Eddie Bernice Johnson

Written statement by Representative Eddie Bernice Johnson, Chairwoman, Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, U.S. House of Representatives.

Written statement by Representative Eddie Bernice Johnson, Chairwoman, Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, U.S. House of Representatives.

Transportation infrastructure is critical to our national economy and our way of life, but it is vulnerable to climate change.

By supporting this bipartisan legislation, we are showing our veterans and the Nation that we can work together for the greater good.

I urge you to rise to the occasion and make the needs of our veterans, and the potential to improve their medical care, a top priority.

It is my desire to have this Committee work in a bipartisan manner because we must all work together to tackle the many challenges in our jurisdiction, including science education, energy research, national competitiveness, and climate…

Written statement by Representative Eddie Bernice Johnson, Chairwoman, Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, U.S. House of Representatives.

This achievement demonstrates that when the Federal government invests in our nation's best and brightest, and in the facilities necessary to do cutting-edge science - and importantly, remains committed to those investments - we are…

The excitement of this discovery has no doubt instilled a hunger that will drive the next generation of scientists to make discoveries of their own.

At a time of rising global tensions, let this be a reminder that the pursuit of science is still a unifying force.

I congratulate each of our witnesses and the entire Event Horizon Telescope team on this astonishing achievement.

The black hole image captured by the Event Horizon Telescope is both a jolt and the culmination of decades of incremental advances.

Texas now leads the United States in installed wind energy capacity, with over 24 gigawatts of wind energy.

The two most valuable renewable energy resources--solar energy and wind energy--are very important.

We really can make investments that are both good for the environment and for the economy.

As Chairwoman of the Science Committee I am determined to do what I can to move the needle.

I was very glad to be joined by my good friend and Ranking Member, Mr. Lucas, in introducing H.R. 2528.

I cannot look at NASA's proposal in isolation, nor can my colleagues on the Appropriations Committee.

I want to make it clear that I do not support the alternative of cannibalizing NASA's other important research activities just to speed up the human lunar exploration program.

The President has been uncharacteristically silent, making no public statements or tweets in support of his lunar initiative.

I'm very impressed with all of the research that's going on now with NASA, and I'm very concerned that much of it might be interrupted.

I do not support the alternative of cannibalizing NASA's other important research activities just to speed up the human lunar exploration program.

That billion-dollar cut will have serious negative impacts on major research areas if enacted.

I hope that when NASA delivers that plan and its revised budget to Congress, it will also provide a compelling rationale.

It is now more than six weeks since Vice President Pence announced that NASA was being directed by the President to undertake a crash program to land astronauts on the Moon within the next five years.