Eddie Bernice Johnson: “The proposal includes severe cuts to atmospheric and ocean research at NOAA.”

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

Mr. Speaker, I rise today with great pleasure to pay tribute to the life and legacy of former Speaker of the House James "Jim" Wright, who passed away on Wednesday, May 6, at the age of 92.

Speaker Wright was a visionary who served the people of Fort Worth and this Nation well.

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