Speaker 1: Sounds like Bill Gates Donald Trump may get together for
Speaker 1: a little Kofefi at mar A Lago. I wonder what
Speaker 1: Hailey Stevens makes of this whole story. I'm glad to
Speaker 1: say the gentlewoman from Michigan is with us Democratic Congresswoman
Speaker 1: Hailey Stevens. Great to see you, congress Woman. I hope
Speaker 1: you had a great Christmas, Happy Hanukah and the rest.
Speaker 1: Welcome back to Bloomberg TV and Radio. I don't have
Speaker 1: to go through the whole story again for you here,
Speaker 1: I'm sure, but a conversation has been prompted over the
Speaker 1: use of work visus. I'm guessing as a Democrat you
Speaker 1: might see this as a positive development. Will h one
Speaker 1: Be's and will Dreamers be involved in any debate over
Speaker 1: border security in this new Congress.
Speaker 2: Well, I'll just say that as a science and tech
Speaker 2: policy evangelist, we welcome the conversation around h one be
Speaker 2: and high skilled workers, and in fact, as a member
Speaker 2: of the Select Committee on China Competition that has been
Speaker 2: in place for the last two years, this is something
Speaker 2: that we heard over and over and over again from
Speaker 2: stakeholders Joe that we need to stable green cards to
Speaker 2: degrees that we need a plan to attract and retain
Speaker 2: global talent in this country. Our laws are based off
Speaker 2: of last century. They are holding us back, and they
Speaker 2: are impeding our competitiveness. And look, I'd say that Elon
Speaker 2: Musk maybe knows a thing or two about it, given
Speaker 2: his immigration history, and given his employment base, and given frankly,
Speaker 2: the role that his companies are playing not just here
Speaker 2: in the United States of America, but but across the world,
Speaker 2: and so we need access to that talent. I think
Speaker 2: that could be very interesting. It maybe be a smart
Speaker 2: move of the Republican governing majority if they could do
Speaker 2: something for high skilled workers. And of course our dreamers
Speaker 2: who we care so much about, who've only known in
Speaker 2: American life, who were born here, who are taxpayers, who
Speaker 2: are contributing to society, raising families. You know, we want
Speaker 2: that parody as well.
Speaker 1: Yeah, Congress open is correct, Elon Musk once held an
Speaker 1: H one B visa. But it does bring up the
Speaker 1: bigger picture here. And in the short time that we
Speaker 1: have to talk today, congress Woman, I'd like to ask
Speaker 1: you about your hopes or maybe your concerns about working
Speaker 1: with this Republican majority in the new Congress. Knowing that
Speaker 1: Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswami are going to be on
Speaker 1: the phone, maybe picture them on one shoulder for the
Speaker 1: speaker and Donald Trump on the other shoulder. Who's actually
Speaker 1: running the show here? And how did Democrats find their
Speaker 1: posture in this Congress?
Speaker 2: Well, it's certainly a new dynamic and Trump President elect
Speaker 2: Trump is the ultimate chameleon. This is certainly a different
Speaker 2: approach to governing that what we saw during his first term,
Speaker 2: which frankly was a lot of governing by Twitter and
Speaker 2: a lot of chaos and confusion. Now it seemed like
Speaker 2: the oligarchs have come in some people though with business
Speaker 2: experience as well. And look, I'll campaign ferociously, but when
Speaker 2: it comes to governing, I want to find ways in
Speaker 2: which we can come together. I'm really hoping that we
Speaker 2: continue to look at strategic competition, that we look at innovation.
Speaker 2: Here in the automotive heartland where I am in Michigan,
Speaker 2: our automakers are watching and they are global and they
Speaker 2: need access to the trade policies, the materials, the workforce
Speaker 2: in order to succeed. We don't need just jointed policy
Speaker 2: and frankly, we need an outlook here so I do
Speaker 2: plan to use the power of the pen and my
Speaker 2: abilities in the Congress to advocate for the regional economy
Speaker 2: that I'm so proud to represent, the hard working men
Speaker 2: and women all across from Michigan who are contributing to
Speaker 2: incredible outputs and who are competing against the likes of BYD.
Speaker 2: There are changes of foot in the auto industry. It
Speaker 2: is a very aggressive time. We don't need to start
Speaker 2: on necessary trade wars at the expense of people's bottom line,
Speaker 2: and that's something that we're seeing here. So you know,
Speaker 2: we got a new dynamic on our hand. Obviously, I'm
Speaker 2: in a minority party in the House. It's a tight minority.
Speaker 2: I think they're gonna need us on occasion. So I'm
Speaker 2: gonna go for my scraps and I'm gonna make my
Speaker 2: points