By supporting innovative workforce development programs for STEM careers like those our witnesses are part of, we not only increase the students' economic opportunities and security, but also our nation's.

I look forward to hearing more about the potential and emerging applications of blockchain technology today, particularly if the technology can help with securing people's private and sensitive information.

Thank you, Chairman Abraham, for putting together this hearing on such an important topic, and congratulations on your new position as Chairman of the Oversight Subcommittee.

I do plan on joining it.

I just wanted to thank you for the swiftness with which the Committee has worked on these guidelines, and the staff and all the work they have put into this.

Thank you so much. And I really thank the witnesses for their testimony.

I hope the stories of all our witnesses will help to inspire a new generation of scientists and entrepreneurs.

As a mom of three children who did play sports, the boys played football, my daughter played soccer, baseball--and I think we covered all the sports among the three of them--but now with five grandchildren, I really appreciate all of the…

What I hear from young people who want to leave here and go to California or Colorado or someplace where they feel is a little bit more startup-friendly.

This is not, this is not a path towards any sort of technological breakthroughs or quantum leaps.

What are the risks to our economy and national security if we aren't the leaders in this research, and in particular, in quantum information science?