Eddie Bernice Johnson: “I cannot look at NASA's proposal in isolation, nor can my colleagues on the Appropriations Committee.”

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

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

He is among the most influential Speakers in the history of the House of Representatives.

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.