Eddie Bernice Johnson: “A cut like that would keep us from funding excellent research and slow progress in critical areas of technology…”

Democrats, with very little help from our Republican colleagues, passed the largest transportation and infrastructure bill in history.

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.

We need investments in the operation, staffing, and pay and benefits to keep and attract people to aviation jobs.

Thank you, Chairman DeFazio, and Ranking Member Graves, for holding today's hearing on our nation's transportation workers.