Anna G. Eshoo was first sworn in as a Member of the United States House of Representatives in 1993, after serving on the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors for 10 years. For over two decades Congresswoman Anna Eshoo has been a consumer advocate, champion of technological innovation, land preservationist and health care pioneer on behalf of her constituents. 

Anna is the Chair of the Health Subcommittee of the Energy and Commerce Committee where she is working to lower prescription drug prices and ensure health care access and coverage for everyone. In addition, as a member of the Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, she has had a hand in shaping communications policy for the 21st Century. In that capacity she has been Congress’ leading voice to maintain Net Neutrality and a free, open and accessible Internet.

Anna also served on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, where she chaired the Subcommittee on Intelligence Community Management which focuses on challenges affecting all 16 agencies comprising the nation’s intelligence community. Anna worked to improve Congressional oversight of the intelligence community and to protect national security and civil liberties.

Presidents Clinton, Bush, Obama and Trump signed more than forty of Anna’s bills into law. 

Anna has authored many landmark pieces of legislation which shape our world today. Her accomplishments include:

• Creating the use of electronic signatures, making legally binding digital documents possible and allowing online commerce to flourish;
• Securing funding for broadband deployment, health information technology, and research and education for mathematics, life sciences, and engineering;
• Giving discounts to schools and libraries to increase public Internet access;
• Providing emergency call centers with funding to obtain the necessary technology to locate mobile phone users when they call 911; 

• Improving the energy efficiency of federal computer data centers;
• Promoting better labeling and testing of pharmaceuticals for children;
• Exempting FEMA mitigation grants from income taxes and saving homeowners from being required to pay the government for vital damage prevention;
• Providing a pathway to create "generic" versions of biologic drugs which will lower the price of life-saving therapies and foster new medical innovations;
• Ensuring that low-income women who are diagnosed with breast and cervical cancer receive treatment, and insurance companies pay for reconstructive surgery for these patients;
• Reducing lead exposure from household water sources; and
• Lowering the volume of loud television advertisements.

Honors, awards and recognitions for Anna are many and varied.

They include the Congressional Champion of Hope Award from the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network, The Science Coalition’s Champion of Science, the Spirit of Innovation Award from the Telecommunications Industry Association, the Lifetime Achievement Honoree and Spirit of Silicon Valley Award from the Silicon Valley Leadership Group and the Cities' Champion Award from the Cities Association of Santa Clara County.

Keeping the American Dream real and accessible for each successive generation of Americans is a primary goal of my public service.  Expanding opportunity and making it available for everyone requires constant work, but it keeps faith with the vision of our Founding Fathers.

Pursuing inclusion, fairness and equality in modern American isn’t always easy.  I work to ensure those standards are embedded in public policies everyday.

Rishi Kumar is a Silicon Valley hi-tech software executive, mechanical engineer by education, community activist and an elected leader of Saratoga. Rishi is an energetic proponent of data-driven solutions to deliver results "cheaper, faster, better" for his community. He brings the Silicon Valley hi-tech actionable, results driven mindset. As an IBM engineer, Rishi found his calling as an activist stepping up for complex community challenges that he couldn't ignore. As a councilmember of Saratoga, he led efforts to reject San Jose Water company's rate increases and reduce burglaries - two of the top challenges. This led to his re-election with the most votes in Saratoga's election history. Rishi's agenda as a fiscal moderate includes Climate Change, Healthcare, quality of life issues, housing, homelessness and traffic. Rishi brings a innovative problem-solving agenda with a "21 minutes to 21 counties" vision that expands our economy and addresses our issues with housing, homelessness and traffic logjams. A new vision for the future of Silicon Valley is needed. Rishi has the energy and a "getting things done" attitude. Rishi has pledged to NEVER accept Special Interest Group or PAC money. Rishi and his wife Seema live in Saratoga with their two sons.

“I am glad to be one of a handful of candidates running for Congress who refuse PAC, and Special interest money. I will fight for the issues important to our families and our neighbors, not the special interest groups with agendas that do not align with the people agenda. We need to ensure any candidate who runs for office remains beholden to the people they serve, not special interest groups. We must eliminate the loopholes that allow millions of dollars into campaigns and sway elections. We need to level the playing field for the citizen-centric policies that our country desperately needs.

**Global Climate Change
**National: Healthcare
**Regional: Housing & Homelessness, Transportation & Infrastructure
** Local: Burglaries

Healthcare: There are over 30 million individuals in America who do not have adequate access to health insurance. Big Pharma and health lobbyists have penetrated their way into our government. As your Congressman, I will push for healthcare reform. I will push back against the burgeoning healthcare costs and rising drug prices. Healthcare cost is one of the primary cause of U.S. bankruptcies. Healthcare has become a significant burden for our working families and overshadowed any wage gains. It is time we explored better, cheaper healthcare options for the people of America. Many countries of the world have a high quality single payer system. America can, too! We should optimize our healthcare spend with preventive care and wellness options.

Housing & Transportation: Our rush hour commute time goes up every year while local laws are being threatened in order to build new housing by any means. I believe that Housing and Transportation are \"two sides of the same coin\". We say \"Build, buid, build\" when it comes to housing. Is anyone thinking about our infrastructure needs? The traffic logjam? How about our quality of life impacts? Our jobs continue to grow, but so do our housing prices. I will work towards a federal transportation vision; the very future of Silicon Valley's innovation economy is at stake