Eddie Bernice Johnson: “I was so dismayed that the majority proposed to cut this agency by 50 percent in their COMPETES bill just last week.”

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

Last month, I introduced and withdrew an amendment, at the request of Chairman Lucas, that incapsulates my legitimate concerns on the disparate impacts AI technologies have on people that look like me.

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.

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