Eddie Bernice Johnson: “China accounts for 32 percent of global growth in R&D since 2000, compared with 20 percent for the United States.”

Diversity fosters a wider range of ideas and approaches, leading to more innovative solutions and better problem-solving capabilities in the scientific community.

He is among the most influential Speakers in the history of the House of Representatives.

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

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.