Like the Silicon Valley region she represents, Congresswoman Anna G. Eshoo exemplifies innovation. She’s creative, boundary breaking and productive. She is a problem solver and a consensus builder. In Rep. Eshoo’s two decades in Congress, she has defended consumers, promoted American competitiveness and innovation, fought for access to health care for families and children, protected the environment, and encouraged development of clean energy technology.
Rep. Eshoo’s work consistently earns the highest approval from a wide range of organizations, including the League of Conservation Voters, the Humane Society, the American Association of University Women, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans, the Biotechnology Industry Organization, the American College of Emergency Physicians, and the Science Coalition. The San Jose Mercury News named her one of the ten most powerful women in Silicon Valley “because she sits on committees that oversee the Internet and biotech—areas vital to the valley’s interests.”
In September, 2008, our country faced the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, with millions of Americans losing their jobs, their homes, and their savings. Rep. Eshoo has responded to the crisis with a focus on policies to jumpstart the economy; save and create jobs; support small businesses; provide protections to the workforce and consumers; strengthen enforcement and oversight of the financial sector; help to restore credit; and hold Wall Street and big banks accountable for their practices so a crisis of this kind never happens again.