"Jim Sensenbrenner was my co-sponsor, since retired, and we couldn't get anywhere."
"I guess I have some qualms--and other Members may--you know, we've got large model AIs, and to some extent, they are a black box."
"The idea that we would have a licensing regime, I think, is very daunting, as opposed to a registration regime."
"the need to significantly improve support for U.S. fusion research is actually one of the reasons why I ran for Congress in 1994"
"I'm excited about the breakthroughs that we have seen in the last two years, including the achievement of ignition at the National Ignition Facility"
"the budget request is a huge improvement over previous budget requests made by any President, whatever their party"
"now is the time to move aggressively toward the deployment of fusion energy, or to put it another way, if not now, when?"
"The need to significantly improve support for our U.S. fusion research enterprise is actually one of the major reasons that I first ran for Congress in 1994."
"I am excited about the real breakthroughs we've seen in fusion over the last 2 years alone, including the monumental achievement of ignition at the National Ignition Facility in December."
"I plan to continue to press to address this critical gap."
"There is still a lot more work to do."
"one of the joys of serving on the Science Committee is that we truly are the Committee of the future"