Kathleen Rice: “The economic consequences for this country would be catastrophic.”

I think what we are--the subject matter of today's hearing brings me to that--again to that issue of how we get people around safely and efficiently.

This tragedy hit home for one of our former colleagues, former Congressman Rick Nolan, who lost his daughter Katherine to lung cancer even though she did not smoke.

We all agree that we have to put more money into this program across the board.

Stony Brook University on Long Island, of which I represent a piece, is one of the foremost academic institutions developing innovative quantum technologies.