Overview
- House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries announced the leadership change on Monday, with Khanna set to assume the role later this month.
- Krishnamoorthi has served as the senior Democrat since the committee’s creation in 2023 and helped pass the Biosecure Act and a TikTok divest-or-ban bill.
- Khanna has been a member of the panel since its inception and represents a district that overlaps with Silicon Valley.
- In his statement, Khanna urged a “new economic patriotism” to guide U.S. diplomacy with China, citing trade deficits, offshoring, and hollowed-out factory towns.
- The transition underscores differing Democratic approaches to China policy, with Khanna opposing a forced TikTok divestment and Krishnamoorthi backing measures such as semiconductor export controls.