Suhas Subramanyam

The IRGC released an open letter to the American people this week urging them to vote against Trump in the midterm elections and for the Democrats, their chosen party.

Here to discuss is Democrat congressman from Virginia, Suhas Subramanyam.

Congressman, thank you so much for being here.

Um, why does Iran want the Democrats to win?

And our democracy is stronger than any one person.

We're joined now by Democratic Congressman Suhas Subramanyam of Virginia, a member of the House Oversight Committee, and Skye Perryman, president and CEO of Democracy Forward, and author of Ordinary People, Extraordinary Times, How to Reclaim Your Power, Fight for Freedom, and Reimagine Democracy.

She was a witness at this week's shadow hearing.

Welcome, both of you.

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Well, Stefan, you live in the DC area, what did you make of Governor Spanberger's, uh, unveiling of this comprehensive aggressive accountability standards for existing and new data center projects in the state?

I definitely think it's an interesting development, and I've had the chance to speak with the representative whose district encompasses Data Center Alley in Loudoun County, Suhas Subramanyam, and he has been very adamant in his assessment of the, the overall picture that, that the rate payer protection and the environmental concerns, and the whole host of concerns that have been raised at the community level requires a national solution and not just a local solution.

I can share, he has, I think, been trying to strike this balance of, to Sarah's point about the, the tax revenue and the public service benefits that come with that participation in the local economy, and then all the, the trade-offs and maybe the eyesores or the noise or the unsightly parts of the presence of data centers may bring to a given community.

So on the ground here, just across the Potomac River in Montgomery County, they had recently voted to extend a, a moratorium on data centers there for 18 months on, on any new developments.

Plus, Bloomberg reports that Paramount reaches a settlement with California and other states who had sued to block its proposed acquisition of Warner Brothers Discovery.

And as data shows more disruption to US data centers, we get to the political debate with US Representative Suhas Subramanyam from Virginia.

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The story is technology stocks are pushing higher.

That data all according to research group, the Data Center Watch.

Of course, as local opposition builds, politicians are looking for ways to balance the economic benefits with the potential downsides of rising fear of the AI build-out.

Representative Suhas Subramanyam is one of those people.

His district, Virginia's 10th, is home to the densest concentration of data centers in the country.

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Virginia Congressman Suhas Subramanyam joins us next on what exactly lawmakers are doing to keep us safe.

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concerns that if we don't win AI, we're going to be put in a very bad position.

Joining us now, Democratic Congressman Suhas Subramanyam of Virginia.

He is a member of the House Oversight Committee.

They say that was already true, but some also say Trump has made things much worse by deme- dismantling some of the most important counterterrorism defenses, including chasing out experienced and valuable counterterrorism hands.

Now, they say, with intelligence agencies hollowed out, FBI agents forced to support immigration raids, international alliances deeply frayed, the United States is more blind and less capable against terrorism than it has been in years." Joining us now, Democratic Congressman Suhas Subramanyam of Virginia.

He is the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee's Military and Foreign Affairs Committee.

Congressman, uh, welcome back, um, to The Last Word.

Susie Lucas was one of those, uh, folks who came back to the Pentagon the next day, uh, to serve their country and to protect us at a time where we were in need.

And so they deserve the best from us, and they haven't gotten that.

Virginia Congressman Suhas Subramanyam, thank you very much for joining us tonight.

Thank you.

There's, uh, tariffs all over the world right now that are hurting small businesses.

Something Democrats like Virginia Representative Suhas Subramanyam are only too keen to exploit.

So the American people are paying higher prices over and over again, and that will be on the ballot boxes coming November.

A calculation that may determine whether today's announcement from Trump marks the end of the administration's rebuke of Canada, or an opening salvo into further escalation.