Eddie Bernice Johnson: “I cannot help but lament the fact that we find ourselves in this position to begin with, and I feel that Congress has to…”

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

Communities of color are disproportionately vulnerable to the impacts of climate change caused by increased greenhouse gas emissions.

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.

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