Eddie Bernice Johnson: “We cannot afford to wait, but must act now if we are to stand a chance of lessening the impacts of climate change.”

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

I don't agree that the blame game of Republicans or the prior Administration holds any significance to where we are.

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

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.