Eddie Bernice Johnson: “Thank you, Madam Chairwoman.”

We want people who are intellectually curious, I think, to get those people and get them into the field.

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.

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

I was an enthusiastic co-sponsor of the original National Quantum Initiative Act, and I'm--I want to note that I'm very proud that Dr. Michael Raymer, who is from--a physics professor from my alma mater, University of Oregon, played a role…