A few days ago, we received a unique invite to meet with the Congressional House Republican New Media Caucus at a Silicon Valley round table “to promote dialog between California’s Silicon Valley and House Republicans.”
Did you even know that there was a New Media group within Congress? Neither did we, but the recently launched caucus is already making its mark on Silicon Valley, as three of its members met with Facebook, Apple, Oracle, Google, Ustream, and a host of other tech companies last week in an effort to build relationships and discuss their stance on many of today’s major issues. Oh, and to ask Apple about the fabled Tablet and iPhone-AT&T exclusivity (more on that below).
We had the opportunity to pepper Congressmen Bob Latta (OH-05), Rob Wittman (VA-01), and John Culberson (TX-07) with questions about social media, how they’re using it, why they believe it’s important to democracy, and a lot more. Here are some of the most interesting parts, along with some pictures of the event: