Political Quotes

“I want to thank Chairwoman Johnson and Ranking Member Lucas for their support of this all-important bill. I rise in support of H.R. 617, the Department of Energy Veterans' Health Initiative Act. This legislation authorizes a partnership between the Department of Energy--the DOE--and the Department of Veterans Affairs--the VA--to conduct collaborative research in computing, artificial intelligence, and big data science in order to improve healthcare for all of our veterans. The VA hosts one of the largest and most valuable health datasets. Through its voluntary data collection program, entitled the Million Veterans Program, MVP, the VA has collected detailed health information and genomic data volunteered by over 600,000 veterans. But the VA simply doesn't have the computing power or expertise to analyze all of this complex data. In order to learn from their data and provide better healthcare for veterans, the VA needs access to more advanced computing capabilities, expertise, and infrastructure than is currently available at the agency. As a world leader in high-performance computing, the DOE is an ideal partner to help the VA meet this need. In its national laboratory system, DOE hosts 5 of the world's top 10 fastest supercomputers, including the fastest supercomputer in the world, Summit, at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.…”