Quotes from Ro Khanna

We need a basic protection for people having access to their data and knowing where their data is.

We are very, very thoughtful about once an economic system creates maldistribution of wealth, thinking about how we redistribute it, but we need to pay attention to why that system is excluding people to create that maldistribution in the first place.

Silicon Valley needs partners. You can't do edited manufacturing just in the Valley. Why not have the DNA of manufacturing but combine it with the digital world?

For decades, I have watched neoconservatives paint those who oppose their interventionism as appeasers of dictators standing in solidarity with socialists, soft on Russia, naive about terrorism, lacking moral clarity and unappreciative of America's unique role in the world.

Internet service providers should not be permitted to block, throttle and unfairly favor certain content, applications, services or devices.

America has been a force for much good in the world. But we should learn from the mistakes of an over-expansionist foreign policy and return to the restraint that George Washington and John Quincy Adams advocated.

We need to have a clear moral vision for both our foreign policy, and economic policy and policy on racial justice.

We know that almost all Americans are avid consumers of technology, but many lack the opportunity to do the creative work that fuels our digital economy.

One thing I want to do is get Silicon Valley to think harder about those who have been left behind by the technology revolution. It has created huge winners for those who are able to understand it and are adept at it. But it has also displaced a tremendous number of jobs.

Cultivating a thoughtful citizenry is a project for educators, parents, and religious and community leaders as much as tech leaders.

An Internet service provider reasonably needs to know your name and address. But it's hard to imagine why a provider would need to collect your Internet browsing habits other than to sell your data.

The criticism of the Democrats in the past is that they were too timid. They ran on consultant-driven platitudes and didn't offer a compelling enough vision.

We need to provide humanitarian assistance to civilians and accept our fair share of refugees.

Our family's values come from my grandfather's embrace of a Gandhian worldview.

Gandhi reminded those who followed his faith that perhaps its most important aspect was its commitment to oneness.

No doubt, every job has repetitive aspects.

The framers understood that the momentous decision to go to war requires the informed consent of the American people, expressed through their elected representatives.

I believe there are ways of cutting past some of the ideological logjams in Washington when it comes to issues of American economic competitiveness and a pro-growth agenda.

One key question for the United States in the 21st century is whether noncoastal towns and rural communities, including many communities of color, will be able to participate in the digital revolution.

I don't think American life requires you to be on Facebook. It does require you to have access to the Internet.

The best American manufacturers customize products to meet customer needs, reduce the time required to make them and constantly improve their design.

We have to return to a foreign policy of restraint, one that develops our capabilities and our potential in communities across America, and not become bogged down in unwinnable conflicts that lead to greater resentment of the United States, and that don't advance American interests.

We can't have all the concentration of wealth in a few places in this country. We've got to create economic opportunity and new industries in communities that feel left behind.

I have helped shape in the past the Democratic Party's agenda on innovation.