Eddie Bernice Johnson: “Let me thank our Subcommittee Chair, Mrs. Fletcher, for taking on the leadership of having this hearing.”

For too long we have failed to prioritize, or even acknowledge, the vast contributions that the Black community and other minority groups have made towards scientific discovery and innovation.

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

He understood that the business of legislating and good politics required great skill in the art of compromise.

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.