Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from California (Mr. McNerney). Mr. McNERNEY. Mr. Speaker, I thank the chairwoman for her hard work on the appropriations bill this year. It is never easy. This year is even harder. I thank, not only the chairwoman, but all the members of the committee. I thank them for their work, and I thank the chairwoman for including my amendment. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of my amendment to division B of H.R. 7617. This amendment is critical to advancing our Nation's competitiveness in artificial intelligence. It will require the National Science Foundation to examine, including through workshops, and to publish findings on the following: First, which universities are putting out significant peer reviewed AI research, including based on quantity and number of citations; Second, for each of the identified universities, what specific factors enabled their AI research, including computing power, data sets, and availability, specialized curriculum, and industry and other partnerships; and Third, how universities not included in this list could implement these factors to produce AI research as well as case studies that universities can look to as examples and potential pilot programs that the Federal Government could develop or support to help universities produce AI research. AI research is critical to our Nation's competitiveness in artificial intelligence.…”