> I like [Ron Wyden] but there are in fact more “tech savvy” Congress critters.
Ron Wyden is all over the issues I care about, to the point where on the rare occasions we disagree I’m willing to believe he’s right because he does policy for a living and I’m just a guy with strong opinions (which is precisely why representational democracies were invented).
The other four? I never hear them championing critical tech policy issues. Yes Ron is in the Senate and they are in the House, but Ron was in my feeds constantly long before he ran for the Senate (and I don’t even live in his district). Savvy doesn’t just mean a degree in my book. Savvy means able to cut through the noise and get to what matters.
And since we are clearly in agreement over the importance of this stuff and just quibbling around the margins, I’ll mention adding Suzan DelBene (D) WA to your list of reps to follow if she’s not there already. I’m not sure what her degree is in but she’s a former Microsoft VP who is incredibly smart and deeply knowledgeable about tech issues (though I haven’t seen that emerge yet as a top legislative focus area for her the way it has for Ron Wyden).
Four members of the House have computer science degrees (at least they were House members back in 2016):
Democrat Ted Lieu of California and Republicans Will Hurd of Texas; Bill Johnson of Ohio; and Steve Scalise of Louisiana.