If you're interested in the systematic reasons why congress as a whole is not tech savvy, you should probably skim through the Congressional Research Service's

If you're interested in the systematic reasons why congress as a whole is not tech savvy, you should probably skim through the Congressional Research Service's profile of Congress: https://fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R44762.pdf https://fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R44762.pdf Among the tidbits: - the average age of Reps in 2018 was 57.8 years and senators was 61.8 years - 167 Members of the House (37.8% of the House) and 55 Senators (55% of the Senate) hold law degrees - There are 6 software company executives in the House and 2 in the Senate In direct response to the original question Ron Wyden of Oregon pops up a fair amount in tech and tech-related questions.