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Telecommunications, Technology & Innovation

The 18th Congressional District is home to Silicon Valley. It includes many of the world's foremost information and communications technology innovators who have led the world in developing breakthrough discoveries that continue to shape our society and lead our economy.

Rep. Eshoo is Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, which has jurisdiction over technology, the Internet, and telecommunications legislation considered in the House of Representatives. She is a founding member and Co-Chair of the Congressional Internet Caucus and the Medical Technology Caucus.

Representative Eshoo is a leader in Congress on issues affecting high-technology, telecommunications, and the Internet, and is committed to ensuring the U.S. continues to lead the world in these critical fields in the 21st century.

 

  • Building a Nationwide, Interoperable Broadband Network for our First Responders

    In February 2012, Congress passed and the President signed into law, the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act, which includes provisions to create America's first nationwide, interoperable public safety communications network and appropriates
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  • Free and Open Internet

    An open architecture is essential to preserving the free choice, competition and innovation that have driven the Internet and made it so successful. Without strong protections, the open architecture of the Internet which has allowed innovation on the web
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  • Research and Development

    Research and Development (R&D;) is a critical phase in the innovation cycle and without a strong public-private partnership in R&D;, America risks losing its technological superiority and global economic advantage. Representative Eshoo is a strong advocate
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  • Loud Commercials

    The problem of loud commercials is not new. It has bothered consumers and endangered their hearing for decades. Although loud commercials have been at the top of consumer complaints to the FCC for decades, official FCC policy recommended that consumers "m
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  • Intellectual Property

    Intellectual property is a critical core of the American economy. Silicon Valley is fueled by new ideas that create the latest technology, service, or breakthrough biologic drug. If these ideas and inventions, otherwise known as "intellectual property," a
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  • Privacy and Data Security

    The issue of personal privacy is a closely held value by the American people. When we provide an institution with personal information, we want that the information to be protected from misuse or theft. At a minimum, companies should be required to disclo
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  • Cybersecurity

    The security of our nation's information technology networks and the data stored in them must be a top priority for Congress. Consumers, corporations, students, and the public sector all rely on using safe and secure communications to complete transac
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  • Cell Phone Unlocking

    Rep. Eshoo is an original cosponsor of H.R. 1892, the Unlocking Technology Act of 2013, which would allow consumers to legally unlock their cell phones, tablets, and other mobile communications devices. A vibrant mobile marketplace starts by putting consu
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    Washington, D.C. 241 Cannon Building
    Washington, DC 20515
    Phone: (202) 225-8104
    Fax: (202) 225-8890    		 http://goo.gl/cZ2cWy
    Palo Alto, California 698 Emerson Street
    Palo Alto, California 94301
    Phone: (650) 323-2984
    Phone: (408) 245-2339
    Phone: (831) 335-2020
    Fax: (650) 323-3498    		 http://goo.gl/Jqj8hq