Rep. Eshoo: 'A Crossroads For Change'
Rep. Anna Eshoo, D-Calif., gave an economic pep talk to a room full of technology policy experts Tuesday night at a reception celebrating the merger of two prominent trade groups -- the American Electronics Association and the Information Technology Association of America -- to form the Technology Association of America (which is being branded as TechAmerica). "We are at a crossroads for change," Eshoo said, pointing to seismic shifts in government and the marketplace. "Those who stand still are really falling behind."
Amid ample economic uncertainty, there is trepidation and doubt in the private sector, Eshoo said. But she noted that "we know as Americans that we are a can-do people -- we have always been innovators." She stressed that Silicon Valley companies that call her congressional district home should take the lead. "You are so integral to the changes that need to be made in our country. People are hungry for it, they're starving for it," Eshoo told a crowd of about 100 who gathered at the new Congressional Visitors Center.
She was joined at the reception by Reps. Jerry McNerney, D-Calif., David Wu, D-Ore., and Darrell Issa, R-Calif.
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