Eddie Bernice Johnson: “The FEMA flood mapping process is not a topic this Committee has explored very deeply in the past.”

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

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

Thank you to everyone for joining us today to discuss a topic with enormous implications for the future of our planet.

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