Eddie Bernice Johnson: “I want to take this opportunity to thank my friend and colleague Ralph Hall for his leadership of this Committee.”

President Biden accepted the ball where it lay, and that is what he will be held accountable for.

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

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

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