Eddie Bernice Johnson: “The bill called on the Federal Government to develop a strategic plan for plastic waste reduction.”

Written statement by Representative Eddie Bernice Johnson, Chairwoman, Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, U.S. House of Representatives.

Thank you, Chairman DeFazio, and Ranking Member Graves, for holding today's hearing on our nation's transportation workers.

If America is to reach its methane reduction targets and live up to its climate promises such as the Global Methane Pledge, oil and gas sector methane mitigation must be informed by science.

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.