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