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Ro Khanna

DemocratRepresentative · CA-17Official site ↗JSONReport an error
2 press releases on AI$308K from AI-industry employees and PACs

Data as of: votes Oct 21, 2026 · statements Oct 19, 2026 · contributions Oct 19, 2026 · super PAC spending Oct 23, 2026. What changed

Said and voted

What they said

toward oversightAug 21, 2026

Khanna endorses Pope Leo XIV's ethical AI framework of human dignity and equality and demands major AI CEOs explain how they will prevent mass unemployment and concentration of power.

“Washington, DC — Last week, Rep. Ro Khanna (CA-17), Ranking Member of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, co-led a bipartisan congressional delegation to the Vatican for a meeti…”

toward oversightAug 6, 2026

Khanna introduces a Data Center Bill of Rights giving communities the right to block, condition, and demand transparency and benefits from AI data centers.

“Washington, DC — Today, Congressman Ro Khanna (CA-17) introduced a Data Center Bill of Rights that would give Americans and local communities greater control over the construction and operation of AI …”

Summaries and stance tags are written by a model; the release is the record.

How they voted

YEASep 16, 2026
Ratepayer Protection Act

passage under suspension · H.R. 9340 · Passed 417-3

YEAJul 22, 2026
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027

motion to recommit · H.R. 8800 · Failed 213-216

NAYJul 22, 2026
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027

passage · H.R. 8800 · Passed 216-212

NAYJun 29, 2026
KIDS Act

passage under suspension · H.R. 7757 · Passed 267-117

YEAJan 20, 2026
AI for Main Street Act

passage under suspension · H.R. 5764 · Passed 395-14

YEADec 10, 2025
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026

procedural · S. 1071 · Failed 209-216

NAYDec 10, 2025
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026

passage · S. 1071 · Passed 312-112

Contributions from AI-industry employees and PACs

Itemized receipts to this member's campaign committee where the contributor's employer or the contributing PAC is on the alias list. An employee's personal gift is not the company's.

$308K

From employees and investors, personally

$0

From company PACs

By employer

Company PACs in teal; employees' personal gifts in black. Spellings are unified through the alias list.

Largest gifts

DateContributorEmployer, as filedAmountFiling
May 18, 2026Jibran JahshanNVIDIA$4K↗
May 3, 2026Noor ElmasryGOOGLE$4K↗
May 3, 2026Noor ElmasryGOOGLE$4K↗
May 3, 2026Amjad HanifGOOGLE$4K↗
Apr 1, 2026Donald HarrisonGOOGLE$4K↗
Apr 1, 2026Donald HarrisonGOOGLE$4K↗
Mar 30, 2026Travis KatzGOOGLE$4K↗
Mar 30, 2026Travis KatzGOOGLE$4K↗
Mar 30, 2026Tony WuPERPLEXITY AI$4K↗
Mar 30, 2026Tony WuPERPLEXITY AI$4K↗
Mar 25, 2026Jeff DeanGOOGLE$4K↗
Mar 25, 2026Jeff DeanGOOGLE$4K↗
Mar 25, 2026Currier McEwenAMAZON$4K↗
Mar 20, 2026Frank ShawMICROSOFT$4K↗
Mar 20, 2026Frank ShawMICROSOFT$4K↗

Source: OpenFEC Schedule A, itemized receipts only, 2026 cycle, read Oct 19, 2026. The FEC itemizes a contributor once their gifts to a committee pass $200 in aggregate.