richard murray, professor of control and dynamics systems and bioengineering at caltech and co-chair of the 2019 defense, innovations, boards of software accusation. and dr. dan pratt at the hudson institute. thank you for being with us today. i will now recognize the ranking member for his opening remarks. >> thank you, mr. chair. looking forward to hearing from you. the department of defense and u.s. government has been critical in the development of software and technology in this country as a representation of silicon valley. i remember that it was our mission to the moon that led to the acquisition of semiconductors. that is what spawned silicon valley. by semiconductors, you never would have seen the development of silicon valley and the technology. the innovation is happening in my district and the private sector, we need to figure out how we continue and strengthen and private sector recognizing the dynamic nature of software, how quickly it changes, how we need that innovation to keep us the strongest military and country in the world. i am looking forward to your comments a