Eddie Bernice Johnson: “Thank you very much. I want to welcome our witnesses to this morning's hearings, and I look forward to your testimony.”

He understood that the business of legislating and good politics required great skill in the art of compromise.

Last month, I introduced and withdrew an amendment, at the request of Chairman Lucas, that incapsulates my legitimate concerns on the disparate impacts AI technologies have on people that look like me.

So also an enthusiastic supporter of the CHIPS and Science Act, which, as you know, really is building on quantum technologies.

He is among the most influential Speakers in the history of the House of Representatives.