Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I have the great privilege and honor of representing Silicon Valley in the United States Congress. We are living through revolutionary times. If 100 years ago we had the industrial revolution, today we have the software revolution, and the forces of automation and globalization are fundamentally changing our economy. We first must thank the hardworking Americans who helped build this economy--the steelworkers and the coal miners and those who were machinists who built the economy that made us an exceptional Nation-- that were the foundation of everything that Silicon Valley does today. We need to thank them for the extraordinary hard work and grit that they showed. We also need to recognize that our economy is changing, and not everyone has participated in the technology revolution. Some folks have benefited, and they are creating jobs and wealth, and others have been left behind. We have an obligation to make sure that every American and their daughters and their sons get to participate in this technology revolution and have technology jobs. Enrico Moretti, an economist at Berkeley, has shown for every one technology job, it creates four to five other jobs in communities, from the barista to a lawyer, to a construction worker. Tech jobs have a larger multiplier today than manufacturing jobs had in previous eras. My commitment, my vision is to see how Silicon Valley can help create technology jobs not just in my district, but across America.…”