Eddie Bernice Johnson

We have been lamenting our domestic STEM pipeline challenge for decades, yet we have not made much progress.

United States leadership in science and technology has long given U.S. companies a competitive advantage.

We have risen to the challenge a few times since then, for example in the doubling of the NIH budget.

If we do not lead, we will be poorly positioned to help set global norms and standards.

I am proud to say that this Committee has held numerous hearings examining the climate crisis and moved a number of important climate-related bills through the Committee so far.

Thank you, Madam Chair.

Despite these accomplishments, there remains more work to do to ensure that the United States can better understand, mitigate, and adapt to climate change.

Though this Administration has so far abdicated its role as a leader in addressing the climate crisis, many of us in Congress are committed to addressing all aspects of this global threat.

As was the case at our first hearing this Committee held in the 116th Congress, we are focusing on the climate crisis.

I recently on Monday night learned about the CORE Act. That's something Congress has already supported.

I look forward to continuing our efforts to act on climate change here in this Committee and in Congress as a whole.

Let's make sure that the local water managers across the U.S. have the resources they need to know how much water they have.

the only thing we are trying to get at is how we avoid this again.

What do these groundings tell us about Boeing's ability to deliver quality, airworthy airplanes?

I thank the Chairman and Ranking Member for having this hearing today, as it allows us to examine issues related to the design, development, and certification of the 737 MAX.

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If you think about building big infrastructure projects with no insight as to how it is going to be used, or what benefit it might bring, or why it might bring that benefit, you can really make huge mistakes, and invest a lot of money in…

When an EF-3 tornado hit my home city of Dallas in October, hundreds of people lost their homes and businesses.

I hate to say it, but in this case Florida proves that where there's a will, there's a way.

One estimate puts the economic cost of tornadoes that struck North Texas that night at $2 billion.

Texas is also one of the States most vulnerable to tornadoes.

Thank you very much. Let me thank you, Chairwomen Stevens and Fletcher, for holding this hearing.

As Chair Fletcher already discussed, the State of Texas has experienced devastating loss of life and property from hurricanes and associated flooding.

$1 invested in resilience is $10 saved.

Texas is also one of the states most vulnerable to tornadoes.