WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 -- Sen. Dick Durbin issued the following press release:
U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) today joined U.S. Senators Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Todd Young (R-IN), Steve Daines (R-MT), Ben Ray Lujan (D-NM), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI.), Ted Budd (R-NC), Chuck Schumer (D-NY), and Mike Rounds (R-SD) to introduce the National Quantum Initiative Reauthorization Act. The bipartisan legislation would accelerate quantum technology development and real-world applications that are vital to U.S. national security and global economic competitiveness.
"In Illinois, we know that quantum computing is the future," said Durbin. "If we hope to push this field forward, we must invest in our quantum research cent...