Eddie Bernice Johnson: “I am confident that Private Sherrod will take on the challenges at both survival and leadership school with tremendous…”

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

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

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.

We want people who are intellectually curious, I think, to get those people and get them into the field.