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.”
Rep. Eshoo believes that fiscal responsibility is essential to America’s long term stability and the economic well-being of its citizens. While the government must continue to act decisively to help jumpstart and stabilize the economy, spending must always be controlled.
Large deficits and an increasing national debt affect future generations as they seek to borrow money to go to school, buy a house, and pay for health care expenses. Rep. Eshoo supports a balanced approach to getting our nation’s fiscal house in order, believing we can’t tax our way out of the problem, or simply cut our way out of it. This means taking steps to reform and strengthen the long-term viability of Social Security and Medicare, as well as cleaning up the tax code to eliminate unwarranted and outdated subsidies and tax breaks