It's--you know, it's--it really highlights the--you know, everything we're talking about is downstream of decades of Federal investment.

I'm the only Ph.D. physicist in the place.

Yes. But that's really promising because that means a relatively small subsidy can get someone to a job where then the job that they--you know, they'll end up paying more taxes than the subsidy--the value of the subsidy.

the dream that there will be transportation as a service, where you just have essentially automated Ubers.

So there's a difference--there's 50 percent of new cars being manufactured, which will happen much before----

I'm Congressman Bill Foster. I represent the 11th District of Illinois in the suburbs of Chicago.

transportation as a service delivered at very low cost to everyone would be a tremendous equalizer.

So there could be a factor of four reduction in----

We've kept all those manufacturing jobs in the Midwest, which is something I'm really proud of.

And I just think one of the great things about this hearing, it should highlight the crucial role in Federal investment in the technology that shows up in, you know, the thousands and tens of thousands of jobs made right here.

if you had access to automated Ubers, say, with a 50 percent or a 75 percent discount if you were a member of an under-resourced community, that could be a very effective way of delivering assistance.

So even if we can just subsidize that first interview step, after that they start making money if you will.

there's this incredible observation that if you're a billionaire, you cannot get a better smartphone.

the expense of computers will be used most hours of the day.

transportation assistance seems like a real possibility here.

I thank the chairwoman for yielding, and I thank my friend from New York, Chairwoman Maloney, for her leadership on this issue. Mr. Chairman, I rise in support of H.R. 2513, which would help to end the abuse of anonymous shell companies…

I am introducing with Senators Warner and Hawley the Dashboard Act, which provides transparency to consumers and regulators about what data is being collected and also how it is monetized.

I am just so worried that small community banks are going to go the way of small community newspapers, and that our country will be poorer as a result.

I thank the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Waters), the chairwoman, for yielding. Mr. Chair, I rise in support of H.R. 1815, which would simply require the SEC to conduct investor testing when developing rules and regulations about…

The transition to cloud computing is something that is a double-edged sword.

And then at the end of the rainbow is, you know, the concept of being able to actually steer hurricanes.

the Stronger Patent Act does just that. I think it is really important.

this absence of Congressional action since 1952 has allowed the courts to set policy on what can and cannot get a patent.

We need to bring back injunctions and restore the property rights that are enshrined in the Constitution again.

the standards that the PTAB are lower than the standards in the court, is we have tipped the scales in favor of those who have the deepest pockets instead of those who have the best ideas.