) announced Jan. 22, 2025, he will serve as the Ranking Member on the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Cyber, Innovative Technologies and Information Systems (CITI) in the 119th Congress.

This committee is chaired by Rep. Don Bacon (NE-02).

Khanna was also named a member of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Seapower chaired by Trent Kelly (MS-01) and Ranking Member Joe Courtney (CT-02).

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“I am honored to be appointed to the CITI and Seapower House Armed Services subcommittees and look forward to working with Chairman Mike Rogers (AL-03),  Ranking Member Adam Smith (WA-09), and Chairman Don Bacon (NE-02) to use emerging technologies to improve national security and critical infrastructure,” Khanna is quoted saying in a press release. “It is critical we have a clear national security vision for the 21st century and work to restore America as a global leader in technology.”

Representative Ro Khanna is considered a leading progressive voice in the House aiming to restore American manufacturing and technology leadership.

Khanna  represents California’s 17th Congressional District, located in the heart of Silicon Valley, and is serving his fifth term. He serves as vice chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, on the House Armed Services Committee as ranking member of the Subcommittee on Cyber, Innovative Technologies and Information Systems (CITI), co-chair of the Congressional Caucus on India and Indian Americans, a member of the Select Committee on the Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party, and on the Oversight and Accountability committee, where he previously chaired the Environmental Subcommittee.

Khanna is known for working for bipartisan consensus on legislation to invest in science and technology, create good paying tech jobs and revitalize American manufacturing and production.

According to his bio on his dedicated website, Khanna is committed to using his position to advance a foreign policy of military restraint and diplomatic engagement.

“Instead of spending trillions on wars overseas, Khanna believes we should invest in priorities at home like Medicare for All, affordable childcare and free public college and vocational school,” the bio says.

Khanna was born in Philadelphia, PA, during America’s bicentennial, to a middle-class family. Both of his parents immigrated to the United States in the 1970s from India. His father is a chemical engineer and his mother is a substitute school teacher.

Rep. Khanna has said in the past how he was inspired by his grandfather who was active in Gandhi’s independence movement, worked with Lala Lajpat Rai in India, and spent several years in jail for promoting human rights.

Prior to serving in Congress, he taught economics at Stanford University and served as deputy assistant secretary of commerce in the Obama administration. He has written two books: Entrepreneurial Nation: Why Manufacturing is Still Key to America’s Future and Dignity in a Digital Age.

Khanna graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a B.A. in Economics from the University of Chicago and received a law degree from Yale University.

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