It might be more informative to look at the current US Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation [1]. There are some reasonable people on the c

It might be more informative to look at the current US Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation [1]. There are some reasonable people on the committee on both sides of the isle [2]. Noticeably missing are any true subject matter experts -- unlike Finance, Medicine, and especially Law, Scientists and Engineers almost never end up serving is legislatures. Not sure how to fix that. But I'm not sure technical illiteracy is the biggest issue. E.g., the TOP item on the Republican side of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation is that Bud Light's sponsorship of a transgender person was illegal advertising to minors. Important Stuff /s I think our problem these days is not just that Senators are technically illiterate but more that they and their core constituents all have terminal brain damage from decades of cable news and politics podcasts. [1] https://www.commerce.senate.gov/ https://www.commerce.senate.gov/ [2] https://www.commerce.senate.gov/members https://www.commerce.senate.gov/members