Bill Foster

The image of Representative Perlmutter sitting alone at the witness stand with a smile like the cat that just ate the canary is an image that we will all cherish forever.

I would also like to thank Representative Perlmutter, Representative Heck, and the other bill sponsors for their long work on this issue.

I think it is--that for a long time has been one of our most effective tools.

Is there a general report? If you could, as a response for the record, if there is some review article of what the response is in different countries.

Have you looked at the adoption curves in those countries that have made this rapid transition and factored that into your planning?

If you are looking at methods for distinguishing tungsten from gold, you could look at low-frequency or medium-range gammas and x-rays.

I think I can speak for the entire delegation from Illinois, that that currency must be named for Abraham Lincoln.

Other provisions in this bill will simply make our capital markets work better. I applaud the bipartisanship of the ranking member and the chairman, and I look forward to further improvements in the regulatory landscape as our markets…

I am concerned that if a significant central bank could issue a digital currency, that it would have the potential to supplant the United States dollar now.

That is no longer true in the Trump era that things like the massive tax cut for the wealthy and the deficit spending have driven inflation more than they have driven wages.

The risk of anything of a resumption of significant currency manipulation has certainly gone up because of the Republican tariffs.

I think it is more pressing than now that we actually have a response in place, ready to go, if and when any one of those countries, in particular China, resumes currency manipulation.

Obviously, President Trump has recklessly now begun a trade war with many of our trading partners, particularly with China.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. And thank you to our witnesses.

Even today, rogue regimes and clandestine organizations continue to exhibit the ambition to acquire materials and technologies that can be used to build weapons of mass destruction.

For nearly a generation, nuclear weapons have threatened our national security and global safety because of their capability to threaten the existence of mankind.

Today, the subcommittee is going to examine strategies to disrupt the financing and procurement of weapons of mass destruction.

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Illinois will be postponed. {time} 1815

I think this all comes down to technical feasibility. Whenever you are thinking of how to spend taxpayer money, you must make a judgment call as to what things are just way out there and are not going to happen in our lifetimes, and things…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds made…

And also, I will be asking for the record--I guess you may not have to respond right now--where the best sources of information on how quickly this will be coming at us.

It's pretty clear that our dominance in AI is due to immigrants, okay?

You know, in Congress I'm the co-Chair of the New Democrats Coalition on the Future of Work Task Force where we have been trying to think through what this means for the workplace of the future.

I am an original cosponsor of a bill introduced earlier this year titled the AI JOBS Act of 2018 to help our workplace prepare for the ways AI will shape the economy of the future.

I've been very involved in Congress in trying to resurrect something called the Office of Technology Assessment.