Political Quotes

“Nanotechnology is the science of the very small, and I thought I might use a visual aid today. So if my colleagues would take a hair out of their heads and pretend that it is hollow, they could fit 100,000 strands of nano-technology inside that hollow hair. It is amazing technology. Nanotechnology is exciting to me because it has so much potential for the future. Already today, computers and disk drives contain nanotechnology. Soon, most computers and telecommunications hardware will be based on it. In the not-too-distant future, nanotechnology will begin to transform biology, medicine, military systems, energy systems. Nanotechnology is poised to become the next great vehicle of growth for the American economy; and like biotechnology was 10, 12, 15 years ago, nanotechnology has reached a critical growth stage. The 21st Century Research and Development Act intensifies Federal support for nanoresearch and experimentation and will prove, I think, critical to unlocking the tremendous potential that nanotechnology presents.”