Eddie Bernice Johnson: “I will be the first to say that, on balance, I am not particularly happy with this budget request.”

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.

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

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