The best way to predict the future is to invent it. Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) joins host Grayson Brulte to share her steadfast belief that American innovation and ingenuity will help us win the future.Throughout this powerful and empowered conversation, Rep. McMorris Rodgers discusses the key priorities for the House Energy and Commerce Committee, including bills to spur AI and autonomous vehicles, among other technologies on the forefront of innovation as a way to incentivize free market American ingenuity and empower entrepreneurs.She looks back on her humble beginnings working on her family’s farm in Kettle Falls, Washington, and explains how it shaped her work ethic and built her approach to governing.Rep. McMorris Rodgers and Grayson look at where future innovation will come from, starting in K-12 through universities as more programs, especially those that combine public and private investment, focus on enriching women and young girls in STEM fields.The conversation closes out with the advice that Rep. McMorris Rodgers’s father gave her when entering politics, which she now shares with others: Be a person to get involved and makes decisions.Subscribe to SAE Tomorrow Today or visit www.sae.org/podcasts to stay up to date on all the latest information from SAE. If you like what you’re hearing, please review and comment on your podcast app.Follow SAE on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and Instagram.